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A newsletter about labor, inequality, and extremism in the comedy industry.

Doin' It with Mike Sacks

Comedy, gags, curiosities, bloopers, and medical oddities.

I go way back with Mike, when he did one of the first podcasts and selling lemonade to me on the stoop.

- Bob Eckstein

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Resources, news, and stories for and about writers. Written by the Substack team.

New York Cartoons

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Stories & cartoons from an ex-pat Australian New Yorker cartoonist & comedian

Great newsletter and I LOVE this cartoonist! One of the best.

- Bob Eckstein

The Awesome Shannon Wheeler Newsletter

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Cartoons, cartooning, comics... the work and projects of Shannon Wheeler plus other stuff

Shannon is one of our generation’s best and most beloved gag cartoonists and is an institution. And has a cool newsletter.

- Bob Eckstein

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"Drawings, Jokes, Musings"

The Bleicher & Newton Newsletter

By Bleicher & Newton

Updates, reflections, and funny bits from authors and humorists Michael Bleicher and Andy Newton

Andy is a great comedy writer...

- Bob Eckstein

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.

Liana's unique take on the world and humor––*****

- Bob Eckstein

Humor Me

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A newsletter sharing funny stuff and writing tips written by humorist, author, and professional snack-getter Julie Vick.

Life Since the Baby Boom

By Albert Cory

Amusing stuff from a Boomer Flâneur in high tech

No Dikkering Around

By Scott Dikkers

Creative tips, inspiration, and motivation in your inbox every morning.

Cartoons by Hilary

By Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

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

Funny, open diary. I'm enjoying her new book, too.

- Bob Eckstein

Paul’s Substack

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My personal Substack

The Literature Archive

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I write about Indie- Bookstores Resurgence, Illustrators, Eng. Literature /Creative Writing Professionals , Author's Biography by doing interviews with them.

The American Bystander's Viral Load

By Michael Gerber

Funny stuff that won't leave you dumber, from the editors of America's "last great humor magazine."

Michael shares great stories about comedy on this newsletter.

- Bob Eckstein

Exploding Unicorn by James Breakwell

Family comedy one disaster at a time.

James not only makes me laugh but has personally helped with my newsletter.

- Bob Eckstein

Steinbergdrawscartoons’s Substack

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