Cut and Paste…And Go to Jail?
By Jonathan Culp Have you ever read a zine that was made partially or entirely out of magazine clippings? Have […]
It Was Fun Until It Wasn’t: Broken Pencil, 1995-2024
It is with profound sadness that I announce the closure of Broken Pencil Magazine, an independent publication I co-founded 30 […]
BP is Closed, But You Can Still Access Our Archives
Dear friends, Broken Pencil’s fabulous thirty year run has concluded. But we are going to keep our website and archives […]
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.
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."
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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Edible Artistry
A few morsels about six artists whose muse is food Food has long been the subject of paintings and photographs. […]
Food Hacking
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Food For Thought
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All-You-Can-Grow Buffet
How some city dwellers are rebelling against the tyranny of the grocery store By David Silverberg If you live in […]
Lockpick Pornography
This novel starts out strong, with a crash course into the main character’s mind. He smashes TVs if someone in […]
Editor’s Note
By Anna Bowness I wasn’t being objective or disinterested when I devised the theme of this issue. I was, at […]
Zine Philosophy
By Nadja Martens It was late in the night, or rather early in the morning that my mother and I […]
do i look like i’m smiling?
By Catherine Paquette July.2.____ mother thinks i am a maniac. today i told her i was a terrorist and she […]
Too Much Mean Me
By Geoffrey Brown We both were there. We were both there. I was who I was there. When I was […]