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The Nib #2
The Nib #2
With brand-new, original comics from over 20 top-notch artists, the Family issue will share intimate personal stories, dark humor and thought-provoking reporting on the relationships that unite and define our lives. Here's what you can read in the second issue of The Nib magazine.
Features:
Sarah Glidden on fertility.
Mike Dawson on the immortal cells that connect your family tree.
Jake and Mathew New, journalist and cartoonist twins, on assignment at the world’s largest Twin Convention in Twinsburg, Ohio.
Katie Wheeler on the long-term impacts detainment has on jailed immigrant children.
Eleri Harris on the growing number of pregnant women and mothers in state legislatures across America.
Also featuring queer cartoonists on defining their own family, Alison Bechdel interviewed by Nicole Georges, and Maki Naro’s ‘family trees’.
With dispatches from the front lines of family:
Teddy Hose on growing up in a cult.
Vreni Stollberger on the nuclear family.
Thi Bui on families torn apart by deportation.
Emily Flake on hereditary mental illness.
Plus: strips from Joey Alison Sayers, Nomi Kane, Ben Passmore, Joe Decie, Jon Rosenberg and more!
Features:
Sarah Glidden on fertility.
Mike Dawson on the immortal cells that connect your family tree.
Jake and Mathew New, journalist and cartoonist twins, on assignment at the world’s largest Twin Convention in Twinsburg, Ohio.
Katie Wheeler on the long-term impacts detainment has on jailed immigrant children.
Eleri Harris on the growing number of pregnant women and mothers in state legislatures across America.
Also featuring queer cartoonists on defining their own family, Alison Bechdel interviewed by Nicole Georges, and Maki Naro’s ‘family trees’.
With dispatches from the front lines of family:
Teddy Hose on growing up in a cult.
Vreni Stollberger on the nuclear family.
Thi Bui on families torn apart by deportation.
Emily Flake on hereditary mental illness.
Plus: strips from Joey Alison Sayers, Nomi Kane, Ben Passmore, Joe Decie, Jon Rosenberg and more!
112 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2019
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About the author
Matt Bors
59 books58 followersMatt Bors is a cartoonist, writer, editor, and the founder of The Nib. He was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for his political cartoons in 2012 and 2020 and is the co-writer of the dystopian satire Justice Warriors with Ben Clarkson.
His cartoons have appeared in The Nation, The Guardian, CNN, The Intercept, and were collected in the book We Should Improve Society Somewhat. He also drew the graphic novel War Is Boring written by David Axe.
His cartoons have appeared in The Nation, The Guardian, CNN, The Intercept, and were collected in the book We Should Improve Society Somewhat. He also drew the graphic novel War Is Boring written by David Axe.
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Displaying 1 - 13 of 13 reviews
February 7, 2019
The second issue of the Nib magazine, as strong as the first! I really enjoyed Nicole Georges' interview with Alison Bechdel and Mathew and Jake New's report on the world's largest annual gathering of twins. The stories of a father separated from his son at the border and of politicians finally gaining access to spaces to care for nursing infants while on the job were extremely timely and relevant.
May 4, 2019
How did I live without THE NIB??? This is not light comic fare. Thought-provoking pieces accompanied by fantastic art. So glad to be a subscriber.
February 6, 2019
This actually arrived in the mail a while back, but wasn’t able to login as this issue wasn’t listed yet. Pulled it off the shelf to refresh my mind.
Another solid collection of comics that deal with a central theme; this issue: family.
The cover and section illustrations by Jillian Tamaki are fantastic.
Many of the comics that are non-fictional are very informative with facts I found fascinating and sometimes shocking.
I thought it was cool that Nicole George’s illustrates a portion of her interview with Alison Bechdel. There’s a podcast length interview between them two that’s even more entertaining.
Also, I appreciate the actual quality of the book itself. It’s not a “cheap” magazine. This book will last on my shelf for years.
Once again, so glad I subscribed!
Another solid collection of comics that deal with a central theme; this issue: family.
The cover and section illustrations by Jillian Tamaki are fantastic.
Many of the comics that are non-fictional are very informative with facts I found fascinating and sometimes shocking.
I thought it was cool that Nicole George’s illustrates a portion of her interview with Alison Bechdel. There’s a podcast length interview between them two that’s even more entertaining.
Also, I appreciate the actual quality of the book itself. It’s not a “cheap” magazine. This book will last on my shelf for years.
Once again, so glad I subscribed!
September 2, 2019
It’s hard for an anthology with this range of styles and lengths of pieces to be this good, but the nib does some solid work.
March 18, 2020
A kind, colorful collection of graphic essays relating to family, whether those are family histories, crime families, or biological families. This was the first book I read after heading in quarantine.
September 15, 2023
Again, a very well-chosen collection of short graphic pieces. I'd be sorry that I didn't discover this magazine before it folded, except that now I get to catch up on all the issues without waiting for the next to come out. It would have been nicer if they'd been able to keep going, though.
February 13, 2019
Vital & fascinating. The most necessary zine being published today.
March 30, 2019
I love this magazine! It is one out of very few that I read regularly.
May 19, 2019
Subscribe!!
February 23, 2020
Wonderful as always
April 27, 2020
i should be drawing but i'm finding new inspiration instead
December 23, 2020
Great stories that somehow related to families, of all different types. Fun artwork styles. Heavy topics and light topics. Really good!
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July 12, 2024
some comics were beautiful and touching and others didn't speak to me as much
Displaying 1 - 13 of 13 reviews