Meet our next five COVID zine micro-grant recipients
Note that we are making our selections in batches. Our selections do not necessarily reflect the order of applicants. Applicants […]
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‘Convulsions’ calls attention to the struggles of living with brain trauma
Convulsions Perzine, Stance Ravening, 44 pgs, @twitchi_boi, $5 Brain injuries, neurological conditions, seizures, trauma — none of these issues get […]
Spotlight on Emerging Talent at the 2020 Doug Wright Awards
This year, Broken Pencil is proud to be a sponsor for the annual Doug Wright Awards, celebrating the best in […]
Wednesday Bell loves Toronto, but it doesn’t love her back in ‘Commodity’
Commodity Perzine, Wednesday Bell, 24 pgs, @wednesdaybell, $5 Whatever your hobby — recording music, making jewelry or doing your makeup […]
Calls For Submissions: Zines on Zines on Zines
Want your call for submissions included on our list? Email your call-out to [email protected] (do not send your submissions here). Subject line: Call […]
The ultimate zine library catalogue has landed
Ten years ago, an ambitious band of zine librarians hatched a plan: to pull together all the catalogues of the […]
Meet our first five COVID zine grant recipients
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to expand mercilessly, with many of its painful reverberations still to be seen. Its awful impact […]
‘Null Point #17’ is a bumptious take on pornography
Null Point # 17 Zine, Graham Cooling, Yelling at Concrete, nullpoint.org, 22 pgs, $0.90 Each issue of UK artist Graham […]
One kid’s gender trouble in ‘A Conversation About God (And Rambo)’
A Conversation About God (And Rambo) Comic, Julianna Cox, 12 pgs, Cat Brain Press, juliannacox.com, @CatBrain_Press, $4 This cute little black […]
Trauma haunts and music heals in ‘My Friend Goo #4’
My Friend Goo #4 Perzine, Audrey, 24 pgs, [email protected] “His body slouches into the space where I once existed,” Audrey […]
Queer memoir zine asks after God’s nearness
Am I Supposed to Be Here? Zine, Lauren Hamell, etsy.com/shop/thewhoknowsstore, 24 pgs In this reflective memoir, zinester Lauren Hamell contemplates […]
This riveting casino zine is a rare act of masterful storytelling
Last Night at the Casino: Special Double Issue (#14 & #15) Perzine, Billy McCall, 38 and 46 pgs, iknowbilly.etsy.com, $6.92 […]