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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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Latest Reviews

Review: Love Is A Place But You Cannot Live There

The human brain and its capacity to love have never been simple. Jade Wallace’s poetry incites a lot of introspection into how we are connected to our environments in intimate ways, but not necessarily made loving by them.

Review: Feminism for a Genderqueer Generation

The way Melendez mixes theory with personal anecdotes is a graceful way to deliver intellectual critique with relatable humour. This is a strong, accessible read that even someone who might be hearing about “agender” for the first time can understand.

Review: People Collide

Unfolding like a thriller, People Collide is as much about marriage and what draws people together (and apart) as it is about gender or art.
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Friday Round-Up: Found on the Internet

Hal Niedzviecki (Moderator)

An oh-so-brief round-up of what we were reading through this week: Brooklyn cartoonist Julia Wertz (of the great comics collection […]

More Deathmatch!

Colin Brush

It’s been the match of the drunk against the doped. Bacchus rumbles through the streets on wine, booze, and beer […]

Saved by the Salivation Army

Colin Brush

Scott Treleaven springs from the couch we’re sitting on and manoeuvres through his living room, hopping over all sorts of […]

Hipsters Are Annoying Interview

Ryan Bigge

In late August 2002, “Aimee Plumley” began hipstersareannoying.com, a blog dedicated to “all the absurd and annoying things New York City […]

Lulu’s Luck

Colin Brush

As soon as Lulu walked into my apartment I knew she was pregnant. I have this weird knack for knowing […]

Halt.

Joey Comeau

one I’m off to Dartmouth, to apply for a job as a security “officer.” My friend, Jeff, had a job […]

Ferris Moves on to the Finals!

Colin Brush

  Wild week in the Indie Writers Deathmatch. Claire Ferris took the win. Both side threw out cheating accusations as […]

Indie Events: Feb 27 – March 4

Hal Niedzviecki (Moderator)

Zine Library fundraisers and strrrrrrrip spelling bees in Toronto and Montreal in this week’s indie events listings. TORONTO Monday, Feb […]