Interview: Joey Comeau
A BP online exclusive By Brooke Ford “The literary world, especially regarding headless monstrosities with incomprehensible messages from beyond the grave, […]
Folio: Catalina Cheng on Ceramics and Preservation of Queer Art History
Folio asks artists and curators to gather works made with unexpected materials and adapt them for the printed page. In this issue we speak with Catalina Cheng, whose work in ceramics bridges familiar traditions, radiant pride and honouring the queer artists erased by history.
Introducing Our Summer Issue: Fun & Games
Hark! Adventurers! Join us in this magical, magazine quest as Broken Pencil guides you through the weird and wonderful realm of indie tabletop roleplaying games!
Review: Run Wolf Run
Run Wolf Run is a well done comic-and printed in nice risograph package to boot, but does that make it worth howling over?
Stop Saying I Look Like The Zinester American Girl Doll!
Jenn Woodall has had it up TO HERE with these cherubic luxury nostalgia-baiting mall dolls being passed off as DIY 'girl power.'
Introducing the First Two 2023 Zine Award Judges: KC Green and Gretchen Felker-Martin!
The acclaimed cartoonist and the queen of gruesome tales join our panel for this year's competition!
Call for Submissions: HOCUS OVER THE THRESHOLD
Submissions In honour of the solstice, the theme is OVER THE THRESHOLD. Send your stories and poems of planetary […]
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Riot on Campus
An analysis of two books on girl culture By Janine Amin Girl Zines: making media doing feminism by Alison Piepmeier, New […]
Cut and Paste Fish Sticks
Brooke Ford follows Rob Kovitz’s frozen odyssey By Brooke Ford “I have imagined a man who might live as the coldest […]
Escaping Sonja Ahlers
Canada’s collage queen hides out in the Yukon and finds her selves By Hal Niedzviecki Sonja Ahlers is currently hiding out […]
I Want My Web TV!
How low-budget online programs are challenging the network fare By David Silverberg Two hardcore metal musicians are spinning hiphop records at […]
The Winter of Art’s Discontent
During a recession, governments both federal and municipal are on the hunt for places to cut costs and the arts […]
Q&A with Emily Pohl-Weary on the Parkdale Street Writers Workshop
This Friday, July 1 at 7pm at the Gladstone Hotel, the Parkdale Street Writers Workshop launches Underground Inspirations, a beautiful […]
Mr. Monitor
Check for weekly episodes of Mr. Monitor at www.brokenpencil.com/mrmonitor throughout the summer.
Editor’s Note
When I was 17 and looking for people to relate to, Broken Pencil was my enlightenment. The first copy of […]
Border Patrol
A surveillance of small presses outside the Canadian border By Spencer Gordon Mud Luscious Press As the ground freezes […]
50 People (And Places) We Love
By Brooke Ford, Lindsay Gibb, Nathaniel G. Moore, Hal Niedzviecki, Richard Rosenbaum, Ian Sullivan Cant & Derek Winkler For our […]
Broken Pencil’s 15 Year Timeline
1995: Hal Niedzviecki and Hilary Clark drink several pitchers of beer at the now defunct Beverly Tavern. Hal: We should […]