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It is with profound sadness that I announce the closure of Broken Pencil Magazine, an independent publication I co-founded 30 […]
Dear friends, Broken Pencil’s fabulous thirty year run has concluded. But we are going to keep our website and archives […]
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.
Life doesn’t unfold in a neat narrative, neither does Kelly Fruh's brief, deft, illustrated vignettes.
"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."
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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Vera Drew has gone through many transformations in her life, no vat of acid required. The filmmaker fought to create The People’s Joker and continues to fight to bring the people their Joker.
Club Quarantine became the place to be when you couldn’t really be anywhere at all. With lessons from lockdowns, the party ensemble plans to make partying more accessible to all.
Folio asks artists and curators to gather works made with unexpected materials and adapt them for the printed page. In this issue, Joy Gough, one of the five organizers at Community Fridges TOronto tells us how how art can divert attention to dire local issues.
When Bre Upton first joined TikTok it was simply as a means to curb quarantine-born boredom. Now her tutorials on zine making have over six million views. How ‘Zinetok’ is uniting DIY-ers around the world.
A contentious court battle could define how much control major publishing houses have on our digital landscape and the future of libraries.
As video game workers fight for their rights, a historical ally comes to their aid: zines.
The Racer Trash film collective is dead, but its tire tracks remain streaked across the fringes of cinema.
It’s a zinester’s holiday miracle! Give the gift of Broken Pencil this festive season.
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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.
All information about the 2022 Broken Pencil Zine Awards Bash in one place.
The moment you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. Here are your nominees for the 2022 Broken Pencil Zine Awards!
