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 […]
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 BP Fall Bundle Sale is On Now
OVERSTOCK SALE!!! EVERYTHING MUST GO! WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! *ORDER NOW* Biggest Bundle Sale Ever is Here For Only $17.99 Limited […]
Submissions for the 2024 Broken Pencil Zine Awards are now OPEN!
Celebrating zine excellence since 2017, it’s the seventh annual Broken Pencil Zine Awards! You have between now and the end of September to enter!
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.
A Guide to Your First Canzine
New to Canzine? Maybe you’re forgetful? Never fear, a Broken Pencil editor is here!
Zines Killed the Video Star
“I figure, if I have to be forced to live in this modern, cold and digital world, I can at least point to the physical objects that I love.” Musician Mike Adams foregoes the ‘lyric video’ for a more analogue approach.
Canzine 2024 Registrations Are OPEN! EXTENDED TIL 31ST!
The most exciting zine fair is returning to Toronto AND Ottawa! Register today to join this uncanny smorgasbord of zines, art, comics, discussions, workshops and surprises!
In the World of Trina Robbins
To read a Trina Robbins comic is to enter an alternate history: one in which the legions of women who entered the industry as writers, artists, and editors during the war years of the 1940s were never driven back out.
Art Holes: Rawdog
“I’m working on a big project I can crash for a few hours and then keep on banging out pages.” Real Deal Comix’ Lawrence Hubbard gives us a tour of his spartan digs.
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.
A Day with Matt Farley, The World’s Most Prolific Artist
I admire Matt Farley and what he represents. I predict that he will one day be recognized as one of the emblematic creatives of his era. For this reason, I travelled to Peabody, Massachusetts for the Motern Extravaganza, an annual concert and fan event Farley holds in his own honour.