Message in a Tin
Like so many worthwhile but unlikely projects, the idea for Cigar-Tin Stories, “came from something obsessive.” Kingston author and painter […]
The BP Fall Bundle Sale is On Now
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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."
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.
Introducing Broken Pencil 103: Cruel to be Kind
There are brighter days underground. Our latest issue features Cruelty Squad creator and Finnish artist Ville Kallio speaking about the anticipated follow-up to his unlikely hit and giving video games an overdue shock to their system.
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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Book Bombing
The Philadephia-based public installation project Book Bombs started when printmaker Michelle Wilson wrote a note to her friend Mary Tasillo […]
Editor’s Note
So far, 2011 has been an exhausting but exciting year for Broken Pencil. We started the year with our 50th […]
Jason and the Comics
column: Jason and the Comics By Jason Turner
Zine Philosophy
column: Zine Philosophy Calgary’s Got Rad Womyn, Okay? By Samantha Trees Ever since I moved to Calgary, Alberta two years […]
Deleted Zines
column: Deleted Zines Digging the Dirt on Ex-Zinesters By Nathaniel G. Moore Ah, the personal stigma that is body identity […]
Error State
column: Error State By skot deeming A number of years ago when I was in film school, one of my […]
Introducing Sarah Steinberg
column: Introducing Sarah Steinberg Notes for Speech upon acceptance of Bronze medal in the 2010 Emotional Winter Olympics By Sarah […]
Editor’s Note
column: Editor’s Note By Lindsay Gibb I’m tired of staring at computer screens. It’s something I do all day, every […]