Zines Take TikTok
When Bre Upton first joined TikTok it was simply as a means to curb quarantine-born boredom. Now her tutorials on zine making have over six million views. How ‘Zinetok’ is uniting DIY-ers around the world.
Zines Take TikTok
When Bre Upton first joined TikTok it was simply as a means to curb quarantine-born boredom. Now her tutorials on zine making have over six million views. How 'Zinetok' is uniting DIY-ers around the world.
Folio: Joy Gough and Community Fridge Art
Folio asks artists and curators to gather works made with unexpected materials and adapt them for the printed page. In this issue, Joy Gough, one of the five organizers at Community Fridges TOronto tells us how how art can divert attention to dire local issues.
Review: Nightlight
Like peanut butter and jelly, dream poems may not be the most innovative recipe, but the taste of the two together is often much richer than their reputation.
Film Review: Bros Before
Bros Before is deliberately rooted in a 2020s punk, liberated-ish, white-ish trans culture. You can tell that everyone involved both has love for and is willing to gleefully prod with their arrows pointed inward.
Print Zines Just As Important To Virtual Labour
As video game workers fight for their rights, a historical ally comes to their aid: zines.
Call for Submissions: SAFETY PIN ZINE
Submissions Safety Pin Zine is looking for any art, poetry, comics, articles, etc. Requirements Must be punk/punk themed/have punk aesthetic. […]
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The Web Burns: Fighting to Save The Internet Archive
A contentious court battle could define how much control major publishing houses have on our digital landscape and the future of libraries.
Shut Up and Vibe: Racer Trash’s Movie Joyride
The Racer Trash film collective is dead, but its tire tracks remain streaked across the fringes of cinema.
HO-HO-HOLIDAY SALE!
It’s a zinester’s holiday miracle! Give the gift of Broken Pencil this festive season.
ZINE AWARDS 2022: Where To Watch The Livestream!
We are LIVE! Watch the Zine Awards from the comfort of your own home here!
The Good Work Art Market Puts Accessibility At The Heart of Craft
Broken Pencil alumn Anisa Rawhani talks to us about the invisible barriers to participating in art, the upcoming market at the AGO and how their cat Bubba is doing.
Zine Awards Bash: All Info Revealed!
All information about the 2022 Broken Pencil Zine Awards Bash in one place.
The 2022 Broken Pencil Zine Awards Nominees
The moment you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. Here are your nominees for the 2022 Broken Pencil Zine Awards!
Maximillian Alvarez on The Work of Living, COVID and The Unfathomable Loss of One Million Lives
“How can we quantify all that’s been stolen from us? How can we forgive the failures of our governments and our economic system whose callousness, greed, and jingoistic competitiveness made this all so much worse than it could have been?”
The Hall of Horror Zines
Lurking beneath Famous Monsters and Fangoria, a brood of horror zines rose from the ink and grime. Learn the history of Psychotronic Video, Sleazoid Express and the Gore Gazette within… THE HALL OF HORROR ZINES!
Was The Zodiac Killer A… ZINESTER?!?
A new book theorizes that the infamous Zodiac Killer was determined to spill more ink than blood.
Jay Stephens On Their Creepy, Quirky, Demonic Comic Dwellings
We chat with Jay Stephens about small town mysteries, the gruesome side of Casper and their Doug Wright Award winning horror series Dwellings.