The Things
Dan BerryThe things that Dan Berry made, thought or did.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Monthly |
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| Issues | 30 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 14 days ago |
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Hiya! Just in case you missed my last post, I’m not going to be updating this newsletter here on substack any more, I’ve moved to Beehiiv, which I much prefer. I like the layout flexibility, the archive, the backend seems nice. I’m going to...
So Long, Farewell, See You Soon.
I’ve been thinking about moving this newsletter to a different platform for quite a while. While I have really enjoyed writing these newsletters, which feel to me the closest thing to the golden days of blogging before everything became ‘co...
An Anniversary
Seven years ago today I walked out of my teaching job and became a full time freelancer. I wrote about it at the time in a comic called I’m On A Boat1. It started as a travel journal of a trip I’d taken with some students to the Netherlands...
Thinking about Drawing
I’m spending a lot more time recently drawing a book, and I’ve been doing some warmup drawings to get me moving in the morning. What I’m trying to do is limber my mind up a bit before I get to the ultra-high-stakes task of making drawings t...
2025 End Of The Year Top Ten List
Good news! I really hate list articles and calling this the 2025 End Of The Year Top Ten List was just a ploy to get you to open this. You trusting fools. Anyway, this is too long to fit the whole thing in an email, so you may as well open...
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