The Nib

The Nib
Available in English
Owner First Look Media
Created by Matt Bors
Editor Matt Bors
Website thenib.com
Commercial No
Launched September 2013 (2013-09)

The Nib is an online daily comics publication focused on political cartoons, journalism, essays and memoir about current affairs. Founded by cartoonist Matt Bors in September 2013, The Nib is part of First Look Media.

Background

Originally published on Medium, the platform underwent changes in May 2015 resulting in The Nib shifting focus and publishing less content regularly. In July 2015, Bors announced The Nib would no longer publish on Medium, and stated he would take the title elsewhere.[1] He self-published a collection of comics as a print anthology called Eat More Comics!: The Best of The Nib in September 2015.[2]

In February 2016, First Look Media announced it would partner with Matt Bors to relaunch The Nib.[3] The site officially re-launched under First Look Media in July 2016.[4] In October 2016, First Look Media announced that Topic, the company’s multimedia storytelling studio, would produce The Nib’s first animated series, also called The Nib. The series’ first episode premiered in June 2017, and its second season launched in March 2018.[5]

Notable contributors

Awards and nominations

In 2016, The Nib received a nomination for a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Anthology.[6]

In 2017, contributors Ted Closson, Sarah Winifred Searle, Eleri Harris, and Ben Passmore received nominations for The Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Web Comic of the Year[7] and contributor Gemma Correll won a National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award.[8]

Also in 2017, contributors Amanda Scurti and Mike Dawson received nominations for Ignatz Awards for Outstanding Online Comic.[9][10] Dawson also received a nomination in 2018 for a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Webcomic.[11] Contributor Bianca Xunise received an Ignatz Award in 2017 for her Nib comic "The Weight of Being Black in America".[12]

References

  1. ↑ Weissman, Cale Guthrie (16 July 2015). "Popular comics website The Nib has officially left Medium & has launched a $45,000 Kickstarter". Business Insider Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Mirek, Paul. "Interview with Matt Bors, founder of 'The Nib'". www.brokenfrontier.com. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Matt Bors Brings The Nib to First Look Media - First Look Media". First Look Media. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Rainey, James (26 July 2016). "Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media Relaunches Political Cartooning Site, 'The Nib,' At Democratic Convention". Variety. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Schwarz, John. ""Topic" Kicks Off Season Two Of "The Nib"". Bubbleblabber. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Cavna, Michael (19 April 2016). "2016 Eisner Awards: 'The Oscars of comics' announces record number of nominations for women". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  7. ↑ Brogan, Jacob. "The 2018 Cartoonist Studio Prize Shortlists". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "2017 NCS DIVISIONAL NOMINEES!". National Cartoonists Society. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "SPX 2017 Ignatz Awards Nominees | SPX: The Small Press Expo". www.smallpressexpo.com. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  10. ↑ Cavna, Michael (17 August 2017). "SPX Ignatz Award nominees: Books tackling bigotry top 'the Spirit Awards of comics'". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "2018 Eisner Awards Nominations". Comic-Con International: San Diego. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  12. ↑ MacDonald, Heidi (18 September 2017). "A Year of Free Comics: Pop music, race and Ignatz Promising New Talent Bianca Xunise". The Beat. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
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