Beauty is Embarrassing
I’ve spent the majority of this week at Hot Docs watching films about artists and makers and their drive to […]
It Was Fun Until It Wasn’t: Broken Pencil, 1995-2024
It is with profound sadness that I announce the closure of Broken Pencil Magazine, an independent publication I co-founded 30 […]
BP is Closed, But You Can Still Access Our Archives
Dear friends, Broken Pencil’s fabulous thirty year run has concluded. But we are going to keep our website and archives […]
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.
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."
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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Another Young Lust Story
By Craig Sernotti She wanted him immediately. She was young, 19, and needed one last fling before she got married. He […]
Colin Upton — The Transcript
By Dalton Sharp Colin Upton: Well, honestly there hasn’t been that much controversy on the subject matter. I think alternative comics […]
Our Voice is Our Weapon
By Kara Sievewright Body: Painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, and comics artist, Tania Willard is also the editor of Redwire Magazine, an […]
Interview with the Wooden Stars
By Andy, Kieran and Marc We caught up with the Wooden Stars after their show with Sofa and Starbean last winter […]
The Suitcase
By Angela When people asked me who my parents were, I always said “Robert and Mary Smith.” Some people would laugh […]
The Music
By Krystyne The music was loud and draining me out of my balance. The dance ball, with its speckled glass pieces […]
Precious Moments
By Malcolm Fraser Body: As a kid I thought I had come up with the idea of reincarnation. I excitedly told […]
The Melody Makers
By Alex Taylor I discovered the Melody Makers a few years back via their self-titled 1963 LP, which has remained a […]
Music No.1: Aubrey
By Glendon McKinney “When my father died we put him in the ground. When my father died it was like a […]
A Day In The Life Of A (Soon To Be Former) Albertan
It was the first day of the Canada day long weekend. Alberta being Canada’s playground for predatory free-marketeers, there can […]
Cigar
By Jonathan Goldstein “I’ll take one of those,” said Lou to the novelty store owner, pointing to the exploding cigars behind […]