Deathmatch So Far: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
It’s been nearly two weeks since the Broken Pencil Indie Writers’ Deathmatch 2013 kicked off, with the second round of […]
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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Found On The Internet
This is a special edition of “Found” curated by our intrepid intern, Ryan. Thanks Ryan! Sci Show: Looking to expand […]
Muscle Man
By Brittany Smith Muscle Man’s plastic hands are curled into fists. His chest muscles bulge. He wears yellow briefs over […]
Introducing Ryan, Our New Intern
Hey everyone – say hello to our new intern Ryan. This keen young man will be helping out with […]
Fun With Crowd Funding: Chicken Outfit
The indie comic Chicken Outfit exists at the intersection between quirky, violent and a little bit smutty. Co-creators Joe Deagnon […]
Q & A: 20 Years of above/ground press
Photo by Christine McNair Poet, novelist, editor and publisher rob mclennan has run Ottawa-based above/ground press since 1993. The press […]
Indie Events: Jan 28 – Feb 3
Do you have an indie event you’d like us to mention in this weekly listing? Send an email with the […]
Cold Comfort
By Terri Favro I found the first one spread-eagled on a sack of organic potatoes –– one of those dolls […]
Little Cooking Hands
by Chris Kuriata Hey kids! Did you know you can make a ghost appear by baking a pizza? It’s true. […]
Fun With Crowdfunding: The Carl Wagan Bookmobile
Last summer, OCAD University professor Shannon Gerard and the OCAD University Student Gallery teamed up to create the Carl Wagan […]
Indie Events: Jan 21 – Jan 27
TORONTO Monday Jan 21, 7pm, Stuff That Matters, The Garrison, 1197 Dundas Street West, free Stuff That Matters is a […]
Found On The Internet
Bargain Bin Blasphemy: The administrator of this website goes to thrift shops and the like, finds classic old records and […]