Read and Distribute: “Patreon, Please” Edition!
This week, Read and Distribute is talking about the crowd-funding platform Patreon. We also have an interview with an eliminated […]
TOOLKIT: How to Save Your Books From Flooding
On New Years Eve, Silver Sprocket rang things in on a damp note. Their HQ was slammed by historic rain. Here's how the radical publisher spared their stock from the flood.
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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Comic: An Offer You Can Refuse
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How to submit Step 1. Pay your submission fee In order to pay and submit your zine(s), go to the […]
About the BP Zine Awards
Celebrating international zine and self-publishing excellence in the English Language We are the world’s only zine awards open to all […]
Art Holes: Liza Czech
Art holes is a column where artists diagram their workspaces. This issue, artist Lisa Czech gives us a look. Lisa says, […]
Broken Pencil Discount of the Moment
Take 20% off any of Broken Pencil’s t-shirts, buttons, pillows and pencil cases. (That’s right, we said pillows!) Just go […]
Make Your Own Hypo-Allergenic Kitten in 3 Easy Steps
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Make Your Own ANGEL of DEATH
Download and print out the PDF to make your own Angel of Death in 7 easy steps. [maxbutton id=”3″ url=”https://brokenpencil.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Angel-of-Death-Cut-Out.pdf” […]
The Great Zine Mystery
Have you ever fallen in love with a zine, but had no idea who made it? Did your search for their […]
Podcast: What The Film!
Poster Illustration by Shira Haberman Attention Science Fiction, Horror, Cult, Weirdo, and DIY film lovers! Attention independent makers and […]
One “Rusty” Zine Collection
Have you ever wanted to sit down and read 10,000 fanzines? Soon you can! The University of Iowa is digi- […]