BP Zine Awards 2020 List of Nominees
Congratulations to the zinesters nominated for the… Broken Pencil Zine Awards 2020 Each of these zines is now a finalist […]
TOOLKIT: How to Save Your Books From Flooding
On New Years Eve, Silver Sprocket rang things in on a damp note. Their HQ was slammed by historic rain. Here's how the radical publisher spared their stock from the flood.
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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The Zine Awards Shortlist is coming soon, sorry!
A quick note for the folks eagerly anticipating the release of shortlist of the BP Zine Awards 2020 (and its […]
Small Presses Push Forth in Uncertain Times
BY COLE BISSON & FELISHA HENRY-LEE When asked how invisible Publishing is dealing with the challenges posed by COVID-19, publisher […]
Small Press Virus Check-in #4: Conundrum Press
Independent publishers have been hard-pressed these past four months. Closed bookstores, little media attention, a distracted public, Amazon’s new hostility […]
Online Exclusive Fiction: Knots by Amber Velez
You cock your head at me and ask, “Are we too old for fairies?” Both your hands clutch a paper […]
Small Press Virus Check-in #3: Now or Never Publishing
Independent publishers have been hard-pressed these past few months. Closed bookstores, little media attention, a distracted public, Amazon’s new hostility […]
All fat futures: Five questions about the body with prettyboycrybaby
“I don’t see nature and technology as being at odds with each other. In the universe I have created in […]
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