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.

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  • A graphic announcing "How to Make a Newsletter Your Fans Love to Read" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 10th, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST on Zoom featuring panelist Kelci D Crawford. The panel description reads, "How do you make a newsletter that your fans want to read? This panel is for you! In How to Make a Newsletter Your Fans Love to Read, this informational panel will cover the basics of starting, running, and maintaining a newsletter to share your work and build community with your readers. If you have never run a newsletter before, or if you want to brush up your current one, be sure to tune in!" An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic both holding comic pages decorate the graphic.

    How to Make a Newsletter Your Fans Love to Read

    How do you make a newsletter that your fans want to read? This panel is for you! In How to Make a Newsletter Your Fans Love to Read, this informational […]

  • A graphic announcing "Webcomic Collectives: The How, What and Why" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 17th, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST on Zoom featuring panelists Christina Major, Max Kinne, eliushi, Denise Randall, Kristina Stipetic (sskessa), and Kimmy. The panel description reads, "Small or large, webcomic collectives have a rich history, and can help independent webcomic creators combine their skills as a group to make the path much easier! Join Delphina, Max, Darwin, Eliushi, Sskessa, and Kimmy of the SpiderForest Webcomic Collective in this one-hour discussion and Q&A session about what a webcomic collective is, the various cross-promotional, hosting and collaborative opportunities you can pursue, and how to organize your own!" An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic both holding comic pages decorate the graphic.

    Webcomic Collectives: The How, What and Why

    Small or large, webcomic collectives have a rich history, and can help independent webcomic creators combine their skills as a group to make the path much easier! Join Delphina, Max, […]

  • A graphic announcing "Beginning to End: A Creative Process Conversation" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 24th, 2025 at 1:00PM EST on Zoom featuring panelists Ashanti Fortson, Blue Delliguanti, Jasmine Walls, and Kody Okamoto with moderator Jessi Eoin. The panel description reads, "Whether it's for a webcomic, a self-published mini comic, a traditionally published graphic novel, or otherwise, each comic project has its own needs to meet its final form, and every comic creator has their own way of responding to that puzzle with their own creative process. Join our esteemed Cartoonist Co-op members Kody Okamoto (KEEPING TIME, RUBBER MATCH, DEMON BOY), Jasmine Walls (BROOMS, THE LAST SESSION, VIXEN: NYC), Blue Delliquanti (O HUMAN STAR, ADVERSARY, ACROSS A FIELD OF STARLIGHT), and Ashanti Fortson (LEAF LACE, THE HUE OF HEAVEN, SMALLNESS) as they discuss their own creative processes and how they approach new projects with fellow Co-op member and moderator Jessi Eoin (A LONG EVICTION, STARVED, NEW GARDEN). This event is suitable for comic creators of all experience levels and will include a Q+A with our panelists at the end." An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic nib pen both holding comic pages decorate the graphic.

    Beginning to End: A Creative Process Conversation

    Whether it’s for a webcomic, a self-published mini comic, a traditionally published graphic novel, or otherwise, each comic project has its own needs to meet its final form, and every […]