It Was Fun Until It Wasn’t: Broken Pencil, 1995-2024
It is with profound sadness that I announce the closure of Broken Pencil Magazine, an independent publication I co-founded 30 […]
BP is Closed, But You Can Still Access Our Archives
Dear friends, Broken Pencil’s fabulous thirty year run has concluded. But we are going to keep our website and archives […]
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.
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."
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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Planetfall By Donnie Schultz
Commander Eckhardt looked up from the tablet on his desk at the communications officer who stood patiently before him, awaiting […]
Buubbles By Larry Brown
Summer heat crowds in the kitchen window but chilled air prickles your arm. You trace the chilled air back […]
A Fish Named Ginsburg By Jill M. Talbot
Hi Greg (Dr. Justice). Here’s a script for you to look at. It’s called A Fish Named Ginsberg. I […]
Zinester’s Toolkit – Babcia: the craft behind the comic
Zinester’s Toolkit is a column where zinester’s share the tools and processes behind their craft. “BABCIA” IS POLISH for grandmother […]
Exposure Unit: Breaking Even
Exposure Unit is a column about navigating the zine scene by Toronto-based zinester Rabeea Syed. No one really likes to […]
Babcia: The craft behind the comic
“BABCIA” is polish for grandmother (pronounced “bap-cha”). My Babcia helped raise me as a child in Poland, but after […]
Art Holes: Maanii Oakes
Art holes is a column where artists diagram their work spaces. This issue, artist Maanii Oakes gives us a look. […]
Between Guerilla Gardeners: Maia Bromley-Dulfano interviews Vanessa Harden
What does guerrilla gardening mean to you? Guerrilla gardening is the act of transforming a neglected or underused space into […]
2019 Broken Pencil Zine Awards Countdown: Zines Entered So Far
The BP Zine Awards are well underway and the competition is fierce! Here’s what we’ve received so far… So what […]
Fiction: Hong Kong Food Fire Storm
Kari walked north from Julie’s apartment into crowded Mongkok, a working-class neighbourhood north of Tsimshatsui. It was a warm mild […]
How to Get an Arts Grant for Your Indie Project (in Canada and Other Places)
I want you to think about getting a grant as a game of snakes and ladders. There are ups and […]