Merrie England - Cartoon Tales from 14th Century England

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

• €5 a month
• €50 a year

About Ashley Rigden

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