Art Holes: Spaces of Resistance
Five illustrators offer snapshots from the front lines of political action in 2020 This section is typically where artists diagram […]
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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."
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.
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.
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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Online Exclusive: Dine ‘n’ Dash by Chris Gilmore
Dine ‘n’ Dash “Does it feel wrong,” he said, “or does it feel dangerous? Cuz those are two different things.” […]
Broken Pencil Presents the Indie Illustrator’s Deathmatch!
It’s that time of the year again! Broken Pencil’s Deathmatch, the world’s most audacious contest, is back! To make […]
Editor’s Letter: Going All In
I’m not one to slow down, I’m not great at sitting still, and I’m especially not built to […]
Meet Our New Fiction Editor: Tell Me Something That Matters
For Broken Pencil’s new Fiction Editor, good writing requires lots of living: living on the margins, living despite everything, living […]
BP Zine Awards: Best Group Zine or Collab
The Pandemic Post #3 by Lucy Andersen, Kate Andersen, and Dashiell Robb Brooklyn, New York A Relief Quaranzine: A monthly publication […]
BP Zine Awards: Best Litzine 2020
Tinderness by Nicole Morning Denver, Colorado Tinderness is a lyrical meditation on the joys and intersections of online dating, sex, romance, […]
BP Zine Awards: Best Political Zine 2020
International Whores’ Day Zine 2020 by IWD NYC 2020 Coalition New York, New York This zine is a love letter to […]
BP Zine Awards: Best Perzine
Zero Stars by Jeni Larson Minneapolis, Minnesota “Zero Stars” is zine about my cAnCeR jOuRneY in September 2019-January 2020. Told through […]
BP Zine Awards: Best Infozine & Zine of the Year 2020
American Dreams in a Chinese Takeout by Katie Gee Salisbury Brooklyn, New York “American Dreams in a Chinese Takeout” is a […]
BP Zine Awards: Best Fanzine 2020
Is It Just Me Or Are We Nailing This? by Joshua James Amberson, Molly E. Simas, and M.L. Schepps (editors) Portland, […]