Cold Comfort – REWRITE
By Terri Favro I found it spread-eagled on a sack of organic potatoes –– one of those dolls with a […]
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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Cardigan Blues – REWRITE
By Nana K. Adjei-Brenyah We are those dudes. The muscle and the gavel, the Friday night lights. Together we run […]
Recap: King Street Alternative Film and Video Festival
Over the weekend, we braved the snowstorm along with a contingent of local artists, filmmakers, producers and cinephiles and traveled […]
Indie Events: Feb 11 – Feb 17
TORONTO Tuesday February 12/Wednesday February 13, 6-9pm, 3-D Printing and Kissing Booth, Untitled&Co, 717 Queen Street West This is a […]
I’m Not Scared of You or Anything
By Jon Paul Fiorentino Illustration by Matthew Daley Ingrid, the bar you walked into is undoubtedly my bar. I […]
The Offbeat
By Jeanie Keogh I belly-flop onto the king-size hotel bed. Tomorrow we are on the road at eight. Tonight is […]
The King Beet
By Graeme Lottering The sun is below me, bright and vivid—my lashes unable to contain it. I see glassy micro-droplets […]
Deathmatch Round 3 So Far: Let’s Get Fierce
We’re at mid-week for Round 3 of the Deathmatch Quarterfinals, and things immediately kicked off with a bang. Competitors Brittany […]
The Year the Punk Book Broke
Indie publishers are suddenly seeing the value of documenting punk history. Ian Gormely investigates why authors and first-wave punks are […]
Lonely and Loving It: Some Alternative Valentine’s Day Events
Every year Valentine’s Day rolls around and a collective groan can be heard from a majority of the population. We’re subjected to […]
Trying
By Emily Kendy I woke up Monday morning feeling out of whack and as scrambled as a failing hard drive. […]