Toronto Zine Library Reopens
“To me the space is important as an example of creativity, community and solidarity coming together without commercial expectations.”
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.
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.
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.
Introducing Broken Pencil 101: Poster Boy
The internet is dying. Let's give a toast. In our latest issue, we speak to online's baddest boy: Dril. Learn about art, philosophy, logging off, all that garbage. Plus floods, rugs, Stooges and the winners of the Zine Awards!
Call for Submissions: Vermin
Vermin seeking “Against Pleasure” submissions by May 10th.
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Your Own Personal Joker
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
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!
Online Canzine 2023 is LIVE!
Here’s all you need to know about the biggest zine fest this side of the world wide web!
Online Canzine’s Double Bill of Lo-Fi Canadian Epics!
Broken Pencil and Online Canzine in association with The Laser Blast Film Society and Gold Ninja Video present a special online double bill on May 5th!
Faith and Comics. Love and Rockets.
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
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
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.
Sleeze Zine History Archived in No Toner
New anthology from Hal Kelly memorializes the obscure, taboo, filthy trash zines that were once abundant throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s.
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.
Online Canzine Vendor Instructions
Instructions for online canzine vendors
Folio: Bridget Moser on the Uncanny and that Skeleton with Hair
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.