Our Cause
excerpt: Our Cause By Jeff Parker I knew we were in for trouble the moment the locals, who call resort […]
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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Jeff Parker Can’t Lose
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The Fall of Books
feature: The Fall of Books Jurassic erotica, those who can’t, quarter-life crises, paramedic muses and so much poetry you’ll puke. […]
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Carrying the Torch
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feature: Don’t Forget the Ampersand IAIN BAXTER& has been making conceptual art for 45 years. David Silverberg talks to the […]
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