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Undiscovered Masterpieces

By Tom Toro

Original cartoons by The New Yorker's Tom Toro that you can't find anywhere else.

michael’s Substack

By michael j pastor

My personal Substack

nelson broskey

I'm what my generation calls a ‘Monster Kid’. Still alive and playing with my vintage art supplies. Blessed to still have friends and pro's in the traditional art world to inspire me (I’m an alumnus from Tom’s 11/15/19 Caricature Workshop)!

Maps and Morons

By Parker Vint

An independent TTRPG publisher with high CHA, low INT, and way too much free time.

Sandra Bell-Lundy: My Cartooning Life

By Sandra Bell Lundy

Anecdotes, influences, process and other inside cartoony tidbits from Sandra's life as a syndicated comic strip cartoonist.

D&D Everlasting Tales

By DMGMorais

EVERLASTING TALES—a series of tabletop roleplaying game living chronicles set in D&D multiverse.

The Webcomics Handbook

By Brad Guigar

Veteran cartoonist Brad Guigar shares advice, tutorials, and tips for independent comic artists

Tips and insights for cartoonists and artists of all stripes from the creator behind Evil Inc., webcomics.com, and the Comic Lab podcast.

- Stan!

Evil Inc

By Brad Guigar

Evil Inc is a corporation operated by supervillains for supervillains — by Brad Guigar

The Ink Stained Wretch

By Tom Richmond

"The Ink Stained Wretch" is an exclusive first look at art, stories, features, and other stupidity delivered to your inbox every Wednesday from one of MAD Magazine's "Usual Gang of Idiots", Tom Richmond!

Caricaturist and cartoonist extraordinaire and a heckuva nice guy.

- Stan!

Rediscovered Realms

By J.Q. Graziano

The weekly (3,000+ subscriber) Fantasy newsletter that reconnects you with heroic fantasy worlds of your favorite books, epic games, unearthed magazines, forgotten gamebooks, movies and enchanting art - old school & new. 👑

Studio Jantze

By Michael Jantze on Substack

Musings from Michael Jantze, creator of stories with pictures. That's the norm.

Weekly Dose of Mark

By Mark Monlux

A semi-weekly journal of my life. Filled with the fun antics of my friends and neighbors, movie reviews, and other odd things.

Open Windows- Ann Telnaes

Ann Telnaes- Artist, visual storyteller, creator of "Open Windows"

The Geekerati Newsletter: Thoughts on Games & Pop Culture

By Christian Lindke

Discussions of Table Top Games, Film, and Television with a dash of Political Science and Statistics from Time to Time.

Christian Lindke is a terrific artist and a dedicated gamer ... and a really smart dude. I care about his opinions on geek culture ... figured you might too.

- Stan!

Backstab With a Ballista

By Jamie Chambers

Exploring Dungeons & Dragons, worldbuilding, storytelling, folklore and more from an award-winning writer & game designer.

Draw or Die

By Draw-or-Die ✏️🏴‍☠️

STAY ENCOURAGED and DRAW EVERY DAY! 🎃 PROMPTOBER Drawing Challenge Begins October 1st! ✏️ Weekly Newsletter for Artists

Seeing Things

By Liza Donnelly

New and unpublished drawings and thoughts for people who want to see more of life, from a New Yorker cartoonist. Drawings, cartoons, words, live drawing, process, more...

Cartoons by Hilary

By Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

Weekly cartoons from the sketchbook of New Yorker cartoonist Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

RPG Design Theories

By Monte Cook

Thoughts behind tabletop roleplaying games and why we love them.

Great insights into the art and craft of designing roleplaying games from one of the modern masters.

- Stan!

Kurtzgesagt

By Scott Kurtz

The life of cartoonist and author Scott Kurtz in a nutshell

Keep up with the latest from the creator of PvP and Table Titans.

- Stan!

Chris Eliopoulos

By chris eliopoulos

Cartoonist At Large. Cartoons, picture books, all kinds of silliness.

New York Cartoons

By Jason Chatfield

A free cartoon in your inbox every week made with human hands + live drawing vids with the most interesting people, creative insights & illustrated stories that prove being a New Yorker cartoonist & comedian in NYC is exactly as unhinged as you'd imagine.

Jason Chatfield mixes comics, comedy, life hacks, and the true life adventures of an Aussie cartoonist in the Big Apple.

- Stan!

Counterpoint

The world according to Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonists — Democrat, Republican, Independent and IDGAF.