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.

Paid Subscription Plans

  • €50 a year
  • €5 a month

About Ashley Rigden

I am an English cartoonist and occasional writer living in the north of England.

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