The Nib magazine Food issue
When you’re talking about food, you’re talking about everything. The Nib’s Food issue tackles labor, family, class, diet, colonialism, and love. Featuring a cover by Mady G and 112 pages of comics from 30 cartoonists. Eat it up!
In this issue:
An ode to the rice cooker
Slavery in the pasta sauce supply chain
Food-allergy disasters
Organizing delivery drivers during the pandemic
Community fridges, British army rations, and queer brunch
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The full lineup for the magazine is:
Fatteh, My Father, and Me by Yazan al-Saadi and Ghadi Ghosn.
The Industry’s Backbone by Gerardo Alba and Ally Shwed on the Latinx back of the house.
Tomato, Tomatho, Caporalato by Ariel Vittori on the modern slavery in the supply chain.
Our Fridge: The Rise of Community Fridges, Their Impact As Mutual Aid, and How to Set Up Your Own by Sage Coffey.
Restaurant for Vultures by Book Karnjanakit on feeding stations for migratory vultures.
With Dispatches, Strips, and other contributions from:
For The Response, disordered eating with Kane Lynch, Aubrey Hirsch, Theora Kvitka, Alexis Sugden.
Food stats by Rachel Dukes, Archive editorial cartoons on food rationing for war efforts curated by Caitlin McGurk, and in our letters to the editor Erlend Sandøy illustrates our how our readers found out they had a food allergy. Plus an interview with a delivery app labor organizer by Jaya Saxena and Mattie Lubchansky.
Dispatches from Maki Naro, Max Loh, Erika Sjule, Yifan Luo, Rosa Colón Guerra, Calico Sky, Deshan Tennekoon, and Jackie Roche.
Strips by Archie Bongiovanni, Brian McFadden, Gemma Correll, Joey Alison Sayers, Jen Sorensen, Noah Van Sciver, Lucy Knisley, Breena Nuñez, and Matt Bors.
With illustrations by Maia Kobabe and Mark Kaufman.