Spring Canzine 2024 is ALIVE! ALIVE!!!

It's time to enter the ZINE ZONE. From April 13th to the 21st, support independent artists and zinesters at the biggest online zine fest across all time and space!

Doc Saddlestitch is Lost in the Zine Zone!! Find Him and Win Big!!

Famous mad zine scientist Doc Saddlestich has entered the Zine Zone with prize packs and Canzine discount codes. Track him down and they can all be yours!

Online Canzine 2024 Vendors

Prepare to enter... THE ZINE ZONE! Meet the vendors coming to this year's online Canzine!

Bug Milk Brings Online Canzine Offline at The Beguiling

Comics, comedy and prizes! Come on down for our IRL launch party of our URL zine fest!

Introducing Broken Pencil 101: Poster Boy

The internet is dying. Let's give a toast. In our latest issue, we speak to online's baddest boy: Dril. Learn about art, philosophy, logging off, all that garbage. Plus floods, rugs, Stooges and the winners of the Zine Awards!

Call for Submissions: Vermin

Vermin seeking “Against Pleasure” submissions by May 10th.

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Latest Reviews

Review: We Won’t Be Here Tomorrow and Other Stories

Every good ghost story should make you feel like we live in a haunted world. Writer Margaret Killjoy can accomplish this chilling effect without relying on any ghosts.

Review: Boobless

In an age where gender affirming care is increasingly being restricted, it is a political act to describe your journey through top surgery. Boobless breaks down how difficult recovering from this surgery would have been without the support of partners, friends and family.

Review: Hypnogogia: Book One

Hypnogagia is a zine that invites you to further explore the psycho-dream imagery its artists have created. It’s unfortunate that you aren’t invited to engage further.

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Latest Posts

20 Independent Videogames You Should Play

Hal Niedzviecki (Moderator)

By Mathew Kumar Independent video games come in all shapes and all sizes, from boxed titles for sale in stores […]

Playing Dice with the Devil: What happens when the BP staff meets a pile of board games

Lindsay

By Lindsay Gibb Games from my past are strewn all over my living room floor. These are the spoils uncovered […]

Pieces on the Urban Gameboard: Is urban gaming a revolution or just a mindless exercise?

Hal Niedzviecki (Moderator)

By Mike Drench “The first time I played here, it was the most terrifying experience of my life,” says Matt […]

Indie Gaming Revolution: Indie games and the rise of DIY mod culture

Hal Niedzviecki (Moderator)

By James King We’d usually begin it with a slip of paper passed during class, or maybe a phone call […]

Post-Punk: The Revival of Daniel Jones

Liz Worth

With two upcoming reissues of Daniel Jones’ work, Liz Worth looks back on the influence and memory of Toronto’s lost […]

Excelsior 1968

Hal Niedzviecki (Moderator)

By John Martz

Product of the Issue

Sid

Idiots’Books By Norah Franklin In 2006, Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr quit their 9-5 jobs in Baltimore and moved into […]

ABC

Hal Niedzviecki (Moderator)

By Melissa Bovaird On February 12th a group of dedicated (or at least not-quite-right) individuals trekked through the worst of […]

Moetown Hoedown

Hal Niedzviecki (Moderator)

By Melissa Bovaird Vernon Smith doesn’t hate the term “alt country,” he is just proud to be the first to […]

Canadian Internet Radio Take-over

Hal Niedzviecki (Moderator)

Indie Love Radio By Melissa Bessey When we think of Canadian independent music, visions of unknown garage bands and seedy […]

Indie Lit Makes It Big in Hungary

Richard Rosenbaum (Moderator)

By Richard Rosenbaum Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, and the resulting chaos across Eastern […]

Toronto Free Library

Sid

By Norah Franklin This summer, curators Maiko Tanaka and Sarah Todd will explore the familiar institution of the library within […]