Coming to you from Toronto, Canada since 1995, Broken Pencil is a magazine devoted exclusively to underground culture and the independent arts. A mix of the Utne Reader, an underground Reader’s Digest, and Factsheet5, Broken Pencil reviews the best zines, books, websites, videos, and artworks from the underground and reprints favorite articles from the alternative press. Also, ground breaking interviews, original fiction, and commentary on all aspects of the independent arts. From the hilarious to the perverse, Broken Pencil challenges conformity and demands attention.
In this issue: Sonja Ahlers Makes it Awesome, Listen to my Friend Masturbate, Zines amidst the Cubicles, and (our very own) Joe Biel Builds His Microcosm.
In this issue: Indie culture reinvents urban identity, self love - Montreal style, anagram mods, newmindspace: the pillow fight that saved downtown. and huge quantities of zine reviews! Fun!!
In this issue: Zine Moms Change the World One Nap at a Time, Feral Teddy Bears, and When Bands Divorce!
This is the food issue! Also features food hacking, chow down with the garbage gourmet, it's not over till the fat ladies dance, and farewell to trade.
Coming to you from Toronto, Canada, since 1995, Broken Pencil is a magazine devoted exclusively to underground culture and the independent arts. A mix of the Utne Reader, an underground Reader’s Digest, and Factsheet5, Broken Pencil reviews the best zines, books, websites, videos, and artworks from the underground and reprints favorite articles from the alternative press. Also, ground breaking interviews, original fiction, and commentary on all aspects of the independent arts. From the hilarious to the perverse, Broken Pencil challenges conformity and demands attention.
Issue #34, the Game Issue, features articles on "urban gaming" (Pac-Manhattan, public pillow fights and the like), the hilarious possibilities of board game mashups, indie computer gaming, and hipster bingo.
No theme this time around, but still lotsa cool stuff. There's a page on Canadian zine libraries, a page about zinewiki, and an interesting feature story on a Canadian film camp that brings together Israeli and Palestinian teens to make movies. And last but not least, this issue contains the most honest and funniest Arcade Fire review I've ever seen.
This issue is themed around "Indie Style", kind of in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way. More importantly are the articles "the history of fonts" and the ever-comical "Have buttons replaced zines at zine festivals?" Tons of neat little zine reviews (try to ignore the one where they insult a five year old), excerpts, and features. Fun for the whole zine family.
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