Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy

Field Notes of a Serial Enthusiast

Commentary, columns, cartoons, and more...

A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things

Paid subscribers will get an early peek at each week's cartoon, along with my various musings and ramblings.

I create a weekly political animation that I publish every Thursday morning, (if not sooner). You can also join the Ink Spot Club and find sketches, writing, audio & other types of mad satirist experiments — all while supporting my work!

Hi, I'm Dave Hill. Here are some hastily written posts with not nearly enough profanity. I apologize. Life is beautiful. Just ask my dog.

My personal Substack

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

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

Comedian, writer (The Simpsons, Parks & Rec, Ted), True Tales From Weirdsville, Hanging With Dr. Z, other junk

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

Promoting & preserving art & culture, one conversation at a time

Short pieces of advice from books

A newsletter for pep talks and general enthusiasm.

Into the weeds on national security, foreign policy, and cybersecurity

Sharing Cartoons, Humor & Writing Tips

Big Enthusiasm for Small Details

Rolando Pujol is the creator of The Retrologist and the author of "The Great American Retro Road Trip." He is an executive producer at WABC-TV and a longtime newspaper and TV journalist.

I can't draw so I have to describe these to you.

Notes on economics and more

I probably started writing the piece you are about to read because I thought it contained something funny. Fingers crossed I was correct in this assumption.

Living and Dying in America. A Daily Chronicle 2020-22.

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.

Reports from the edges of the internet, tips for living better, mind-blowing curiosities, tasty recipes, and recommendations for media and technology.

Slouching toward understanding: making sense of money, work, communication, production, distribution, and more by betting that in the course of human things the future must resemble even if it does not reflect the past, people being much the same

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

Independent accountability journalism.

A digest of great reads and other cool stuff by John Biggs.