Comics on Substack
The top 100 Comics writers on Substack's Bestsellers and Rising boards, with moves between my reads, follower counts, who's gaining recommendations and who recommends them. Boards read once a day.
Board read · moves compare with the read at Oct 31 19:47 UTC
- Writers on the two boards
- 164
- Median followers, Bestsellers
- 3,034
- Smallest on the board
- 12
- Sir Cluck, #60
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 96
- to writers whose main category this is
Rising in Comics: new recommendations
Writers in this category who picked up the most new recommenders in the last 30 days. A new recommendation puts a writer in front of another publication's readers.
DESIGN THINKING! Comic
91k followers · #37 Comics Bestsellers
ComicScene
11k followers · #34 Comics Bestsellers
Dan Piraro
1.5k followers · #64 Comics Bestsellers
3 Worlds / 3 Moons
44k followers · #1 Comics Bestsellers
Xanaduum
20k followers · #4 Comics Bestsellers
ND Stevenson
55k followers · #3 Comics Bestsellers
Scott Snyder
42k followers · #2 Comics BestsellersNew recommenders per week, last 12 weeks; the orange bar is this week to date. Same scale in every panel. Dated by Substack; only recommendations still live.
Bestsellers
Substack ranks Bestsellers by paid subscribers. Followers are my daily reading.
Climbed most since Oct 31: Bernice Sioson new at #78, Kat & Phil #68 to #61, Tatsuya Ishida #41 to #39, Hunter Burgan #53 to #51, Jessica Hagy #54 to #52.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | Paid | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |  3 Worlds / 3 Moons@3w3m |
44,073 | 57 +5 | Thousands | |
| 2 | 0 |  Scott SnyderOur Best Jackett |
42,117 | 59 +3 | Thousands | |
| 3 | 0 |  ND StevensonI'm Fine I'm Fine Just Understand |
55,264 | 60 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 4 | 0 |  Xanaduum@grantmorrison |
20,019 | 58 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 5 | 0 |  Liana FinckLiana’s Newsletter |
75,489 | 78 | 100+ badge | |
| 6 | 0 |  Sophie Lucido JohnsonYou Are Doing A Good Enough Job |
13,595 | 54 | 100+ badge | |
| 7 | 0 |  Chip ZdarskyIt's Chip Zdarsky's Newsletter, Okay? |
28,817 | 63 | 100+ badge | |
| 8 | 0 |  asherThe asher Newsletter |
12,166 | 52 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 9 | 0 |  Mary Catherine StarrMomlife Comics: This Is Personal |
11,529 | 36 | 100+ badge | |
| 10 | 0 |  Minna SundbergMinna Sundberg Art and Comics Blog |
1,520 | 36 | none shown | |
| 11 | 0 |  Edith ZimmermanDrawing Links |
31,101 | 63 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 12 | 0 |  Kelcey ErvickThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick |
15,075 | 56 | 100+ badge | |
| 13 | 0 |  Brooke BarkerNever Not Nervous |
11,943 | 56 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 14 | ▲1 |  Paul NothNoth Things |
3,500 | 36 +12 | 100+ badge | |
| 15 | ▼1 |  Aubrey HirschGraphic Rage with Aubrey Hirsch |
12,604 | 55 | 100+ badge | |
| 16 | 0 |  Stephen BealsStBeals |
4,809 | 27 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 17 | 0 |  Dave WalkerDiagram Club |
3,340 | 17 | 100+ badge | |
| 18 | 0 |  Alex GrahamThe Devil’s Grin |
1,855 | 34 | 100+ badge | |
| 19 | 0 |  Haley WeaverHaley Drew This |
11,477 | 54 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 20 | 0 |  Disobey in Advance@darrinbell |
28,916 | 53 | none shown | |
| 21 | 0 |  K. Woodman-MaynardCreating Comics |
4,881 | 54 | none shown | |
| 22 | 0 |  Daniel VernonYeeHawTheBoys Direct |
3,154 | 37 +1 | none shown | |
| 23 | 0 |  Hilary Fitzgerald CampbellCartoons by Hilary |
9,192 | 59 +2 | none shown | |
| 24 | 0 |  Jeffrey Koterba@jeffreykoterba |
1,007 | 16 +2 | none shown | |
| 25 | 0 |  Oliver Markus MalloyMalloy.rocks |
169,207 | 52 | 100+ badge | |
| 26 | 0 |  Tom ToroUndiscovered Masterpieces |
2,010 | 16 +1 | none shown | |
| 27 | 0 |  Téo & O Mini Mundo@teoeominimundo |
24,684 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 28 | 0 |  Jett AllenJett Draws |
577 | 16 | none shown | |
| 29 | 0 |  Kevin FaganThe Daily Drabble by Kevin Fagan |
1,161 | 17 | none shown | |
| 30 | 0 |  Lian ChoAm I Doing This Right? |
21,283 | 57 | none shown | |
| 31 | 0 |  Érico AssisVIRAPÁGINA |
8,619 | 55 | none shown | |
| 32 | 0 |  MSX: Mangasplaining ExtraMSX - The Mangasplaining Extra Newsletter |
4,783 | 46 | none shown | |
| 33 | 0 |  Roman MuradovDADA issues |
12,181 | 54 +1 | none shown | |
| 34 | ▲1 |  ComicScene@comicscene |
10,834 | 52 +7 | none shown | |
| 35 | ▼1 |  Jemma M YoungSci-fi and Fantasy Comics by Jemma Young Studios |
4,265 | 8 +1 | none shown | |
| 36 | 0 |  Emily BernsteinTBH [Emily Bernstein's Substack] |
1,448 | 21 +1 | none shown | |
| 37 | 0 |  DESIGN THINKING! ComicDESIGN THINKING! |
90,673 | 52 +7 | none shown | |
| 38 | 0 |  Herman HedningHerman’s Substack |
3,298 | 0 | none shown | |
| 39 | ▲2 |  Tatsuya IshidaTatsuya's Comics |
1,111 | 21 | none shown | |
| 40 | ▼1 |  Morgan GoldStories Told by Morgan Gold |
4,245 | 13 +2 | none shown | |
| 41 | ▼1 |  Michelle Wolf@michelleisawolf |
10,135 | 7 +1 | none shown | |
| 42 | 0 |  Tim Campbelltc2oons |
3,207 | 6 | none shown | |
| 43 | 0 |  Liam SharpTHE BRAVE AND THE BOLD |
3,034 | 49 +1 | none shown | |
| 44 | ▲1 |  Tini HowardThe Scorpio Room |
8,148 | 53 | none shown | |
| 45 | ▼1 |  Rick McKeeRick McKee Ink. |
2,417 | 19 | none shown | |
| 46 | 0 |  Shannon WheelerThe Awesome Shannon Wheeler Newsletter |
2,876 | 45 +2 | none shown | |
| 47 | 0 |  Matt Foltz-GrayGentle Drawings |
926 | 10 | none shown | |
| 48 | 0 |  Jonah LobeThe Tree of Worlds |
5,365 | 24 | none shown | |
| 49 | 0 |  Fionn McCabeFionn's Comics Newsletter |
1,769 | 36 +1 | none shown | |
| 50 | 0 |  Michael SweaterSweater Weather |
3,140 | 39 | none shown | |
| 51 | ▲3 |  Hunter BurganCat With Matches |
759 | 5 | none shown | |
| 52 | 0 |  Jessica HagyThis Week's Top Ten |
2,014 | 28 | none shown | |
| 53 | 0 |  Jason LatourNewsLatour |
2,922 | 28 | none shown | |
| 54 | ▼3 |  LunarGraceLunarGrace's Substack |
560 | 4 +1 | none shown | |
| 55 | 0 |  John RiordanLOS HIGHWAY |
501 | 3 | none shown | |
| 56 | 0 |  Rodney BarnesDark Apocrypha Presents |
3,464 | 22 | none shown | |
| 57 | 0 |  Marc GuggenheimLegalDispatch |
3,439 | 46 +1 | none shown | |
| 58 | 0 |  Dren ProductionsDren Production’s Newsletter |
46,800 | 50 | none shown | |
| 59 | ▲3 |  Yanick PaquetteYanick's Art News |
3,618 | 31 | none shown | |
| 60 | ▼1 |  Sir Cluck@sircluck |
12 | 1 | none shown | |
| 61 | ▼1 |  Kat & PhilLifeline Comics Substack |
8,390 | 51 | none shown | |
| 62 | ▼1 |  Jean-Marc van TolFokke & Sukke Substack |
6,636 | 33 | none shown | |
| 63 | ▲1 |  Nate FakesFakes Files |
2,091 | 8 | none shown | |
| 64 | ▼1 |  Dan Piraro@danpiraro431033 |
1,511 | 21 +5 | none shown | |
| 65 | 0 |  CollinsCartoons by Collins |
5,846 | 22 | none shown | |
| 66 | ▲1 |  Dean HaspielDean Haspiel's Newsletter |
2,021 | 50 +1 | none shown | |
| 67 | ▼1 |  Christian GossettCthulhutown |
406 | 11 +2 | none shown | |
| 68 | 0 |  KazvareThrowin’ it Black |
1,854 | 6 | none shown | |
| 69 | 0 |  The Gutter@thecomicsgutter |
1,779 | 44 | none shown | |
| 70 | 0 |  Kris SoebrotoGo get em tiger go |
284 | 4 | none shown | |
| 71 | 0 |  Christian Mirra@christianmirra |
786 | 2 | none shown | |
| 72 | 0 |  Leanne GrabelLeanne's Morning Post |
323 | 8 | none shown | |
| 73 | 0 |  Rachelle MeyerRachelle’s Comics Corner |
1,422 | 15 | none shown | |
| 74 | 0 |  Brad GuigarEvil Inc |
2,965 | 52 | none shown | |
| 75 | 0 |  Keith WallaceDrawn from Row Z |
4,233 | 20 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 76 | ▲2 |  Margreet de HeerMargreet’s Comics |
4,017 | 51 | none shown | |
| 77 | ▼1 |  Todd WebbThe Poet - a daily comic strip |
895 | 29 +1 | none shown | |
| 78 | new |  Bernice Siosoncomics and bakes |
786 | ? | none shown | |
| 79 | ▼2 |  Chris RyallChris’s Substack |
1,392 | 24 +1 | none shown | |
| 80 | ▼1 |  Suzan ColónLike, Totally!! |
2,613 | 9 | none shown | |
| 81 | ▼1 |  Mike SongWebtoon-ish |
840 | 12 | none shown | |
| 82 | ▼1 |  Bill WillinghamThese Foolish Games |
2,598 | 41 +2 | none shown | |
| 83 | ▼1 |  Jamie JonesSPAKOW! |
2,033 | 32 | none shown | |
| 84 | ▼1 |  Hannah Rose WilliamsNovels, Comics and Webcomics |
3,330 | 41 +1 | none shown | |
| 85 | ▼1 |  Keith Champagne/New Pain ProThe New Pain Productions Substack |
4,412 | 15 | none shown | |
| 86 | ▼1 | 373 | 14 +1 | none shown | ||
| 87 | ▼1 |  Gustavo VícolaSOC TUM POW |
2,900 | 47 | none shown | |
| 88 | ▼1 |  Chris BuczinskyTulipwood |
809 | 5 | none shown | |
| 89 | ▼1 |  DishkittyTrish Tails |
1,205 | 20 | none shown | |
| 90 | ▼1 |  MineyaBy Mineya |
16 | 1 | none shown | |
| 91 | ▼1 |  Quintin Comics@quintincomics |
363 | 5 +1 | none shown | |
| 92 | ▼1 |  Rebecka WeinsteigerThe Wrusty Nib |
256 | 0 | none shown | |
| 93 | ▲1 |  Nathan Gelgud Gelgud’s Substack |
354 | 1 | none shown | |
| 94 | ▼2 |  CK GormallySoft Things: Comics about science, research, & being human |
1,281 | 10 | none shown | |
| 95 | ▼2 |  Julie FunkFUNK WORLD |
411 | 4 | none shown | |
| 96 | ▼1 |  Summit Comics@readsummit |
708 | 5 +1 | none shown | |
| 97 | ▼1 |  Kat SchneiderPretend I Never Sent You This |
3,286 | 32 +1 | none shown | |
| 98 | 0 |  Erin GreenThe Shape of Change |
102 | 3 | none shown | |
| 99 | 0 |  Jeff TreistmanMeditations of Son of the Wicked Child |
494 | 1 | none shown | |
| 100 | new |  AlisonHorsegirl Dogmom |
544 | 2 | none shown |
The top 20 on every read
Rank on each read of the Bestsellers board. Darker is higher. A gap means the writer was outside the top 100 on that read.
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Worlds / 3 Moons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Snyder | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| ND Stevenson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Xanaduum | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Liana Finck | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Sophie Lucido Johnson | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Chip Zdarsky | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| asher | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Mary Catherine Starr | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Minna Sundberg | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Edith Zimmerman | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Kelcey Ervick | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Brooke Barker | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Noth | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | ▲1 |
| Aubrey Hirsch | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | ▼1 |
| Stephen Beals | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Walker | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Alex Graham | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Haley Weaver | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Disobey in Advance | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.
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