Hey there,
Welcome to First, Thought, Best Thought! This is a newsletter about some of my comics and about my life since that’s what most of my comics are about.
What comics, you might ask? Well, mostly these ones that I post on Instagram as @misc.rachel, but if you’re nice and decide to subscribe, you’ll see comics, sketches, and other odds and ends that don’t make it onto that cursedly polished site. You’ll also get background info on my process, like where my ideas come from (aka gossip about my life), what I do with them, how I decide what to share, and—this is what I’m personally most excited about—the many mistakes I make during all of those steps.
For now, this newsletter will be completely free. I want a less icky place to share my art and connect with, uh, my viewers? fans? parasocial friends? I also want to practice writing more concisely (my biggest weakness). All of that is worth the effort for me. If this starts to look like a promising way to make some money to support my art and my cat Elliott’s catnip habit, then I’ll test out a paid tier.
So, if you decide to stick around as a subscriber, thank you very much! You’re giving me very valuable external validation, and yourself a silly little distraction in your inbox. Here’s an Elliott to say thanks:
Best,
rachel
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