Online Indie Culture Survival Guide
Like a passionately noxious lover that I just can’t get enough of, the Internet consumes, thrills and overwhelms me. I […]
Features
Defining Independence in the Digital World
In the year 2002, I wrote a long piece for my own publication The Eclectic Screening Room, entitled “Us, Mainstream […]
Get Up for the Download
By now, everyone and their computer knows that Radiohead released their seventh full-length record over the internet, offering fans a […]
Lovely Spam, Wonderful Spam
Five days a week, Toronto poet Rob Read sits down at his computer between eight and 10 a.m. and scours […]
Weighing the Web
Two Broken Pencil staff members debate the benefits of the Internet as a cultural tool By Hal Niedzviecki and Derek […]
I’m Feeling Unlucky
Independent culture in the Google era By Ryan Bigge Part I So there’s this indie rock band from Toronto called […]
Paper is Boring. Comics are Awesome.
Richard Rosenbaum investigates how online comics sustain themselves It’s not that it’s impossible to become successful doing indie comics. In […]
Where the Wild Things Are
Poet Dani Couture walks the fine line between urban life and the natural world By Stacey May Fowles Canadian poetry has […]
How to Build Your Own Arcade Cabinet Out of Scraps
Lots of people are making their own games these days. Point-and-click tools (like Scratch and Game Maker) are making it […]
The Halbot 3000
Looking for someone to keep you company at zine fairs? Look no further than the companionship of a good robot. […]
How to Start Your Own Political Party
By Derek Winkler Hey you, activist person. Do you feel like you’ve been protesting for years and nothing much has changed? […]
The Undying Art of Mail
We used to send mail, and there used to be an underground movement of artists who made mail art. Laura […]