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 […]
Spring Canzine 2024 is ALIVE! ALIVE!!!
It's time to enter the ZINE ZONE. From April 13th to the 21st, support independent artists and zinesters at the biggest online zine fest across all time and space!
Doc Saddlestitch is Lost in the Zine Zone!! Find Him and Win Big!!
Famous mad zine scientist Doc Saddlestich has entered the Zine Zone with prize packs and Canzine discount codes. Track him down and they can all be yours!
Online Canzine 2024 Vendors
Prepare to enter... THE ZINE ZONE! Meet the vendors coming to this year's online Canzine!
Bug Milk Brings Online Canzine Offline at The Beguiling
Comics, comedy and prizes! Come on down for our IRL launch party of our URL zine fest!
Introducing Broken Pencil 101: Poster Boy
The internet is dying. Let's give a toast. In our latest issue, we speak to online's baddest boy: Dril. Learn about art, philosophy, logging off, all that garbage. Plus floods, rugs, Stooges and the winners of the Zine Awards!
Call for Submissions: Vermin
Vermin seeking “Against Pleasure” submissions by May 10th.
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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 […]
Despite What You’ve Heard, Zines Aren’t Dead
Liz Worth investigates the survival of zines and finds that they’re more important than ever “In web-centric world of 1,001 […]
Questionnaire with Broken Arts: Small Press of Toronto Spring Fair 2011 Edition
In anticipation of Small Press of Toronto Spring Fair this weekend, Broken Pencil has put together some previews for you […]
The Advocate for Fagdom
Filmmaker and early zinester, Bruce LaBruce, has been an inspiration to many Canadian punks, gay activists, sexual liberators and general […]
Renegade Craft Season
By Grace Evans It’s craft season again across the U.S as the summer Renegade Craft Fair winds its way through […]
To Do List: Toronto Comic Arts Fest
Did you know there’s some 300 cartoonists attending this weekend’s Toronto Comic Arts Festival? That is one certifiable clusterfuck of […]
TUFF Now Accepting Submissions
The Toronto Urban Film Festival needs YOU! Well, not you specifically. Just your homemade silent one-minute films that you keep […]