Art Holes: Boss Nass KFC Drink Topper
Cartoonist Alexander Laird gives us a tour of his goblin den, laying in wait for the right opportunity to watch Kevin Costner’s Waterworld.
The Best in Canadian Self-Published Comics to be Honoured at Doug Wright Awards
Strange and lurid. Enlightening and electrifying. It only becomes truer the further down you go. The Pigskin Peter Award celebrates the best comics underground.
First the Press, Then the Streets
In the early 1900s, Spain was at the forefront of the largest anarchist movement in history. According to James Yeoman, it would not have been possible without the underground press.
Review: Resist #50
Mat Resist's DIY institution, which I first encountered at a Christian alternative music festival held on a former pig farm, hits a milestone. Surviving and thriving in the Anthropocene.
Review: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
What makes Beaton’s book so powerful and unique is her close watch on the day-to-day life of oil sands work. A glimpse into what a lunchroom looks like, assigned housing, a party, a ride in a truck with a co-worker you trust and a ride with one you don’t.
The Tide Turns in Time
How Michael Novick and his street action political zine Turning the Tide evolved to put radical media in the hands of the people.
Call for Submissions: Vermin
Vermin seeking “Against Pleasure” submissions by May 10th.
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Journeys, on Paper: Jeeyon Shim and the Personal Resonance of Tabletop RPGs
“You can’t force the grain. If you can’t work with your own currents, you’re just fighting yourself.” Amid illness, foraging and introspection, Shim has become one of the most prolific creators in an indie tabletop gaming boom.
Working the Nightshift
“A board game is something that can reach people well beyond my existing community, who are already mostly very accepting of this line of work.” Australian artist and former dancer Exotic Cancer talks to us about her strip club roleplaying game.
Get Your Halloween Creeps on Broken Pencil!
Ghouls, ghosts, witches, vamps, werewolves, monsters and most terrifying of all… ZINESTERS! Here’s a one stop shop for all kinds of creepy affairs found within the Broken Pencil archives.
Introducing Our 100th Issue: Generations
For the 100th issue of Broken Pencil, we felt it appropriate to celebrate the use of zines as expression passed down through the ages, starring the Singapore-based family art collective behind Rubbish FAMzine.
Budgets of Blood: How Splatter Propels a World of No-Budget Filmmaking
For every successful foray into Hollywood there’s 100 cash-strapped nightmares making use of ingenuity and offal. The rogue visionaries with a passion for film so strong that no empty pocket could ever prevent them from sharing their goopy artistry.
Hazel Jane Plante on Any Other City, Re-Writing a Life and The Museum of Jurassic Technology
“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve also realized that I’ll never have time to create all the projects that bubble up in me, so they often come alive in my fiction.”
Canzine Vendor Spotlight: Tia Alandra
We’re highlighting some of the zinesters and artists coming to Canzine 2023. For this edition, meet Tia Alandra, whose new zine is a resource for self-doubting masterminds.
Canzine Vendor Spotlight: Indiepocalypse
We’re highlighting some of the zinesters and artists coming to Canzine 2023. For this edition, meet Indiepocalypse, a curated zine of alternative, underground, and experimental video games.
Canzine Vendor Spotlight: PRUDEmag
We’re highlighting some of the zinesters and artists coming to Canzine 2023. For this edition, meet PRUDEmag, a zine for spinsters, asexuals, relationship anarchists, and all others rejecting sex-necessariam.
Canzine Vendor Spotlight: Paterson Hodgson
We’re highlighting some of the zinesters and artists coming to Canzine 2023. For this edition, meet Paterson Hodgson, whose autobiographical comics detail being a working-class renter in a big, expensive, hostile city.
Canzine Vendor Spotlight: Blaise Moritz
We’re highlighting some of the zinesters and artists coming to Canzine 2023. For this edition, meet Blaise Moritz, who will be debuting his new zine Being Superhuman at the fest!