Mixtape Comics: Comics & Art by Rachel Dukes
The Nib's Drugs Issue

The Nib's Drugs Issue

2021. The Nib
1 page.

1 page response for The Nib's Drugs issue, about how drugs saved my life.



The Nib publishes pointed journalism and political satire in the form of comics. In this issue, 30 cartoonists from around the world share quick hits of illustrated stories about the politics and personal impacts of drugs, including lithium, testosterone, antidepressants, opiates, and marijuana.

  • Cartoonists on getting high, getting healthy, getting pregnant, managing depression, and gender transition
  • The effects of the pot-to-prison pipeline, war on drugs, homegrown laws, and catnip
  • The strange ingredients of prescription drugs revealed!
  • Ashley Caswell’s first doctor’s appointment as an openly trans person
  • Hear about hydroxychloroquine from a person who actually needs it.
  • Better living through microdosing!

Cover by Michael DeForge.

The Nib's Drugs Issue