Substacks recommended by Jason Chatfield

Recommended by Jason Chatfield

Random Orbit

By Brian Biggs

Talking about drawing, drawing about writing, videos about art supplies.

CAFÉ ANNE

By Anne Kadet

It's a wonderful world—meet the inhabitants!

Design Better

By Aarron & Eli

280+ conversations with the designers, creators, and leaders shaping the products and experiences we all use. Hosted by Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter. Free to follow — a lot more when you go paid.

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New and unpublished drawings and thoughts for people who want to see more of life, from a New Yorker cartoonist.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, politics, culture, more...

The Point

By Rachel Lipson

A smart, thoughtful dispatch on elevated travel with points and miles. For savvy travelers who want to see the world without spending a fortune. A top 40 bestseller in travel 🏆

Everything you'll ever need to know about travel!

- Jason Chatfield

Chappatte Cartoons

By Patrick Chappatte

Welcome inside the studio of editorial cartoonist Chappatte. Behind the scenes of cartoons published in The Boston Globe, NZZ, Le Temps, Canard enchaîné. Formerly with The New York Times. Chair, Freedom Cartoonists Foundation.

Patrick is one of the leading voices shedding light on our steady slide into authoritarianism. A brilliant cartoonist!

- Jason Chatfield

The Bob

By Bob Eckstein

Sharing Cartoons, Humor & Writing Tips

A consistently funny, widely experienced humor writer and cartoonist.

- Jason Chatfield

Kal Draws The Line

By Kevin KAL Kallaugher

Satiric scribbles from the award winning cartoonist for The Economist (47 years) and The Baltimore Sun (31 years). Kal shares fun sketches and insights from his colorful career.

KAL is an obscenely talented and invaluable ink-slinging soldier on the front lines of this wobbly old democracy.

- Jason Chatfield

La Vie en Watercolor / Jessie Kanelos Weiner

A creative deep-dive into illustration, watercolor and seeing like an artist

Undiscovered Masterpieces

By Tom Toro

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

Myq Kaplan's Arty Har-Hars

I write about jokes that I love and why I love them and also I share my own jokes for you to love.

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Liana’s Newsletter

By Liana Finck

A weekly selection of drawings by New Yorker cartoonist and matador Liana Finck, sent out on Wednesdays. Paid subscribers will also get a Sunday email of autobiographical comics, process drawings, and other behind-the-scenes things. www.lianafinck.com

New York's Newsletter

By The David Prize

A newsletter about New York and the incredible people in it curated by The David Prize.

It's right there in the title. This is New York's Newsletter, baby!

- Jason Chatfield

The Metropolitan Review

The Metropolitan Review is a books and culture review magazine founded in 2025.

Introvert Drawing Club

By Beth Spencer

Playful drawing prompts and practice sessions. 🌻 Art tips & techniques to explore your creativity with a fun, encouraging community.

Austin Kleon

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

Cartoons by Hilary

By Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

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

Cartoons and diary entries, Video Rants, Photos of Margie the dog-- what more could you want from a Substack?

- Jason Chatfield

Ink Spill

MIchael Maslin is a New Yorker cartoonist and writer.

Lulu Eightball

By Emily Flake

Lulu Eightball comic strip, plus assorted brain detritus

Open Windows- Ann Telnaes

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

The asher Newsletter

By asher

Cartoons, thoughts, updates, and MORE (if you can believe it).

Modern Husbands

By Brian Page CFT™ AFC® Fair Play

Ideas to manage money and the home as a team.

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!

The world's best caricaturist.

- Jason Chatfield