Including all of the one-off contributors and artists reprinted in Pure Entertainment #1, Nix Comics has published work by over 80 artists! Here they are in Alpha order with credits!
The 3 Speeds: Cartoonist Matt Wyatt’s band featuring Columbus musicians Eddie Blau, Gene Watson, and Matt’s brother Chris Wyatt.
Nix Credits: Collected Pander Bear Deluxe Comic And Record Set
Facebook: facebook.com/the3speeds
Amanda Adams: Local Columbus multi-talented artist ‘n maven of cool. Pug enthusiast. Best friend of the Roller Derby.
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties
Tim Anstine: Columbus area cartoonist and graphic designer.
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties
E.J. Barnes: Cartoonist, illustrator, and animator. Also, a person who knows how to rock a hat!
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #3
Website: https://ejbarnes.com/
Andy Bennett: Veteran of Columbus comic artist scene as well as a nationally known graphic designer and illustrator. Andy has done work for Marvel, DC, PBS, and Cartoon Network in addition to slumming at Nix!
Nix Credits: Do You Remember Rock ‘N Roll Record Stores, Jim Shepard: Negotiate Nothing, Jenny Mae ‘n Jerry Wick, Nix Comics Quarterly #4, #9,
Return of Belligerent Kitties
Website: http://www.b3nn3tt.com
Eric Blair: Artist and Musician. Bass player for Mummula. Punning Zinester!
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties
Website: https://www.moonrockcollective.com/
Stephen Blickenstaff: Artist, designer, monster maker and Theremin playin’ Atomic Mosquito! Illustrator of the iconic Cramps “Bad Music for Bad People” album cover.
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #9
Instagram: @stephen_blickenstaff
Jeff Bonivert: Freelance Cartoonist and indie scene veteran!
Nix Credits: Pure Entertainment #1
Instagram: @Studio_Jaybee
Ryan Brinkerhoff: Graphic designer extraordinaire!
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #1-2, #4
Website: ryanbrinkerhoff.com
Instagram: @ryanbrinkerhoff
Pat Broderick: Veteran superhero comics artist.
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #6
Rick Brooks: Classroom Teacher, Cartoonist, long time #1 Nix Comics booster! Creator of Mr. Morris among other gems.
Nix Credits: Nix Western Comics #4
Website: https://mrmorriscomic.com
Bob Camp: Emmy nominated animator, writer, cartoonist, comic book artist, storyboard artist, director, and producer.
Nix Credits: Pure Entertainment #1
Website: boblabshop.com
Morgan Carmichael: Long time cartoonist, first time published cartoonist with Nix Comics! Half of “Day of the Doodles” husband-wife Team.
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #5
Facebook: @dayofthedoodles
Eric Cartier: French rock n roll cartoonist!
Nix Credits: Pure Entertainment #1
Bob Corby: The mayor of Columbus comics! Runs the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo and the OH Comics anthology.
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties, Return of Belligerent Kitties
Website: Backporchcomics.com
Bernie Crowsheet: Ohio Comics Artist and Cartoonist
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties
Rachel Autumn Deering: Ohio based comics writer with a gift for classic horror!
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #3-4
J.T. Dockery: Artist, Musician, Writer… Possessor of cred beyond cred. Dude did an artbook with Nick Tosches, fer cryin’ out loud!
Nix Credits: Kenttucky Pussy
Website: jtdockery.medium.com
Instagram: @j.t.dockery
Pete English: Drummer for Columbus cow-punk legends the Sovines, music engineer and producer.
Nix Credits: Nix Western Comics #1 (Deluxe Set Comic and Record Set)
Taylor Esposito: Comics Letter and production designer who has worked for DC, Marvel, Darkhorse and many others. Owner of Ghost Glyph Studios
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #9
Website: ghostglyphstudios.com
Michael Fontanelli: Cartoonist, animator and character designer.
Nix Credits: Pure Entertainment #1
Eric French: Musician, writer and public radio employee!
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #7
Pete Friedrich: Cartoonist and publisher. Founder of Look Mom Comics. Work has been published by WW3 Magazine, Rolling Stone, National Lampoon and like a zillion other zines!
Nix Credits: Pure Entertainment #1
Website: charette.org/look-mom-comics
Rodney Fyke: Comic artist and creator of Road Kill Rampage, Pitter Patter, and Peanut Puddin’ Jelly
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties, Return of Belligerent Kitties
Instagram: @Rodney_Fyke
Jamie Gambell: Comic writer, sound engineer, and host of the “This Is Who I Am Podcast”
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #6
Website: whoiampodcast.com
Dustin Goebel: Columbus based artist, illustrator, and designer.
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #2
Instagram: @dgoebel00
Kent Grosswiler: Poet, painter, drummer, and a most honorably perseverant lynchpin of the Columbus arts community.
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #6,
Beauty Found In Darkness,
Belligerent Kitties
Website: http://www.kentgrosswiler.com
Instagram: @definitelynottrifling
Gary Hallgren: Illustrator and underground cartoonist. (Air Pirates!!!!)
Nix Credits: Pure Entertainment #1
Website: garyhallgren.com
Javier Hernandez: California based cartoonist, creator of (El Muerto and Maniac Priest!!). Educator/lecturer/workshop leader.
Nix Credits: The Collected Vicar
Website: javzilla.com
Christian Hoffer: Writer, Podcaster, and Pokemon/D&D Journalist.
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties, Nix Comics Quarterly #7-9
Twitter: @CHofferCBus
J.M. Hunter: Comic artist, publisher and teacher! Master of the hyperkinetic!
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #6
Facebook: @jmhunterpopcustomdesigns
Instagram: @JMIndyHunter
Max Ink: Columbus based cartoonist
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #3
Website: maximilianink.com
Joel Jackson: Designer and illustrator.
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #5-6, Belligerent Kitties
Website: joeljackson.design
Instagram: @ottocon1
Rob Jefferson: Painter, illustrator and storyteller.
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #8
Website: robjefferson.com
John Jennings: Author, Artist, Scholar. Award winning and best selling and such. Part of the Black Kirby gestalt.
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #8
Website: johnjenningsstudio.com
Paul Jeter: Cartoonist
Nix Credits: Return of Belligerent Kitties
Website: pjetgallery.com/
Rob W. Jones: Artist and art educator. The W is for “Whalin”
Nix Credits: Beauty Found in Darkness
Instagram: @whalin_rob_jones
Gideon Kendall: Cartoonist and Comic artist. Eisner winner. Heavy Metal and Mad contributor!
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #8-10
Website: gideonkendall.com
Matt Kish: Artist and Librarian. The man knows how to mix pictures ‘n books!
Nix Credits: Nix Western Comics #4
Website: matt-kish.com
Bela Koe-Krompecher: Writer, Record Label owner, Ex-record store owner, Former concert promoter. Current social worker
Nix Credits: Do You Remember Rock ‘n Roll Record Stores?
Jim Shepard: Negotiate Nothing
Jenny Mae ‘N Jerry Wick
Website: belakoe-krompecher.com
Brian Kraft: Cartoonist and Children’s Book Author
Nix Credits: Nix Comics for Kids #1-3
Instagram: @Krafty_Brian
Peter Kuper: Artist and cartoonist Long time “Spy Vs. Spy” guy among many other things!
Nix Credits: Pure Entertainment #1
Website: peterkuper.com
Jess L’Heurreux: Cartoonist
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #7
Matt LeJeune: Comic Artist
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #10
Kate E. Lore: Writer, illustrator, cartoonist
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties, return of Belligerent Kitties
Website: kateelore.com
Instagram: @Kate.E.Lore
Alli MacGregor: Artist. Boss lady of Cap City Tattoo (First woman tattoo shop owner in Columbus!)
Nix Credits: Beauty Found in Darkness
Website: capcitytattooco.com
Brad Maurer: Cartoonist, artist & musician
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties, Return of Belligerent Kitties
Darren Merinuk: Cartoonist and illustrator with a like a billion album art credits. Creator Rockin’ Bones Comics. Bon Vivant.
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties, Nix Comics Quarterly #1-2, #4-8
Instagram: @darrenmerinuk
Matt Miner: Writer and dog rescuer. Cassette enthusiast.
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #8-10
Website: mattminerxvx.com
Sexton Ming: Artist, poet, and musician. Founder of the Medway Poets and Stuckism movement.
Nix Credits: Kenttucky Pussy
Tom Molinelli: Cartoonist
Nix Credits: Pure Entertainment #1
James Moore: Writer and Comics Publisher
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #5, Belligerent Kitties
Website: 2headedmonstercomics.com
Michael Neno: Illustrator, Comic artist, Cartoonist, self publishing giant!
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #1-10, Nix Western Comics #3, Nix Mini Comic #1, The Vicar, Return of Belligerent Kitties
Website: nenoworld.com
Angela Oster: Multimedia artist
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties, Return of Belligerent Kitties
Website: angelaoster.com
Glen Ostrander: Artist and Cartoonist
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #3-4, Nix Western Comics #3
Stephanie Owen: Cartoonist
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties
Dave Pickard: Printmaker and Artist. Member of the nonprofit Phoenix Rising Printmaking collaborative.
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #1, Nix Western Comics #2
Website: phoenixrisingprintmaking.org
Dan Piercy: Artist, musician, Youtube sensation, Nix lifetime subscriber!
Nix Credits: Return of Belligerent Kitties
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW_F9blWdUOyIhvTx1Qjr5Q
Jay Piscopo: Comic Book artist and publisher.
Nix Credits: The Collected Vicar
Facebook: facebook.com/people/The-Art-of-Jay-Piscopo
Pat Redding Scanlon: Artist, cartoonist, editor.
Nix Credits: Pure Entertainment #1, Nix Comics Quarterly #9-10
Instagram: @puttiredding
Alan Reeve: Artist and cartoonist
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties
Instagram: @alan.reeve
Ashley Ribblett: Cartoonist
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties
Instagram: @tentaclees
Carlos Rivera: Comic artist and stand up comedian. Runs the Youngstown based YO-ICE Comics show
Nix Credits: Return of Belligerent Kitties
Instagram: @matterinvader1
Patrick Roach: Game Designer, writer, artist
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #2
Facebook: facebook.com/NaturalistGames
Rafael Rosado: Cartoonist and animator, Co-Creator of Giants Beware.
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #8
Instagram: @rafael_rosado614
Donovan Taylor Roth: Musician and artist
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #4
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6SJPv5bWtFr-9Wq3ARVeVg/videos
Mark Rudolph: Artist and zinester. History teacher.
Nix Credits: Closing Doors, Nix Comics Quarterly #3, #5-10, the collected Vicar
Website: markrudolph.com
Dave Simons: Comic Book Artist, fellow Gene Vincent enthusiast.
Nix Credits: Pure Entertainment #1
Bob Ray Starker: Cartoonist and Musician. Co-Creator Nix Western Comics Characters and Pander Bear. Co-founder of Columbus cowpunk greats, the Sovines.
Nix Credits: Collected Pander Bear, Nix Western Comics #1-4, Nix Comics Quarterly #2-4
Instagram: @bobraystarker
Bandcamp: bobraystarker.bandcamp.com
Derek Stewart: Film maker and artist.
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #5, #7-8
Instagram: @derekstewart44
Joost Swarte: Cartoonist
Nix Credits: Pure Entertainment #1
Website: joostswarte.nl
Mort Todd: Cartoonist and Editor. Cracked. Marvel. Charlton Comics revivalist. Artist behind the amazing “Back from the Grave” album cover.
Nix Credits: Pure Entertainment #1
Website: morttodd.com
Jesse Toves: Comic Artist
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #6
Website: jesse-toves.com
Rich Trask: Artist, character designer
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #1-2, #5-6, #8, Nix Western Comics #2, the Collected Vicar, Return of Belligerent Kitties
Instagram: @one.mans.trask
Liz Valasco: Cartoonist and printmaker
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #10
Website: lizvalasco.com
Katie Valeska: Artist and Cartoonist
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties
Jude Vigants: Comic Artist
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #9
Instagram: @mxvigants
Al Voss: Cartoonist. did album covers for Os Mutantes!
Nix Credits: Pure Entertainment #1
Tillie Walden: Eisner winning cartoonist. Instructor at the Center for Cartoon Studies. My first favorite second cousin.
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #8
Website: tilliewalden.com
Bobby Wildermuth: Artist and graphic Designer
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #7
Website: robertbobbyart.com
Jen Wrubles: Illustrator, muralist and co-owner of Patty Cake Bakery
Nix Credits: Belligerent Kitties
Instagram: @wrubles
Matt Wyatt: Cartoonist and musician. Fleshtones and Slade fan. Cntributor to Short North Gazette and Natalie’s Pizza flyers!
Nix Credits: Nix Comics Quarterly #3-5, Nix Mini Comix #1, Collected Vicar, Belligerent Kitties, Return of Belligerent Kitties