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"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."
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.
Life doesn’t unfold in a neat narrative, neither does Kelly Fruh's brief, deft, illustrated vignettes.
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.
Overview “Urban Legends” is a compilation zine about urban legends, local myths, and folklore. Share your writing or art that’s […]
View all Calls for SubmissionsWith Canzine West fast approaching (this Sunday!), Broken Pencil wants to squeeze in a few more introductions before the festivities […]
At this year’s Toronto Canzine, we brought together an illustrator, a poet and a zinester for an event that, admittedly, […]
By Laura Trethewey Across Canada, writers, illustrators, craftsters and zinesters are feeling the pinch (or throttle) of the recession. But […]
Meet Aaron Read, artist extraordinaire from Burnaby B.C., who created this year’s Canzine West poster (above) along with Jaz Halloran. […]
Clocks went back an hour, meaning more time to check out some awesome events! TORONTO November 7, Book Launch: Groundwork […]
After a pleasurable hour scrolling through the internet, we have returned with some goodies for this week’s round-up. So come, […]
Reading at this year’s Canzine West, Broken Pencil brings you the widely published Vancouver writer, Kevin Chong. Author of Baroque-a-Nova […]
Before you pack up your costumes for the year, come to one of the many spooky indie events happening across […]
Arsenal Pulp, Joyland and Broken Pencil present Kevin Chong, Hal Niedzviecki, Kathryn Mockler at Type Books, 883 Queen Street West […]
EXAMINING SMALL PRESSES OUTSIDE OF CANADA This issue, our correspondent visits the zany and enterprising duo behind Chicago’s FEATHERPROOF BOOKS […]
Just like we have a weekly round-up of indie events each Monday, we’re now introducing a end-of-week round-up of things […]
This summer the Purple Thistle Centre — a youth-run community centre for arts and activism in Vancouver — hosted a […]