A Year of Free Comics: When Charlie Brown stumped for vaccinations
Over at The Nib, Maki Naro and Matthew Francis present a comic called “When “Peanuts” Went All-In on Vaccinations” which recalls a series of 1968 strips which advocated for the then-current campaign to...
View Article‘Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me’ leads 2019 Ignatz Award winners
The complete list of Ignatz Award winners, as presented Saturday night at the Small Press Expo. Winners were voted on by festival attendees and presented at a ceremony hosted by Keith Knight. Rosemary...
View ArticleComics Crowdfunding Round-Up: Be Gay, Do Comics, Barbarous, and 2 other...
Welcome back to The Beat‘s weekly crowdfunding comics round-up! Each week we’ll spotlight comics projects we think would be a great investment, whether it’s a one-shot story or a sprawling anthology....
View Article#BlackOutTuesday: A Year of Free Comics: Pop music, race and Ignatz Promising...
[For #BlackOutTuesday The Beat is reposting content that spotlights black voices and issues – originally posted 9/18/17.] This year’s Most Promising New Talent – at least as far as the Ignatz Awards...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: Matt Lubchansky on world queer history in BE GAY, DO COMICS
After its successful first anthology Eat More Comics!: The Best of The Nib in late 2015, the team has returned with another eclectic collection of queer non-fiction stories. Be Gay, Do Comics is a...
View Article2020 Harvey Awards Winners announced; Yang wins two
Ahead of the ceremony, which will be streamed on Friday, October 9th at 7:50 pm EDT / 4:50 PM PDT, the 2020 Harvey Awards winners have been announced, and it was a big win for Gene Yuen Yang, who won...
View ArticleMatt Bors retires from political cartooning
Matt Bors is done. The Pulitzer Prize nominated cartoonist puts down his pen and retires…at least where weekly political cartooning is concerned. In a blog post on his website, Matt Bors officially...
View ArticleA Year of Free Comics: Dr. Wertham paging Dr. Karen in SHELF IT
NATE POWELL’s latest for THE NIB is an unfortunately timely reminder of the dire state of censorship.
View ArticleThe Nib to cease regular publication in print and online
The current issue of the magazine will be the publication's final print issue, while online publication will continue through August.
View ArticleA love letter to The Nib, in its final days
The Nib has been an inspiration, and its departure raises questions about the path forward for other indie comics publications.
View ArticleA Year Of Free Comics: Download every issue of THE NIB MAGAZINE for free
The Nib is also requesting donations to help maintain free access to the website and its archive of material.
View ArticleA Tale of Two Cons: Baltimore Comic Con and SPX
I went to two very different cons over the weekend: from warm nostalgia to the cutting edge of indie comics
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