The Out-of-network Network
Ian Goldstein, Elissa Bassist, JuliePoptart, Janine Annett, Maeve Dunigan, Emily Flake, Devon, Animation Obsessive Staff, Helen Nesburg, Amanda Lehr, Rachel Rose Keller, Jennie Egerdie, Cara WangHealthcare Cartoons. Ian Goldstein and Amanda Lehr want to keep the atrocious U.S. healthcare system in the news cycle, through humor. The Out-of-network Network is where we see absurd healthcare stories shown through illustrations.
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I co-run a Healthcare comedy newsletter (Out-of-network Network) where we want to keep the atrocious U.S. healthcare system in the news cycle, through humor. I've been published in the NYTimes, the New Yorker, and Vulture.
Author of HYSTERICAL, a semifinalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor / Co-author of INSIDE JOKES: A Comedy and Creativity Guide for All Writers (2026) / Humor writing teacher / Virgo
Please take everything with a grain of salt, because we are actually all just sand. Grain it up!!
Janine Annett is the author of the humor book I Am "Why Do I Need Venmo?" Years Old. Learn more about her at www.janineannett.com.
My book, Read This To Look Cool, is out now from Sourcebooks! You can also find me in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, an episode of NPR's Selected Shorts, and on my website, maevedunigan.com :)
Emily Flake is a cartoonist, writer, illustrator and performer.
Author of the books Laziness Does Not Exist, Unmasking Autism, Unmasking for Life, and Unlearning Shame.
Owners & Editors — Animation Obsessive
Neurodivergent visual storyteller for the delightfully strange.
writer // skeleton with meat on it. Co-host of the Out-of-Network Network with Ian Goldstein. Work in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Roxane Gay's The Audacity, Electric Lit, Bright Wall/Dark Room, etc. Find me online or in line at the pharmacy.
Comedy person/place/thing
"BEST PARTY, WORST HOUSE" thoughtful/humorous essays every Monday morning. Stuff in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Vulture. Author of three humor books and counting.
Cara Wang is a NYC based illustrator and designer
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