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” […]
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 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- […]
Getting Started: Mini Zines and More
GET STARTED WITH THESE VIDEOS Why don’t you make a zine! Salford Zine Library Making A Zine ✦ sew your […]
DIY Bookmaking
BOOKMAKING VIDEOS DIY Saddle Stitch Bookbinding Tutorial Sea Lemon How to bind a book with staples (saddle stitch binding) Almond […]
How to Make a Zine
GET STARTED WITH THESE ARTICLES How to Make a Zine – Rookie Magazine The beginner’s guide to making your own […]
Brontez Purnell’s Zine Philosophy: My Life, in Reverse Negative and Xerox
by Brontez Purnell I can’t decide if I did zines in the 90s because I was cool, or because I was a […]
Perzines to the Front! Dear Diary Zine Fest
Like many things, I first saw it pop up on Twitter: There was a new zine fest on the horizon, […]
Fiction: A Cheaper Cut
WELCOME TO THE CENTRALIZED HOSPITAL DICTATION SYSTEM BEEP ENTER YOUR AUTHOR ID NUMBER 7-8-9-2-3 BEEP YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR DICTATION […]
BP Indie Writers Deathmatch Short Story Contest Finals are here
The Finals are here. Only 2 stories remain. KEEP READING AND VOTING HERE. That’s all, folks. It’s here. The […]
Zine Review: Prince
Prince Art zine, Jenn Steffey, 8 pgs, jennsteffey.com, [email protected] Sources say that Prince, the late rock/pop/funk superstar, stood either 5’2” […]