Behind the Drywall
Behind the Drywall Artzine, Nikki Reimer & Andrea Mackenzie Engele, 20 pgs, Gytha Press, gythapress.org,$9.25 A striking, symmetrical Art Deco-inspired […]
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.
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.
Review: Investigation Into Alleged Gatherings on Government Premises During COVID Restrictions, or The Case of the Forbidden Jamborees
Henry Hardwicke Carruthers provides a wry, meticulous and absurdist satire of the absurdist scandal plaguing Boris Johnson.
Announcing Our Final Judge for the 2022 Zine Awards!
Acclaimed Cartoonist Sami Alwani joins our panel for the blazing hot Zine Awards! Enter today!
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Founded in 2017, Broken Pencil Zine Awards celebrates excellence in independent, underground zine making and micro-printing!
Call for Submissions: EYESUCK ZINE
Submissions Self-aware, witty humour that points to Y2K nostalgia. Comics Poetry Microfiction (500-1000 words) Requirements Must follow the theme of […]
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Zine Awards 2021 Infozine of the Year: Tracing Chinatown by Charmain Wong
Tracing Chinatown follows a select narrative of Toronto’s Chinatown West through a colourfully illustrated, place-based lens. It examines the changing […]
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 […]
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 […]