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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Deleted Zines
Digging the dirt on ex-zinesters For some people, a lot of their time and efforts are simply sucked up into […]
Error State
Making music in your pocket One of my favourite things about media these days is its portability. Not to […]
Zine Philosophy
Spreading the word The concept of 1234V was born out of a desire to share the beloved task of […]
Introducing Sarah Steinberg
column: Introducing Sarah Steinberg I’ve been so busy with my new summer friends By Sarah Steinberg I’ve been so busy […]
Editor’s Note
column: Editor’s Note By Lindsay Gibb Last issue we talked a lot about the economy. Our take was on how […]
Team Macho in NYC
Artist in Residence: Team Macho in NYC By Team Macho Team Macho is having our first ever solo show in […]
Long Time Listener, First Time Caller
By Team Macho Just an update to let everyone know a bit more about a fantastic opportunity we have gotten! […]
Back in the City
Artist in Residence: Back in the City By Team Macho Hi Everyone! I have just returned from a harrowing month […]
The flies are sticking
By Team Macho There is a Portuguese bakery I frequent. It is full of very friendly very talkative not so […]
Something small in Toronto, something medium in New York
Artist in Residence: Something small in Toronto, something medium in New York By Team Macho Today is delivery day for […]
Artist in Residence: Team Macho
Team Macho Team Macho is a collaborative art collective comprised of members Nicholas Aoki, G. Stephen Appleby-Barr, Christopher Buchan, Lauchie […]