Nib-Lit Knowpia

Nib-Lit is a weekly comics journal edited by Mykl Sivak and published both independently in an electronic format as well as running as a two-page section in Southern News, the student newspaper of Southern Connecticut State University. The journal features original and syndicated strips by a wide range of international cartoonists, both established and up-and-coming. It features a number of comics formats from single panel comic strips, to multi-page graphic short stories, to serialized graphic novels. The journal also prints comics related columns and criticism by writers from within and outside of the comics world. Nib-Lit also regularly releases a podcast featuring interviews with creators from across the comics world.

Nib-Lit sponsors and organizes the New Haven Summer Comics Fest. The Fest is a one-day event featuring artist and publisher tables; panel discussions; short films and animations directed by and/or featuring work of comics creators; comics slide shows; and a keg of free beer. The event exists in conjunction with the New Haven Street Fest, a yearly event coordinated by the not-for-profit group Ideat Village.^[1]

Formats edit

Nib-Lit is released weekly as a full-color digital download.^[2] During the fall and spring semesters, it is printed as a two-page spread in the Southern News. Each page measures 22.75 x 12.75 inches. While most newspaper comics sections reduce the size of strips and panels, Nib-Lit publishes comics 11.25 inches wide, a single comic spanning the entire width of the paper.^[3]

As well as weekly issues, Nib-Lit frequently releases special download only editions including Complete Volume anthologies and Artist vs. Artist expanded-page editions.

Contributors edit

Notable contributors include:

Tony Millionaire, creator of the comic strip Maakies and the comic book Sock Monkey.
Shannon Wheeler, creator of the comic strip Too Much Coffee Man.
Howard Cruse, creator of Wendel and Gay Comix.
Nick Abadzis, creator of the graphic novel Laika.
Sean Pryor, illustrator for Smith Magazine's Harvey Pekar Project.
Sam Henderson, cartoonist, writer and expert on American comedy history.
Steve Skeates, writer for DC Comics and Marvel Comics.
Kristyna Baczynski, cartoonist and animator for BBC, Maker's Mark Whiskey, and more.^[4]^[5]
Josh Bayer & Jouquin de la Puente, creators of Bam-Bam and the Barbarians.
Marc Palm, a.k.a. Swellzombie, VHS historian and creator of Swellzomies lair of the Psychic Creature.
Box Brown, creator of Bellen!.
Nicolas Chalupa Chanic, editor of Lazer Art Zine, Belgian arts journal.
Jarod Rosello
Craig Collins, Iain Laurie, Dave Alexander
Mike Wood, author of Alchemy.

Podcast edit

Podcast interviews include:

References edit

^ "New Haven Summer Comics Fest 2010". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2010-06-08.^{[dead link]}
^ "Nib-Lit Comics Journal". nib-lit.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
^ "Colin McEnroe Show: Micro-Lit". WNPR. 2010-05-05. Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
^ "Friends of thought Bubble". thoughtbubblefestival.wordpress.com. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
^ "Solopsistic pop Contributors". Solopsistic Pop. Retrieved 2010-06-08.