Darryl’s Hard Liquor and Porn Film Festival
sharpener: Darryl’s Hard Liquor and Porn Film Festival By Broken Pencil Last fall a few hundred people in teased wigs […]
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.
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.
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.
Review: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
What makes Beaton’s book so powerful and unique is her close watch on the day-to-day life of oil sands work. A glimpse into what a lunchroom looks like, assigned housing, a party, a ride in a truck with a co-worker you trust and a ride with one you don’t.
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.
Call for Submissions: Vermin
Vermin seeking “Against Pleasure” submissions by May 10th.
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On The Prowl
sharpener: On the Prowl Hunter and Cook search for interesting new work By Derek Winkler “There are two different kinds […]
Mail Art Olympix
sharpener: Mail Art Olympix Ed Varney creates a democratic arts event in Vancouver By Lindsay Gibb Throughout his time as […]
The Indie Store Revival
sharpener: The Indie Store Revival Repsycho and Heartbeat 960 breathe life back into consignment shopping By Jessica Lewis Toronto’s independent […]
Nerd Girl Pinups
sharpener: Nerd Girl Pinups By Derek Winkler If there’s one thing the Internet does not lack, it’s nerds. If there’s […]
Grrrlblud
sharpener: Grrrlblud Archiving riot grrrl’s zine history By A. Wolfe Folded once, saddle-stitched and greased silky with the grips of […]
An Interview with Kaie Kellough
An Interview with Kaie Kellough An online exclusive By Joel Deshaye Kaie Kellough is a bilingual poet, editor, educator, and […]
Philip Quinn’s The Skeleton Dance
Philip Quinn’s The Skeleton Dance An online exclusive interview By Nathaniel G. Moore Recently BP assistant editor Nathaniel G. Moore […]
Flatmancrooked
Flatmancrooked The US micropress with mega-ideas By Nathaniel G. Moore If you’re wondering what a press called Flatmancrooked Publishing is […]
Grease Lightning
feature: Grease Lightening Poet Billeh Nickerson’s latest offering is fresh from the deep fryer and teeming with substance By Nathaniel […]
Backpage: Pictorial Profile: Becky Johnson
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Lint
Comic: Lint By Charlie Teljeur