NIB & INK FESTIVAL 2025

May 1st – May 31st, 2025

NIF COMMITTEE

an anthropomorphic dip pen is showing a comic page to an anthropomorphic ink well, both of them are happy. Art by @ClefdeSoll.

Art by @ClefdeSoll

Nib & Ink Fest is brought to you by a committee of 19 members of The Cartoonist Cooperative. We’re split into multiple teams that handle submissions, promotion, events, funds, tech, and the website. It took hard work and cooperation of all the volunteers over the course of the year to bring you this festival, but we’re so proud of the work we’ve done and are thrilled to bring NIF to you.

NIF 2025 Committee Chairs

Joan wearing a skull buttoned shirt, with their left hand up to their jacket looking to camera in bisexual lighting.
Joan Zahra Dark
Events, Cross-Team Support
joandark.com, bsky.app/profile/joandark.com
A black and white drawing of a man with piercings and glasses looking left and smiling.
Nero Villagallos O’Reilly
Website, Storefront, Funds, Tech
mstdn.itsnero.com/@itsnero

NIF 2025 Committee MEMBERS

Icon of Alexis Rippen. Short hair and glasses.

Alexis Rippen
Submissions, Events
wizardkicks.com, theswordwizard.bsky.social

Cartoony profile picture of Alyssa, a nonbinary person with glasses, brown swoopy hair and a black leather jacket.

Alyssa Ragni
Promo
alyssaragni.com,
inkypunk.bsky.social

Portrait of a white girl with brown short hair with round glasses who's holding a sketchbook in her arms.

Amélie
Storefront, Cross-Team Support
melliemillie.bsky.social

Profile of a woman in glasses and pink hairy, smiling!

Ariel Vittori
Submissions
instagram.com/arielv_art

Asmodeus
Promo, Cross-Team Support
asmodrawscomics.com, asmodrawscomics.bsky.social

a skeleton artist cozily drawing

EC Cotton
Promo
https://monsters-for-sale.itch.io/

A bear with a fish in its mouth squinting at the camera. It seems very suspicious of why your looking at it.

HNTRSVG
Promo, Tech
hntrsvg.com,
hntrsvg.bsky.social

An illustrated self-portrait of Jessi Eoin. They are a fat, white person with wavy brown hair and blue eyes, furiously scribbling on their tablet. The background is an abstract pink and yellow.

Jessi Eoin
Submissions, Promo
jbeoin.com,
jbeoin.bsky.social

Square illustration of Jey Pawlik on a light teal coloured background. Jey is a white nonbinary person with short cropped black hair with a few greys, thick eyebrows and thick rectangular glasses, they have a little bit of facial hair and are wearing a button-up that blends into the background. Jey is facing right with a big smile on their face.

Jey Pawlik
Promo
jpawlik.com,
bsky.app/profile/jpawlik.com

A drawing of a Japanese dude with a tablet glove, holding a tablet stylus, wearing a hoodie with terribly misheard pop-punk lyrics.

Kody Okamoto
Submissions, Website, Storefront, Funds
kodyokamoto.com, bsky.app/profile/kodyisover.com

a character holding pen and paper, saying 'comics' on a pink background

Krispy
Promo, Cross-Team Support
feathernotes.bsky.social,
linktr.ee/studiocartridge

Max's floating white head. Max has shaggy hair and large square glasses with a wide smile. The head is floating in the middle of an image of Max's studio, filled with colorful things.

MAXFOSTERSTUDIO
Promo, Cross-Team Support
maxfosterstudio.com

Greyscale digital illustration of a person wearing a cowboy hat, jeans, and button up shirt. Their eyes are in shadow from the hat and they smile with a piece of straw in their mouth.

Pim
Oops! All Comics, Cross-Team Support
tumblr.com/yeehawpim

Headshot of Rivkah LaFille in her studio, wearing glasses and a heart pin on her shirt.

Rivkah LaFille
Events
rivkah.com, rivkahlafille.bsky.social

black and white minimalist illustration of a person with short hair and glasses with a red background with a red poppy covering the lower half of the face, growing out of the shirt

rvicta
Oops! All Comics
rvicta.com instagram.com/_rvicta

Watercolor and ink drawing of a white genderqueer person from the midriff up, standing against a desert backdrop in the style of Krazy Kat. Orange mesas rise up from the skyline; a crescent moon hangs against the black sky. The person is grinning enthusiastically, if a bit menacingly, and turned half away with a brick in their hand, poised in the act of throwing it at the viewer. They have dark brown wavy hair, teal cats-eye glasses, a sharp nose, acne pockmarks, and a jean jacket with patches on the shoulders.

Violet Kitchen
Submissions
violetkitchen.com, instagram.com/violetkitchenart

A self portrait bust of Yuki in front of folded laptop smiling at the viewer and holding a pen. She has brown hair, glasses, and a green long sleeve top.

Yuki Clarke
Events, Promo
yukiclarke.com, bsky.app/profile/yukiclarke.com

GET INVOLVED

If you’d like to get involved with the planning of NIF 2026, we’d love to have you! If you’re not already a member of the Cartoonist Cooperative, send us an application! The Cooperative is free to join, and welcomes cartoonists of all skill levels and career stages from hobbyists to veterans, as well as volunteers from the comics industry! If you’re already a member, please join the Co-op’s Discord and stay tuned for announcements seeking new committee members this summer.