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Finished Ōoku and In Stars And Time

Black and white doodle of Jey, a nonbinary trans person with short black hair and big thick glasses, sitting with their tablet on their lap, they're crying while finishing reading Ōoku. They say "It was so good! I couldn't put it down." Max is also reading it. Xey're the one who recommended it. Jey excitedly asks "Where are you? Have you met Masahiro yet? What do you think?" and Max responds "I'm not done the volume yet!"

Black and white doodle of Jey and Max playing In Stars and Time. Jey is angry and says "Siffrin just talk to your friends!!!" with Max pleading "Siffrin, please!" and on the right is a little doodle of Siffrin with his arms up in a shrug and sticking his tongue out saying "2 Bad"

I’m not doing my “Things I finished” series this year, but if there’s something that really speaks to me I’ll draw a thing for it, like for Ōoku: The Inner Chambers and In Stars And Time! Two pieces of media I just couldn’t put down I was so pulled in to both of them and experienced so many emotions — I highly recommend both!

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Happy Halloween!

Illustration of Jey and Max as small wizards.

I drew Max and I as little wizards and I kinda love that for us? I made this my new DP on most other social medias.

I’m also still kind of recovering from jet lag so wasn’t able to get my October sketchbook or newsletter up yet, if you’re a $3 or more member on Patreon or my VIP Blog and you’re not continuing your pledge in November please email me so I can send you the sketchbook pdf and your shoutout request if you’re a $10 member.

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Hourly Comics Day 2024

Black and white hourly comics split into panels by hour. 8am, my alarm goes off. I play Pokemon sleep with my spouse. I put on my T-gel, I have tea and breakfast while reading my RSS feed. 9am, I check my emails and make tasks in Notion. I start sketching my NDA work. Max yells “OH FUCK!” I ask “What’s wrong?” Xey respond “We left the brie out!” I say “Oh no!” as we both look at the sad brie. 10am, my narrative director says “Can you make this pose more intense?” I do sketch revisions, the sketch now has a devilish grin. I grin like the sketch saying “Much better!” 11am, sketching more poses for work and listening to Barry play Chrono Trigger! Barry says “Frog!” from my computer.

This year’s Hourlies are in, hot off the press! This is my NINTH time doing it and I really enjoy putting these together every year.

Lots of Pokemon Sleep and Pokemon Go, watching Barry’s VODs to get me through the work day, Tasting History for lunch, Oh No Ross and Carrie in the evening, and I Can’t Sleep before bed. All of these, I highly recommend watching or listening to!

All my previous hourlies can be read right here~
(2022’s is NSFW)

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Hourly Comics Day 2023

This year’s Hourlies! It was a bit of frantic February 1st for me this year. I can’t believe I’ve managed to do this every year for 8 years!

I highly recommend listening to the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett and maybe checking out the comic I put up for preorder *shameless plug*

All my previous hourlies can be read right here~
(2022’s is NSFW)

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A Mini Guide to RSS Feeds

Comic page giving a mini tutorial on what an RSS feed is. Panel 1: You might've seen this icon before. It's the RSS icon. But what is RSS? RSS is an update feed for a website. Every time the site publishes a post, article, comic page, etc. the feed is updated. Most websites have a RSS feed. Panel 2: You'll usually find it in a site's menu. It might also be on a sidebar or the footer. Panel 3: But if I click on it it's just a bunch of code! What gives? What am I supposed to do with it?! Panel 4: This is where you'll need a feed reader like feedly!

Comic page giving a mini tutorial on what an RSS feed is. Panel 1: One, on Feedly click the follow button. Two, copy the URL from the site's RSS button and add it to the search box. Panel 2: Three, this will bring up the feed for the site. Four, Add it by clicking the follow button. You can also search the name of the site without the RSS link but it's more accurate if you have the link. Panel 3: Add the new feed to a folder. Panel 4: Now the feed will appear on your Feedly when it updates! Panel 5: What I did was get the Feedly add-on for my browser. So every time a site I follow updates the extension lets me know! Panel 6: Clicking the title of the update opens the site in a new tab. I personally like seeing content on it's own site. But you can set everything up so you only ever need to open Feedly.

Comic page giving a mini tutorial on what an RSS feed is. Panel 1:If you run a site make sure your RSS button is easily accessible. The URL will usually be something like yoursite.com/feed or yoursite.com/rss. Panel 2: Be sure to follow your own RSS feeds to make sure they're updating properly. This way if it goes down for whatever reason you'll be able to catch the problem before your readers miss too many updates. Panel 3: And that's all there is to it! It's very customizable so play around with it to see what works for you! Panel 4: No fuss. No algorithms. Just the updates you choose to see! Hey! My favourite comic updated!

With all the talk about Twitter and social media going on, I felt really inspired to do a comic about RSS feeds. This is a really barebones guide but I hope it helps you stay updated with your favourite webcomics, artists and websites.

The nice thing about RSS feeds is that almost any kind of site has one, so if you wanted you could add user feeds from tumblr, twitter, mastodon, etc. here’s some helpful guides on how to add those (1) (2)

I hope you found this little guide helpful. I’m just a simple guy who’s passionate about RSS feeds, comics and staying updated using both. Go forth and make the feed of your dreams!
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A graphic announcing "RSS & You" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 17th, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST on Zoom featuring panelist Jey Pawlik. The panel description reads, "A rundown on what RSS is, how webcomics can utilize it, and how readers can organize what they're reading. This event is for webcomic creators and readers alike." An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic both holding comic pages decorate the graphic.

In Depth Talk I Did on RSS available on Youtube!

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