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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 10h

Things I Only Draw When I'm Sad: my brand-new digital zine compiling 3 years worth of illustrations set to a pep-talk on feeling things deeply is coming out soon on November 6th!

58 pages, 18 paintings, and several silly little Hiens try to navigate big feelings together.

Hope you'll like it 😊💖✨!!

A digital painting of a man looking out into the sunset. His left arm hangs down his side. He wears a black shirt with white delicate flowers scattered in its pattern. His beige shorts crinkles up as he leans his weight on on leg. The blurry orange sky sets a bright burning orange on his outline.

Clean lettering writes the title: Things I Only Draw When I'm Sad by Hien Pham. A small ribbon on the corner of the illustration says "Coming Soon!"

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 10h

Things I Only Draw When I'm Sad: my brand-new digital zine compiling 3 years worth of illustrations set to a pep-talk on feeling things deeply is coming out soon on November 6th!

58 pages, 18 paintings, and several silly little Hiens try to navigate big feelings together.

Hope you'll like it 😊💖✨!!

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 14h

HELLO so sorry it took me a month to reply but thank you so much!!! I had such fun drawing that comic and challenged myself with all of the different settings / lighting! I'm really really glad you've enjoyed it 😭💖!!!

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Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 1d

Are you PREPPED for PrEP? Join @hiencomics.com.au as he learns about Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis- a medication to prevent HIV!
www.ohjoysextoy.com/lets-get-pre...

Let's Get PrEP'd by Hien Pham published October 21, 2025 on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/lets-get-prepd-hien-pham

Hien Pham illustrates in a more realistically rendered style, using the full spectrum of colors though the backgrounds are mostly a pale blue He is a Southeast Asian cisgender heavyset man with a short, bushy, black beard, fuzzy body hair, and glasses. He is mostly bald on top, with the rest of his hair pulled back into a bun.

"Hmm..." Hien ponders to himself seriously, tapping his finger to his pursed lips as he inspects a wall of medical brochures.

"What'cha looking for, Hien?" A ginger-bearded man asks as he saunters into the clinic waiting room. He wears a maroon bucket hat, white t-shirt, and jeans. "Want a hand with anything?"

"Well... I'm planning some sexy comic research and I'm wondering..." Nervously, Hien perspires from his temple a little as he timidly asks. "...are there options in addition to condoms that my partners and I can use to have safer sex?"

"Are you on PrEP?" The man asks, gesturing at a dark blue brochure on the wall.

"What's PrEP?" Asks Hien.

"It's a very accessible HIV-prevention medication!" The man answers while handing Hien the brochure, which is labeled "WAAC's Little Book of PrEP"

Caption: WAAC, aka the Western Australian AIDS Council!

Gesturing to another silver-haired man who is sauntering in, the bearded man offers, "Let me introduce you to Garry, one of our OG nurses here at M Clinic! He'll give you the rundown on PrEP!"

"Hello!" Chirps Gary, giving a little wave. He sports a silver scruff of hair on top with the sides shaved off, with a well-kept mustache, stubble, and multiple ear piercings. He wears wristbands on each wrist and a collared short-sleeved shirt over another longer-sleeved one, along with jeans.

Caption: M Clinic is Perth's only sexual health clinic specifically for men, trans people, and nonbinary folks who have sex with men.

Breaking out of reality, an angelic light bursts forth from the sky with a larger-than-life-size pink-burgundy ribbon unfurling across the page. Enormous blue pills shower down with it while the word "PrEP" floats over all of it. Hien reverts into his super cartoony chibi form as he marvels at the scene taking place above him.

"PrEP, or Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, is an HIV-prevention medication!" Garry continues, but unlike Hien he remains more realistically drawn. "In short, it helps your white blood cells block the virus from putting down roots and replicating."

Whisked to a pink scene, both Garry and Hien are chibi-fied and looking very stern in suits with sunglasses, their arms crossed over their respective chests. They are serving as bodyguards to an anthropomorphic, thankful white blood cell behind them, that blushes and clasps its hands in appreciation to its protectors. Before them, a brutal battle wages between anthropomorphic blue pills wearing the same kind of sunglasses as Hien and Garry while beating the tar out of anthropomorphic lumpy red and blue virus cells.

"HAVE MY BABIES!" Hollers a virus through weeping tears as it struggles in vain to reach the safe white blood cell.

"No dice, buddy." A tough blue pill calmly states, holding the virus back at arm's length.

Caption: Taken properly, PrEP can be up to 99% effective in preventing HIV infections!

A pink banner unfurls across the bottom of the page, stating, "Read the rest on OhJoySexToy.com"

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Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 1d

Are you PREPPED for PrEP? Join @hiencomics.com.au as he learns about Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis- a medication to prevent HIV!
www.ohjoysextoy.com/lets-get-pre...

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 2d

✨ Let's Get PrEP'd! ✨

Full story on @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social
link.hiencomics.com.au/prep

A comic all about PrEP: a mind-blowingly effective and accessible HIV-prevention medication! Read on to find out how these blue pills protect you, and share a small moment of reflection on how far we've come.

A digital comic page with two main parts: taking up 3/4 of the canvas is a huge circle of many silly cartoony blue pills working out and interacting with each other. They surround the comic's title in the middle: Let's Get PrEP'd, which sports an HIV-AIDS awareness red ribbon just right below it.

At the bottom of the page is a comic panel of the pills kicking cartoony representations of HIV in their asses and pushing them away from a grateful white blood cell. In front of the cell are two cartoon human wearing black suits and sunglasses like they are the white blood cell's security detail. One of the blue PrEP pills narrates: "A comic all about an effective and accessible HIV-prevention medication! Made in collaboration with the Western Australian AIDS Council and M Clinic!"

One last narration box says: "Read the full comic on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/lets-get-prepd-hien-pham/ "

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 2d

✨ Let's Get PrEP'd! ✨

Full story on @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social
link.hiencomics.com.au/prep

A comic all about PrEP: a mind-blowingly effective and accessible HIV-prevention medication! Read on to find out how these blue pills protect you, and share a small moment of reflection on how far we've come.

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 6d

It runs a lot smoother than Scarlet/Violet thanks to the smaller scale. When the new Pokemon mainline game comes out I'll probably cave in and get a Switch 2 as well, haha! But honestly right now I'm very happy with Legends ZA on the OG!

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 6d

We love disability representation! Just this year in Perth we had our first deaf Mr. Bear contestant who made such a huge difference telling his story on stage. Thank you for your work!

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 6d

Honestly yeah! I get the Switch 2 envy but I've not had any problems playing it on the OG so far. Sometimes it blows my mind how well it works! Would recommend!

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 6d

It's kinda sad playing the Switch 1 version of the new Pokemon game and seeing how much prettier everything is in a Switch 2 LP 😭... oh well!

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 7d

🤫🤫🤫 what could this sexy little secret be?

Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 7d

Plus one BONUS behind-the-scenes post from @hiencomics.com.au juuuuuust for our paying patrons who keep OJST funded 😘
www.patreon.com/posts/sneak-...

Text: Hien Pham's Secret Project
Image: Black and white sketches of dudes in various states of undress

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 10d

You're gonna smash it Ben!!!

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 11d

I survived big bear flu and recovered well!
Finally wrapped up my next OJST comic (it was a hard one)!
Had a lovely weekend with lots of friends and belly rubs!
Enthused to tackle zine printing again next week!
Thank fuck for the up swing after half a month of misery!!

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 19d

I feel physically tired yes but not sleepy? It feels really weird and, like, detached. Went to a pharmacy today and got some short-term sleep aids that I reeaaallly hope would work because it is such a strange and alien experience 😫

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 19d

Recovering pretty okay from the bad bear flu / covid with one exception that I'm having a horrible time trying to sleep. You know how when you close your eyes and you slowly drift to sleep? I'm not experiencing that drift at all, and it's like I'm totally conscious and aware and awake for ages 😑

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Alyssa "Covered in Rats" Read 🐀🎨🐀 @missalyssaread.bsky.social · 19d

I love love LOVE seeing other artists work! I really dig @hiencomics.com.au's style and seeing how the lighting and coloring came out is a treat!

Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 19d

Extra! Extra! A bonus behind-the-scenes post by @hiencomics.com.au is up, just for our patrons! See the various stages his art went through to make his "Spun Out" comic on pole dancing 👀
www.patreon.com/posts/138071...

Behind the Scenes for SPUN OUT by Hien Pham | Oh Joy Sex Toy

Get more from Oh Joy Sex Toy on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 19d

Should I just call it on this printed book dream and just sell the digital version, raise some funds, then do a bunch of printing all at once next year 🤔

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 19d

Trialed out Affinity Photo to pre-press a lil book I was really hoping to print by the end of this year 😤 the printer said I should perfect bind instead of saddle stitch which means I'd have to re-do the whole thing 😓 now the Affinity trial is over and the company's halted all sales til Nov 🫥...

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 20d

No luck yet but I did come up with a super horny super kinky tiny smut I wanna pitch to OJST if/when my body gets out of this alive...

I guess we're toughing it out and try again after lunch time

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 20d

Let's see if my body is ready to sleep and get the rest it sorely needs or will it refuse to cooperate close to the 20-hr mark of being horrendously unsleeping!! Place your bets now!!

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 21d

Girly pops I am so sick beyond sick like I've been suffering in bed for the last two days unable to sleep only to close my eyes and feel my body decompose I haven't been able to eat without throwing up and my head is constantly pounding I'm heaps better today and I won't die only thanks to vaccines

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 23d

After half a week of bears events, am stuck in bed with the bear flu 🫠... I didn't even make out with anyone 😭😭😭

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 23d

My friends in Silksong... please don't forget you can quit and get back into the game to bench warp to your last used bench... don't be like me and backtrack every which way 😭

That said, I also don't want to stop playing so I don't mind traversing the world. Finally got first credits in 40hrs LOL

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Hien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 26d

Lil gift lil wrapped ✨

A shirtless Asian man with short beard and glasses stand in his room. He has a red nylon Shibari rope tied around his chest and left shoulder like a ribbon. It connects down across his belly to his waist and ends in another bunny-eared knot.

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