Zinester Joey Clift asks his artist mom how she does it
The Smell of Our Own is a column where artists interview, or are interviewed by, family members. In this edition, […]
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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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Make Your Own Staple Stanley
Meet Staple Stanley, a sweet little guy plagued with anxiety and existential dread. If there’s one lesson we can learn […]
Take a look inside ‘The Ship’d Sailed: Stories About Friendships and Loss’
Here are excerpts from The Ship’d Sailed: Stories About Friendships and Loss Comic, edited by Amy Ng and Weng Pixin. Read […]
Dive into excerpts from ‘Carnet de Voyage’
Here are excerpts from Carnet de Voyage by Craig Thompson. Read our review of the graphic novel here.
Take a look inside ‘Industry Standard #3’
Here are excerpts from Industry Standard #3 by Trevor Clement. Read our review of the zine here.
A Bread Factory director Patrick Wang on the promises and pitfalls of community arts
Broken Pencil is proud to present a screening of A Bread Factory this Friday March 1st at 7pm at the […]
Deathmatch 2019 is done! And the winner is… Charlotte Joyce Kidd.
WE HAVE A WINNER! You hyped. You trash-talked. You voted. Story was pitted against story. Blood was shed and […]
Froid d’art – Kingston artist freezes art around town
Imagine taking a winter after-dinner stroll and encountering a glowing profile of a red-headed young woman, or perhaps spring flowers […]
What The Film Festival Returns!
For the second year in a row, Broken Pencil is sponsoring the one-of-a-kind, too-weird-for-TIFF underground film extravaganza, the What the […]
Delve into “Even Monsters Are Growing”
Here are excerpts from Even Monsters Are Growing by Roy Luo. Read our review of the zine here.