Cardigan Blues
by Nana K. Adjei-Brenyah We are those dudes. The muscle and the gavel, the Friday night lights. Together we run […]
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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Marie
by Mikael Raheem I walk confidently towards my car, parked under a street lamp. The click of my shoes bounces […]
Reading Between the Bars
In Canada and the U.S., zines are thriving in an unlikely place: prison by Ashleigh Gaul For most zinesters and […]
Zines Are Undead
Six Meditations on the State of Zine-making Pictured: My Dad the Serial Killer by Ellyn H. O’Keefe, zine reviewed in […]
The King Street Alternative Film and Video Festival
Broken Pencil is pleased to be sponsoring the 3rd annual King Street Alternative Film and Video Festival, happening February 8th […]
Alice Quinn’s Infectious Passion For Comics
Alice Quinn of TDotComics The world of comics has exploded into pop culture in recent years. With the success of […]
Indie Events: Jan 14 – 20
TORONTO Tuesday January 15, 7:30pm, Write Club Toronto, The Garrison, 1197 Dundas Street West 4 pairs of writers face off […]
Found On The Internet
image from trudydoyle.wordpress.com Bad Writing – The Documentary: In college, Vernon Lott was an aspiring writer, idolizing the likes of […]
Fun With Crowdfunding
photo from dornob.com Bike Local: Toronto-based bike courier collective Send It is looking to expand its operations. The collective is […]
Indie Events: Jan 6 – 13
Hi hi there. Welcome to 2013, where the air is cold, the snow is wet and the sky can be […]
The EW Reading Series and Broken Pencil Present: Jumpin’ January!
Hey guys! Happy Nu Year! We are jumping back into the swing of things with the EW Reading series, […]
No Kind of Man
Laurie Laframbois tries to recall how she got to the field that extends past Monica Street. She remembers there was […]