What to Expect at Canzine 2023!
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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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The Most Honest Artist in Town: Remembering Joe Matt
Joe Matt erased the line between what should and should not be shared with an audience, which in turn made the reader realize that perhaps they didn’t need to be so fearful of their own dark secrets.
Announcing the Judges for the 2023 Zine Awards!
Meet our panel of judges for this year’s exhilarating competition!
Folio: Catalina Cheng on Ceramics and Preservation of Queer Art History
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 Catalina Cheng, whose work in ceramics bridges familiar traditions, radiant pride and honouring the queer artists erased by history.
2023 Zine Awards Deadline Has Been… EXTENDED!
You now have until September 30th, 2023 to submit to the Zine Awards!
Introducing the First Two 2023 Zine Award Judges: KC Green and Gretchen Felker-Martin!
The acclaimed cartoonist and the queen of gruesome tales join our panel for this year’s competition!
Stop Saying I Look Like The Zinester American Girl Doll!
Jenn Woodall has had it up TO HERE with these cherubic luxury nostalgia-baiting mall dolls being passed off as DIY ‘girl power.’
One Day We Will All Die. Who’ll Make Comics Then? David Galliquio and Comix in Unpredictable Peru.
“People thought I was a degenerate, I did what I did only because the one underground rule was that there were no rules.” How the perilous, conservative rulership of Peru shaped its counterculture.
Registrations for Canzine Toronto 2023 are now OPEN!
Toronto Canzine is BACK and we want YOU to be a part of it! Register before September 5th to be part of the most delightful zine fest in town!
Politics is for the Nuts
In 1974, Vancouver artist Vincent Trasov ran for mayor of Vancouver. Or, at least, Vincent Trasov dressed as Mr. Peanut ran for mayor of Vancouver. Nearly 50 years later, documentary filmmaker Andrew Muir brought the performance piece back into the spotlight with Peanut For Mayor.
Art Holes: Kreal’s Cartoon-Zone
“It’s been strange taking inventory of all this, I feel like a spoiled brat. And worse yet, an embarrassed spoiled brat.” From gas stations to animation, Kreal shows us where the magic is made.
Introducing Our Summer Issue: Fun & Games
Hark! Adventurers! Join us in this magical, magazine quest as Broken Pencil guides you through the weird and wonderful realm of indie tabletop roleplaying games!