{"id":9814,"date":"2025-05-12T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/?p=9814"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:25:10","slug":"webcomic-day-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/05\/12\/9814\/","title":{"rendered":"Webcomic Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Webcomic Day!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be posting throughout the day on social media, but for you here&#8217;s the big full post.<\/p>\n<p>Want to read some queer comics written and drawn by some queer folks for free?! I&#8217;m Jey Pawlik, and with my spouse Max Parker, we&#8217;ve got hundreds of pages in our archive, like the post-apocalyptic gay romance <a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/deadcity\/welcome\">Dead City<\/a>, the nonbinary autobio series <a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/genderslices\/vol1\">Gender Slices<\/a>, a 4-koma comedy comic about <a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/aloladarumaka\/alola\">Darumaka<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/one-shots\/hey-daddy\/\">Lupin III<\/a> fancomics.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/\">Start reading on Topaz Comics<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/jpawlik\"><strong>Or see sketches, thumbnails, and pages 2 months early on Patreon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Alola Darumaka Process<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9816\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/WebcomicDayOnline1.jpg\" alt=\"Comic page split into four quadrants showing the sketch, inks, colours, and halftone effects on an Alola Darumaka page. The comic itself is four panels done in black line art with four shades of dusty pink. Panel one shows Darumaka sitting and doodling on a piece of paper with an Alolan Meowth napping behind her, Darumaka is humming with a little music note beside her. Panel two, Darumaka is still drawing and another Meowth has appeared behind her and is napping. Panel three, Darumaka has her hands up saying &quot;Hey!&quot; as a Meowth lays down in front of her and on her drawing. Panel four, Darumaka still with her hands up looks angrier saying &quot;Gah!&quot; as she is now surrounded by Meowths napping around her, heat lines coming off her body which just gathers more Meowths to her.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/WebcomicDayOnline1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/WebcomicDayOnline1-142x200.jpg 142w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/WebcomicDayOnline1-768x1084.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my process for <a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/aloladarumaka\/66\/\">Alola Darumaka<\/a> using the <a href=\"https:\/\/webcomicday.com\/\">ScreentonesCast template<\/a> showing my traditional sketch, digital inks, colours, and halftone effects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Dead City<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9817\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCoverFrontRGBwithTitlesWM.jpg\" alt=\"The book cover &quot;Dead City&quot;, drawn with choppy black line art and coloured with greens, blacks and yellows, showing Mikael and JP kneeling next to one another holding their own backpack straps with a dark Toronto skyline behind them as the sun sets. The bottom reads &quot;Michelle Parker and Jey Pawlik&quot;\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCoverFrontRGBwithTitlesWM.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCoverFrontRGBwithTitlesWM-156x200.jpg 156w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCoverFrontRGBwithTitlesWM-768x988.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9818\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCh22Pg-122WM.jpg\" alt=\"Comic page done in thick black ink and one solid 50% grey tone. Panel one, Mikael is walking over to the couch and JP asks &quot;Are you okay?&quot; and Mikael responds &quot;Yeah?&quot;. Panel two, Mikael has sat down on the couch, wine glass in hand. JP asks &quot;Are you drunk?&quot;, and Mikael replies &quot;YESS!&quot; Panel three shows a medium close up of JP saying &quot;Isn't that a bad idea with all the zombies around?&quot; Panel four is a close up of Mikael's drunk but smiling face, he says &quot;You didn't mind last time&quot; a bit seductively. Panel five is a similar shot but a close up of JP's face saying &quot;But-- we should still be careful.&quot; Panel six pulls out and shows both boys on the couch together. Mikael saying &quot;It's been ages since we saw one and they're all slow and clumsy now.&quot; JP says &quot;Now?&quot; Panel seven shows just Mikael from the waist up holding his wine glass saying &quot;Right, you weren't out at the beginning.&quot;\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCh22Pg-122WM.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCh22Pg-122WM-155x200.jpg 155w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCh22Pg-122WM-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9819\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCh22Pg-123WM.jpg\" alt=\"Comic page done in thick black ink and one solid 50% grey tone. Panel one, a flashback to Mikael hunkered down in his dark messy apartment as the TV is the only source of light and narration reads \u201cThere used to be a lot and they were fast and violent.\u201d Panel two, present day Mikael and he\u2019s happily saying \u201cBut since they\u2019re dead they rot, right?\u201d. Panel three, flashback again to Mikael out in a dark warehouse where he\u2019s searching through boxes. Narration reads \u201cOne time I was out looking for food\u201d the sentence is left hanging over panel four, which shows a scared Mikael looking over his shoulder and the sound effect \u201cWok!\u201d above his head.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCh22Pg-123WM.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCh22Pg-123WM-155x200.jpg 155w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCh22Pg-123WM-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9820\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCh22Pg-124WM.jpg\" alt=\"Comic page done in thick black ink and one solid 50% grey tone. Panel one, a continuation of the previous page\u2019s flashback where Mikael is face to face with a zombie who\u2019s decomposing and slowly meanering passed him, not noticing him at all. The narration reads \u201cand one walked right past me! It didn\u2019t have any eyes.\u201d Panel two, back to the present showing Mikael lounging on the couch with JP next to him. JP asks \u201cSo the ones now are all rotted?\u201d and Mikael smiles saying \u201cRight!\u201d Panel three, a close up of JP pouring himself a glass of wine on the coffee table in front of the couch while he says \u201cAlright.\u201d\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCh22Pg-124WM.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCh22Pg-124WM-155x200.jpg 155w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DeadCityCh22Pg-124WM-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Dead City is a completed post-apocalypse gay romance comic that focuses more on survival and human connection than the zombie aspect of the genre. Written by Max, this was our first comic project that we started in 2013 and finished in 2020! It\u2019s still available to read online, but a newer fancy version was made into a book last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/deadcity\/welcome\">https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/deadcity\/welcome<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/shop\"><strong>https:\/\/topazcomics.com\/shop<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Curtain Falls Process<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10526\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls01-200x129.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls01-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10527\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls02.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls02-200x129.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls02-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10528\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls03.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls03-200x129.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls03-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10529\" src=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls04.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls04-200x129.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PromoWebcomicDayTheCurtainFalls04-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My Patreon exclusive comic &#8220;The Curtain Falls&#8221;, a 50 page Lupin III comic about Lupin in his 60s and coming to terms that nothing lasts forever. The comic is wrapping up <strong>THIS WEEK<\/strong> with printing and a digital PDF on the horizon, so I wanted to promo that today as well! <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/jpawlik\">Sign up on Patreon to read the whole comic!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Webcomic Day! I&#8217;ll be posting throughout the day on social media, but for you here&#8217;s the big full post. Want to read some queer comics written and drawn by some queer folks for free?! I&#8217;m Jey Pawlik, and with my spouse Max Parker, we&#8217;ve got hundreds of pages in our archive, like the post-apocalyptic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[1264,1351,1278,300,297,1500,1273,1261],"tags":[1352,17,6,82,21,1574,1586,1946,122,2,2100,1944,2101],"class_list":["post-9814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-alola-darumaka","category-comic","category-deadcity","category-fanart","category-lupin-iii","category-ocs","category-ask","tag-alola-darumaka","tag-comic","tag-dead-city","tag-gender-slices","tag-lupin-iii","tag-process","tag-the-curtain-falls","tag-topaz-comics","tag-topazcomics","tag-webcomic","tag-webcomic-day","tag-webcomicday","tag-webcomicday2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9814","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=9814"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10533,"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9814\/revisions\/10533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}