Editor’s Note
By Lindsay Gibb As the new editor of an independent art magazine I find myself feeling guilty. The guilt stems […]
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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By Sarah Gordon October 16.04. We had a parade today. A big fucking dog and pony show for the governor […]
The Minutes
By Peter Norman A respectable man noticed a woman seated on a bench, gazing around her and writing in a […]
Hands Held at Religious Angles
By Kevin Spenst Tiny deposits of magic were contained in the tears of fairies and it was for this reason […]
Hipster Bingo
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Etiquette
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Five Simple Steps To Greater Joy in This World of Sorrow
By Wayne Alan Brenner Step One The first thing you need to do is: let this document fall. That’s right, […]
Overdue Journals
By Chasen Paul Books are the hardest thing to throw away. You try to sell them for a dollar, five […]
And the Doodlers Shall Collectively Doodle
By Hana Marku What is a comic jam, you ask? It’s a group of people who like to draw comics […]
Fists of Steel
By Michelle Kay What do you get when you put Captain Morgan, Santa Claus, Superman, scores of men in colourful […]