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Max (xey/xem) is the writer for Topaz Comics, Dead City, Alola Darumaka and many anthology stories. Find Max on Bsky

The End

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This is a 2 page update, make sure you read page 26 before this! Also please read our comments below:

We made it!

Dead City is now finished. Thank you so much to everyone who read and support it; your likes, comments, and fanart really made working on it so much fun. Dead City started out as a simple, short comic that was meant to build our skills, but quickly grew beyond that. Six years later Jey and I are excited to move on to other projects but Mikael and JP will continue to hold a very special place in our hearts.  That said, there will be more Dead City! We have a few short Dead City comics that will be posting every Tuesday starting July 7th with the possibility of a (pay to view) NSFW comic in the future.

Thank you so much for reading and we can’t wait for you to see what we’re working on next!
-Michelle

Thank you everyone for your support of this story as we worked hard to make it.

We started Dead City on October 31, 2013 as a side project. Michelle and I were both working day jobs and didn’t have much time to spend on it in the beginning but we powered through and made a really great and wholesome story. I’m really proud of what Michelle and I have made together. We’ve learned so much about comics and have grown so much in the last 6 years. I love this story and I love our boys so much, I hope you did too!

We’ll be taking a break from posting comics, but in a few weeks we’ll be posting a few Dead City short comics every Tuesday for a while, little scenes that didn’t make it into the final story. So it’s not quite over yet so stay tuned! Follow us on twitter @topazcomics to get all those comic updates.

Michelle and I will also be hosting a Q&A/Drawing livestream to celebrate the end of Dead City (similar to the Gender Slices one from April). on July 21st from 6:30 to 8pm EST over on twitch.tv/jeypawlik again! We hope to see you there!

I’m very excited to work on new things, new webcomics, and new stories so I hope you’ll join us for those too~
– Jey

Ch33-26

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This is a 2 page update, make sure you read this page first!

The boys have done it. They feel safe, they can eat hot foods and they have each other.

I wanted to take a lot of care on this page and I think it really shows. Thank you for reading, make sure you also read the next page which will have a write-up from Michelle and I.


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Ch33-22

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This was something I’ve never drawn before so I needed a bit more time to make it look good. The boys are testing a toaster oven and eating some baked tomatoes and green onion from the green house!


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Ch33-18

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Welcome back, we’re back from our hiatus! Thank you everyone for your support during this very strange time. Today JP’s not letting Mikael get existential on today’s page, no sir! Time for action!


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Shopping Partner

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This was actually the first page I drew of the comic, it was a good tester one to see what kind of style and colours I wanted to use! We hope y’all are staying safe and  that ‘Maka can bring you some joy~
Here’s a tester of the page before I decided on the current colour palette:

First Time Flier

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We’ll be posting Alola, Darumaka pages for the time being, so here’s page 5! There’s also a $200/month goal on patreon for two Alola Darumaka pages a week if that interests you head on over to patreon.com/jpawlik where you will get access to pages a few weeks before they’re posted publicly for $1 a month!