Holy cow, Matvei Mozhaev‘s two-part radio documentary for Queery on Oh Joy Sex Toy is just… Wow.

Part One: Reshaping Sex Culture One Comic at a Time

This is a perfect introduction for a new reader to find out just what the heck this thing is and it’s a fascinating peek behind the curtain for how this all comes together for folks who already follow the comics each week. This is such a loving, revealing tour around the world of Oh Joy Sex Toy and the many different people who produce it and read it.

Part Two: Drawing Resilience from Sex Positivity

This follow-up really gets into the meat of our tiny comics production house and the challenges we face, both for our creative contributors and for us as a company from the public. Staff artist Hien Pham shares how he navigates our editorial needs while trying to remain true to the stories he actually wants to tell. As a sex-positive publishing house, it continues to be harder and harder to exist on the Mainstream Internet as riffraff like us are forced off social media and face a volatile political landscape. Plus: Creators Matt and Erika are just plum getting old!

It is the passion and support of OJST’s creators and audience that keeps it afloat. Please give a listen to our actual readers, contributors, and creators in their own words in this candid look behind the scenes at what it means to keep Oh Joy Sex Toy alive and thriving.

Thank you so much to all of our readers and contributors who called in to share their thoughts and feelings about this decade+ long sex-positive comic project, and thank you to Matvei Mozhaev for pouring in the research and hours to make this episode for Queery on the radio station WORT 89.9 fm.