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.
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This is how it feels sometimes. And I don’t think it should feel this way. Please don’t think trans=suffering, or that you must have dysphoria to be trans. Please stop gatekeeping, no one is hurting you by feeling their transness differently.
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Hello everyone!
For December we want to take a few weeks off from Dead City to enjoy the holidays and get a buffer going again, and instead of doing guest comics we wanted to try something new!
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Let me re-introduce myself!
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I started getting very mean comments from people, usually they were TERFs but this time… this time was different. I was getting this onslaught of mean and hurtful comments from trans people!! From people I thought were with me. I thought we were on the same side. It feels so isolating to be excluded by my own people. Binary trans friends, please re-think your idea on what trans means. This really hurts.
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I’m always so scared okay? I don’t stand out as a trans person to most cis people, but I still worry for my more visibly trans friends. I’m always on edge when I hear about someone being killed in the news. It could always be someone I know and that’s absolutely terrifying. Our lives matter too!
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Let me teach you about words again!
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I’m allowed to be aware and upset about many issues at once. Let people be mad about things like this, okay?

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Happy 6th anniversary Dead City! Thank you all for your continued support and reading this little webcomic of ours. We put a lot into it and every like and comment means so much to us!

And we’re off!! They’re heading down Huron St. towards Spadina right now. And JP has a fancy new coat~
Oh and if you’ve ever considered becoming a Patron now is a great time to do so! There’s a few new goals and if we make it to $350 a month we’re planning on adding a new NSFW tier at $7! It’s also Dead City’s 6th anniversary on the 31st, happy birthday to our comic!!
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The Topaz Comics Online Store has been updated with all our latest comics, zines and stickers!
We got Dead City books, the new Gender Slices Complete Collection, small zines, and even PDFs. The store will be updated the last Monday of every month with new items, so don’t miss out!
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A more metaphorical page. A question I saw floating around on Twitter a while ago and had a hard time answering. ANNOUNCMENT: Gender Slices books are now in the Topaz Comics Shop! All 200 pages of the complete collection!
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You’re never too old, you’re never too young to figure out who you are!
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It’s totally okay if you don’t want to use labels! I find them super helpful, but they’re not for everybody.
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I just don’t get it. I’ll never get it, and I hate everything about it.
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It’s so easy y’all!
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I’ve heard of untie, and auncle – but I don’t like either of them. I’ve decided to just stick with uncle for now until I find a better work around.
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My niblings are always super happy to get these kinds of books from us too! They’re such smart kids and quick learners! I hope I can make a book for them one day~
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Last year, I hadn’t heard from my dad in six months. I came out to him in September 2018, then we met up for my birthday that November. This is what happened and it’ll probably never be brought up again.
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I came out to my dad on facebook last year.
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We went to a greenhouse and had a bump with some strangers. I don’t exactly remember what was said, but I was singled out as a ‘them’ which made me feel so great! This needs to happen more!
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