NIB & INK FESTIVAL 2025

Thank you for joining us for our inaugural Nib and Ink Fest! We had an incredible month of free events, ranging from panels on how to improve your comics craft to portfolio reviews. You can watch replays of every NIF event at the Cartoonist Cooperative’s YouTube channel. We hope you had a great time during NIF 2025, and we hope to see you again next year for NIF 2026!

*We are unable to offer VODs for “The Dangers of Influence, and the Unintentional Artist” and the NSFW Portfolio Review.

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A graphic announcing "Becca Carey Lettering Portfolio Reviews" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 featuring panelist Becca Carey. The panel description reads, "Becca Carey will be reviewing and providing critiques of lettering portfolios. All skill levels welcome. New and established. If you're a cartoonist lettering your own art of have an interest in becoming a professional letterer. " An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic both holding comic pages decorate the graphic.

Becca Carey Lettering Portfolio Reviews

Becca Carey will be reviewing and providing critiques of lettering portfolios. All skill levels welcome. New and established. If you’re a cartoonist lettering your own art of have an interest […]

A graphic announcing "Jordie Bellaire Colouring Portfolio Reviews" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 11th, 2025 at 1:30 PM EST on Zoom featuring panelist Jordie Bellaire. The panel description reads, "Live round table with Jordie Bellaire. Jordie will critique the coloring portfolios of participants as a group. All skill levels welcome. Cartoonist and those with interest in becoming professional colorists." An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic both holding comic pages decorate the graphic.

Jordie Bellaire Colouring Portfolio Reviews

Live round table with Jordie Bellaire. Jordie will critique the coloring portfolios of participants as a group. All skill levels welcome. For cartoonists and those with interest in becoming professional […]

A graphic announcing "Having Fun with Backgrounds" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 11th, 2025 at 4:00 PM EST on Zoom featuring panelist Kel McDonald and Blue Delliquanti. The panel description reads, "A lot of artists dislike drawing backgrounds. Partly because they are a lot of work but also because the characters and the story are the FUN part of making a comic. This panel is to go over how to approach backgrounds in a way that treat them as extensions of the characters and characters unto themselves. " An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic both holding comic pages decorate the graphic.

Having Fun with Backgrounds

A lot of artists dislike drawing backgrounds. Partly because they are a lot of work but also because the characters and the story are the FUN part of making a […]

A graphic announcing "Melo/Drama: A Dramatic Tension Workshop" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 11th, 2025 at 6:00pm EST featuring panelist Rivkah LaFille. The description reads, "Do all of your dramatic scenes sometimes feel a little flat? Do they sometimes feel like they're over-the-top and a little too MUCH? Well there's a time for drama and there's a time for melodrama, and finding that line is often a balancing act between script, dialog, pacing, paneling, camera, balloons and art composition. In this workshop, Rivkah LaFille, will discuss techniques for generating just the right amount of tension for the story you are creating so your readers stay engaged all the way to the last page!" An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic both holding comic pages decorate the graphic.

Melo/Drama: A Dramatic Tension Workshop

Do all of your dramatic scenes sometimes feel a little flat? Do they sometimes feel like they’re over-the-top and a little too MUCH? Well there’s a time for drama and […]