{"id":9444,"date":"2023-10-31T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/?p=9444"},"modified":"2024-11-04T12:22:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:22:55","slug":"october-2023-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/10\/31\/9444\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2023 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-offset-key=\"50mp8-0-0\">Happy Halloween everyone, enjoy this month&#8217;s newsletter!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Want some good ways of getting these newsletters? I got you covered <em>(they&#8217;re all free forever!)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/feed\/\">RSS<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/mailing-lists\/\">Mailing List<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/jpawlik\">Patreon<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Public October Art<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9461\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-31-102440.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"787\" height=\"809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-31-102440.png 787w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-31-102440-195x200.png 195w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-31-102440-768x789.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I post something publicly every Friday (and sometimes extras) and these can be seen &amp; shared on my various socials: <a href=\"https:\/\/jeypawlik.tumblr.com\/\">tumblr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeypawlik\">twitter,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.art\/@jeypawlik\">mastodon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cohost.org\/JeyPawlik\">cohost<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pillowfort.social\/jeypawlik\">pillowfort<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jeypawlik.bsky.social\">bluesky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\">jpawlik.com\/blog<\/a> with sketches and thumbnails up early for <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/jpawlik\">patrons<\/a> and for free members 2 months later.<\/p>\n<p>My Ghost Files piece appeared on the Ghost Files Debrief on October 27th and that was super cool!<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Webcomic Updates<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9446 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UpdateOneShotMiscLoom07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UpdateOneShotMiscLoom07.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UpdateOneShotMiscLoom07-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UpdateOneShotMiscLoom07-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>I finished posting my 7 page comic &#8220;Loom&#8221;. This is a silent comic written by Clark Moreau for the Twisting Time Anthology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/one-shots\/loom-1\/\"><strong>Read all 7 pages here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9447 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UpdateOneShotsBetweenHeists01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UpdateOneShotsBetweenHeists01.jpg 612w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UpdateOneShotsBetweenHeists01-157x200.jpg 157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now that Loom is complete, I&#8217;m posting a short Lupin III comic that Michelle and I did for the fanzine &#8220;Between Heists&#8221; collection. Two pages are up already and there&#8217;s two more to go, updates Tuesdays at 12pmEST<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/one-shots\/between-heists-1\/\"><strong>Start reading it here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9448 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tumblr_0f78adc73a1679e2a858e494779108ba_af5d074b_500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tumblr_0f78adc73a1679e2a858e494779108ba_af5d074b_500.png 500w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tumblr_0f78adc73a1679e2a858e494779108ba_af5d074b_500-159x200.png 159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Grab Bag tier on Patreon got a few more pages of my Lupin III fancomic &#8220;The Curtain Falls&#8221;, a comic about Lupin in his 60s. Pages go up when I finish them but it&#8217;s usually every other Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=the+curtain+falls\"><strong>Read the newest pages here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9449 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tumblr_b14b5bd88ceea0f4aabfebb2de3c4503_018efbe7_500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tumblr_b14b5bd88ceea0f4aabfebb2de3c4503_018efbe7_500.png 500w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tumblr_b14b5bd88ceea0f4aabfebb2de3c4503_018efbe7_500-200x180.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Private Collector tier on Patreon also got another &#8220;After All&#8221; page, a NSFW Jigen\/Zenigata comic written by Michelle. It&#8217;s heatin&#8217; up in here!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jpawlik\/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=after+all\"><strong>Read the pages here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>October&#8217;s Sketchbook<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9455\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023SketchbookOct1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023SketchbookOct1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023SketchbookOct1-155x200.jpg 155w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023SketchbookOct1-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s sketchbook is HERE for the Grab Bag tier on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/october-2023-92011044\">Patreon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>October&#8217;s sketchbook is pretty big this month at a whopping 30 pages! I&#8217;m only now coming back up to my full art potential after hurting my wrist last year. This month&#8217;s PDF includes a work life drawing session, lots of Makas in Halloween costumes, and some item concepts for a new original comic Michelle and I have been brainstorming! Plus, of course, some very good shoutout requests from my Private Collector folks!<\/p>\n<h4><strong>MCX 2023<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9450 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230428_223223734-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230428_223223734-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230428_223223734-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230428_223223734-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230428_223223734-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230428_223223734-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230428_223223734-1320x743.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/campaign.mississauga.ca\/mississauga-comic-expo-mcx\/\"><strong>The Mississauga Comic Expo is BACK<\/strong><\/a> and happening on November 19th this year at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga! It&#8217;s free to enter, and Michelle and I will be there as Topaz Comics with all our books and wares!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be doing a sketch challenge in the theatre at 11am, and then my newest talk &#8220;<strong>Creating Comic Anthologies and Fanzines<\/strong>&#8221; at 1:30pm in the same theatre! Come visit us (booth number TBA)<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Other things<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&#8211; November 5th is my birthday! 33 babeeeeey<br \/>\n&#8211; I started HRT after years of debating. Comics are in the works!<br \/>\n&#8211; I recovered from covid and it doesn&#8217;t look like there&#8217;s been any long term side effects for me. I was pretty worried and anxious about that.<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>Talk to y&#8217;all again at the end of November!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Halloween everyone, enjoy this month&#8217;s newsletter! Want some good ways of getting these newsletters? I got you covered (they&#8217;re all free forever!) 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