Chicken and Bits
By Aerin Fogel I had a sister right up until I was 32, when she publicly disowned me on The […]
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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Indie Events Roundup: January 19 – 25
GUTS launches its new issue on Saturday at 3030. [image via facebook] Tuesday, January 20 TORONTO Art Bar Poetry […]
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My Life as the Reincarnation of Dorothy Parker
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Label of the Month: Headless Owl Records
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Help launch the print branch of FreezeRay Poetry by pre-ordering our first season of books! Often the purpose of crowdfunding […]
Indie Events Roundup: January 12-18
Unicorn costume party. Winnipeg gay bar. This weekend. Get creative! Monday, January 12 TORONTO Trampoline Hall, 7:40pm, The Garrison, 1197 […]
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Heart String- Death Match 2012 Winner
Heart String by Chase Baird I grimace as Matt’s roommate exits his bedroom and crowds the tiny kitchen space SAIT […]
Fun with Crowdfunding: Ferguson
Ferguson is a 64-page, 8.5″ x 11″ printed magazine-style book containing 34 original black and white photographs as well as excerpts […]