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I tried following the link to see the substacks you are following, but it says the page is private. Can you please update it? Thanks!

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

Hi, I paid the $250 founder fee and still haven’t received access to The Tower and I’m not sure how to get you my address to ship the gifts, thanks.

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

am i to understand there will be nomenclature fights here? i like to watch

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

Perverted and proud. I'm curious what others recommend too. I'll be lurking around.

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

I have been following Jeff Lemire’s Substack and he has had a great running series of Colonel Weird & Little Andromeda short stores with various writers and artists. Colonel Weird is by far my favorite character from the Black Hammer universe, so I’ve really been enjoying them.

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

I'm indifferent to the comic/graphic novel debate, but I typically only refer to everything as "comics" anyways.

I'm subscribed to a few other stacks! Chip Zdarsky's, Ryan Stegman and Donny Cates', Kyle Higgins', and Matt Rosenberg's are the ones off the top of my head. I think Exploding Giraffe is the only one I get to read new comic bits every week! Still, I enjoy and recommend them all if you have the time (I don't even know that I do, but hey).

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

Everlasting Productions (Elsa Charretier & Tom King), Three Worlds/Three Moons (Mike Huddleston, Mike del Mundo, Jonathan Hickman), and Chip Zdarsky are all great. I'm really loving Public Domain on the Zdarsky Substack.

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

Hickman’s 3W3M Substack, and Tom King’s Everlasting Love

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

I’ve paid for quite a few comic substacks -- namely Jeff Lemire, James Tynion, Chip Zdarksy, and Tom King/Elsa Charretier (and of course this one right here!). All of them I highly recommend.

I also read Garbage Day, from writer Ryan Broderick. It’s all about Internet trend which as an Old who doesn’t want to bother with TikTok I find fascinating.

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

Here's a couple Substacks (unpaid ad) for writers I like.

First is Robert Boyd, former TCJ writer/editor, current man about town (if your town is Houston, TX) writing mostly about the art scene there: https://thegreatgodpanisdead.substack.com

Second is https://www.theterminal.info where James Hennessy writes about technology and business from a perspective that I appreciate.

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

The only substack I currently subscribe to is Exploding Giraffe. What should I be paying attention to in substack world?

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

Peition to change The Tower to The Perverts....?

Huge congrats to all involved in Paper Girls, the show looks immaculate !! I can't imagine how rad it must be to see youses story rendered for the silver screen <3

Vis a vis substacks - agree with all your reccs Brian. ND Stevenson's work rocks and Jen Bartel is a truly fantastic artist LAWD !!! Also I heard Sexy Trans Writer Queen is ground-breaking material, even if infrequently updated.... :p

A quick question: to what extent fo you the creators find the weekly page-by-page nature of the story shaping how you are telling it?? A bit like how Dickens's work was published chapter by chapter and that really shaped the overall story, uno. And yes I am comparing this glorious sex-fest violent-a-thon to the decidedly less so Great Expectations.

Have a wonderful week all, I'm going to go watch some Star Trek now xx

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

Really glad Jen Bartel got a shout out, because her art is amazing, and her expansive deep dives into not-comics are really enlightening. 11/10 would recommend.

Substack has been a really refreshing way to directly support the creators I love. I've really enjoyed all the 'stacks I've subscribed to, but especially Hickman & Co's 3w/3m (do you like graphs?), Empire of the Tiny Onion (do you just like Tynion?) and Chip's newsletter (do you like self-deprecating third-person jokes?). Jeff Lemire's Tales from The Farm and The Scorpio Room for Phenomenocity are also great!

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

This crazy stack introduced me to Substack but since then I get a good chuckle out of Chip Zdarsky’s. I also follow Jeff Lemire and have been enjoying Jason Aaron’s as well.

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

Oh, great recommendations, thank you! Personally, I've quite enjoyed Kelly Thompson's substack since it got brought up here a while ago (is there a chance to invite her to the podcast? She'd be amazing!)

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

I'm really enjoying James Tynion's Tiny Onion and Ken White and Josh Barro's Serious Trouble.

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