Review: Pond Life
Life in the 21st century can be strange and silly, and Hiller Goodspeed delights in exploring these microcosms in his latest book, Pond Life.
Slacker Uprising: The Long Tradition of Anti-Work
A Reddit-driven rejection of labour surged during the pandemic, but it stems from a long tradition. An overlooked history of the anti-work movement and where it fits with modern organizing.
Introducing Our Summer Issue (And New Look): World Gone Sick
Grant Ionatán (aka HTML Flowers) believed a lifelong struggle with illness and isolation would have prepared them. The artist's confrontation with a world gone sick proved differently. Our Summer Issue explores the ways artists, zines and scenes evolved in a planet compromised by pandemic.
Review: Investigation Into Alleged Gatherings on Government Premises During COVID Restrictions, or The Case of the Forbidden Jamborees
Henry Hardwicke Carruthers provides a wry, meticulous and absurdist satire of the absurdist scandal plaguing Boris Johnson.
Announcing Our Final Judge for the 2022 Zine Awards!
Acclaimed Cartoonist Sami Alwani joins our panel for the blazing hot Zine Awards! Enter today!
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Slacker Uprising: The Long Tradition of Anti-Work
A Reddit-driven rejection of labour surged during the pandemic, but it stems from a long tradition. An overlooked history of the anti-work movement and where it fits with modern organizing.
Canzine Toronto Events
Canzine Toronto will feature a number of workshops this year! They are all free and all are welcome. More coming […]
Review: Where the Rent Went
Where the Rent Went Comic Zine, Andrew Neal, meetingcomics.com, $5 A cast of chaotic punks living in the city and […]
Review: Pizza Punks Collection
A world of crust in this punk guide to pizza pizza pie.
Look Out! It’s Juror Number Four in the 2022 Zine Awards!
Fair to assume we all love zines here? I mean, what’s not to love. But there comes a time when […]
Bear & Fox
Bear & Fox Artzine, Andre Molnar, 10 pgs, Inpprpte Press, IG: @inpprprte, $5 Bear & Fox, a mini-comic zine debut […]
I Could’ve Killed Alex Jones
I Could Have Killed Alex Jones Zine, Mark Cunning, 32 pg,etsy.com/shop/markzines, $4 We know by now how so much […]
Jim Shedden’s Home Movie Memories
A conversation with Jim Shedden on his latest exhibit, I AM HERE: HOME MOVIES AND EVERYDAY MASTERPIECES.
Take Another Peek at the 2022 Zine Awards Jury!
Zines are continuing to pour in for the 2022 Broken Pencil Zine Awards! Running since 2017, these awards have been […]
The Broken Pencil Zine Awards 2022 Submission Showcase: Week 3
Another week, another roundup! Each week until the final week of submissions, BP randomly selects three Zine Award hopefuls. This […]
I Am Not Lonely for I Have a Television
I Am Not Lonely for I Have a Television Perzine, The Depressed Waitress, 42 pgs, thedepressedwaitress.com, $10 The end of […]