Folio: Homografía pushes limits of Mexican queer performance art
In each issue, Broken Pencil asks an artist to curate Folio — a section highlighting creators working in unexpected media, […]
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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How Animal Crossing Made Me Do Self-Care
When life’s rough, video games take the edge off a bad day. But when a bad day becomes a bad […]
Broken Pencil Zine Awards 2018: Submissions Now Open
It’s back! Broken Pencil Magazine is excited to announce that we will once more be rewarding the best of the […]
TCAF Announces Zineland Terrace, their first ever zine fair!
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival recently announced that this year’s festival will include their first ever zine fair, Zineland Terrace! […]
2017 Zine Award Best Compilation Zine
Best Compilation Zine Blacknesses Between Us Bishara Elmi (ed.) (Toronto, ON) As with any new project, there were definitely some […]
2017 Zine Award Winner for Best Overall Zine & Best Comic/Art Zine
This second edition of Cole Pauls’ beloved comic follows Ts’ür’i and Aghay, two Indigenous space cadets who set out to […]
Online Exclusive Fiction: Undress
1. Clothes On When his picture popped up on my phone, I’d clicked yes. I’d thought: ToyboyJay has a face […]
Contribute to Read and Distribute, the Broken Pencil Podcast
Do you have an awesome bit of audio you think zine lovers and Broken Pencil readers need to hear? Are […]
Coach House Books Discount
Just in time for spring reading, Broken Pencil members get 15% off their purchases from Coach House Books! Peruse their […]
Canzine Ottawa Events
Sunday, October 6, 2019, 12-6pm Ottawa Art Gallery • Galerie d’Art d’Ottawa 50 Mackenzie King Bridge & 10 Daly Av Check […]
2017 Zine Award Winner for Best Political Zine
In anticipation of the launching of the 2018 Broken Pencil Zine Awards, we will be presenting you with a look […]