Skip to content

Document Header

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

Topaz Comics Shop Holiday Closure

Topaz Comics Shop Holiday Closure published on No Comments on Topaz Comics Shop Holiday Closure

Hope everyone’s ready for the holidays! That being said December 16th will be the last day to order any physical items in the Topaz Comics Shop until the new year. You can still purchase items but we will not be shipping any out until January 3rd.

We can’t guarantee items bought now through December 16th will arrive in time for the holidays.

Thank you for understanding & happy holidays!

Comic page giving a mini tutorial on what an RSS feed is. Panel 1:If you run a site make sure your RSS button is easily accessible. The URL will usually be something like yoursite.com/feed or yoursite.com/rss. Panel 2: Be sure to follow your own RSS feeds to make sure they're updating properly. This way if it goes down for whatever reason you'll be able to catch the problem before your readers miss too many updates. Panel 3: And that's all there is to it! It's very customizable so play around with it to see what works for you! Panel 4: No fuss. No algorithms. Just the updates you choose to see! Hey! My favourite comic updated!

A Mini Guide to RSS Feeds – 3

A Mini Guide to RSS Feeds – 3 published on No Comments on A Mini Guide to RSS Feeds – 3

Page 3/3, click back to see the previous pages!
I hope you found this little guide helpful. I’m just a simple guy who’s passionate about RSS feeds, comics and staying updated using both. Go forth and make the feed of your dreams!

Topaz Comics RSS | Art Blog RSS | Jey’s Indepth Cartoonist Coop Talk “RSS and You” on Youtube

Check out my Patreon for early access to all webcomics for just $1

Comic page giving a mini tutorial on what an RSS feed is. Panel 1: You might've seen this icon before. It's the RSS icon. But what is RSS? RSS is an update feed for a website. Every time the site publishes a post, article, comic page, etc. the feed is updated. Most websites have a RSS feed. Panel 2: You'll usually find it in a site's menu. It might also be on a sidebar or the footer. Panel 3: But if I click on it it's just a bunch of code! What gives? What am I supposed to do with it?! Panel 4: This is where you'll need a feed reader like feedly!

A Mini Guide to RSS Feeds – 1

A Mini Guide to RSS Feeds – 1 published on No Comments on A Mini Guide to RSS Feeds – 1

Page 1/3, click forward to read the next two pages!
With all the talk about Twitter and social media going on, I felt really inspired to do a comic about RSS feeds. This is a really barebones guide but I hope it helps you stay updated with your favourite webcomics, artists and websites.

Check out my Patreon for early access to all webcomics for just $1

Comic page giving a mini tutorial on what an RSS feed is. Panel 1: One, on Feedly click the follow button. Two, copy the URL from the site's RSS button and add it to the search box. Panel 2: Three, this will bring up the feed for the site. Four, Add it by clicking the follow button. You can also search the name of the site without the RSS link but it's more accurate if you have the link. Panel 3: Add the new feed to a folder. Panel 4: Now the feed will appear on your Feedly when it updates! Panel 5: What I did was get the Feedly add-on for my browser. So every time a site I follow updates the extension lets me know! Panel 6: Clicking the title of the update opens the site in a new tab. I personally like seeing content on it's own site. But you can set everything up so you only ever need to open Feedly.

A Mini Guide to RSS Feeds – 2

A Mini Guide to RSS Feeds – 2 published on No Comments on A Mini Guide to RSS Feeds – 2

Page 2/3, click back to see the first page!
The nice thing about RSS feeds is that almost any kind of site has one, so if you wanted you could add user feeds from tumblr, twitter, mastodon, etc. here’s some helpful guides on how to add those (1) (2)

Check out my Patreon for early access to all webcomics for just $1

Topaz Comics Shop May Sale!

Topaz Comics Shop May Sale! published on No Comments on Topaz Comics Shop May Sale!


Hey everyone! We’re having a big sale of older stickers, PDFs, prints and books over at the Topaz Comics Shop
The sale will run for the entire month of May and will end on May 31st.
We’d like to clear out some old inventory to make room for new merch and retire some old PDFs. There’s limited stock of the physical items so grab ’em while you can!

 

Laid Back Jigen – 2

Laid Back Jigen – 2 published on No Comments on Laid Back Jigen – 2

Page 2 of 2, make sure you read the previous page first!

Also trying out some new tones I downloaded, I kinda like them. Might do some more tone experiments with more one-shots in the new year!
Hey also you can get early access to these and other comics over on Patreon!

Laid Back Jigen – 1

Laid Back Jigen – 1 published on No Comments on Laid Back Jigen – 1

Page 1 of 2. Make sure you click ahead to see the next page!

For context: Jigen’s new voice actor is also the narrator of Laid Back Camp (another anime I love dearly) and I had to combine the two!

Hey also you can get early access to these and other comics over on Patreon!

Casual Confessions – 4

Casual Confessions – 4 published on No Comments on Casual Confessions – 4

Part 4/4, be sure to read the previous three pages first!
I did the sketches for this one digitally and I think they look a lot nicer. That’s a wrap on this short comic, do you want to see more like this?

All comics are posted early up on Patreon for $1 a month, that’s where you get to see sketches and thumbnails for comics too! Don’t miss out!

Casual Confessions – 3

Casual Confessions – 3 published on No Comments on Casual Confessions – 3

Part 3/4, be sure to click ahead right now to see the last page, but don’t miss the first two pages either!
I changed the toning just slightly on these two but I really like how they turned out. I was also a little too pressed for time to do another huge crowd shot. I did this to myself though, oops.

All comics are posted early up on Patreon for $1 a month, that’s where you get to see sketches and thumbnails for comics too! Don’t miss out!

Casual Confessions – 2

Casual Confessions – 2 published on No Comments on Casual Confessions – 2

Part 2/4, be sure to click ahead right now to see the next two pages, but don’t miss the first page either!
I tried sketching the first two pages of this comic traditionally and then inking them digitally but I think my compositions and anatomy end up cleaner if I sketch it all digitially now.

All comics are posted early up on Patreon for $1 a month, that’s where you get to see sketches and thumbnails for comics too! Don’t miss out!

Casual Confessions – 1

Casual Confessions – 1 published on No Comments on Casual Confessions – 1

Part 1/4, be sure to click ahead right now to see the next three pages!
This four page short was written and drawn by me (Jey), I’m dipping my toes into writing comics a bit moreI I tried out a new way of toning a comic, unsure if I like it yet or not, but these one-shot quick comics are real nice for testing out things without committing to a whole 300 pg comic! What do y’all think?

All comics are posted early up on Patreon for $1 a month, that’s where you get to see sketches and thumbnails for comics too! Don’t miss out!

Comic page in black and white with grey textures. Jigen is quiet as Lupin fiddles with a remote, he doesn't look at Jigen as he says "Don't ever touch him." A close-up on Jigen as he looks over to Lupin, realising that Lupin has feelings for Zenigata. We zoom out again, the two men are small against the top the roof wall. Jigen says "You got it, boss."

He’s Important – 2

He’s Important – 2 published on No Comments on He’s Important – 2

Part 2/2, make sure you saw the previous page!
I’m also thinking starting January I’m going to be posting Darumaka pages once a week; I want to get into a webcomic routine again, and these one-shots might be a rarer occurrence. I’ll be posting a larger Lupin comic over on my Patreon starting this month though, so go check that out!

Comic page in black and white with grey textures. Jigen has Zenigata in his gun's viewfinder and says "Hey I got that dopey inspector in my sights." Lupin yells "NO! YOU CAN'T!" and the viewfinder blurs and moves away from Zenigata's head. Jigen asks "Lupin! What're you--?! What's the problem, he--" We see Lupin holding Jigen's sniper rifle down as the two sit on a roof together. Lupin responds "He's important to-- he's important to the plan!" The two go silent and Jigen pulls his large gun close to his chest.

He’s Important – 1

He’s Important – 1 published on No Comments on He’s Important – 1

Part 1/2, click ahead to see the next page!
Idea I had a while back before I had my surgery! Lupin being gay and not really knowing it is so my jam. I downloaded some new brushes for CSP and I’ve been enjoying them so much I wanted to try them on a comic, so it’s bit experimental so I hope it looks good!

 

Comic page in grey scale, of Lupin the Third. Zenigata is in the foreground walking away from Lupin and he looks absolutely horrified. Lupin did a drug?! Lupin peeks out in the background from behind Zenigata and asks "Pops! Where're you goin'?"

Smokin’ – 2

Smokin’ – 2 published on No Comments on Smokin’ – 2

Part 2/2 click previous to see part 1!

Then there’s Zenigata, who’s a Japanese cop and would definitely be conflicted about finding this out. (Japan has a history of being extra hard on drugs to the point where it’s worse than pedophilia)

Also check out my patreon for a behind the scenes on all comics I post!

Lunch

Lunch published on No Comments on Lunch
Boys from inside the cottage

Drew this over the summer while at the cottage based on something one of the cats did while I was around. This was a good practice page for screentones, I’m slowly figuring out how those work in CSP. If y’all have any tips & tricks for CSP let me know I’d love to try them out and get a better feeling for the program.

Comic page in red line art with blue shading and tones. Title: Steak and Wine by Jey Pawlik. Jigen is quietly cooking steaks in a pan. He's startled by Fujiko yelling. Fujiko: LUPIIIN! Lupin: But Fujiko-- Jigen pokes his head out of the kitchen to see the two arguing over a bottle of wine. Fujiko: Do you know how expensive this wine is? Lupin: Of course! I'm the one who stole it for you after all. Fujiko: LUPIN!

Steak and Wine – 1

Steak and Wine – 1 published on No Comments on Steak and Wine – 1

Two pager today, be sure to click ahead to see the next page!

This was a comic I did for the Lupin zine “Gunpowder and Perfume”. This was one of the first comics I actually tried really hard to write properly by myself.
I’m not really a writer. I’ve been drawing comics with Michelle for over six years and that works super well for me!
I know I did Gender Slices myself but I don’t really count that as ‘writing’. It was messy and drawn more on the fly. Most of the time I wouldn’t even thumbnail it.
So this comic that I did last year was my first proper attempt at writing something myself. 
This was also before my style changed and before I really got a good handle on these characters, but I’m really proud of it regardless! 
I do have my bigger Lupin comic that I’ve been working on that I’ve written and I’m thumbnailing by myself so I hope y’all are excited for that one ’cause I think my writing has really improved lately.
Sometimes all it takes is a little practice!