The Web Burns: Fighting to Save The Internet Archive
A contentious court battle could define how much control major publishing houses have on our digital landscape and the future of libraries.
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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Print Zines Just As Important To Virtual Labour
As video game workers fight for their rights, a historical ally comes to their aid: zines.
Shut Up and Vibe: Racer Trash’s Movie Joyride
The Racer Trash film collective is dead, but its tire tracks remain streaked across the fringes of cinema.
HO-HO-HOLIDAY SALE!
It’s a zinester’s holiday miracle! Give the gift of Broken Pencil this festive season.
ZINE AWARDS 2022: Where To Watch The Livestream!
We are LIVE! Watch the Zine Awards from the comfort of your own home here!
The Good Work Art Market Puts Accessibility At The Heart of Craft
Broken Pencil alumn Anisa Rawhani talks to us about the invisible barriers to participating in art, the upcoming market at the AGO and how their cat Bubba is doing.
Zine Awards Bash: All Info Revealed!
All information about the 2022 Broken Pencil Zine Awards Bash in one place.
The 2022 Broken Pencil Zine Awards Nominees
The moment you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. Here are your nominees for the 2022 Broken Pencil Zine Awards!
Maximillian Alvarez on The Work of Living, COVID and The Unfathomable Loss of One Million Lives
“How can we quantify all that’s been stolen from us? How can we forgive the failures of our governments and our economic system whose callousness, greed, and jingoistic competitiveness made this all so much worse than it could have been?”
The Hall of Horror Zines
Lurking beneath Famous Monsters and Fangoria, a brood of horror zines rose from the ink and grime. Learn the history of Psychotronic Video, Sleazoid Express and the Gore Gazette within… THE HALL OF HORROR ZINES!
Was The Zodiac Killer A… ZINESTER?!?
A new book theorizes that the infamous Zodiac Killer was determined to spill more ink than blood.
Jay Stephens On Their Creepy, Quirky, Demonic Comic Dwellings
We chat with Jay Stephens about small town mysteries, the gruesome side of Casper and their Doug Wright Award winning horror series Dwellings.