Rochdale Still Lives in Print
Dismissed by some as a hippie’s dream, and remembered by others as a radical education experiment, it’s hard at times […]
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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Fiction: Giving Up Ghosts
If you have never pined over an ex, this article is not for you. If you have never felt the […]
Handbook for supporting queer students brings activist values to art school
What does it mean to create a space for learning where queer and trans artists can thrive? For so many […]
Patrons, Perks, Payout? Patreon for DIY creators
Illustration by Ian Sullivan Cant “AS SOON AS I SAW IT, I had the gut feeling that this is the […]
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 […]
Comic: An Offer You Can Refuse
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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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