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 […]
The BP Fall Bundle Sale is On Now
OVERSTOCK SALE!!! EVERYTHING MUST GO! WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! *ORDER NOW* Biggest Bundle Sale Ever is Here For Only $17.99 Limited […]
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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Staff Pick: The Critical Lede
This week’s pick is by Assistant Editor Jonathan Valelly. It’s possible that there are too many podcasts out there. Besides […]
Creative Politics: Responsible Event Organizing & Creative Practice During Rapid Gentrification
[image credit: Andrew Williamson, BlogTO] By Eddie Jude It’s happening: Toronto is undergoing a process of rapid gentrification. From Geary […]
Online Extra: 6 Principles of Responsible Organizing for Artists
Six principles of responsible creative arts practice and event organizing from the author of Issue 71’s Creative Politics, Eddie Jude. Acknowledge. You […]
So Long, Buffalo Small Press Book Fair
After 10 years of bringing together print creators and artists of all types, the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair is […]
YYZine Distro: Toronto’s Online Zine Fair
With zine and small press fairs happening almost every weekend, Toronto is flush with zines, chapbooks and DIY publishing. But […]
The Archaeologists: Chapter 1
This chapter is part of the ongoing serialization of The Archaeologists, the new novel by Hal Niedzviecki to be published […]
Hal’s Pick: Biogenesis
Hal is the founder, publisher and fiction editor of Broken Pencil. Biogenesis by Tatsuaki Ishiguro is published by New York-based Vertical […]
The Smell of Our Own: Thu Tran
Interview by Christopher Laursen Thu Tran is a multimedia DIY artist based in Brooklyn. Her work blends the everyday […]
Norah’s Pick: No Pain Like This Body
These days, I’ve been totally consumed with the politics and literature of the late 1960s and early 1970s in […]
Excerpt: An Angel Dances in the Capuchin Bone Chapel
An Angel Dances in the Capuchin Bone Chapel, by Jessica Bromley Bartram, 12 pgs, $10, http://jessicabartram.bigcartel.com/ An Angel Dances is a risograph illustrated zine based […]