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 channelWe 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.

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 […]

How to Print a Comic: A Prepress Panel

What’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 […]

Comics Creative Workshop

We know comics are a form of radical self-expression, but many of us don’t feel that way about our own. Join us for a workshop to challenge your writing and […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Affiliate Event: Webcomic Day

Webcomic Day is an online, community-oriented event organized by NIF’s friends, the Screen Tones Cast! What is #WebcomicDay? Webcomics have been around since the very early stages of the internet, […]

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, […]