Substacks recommended by Brad Guigar

Recommended by Brad Guigar

At Comics Odyssey, we believe imagination is a gift and storytelling an act of gratitude. We make comics that stand apart trends and beyond divisions—authentic, sincere, and made with reverence for the art itself.

50 Years in the Dungeon

By Stan!

This is the official substack for "50 Years in the Dungeon" a livestream show celebrating a half-century of tabletop roleplaying games. Hosted by award-winning cartoonist and game designer Stan!

War and Peas

By Elizabeth Pich & Jonathan Kunz

Weekly comics about horny witches, thirsty scientists and trees 🌝

Hands down, one of the best comics on the web. You need this in your inbox.

- Brad Guigar

Lipsticked Thoughts

By Monica 💋 Gallagher

Where I post awkward musings and comics about life and its weirdness.

I look forward to every darned update. Such a wonderful pairing of story and art!

- Brad Guigar

Spider Barks

By Devin Welborn

A weekly dose of webcomic shenanigans.

Off the wall comics!

- Brad Guigar

Made From What's Not Real

By David Perlmutter

The writings and musings of Canadian historian and speculative fiction writer David Perlmutter

Jim Rugg’s Substack

Comic books, zines, art, writing

Who doesn't love Freakazoid?! Follow the adventures of the man who voiced an American icon!

- Brad Guigar

In The Telling

By Lee Knox Ostertag

comics + thoughts from molly knox ostertag

Worlds of Kummer Wolfe

By CB "Kummer Wolfe" Ash

Hi! I’m CB “Kummer Wolfe” Ash. Here on “Worlds of Kummer Wolfe”, I write fantasy adventure and alternate history fiction, both with a dash of science fantasy thrown in for fun! Interested in my books? Head on over to The Book Vault on the newsletter!

Absolutely wonderful stuff!

- Brad Guigar

Steinbergdrawscartoons

By Avi Steinberg

Cartoons, thoughts, more cartoons, worries, and more!

Yuck! Travel Magazine

By YUCK! Travel Magazine

Your wormhole to sci-fi & fantasy humor. Your portal for inter-dimensional escape. Contains everything you need to know about where you’re at with detailed instruction on ways to leave and critical advice on why you should.

Open Windows- Ann Telnaes

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

One of the all-time best cartoonists to wield a pen. Come for the jaw-droppingly gorgeous linework, and stay for the razor-sharp wit.

- Brad Guigar

My personal Substack

Welcome to the ComicScene Culture Review

Chez Cuckoo

By Torbjørn Lien

Publishing Chez Cuckoo comic strips and pages on Substack just to brighten your day.

Kurtzgesagt

By Scott Kurtz

The life of cartoonist and author Scott Kurtz in a nutshell

Besides being one of my closest friends, Scott is one of the all-time best cartoonists around!

- Brad Guigar

New York Cartoons

By Jason Chatfield

A free cartoon in your inbox every week + live drawing videos with creative insights, along with hand-drawn stories that prove being a New Yorker cartoonist & comedian in NYC is exactly as unhinged as you'd imagine.

This is a must-follow for fans of cartooning, cartoonists, and other cartoon-adjacent persons.

- Brad Guigar

More Than Sex

By Holly Paige

Relationships writer, curious sex journalist, and all-around human person.

HAiVERiNGS - the eejits Newsletter

By eejits

Fae Scotland! Get eejits COMiCS, the latest news from The Glen and a lookie into the Scots language - straight into your inbox!

SerioComics

By Dave Cowen

Enthusiasms for the best in graphic literature + Q&As with their makers + SHOULD WE BUY A GUN? a graphic novel about a couple, their country, and the gun debate aimed to help heal our polarized divide & now ENNEAGRAM SUPERHEROES comics and coaching.

Gary Scott Beatty's Strange Horror

Start here! Subscribe and instantly download a free comic! Plus eye candy, story, video and updates about my passion projects are yours. Enjoy tales inspired by '70s B-movies, Creepy and Eerie, and weird fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft.

Am I Doing This Right?

By Lian Cho

Comics and musings about illustrating, life, and navigating my 30s through the end of the world.

Dragon Sparking

By Nathan McWilliams

A sci-fantasy comic about a dragon boy with dangerous powers and a lot to prove!

This is a beautifully drawn and cleverly written comic. Highly recommended!

- Brad Guigar

My Favorite Classical Music

By Vitaliy Katsenelson

Thursday highlights about a classical piece or composer along with Saturday classical picks for a beautiful start to your weekend.

Write. Farm. Share.

By [Robert C. Worstell

I write and produce books and courses about three crafts: homesteading, writing, and abundant living. Together, these form a lifestyle system few have mastered. This is a life-journey, edutainment sort of thing. Join us.

Sweater Weather

By Michael Sweater

Comics and writing straight from the desk of Michael Sweater.

One of the most consistently funny — and subversive — cartoonists on the web. Every page is a rollercoaster.

- Brad Guigar

Margreet’s Comics

By Margreet de Heer

My life in comics: Germany/Holland; my mom, my husband, my cats; about reinventing myself (and my marriage), and about the many projects I do (crowdfunding! children's books! sex work activism! philosophy! comics!!!).

When Margreet isn't flooring you with a punchline, she's charming you with genuine, heartfelt insight. That's a rare find in comics.

- Brad Guigar

Hourglass Times

By Vaughan Fox

Hourglass Comix News, Updates, and stories of the journey to becoming an independent comic book publisher.

Beautifully drawn and well-written! You're gonna love it!

- Brad Guigar

Cartoon Journaling

By Khalid Birdsong Cartoon Journaling

Start expressing yourself creatively through drawing, writing, and making comics from a cartoonist's point of view.

Collectors Stack

By Eddie deAngelini

Collectors, by Eddie deAngelini, is a weekly comic strip about comic book collecting, marriage and where the two collide. Come for the weekly comics, stay for the animation, videos and the behind-the-scenes on being a comic creator.

A clever strip that comic collectors will adore! Eddie is my go-to for comic-shop humor and observations!

- Brad Guigar

Frank's Buffalo Born Babble

By Frank Mariani

A potpourri of cartoons, art and musings thrown at you from the biggest city on the mighty Niagara River.

Wonderfully crafted cartoons from a genuine pro.

- Brad Guigar

Monster of the Week

By Jessica

Here there be monsters, the real life one and the ones imagined. This is a place for speculative fiction, the kind where horror meets heart.

Monster Romance Reviews

By EJ

Market trends, cultural analysis, and author spotlights on monster romance—powered by a data scientist with a MLIS who fell hard for fictional creatures.

One of the best ways to keep up to date with one of the most compelling genres in romance.

- Brad Guigar

Handbuzzer Studio Exposes . . . MS Ricketts’ Stash

By Handbuzzer Studio Exposes MS Ricketts’ Stash

Writer, Illustrator, cartoonist Mark Scott Ricketts has agreed to set his feral (sometimes unfinished) projects free to run wild on the internet. Approach these works cautiously. Some of them may bite.

The Webcomics Handbook

By Brad Guigar

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

The Bad Bug Newsletter

By Bad Bug Media

The latest news from the Bad Bud Media Crew!

Kiddo Green and the Three Pearls

By Lisa Burvant

A grieving young girl, with a secret talent, is kidnapped by sea monsters; As she battles her figurative and literal demons to get back home, she must learn that she is not alone, before time and her air runs out.

Fantastic comic!

- Brad Guigar

Public Flogging

By Scott

Welcome to My Public Flogging. I'm Scott (Madscott) a creator of this, that, and other things. Living in a town that no longer is, Brookville, WI. My primary focus is cartooning but I also am a photographer and a woodworker. Hope you stick around.

Quintin Comics

Creator of the comic, Before I Go To Hell.

Fantastic art and compelling storylines!

- Brad Guigar

Written Ward: Things You Only Learn by Refusing to Leave

By John

Exploring the gap between experience and understanding.

Words & Pictures

By John Nez

Making art & pictures for books

American Demon Comics

By Suzerain Dionna

Join in for gritty action packed comics on the supernatural and esoteric. Envy- A demon king turned human now confronting flesh, emotions, and mortality. (On-going)