More Deathmatch!
It’s been the match of the drunk against the doped. Bacchus rumbles through the streets on wine, booze, and beer […]
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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Saved by the Salivation Army
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
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
As soon as Lulu walked into my apartment I knew she was pregnant. I have this weird knack for knowing […]
Halt.
one I’m off to Dartmouth, to apply for a job as a security “officer.” My friend, Jeff, had a job […]
How to Leave Toronto For Montréal
Okay, so I agreed to write this article, but you have to promise to keep it quiet. Like if you’re […]
Ferris Moves on to the Finals!
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
Zine Library fundraisers and strrrrrrrip spelling bees in Toronto and Montreal in this week’s indie events listings. TORONTO Monday, Feb […]
How to have SEX in public (and get away with it)
1. Do it in a gallery and make it art. A rental space can lend a certain seriousness to the […]
Canuxploitation!
If you’ve ever caught a late night TV movie, you’ve probably seen some startling images. Young women happily eating the […]
The Deathmatch Continues!
The Indie Writers Deathmatch is speeding along nicely after last week derailment. Anti-Ferris propaganda covered the board on Tuesday as […]