McLuckie’s ‘Follicle’ zine is both repulsive and eerily comforting
Follicle JJ McLuckie, 40 pgs, jjmcluckie.com, @artworkbyjj, $12 If you’re looking for a particularly grotesque read, look no further than […]
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Jay MillAr ‘Could Have Pretended to Be Better Than You’ but instead he released this collection
I Could Have Pretended to be Better Than You Jay MillAr, 191 pgs, Anvil Press, anvilpress.com, $20 A non-exhaustive cross-section […]
Into the comics mines with Halifax illustrator GC Houle
I often joke that I’m “heading off to the comics mines” when I buckle down to work. For me, making […]
“The Age of Hyper-Reality” is a text is dated from the ‘80s with the aesthetics to match
The Age of Hyper-Reality Zine, Robin N., 12 pgs, [email protected] Despite the subtitle “Jean Baudrillard and the Politics of Today,” […]
Fiction: Small Miracles
The only memento I kept of Marc was one cracked tooth, an anniversary gift punched right out of my mouth. […]
New Issue Out Now — Hong Kong Zines and the Fight for Freedom
Broken Pencil’s Fall Issue — Out Now! Our cover story — “Freedom Hi” by Tiffany Lam — covers the role […]
“K!MMORTAL” is a combination of pop, R&B, and rapid-fire, spoken word rants
K!MMORTAL X Marks The Swirl Coax Records coaxrecords.com This curious combination of pop, R&B, and rapid-fire, spoken word rants comes […]
Ian Daniel Kehoe’s “Secret Republic” is intimate, confessional, and lyrically dense
Ian Daniel Kehoe Secret Republic You’ve Changed Records youvechangedrecords.com This record is not unlike watching John O’Regan step out from […]
“Vinegar” is an intimate affair fixating on absence and loneliness
Vinegar Vain Mina Records vainmina.bandcamp.com The snail’s pace of these songs and their hushed, rambling vocals are more than a […]
“Ich Will Nix Alter Werten” is a riveting story and an ingenious reworking of a small and tragic historical episode
Ich Will Nix Alter Werten Litzine, Arielle Burgdorf, 24 pgs., [email protected],$5 USD Arielle Burgdorf blurs fiction and reality in this epistolary […]
“Diana’s Song” is an ever-familiar suburban tragedy — sentimental, melancholy, a first love after which she will forever pine
Diana’s Song Litzine, Ariel Bader-Shamai, 13 pgs, Second Run, [email protected] This short series of poems remembers, laments, celebrates the half-requited love […]
This poetry book is all about “denpa”: a Japanese term for people who are disconnected from those around them
denpa poems 1 Chapbook, Gabriel Wainio-Théberge, 16 pgs, baroquespiral.tumblr.com “Denpa” is a Japanese term for people who are disconnected from […]