Back in the City
Artist in Residence: Back in the City By Team Macho Hi Everyone! I have just returned from a harrowing month […]
Introducing Broken Pencil 102: Cop City
In March of 2023, more than 50 individuals were indicted in Georgia on RICO charges. We take a look at Cop City and how it became a chilling assault on free expression.
The Best in Canadian Self-Published Comics to be Honoured at Doug Wright Awards
Strange and lurid. Enlightening and electrifying. It only becomes truer the further down you go. The Pigskin Peter Award celebrates the best comics underground.
Review: Resist #50
Mat Resist's DIY institution, which I first encountered at a Christian alternative music festival held on a former pig farm, hits a milestone. Surviving and thriving in the Anthropocene.
First the Press, Then the Streets
In the early 1900s, Spain was at the forefront of the largest anarchist movement in history. According to James Yeoman, it would not have been possible without the underground press.
The Tide Turns in Time
How Michael Novick and his street action political zine Turning the Tide evolved to put radical media in the hands of the people.
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Something small in Toronto, something medium in New York
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Artist in Residence: Team Macho
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DIY 905 Style
folio: DIY 905 Style Revamping the city that has no style By Jennifer Emily 1) We are a city that […]
Marquez & Company
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Dramatis Personae (Characters for a Buddy Movie about Gay-Bi-Transgendered Cops)
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Wedding
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We Should Make Things
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Computer Generated Poetry is Cool
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Artist Trading Cards
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Indie Rock Colouring Book
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