Here’s Juror Number Two in the 2022 Zine Awards!
Do you hear that wonderful sound? That harmonious noise? Why, that must be the 2022 Broken Pencil Zine Awards… and […]
Nick Zedd’s Lovely Life of Scum
One of the most important and least accessible figures of the No Wave milieu, Nick Zedd’s films taught the important lesson that compelling art is unbound by any rules of aesthetics or taste.
Review: The Wig-Maker
Janet Gallant and Sharon Thesen fuse their poetry and prose in this powerful tale of tragedy and compassion.
Slacker Uprising: The Long Tradition of Anti-Work
A Reddit-driven rejection of labour surged during the pandemic, but it stems from a long tradition. An overlooked history of the anti-work movement and where it fits with modern organizing.
Review: Wasp Video Xpress #1
Carlos Gonzalez’ sense of humour is consumed by a world of rot and body horror; puerile, but also quite unique.
Introducing Our Summer Issue (And New Look): World Gone Sick
Grant Ionatán (aka HTML Flowers) believed a lifelong struggle with illness and isolation would have prepared them. The artist's confrontation with a world gone sick proved differently. Our Summer Issue explores the ways artists, zines and scenes evolved in a planet compromised by pandemic.
Call for Submissions: ANOTHER STORY BOOKSHOP ZINE
Submissions Prioritizing zines that amplify the voices of BIPOC & 2SLGBTQ+ writers & illustrators. Particularly interested in zines that engage […]
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The Broken Pencil Zine Awards 2022 Submission Showcase: Week 2
We’re back with another week of our submission showcase! All zines were randomly selected from the pool of Zine Awards […]
Cute Nose #1
Rotem Anna Diamant, 28 pgs,@rotemannadiamant, etsy.com/ca/shop/MonsterMaidenZines, $5 “I can’t get out of the tub,” laments the main figure of Cute […]
The Wild (Mis)adventures of a Queer Kinkster #1
Sage Pantony, 56 pgs, sagepantony.com, $7 Sex stories are like dreams, in that their recounting is usually much more exciting […]
The Broken Pencil 2022 Zine Awards Submissions Showcase
It’s that time of year again! The Broken Pencil Zine Awards is open for submissions. Over the next few weeks, […]
Meet the First Juror in the 2022 Zine Awards!
The 2022 Broken Pencil Zine Awards are gearing up! Since 2017 we have been celebrating the best of zines, across […]
Online Exclusive Fiction: The Drum
The Drum by Taaha Ali The individual dwellings were scattered about and incredibly rudimentary, forming a village. The women were […]
Sleemor Gank – Burg Land 1
Attempting to describe the first issue of Burg Landin a capsule review isa steep order, but I’ll give it a […]
Food zinesters hunger for more taste in writing
Immigrant kids will know this one well. You’re at school and it’s finally time for lunch. Brown paper bags crinkle, […]
Bitch Magazine Ends
On April 12, Bitch Media, the digital enterprise born out of the Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture zine, announced […]
Introducing Our Spring Issue: The Big Quit!!!
Exploited and exhausted, modern labourers are seeking a new possibility in the world of work: no work at all. In […]
Zine Awards 2021 Artzine of the Year: Diaspora Daughter/Diaspora Dyke by Christina Hajjar
This zine collects photography, poetry, and performance and objects to contend with intergenerational inheritance, personal histories, pleasure, loss, love, and […]