Today’s comic is drawn by Bea Tormo, it depicts two anthromporhic characters, a pink and large, go lucky bear, and a green cat, who is our protagonist. Both characters are non-binary. The comic is colored in these beautiful pinks, reds, and greens with a bubbly charismatic style. The comic is a mix of autobiography, education, and a splash of fiction, all to do with SSRIs and their side effects. The artist is Spanish, and today's comic has a few small typo's and translation issues that were left in, as the text is all hand-drawn and a part of the aesthetic.  Page 1 Bear and Cat are sitting down in a coffee shop with little desserts and teas, and coffees sat in front of them. They are animatedly talking with each other with big grins. Bear 'You look great! What a change!' Cat 'Thanks! I feel better. Therapy was a lot of help to me.' Bear 'You also take medication, don’t you?'  Cat puts their head in their hand and looks into their tea a little more deeply. Cat 'Yeah.' Bear 'How is it going?' Cat 'Well… There are some side effects…'  Bear picks up their tea and twirls a spoon through it as Cat looks away and drinks. Bear 'What type of side effects?' Cat '…Sexual type'  The camera pans and shows us a view from behind them, both little sweat, lines, and nervous motions float off of them both. Bear 'Sexual? Like what?' Cat 'Shhhhhh!' Bear'Sorry!'  The rest of the comic is covered by a banner with the text "Read the rest on Oh Joy Sex Toy"
Today’s comic is drawn by Bea Tormo, it depicts two anthromporhic characters, a pink and large, go lucky bear, and a green cat, who is our protagonist. Both characters are non-binary. The comic is colored in these beautiful pinks, reds, and greens with a bubbly charismatic style. The comic is a mix of autobiography, education, and a splash of fiction, all to do with SSRIs and their side effects. The artist is Spanish, and today's comic has a few small typo's and translation issues that were left in, as the text is all hand-drawn and a part of the aesthetic. Page 1 Bear and Cat are sitting down in a coffee shop with little desserts and teas, and coffees sat in front of them. They are animatedly talking with each other with big grins. Bear 'You look great! What a change!' Cat 'Thanks! I feel better. Therapy was a lot of help to me.' Bear 'You also take medication, don’t you?' Cat puts their head in their hand and looks into their tea a little more deeply. Cat 'Yeah.' Bear 'How is it going?' Cat 'Well… There are some side effects…' Bear picks up their tea and twirls a spoon through it as Cat looks away and drinks. Bear 'What type of side effects?' Cat '…Sexual type' The camera pans and shows us a view from behind them, both little sweat, lines, and nervous motions float off of them both. Bear 'Sexual? Like what?' Cat 'Shhhhhh!' Bear'Sorry!' The rest of the comic is covered by a banner with the text "Read the rest on Oh Joy Sex Toy"
Hien Pham illustrates his comic with a simplified-realistic style with lovingly rendered hair details that sweep along his characters. He uses a full spectrum of colors and rich textures. Narration: Dr. Joe Kort, a sex and relationship therapist, coined the term Side in his 2013 online article "Guys on the 'Side': Looking Beyond Gay Tops and Bottoms". To put simply, a Side is a gay man who does not prefer penetrative anal sex.  A series of dating profile cards fans across the page. There are three that take the forefront.      One card is titled, "HAIRY BOTTOM" and is pink and purple hued showing a selfie of a fat man with curly brown hair and a full short beard. The middle card is labeled "SIDE BEAR", featuring a candid photo of a tall man with slicked back pink hair, rectangular glasses, and a neat full beard who is getting his cheek licked by a dog.  The third card peeks out from under the stack of profiles with the title, "TOP NOW". A short man with fluffy blond-dyed hair, circular glasses, and mutton chops beard poses in a summery suit, clearly in a group picture but he has cropped out the others so the focus is on him. The stats of that profile are obscured. Narration: It's only within the last few years that the biggest gay dating apps have started to allow their users to identify as Sides. The rest of the preview is obscured by a ribbon that reads "Read the rest on Oh Joy Sex Toy"
Hien Pham illustrates his comic with a simplified-realistic style with lovingly rendered hair details that sweep along his characters. He uses a full spectrum of colors and rich textures. Narration: Dr. Joe Kort, a sex and relationship therapist, coined the term Side in his 2013 online article "Guys on the 'Side': Looking Beyond Gay Tops and Bottoms". To put simply, a Side is a gay man who does not prefer penetrative anal sex. A series of dating profile cards fans across the page. There are three that take the forefront. One card is titled, "HAIRY BOTTOM" and is pink and purple hued showing a selfie of a fat man with curly brown hair and a full short beard. The middle card is labeled "SIDE BEAR", featuring a candid photo of a tall man with slicked back pink hair, rectangular glasses, and a neat full beard who is getting his cheek licked by a dog. The third card peeks out from under the stack of profiles with the title, "TOP NOW". A short man with fluffy blond-dyed hair, circular glasses, and mutton chops beard poses in a summery suit, clearly in a group picture but he has cropped out the others so the focus is on him. The stats of that profile are obscured. Narration: It's only within the last few years that the biggest gay dating apps have started to allow their users to identify as Sides. The rest of the preview is obscured by a ribbon that reads "Read the rest on Oh Joy Sex Toy"