The Illuminated Throat
By Rob Onofrey Now that he only had his left arm, the lab coat felt strange on Dr. Martin Voltala. […]
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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Too many variables
By Nikki Papp At first I only see what she or he would see. At this point I never know […]
Failure to Cooperate
By Susan Read I arrive for my second last scheduled day of work at, well, let’s call it Tarsucks. This […]
I Want You Around
I Want You Around: True Tales of A Relationship in 10 Ramones Songs By Rachel Rosenberg I Wanna Be Your […]
Fogger
By Vicky Savage I am an artist, and a remarkably good one considering the conditions under which I’m forced to […]
Folio: New, unseen work by cherrykuti
Folio is where Broken Pencil brings you new, experimental, and unfinished work by artists unafraid to expand their practice and […]
My Dog Is Ruining My Life
By Deborah Batterman “Impossible,” says Gary. “Dogs are pals – playmates. Nobody will ever love you the way they do.” […]
The Very Last Mr. Jones
By Hege Lepri The very last Mr. Jones was grumpier than the others. He’d been something or other during the […]
Sidney’s Pick: The Parking Lot Movie
The Parking Lot Movie is a documentary released in 2010 about the Corner Parking Lot in Charlottesville, Virginia. Generally, it’s […]
Power Up!: Heartbeat for Barney
By Al Donato Often, creating is a conduit for catharsis. It’s why Tammy Duplantis made Heartbeat For Barney, a game […]
Comic: Gord Hill’s “Victory at Elsipogtog”
Gord Hill’s comics appear in every issue of Broken Pencil. Click the image to view it in larger format. Gord […]
Jonathan’s Pick: The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
image via northwestpress.com The last few months, I’ve been occasionally helping out with moving boxes and such for The Beguiling, […]