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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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Latest Reviews

Review: Love Is A Place But You Cannot Live There

The human brain and its capacity to love have never been simple. Jade Wallace’s poetry incites a lot of introspection into how we are connected to our environments in intimate ways, but not necessarily made loving by them.

Review: Feminism for a Genderqueer Generation

The way Melendez mixes theory with personal anecdotes is a graceful way to deliver intellectual critique with relatable humour. This is a strong, accessible read that even someone who might be hearing about “agender” for the first time can understand.

Review: People Collide

Unfolding like a thriller, People Collide is as much about marriage and what draws people together (and apart) as it is about gender or art.
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Latest Posts

Indie Events Roundup April 13 – 19

Jonathan Valelly

  This weekend, zinesters, bookmakers, authors, and everyone cool flock to Buffalo for two days of BSPBF! Don’t sleep! Monday, […]

Event Recap: RIPE 2015!

Alison Lang (Moderator)

words and photos by Jonathan Rotsztain It’s spring and snowing in Rhode Island as zinesters and readers descend on the […]

Fun with Crowdfunding: QueerofGender

Jonathan Valelly

[image via youcaring.com] QueerofGender (QofG) is an emerging grassroots organization and online transnational visibility project, for racialized folks, by racialized […]

Indie Events Round-Up April 6-12

Jonathan Valelly

  Kazoo! Fest’s Print Expo is this Saturday in Guelph! (image via facebook) Tuesday, April 7 TORONTO Rashaad Newsome Artist […]

Indie Events March 30- April 5

Jonathan Valelly

Kapusta’s cabbage-like layers launch on Tuesday in Vancouver.   Monday, March 30 TORONTO “This is a Terrible Cover.” “I did […]

Tying in Diversity with Twine Games

Soha Kareem

    by: Soha Kareem I grew up engrossed in video games. I remember hiding behind a pillow, navigating past two-dimensional […]

Indie Events Roundup: March 23-29

Jonathan Valelly

  Radical Queer Semaine is going on in Montréal, including Post Porn Night this Wednesday! Monday, March 22 TORONTO Skanky […]