Starting all the way back in March, the Cartoonist Cooperative's Journal published #NIF2025 interviews INCREDIBLY frequently! They've all been published at cartoonist.coop/journal or you can check this subthread for more info, with the links to them separately ⤵️
Over the image, a pink stamp says “Catch the replay!” A graphic announcing "What Art School Didn't Teach You: A Crash Course in Artist Business Best Practices" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 3rd, 2025 at 11:30AM EST on Zoom featuring panelist Yuki Clarke. The panel description reads, "Art schools teach a lot about art, but sometimes don't teach how to make it into a career. Join this crash course to learn how to make your art work for you with basic lessons and tips on finances, building a company and brand, business best practices, and how to market yourself and your work, along with resources on how to learn more! This is a great workshop for recent grads, cartoonists early in their career, or those who need a refresher." An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic nib pen both holding comic pages decorate the graphic. Art by Mariah-Rose Marie https://www.mariah-rose.com/ and Design by Toby Fan https://astrovvitch.com/
Over the image, a pink stamp says “Catch the replay!” A graphic announcing "Creating Comics for IP" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 3rd, 2025 at 2:00PM EST on Zoom featuring panelists Zoe Tunnell, Jadzia Axelrod, Preeti Chhibber, Steve Lieber, and Stephanie Williams. The panel description reads, "Come join acclaimed comic creatives Jadzia Axelrod, Preeti Chhibber, Steve Lieber, and Stephanie Williams in a panel moderated by Zoe Tunnell as they discuss their experiences creating comics for IP at powerhouses like Marvel, DC, and more. If you’re a comics creative curious how to get your own foot in the door in comics IP and are curious what challenges you might face when professionally playing in established sandboxes, then this is the panel for you!" An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic nib pen both holding comic pages decorate the graphic. Art by Mariah-Rose Marie https://www.mariah-rose.com/ and Design by Toby Fan https://astrovvitch.com/
Our first weekend of #NIF2025 events began with:
What Art School Didn't Teach you with Yuki Clarke, 52m youtu.be/Hm_3FAvPF8s
Creating Comics for IP with Zoe Tunnell, Jadzia Axelrod, Preeti Chhibber, Steve Lieber, & Stephanie Williams, 90m youtu.be/sESOHcsEG3o
Over the image, a pink stamp says “Catch the replay!” A graphic announcing "Nib & Ink Fest Opening Ceremonies" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 1st, 2025 at 5:00PM EST. The panel description reads, "Kick off the month long online festival with our keynote speaker, staff, and more!" An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic nib pen both holding comic pages decorate the graphic. Art by Mariah-Rose Marie https://www.mariah-rose.com/ and Design by Toby Fan https://astrovvitch.com/
A graphic announcing the “2025 Mini Comics Awards!” an excited anthropomorphic inkwell and nib pen hold up a radiant comic page, awe-inspired. Graphic by Mimi the Alpaca @mimithealpaca
#NIF2025 officially kicked off with the Opening Ceremony & this year's Minicomic Awards!
The Ceremony replay is 50 minutes youtu.be/k6r4q-cMbJQ
+ the 2025 Minicomic Awards replay is 1 hour youtu.be/kYCJFxhNW9w
(Go to cartoonist.coop/the-minicomi... to see winners & more!)
Nib & Ink Fest is over, with a just little bit until Summer Camp begins. But there's still so much #NIF2025 can offer right now!
In the posts below, review exactly what we did this year & follow links to tons of vods, interviews, and more ⤵️
Did you attend NIF by purchasing a comic or going to a panel? If so, the NIF committee would love to hear from you! We have a feedback survey where you can anonymously tell us about your experience so we can make Nib & Ink Festival 2026 even better!! #NIF2025
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Only a few hours until the #NIF2025 marketplace closes! 😱
Quick! Grab the ✨free✨comic sampler! It's 157 whole pages of comics!! 📣🗯️💥
tinyurl.com/nif2025cs
And please don't forget to support the @cartoonist.coop and check out the "Oops All Comics!" zine too!
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It's the final day of Nib & Ink Fest! The NIF Committee worked so hard to bring you this past month's celebration of comics. I'll be chatting with some other NIF pals live during today's Closing Ceremony, hope to see you there!! #NIF2025
A graphic announcing "The History of Comics Labor Organizing" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 31st, 2025 at 1:00PM EST on Zoom featuring panelist Yuki Clarke. The panel description reads, "An interactive presentation on the history of comics workers quest to organize and how efforts succeeded and failed over the century and what we can learn from their experiences to make a better comics world today." An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic both holding comic pages decorate the graphic.
Our last workshop for NIF will be the rescheduled "The History of Comics Labor Organizing" with Yuki Clarke (@yukiclarke.com), also on May 31 at 1 PM EDT! #NIF2025
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Our Closing Ceremony live stream will be starting Saturday May 31st at 5pm EDT:
Members will be discussing their favorite parts of the fest, what’s coming up next for the Cartoonist Cooperative, and making a BIG announcement you won’t wanna miss! #NIF2025
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A graphic announcing the "Nib & Ink Fest Closing Ceremony" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 31st, 2025 at 5:00PM EST on Zoom. The panel description reads “It’s a wrap-up show! Hear about some of our favorite parts of the first-ever NIF, what’s next for the Co-op and a BIG announcement you don’t want to miss!” There is a link to the NIF site: https://nif.cartoonist.coop. In the image next to the title of the event, an anthropomorphic inkwell is hopping excitedly, sharing their ideas with an anthropomorphic nib holder who is writing their ideas down on comic pages. A thought bubble hovers above both their heads showing hearts, stars, and an exclamation point, indicating they share the same ideas and are creating together.
It's already time for the big finale! 🎉 Join us as we wrap up the inaugural 2025 Nib & Ink Fest with our final workshop and Closing Ceremony live stream on Saturday May 31st.
Don't forget to grab comics before the NIF marketplace closes up tomorrow at 11:59PM EDT! #NIF2025
Art by Stranded E.H.
Just TWO whole days left of Nib & Ink Fest to grab this amazing lineup of comics! Many of which are currently ONLY available through the NIF website, y'all!
Let's close this month out by supporting some amazing cartoonists, don't wait! #NIF2025 nif-shop.cartoonist.coop
#NIF2025 ends on May 30th, so be sure to grab some comics!
If you missed any panels, never fear you can watch them any time, even after NIF is over, right here: www.youtube.com/@cartoonistc...
You should watch the RSS one, I'm really proud of it!
#comicoop
Last few days of #NIF2025! Check out the comics from members of the Cartoonist Cooperative until the end of the month @cartoonist.coop
Here's my comic "Roomie":
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Don't forget to check out the Oops All Comics zine! ✨
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Woah there's just a few days (5/31) left to buy my comic. Thanks so much for everyone's support so far! #nif2025 #comicoop
A six panel comic featuring the character Kahna, a small fox-rabbit creature. The first panel is a close-up of what looks to be a very fluffy brush tip dipping into an inkwell. Everything in the panel is in black and white minus the brush tip, which is a bright orange. The second panel is another close-up of the fluffy brush tip. The orange ink is splattered on a canvas. The third panel shows that the brush tip is actually Kahna's tail as she swipes down her tail along the canvas to make a very bold streak of orange. She's sitting on a stool and there are other stools around her holding various inkwells and a palette. Her tail is now a shade of cream rather than white and her body is starting to become more brown. The fourth panel shows Kahna dipping her paws into a soft pink paint on the palette next to her. There is a glob of bright yellow paint next to the pink. More color starts to fill the panel with her fore paws becoming a dark brown along with the paint palette and stool also becoming various shades of brown. An inkwell on the stool starts to become a dark green. The fifth panel is small and shows Kahna patting her pink paint covered paws over the canvas. The sixth and final panel shows off the canvas. Small yellow flowers are painted along the top of the orange streak Kahna painted earlier. Pink leaves and petals surround the orange streak. A few green leaves are dabbed on here and there. Kahna's paws and face are covered in paint, but she has a big smile on her face as she looks at her painting.
One final OACZ preview for you!
Robin’s (@robinfae.bsky.social) comic may inspire the artist in you 🎨: “Don't be afraid to get messy. Pick up a brush, go, and have fun!”
Grab your copy of the Oops! All Comics zine before NIF wraps up on May 31st - visit the marketplace today! #NIF2025
HELLO 💕🥰 I’m part of the first edition Nib & Ink Festival ! ODALISK is for those of you who’re craving the feeling of horny laced w/ a bourgeonnant intimacy between a woman & her husband’s second wife 😈💕
Buy it here 🥰 💕: nif-shop.cartoonist.coop/products/oda...
#comicoop #erotica #NIF2025 #ocsky
Irid, Aster, and Ink the Eyecroraptor set out into the woods on Irid's first field job as a Jr. Cryptid Researcher! But monster catching is slow work - will eager Irid tag their first monster by the end of this 8-page short comic? #NIF2025 @cartoonist.coop
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LAST WEEK! #NiF2025
Also, go support the artists in the shop! Check out the comics available at the Nib and Inkfest! nif-shop.cartoonist.coop
two characters walking alongside each other waving, digital art
Did you know?
The online comics festival Nib and Inkfest is almost at an end!
Join @cartoonist.coop to check out exciting events as we wrap up this years #Nif2025!
Here's a link to all of the events, as well as an online shop for you to purchase COMICS!
nif.cartoonist.coop
Illustrated profile picture of Julie Mapes she has big blue earrings, an orange shirt and a brown vest. The background is turquoise.
Beefsen: A person wearing glasses and grey layered clothes, smiles awkwardly at the camera, in a good mood despite their slightly damp hair from recent rain.
The last two NIF interviews are UP and you won’t want to miss these Q&As from Julie Mapes (@justjuliejam.bsky.social) and Beefsen (@beefsen.bsky.social)! #NIF2025
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We've got another weekend of fun, virtual #NIF2025 events!
Join in on the streams by checking the events page for times and Zoom links
nif.cartoonist.coop/events/
or watch live or recorded at www.youtube.com/@cartoonistc...
Check below for more info on five May 24th + 25th Nib & Ink Fest events ⤵
sample pages for @jamilarowser.bsky.social & my minicomic 'REAL REALM', currently available until the end of this month at @cartoonist.coop's #nif2025 nif-shop.cartoonist.coop/products/rea...
AND Ignatz-nominated ODE TO KEISHA, created by me + Trinidad Escobar, is for sale at #NIF2025!
It’s an autobio #comic that examines how race and identity shaped a fundamental childhood friendship.
⏰ The digital comics fest ends at the end of this month.
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A four-panel comic in reddish brown monochrome with rainbow spot color. Panel 1: A mom and her son stand beside a carnival stand labeled “Cotton Candy Geese,” selling multicolored goose-shaped cotton candy on sticks. A boy cries, “WAAAA,” as his cotton candy goose falls out of his grip. His mom apathetically guides him away while on her phone. Panel 2: A Canada goose approaches the fallen multicolored cotton candy goose and yells, “HONK!” Hearts fill the background behind them. Panel 3: The Canada goose walks beside the multicolored cotton candy goose, with three more adult geese and two goslings following behind them. They honk as they cross a grassy park. A sign behind them reads, “Franklin Pond,” with an arrow pointed in the direction they’re headed. Panel 4: Now in a pond, the Canada goose looks with surprise at a dissolved, multicolored puddle in the water beside him. Credit: Bob Appavu | Bob Artist.
Have you picked up the Oops All Comics zine from #NIF2025 yet?? #🖋️coop
The theme is "colorful," and proceeds support the Cartoonist Cooperative so we can do more awesome stuff to help comic creators!
Please enjoy my tragic #canadagoose comic from the zine!
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Y'all, we've got just 10 days left of @cartoonist.coop's first Nib & Ink Fest and I'd love to make sure all the artists take away as much as possible from our first digital fest!
Would love to hear what you're enjoying from it, let's close this out right! #NIF2025
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Habaneros A comic by Narciso Espiritu A habanero plant stretches across the image, crossing over 4-panels. There are four habanero peppers at varying stages of ripeness, supported by green leaves sprouting out of the same vine. Some peppers are more orange, while some are less orange-- even green. The environment is rich and verdant. "Every year, I make this sauce..." "...with habanero peppers from my garden." "It's kind of a new tradition for me..." "...to remind myself of the important things..." "...and why I should keep growing."
Another OACZ sneak peek! Narciso’s (@narcisoespiritu.bsky.social) excellent comic can be found inside the Oops! All Comics zine along with dozens of other fantastic comics.
Available NOW! See below for a word from the creator and for the marketplace link ⬇️ #NIF2025
Hannah Hallman: Black and white line art of a woman with long hair and a tank top. she has a finger pointed to a speech bubble, and she is smiling like she has an idea. this drawing is on a lime green background
Berrin: Woman with black-grayish hair standing in the wind and smiling.
This week's NIF interviewees are Hannah Hallman (@cottna.bsky.social) and Berrin (@crazy-berrin.bsky.social)!
Check out their interviews on the coop journal:
Hannah Hallman: cartoonist.coop/journal/nif-...
Berrin: cartoonist.coop/journal/nif-...
#NIF2025
For a limited time only, you can get my latest minicomic "Demonic Barbershop" online at the @cartoonist.coop Nib & Fest shop! Meet Maurice and Kiru, the mysterious duo with a barbershop that cuts ALL types of hair 😈 #NIF2025
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In less than an hour I'll be chatting with @explodinghye.bsky.social , @kelmcdonald.bsky.social , and @curiouslykevin.bsky.social about all the different career paths in comics! There's more to making our industry go than just paper and pencils. Tune in!
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