Nomi B Kane
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Bio
Nomi Kane (she/her) is a Bay Area-based cartoonist and toy designer best known for her editorial and non-fiction cartoons appearing in The Nib, The New Yorker, Mad Magazine, In These Times, The Oaklandside, and The Voice of San Francisco. Nomi studied film and journalism at Columbia College Chicago (class of 2006) and went on to earn an MFA in cartooning from the Center for Cartoon Studies (class of 2011). Nomi worked as a staff artist at the Charles M. Schulz Creative Studio in Santa Rosa from 2013 to 2018, where she illustrated, designed, and art directed Peanuts licensed products. From 2019 to 2025, Nomi worked as a toy designer and associate art director for San Francisco based collector toy company Super7. Nomi also served as adjunct faculty for California College of the Arts MFA in Comics program from 2018 to 2022, teaching Comics Craft & Critique and Applied Cartooning.
Awards
Contributed to Eisner Award Winning Publication, The Nib Magazine (2023); Contributed to Eisner Award Nominated Anthology, Guantanamo Voices (2020); Publication design and editorial support for Eisner Award Winning Collection Celebrating Snoopy (2018); Edited and contributed to Stumptown Comics Arts Award nominated anthology, Wings for Wheels (2013); Edited and contributed to Stumptown Comic Arts Award Recipient, Lies Grown-ups Told Me (2012)
Publications
The New Yorker (various cartoons); MAD Magazine (various cartoons); The Nib (various cartoons); College Humor (various cartoons); In These Times (various cartoons); "A Lifelong A’s Fan Draws the Story of The Oakland A’s to a Close," The Oaklandside; The Voice of SF (various cartoons); "Scoops and Layoffs," The Columbia Journalism Review; Guantanamo Voices, Abrams Comic Arts; Peanuts Posh Adult Coloring Book, Andres McMeel Publishing; Peanuts, BOOM! Studios; Adventure Time, BOOM! Studios; The Curie Society interviews, EEP Universe; Votes for Women, Little Bird Press
Personal Statement
I believe in cartooning as a powerful source of learning, inspiration, social commentary, joy, and collective catharsis. It's my goal as an instructor to help students find their voices, encourage experimentation, and expand the possibilities of where cartooning can take them.