the illustrious IRIS JAY
@irisjaycomics.bsky.social
She/xer, cartoonist. Creator: Crossed Wires, Epiphany. Co-creator, with @itsnero: Wedlocked, Split Check, Golden Trick (both for Slipshine.net). Trans rights! Fascists can fuck off! ⚧️✊
site: https://irisjay.net
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subscribe: https://patreon.com/irisjay
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After 17 years, welcome back.
From now through next year, I'll be reposting pages from my first graphic novel EPIPHANY every week, with added annotations and commentary! Subscribe at my $3 tier to read (or reread) along every week! https://patreon.com/irisjay // https://subscribestar.adult/irisjay
From now through next year, I'll be reposting pages from my first graphic novel EPIPHANY every week, with added annotations and commentary! Subscribe at my $3 tier to read (or reread) along every week! https://patreon.com/irisjay // https://subscribestar.adult/irisjay
Sometimes you need a little backup, even when you don't realize how little that backup is. There are new, annotated EPIPHANY: EXEGESIS pages available for $3 subscribers and up on https://patreon.com/irisjay and https://subscribestar.adult/irisjay !
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Sometimes you need a little backup, even when you don't realize how little that backup is. There are new, annotated EPIPHANY: EXEGESIS pages available for $3 subscribers and up on https://patreon.com/irisjay and https://subscribestar.adult/irisjay !
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
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It’s Sickos season! 🩷🖤 This bundle from 25 creators includes my Kinktober 2025 sketchbook but that’s just the tip [of the iceberg]; for $25 you get over 1200 pages of art, comics & prose & support all of us directly.
(It’s also creeping toward its first stretch goal! 👀)
itch.io/b/3393/sicko...
(It’s also creeping toward its first stretch goal! 👀)
itch.io/b/3393/sicko...
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It’s Sickos season! 🩷🖤 This bundle from 25 creators includes my Kinktober 2025 sketchbook but that’s just the tip [of the iceberg]; for $25 you get over 1200 pages of art, comics & prose & support all of us directly.
(It’s also creeping toward its first stretch goal! 👀)
itch.io/b/3393/sicko...
(It’s also creeping toward its first stretch goal! 👀)
itch.io/b/3393/sicko...
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#SaveSpeech
The call campaign is having an effect! The pressure right now is integral, if you are making calls, PLEASE KEEP CALLING. If you havent called yet or took a break, now is a GREAT time to hop on and add to the pressure!
The call campaign is having an effect! The pressure right now is integral, if you are making calls, PLEASE KEEP CALLING. If you havent called yet or took a break, now is a GREAT time to hop on and add to the pressure!
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#SaveSpeech
The call campaign is having an effect! The pressure right now is integral, if you are making calls, PLEASE KEEP CALLING. If you havent called yet or took a break, now is a GREAT time to hop on and add to the pressure!
The call campaign is having an effect! The pressure right now is integral, if you are making calls, PLEASE KEEP CALLING. If you havent called yet or took a break, now is a GREAT time to hop on and add to the pressure!
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💋 SICKOS SELECTION #3 is here 💋
25 creators x $25
More than 1200 pages of porn?!
And you support sick freaks like me who make significant part of their income with this event??!!
What else could you ask for?
💞 itch.io/b/3393/sicko... 💞
25 creators x $25
More than 1200 pages of porn?!
And you support sick freaks like me who make significant part of their income with this event??!!
What else could you ask for?
💞 itch.io/b/3393/sicko... 💞
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
💋 SICKOS SELECTION #3 is here 💋
25 creators x $25
More than 1200 pages of porn?!
And you support sick freaks like me who make significant part of their income with this event??!!
What else could you ask for?
💞 itch.io/b/3393/sicko... 💞
25 creators x $25
More than 1200 pages of porn?!
And you support sick freaks like me who make significant part of their income with this event??!!
What else could you ask for?
💞 itch.io/b/3393/sicko... 💞
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Sickos Selection #3 has crossed the threshold to 80% of our first stretch goal! In addition to the 1200+ pages of comics and art you get in the base pack, new stuff gets added every additional 10k we raise! itch.io/b/3393/sicko...
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Sickos Selection #3 has crossed the threshold to 80% of our first stretch goal! In addition to the 1200+ pages of comics and art you get in the base pack, new stuff gets added every additional 10k we raise! itch.io/b/3393/sicko...
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Help our FAVORITE comics store keep the wolf from the door!
Books with Pictures is a treasure; let’s show them how much *we* treasure all they offer us!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Books with Pictures is a treasure; let’s show them how much *we* treasure all they offer us!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help.
I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Help our FAVORITE comics store keep the wolf from the door!
Books with Pictures is a treasure; let’s show them how much *we* treasure all they offer us!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Books with Pictures is a treasure; let’s show them how much *we* treasure all they offer us!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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For those who've missed it: I've been in Guadalajara for the past few months on residency! I'm giving a lecture this Friday to talk about what I've learned talking to local cartoonists.
It's a free event, just register at itsnero.com/jupiterfab ! (And yes, there will be Spanish translation!!)
It's a free event, just register at itsnero.com/jupiterfab ! (And yes, there will be Spanish translation!!)
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For those who've missed it: I've been in Guadalajara for the past few months on residency! I'm giving a lecture this Friday to talk about what I've learned talking to local cartoonists.
It's a free event, just register at itsnero.com/jupiterfab ! (And yes, there will be Spanish translation!!)
It's a free event, just register at itsnero.com/jupiterfab ! (And yes, there will be Spanish translation!!)
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life advice from the cassowary
May 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
life advice from the cassowary
This year I'm doing something I don't often actually do: an honest, no-shitting Black Friday sale. From now until December 6th, get 25% off EVERY order in my shop when you use code "BIGDEALSWOW" at checkout! Buy some comics & merch as holiday gifts... or treat yourself. >:3c https://shop.irisjay.net
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This year I'm doing something I don't often actually do: an honest, no-shitting Black Friday sale. From now until December 6th, get 25% off EVERY order in my shop when you use code "BIGDEALSWOW" at checkout! Buy some comics & merch as holiday gifts... or treat yourself. >:3c https://shop.irisjay.net
Time to crack open a cold one with the boys. There's a new EPIPHANY: EXEGESIS update, including three comic pages and whole mess of annotation, on my blog for $3 subscribers and up! https://patreon.com/irisjay // https://subscribestar.adult/irisjay
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Time to crack open a cold one with the boys. There's a new EPIPHANY: EXEGESIS update, including three comic pages and whole mess of annotation, on my blog for $3 subscribers and up! https://patreon.com/irisjay // https://subscribestar.adult/irisjay
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"That was my favourite full body suit for a while, but certain traits started coming out and it became not so nice. That fursuit is not in my life any more."
David Lynch rehydrating while Chucko, Buster, Pete, Bob, or Dan's head rests on his knee.
🎨: @irisjaycomics.bsky.social
David Lynch rehydrating while Chucko, Buster, Pete, Bob, or Dan's head rests on his knee.
🎨: @irisjaycomics.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"That was my favourite full body suit for a while, but certain traits started coming out and it became not so nice. That fursuit is not in my life any more."
David Lynch rehydrating while Chucko, Buster, Pete, Bob, or Dan's head rests on his knee.
🎨: @irisjaycomics.bsky.social
David Lynch rehydrating while Chucko, Buster, Pete, Bob, or Dan's head rests on his knee.
🎨: @irisjaycomics.bsky.social
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is this anything
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
is this anything
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time to wild out, it's Sicko's Selection season 💞 among the offerings at this pervert's buffet, i have LEATHER INTERIOR: a collection of sketches & illustrations, featuring mostly unreleased work.
whatever your thing, you're sure to find it in the bundle... everybody eats!
whatever your thing, you're sure to find it in the bundle... everybody eats!
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
time to wild out, it's Sicko's Selection season 💞 among the offerings at this pervert's buffet, i have LEATHER INTERIOR: a collection of sketches & illustrations, featuring mostly unreleased work.
whatever your thing, you're sure to find it in the bundle... everybody eats!
whatever your thing, you're sure to find it in the bundle... everybody eats!
IT'S LIVE! The third SICKOS SELECTION erotica bundle is available NOW! Featuring over 1,200 pages of comics, art and prose from 25 superstar smut crafters, including SYBIL #1 by yours truly! At just $25 USD, this is a LOT of spice for one low price~ ❤️💦
https://itch.io/b/3393/sickos-selection-3
https://itch.io/b/3393/sickos-selection-3
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
IT'S LIVE! The third SICKOS SELECTION erotica bundle is available NOW! Featuring over 1,200 pages of comics, art and prose from 25 superstar smut crafters, including SYBIL #1 by yours truly! At just $25 USD, this is a LOT of spice for one low price~ ❤️💦
https://itch.io/b/3393/sickos-selection-3
https://itch.io/b/3393/sickos-selection-3
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I just wrote a whole followup for my subscribers breaking down the best and the worst of everything in Young Magazine that WASN'T about being really into plush toys! Featuring me dishing on a couple of comics almost certain to win the actual poll. Check it out for just $2:
#comics
#manga
#comics
#manga
Hey Look At This Comic: The Young Magazine Sampler | Sam Keeper and Storming the Ivory Tower
Get more from Sam Keeper and Storming the Ivory Tower on Patreon
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November 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
this one-shot and the demented one about All Humans Versus All Mermaids were the only stories in the YOUNG US sampler I felt really, really jazzed about from a "whoa they're doing THIS huh" perspective, imo. it is beautiful. it is doomed. read Sam's take on it
Young Magazine, a venerable seinen manga publisher, tried to break into the American market this year with a phone book sized free pitch collection of scifi, fantasy, and horror.
Naturally, I instead got obsessed with the story of a girl attracted to plush toys.
my review of Is My Love Strange:
Naturally, I instead got obsessed with the story of a girl attracted to plush toys.
my review of Is My Love Strange:
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Hey Look At This Comic: "Is My Love Strange?" · Set the scene like this: giant phone books full of manga, piled on tables and cardboard stands outside our local Kinokuniya import s…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
this one-shot and the demented one about All Humans Versus All Mermaids were the only stories in the YOUNG US sampler I felt really, really jazzed about from a "whoa they're doing THIS huh" perspective, imo. it is beautiful. it is doomed. read Sam's take on it
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The party may be a drag, but also it was no good!
At least Wyatt is up to something on his phone...
Check out "Wedlocked" by @irisjaycomics.bsky.social and @itsnero.com
At least Wyatt is up to something on his phone...
Check out "Wedlocked" by @irisjaycomics.bsky.social and @itsnero.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The party may be a drag, but also it was no good!
At least Wyatt is up to something on his phone...
Check out "Wedlocked" by @irisjaycomics.bsky.social and @itsnero.com
At least Wyatt is up to something on his phone...
Check out "Wedlocked" by @irisjaycomics.bsky.social and @itsnero.com
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FIVE HUNDRED MEN SACKED FOR REFUSING
TO EVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
THE VOICES DOWN THE AGES WARNING
NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
YOU MUST NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
TO EVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
THE VOICES DOWN THE AGES WARNING
NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
YOU MUST NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
FIVE HUNDRED MEN SACKED FOR REFUSING
TO EVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
THE VOICES DOWN THE AGES WARNING
NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
YOU MUST NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
TO EVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
THE VOICES DOWN THE AGES WARNING
NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
YOU MUST NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
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My interview with @sailorrooscout.bsky.social is now live!
youtu.be/ibb9uLaBk8o
Join me and Chise as we discuss her cartoon inspirations, favorite childhood video games, horses, and more!
youtu.be/ibb9uLaBk8o
Join me and Chise as we discuss her cartoon inspirations, favorite childhood video games, horses, and more!
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My interview with @sailorrooscout.bsky.social is now live!
youtu.be/ibb9uLaBk8o
Join me and Chise as we discuss her cartoon inspirations, favorite childhood video games, horses, and more!
youtu.be/ibb9uLaBk8o
Join me and Chise as we discuss her cartoon inspirations, favorite childhood video games, horses, and more!
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November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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It's official: Katie Wilson is the next mayor of Seattle!
Katie Wilson Is Seattle’s Next Mayor
Somewhere, Bruce Harrell is slamming a table. Katie Wilson is up by 1,976 votes and 0.72 percent of the vote. It’s tight, but we’re outside of recount territory, and it’s mathematica...
www.thestranger.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It's official: Katie Wilson is the next mayor of Seattle!