The Nib #9

The Nib #9

by Matt Bors

Cartoonists spill their secrets on CIA sex dolls, secret fathers, hidden nukes, gender identity, awkward straight people, racist tattoos, and more.

Genres: Comics, Nonfiction, Graphic Novels

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2021

About the author

Matt 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.

Reviews

[Debo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Happy addition to the literary magazines that I am aware of. Nice editing, everything from single strips to short and medium-sized spreads. With the changing themes the things on offer per theme are wildly different as well. Of course that means the content hits you like anthologies do: Some are for you, some aren't. But I am really happy this format is out there!

For the cover, backside illustration and separators between sections I would also like to hold a candle, because they are MAGNIFICENT!!!

This issue has manifold CWs because of the vastly varying topics per contribution, so tread with care.

Counted for Bookriot's Read Harder Challenge 2022 Prompt 15: Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).

[John]

How many stars did I give this? Ask me on my death bed.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would have thought they'd come up with some juicier secrets, but many of the pieces were kind of boring. Three and a half stars, marked down because of a failure to fact check or possibly a typo saying that at the peak of foreign adoption in Guatemala 10% of the babies born were adopted out. According to a very similar sentence in an article in the Guardian, it was 1% (still ridiculously high).

[Sundry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fresh, topical.

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really strong stories in this one! By now I had already seen most if not all in my email, but still. I liked the theme of this issue.

[reni · Rating 4 out of 5]

skipped a few pages but overall fascinating, i learnt a lot!