Jey Pawlik – Page 4 – Topaz Comics

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

Jey’s Birthday/Follower Giveaway

November 5, 2024 Jey Pawlik No Comments

It’s my birthday AND I hit some big follower milestones on Bluesky, Tumblr AND Mastodon, so to celebrate I wanted to do a traditional art giveaway! This includes sketchbooks, sketch pages, comic pages and illustrations.

– 3 winners will be chosen and contacted on November 15th

– Winner’s will receive a traditional grab bag of their choosing

– You can only sign up once

– Winners will need to provide an address or P.O box to send the art to (I’ll do my best to ship outside Canada/USA)

Pop your name into the giveaway here!

Comic page done in black and white with halftones. The page is largly empty save for the bottom left corner where a small beat up Lupin and Goemon are sitting together. Lupin is holding his cheek saying "Ow." while Goemon tries to catch his breath.

Choose One – 3

July 24, 2024 Jey Pawlik No Comments

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The last page of my Porco Rosso inspired mini comic, be sure to click back to read the previous pages! Had a good time with this one, thanks for reading.

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Comic page done in black and white with halftones. Panel one, Goemon is beat up and angrily saying "Choose." Panel two, he points at Lupin and says "Fujiko or Jigen. One or the other." while Lupin, who's also beat up, looks surprised. Panel three, a close up of Lupin's concerned face, he replies "Jigen doesn't--" but is cut off by Goemon off-screen saying "He loves you, you stupid monkey!" Panel four, is a front on shot of Lupin's face now completely red as we see Goemon's fist coming in from the bottom right of the panel.

Choose One – 2

July 24, 2024 Jey Pawlik No Comments

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A Porco Rosso inspired mini comic, be sure to click ahead to the next page! Playing around with halftones has been really fun and I may try to see if I can get a good workflow going with them.

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Choose One – 1

July 16, 2024 Jey Pawlik No Comments

I’ve had this in my WIPs folder for quite some time and finally decided to tackle it. This’ll be mini will be 3 pages long, and I’ll drop the other two next Tuesday. I’m trying out using halftones for comics and wanted to do some experimenting!

Oh, I also had this short idea after rewatching Porco Rosso for the millionth time (this time in theatres). If you haven’t seen it, go watch it! It’s maybe my favourite movie.

Shoutout to all the Goemon fans, I see you I promise!

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Black and white comic with a light paper texture. The comic is one panel, with text at the top reading “My three month ritual. Two vials of blood, in exchange for my daily dose of gel.” Under the text boxes, Jey is in the middle with their eyes closed and arms out to the side and raised. One arm has a bandaid on it, while the other has testosterone gel rubbed on to it. Above Jey’s hands is a needle filled with blood and a drop of blood beside it, and an Androgel container with a drop of gel beside it.

HRT Diary – 9

July 9, 2024 Jey Pawlik 2 Comments

For the first year on T I have to get my labs done every 3 months, and this is what the exchange feels like. Max gave me this idea!

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Black and white comic page. Panel one shows Jey smiling and winking with one hand up in a celebratory pose saying “I’m 6 months on T today! Progress has been slow, but it’s been pleasant!” Panel two, shows a drawn version of an instant photo with the handwritten text “First day on T!” below it. Panel two, shows another drawn version of an instant photo with subtle changes like small amounts of facial hair and a wider face, with the handwritten text “6 months on T!” below it.

HRT Diary – 8

June 11, 2024 Jey Pawlik No Comments

Just passed my 6 months on a low-dose of T, so I wanted to do a quick celebratory comic for it! I don’t generally do realism for these but a cartoon version didn’t hit the same way since the changes have been so subtle.

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Black and white comic. Panel one, Jey and their spouse Max are having a conversation happily. Jey says “And then I said to them-- ‘Yeah he is…’” with the speechbubble wobbling and leaking in to panel two. Panel two, a similar shot where we both look a bit surprised and Jey has their hand gently to their own throat as their voice wobbles. Panel three, same shot and both Jey and Max are looking at each other with small smiles while Jey says “oops!” Panel four, same shot but both Jey and Max are giggling about it.

HRT Diary – 7

May 22, 2024 Jey Pawlik No Comments

My voice has been cracking a lot lately, I’ve transformed into a 13 year old boy!

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Black and white comic. Panel one, Jey is reading a book and rubbing their new moustache with their hand. Panel two, Jey is working at their tablet and rubbing their moustache while looking off into the distance. Panel three, Jey is looking in the mirror and rubbing their moustache. Panel four, Max pops in with a devilish grin as xey notice I’ve been rubbing my moustache again, once I notice xem I stop and say “eep!”

HRT Diary – 6

April 23, 2024 Jey Pawlik 1 Comment

I’ve been spending an awful lot of time touching my moustache absent-mindedly! I can’t help it!

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Black and white comic with three panels. Panel one, narration reads “Lately,” as a friend tells Jey that “Your voice is deeper!” while Jey smiles. Panel two, a family member looking at Jey says “Your moustache is really coming in!” while Jey smiles, narration over the bottom of the panel reads “Friends and family have been pointing out my changes”. Panel three, a close up of Jey happily holding their face with their hands as we see more moustache hairs on their face. Narration reads “It’s nice to know someone other than myself sees them. It makes it feel more real!”

HRT Diary – 5

March 19, 2024 Jey Pawlik 1 Comment

Ch-ch-ch-changes! I wasn’t expecting moustache hair or big voice changes at 3 months but I’m very pleased with this development.

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Black and white comic page with five panels. Panel one, Jey is seen from the waist up with their arms up in excitement saying “I’m 2 months on T today!” Panel two, a zoomed out shot of Jey pondering as they say “Not much has changed yet. My mood is up because I’m on T, but I feel the same as I did pre-T. It’s a slow process.” Panel three, zoom back in and Jey is holding up their slightly hairy left arm and hand and they say “I am steadily getting hairier all over.” The text “arm hair!” is outside of any speechbubble and closer to their arm. Panel four, Jey lifts up their right arm to match their left and they look at it curiously saying “My right side is definitely darker than my left.” Panel five, a wide panel of a zoom in of Jey’s mouth and sparse moustache while Jey is pointing to it with both hands while they say “Especially on my moustache!”

HRT Diary – 4

February 13, 2024 Jey Pawlik 1 Comment

My 2 months was the other day and while things have been slow, they have been happening! It’s more gradual than I expected, but I’m also not complaining, I’m glad I’m taking it slow.

Really jazzed about getting hairier too! I think I’m in a much better headspace at 33 for this – actually, maybe I’ll do a diary comic about that concept. Stay tuned!

These pages will be going up 2 months early for Patreon folks

Black and white traditionally drawn comic. Panel one, I’m pointing at a calendar that reads November 7th, 1 month on T and I’m saying “I’m one month on T today!” Panel two, similar panel but I’m holding a bottle of Androgel and saying “Not much has happened yet, but I’m trying to be patient. I am on a low dose to start. Panel three, similar panel but shoulder view up and I’ve got my arms crossed with my eyes closed saying “But, despite them already being pretty hairy--”, Panel four, zooms out to show a simplified version of myself in Hobbit clothes looking at my very hairy feet. I’m saying “I think my feet have gotten even hairier! Why there first?!”

HRT Diary – 3

January 9, 2024 Jey Pawlik 3 Comments

Another entry in today’s HRT diary, it’s my one month anniversary! I’m not one to do monthly celebrations but this, like top surgery, just feels like such a milestone. Like, I did it! I’m here!

I have a really good support system and wouldn’t be here without my spouse and friends.

I’ll keep anniversaries to a minimum but I wanted to celebrate my hobbit feet!

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Black and white comic. Panel one shows myself looking at my phone with a smile, I say “I’m going to use the voice pitch analyser app every week to see if my voice has changed. Panel two is a similar panel but my eyes are closed and my left hand is lifted up to explain “I’m just a week on T today.” Panel three shows a close up of my phone and the inside of the voice analyser app that shows a very slight shift from a lower female pitch into the androgynous zone, I say “And there’s already a very small shift?!” with my finger pointing to the difference.

HRT Diary – 2

December 19, 2023 Jey Pawlik 2 Comments

I’ve passed my first week on T and I’m excited for any changes that end up happening. I don’t think the voice change is noticeable at all but it was fun to see something shift regardless.

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Black and white comic page. Panel one shows a young Jey looking down at their first binder with a smile. A narration box reads “After being out as nonbinary since 2015, today on October 7th 2023, I started HRT” with a note next to Jey that reads “age 24”. Panel two shows an older Jey putting gel on their upper arm with a smile. They’re shirtless but wearing pants and you can see some of their top surgery scars. Narration box reads “It was a long journey to get here and I find myself excited and nervous about change.”

HRT Diary – 1

December 12, 2023 Jey Pawlik No Comments

I just can’t stay away from autobio comics for long. I did this comic when I started my first dose of testosterone gel!! I thought I’d want to journal about my journey but comics just make more sense.

So I guess Gender Slices has been sort of revived for now, maybe I’ll have enough to do another book, maybe not. Who knows! These diary comics will not have a schedule and will just be as changes happen with some potential related stories floating in-between.

I wrote a bit about my decision to not go on hormones in my comic “Gender Slices” which you can read for free here (or it’s also up on Patreon and in purchasable book & pdf form) but things change, I’m more confident now since more information has come out about low-dosing and the gel.

These pages will be going up 2 months early for Patreon folks

Comic page in black and white. Panel one, Jigen is seen from the shoulders up in the center of the short, wide panel. We can’t see his eyes and he’s frowning. Panel two, an open borderless panel showing Jigen from the side looking at Lupin in the background who’s looking particularly feral and excited about his new plan. Lupin says “JIGEN! For our next job we’re going to sneak into the prime minister’s office to steal his dog, Stella, which has a map hidden inside her collar. I’m sure we’ll be able to win her over with some treats and pets! Then once we have that, we’ll need to keep her around because the safe only opens to the sound of her--” Jigen mutters “I feel ripped off” and Lupin replies “Aw, c’mon Jig! I know you’re more a cat man but--”

What Happened – 2

December 5, 2023 Jey Pawlik No Comments

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Jigen wonders every day why Lupin turned out so gremlin-like, compared to his father.

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Comic page in greyscale. Panel one, a young Jigen is looking over at Lupin the second with a blush on his face. Panel two, Jigen pans to his other side to look at a young Lupin the third. Panel three, Jigen in the center with a day dreamy look on his face thinking about his future with Lupin the third.

What Happened – 1

November 28, 2023 Jey Pawlik No Comments

A two part comic, check back next week for the next page, and it’s Lupin Zero again because the ideas just keep coming and coming.

Drawing Lupin II is also a lot of fun!

Topaz Comics at MCX 2023

November 13, 2023 Jey Pawlik No Comments

Promotional image showing a map of the Missisauga Comics Expo booths, with 103 being circled and pointing to a greyscale drawing of M. Parker and Jey Pawlik on the left. On the right the information "Living Arts Centre 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga Sun Nov 19 10 am – 4 pm Free Admission!" is written out. Under that on the right are various images of book covers, stickers and prints.
M. Parker and Jey Pawlik (Topaz Comics) will be at MCX this year at booth 103!