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Jey Pawlik (they/them) is a nonbinary comic artist whose goal is to make queer comics for anyone to enjoy! They have been working in comics since 2013 as the artist for Topaz Comics with two completed webcomics “Dead City” and “Gender Slices” under their belt, and is currently a permanent guest artist on Oh Joy Sex Toy. Their specialty is autobio and character-focused short stories. They love tea and sharks. https://jpawlik.com

November 2025 Newsletter & Glad Day Author’s Fair

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November has come and gone, but here’s some art and comic updates for y’all~

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ALSO Join us November 30th at 32 Lisgar, Toronto for the first ever Glad Day Local Author Book Fair from 12pm-6pm!

 

HRT Diary – 20

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Last page of my mini series about HRT and expections from my HRT Diary. Funny how seeing different kinds of characters on screen can make you feel better about yourself!

Whoa it’s also my 35th birthday tomorrow, so a reminder that it’s never too late!

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Black and white comic. Narration box reads "As a teen I so desperately wanted to look like a twink. There was many an anime boy I wanted to be!" a young Jey stands pondering while various beautiful anime boys circle around them. Narration reads "However, there were obstacles." Young Jey, a chubby teen with thick glasses, dark hair in a ponytail and boring clothing stands looking down at themselves disappointed. A list beside them reads "1. Girl, 2. Everything else about my body"

HRT Diary – 16

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I was excited to come back to more HRT Diary comics so I have a 5 pager that’ll go up every Tuesday for the next few weeks on HRT and expectations. Something I’ve thought about for a while. It has a happy ending!

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Black and white comic page. Narration box reads "In my teens", where someone is pointing at a young Jey and saying "Wow, you look so much like E---- Page!" Jey, with big oblong glasses, low bangs and a ponytail, grimaces at the person and replies "Nooo, I don't actually." Narration box reads "I got this comment a lot." In the next panel, the narration reads "In my 30s" an older Jey, with square glasses, short cropped hair and a little bit of facial hair says "I don't look like Elliot Page but we are both trans now which is a fun happenstance. I believe we also got our top surgery at the same clinic."

HRT Diary – 14

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I was hit with an inspiration bug for more HRT comics so a bunch are INCOMING over the next few weeks!

This is a two-parter on a common comment I’d get as a teen. Other transmasc folks said they’d also experienced this so it’s all trans all the way down!

 

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August 2025 Newsletter

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Rectangular image with the text “2025 Updates, August Edition” over top of a film photo showing a line of trees and a lake. The text “jpawlik.com/blog and patreon.com/jpawlik” is at the bottom of the image.

Hey hey I’m back and here’s August’s newsletter of updates! My August newsletter is up and it’s got all the comic updates I’ve been working on + some previews for stuff on my Patreon, comic recs, shop updates and more!

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July 2025 Newsletter

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Hey everyone, hope you had a good July and your summer isn’t too hot so far. My July Newsletter is up and it’s got all the comic updates I’ve been working on + some previews for stuff on my Patreon, comic recs, announcements, and more!!

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A badly drawn comic for "Make a Terrible Comic Day 2025" on "June 24, 2025" The comic is drawn traditionally with a black ink and no undersketch. We can see the edges of the paper. Narration reads "While out doing groceries, a true story" where Jey, a nonbinary person wearing a ball cap, a black t-shirt, shorts and big square glasses. They're holding two boxes of pastries in their hands while saying "Chocolatines? Or croissants?" the pastries are 50% off. Jey decides "Croissants today!" then turns around to leave. They're stopped by an elderly man in a wheelchair who points to the croissants and says "I wanted those!" to which Jey holds them out and says "AH! Please take them then!" the man in the wheelchair suddenly looks bashful and says "Oh no, I was joking!" and Jey shyly replies "Ooh. Okay." with an awkwardness between the two of them. Narration reads "An 8am, 40°C day fumble."

Make a Terrible Comic Day 2025

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Hey did you know it’s Make A Terrible Comic Day? Here’s a fumble that happened to me this morning. It was so hard going straight to inks, I need an undersketch!!! I also didn’t do any edits to the page, this is how it looks straight from my scanner.

Character sheet for Salvator Ozmen and Vasilios Rotulus from The Curse Eater. Salvator is a smarmy looking slender man with long black hair pulled back into a low pony tail, he's a person of colour with vitiligo which is more prominent on his left side. Salvator is wearing a headband and a bandana, a big gold necklace, a black high collared under shirt with a light coloured simple jacket on top. He's wearing a blue sash that goes over his jacket which holds a leather pouch, a short sword, and a large gold belt. He's got simple brown pants and high black boots. Vasilios is a dignified fat man of colour with straight grey hair that frames his face and ends around his chin. He's wearing a conical hat that has a symbol on the front that looks like a wizard hat logo. His outfit consists of a short fancy cape that wraps around his shoulders, a pink tunic that ends above his knees, gloves, a sash that goes around his waist, poofy purple pants and lighter purple tights underneath. His shoes are slip-ons that curl up at the toe.Same art as the previous image but in halftones.Same art as the previous images but in solid greyscale.

The Curse Eater – Designs

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The final designs I went with for The Curse Eater pilot chapter. These boys have been through a lot of changes over the last few years and I’m really happy with where they’ve ended up so far.

Wanted to post this in place of a comic after the pilot chapter finished up, because I wanted folks to see them in colour and their full outfits.

Want to see the sketches and thumbs for The Curse Eater? They’re up on Patreon for just a $1 a month!

 

Topaz Comics @ TCAF 2025

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Topaz Comics will be coming to TCAF this weekend, June 7th-8th. Join Jey, Max, and Amiel at booth #222 on the ice rink for books, zines, prints, stickers AND a Cartoonist Coop stamp rally! Come by and say hi this weekend!

Jey will be debuting The Curtain Falls, a 70 page comic about Lupin in his 60s! (it comes with a free postcard)

We will also have:
Dead City
Gender Slices
After All
On The Job
I Built You a Sex Machine
Things Exchanged
Given & Taken
and more!!!

We’ll have all our physical items from the Topaz Comics Shop

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