Comics by Max Parker & Jey Pawlik
I got confused for my brother a lot as a kid and it always felt so good for some reason?
News update: we’re open for GUEST COMICS! Read about it here, and apply here!
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Every May we go on a month long hiatus to catch up on our buffer and go to conventions. This year is going to be big because Topaz Comics is boothing at TCAF so there’s a lot we need to do before then!
Update: Gender Slices slots have been filled!
We’re looking for four artists for Dead City comics, and four artists for Gender Slices comics (illustrations are fine too) to post throughout the month of May. Comics will be posted every Tuesday here (topazcomics.com), Tapas, and Smackjeeves.
4 for Dead City
– must be about Mikael and JP
– 750px wide, height shouldn’t be smaller than 500px or larger than 4000px
– fully coloured, greyscale or just inked comics are fine
– Please keep it PG13
– no AUs please
4 for Gender Slices
– about your own experiences with gender
– 650px wide, 1005px tall
– fully coloured, greyscale, lineart or a clean sketched comic is fine
– should be about you (not me)
– trans/nonbinary/gender questioning artists only
– you must be comfortable putting your story out there
We ask that you only apply for one comic.
Guest comics will be due April 26th, but the sooner the better.
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I’ve made as many Gender Slices as there are 1st gen Pokemon. And I’m proud of that!
This one I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I had a comic in my deviantArt days. It wasn’t very good, it was a lot of inside jokes with my friends. But I was a boy in this comic and I liked that, and didn’t know why. I didn’t have the words to describe my feelings, so making strange little comics was the next best thing to helping my unknown dysphoria.
It’s embarrassing to look at now, but I’m glad I did it. I’m glad I explored ideas like this when I was younger.
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Things like this take time, there’s no deadline, and if you don’t feel comfortable doing something then don’t do it.
But it’s hard finding people like me when everyone follows a set of ‘rules’ to abide by.
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An old coworker (who did know I started going by Jey) found me in my new city at my new job at random.
My new coworkers did not know my old name which was real nice, but being outted like that hurt. I felt like there wasn’t anything I could even do about it because it was over before I knew it.
My new coworkers never brought it up, but it still felt crummy.
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Having a talk with my doctor about the next steps I’m comfortable with in my transition.
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Do what makes you happy, even if everyone else is going down another path.
If it’s not for you, don’t force it.
Don’t compare yourself to others.
You don’t have to go on hormones to be trans. You don’t have to have surgery to be trans. You don’t have to do what other people do to be trans. You know who you are despite everything that’s thrown at you!
I’m trans and no one can stop me.
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Welcome to chapter 30! Starting it strong with a mascot drawn by Michelle!
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On October 12th I got my name changed for realz!
I picked Jey as a name in January of 2017, but was going by Je or J for a few years before that. I’ve come so far, I can’t believe this finally happened!
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The storm’s really rolling in now, better get inside before the rain comes.
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We went to Medieval Times.
I know the wait staff is trained to talk like this, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be annoyed by it.
I think in the back of my mind I was really hoping they would say “sir” or “m’lord” but no such luck.
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I went to a trans/nonbinary meet-up very unprepared and unsure if I really fit in or not.
That being said I’m slowly figuring out who I am and what I want.
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Welcome back to Gender Slices!
Here’s a book recommendation for you: Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote
You’re not alone!—
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Was at the mall with Michelle and this person was just so… deliberate and loud with their use of “ladies”.
Why does it have to be this way? It always feels like people go out of their way to gender me.
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Been thinking about my appearance and what I want from it lately. Basically hormones vs not taking hormones.
I have not taken hormones, nor do I think I will, but this still comes to mind a lot.
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A cliffhanger GUEST COMIC?! You betcha! Jey’s good friend NDGO did today’s guest comic and did a real long one for y’all, so we wanted to split it up. Tune in next Tuesday (CHRISTMAS DAY) for the thrilling conclusion of NDGO’s amazing guest comic!
The second half of NDGO’s very cute, very well done guest comic. Hope you enjoyed our guest comics for this month! Happy holidays and we’ll see you in the new year with more Dead City!
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