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I'm afraid to say it, but, 'tis the season. Save 35% off our print and digital subscriptions AND nab a Broken Pencil-themed colouring book!

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.

Overtime and Improv Classes: Aisha Franz on Work-Life Balance and Berlin’s Tech Culture Clash

Berlin is now home to more than 600 startups, modeling themselves after successful American businesses, many tried to import American workplace culture. Cartoonist Aisha Franz' latest book is a satire of the calamity that ensued.

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.

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.

Call for Submissions: HOCUS OVER THE THRESHOLD

  Submissions In honour of the solstice, the theme is OVER THE THRESHOLD. Send your stories and poems of planetary […]

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Latest Reviews

Review: Fledgling

What seemed like an entertaining vampire adventure with somewhat sophomoric social insights blossomed into maybe the most poignant metaphorical commentary on racial politics I’ve ever read.

Review: Greater Power: A Vince McMahon Zine

Speaking as something of a lapsed wrestling fan, Greater Power makes a compelling case for once again investing oneself in the strange, strange world of sports entertainment.

Review: Crowdfunding for Designers

Craig Berman outlines an inspiring — and, quite frankly, increasingly necessary — approach to creativity that questions whether the labour of design must always be in service to others.
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Latest Posts

Your Own Personal Joker

Zack Kotzer

Filmmaker Vera Drew wanted to reclaim the clown prince of crime with The People’s Joker. Now she has to fight the real supervillains to bring her Joker to the people.

Introducing Our Spring Issue: America the Absurd

Broken Pencil

Boots Riley tells us about the absurd and how it functions as a satirical language that can speak far more eloquently when the world is on fire. All that and more in our latest issue!

Faith and Comics. Love and Rockets.

Jenn Woodall

As someone who looked up to female punk music icons and also struggled with her own Catholic faith, I felt like Love and Rockets was attuned to me and my sensibilities.

Gretchen Felker-Martin’s Gory Little Details

Katie Rife

A twist of bone. A tease of flesh. Cannibals and testicles. We sat down with the Manhunt author about survival and sinew. “It’s an unfortunate way to get publicity, but if they’re giving it to me, I’ll take it. And I’ll use it to do all the things they’re so afraid I’ll do.”

New Visions at York’s DES_N Space Exhibit

Nadia Ozzorluoglu

The fourth floor of the Dahdaleh building has seen it all: lengthy crits, overnighters, lots of laughs and even more test prints. As they gear up to venture off into their post-graduate life, they want to welcome you into this space that they have called home for the past 4 years.

Folio: Bridget Moser on the Uncanny and that Skeleton with Hair

Broken Pencil

Folio asks artists and curators to gather works made with unexpected materials and adapt them for the printed page. In this issue we speak with Bridget Moser about the uncanny, the unsettling, ‘cursed images’ and a hair covered skeleton of her creation that got under people’s skin.