Jay Paulin was born and raised in Southwestern Ontario. From the time he could put crayon to paper, he wanted to be a storyteller. His first project was a dinosaur puppet show that earned rave reviews from his stuffed animals.

In his teens, Paulin was an accredited member of media for the Canadian Hockey League and an Ontario Hockey League franchise. There, he got his first taste of non-fiction and elected to pursue a career in journalism.

The Ink'd Well Comics seed was planted in his final year of post-secondary. To inject something fresh into his daily routine, Paulin began the preliminary work on Messiah. It took nearly eight years but the three-issue mini-series was published across 2009 and 2010.

After he and his family moved around Ontario in the mid-2000's, Paulin has finally settled in Nova Scotia. He spends his days working on an ever-increasing number of projects and spending time with his young daughter.