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would cease publishing after the summer of 2023. On September 1st, 2023, the last email publication was sent out. Bors intends to keep the website and all of its content accessible online in an archived format.
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magazine. Also in September 2019, Matt Bors was given the Transformative Work Award at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) for changing the course of comics history. In 2019,
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s first animated series, also called "The Nib". The series' first episode premiered in June 2017, and its second season launched in March 2018. In September 2018,
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Features editor: Eleri Harris; Associate editor: Mattie Lubchansky; Contributing editors: Sarah Shay Mirk, Andy Warner, Whit Taylor; Designer: Mark Kaufman
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editorial team, including Matt Bors, Eleri Harris, Matt Lubchansky, Sarah Mirk and Andy Warner, were given an Ignatz Award for Outstanding Series for
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would no longer publish on Medium and stated he would take the title elsewhere. He self-published a collection of comics as a print anthology called
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received nominations for The Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Web Comic of the Year and contributor Gemma Correll won a
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and laid off its staff as of the end of July 2019. Bors announced he would be continuing to publish comics on
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for Best Anthology. This was awarded in the publication's final year of operation, and was awarded to
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In July 2019, contributor Chelsea Saunders won the Locher Award for her Nib work. In September 2019,
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In July 2018, Eleri Harris won the Australian Ledger cartooning prize for her serialized
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was an independent member-supported publisher that ceased operating in September 2023.
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shifting focus and publishing less content regularly. In July 2015, Bors announced
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In 2017, contributors Ted Closson, Sarah Winifred Searle, Eleri Harris, and
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Online comics publication focused on politics, journalism, essays and memoir
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with member support from its subscription service, The Inkwell.
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pieces. Mike Dawson also received a nomination in 2018 for an
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was an American online daily comics publication focused on
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In June 2019, First Look Media decided to stop funding
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because of its printed magazine titles in particular.
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announced it would partner with Matt Bors to relaunch
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Index

The Nib Literary Award

Matt Bors
thenib.com
political cartoons
graphic journalism
Matt Bors
Medium
First Look Media
Lucy Bellwood
Ruben Bolling
Gemma Correll
Mike Dawson
Matt Furie
KC Green
Pia Guerra
Chris Hayes
Mattie Lubchansky
Pat Oliphant
Nate Powell
Jon Rosenberg
Jen Sorensen
Ann Telnaes
Tom Tomorrow
Will Eisner Comic Industry Award
Ben Passmore
National Cartoonists Society
Reuben Award
Mike Dawson
Ignatz Awards

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