Weighing the Web
Two Broken Pencil staff members debate the benefits of the Internet as a cultural tool By Hal Niedzviecki and Derek […]
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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I’m Feeling Unlucky
Independent culture in the Google era By Ryan Bigge Part I So there’s this indie rock band from Toronto called […]
Paper is Boring. Comics are Awesome.
Richard Rosenbaum investigates how online comics sustain themselves It’s not that it’s impossible to become successful doing indie comics. In […]
Where the Wild Things Are
Poet Dani Couture walks the fine line between urban life and the natural world By Stacey May Fowles Canadian poetry has […]
How to Build Your Own Arcade Cabinet Out of Scraps
Lots of people are making their own games these days. Point-and-click tools (like Scratch and Game Maker) are making it […]
The Halbot 3000
Looking for someone to keep you company at zine fairs? Look no further than the companionship of a good robot. […]
How to Start Your Own Political Party
By Derek Winkler Hey you, activist person. Do you feel like you’ve been protesting for years and nothing much has changed? […]
The Undying Art of Mail
We used to send mail, and there used to be an underground movement of artists who made mail art. Laura […]
No Way Home
The uncertain future of Robert Thomas Payne, homeless zinester By Vakis Boutsalis There are two Robert Thomas Paynes in Toronto. One […]
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