OhJoySexToy

Patreon Not Making Fee Changes

Hey! So, uh, whoah! 

Here is the thing: I totally understand and support Patreon needing to make fee changes somewhere in order to fund their company, pay their employees, and turn a profit. It's just, as the small business using their service, I already expect that I am the one who will foot that bill! It's the same for when I use Square to charge credit cards at a convention, or every time a payment is sent to me through 2017-12-13 18:23:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Matt and Erika Make Friends

If you were ever wondering if we actually talk in real life like we do in our comics? 

Yes.

The answer is yes.

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PS: Also, my yeast infection is still going strong and I am SO. UNHAPPY. (Yes, I've been to my doctor and I'm doing everything you're 'sposed to, I don't need any advice ;)

(A Version of) The Sexual Response Cycle

https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/sexual-response-cycle/

Hey. Hey buddy. Did you know there's more to having sex than chasing an orgasm? 

This week I do my best to illustrate the different stages that a person's mind and body can go through when it's getting all turned on and horned up!

I took some liberty with my listing of the sexual response stages, as I note in the comic. Most commonly, wh...

Patreon Fee Changes

December 13th EDIT: Hey, so Patreon responds to you guys and will not be making their original fee changes!

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Hm, not so great news today. 

Patreon is changing how they'll be processing the fees for pledges and, as far as I understand, it is decidedly Not Good. Several of my colleagues have already written up posts explaining how this change will i...

Best of 2017

https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/best-of-2017/

Jesus fucking Christ. I wanna say "I can't believe the year has gone by so fast" but I say that every year and also everyone you know is probably saying the same thing, including yourself. Like. Learn a new refrain already, Erika.

ANYWAY. 

With the gift-giving holidays quickly upcoming, Matt and I have compiled our annual list of favorites. Favorite toys,...

In Defense of the Dick Pic

Haha every time I read a tweet that’s like “MEN, NO WOMAN HAS EVER LIKED GETTING A DICK PIC, WHAT ON EARTH MAKES YOU THINK ANYONE WANTS TO SEE THAT?!” I’m always quietly like... 

...me... i see wanna that :|

OBVIOUSLY dick pic sending has to be done consensually!!!!!!! Just sending that unsolicited is super shitty!!!!! And sexual harassment!

Just. Y’know. 

Dick pics themselves aren’t the proble...

Fanfiction 101 by Capp

https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/fanfiction101/

Do you love some fictional characters that and wish they would kiss, even though that is not in their storyline? FANFICTION MAY BE FOR YOU. Guest artist Capp joins us once again at OJST to present this gorgeous introduction to the hows and whys of stories written by fans. 

Coraline! (That Thing You Like, Episode 206)

I LOVE getting to have these annual chats with the That Thing You Like boys, when we get to dive deep into a story. In the past we've discussed the book Station Eleven and the movie 2017-11-27 22:38:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Jealous

I am feeling jealous of the (appearance of) success and respect of another professional. And it's like.

Erika. 

Sweetheart. 

They are doing their own thing and it is reaching the audience who appreciates it. 

That's not what you do. That’s not your audience.

I just. 

I know I can do so much better than what I’m producing right now. I have actual stories I want to tell, stories with real heart and humor in them. I can do better than the form...

The Wife Knows All

Christa Pierce's paintings are so prettttttyyyyyyyyyy.

Four Letter Word

I have a bunch of friends who I love. Friends THAT I love? Friends for whom I feel love? I have some friends and I love them. 

There's the ones who know I love them because I tell them so, we say it to each other when we hug and when we joke, we say it without any reservation. It's effortless to share.

There's the ones I love every day but I only tell them when the occasion really calls for it, you know? It has weight. I don't love them any less than the other group of frie...

Sensate Focus by Katie Fleming

https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/sensate-focus-katie-fleming/

Does the prospect of diving straight into sucking and fucking and coming intimidate you? Katie Fleming shares the practice of Sensate Focus to ease into physical intimacy with your sweetie. The focus is on being present with your partner, ...

Done is Better than Good.

I saw this photo on Instagram:

There, that one, just now.

The colors and the shapes really struck me and I thought to myself, dang, I bet I could embroider that.

My embroidery designs tend to be pretty literal-- all my artwork is, actually. I like to recreate recognizable images in my drawings, stuff you ident...

The Shitty Things We Do

I know I extend the benefit of the doubt to people too much. People who obviously, publicly fuck up, hurt others.

I just... I know that’s part of being human. We’re messy. We hurt people. Sometimes very, very badly. And... hopefully we learn better. I think there’s very few Genuinely Bad People. The rest of us, we THINK we’re in the right when we do the shitty things we do.

The actions I’m most ashamed of, the memories of my past behavior that haunt me in the back of m...

These Hills Sing

Remember when I made friends with the Fleshlight Twitter account by bonding over our shared love of Emperor's New Groove?

Over DM I offered to send the guy who mans that account a copy of our book and he graciously accepted! 

What else could I draw in it but this? 

Fucking Hands

Follow up to the previous post where I realized I'd forgotten to draw THE MOST IMPORTANT set of hands. Like, the entire illustration is going to be centered around them. 

This is a combination of my hand and Dylan Meconis's hand. The left hand is mine, except for the thumb, and the right hand is hers, plus the thumb on t...

The Hand Job

I put out a call to my Twitter followers to lend me a hand (C WUT I DID THAR) yesterday because I've gotta draw all these fucking hands and my own hands are famously (to my friends and loved ones) tiny and inflexible so when I use them for drawing reference, the resulting illustrations depict  tiny and inflexible little mitts that are not representative of the average human's hand. Hand Hand Hand. 

2017-11-15 20:11:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Figuring Things Out by Crystal Jayme

https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/figuring-things-out-crystal-jayme/

What role does sex play in your life? How necessary IS it to become sexually active as soon as you can? What other kinds of experiences are filling up your life and how much joy, frustration, fulfillment, and challenge are they bringing to you?

I know it's tacky to play favorites when we feature so many talented guest cartoo...

When I was 14, I read Whiteout.

I had cocooned myself under my dad’s bulky feather blanket as sunlight poured through my tiny basement window but really I was in Antarctica with Carrie Stetko as she lost her finger to frost bite during a deadly snow. I was lost in that world with her, absorbed into the illustrations telling her story.

At the time, books just existed.

They manifested fully formed into book stores, waiting for...

Fleshlight's Turbo Thrust

https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/turbo-thrust/

Matt and our friend were brainstorming Destiny 2 jokes together for this comic and I didn't get any of them because I've never played this game. 

But I HAVE held the Turbo Thrust in my hands and it IS a lovely fuck tube!

Thank You!

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the Oh Joy Sex Toy, Volume 4 release party at Books With Pictures last night! It was such a pleasure to see faces I recognized and brand new ones too 💕 💕 💕 Haha, Christ, I can’t believe we’ve managed to produce a full fucking 300ish page book annually for the last four years. Thank you to everyone who 2017-11-02 18:14:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Book Release Party Tonight and also a Thing I Wrote About Being Bipolar

Ok, so FIRST OFF:

Volume 4 Book Release Party Tonight!!!!
November 1, 7-9pm
Books with Pictures
1100 SE Division Street,
Portland, Oregon 97202

And, SECOND OFF:

I meant to just ...

That Time Fleshlight and I Bonded Over Our Favorite Disney Movie

I dunno, I just thought this exchange was really cute. 

And I like the idea of anyone looking over Fleshlight's Twitter timeline is gunna see them earnestly being a fan of Emperor's New Groove, in between promos for their latest cock sleeves and answering folks' questions about their fuck tubes.

My favorite place is where the obscene meets the sweet 👌

Am I Ready for Sex?

https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/am-i-ready-for-sex/

Haha, oh jeez, I've been avoiding this comic since we launched four years ago. "How do I know if I'm ready for sex?" (and variations of that question) is one of our most frequently requested topics and it's... it's a hard one! Hence my avoidance. BUT. No more dodging it. Here's our INTRODUCTORY stab at this subject. Matt and I tried our best, but there's no wa...

Book Release Party - November 1

Hey my best dudes!!! Day after tomorrow is our book release party in Portland!!!!!!!!

November 1st, 7-9pm
at Books with Pictures
1100 SE Division Street
Portland, OR 97202

Hope to see ya there :D :D :D

Skipping Stone(-shaped vibrator)s

Some more photo ref! From my review of the Mimi.

Haha I totally forgot to draw the collar lines on my shirt in that last picture. WHOOPS. 

Menstrual Cups for All - One Week Left

Remember my review where I raved about the XO Flo menstrual cup? I backed GladRags’ campaign to make a petite size! For every cup you pre-order for yourself, they will be sendi...

The Mimi Soft

https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/mimi/

You would think this is a regular review of a new sex toy... BUT YOU WOULD BE WRONG. It's a sex toy review AND a personal catch-up in Matt's and my life :D

I Get By With a Little Help From My Porn

I've mentioned before that I think CrashPad provides the bessssssst galleries of people fucking for artists to reference if they need to draw people gettin' down and dirty. Case in point, here's an example of mine that'll be going live tomorrow.

I needed a pose that showed how innocuously a person could hold this really flat, palm-sized vibrator against their cootch while ...

Cultural Differences

It's funny, twelve years into our relationship and Matt and I continue to bump into cultural differences that take us by surprise. Like, I know as far as cultures go, British and American aren't that different. And yet...

Okay, so Matt became a citizen last week and we're including a note about it in next week's comic.

Matt typically makes edits to the layout of the pages while he's coloring the...