We Went to the Brooklyn Comics Fest
words and photos by Kasia Mychajlowycz The fourth Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival was a week of book releases, […]
The BP Fall Bundle Sale is On Now
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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: Dec 3 – 9
TORONTO Monday December 3, 8pm, Trampoline Hall, The Garrison, 1197 Dundas West, $5 tickets at door Curated by Sholem Krishtalka. […]
Found on the Internet
The High Cost of Doing (Comics) Business: The Zub Tales blog — written by Toronto-based writer, artist and Sheridan College […]
Diary of the Tokyo Design Festa
Andrew Woodrow-Butcher visits Asia’s largest art event and witnesses an intriguing combination of traditional artisans, wild pop-up installations and – […]
Indie Events: Nov 26 – Dec 2
TORONTO Monday November 26, 8pm, Gender Failure Show with Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon, Tallulah’s Cabaret, Buddies in Bad Times […]
Found on the Internet
Found on the Internet returns with some admittedly older stories that are still pretty great anytime. Party on. Try to […]
Indie Won. Now What?
Note: The essay below, published in October 2010 in Issue 49 of Broken Pencil, has been chosen as one of […]
Fun With Crowdfunding: Rob Sacchetto’s Cape Fear
Illustration from Cape Fear IndieGogo page, by Rob Sacchetto. Sudbury Ontario-based artist Rob Sacchetto is on the tail end […]
The Blaring House by Claire Seringhaus
Claire Seringhaus is a multidisciplinary artist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 2005 […]
Arrested Artists
Tara-Michelle Ziniuk investigates the growing role the DIY arts are playing in reflecting the experiences of political prisoners in North […]
Indie Events: Nov 19 – 25
Hey dudes, the holiday season is approaching, which means we want to know about craft fairs all across Canada, no […]
Canzine Portraits: Robin Bougie/Rebecca Dart
Fans of weirdo/cult/trashy ephemera and culture would do well to visit the Cinema Sewer table at Canzine West. Cinema Sewer […]