Archive (Page 3) • Aditya Bidikar's Newsletter • Buttondown

Strange Animals 19mar2019: Free the North, Save the World

Looking at the date up there, that’s almost a quarter of the year done, and I’m still settling into the rhythms of working less. As I’ve mentioned before,...

Strange Animals 10mar2019: The Wine-Dark Sea

It’s been a couple of weeks since I wrote to you. I was in a minor motorbike accident in which I injured my right arm, so it was difficult to type for a...

Strange Animals 17feb2019: Only It’s Got Pictures

February 17, 2019

A bit scattered this week. I’m finally back in my own house and slowly getting back in tune with things, but it’s Sunday, and Sunday’s always weird, because...

Strange Animals 10feb2019: Concept/Character

February 10, 2019

I’ve missed a couple of these—one because I was on break for a friend’s wedding, and the other because I was working overtime so that I could go on another...

Strange Animals 19jan2019: Read Through for Profundity

January 19, 2019

Hello subscribers old and new. Last week’s newsletter seems to have struck a chord—I got quite a few responses on the lettering exercise saying that it...

Strange Animals 11jan2019: Someone’s Gonna Miss Their Bus

January 11, 2019

I got a few rather heartwarming replies on the last newsletters, so it’s pretty clear that I have the best readers. Here’s the second one just under the...

Strange Animals 04jan2019: Begin As You Mean to Go On

January 4, 2019

Here we are on fourth day of the new year. I thought I’d send this out on the first day of the year, but come on, after the [insert level of debauchery here]...

Strange Animals 11dec2018: Time Has No Meaning

December 11, 2018

It’s been a while since I sent one of these. In fact, the draft of this in my Ulysses* was titled 26sep2018, when I started writing it on the banks of the...

Strange Animals 19sep2018: Hello from Out of Town

September 19, 2018

Short one this time, because I’m on vacation, and goddammit I’m going to avoid as much work as I possibly can. I’m writing this as I sit with a pint of red...

Strange Animals 30aug2018: Counting Up

August 30, 2018

Back after an entirely unplanned hiatus. In my drafts, this thing originally said ‘03aug2018’, so that’s how late I am with this. (Speaking of, how the fuck...

Strange Animals 25jul2018: Snip-Snip

I’ve missed the last couple of editions for various reasons, but as previously indicated, I absolutely intend to get these out once a week on average, so...

Strange Animals 26jul2017: Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!

Strange Animals has been missing in action for a bit. I skipped two instalments over the last little while, and it makes me sad because I knew exactly what I...

Strange Animals 25jun17: Life Happens

The newsletter for this time isn’t terribly detailed, but after a month away, I felt the need to assert that the newsletter isn’t gone, it’s just resting. As...

Strange Animals 10may17: An Entirely Predetermined Universe Without Free Will

Right Now Nothing Is Happening Note: There’s no comics bit today. My comics-analytical mind is currently occupied with something I’m doing for a friend’s...

Strange Animals 25apr17: In My Country They Call That a Rantephant

Conscious Uncoupling, Day 207 Hello, and welcome to the second edition of this newsletter. As with the first one, here’s some personal stuff (“human drama”...

Strange Animals 10apr17: Be Grateful I’m Not Calling This a Dispatch

Helpfully, Everything Is Meaningless Hello, and welcome to the first edition of this thing. Technically, I have no right to start a newsletter. a. My blog...