Job Posting: Broken Pencil Seeks a Fiction Editor
March 8, 2016 Job Posting: Fiction Editor – Broken Pencil: the magazine of zine culture and the independent arts Part-time. […]
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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Jonathan’s Pick: A Berlin Diary
When Canadian artist Sholem Krishtalka moved to Berlin a few years ago I was bummed out — I had just […]
Waste Case: The Hardboiled Darkness of Andrew F. Sullivan
illustration by Joe Frontel by A.G. Pasquella Andrew F. Sullivan’s Twitter bio describes him as “Canada’s Gentle Brutalist” and that’s […]
The Deathmatch is Over!
Deathmatch 2016 has crowned its winner! Congratulations to Madeeha Hashmi for emerging from the rubble with Moulting – a story […]
Sneak Peek: Covers from Ricochet Books’ Canadian Noir
Vehicule Press has launched a new imprint solely devoted to excavating vintage Canadian noir mysteries. Here’s a sampling of the […]
Editor’s Pick: The Call of the Word
If you’re an aspiring fiction writer looking for guidance/encouragement, the experience of searching for classes can be daunting, simply because […]
Deathmatch 2016: THE FINALS
Go To DEATHMATCH.CA ! WATCH THE FINAL TWO STORIES DUKE IT OUT IN OUR ONLINE ARENA! Deathmatch 2016 is nearly at an end. […]
Up the Disabled Punx
The internet’s newest wave of stylish shit-disturbers — the Cripple Punks — are making noise about equality and accessibility in […]
Is Your Venue Accessible?
by Sean Gray Let’s be clear: No venue will be perfect. Disability is a spectrum, and what may be accessible […]
Jonathan’s Pick: Vietnamese Beef Jerky
It may not be a zine, a house show, or kombucha, and it’s definitely not vegan, but there’s no questioning […]
The Locker Project Brings Gonzo Art to High-Schoolers
This photo depicts an early installation of the Locker Project, a new art display set up at Kingston’s Loyalist College […]
Book Review: National Treasure
National Treasure: Nicolas Cage Lindsay Gibb, 90 pgs, ECW Press, ecwpress.com. $12.95 Take a moment and Google image search the […]