WELCOME TO THE ZEN OF NIMBUS

Greetings! I'm Michael Sloan, and this is the official site devoted to Nimbus, my comic character. You can view my Zen of Nimbus comic, read my Chronicles of Nimbus graphic novels, and browse through Travels of Nimbus artwork.

Who is Nimbus? He's a world-famous astronomer and explorer, reluctant celebrity, space traveler, adventurer, quixotic character, cosmic contemplator... and more. Browse through this site and discover the world of Nimbus!

Michael Sloan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, and the creator of The Zen of Nimbus comics, graphic novels and paintings. His illustrations have appeared in many publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post, and have been awarded three silver medals from The Society of Illustrators in NYC.

Michael and the author Jake Halpern created Welcome to the New World, the New York Times Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic story of a refugee family who fled the civil war in Syria to make a new life in America. Michael and Jake were awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning for Welcome to the New World. Their graphic novel based on this groundbreaking comic will be published by Metropolitan Books in September, 2020, and is available for pre-order now on Amazon.

For more information about illustrations, please visit Michael Sloan's illustration website.