Substacks recommended by Myq Kaplan

Recommended by Myq Kaplan

Christi Somers

Comedian, Comedy Educator & Chief Joy Officer!

Christi is delightful!

- Myq Kaplan

Highly Recommend

By Giulia Rozzi's new lil newsletter

A newsletter about toking, thrifting and tasting. (With lots of jokes & feelings too, obviously)

I highly recommend Giulia's Highly Recommend.

- Myq Kaplan

Life With Machines

A space for A.I. "swing voters" who aren't fully decided on if this is a good or bad thing. We make a show, share insights, recommend actions, and play with A.I. so we can shape the future together. (a production by Baratunde)

W. Kamau Bell asks, "Who's With Me?"

Come hang out with a pop-culture-obsessed, antiracist, lefty, OG Blerd who lives in Oakland, CA.

I Hope You Missed It

By Ginny Hogan

Jokes about all the dumbest political stories that I truly hope you missed

Ginny Hogan is a super funny comedian and writer. I hope you don't miss "I Hope You Missed It."

- Myq Kaplan

Live Your True Story with Mee Ok

By Mee Ok Icaro

Becoming Who We Are

Mee Ok is wise and kind and compassionate and the best. Your life will be better if you subscribe. Enjoy! Much love.

- Myq Kaplan

That's Marvelous!

By Josh Gondelman

A newsletter for pep talks and general enthusiasm.

josh is a delight! on stage, on page, all the places in life.

- Myq Kaplan

Mike Pesca

The home of The Gist List and exclusive commentary from Mike Pesca delivered to your inbox every single day.

The Bob

By Bob Eckstein

Sharing Cartoons, Humor & Writing Tips

Bob is a hilarious cartoonist and writer and that is why I recommend this newsletter. Enjoy!

- Myq Kaplan

jo firestone's passionate newsletter

By Jo Firestone

jo shares her passions with you, the reader, in case you should also become passionate about those passions.

jo firestone is one of the funniest humans alive. i love everything she does which includes this newsletter. i am passionate about jo firestone's passionate newsletter! i recommend that you also be that.

- Myq Kaplan

Funny How: Letters to a Young Comedian

By Matt Ruby

Comic Matt Ruby offers standup comedy philosophy, advice, and inspirational quotes from great comedians. Some praise for posts here...Judd Apatow: "Great." Gary Gulman: “Love this!”

i love comedy and matt shares great pieces about comedy

- Myq Kaplan

Boogie Writes

By Brendan Boogie

Apple crisp recipes your hot grandma doesn't have the balls to bake.

Brendan is a kind funny human who writes things that are kind and funny and human!

- Myq Kaplan

Emotional Support Lady

By Allison Raskin

A weekly newsletter of mental health musings from a New York Times best-selling author who has a master's in psychology and has been mentally ill since childhood!

Allison is funny and smart and shares meaningful stories about her mental health, neurodivergence, AND MORE! Also there a fun drawings sometimes too!

- Myq Kaplan

Andy’s Comedy Mayhem

By Andy Erikson

Squirrels. Just squirrels. And everything else.

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...

liza's cartoons are funny and meaningful and i like the things she writes a lot

- Myq Kaplan

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

george saunders is one of my favorite writers and it is a meaningful joy to read all that he writes

- Myq Kaplan

Clarity with Cory

By Cory Allen

Welcome to your calm place to land when life gets loud. Clarity with Cory is where deep thinkers slow down, reconnect with themselves, and reclaim the clarity to live on purpose.

Cory's words always help me feel calmer and more inspired. They could do that for you as well!

- Myq Kaplan

Art Life Balance

By Talia Barnes

My outermost innermost thoughts about creativity, media, culture, and tech. Sometimes in the form of comics.

I'm Fine I'm Fine Just Understand

By ND Stevenson

Quiet comics about gender, mental health, and getting older.

these cartoons are beautiful and meaningful!

- Myq Kaplan

You Are Doing A Good Enough Job

By Sophie Lucido Johnson

A newsletter for people who beat themselves up.

sophie's art is beautiful and her messages are kind.

- Myq Kaplan

The OSVerse

By Jim O'Shaughnessy

From the messy, insatiably curious mind of Jim O'Shaughnessy. Backing tomorrow's authors, creators & companies before the world knows their names. Home of Infinite Books, Infinite Media, the O'Shaughnessy Fellowships & the Infinite Loops podcast.

meaningful, beautiful nuggets of wisdom thoughtfully curated and efficiently delivered! (short, sweet, and worthwhile!)

- Myq Kaplan

Exes & Oh!s

By Jasmin & Mariann

Mariann and Jasmin, the titular Exes, are always surprised (OH!) by how hard it is to get anything done and how the world can simultaneously be so cruel and so beautiful.

jasmin is super kind and super informed and shares a lot about things i care about, like treating other sentient beings (animals, human or otherwise) the best

- Myq Kaplan

Speak Easy

By Baratunde Thurston

Baratunde Thurston unfiltered. Telling it like it is and the way it should be on politics and pop culture, with jokes and occasional drinks.

Bright Spots

By Chris Duffy

Every Saturday, comedian Chris Duffy sends out a true story to make you laugh and then includes links to 1 great thing, 1 funny thing, and 1 interesting thing.

chris is funny and wise and kind and he always shares funny, interesting, and important writings and works from other folks that are also positive adjectives

- Myq Kaplan

The Audacity.

By Roxane Gay

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

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.

David Zucker's Mailing List

Expect pieces about live comedy, growth marketing, social media, and the intersection of those spaces.

Drawing Links

By Edith Zimmerman

Journal comics and sketchbook, by Edith Zimmerman.

edith's drawings are delightful

- Myq Kaplan

It's Chip Zdarsky's Newsletter, Okay?

By Chip Zdarsky

your ONE STOP shop for chip tips and chipomics (chip comics)

really bananas and fun!

- Myq Kaplan

Both Are True

By Alex Dobrenko

Funny, deep, relatable stories from a dad to two, husband to one, friend to all (free for all) + BATCAVE (workshops, cowriting, "community") for paid subscribers.

alex is funny and nice and a good writer. those are the reasons i read and recommend others reading what he writes. enjoy!

- Myq Kaplan

Piffany

By Sean L. McCarthy

Questioning pop culture. 💥💥💥 Interviews with funny people, a weekly dispatch of comedy news, and epiphanies when they come to me!

i've known sean for a long time and he has always been a thoughtful and kind coverer of all things comedy and more

- Myq Kaplan

Arty Har-Hars

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