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
While I’m hoping for top surgery still, I will not be going on hormones or getting bottom surgery. And that’s okay. Everyone is different and there’s no set path to transition.
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
Nothing will make you more or less trans, it’s just who you are and don’t forget that! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
I drew this in April of 2019. The actual surgery might not happen ’till 2021 or 2022. I’m hoping to do a zine on it when it does happen… eventually.
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
My thoughts on hormones. I thought it was for me until I didn’t. Not every trans person needs to be on hormones and that’s okay! It’s not for everyone.
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
Please don’t stare at me. I also don’t want to be in the women’s washroom, but I have no choice okay?!
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
I’ve been seeing a therapist for a while now, and they’re everything I’ve ever wanted in a therapist. I always feel so much better after talking to them!
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
Why do airlines even need that info?! Just get rid of it already! I just want to pay you to take me somewhere! Also Canada has had the X marker option for a while now, this airline was just really behind.
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
Applying for freelance jobs can be really hard sometimes. And what about transmen? They should be included in more posts like this too!
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
You bet your butt I’m going to delete your hateful comments every single time. I don’t want to see it, and people who read my comics don’t want to see it. Goodbye!
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
He’s trying more than I expected him to.
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
Do’s and Don’ts. Please be respectful to your trans friends, especially if they don’t want to discuss their transition.
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
Sometimes you just can’t correct someone.
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
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.
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
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!
https://topazcomics.com/aloladarumaka/alola/
If you have any questions you can always reach us at any of these links: https://topazcomics.com/about/

Let me re-introduce myself!
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
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.
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
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!
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
Let me teach you about words again!
Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop
I’m allowed to be aware and upset about many issues at once. Let people be mad about things like this, okay?

Pledge $1 to our Patreon for early access to comic pages
Be sure to check out the Topaz Comics Shop to get your own copy of the completed Gender Slices series!
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!
