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
My grandpa is a cool man, okay? He’s 90 (going on 91 this year) and is still just like this! He’s been more of a dad to me than my actual dad and I love the relationship I have with him.
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Going to my bank to change the name on my account, I never would have expected the clerk to ask this?! I didn’t even know that was an option. Thank you my bank, for being super cool about my transition!
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Let yourself try things on. Don’t be afraid to try out a couple different names or pronouns to see which sticks! It can take a while, and it might seem like you’re bothering people, but it’ll all be worth it when you find that combo you’ve been looking for!
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When you misgender a character, ship a gay character as a straight one, or just plain hate on any sort of queer content while dismissing it? That’s a blow to me. I feel that. And it makes me feel like I don’t matter. Let me have my nonbinary character in the media, let me have a gay couple on screen, you have enough!
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Be an ally and reevaluate what language you use! Is it inclusive? What can you just get rid of? It’s not that big a deal to switch your vocabulary up. It may not happen over night, but you’ll get it!
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Tips on using they/them pronouns! I promise it’s okay to use them, you’re causing more trouble for everyone by NOT using them, just do it okay?
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New name, new ID! It’s everything I wanted it to be!
Everything’s official!
I’m who I want to be.
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It’s important to surround yourself with like-minded people. I know it’s not always possible but if you can – go for it!
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Our last guest comic!! Thanks for sticking with Gender Slices through the hiatus month, it’s been so great to get a buffer going and the website worked on during my time off! A big thank you to all the guest comic artists this time, they’re all so great and helpful! Please send them some love! Regular updates will continue next Tuesday!
Today’s last guest comic is by Izel Tamayo (Nugget)! A great comic to end things off with!
Izel (Nugget) @ tumblr | instagram
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It’s a Tuesday in May and you know what that means: another guest comic by a great artist! Today’s is by YievK!!
YievK @ twitter
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A returning guest artist today! It’s Victoria Smith! Who’s done so many good pieces for us before! (1) (2) (3)!
Victoria @ twitter
Moving along with our hiatus and guest comics! Today’s comes from WhiskeyJack!
WhiskeyJack @ twitter
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Continuing on with our May hiatus with a guest comic by BearsBruh! You just have to pass the time with cards in the apocalypse!
BearsBruh @ twitter
It’s May and that means guest comics and art! Our first Gender Slices guest comics comes from an anonymous user ‘Rad’!
TopazComics will also be boothing at TCAF this year on May 11-12th at booth 268. We’ll have Dead City and Gender Slices books, as well as stickers and prints and zines!

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Topaz Comics is coming to TCAF! We’ll be at booth 268 in the Salon on the second floor!
We’re going to have Dead City Vol.1, Gender Slices, zines, prints, stickers, original art! A whole bunch of stuff you won’t want to miss, so come say hi~
Stop pushing your ideas on kids. Stop projecting. Stop forcing kids to do things they aren’t comfortable with. Just stop. Please. Think of the kids’ feelings first.
Real life stuff that happened to me and my childhood best friend. It sucked.
Despite all that I’m still gay. I’m still trans. You can’t force kids to be something they’re not!
And just a reminder that we’ll be going on hiatus throughout the month of May but guest comics will be posted in place of regular updates. Guest comics will go up every Tuesday at 12pmEST and go until May 28th. TopazComics will also be boothing at TCAF this year on May 11-12th. We’ll have Dead City and Gender Slices books, as well as stickers and prints and zines! Come say hi and we’ll post more updates about TCAF closer to the date!
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I almost cried at a Service Ontario y’all.
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GOING FOR IT! Tune in next week for the epic conclusion of what happened to me at Service Ontario!
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Throwback to January 2017 when I finally found my name~
I was going by J. for a long time and when facebook and other websites wouldn’t let me have just an initial as a first name I switched to my first and middle initial “Je”. I went by Je for a year or so before I found THE ONE! And it was such a good feeling!
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Call back to Gender Slices #99 to when I was just getting this started. It feels like so long ago now. Since drawing this everything I needed to change over has been changed, except my passport (which is another $180 so I’ve been putting that one off).
But I’ve done it! And if you’re changing your name over, make a list a head of time of all the accounts you’ll need to change once you have your new birth certificate!
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