Some big, deeply rooted zine festivals settle in, becoming destination events for zinesters far and wide. Others, like Chicago’s ZINEmercado, pave winding p...
How do you know when art is working?
Maybe that’s a weird question. But I don’t see art as simply a product of its creator or context, reflecting bac...
Kalup Linzy straddles unexpected genres, media, and spaces.
The Florida-born video and performance artist garnered considerable acclaim in the New York City ...
For the second year in a row, Broken Pencil is sponsoring the one-of-a-kind, too-weird-for-TIFF underground film extravaganza, the What the Film Festival!
Th...
On Being a Fucking Slut
Zine, Anonymous, 36 pgs, lookmumzinedistro.blogspot.com
I picked up this beauty at the Hamilton Zineposium, where it was being dist...
Iambic Marrow #1 and #2
Perzines, Marin Doyle, 28 pgs and 20 pgs, etsy.com/shop/marinboyle
I picked up lots of awesome zines at the Hamilton Zineposium thi...
Shoes Fanzine #8
Zine, Nate, 72 pgs, $3 (free to prisoners), [email protected]
I’m a sucker for a good old punk political zine. The first zines I en...
The Hamilton Sub Register
Zine, Ben Needham and Tara Bursey, 16 pgs, [email protected]
Have you ever read a zine and just a few pages in had the feeli...
Every day I wake up and I feel this funny mixture of emotions. It’s part dread and part anxiety; that kind of knot in your stomach. But it’s also a weir...
A Western World
Michael Deforge, 156 pgs, Koyama Press
koyamapresss.com, $22.95
Michael Deforge’s work has always been as political as it is absurdist, ge...
Back in July, Broken Pencil hosted a zine workshop at the LitBang pop-up space in Toronto. One of the particularly memorable zines that came out of that...
In each issue, asks an artist to take over a few pages and present a folio. This section highlights creators working with unexpected media and materials. This o...
Hello and welcome! Our website is updated daily, and our magazine comes out 4 times a year. We are the world's only magazine and website devoted to zines, comics and the underground print revolution.
To start, enjoy 4 free reads! After that, please support us! Subscriptions to the magazine and all access to the website can be purchased for less than $2 a month. Become a zine hero and help us champion the truly independent press!
