Canadian Gothic
Whether he’s working with an indie press or a large comic publisher, graphic novelist and comic artist Jeff Lemire creates […]
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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Folio
by Andrea Hoff Andrea Hoff is a writer, artist and filmmaker. She is currently living in Vancouver where she is […]
Excerpted from Tremendous Tales: A Microfiction Anthology
by Christopher Olson Christopher Olson is a freelance journalist from Montreal, where he writes and illustrates the microfiction comic Tremendous […]
Excerpted from Lesson Plans, Touring Vans & How I Started Teaching
by Dallas Thompson 02/22/08 Friday. One week down, eight to go. Ugh, but I think I can do it. Today […]
Pictorial Profile: Zines in Zambia
by Phil McAndrew
Excerpted from ‘Wich: A Zine About Sandwiches
by Averill Smith Averill Smith is a mild-mannered meteorology student by day and a zinester/poster artist by night. She co-authors […]
Excerpted from No Hope
By Jason Dean Jason Dean has been self-publishing his comic NO HOPE intermittently for about 10 years. In the […]
Rebecca Kraatz Looks Back To Push Graphic Novels Forward
By Stacey May Fowles “If I don’t do something I feel compelled to do, I know I’ll be unhappy and […]
Art on Two Wheels
The rise of cycling as culture by David Silverberg It’s a bright Toronto day, perfect for a bike ride. In […]