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The Nib is a progressive web comic founded by the cartoonist Matt Bors. It was originally [[https://medium.com/@thenib published by Medium.com]], but Bors eventually moved it to [[https://thenib.com/ its own website]] after a successful Kickstarter campaign. While Bors is the site's main cartoonist, The Nib publishes the work of various artists.

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The Nib is was a progressive web comic founded by the cartoonist Matt Bors. It was originally [[https://medium.com/@thenib published by Medium.com]], but Bors eventually moved it to [[https://thenib.com/ its own website]] after a successful Kickstarter campaign. While Bors is was the site's main cartoonist, The Nib publishes published the work of various artists.
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First Look Media acquired The Nib in 2016 and helped produce the first animated series based on The Nib's comics. The Nib went fully independent in 2019, and is now financially supported by its own subscription magazine.

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First Look Media acquired The Nib in 2016 and helped produce the first animated series based on The Nib's comics. The Nib went fully independent in 2019, and is now was financially supported by its own subscription magazine.
magazine before shutting down in 2023.
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* DrosteImage: "[[https://thenib.com/martin-scorsese-roasts-your-fandom Martin Scorsese Roasts Your Fandom]]", including editorial cartoons, where Scorsese throws that very comic in the trash.

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* DrosteImage: "[[https://thenib.com/martin-scorsese-roasts-your-fandom Martin Scorsese Roasts Your Fandom]]", including editorial cartoons, where Scorsese [[Creator/MartinScorsese Scorsese]] throws that very comic in the trash.



* StringTheory: In [[https://thenib.com/connect-the-dots this comic]], a Trump supporter shows a string chart alleging a government conspiracy to start a witch hunt against Trump and impose socialism. The other person proposes a much simpler chart: Trump → is lying.

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* StringTheory: In [[https://thenib.com/connect-the-dots this comic]], a Trump [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Trump]] supporter shows a string chart alleging a government conspiracy to start a witch hunt against Trump and [[RedScare impose socialism.socialism]]. The other person proposes a much simpler chart: Trump → is lying.



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* HistoryRepeats: "[[https://thenib.com/resistance-is-feudal/ Resistance Is Feudal]]" shows how the situation for young adults in 2018 is almost identical to the one for the serfs in 1218, including blame being put on them and constant watch.
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First Look Media acquired The Nib in 2016 and helped produce the first animated series based on The Nib's comics. The Nib went fully independent in 2019, and is now financially supported by a subscription magazine.

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First Look Media acquired The Nib in 2016 and helped produce the first animated series based on The Nib's comics. The Nib went fully independent in 2019, and is now financially supported by a its own subscription magazine.



* TheHorseshoeEffect: "[[https://thenib.com/radical-centrism-101/ Radical Centrism 101]]" begins with a lesson that the far left and far right are exactly the same.

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* TheHorseshoeEffect: "[[https://thenib.com/radical-centrism-101/ Radical Centrism 101]]" begins with a lesson that the far left and far right are exactly the same.same and then lampoons the concept.



** "[[https://thenib.com/posting-your-opinions-online-a-timeline/ Posting Your Opinions Online: A Timeline]]" starts with learning how to code HTML and ends with a Uni-Mind Collective where all thoughts are monetized.
** "[[https://thenib.com/total-engagement Total Engagement]]" portrays how Website/{{Facebook}} has descend from a "seemingly innocuous way to see what became of your high school crushes" to eventually become the "ministry of misinformation."

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** "[[https://thenib.com/posting-your-opinions-online-a-timeline/ Posting Your Opinions Online: A Timeline]]" starts with learning how to code HTML and ends with a [[AssimilationPlot Uni-Mind Collective Collective]] where all thoughts are monetized.
** "[[https://thenib.com/total-engagement Total Engagement]]" portrays how Website/{{Facebook}} has descend goes from a "seemingly innocuous way to see what became of your high school crushes" to eventually become the "ministry of misinformation."
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* SocialMediaIsBad: "[[https://thenib.com/total-engagement Total Engagement]]" portrays how Website/{{Facebook}} has descend from a "seemingly innocuous way to see what became of your high school crushes" to eventually become the "ministry of misinformation."

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"[[https://thenib.com/posting-your-opinions-online-a-timeline/ Posting Your Opinions Online: A Timeline]]" starts with learning how to code HTML and ends with a Uni-Mind Collective where all thoughts are monetized.
** "[[https://thenib.
com/total-engagement Total Engagement]]" portrays how Website/{{Facebook}} has descend from a "seemingly innocuous way to see what became of your high school crushes" to eventually become the "ministry of misinformation."
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The Nib is a progressive web comic founded by the cartoonist Matt Bors. It was originally [[https://medium.com/@thenib published by Medium.com]], but Bors eventually moved it to [[https://thenib.com/ its own website]] after a successful Kickstarter campaign. While Bors is the site's main cartoonist, The Nib publishes the work of various artists.

First Look Media acquired The Nib in 2016 and helped produce the first animated series based on The Nib's comics. The Nib went fully independent in 2019, and is now financially supported by a subscription magazine.

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!!The Nib contains the following tropes:

* DrosteImage: "[[https://thenib.com/martin-scorsese-roasts-your-fandom Martin Scorsese Roasts Your Fandom]]", including editorial cartoons, where Scorsese throws that very comic in the trash.
* GoldenMeanFallacy: "[[https://thenib.com/centrist-history/ Famous Moments in History, Reimagined By Centrists]]", where centrists look for compromise during the Civil Rights Movement, and a "reasonable amount of wars" during the Vietnam Protests.
* TheHorseshoeEffect: "[[https://thenib.com/radical-centrism-101/ Radical Centrism 101]]" begins with a lesson that the far left and far right are exactly the same.
* SelfDeprecation: "[[https://thenib.com/life-cycle-of-a-meme The Life Cycle of a Meme]]" ends with "lazy cartoonist tries to jump on a bandwagon."
* SocialMediaIsBad: "[[https://thenib.com/total-engagement Total Engagement]]" portrays how Website/{{Facebook}} has descend from a "seemingly innocuous way to see what became of your high school crushes" to eventually become the "ministry of misinformation."
* StringTheory: In [[https://thenib.com/connect-the-dots this comic]], a Trump supporter shows a string chart alleging a government conspiracy to start a witch hunt against Trump and impose socialism. The other person proposes a much simpler chart: Trump → is lying.
* StupidNeutral: Centrists are generally portrayed this way, opposing progressive policies just because they're too "radical".

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