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Introducing Broken Pencil 103: Cruel to be Kind
There are brighter days underground. Our latest issue features Cruelty Squad creator and Finnish artist Ville Kallio speaking about the anticipated follow-up to his unlikely hit and giving video games an overdue shock to their system.
Zines Killed the Video Star
“I figure, if I have to be forced to live in this modern, cold and digital world, I can at least point to the physical objects that I love." Musician Mike Adams foregoes the 'lyric video' for a more analogue approach.
In the World of Trina Robbins
To read a Trina Robbins comic is to enter an alternate history: one in which the legions of women who entered the industry as writers, artists, and editors during the war years of the 1940s were never driven back out.
Review: at the 7/11 outside Club Q
A deeply personal zine rendering moments of grief and joy, cartoonist and science illustrator Annabel Driussi reflects on the aftermath of the shooting that occurred at Colorado Springs’ Club Q in November, 2022.
Call for Submissions: FiiLTHY GLO ZiNE ISSUE 3
THEME:: TRANSPiRE DEADLINE:: August 18, 2024 FG headquarters encourages you to hit us with some fiilth ((art)). We value new-fangled […]
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Fiction: Heartbreak for Dummies
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Fiction: Yes Man
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