{"id":11846,"date":"2026-07-31T09:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/?p=11846"},"modified":"2026-07-30T16:30:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:30:52","slug":"july-2026-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/07\/31\/11846\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2026 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a hot one this summer, and I&#8217;ve got some even hotter updates for you as we make our way into August!<\/p>\n<p>My newsletters are always free and here&#8217;s where you can follow &#8217;em:<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:\/\/www.patreon.com\/c\/jpawlik\/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=newsletter\">Patreon!<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-accordion su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Click here to reveal the rest<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\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-11847\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-30-155910.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"841\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-30-155910.png 841w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-30-155910-200x164.png 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-30-155910-768x630.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All Friday public art is crossposted to <a href=\"https:\/\/jeypawlik.tumblr.com\/\">tumblr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/comicscamp.club\/@jeypawlik\">mastodon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pillowfort.social\/jeypawlik\">pillowfort<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jpawlik.com\">bluesky<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\">jpawlik.com\/blog<\/a> and TWO months early for $1 and up <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/jpawlik\">Patrons<\/a> &#8212; which also include sketches and thumbs with almost every piece, if that&#8217;s something you may be interested in \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mastodon reminder:<\/strong> I migrated Mastodon servers so just double check that you&#8217;re following me at comicscamp.club\/@jeypawlik <strong>instead<\/strong> of on mastodon.art\/@jeypawlik<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Webcomic Updates<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohjoysextoy.com\/interviewing-gina-biggs-of-filthy-figments-jey-pawlik\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11836 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OJSTInterviewGinaBiggsPreview-1024x1839.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cInterview with Gina Biggs of Filthy Figments\u201d a comic by Jey Pawlik is done in cool textured colours with mint greens and light pinks. Jey is a nonbinary person with a chubby build with short cropped hair with some greys, they sport big thick square glasses and casual comfy clothes. Gina Biggs is a cis woman with medium length and light-coloured hair, she sports catseye glasses with a strawberry necklace, a black t-shirt tucked into a cute floral long skirt. Jey is furiously drawing cute sexy character ideas on some paper while saying \u201cInspiration has STRUCK! What a super sexy story I\u2019ve got on my hands! I\u2019ll add some of this, a little of that\u2014\u201d Jey pauses. \u201c\u2014Hm. Where will it live though? The internet is just rife with censorship right now, there\u2019s not many places I COULD post it\u2026 WAIT!\u201d They run off, pieces of paper in their hand and flying and falling behind them as they run into a pink area instead of their usual mint green while saying \u201cI know JUST who to talk to about this!\u201d Jey enters a room and gestures happily to their friend Gina Biggs, who sits at a computer desk with a tablet she\u2019s working on with two ladies smooching and the Filthy Figments website on the larger monitor. Jey introduces her \u201cMy good pal and fellow sexy comics enthusiast Gina Biggs and her site Filthy Figments!\u201d Gina smiles and responds \u201cHey Jey~\u201d Info about Filthy Figments lines the left side of the panel. \u2764\ufe0f filthyfigments.com \u2764\ufe0f $12.99USD\/month or $99.95USD\/year \u2764\ufe0f 50 new pages guaranteed every month \u2764\ufe0f 60+ creators, 200+ titles, &amp; 15,000+ pages in the archive \u2764\ufe0f 100% human-created content! A ribbon obscures the bottom of the page with the text &quot;Read the rest on Oh Joy Sex Toy .com\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OJSTInterviewGinaBiggsPreview-1024x1839.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OJSTInterviewGinaBiggsPreview-111x200.jpg 111w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OJSTInterviewGinaBiggsPreview-768x1379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OJSTInterviewGinaBiggsPreview-855x1536.jpg 855w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OJSTInterviewGinaBiggsPreview-1141x2048.jpg 1141w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OJSTInterviewGinaBiggsPreview-1320x2370.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OJSTInterviewGinaBiggsPreview-scaled.jpg 1426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- obsidian --><\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s OJST comic is up <em>(and it&#8217;s SFW)<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>Today I\u2019m joined by the lovely <a href=\"https:\/\/filthyfigments.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gina Biggs of Filthy Figments<\/a> for an exclusive interview just as Filthy Figments enters it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/filthyfigments.com\/membership-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">very first pledge drive<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohjoysextoy.com\/interviewing-gina-biggs-of-filthy-figments-jey-pawlik\/\"><strong>Read My Interview with Gina Biggs of Filthy Figments here for free!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/one-shots\/forward-to-this-address-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11773 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UpdateForwardToThisAddress04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UpdateForwardToThisAddress04.jpg 500w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UpdateForwardToThisAddress04-181x200.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/one-shots\/forward-to-this-address-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11774 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UpdateForwardToThisAddress05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UpdateForwardToThisAddress05.jpg 500w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UpdateForwardToThisAddress05-181x200.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two new pages of &#8220;Forward to This Address&#8221;, a sad comic about Zenigata and divorce. Read it and weep~<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/one-shots\/forward-to-this-address-1\/\">Read from the beginning<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/one-shots\/forward-to-this-address-4\/\">Read from the newest page<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/collection\/2059105\">Read the whole comic on Patreon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Patreon Updates<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts\/july-2026-165284714\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11842 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026SketchbookCoversJuly01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026SketchbookCoversJuly01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026SketchbookCoversJuly01-155x200.jpg 155w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026SketchbookCoversJuly01-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts\/july-2026-165284714\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11843 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026SketchbookCoversJuly02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026SketchbookCoversJuly02.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026SketchbookCoversJuly02-155x200.jpg 155w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026SketchbookCoversJuly02-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts\/july-2026-165284714\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11844 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026SketchbookCoversJuly03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026SketchbookCoversJuly03.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026SketchbookCoversJuly03-155x200.jpg 155w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026SketchbookCoversJuly03-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This month&#8217;s sketchbook is up over on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=sketchbook\">Patreon!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s sketchbook is HERE and it&#8217;s lots and lots of concept art this month. I&#8217;m quite pleased with where my art and concepts are heading lately!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights include:<\/strong> Detective Jigen AU sketches for reasons \ud83d\udc40, lots of Curse Eater concepts and fleshing things out more, some fun freelance sketches.<\/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\">\n<p>Did you know I do post a sketchbook PDF at the end of every month? AND you get access to the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/collection\/105673?view=expanded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sketchbook PDF collection<\/a> archive if you&#8217;re a $5+ member?!<\/p>\n<p><strong>More on Patreon this month:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-1cq1psq-0 kWkNqn sc-pn81yk-0 dBfLIG\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts\/sketchbook-80-163057362\">Sketchbook Shoutouts &#8211; 80<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts\/lupin-1-2-163059095\">Lupin #1 &#8211; 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts\/treasures-of-49-163295688\">Treasures of Time &#8211; 49<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts\/gympunkd-163061989\">Gympunk&#8217;d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts\/lupin-1-3-163789430\">Lupin #1 &#8211; 3 (end)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts\/old-concept-art-163690285\">Old Concept Art Book &#8211; 11<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts\/ojst-behind-to-t-164634071\">OJST Behind the Scenes: To a T-Gel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts\/robber-robert-164748014\">Robber\/Robert<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts\/bespoke-jacket-165165547\">Bespoke Jacket Colours<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-jlRLRk xMWEK\">\n<div class=\"sc-1cq1psq-0 kWkNqn sc-pn81yk-0 dBfLIG\">\n<div class=\"sc-cfnzm4-0 daxSFj\">\n<div class=\"sc-cfnzm4-0 daxSFj\">\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><strong>Announcement for August (IMPORTANT!!)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OnlineAlolaDarumakaHiatus.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve decided to take ALL OF AUGUST OFF!! Like completely, for the first time ever. I&#8217;ll be pausing my Patreon (you won&#8217;t get charged for August!!!), there&#8217;ll be no comic updates, no social media posts, and no newsletter. I&#8217;ll be back in September and Patreon billing will resume on September 1st, hopefully stronger and better than ever!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-cfnzm4-0 daxSFj\">\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Other Things<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>Websites have been mostly migrated over to my Canadian host and I&#8217;m so excited to save a lot of money on this.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been getting really in to creating a home server for myself, so that&#8217;s been a fun silly techy hobby I&#8217;ve taken on. It&#8217;s like my own Google Cloud\/Netflix\/Libby all in one and I own it! I used <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AtgCcMjtqF0\">this video<\/a> as a jumping off point and gosh, it&#8217;s been really nice to have!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comixcleric.com\/\"><strong>ComixCleric<\/strong><\/a> is looking for help with their costs to keep the project going. I think CC has the ability to change the webcomics world up in a good way, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jAacV1T7jXY\">consider checking them out!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also managed to finish all my many many freelance projects that were due this month, I&#8217;m so tired, but I made it, I&#8217;m FREE!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11848\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bafkreihd7wqk3k3wrnymj4ulzvnuc5dbu5m3mtp7jzcy5hvb7vqzzjbvd4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"969\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bafkreihd7wqk3k3wrnymj4ulzvnuc5dbu5m3mtp7jzcy5hvb7vqzzjbvd4.jpg 969w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bafkreihd7wqk3k3wrnymj4ulzvnuc5dbu5m3mtp7jzcy5hvb7vqzzjbvd4-200x193.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bafkreihd7wqk3k3wrnymj4ulzvnuc5dbu5m3mtp7jzcy5hvb7vqzzjbvd4-768x739.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go read Delicious in Dungeon and apply this to everything you do! (I used this in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OMILgG-ol50&amp;list=PLLxvjUiHRgdw&amp;index=2&amp;pp=iAQBsAgC\">&#8220;Reclaim Your Right to Rest&#8221;<\/a> talk I did back in May)<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be back in SEPTEMBER! wooooooo, hope you have a great rest of your summer and have fun~<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a hot one this summer, and I&#8217;ve got some even hotter updates for you as we make our way into August! My newsletters are always free and here&#8217;s where you can follow &#8217;em: RSS |\u00a0Mailing List | Patreon Want to see archived newsletters? Check those out on my blog or my Patreon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-transparent-header":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1260],"tags":[2270,1826],"class_list":["post-11846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates","tag-2270","tag-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11849,"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11846\/revisions\/11849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}