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 […]
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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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
Backpage: Pictorial Profile: Becky Johnson By Claire Manning
Lint
Comic: Lint By Charlie Teljeur
Column: Zine Philosophy
Column: Zine Philosophy By Claire Wiltshire The streets of Melbourne, Australia, are a canvas for provocative art. Despite the council’s attempts […]
Column: Deleted Zines Digging the dirt on ex-zinesters
Column: Deleted Zines Digging the dirt on ex-zinesters By Nathaniel G. Moore As a former resident of Waterloo in the late […]