What Art School Didn’t Teach You: A Crash Course in Artist Business Best Practices
ZoomArt 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 […]
NIB & INK FESTIVAL 2025
May 1st – May 31st, 2025
10 events found.
Welcome to the inaugural Nib and Ink Fest! We have a ton of incredible events planned for the month of May, ranging from panels on how to improve your comics craft to portfolio reviews! All streamed events are digitally broadcast live via Zoom. The Zoom rooms are moderated and free to join for EVERYONE, so hop on in to watch and interact with the panelists and your fellow viewers! If you’re unable to join via Zoom, we also have stream mirrors set up on our YouTube.
Instead of registering for events, each event’s Zoom link will open up to the public a few minutes before start time, so be sure to check each event on its date to attend!
Education
Creating Comics for IP
ZoomCome 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 […]
The Dangers of Influence, and the Unintentional Artist
ZoomA discussion on artists and how they shape society. This panel is intended for all artists that create for a global audience.
Tabling at Conventions for Beginners
ZoomYou got accepted to your first event! Great! Now what are you going to bring? Tune in for this panel, Tabling at Conventions for Beginners, to get the 101! In […]
The Hand Behind the Pen: Analogue Art in the Digital Age
ZoomWe live in an age of computerized everything. Technology has made creating and distributing comics easier than ever before, but just like an EC horror story with an ironic twist […]
How to Print a Comic: A Prepress Panel
ZoomWhat’s the right choice for binding your comic? What kinds of special effects do you want on the covers? What even is a DPI? This panel seeks to answer some […]
RSS & You
ZoomA rundown on what RSS is, how webcomics can utilize it, and how readers can organize what they’re reading. This event is for webcomic creators and readers alike.
Alternative Careers in Comics
ZoomThere’s more to the comics industry than inks and nibs! Every day, millions of people make this industry work without ever picking up a pencil or writing a line of […]
The History of Comics Labor Organizing
ZoomAn 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 […]
Blender for Cartoonists (Absolute Beginner Demo)
ZoomA quickstart overview of Blender for use in creating reference material for making comics. This workshop is intended for anyone who has ever wanted to learn 3D modeling/staging and has […]