There is so much unnecessary shame around sex toys and pleasure exploration that can be dismantled with one open, honest, and understanding conversation at a time. I know this comic can’t change the world, but I hope it gently pushes the closed door of sexual shame just a bit more open.

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↓ Comic Transcript
Toying Around by Hien Pham, published 7/15/2025 on ohjoysextoy.com

Hien Pham illustrates in a style that alternates between cartoony and exaggerated to more realistically rendered. His color palette uses the full spectrum of colors with subtle, soft shading.


Page 1
The panel is filled with a text chat window with someone named "Jon Masturbateer", whose text is in blue, while Hien, our narrator, has a pink color for his texts.

Hien: I got these new Tenga sleeves but they don't work for me peen :(
Hien: Although, I think you'd like them! Wanna come over and give it a shot? (or two :P)

He posts a photo of four Tenga masturbator sleeves, labelled "Spinner", "DX", and "OG Pixel". They are oblong clear-ish objects, each with a different colorful coil wrapped around it.

Jon: oooohh that does sound interesting... the original line was a bit tight but these look girthy

Hien's text box fills with the "..." punctuation, denoting him in the act of typing.

The reader's view pulls back to reveal Hien tapping away on his phone, his most recent text reading, "They're meant to be yeah! When's good for you?" Hien is a bearded balding Asian man wearing a white lab coat and tan shorts, his row of Tenga sleeves lined up on the ledge behind him.

Narration: Some folks really look down on sex toys. They think just even having an interest in toys is shameful.

Reading a book in his sunflower-filled backyard, Jon Masturbateer replies to Hien's text with his phone in his other hand, writing, "ive got nothing on at all today so... check your front door :P" He is fat curly-haired brown man with stretch marks on his underarms and big belly.

In the next instant, Hien opens his front door to reveal a sweaty and out of breath Jon!

"You rang?" Asks Jon, playfully mimicking a phone with one hand and sticking out his tongue at Hien.

"You RAN!" Replies Hien in surprise.

"I came as fast as I could!" Laughs Jon.

Narration: That shame shuns the curious from exploration, and puts the daring in danger when they can't have open and educated conversations!

Inside Hien's bedroom, Jon begins take off his button-down shirt as Hien bursts in with a Tenga sleeve in each hand.

Narration: In my experience, sex toys enrich my sex life, not take away or replace it.

"Tenga! Spinner! DX!" Hien announces in delight, his white lab coat flaring open to expose his bare chest and belly.

"Before we start..." Begins Jon while his eye catches on several neat bundles of green Shibari ropes on the bed. "do you think we could add some ropes?"


Page 2
Deftly tying Jon's wrists together, Hien asks, "How's that?"

Narration: For starters, I don't possess a lot of mainstream beauty standards. It's a reality that folks like me find ourselves oft-ignored and overlooked.

"Mmm... just about snug." Jon confirms while Hien loops the rope over again.

"Can you scratch your nose?" He asks.

Doing just that, Jon asks, "Yeah, why?"

Narration: Whilst I can't control whether others find me attractive or not...

Suddenly the rope binding Jon's wrists tightens with a "snap!"

"'Cause it's the last time you'll get to doit yourself!" Hien declares with affectionate domination, now pinning Jon's hands over his heads and taking the opportunity to tape Jon's nose with his own finger.

"Oh... Yes sir!" Jon replies with a blush and an eager, flustered perspiration collecting along his temple and cheeks.

Narration: I can carve out a desirable niche that makes me stand out from the crowd!


Page 3
Narration: The toys serve as tools for me to deliver different experiences.

Hien slides Spinner sleeve with a blue coil down onto Jon's shlong with a lubey "splort!". The head of the toy surges as Jon's cock fills it up, forcing the trapped air to collect in the tip.

"Woah! What's going on there?" Marvels Jon at the bulging top of the toy.

Narration: Ropes pull trust and tactile sensations to the forefront. Vibrators and dildos explore the many parameters of penetration.
Expertly, Hien simultaneously squeezes the toy's top and adjusts the base, answering, "You squeeze the top to let the air out for better suction!"

"Oh..." Jon muses while the trapped air escapes with a "poot!" Now rotating the sleeve up and around Jon's cock, he observes, "It's deffo roomier! Feels more cushiony than the old ones."

Narration: Meanwhile, sleeves hone in on penile pleasure. toys aren't meant to eclipse vanilla suck-and-fuck. They're different stars, lighting up the same sky.

Hien looks up from his handiwork, asking, "How's the texture?"

"Mmm... I like it! Feels more... pronounced!" Jon replies.


Page 4
"It is!" Agrees Hien, and then self consciously continues, "But that's also why it doesn't work for my penis. It catches on my sensitive foreskin too easily, alas... The original Pixel worked for me because the texture was more minute."

"Aw, that's a shame!" Says Jon.

"It's okay! I'm enjoying using it on you!" Hien says with a cheeky smile and gives the top of the toy a strong flick with his finger.

"Oop!" Jon squeeks at the sensation.

Narration: There's a real accessibility boon to toys too! My injured hands and wrists find so much relief when using sleeves. And sometimes, when I yearn for intimacy but feel overwhelmed by all of its sensory commitments...

Hien's hand quickly twists the sleeve up and down Jon's shaft, to which he suggests, "That spin feels pretty light. I like more head stimulation."

"Like this?" Hien asks, rhythmically thumping his palm against the head area.

"Oooh! Exactly...! Yeah!" Enthuses Jon.

Narration: Playing with toys together becomes a shared experience that's as comfortable as it is titillating!

"Ok!" Hien announces faux-seriously in his simplified chibi cartoon style, as he whips off the sleeve with a 'splort! "Time to text the other textures!"

"Oop!" Chibi Jon exclaims in distress. "Aw... I was just about to come..." His giant manga eyes water with tears.


Page 5
Narration: There is a financial barrier to toys. Quality units cost a shiny penny, so it's hard to shop around for your needs.

Water runs from a faucet into and over the upturned sleeve in Hien's hand, which is back to being drawn in the more realistic style.

Narration: It makes shame-free, open, and honest communication all the more important!

"These don't dry well on their own at all, so I use a chopstick and a tea towel!" Hien explains while demonstrating how he lays a thin towel over the top half of a chopstick with one hand and holds the partially-rolled-back sleeve in the other.

Narration: Sexual exploration shouldn't come at a cost of dignity, or respect.

"Just gotta do these swirlies a few times!" With practiced ease, Hien rotates the toweled chopstick inside the sleeve.

"Ooh!" Chibi Jon exclaims in wonder.

"Why don't you try drying it with this while I hold the sleeve?" Offers Hien, plopping the chopstick-towel combination into Jon's still-rope-bound hands.

"Oh? A challenge?" Asks Jon, who is once again realistically drawn.

Narration: Sex toys have enriched my sex life beyond simple pleasures. Through these silly stories, I can only hope to inspire some of that wonder in you!

The reader sees the now-cleaned Tenga sleeve back in its display stand, alongside another masturbator sleeve case and an extra bundle of neatly-wound green Shibari rope.

Off screen, Jon's voice calls, "Hold still! I can't stick it in!"

"Ooh-la-la!" Teases Hien's off screen voice. "But me dinner first!"

Transcribed by Erika Moen on July 14, 2025 for ohjoysextoy.com