The Archaeologists: Chapter 6
This chapter is part of the ongoing serialization of The Archaeologists, the new novel by Hal Niedzviecki to be published […]
TOOLKIT: How to Save Your Books From Flooding
On New Years Eve, Silver Sprocket rang things in on a damp note. Their HQ was slammed by historic rain. Here's how the radical publisher spared their stock from the flood.
Poster Boy: Dril On Art, Philosophy, Life Beyond Twitter, All That Garbage
"People will beg for AI-free content like they do for water that isn’t tainted with lead. And when AI becomes synonymous with ‘Shit,’ it will die like every other Silicon Valley Clown Show and nobody will miss it."
Review: Nothing Without Us Too
With many of these speculative stories rooted in sci-fi, the line between reality and metaphor nearly disappears, playing with a reader’s inability to clearly differentiate between fact and fiction when it comes to the realities of disability.
Review: Beat The Rust
Life doesn’t unfold in a neat narrative, neither does Kelly Fruh's brief, deft, illustrated vignettes.
Introducing Broken Pencil 103: Cruel to be Kind
There are brighter days underground. Our latest issue features Cruelty Squad creator and Finnish artist Ville Kallio speaking about the anticipated follow-up to his unlikely hit and giving video games an overdue shock to their system.
Call for Submissions: Urban Legends
Overview “Urban Legends” is a compilation zine about urban legends, local myths, and folklore. Share your writing or art that’s […]
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photo from Hot Docs by Richelle Charkot The phrase “the show must go on” rings in neon flashing lights throughout […]
Comics by Gord Hill: Positive and Negative
Gord Hill’s comics appear in every issue of Broken Pencil. Click the image to view it in larger format. Gord […]
Alison’s Pick: Barbarian Press
All photos by Brian Howell In the world of DIY/small-press book arts, letterpress books are perhaps the most fastidious […]
Broken Pencil Spring Sale – $10 for a whole year!
Start the season off right with a fresh new subscription! Get one year (4 issues) of Broken Pencil for only […]
Hot Docs: Raving Iran
by Richelle Charkot “We can’t make music here. We’re decaying in this country […] but we will have a future.” […]
Hot Docs: League of Exotique Dancers
by Richelle Charkot While the Hot Docs crowd was hooting and hollering during this heartfelt exploration of burlesque’s queens of […]
Welcome to our Fiction Editor, Colin Brush!
I’ve been a fan of Broken Pencil’s short story section since I first peeled open the magazine way back when […]
Colin’s Pick: Collin Willis
[image via collinwillis.com] This’ll do for anyone wanting some weird art. Collin Willis toys around with a bunch of media […]
Zine Philosophy: On Self-Care, Race and Representation in Zinemaking
In 2016, the word ‘woman’ still remains synonymous with cis, white, able-bodied, skinny and middle-class in North American imaginations. I […]
Hal’s Pick: Kingdom of Dog
Kingdom of Dog! This self published comic won the Canzine festival’s one-two punch book pitch back in 2015. Now its […]
