Merrie England - Cartoon Tales from 14th Century England
About the Substack
The Middle Ages were stranger, funnier, and more human than most people suspect. Merrie England is a cartoon strip about the people who lived, argued, prayed, and occasionally got turned into things.
Free Subscription Benefits
- Every new Merrie England strip, free to read.
Paid Subcription Benefits
- Subscriber-only posts and full archive
- Tales From Medieval England — short, funny pieces about the real medieval world behind each strip, with a book recommendation to go further.
- The satisfaction of knowing that you're keeping an independent cartoonist in ink and biscuits.
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About Ashley Rigden
I am an English cartoonist and occasional writer living in the north of England.