Q&A: Theodore Carter talks abstraction and convention
Frida Sex Dreams and Other Unnerving Disruptions Theodore Carter, Run Amok We’re quickly becoming fans of new, upstart indie press […]
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Q&A: Hassan Santur on youth, alienation, and the Somali immigrant experience
The Youth of God. Hassan Ghedi Santur, Mawenzi House. In stark prose, Toronto-based writer Hassan Santur explores the Somali-Canadian […]
Q&A: Brad Yung on how to create comics without going crazy
The Complete Stay as you are. Brad Yung, Three Ocean Press. Yung’s Stay as you are. mini-zines might just […]
Announcing your final judge for the 2019 Zine Awards!
If Rasiqra Revulva isn’t already a household name in the zine community, she will be. Revulva is a multi-media artist […]
The Sky is All Lit Up with the Announcement of CLMP’S Fifth Annual Firecracker Awards Winners and Finalists
Did the fourth of July come early? CLMP’S Firecracker Awards has just announced their 2019 winners and finalists for the […]
My Back Pages: The Art of Zines and Indie Publishing exhibition launches at the AGH
“Zines are traditionally an outsider’s medium, free of gatekeepers and gatekeeping,” says zine artist and curator Tara Bursey. “Now, with the […]
THIS IS SERIOUS: Canadian Indie Comics exhibition launches at the AGH
This Thursday, June 20th, the Art Gallery of Hamilton’s launches perhaps Canada’s most complete cartooning exhibition ever, THIS IS SERIOUS: Canadian […]
Cartoonist and TCAF veteran Nick Maandag launches debut book with Drawn & Quarterly
After achieving cult acclaim through his self-published and micro-published comics, The Follies of Richard Wadsworth is Maandag’s debut book. His mechanical, affectless characters […]
Behind Door #2: Introducing your second judge for the 2019 Zine Awards!
Back in 2017, when the BP Zine Awards was very young and consisted of only 5 categories, Jenn Woodall’s GIRLS […]
Babcia: The craft behind the comic
“BABCIA” is polish for grandmother (pronounced “bap-cha”). My Babcia helped raise me as a child in Poland, but after […]
2019 Broken Pencil Zine Awards Countdown: Zines Entered So Far
The BP Zine Awards are well underway and the competition is fierce! Here’s what we’ve received so far… So what […]
How to Get an Arts Grant for Your Indie Project (in Canada and Other Places)
I want you to think about getting a grant as a game of snakes and ladders. There are ups and […]