Nib & Ink Fest returns May 1st, 2026!
In the meantime, you can watch replays of NIF 2025 events at the Cartoonist Cooperative’s YouTube channel.
Quite often art schools fail to teach how to take your art and make it a career, but you can learn that knowledge and be empowered! In this workshop, we’re going beyond the basics we showcased at NIF 2025 and dive deep into different aspects of building yourself up as a self published artist from […]
So you asked your favorite comic artist how to start making a comic, and they told you “just start”. Now what? Take my hand, we’re going to take this excellent piece of advice one step further. I (boney) will show you a step-by-step practice for how to start your comic and build your sequential art […]
Learn about the basics of creating a rich, three dimensional world for your works to be set in. Topics include: where to start, building a history, what details can help you develop your world, and how to utilise different real-world influences. This event is intended for creators of all kinds of works, whether you’re just […]
A useful 1 hour how-to of lettering tips and techniques for lesser known programs: Clip Studio Paint and Affinity. For cartoonists and editors looking to make bubbles quick and slick! Includes how to use bubble assets, exporting editable text to other programs, and various other shortcuts the the host, Webcomic artist and Micro Publisher Tab […]
Put down that mouse, and set up your lettering workflow to make your computer work for you! We’ll cover text styles, keyboard shortcuts, scripts, and more in Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator. You’ll learn how to speed up lettering your comics AND how to prevent repeat stress injuries. Hosted by Sara Linsley!
A panel discussion on the behind-the-scenes workings of making an anthology comic collection from Niki Smith, Ollie Hicks, and Tab Kimpton, the editorial team behind Succulent: Trans-Inclusive Sapphic Comics. For both editors and artists alike: what helped us run ours successfully and problems we encountered. And from the other side: how artists can strengthen their […]
Comics, just like any job, needs to be worked on in moderation. You can’t just work on comics 24/7, that’s a great way to burn-out! Join Kelci D Crawford and Jey Pawlik as they go over how to actually do the “work/life/balance” thing. Learn how to make and keep a schedule, how to say no, […]
In the current climate of online platforms forcing creatives to fit in restrictive molds, there’s no better time to create your own website for your comic! Ren Taylor will be hosting the present, where we’ll go over the pros and cons about owning a website, along with a live how-to on getting a basic webcomic […]
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.
This presentation, created by Nicky Rodriguez, is intended for anyone who wants to know more about labor organizing and how typical campaigns begin! She’ll break down common misconceptions about who can organize, what unionizing can look like, and how to get started talking about organizing within your community.