Substacks recommended by Aubrey Sitterson

Recommended by Aubrey Sitterson

Unbiased political analysis the way you wish it existed? National political reporter and Billboard chart topping comedian explains the campaign trail. That’s the Politics Politics Politics podcast.

Sketchy Characters

By Jeremy Brooks

Updates on cartoonist Jeremy (Sketch) Brooks and his sketchy characters.

TALES TO ENLIGHTEN

By Matt King

Black Magick x Big Buddhist Ideas!

Matt makes comics unlike any others: Intensely idiosyncratic and deliberate, with stunning art from the most interesting and talented collaborators.

- Aubrey Sitterson

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD

By Liam Sharp’s SubStack

Art, musings and stories by Eisner-nominated writer, artist, musician and publisher, Dr Liam Sharp.

BANDITTOWN

By Daniel Freedman

Newsletter deep diving into the work and creative process of writer Daniel Freedman.

Oliver Bateman Does the Work

A hub for the work of the Internet's "King of Content" covering culture, politics, labor, and athletics with a perspective informed by decades of work in marketing, sales, and the rotted-out carcass of academia.

Oliver's writing is difficult to summarize or even describe because it's so expansive and wide-reaching. Whatever he talks about though, you can count on it always being deliberate, well-informed and thoughtful.

- Aubrey Sitterson

Headlocked’s Newsletter

By Mike Kingston

latest news on releases, con appearances, and musings on wrestling, comics, & food.

Michael Kingston was crowdfunding and doing wrestling comics before it was cool. Which isn't to say that his Headlocked series isn't cool; in fact, it's awesome, which is why he has the support of so many incredible wrestlers!

- Aubrey Sitterson

Chris Robinson

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Nuclear Barbarians

By Emmet Penney

A Substack and podcast about nuclear energy, industrial history, energy politics, and more!

LegalDispatch

By Marc Guggenheim

News and notes about what Marc Guggenheim is writing.

Marc Guggenheim is a skilled writer in seemingly every conceivable medium but I think he does comics best of all; he has a preternatural ability to think with an eye toward the final presentation on the page. His newsletter is compelling and fearlessly honest.

- Aubrey Sitterson

George W O'Connor—Figuring it Out on the Fly

By George O'Connor—Figuring it Out on the Fly

Figuring it Out on the Fly

George O'Connor writes comics. Really good comics. And a TON of them. His newsletter is truly inspirational in terms of his seemingly endless font of inspiration and willingness to discuss his process in honest, straightforward terms.

- Aubrey Sitterson

Ashcan Press Comics Corporation

By Matthew Rosenberg... From Comic Books.

We make comic books so you don't have to.

The Retroist

A Retro Podcast, Blog, and Newsletter.

Howard Chaykin...as ever, I remain...

Informed enthusiasm found wanting by ignorant indifference.

My uncle Howard Chaykin is an architect of the contemporary comic book. You can get access to his brilliant, unique, fully considered approach to comics and damn near everything else in his newsletter.

- Aubrey Sitterson

Bors Comics

By Matt Bors

News on projects, comics, drawings, and writing on whatever moves me. It goes out few times a month at most. Very low stakes overall.

Everyone knows Matt Bors is a brilliant political cartoonist but the thing to watch is his ongoing pivot to brilliant genre fiction writer. His newsletter provides insight into that move and his incredible series with Ben Clarkson, Justice Warriors.

- Aubrey Sitterson