Welcome back to Nib and Ink Fest, which runs throughout the month of May 2026!

If you’re interested in attending an event live to chat or ask questions to the panelist(s), join an event via the Zoom room. Zoom links can be found in each event’s individual listing. If you’re just interested in watching a chat-less mirror stream or watching the VOD of an event that’s already run, check out our YouTube channel.

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The Study of Comics in Academia (Understanding Comics)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89779518642?pwd=dFuE2XQvk8qUBrnUvyxmYfAVUfsWbq.1

Join cartoonist and comics devices curator Reimena Yee as she introduces the work of comics scholars and educators Scott McCloud (Understanding Comics), Dr. Neil Cohn (Speaking in Pictures) and Nick Sousanis (Unflattening). Together they will discuss the exciting developments in comics academia, and how cartoonists and academics benefit from each other’s expertise. THIS MEETING IS […]

Sign Language in Comics

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86371950545?pwd=218bQ5VDpBImnclv5v1agRW0xPTSbs.1

Hey you! Does your comic have a signing character? Or maybe you’re interested in writing/illustrating a signing representation? Or is rather curious? Come and join me, Annie Purrata, and we’ll talk about representation, translations, formatting, do’s and don’ts, and more! ASL interpretation will be provided for this event.

Making History

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83415668463?pwd=JrrzaqplWlnXT0FrEXQPD1e9qMnr2d.1

Reimena Yee, Sierra Barnes and Vincent Cecil discuss the joys and challenges of making webcomics in the historical genre, from research to creation to public engagement.