Indie Events: April 9-15
A surreal tapestry show in Montreal; readings and fundraisers in Toronto and more in this week’s indie events. MONTREAL Thursday, […]
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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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Friday’s Round-Up: Found on the Internet
Add a little old-school indie flair to all your creative projects with this new font taken the seminal punk rock […]
Las Vegas Zine Library
Verbicide Magazine‘s co-publisher, Jackson Ellis, spoke with the founder and curator of the Las Vegas Zine Library for Broken Pencil. […]
For Derek
Broken Pencil’s good friend Derek McCormack is recovering from cancer surgery and needs money for a long journey back to […]
Indie Events: April 2-8
Book launches, underground strolls and more in this week’s […]
How to Push Your Political Agenda Using Your Bod
Pasties are captivating. They sparkle and shine. They draw you into a world of bawdy titillation. They give the illusion […]
The Jesus
What Jesus can’t fix tonight the whiskey certainly might… –Hawksley Workman It’s pissing rain by the time she gets off […]
One Month Ago
August 27, 2004 Getting out of my chair to check the date, I’m surprised to remember it’s Friday. Just weeks […]
What Globalization Can’t Touch
A tingle starts in my fingertips every time I pick up a zine. Sometimes the heavy grit of a screen-printed […]
Burlesque Not Dead
The words “burlesque” and “vaudeville” conjure up images of slapstick comedy, women in pasties and over-the-top emcees in ruffled tuxedos. […]
Reluctant provocateurs
Burlesque was born in the mid-1800s as a send-up of contemporary plays, songs, and manners. As an art form dominated […]