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.

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.