{"id":10765,"date":"2025-08-31T12:54:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T16:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/?p=10765"},"modified":"2025-08-31T12:54:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T16:54:38","slug":"august-2025-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/08\/31\/10765\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2025 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey hey I&#8217;m back and here&#8217;s August&#8217;s newsletter of updates!<\/p>\n<p>My newsletters are always free and you can keep up with them here:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/feed\/\">RSS<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/mailing-lists\/\">Mailing List<\/a> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/jpawlik\"><strong>Patreon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to see archived newsletters? Check those out on <a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/category\/updates\/\">my blog<\/a> or my <a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/category\/updates\/\">Patreon!<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Latest Public Arts<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10767\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-30-102050.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-30-102050.png 803w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-30-102050-200x124.png 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-30-102050-768x476.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I post public art every Friday! For August I took a break posting new art so I filled my Fridays with photography instead. These were only posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\">my blog.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regularly, all Friday art is crossposted to <a href=\"https:\/\/jeypawlik.tumblr.com\/\">tumblr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.art\/@jeypawlik\">mastodon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pillowfort.social\/jeypawlik\">pillowfort<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jpawlik.com\">bluesky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sheezy.art\/jeypawlik\">SheezyArt<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\">jpawlik.com\/blog<\/a> and up over a month early for all <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/jpawlik\">Patrons<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/vipblog\">VIP members<\/a> which also include sketches and thumbs with almost every piece!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Webcomic Updates<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>I took a break from comic updates this month on account of being up north for 3 weeks and it was lovely!<\/p>\n<p>While I was up at the cottage I did start thumbnailing my next WEBCOMIC: <strong>In Search Of Analogue Days<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10614\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OnlinePrideOCsISO.jpg\" alt=\"Character lineup for &quot;In Search of Analogue Days&quot;. &quot;Diana Ying&quot; is a thin older woman with greying brown hair and thick glasses. She's wearing a long pink cardigan with a white top, light blue pants and purple slip on shoes. She's holding a tiny camera in one hand. The pride flag beside her is the asexual flag with the trans and POC triangle on top. &quot;Aidan Ryan&quot; is a teen boy who's questioning his pronouns and gender. He's got short brown hair with bangs, and is wearing a simple white button up, a belt and black slacks. The pride flag beside him is the Questioning flag.\" width=\"1081\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OnlinePrideOCsISO.jpg 1081w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OnlinePrideOCsISO-1024x947.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OnlinePrideOCsISO-200x185.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OnlinePrideOCsISO-768x710.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1081px) 100vw, 1081px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So hopefully I&#8217;ll be able to get a good buffer for that and start posting maybe early next year. Any announcements will absolutely be in my newsletter!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10730\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/JigenZinePreview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/JigenZinePreview.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/JigenZinePreview-200x102.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/JigenZinePreview-768x392.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Patron or VIP Member I&#8217;ll be posting up the comic Max and I did for the Jigen Before And After Zine starting this Tuesday. It&#8217;s 6 pages and I&#8217;m real proud of it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10769\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UpdateHRTDiary14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UpdateHRTDiary14.jpg 500w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UpdateHRTDiary14-181x200.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HRT Diary Comics will be going up publicly over on <a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\">Topaz Comics<\/a> on Tuesdays for a bit because I got a bought of autobio inspiration! You can also read them all early on Patreon or my VIP Blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/genderslices\/vol1\/\">Read from the very beginning<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/genderslices\/hrt-diary-1\/\">Read just the HRT Diary on Topaz Comics<\/a> |<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/collection\/1354660\">Read on Patreon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/vipblog\/category\/comic\/?tag=gender-slices\/\">Read on my VIP Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9243\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/LupinPolaroids37Online.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/LupinPolaroids37Online.jpg 900w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/LupinPolaroids37Online-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/LupinPolaroids37Online-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Treasures of Time continues to be posted every Wednesday on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/collection\/1523957\"><strong>Patreon<\/strong><\/a> and my <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/vipblog\/tag\/treasures-of-time\/\">VIP blog<\/a> <\/strong>for Grab Bag members. I&#8217;m really enjoying this little Lupin photo album series I&#8217;ve been working on. I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll print it into a zine when I&#8217;ve collected enough of them, but for now they&#8217;ve been really nice to work on in my spare time and post really casually.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>August&#8217;s Sketchbook<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/vipblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025SketchbookCoversAug01.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This month\u2019s sketchbook is up for the Grab Bag tier on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=sketchbook\">Patreon<\/a> and my <a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/vipblog\/category\/sketchbooks\/\">VIP Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-jlRLRk xMWEK\">\n<div class=\"sc-1cq1psq-0 kWkNqn sc-pn81yk-0 dBfLIG\">\n<div class=\"sc-cfnzm4-0 daxSFj\">It&#8217;s time for August&#8217;s sketchbook! I spent most of this month up north and it was really wonderful where I did end up drawing quite a lot so please enjoy just a lot of concept art for various upcoming projects, some silly doodles, and comic sketches! And then this month&#8217;s set of shoutout requests from the Private Collector gang (don&#8217;t forget if to shoot me a request at the beginning of each month~)<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-cfnzm4-0 daxSFj\">\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>September Schedule<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10771\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/OnlineScheduleSeptember.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1320\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/OnlineScheduleSeptember.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/OnlineScheduleSeptember-1024x756.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/OnlineScheduleSeptember-200x148.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/OnlineScheduleSeptember-768x567.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>September&#8217;s schedule, as always things may move around depending but I&#8217;m hoping to get back into regular posting!<\/p>\n<p>$1 members get Patreon posts on Tuesdays and Fridays<\/p>\n<p>$5 members get Patreon posts on Wednesdays and my Sketchbook PDF at the end of the month<\/p>\n<p>$10 members get Patreon posts every other Thursday (or so)<\/p>\n<p>Free comics are posted every Tuesday on Topaz Comics<\/p>\n<p>Free illustrations are posted every Friday on my art blog and most social media sites<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Topaz Comics Shop<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/shop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10770\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PromoShop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PromoShop.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PromoShop-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PromoShop-200x136.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PromoShop-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PromoShop-1536x1044.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PromoShop-1320x897.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*NEW*<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/shop\/product\/mystery-of-mamo-fujiko-sticker\/\"><strong>Mystery of Mamo Fujiko sticker<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/shop\/product\/porco-hot-girl-summer-sticker\/\"><strong>Porco Rosso Hot Girl Summer sticker<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/shop\/product\/transfixed-anthology\/\"><strong>Transfixed Anthology<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>An update on tariffs: as of August 29th,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadapost-postescanada.ca\/cpc\/en\/support\/campaign\/shipping-to-us-duty-updates.page\">the US is requiring a 30% tariff fee on ALL items of $800 or less from Canada<\/a>. In the meantime I&#8217;m closing any shipments to the USA until I can figure out how this works with my site or if the US rescinds this decision. I am deeply upset by this because 90% of my sales come from American folks. It&#8217;s been a terrible ride lately for selling online and I&#8217;m so very tired.<\/p>\n<p>For y&#8217;all newsletter readers, feel free to use the coupon code <strong>SayNoToTariffs20\u00a0<\/strong>for 20% off any <a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/shop\/product-category\/digital\/\">digital item<\/a> &#8211;<em> limit to 1 coupon per customer, expires September 30th 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Itch.io &amp; NSFW media under attack<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>As of writing this on August 31st:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jeypawlik.itch.io\/\">Itch.io<\/a> has reinstated all my works but Stripe is no longer an option for payment and I feel uneasy with Paypal being the only option there. Itch.io has said they&#8217;re looking in to new payment processors but nothing new has developed yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-cfnzm4-0 daxSFj\">\n<p>I hold strong in my support of NSFW content and I highly recommend you contact Mastercard, Visa, Paypal and Stripe to tell them your displeasure in the situation. There&#8217;s lots of resources out there right now on how to fight back and I highly recommend you do, even if NSFW media isn&#8217;t your jam censorship helps no one. Please check out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/yellat.money\/\">https:\/\/yellat.money\/<\/a><\/strong> for a list of phone numbers, petitions, and other ways to help.<\/p>\n<p>As a NSFW artist myself I&#8217;m currently looking into other options for where to host my work or how to accept payment for those works. I have made a <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribestar.adult\/jpawlik\">SubscribeStar<\/a> and am just waiting to be approved for that and I&#8217;ll see if I can use that as an option.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone has any other options that are viable to try, please let me know!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Cool Comic Recommendation<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:omrk7574omkidtfsspobq35w\/bafkreih47xrki3k5okrvcdphr46dmrg6drsy4swhh7wdcycwc6v7rmuzs4@jpeg\" width=\"1974\" height=\"2000\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ohjoysextoy.com\"><strong>Oh Joy Sex Toy by Erika Moen, Matthew Nolan, Hien Pham, and many more!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I assume most folks know about Oh Joy Sex Toy, but in case you don&#8217;t: Oh Joy Sex Toy is a sexy and sex-ed comics site which has a huge archive of reviews, sex-ed, fictional and autobio comics. It&#8217;s just over 12 years old now and helped me when I was finally just learning about sex-ed in my early 20s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohjoysextoy.com\/category\/comic\/jeypawlik\/\">I&#8217;ve also done quite a lot of comics for them<\/a>, with one-offs and regular monthly comics from 2021 to 2023 and&#8230; oh! You should be sure to read the comic coming out on September 19th \ud83d\udc40 \ud83d\udc40 \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>For the last two years I&#8217;ve also been doing social media posting for them on <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@OhJoySexToy\">Mastodon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillowfort.social\/OhJoySexToy\">Pillowfort,<\/a> so that&#8217;s me if you ever get a reply on either of those.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Other Things<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m back from vacation and had a great, relaxing time! Max and I had three weeks away from the internet and news and social media. We went swimming, I took lots of photos, and we worked on comics outside while listening to birds and looking out at the lake.<\/p>\n<p>Commissions will be closed for now, my workload got a lot heavier after of coming back from vacation.<\/p>\n<p>I was offered a teaching job at a local private college!!! School hasn&#8217;t started yet and I&#8217;m nervous and excited about this all at once!<\/p>\n<p>Also to my knowledge, you ARE able to reply to this newsletter in your email if you ever want to leave a comment\/feedback\/fun fact for me and I&#8217;ll get an email reply.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-cfnzm4-0 daxSFj\">\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>I hope y&#8217;all had a good summer and I&#8217;ll chat with y&#8217;all again at the end of September!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"notranslate\" style=\"all: initial;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey hey I&#8217;m back and here&#8217;s August&#8217;s newsletter of updates! 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