Deathmatch Finalists: The Origin of the World by John Wu
On a cold starless night, dyed red by the glow of the hunter’s moon, the winds whisper through the prairie […]
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 […]
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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Deathmatch Finalists: Cracked Red Landscape by Sean Wheaton
The sharp blade makes an effortless cut, and the first thing I think is “like plastic,” a stupid, stupid thought, […]
Deathmatch Finalists: SMILE by Sophie-Anne Bélisle
Sophie-Anne Bélisle does not draw if her pencil does not have a hard-on. What tickles her imagination is the moments […]
Deathmatch Finalists: Free Your Mind by R Daniel Lester
“And the rest will follow,” sung Arthur, under his breath, strapped to the chair inside FYM Industries. The office was […]
Deathmatch Finalists: Arrangements by Christina Brown
I came home from school to find my mom in her room, surrounded by piles of jewelry. I saw everything […]
Babcia
Check out this cool comic by Marta Chudolinska.
Zinester’s Toolkit: The Proportion Wheel
Zinester’s Toolkit is a column about the tools zinesters use to make their work, and how you can use them […]
The Mixed Marriage Dragnet
Okay, two years ago I got married. And it was a very good wedding, a nice short service and a […]
Expozine Sudbury brings together zines of the North
Those of us who live in large urban centres might take zine fairs for granted. Sometimes it can feel like […]
An Immodest Automatic Message from an Immortal Monkey
SOME IMAGINATIVE WIT once observed that a monkey tapping randomly on a keyboard for eternity would produce all great works […]
Mangoshake defies coming-of-age clichés
Lemonade stands and car washes be damned, Mangoshake wants something new and better from the street-side adolescent hustle — and […]