Broken Pencil: The magazine of zine culture and the independent arts. issue 97

Broken Pencil Issue 97 (Horror Issue)
The magazine of zine culture and the independent arts

Publishing Info:
Ontario, Canada 2022
A4 printed indie magazine
68 x pages

Description:

Welcome to Broken Pencil! Since 1995, we have been a mega-zine dedicated exclusively to exploring independent creative action. Published four times a year, each issue of Broken Pencil features reviews of hundreds of zines and small press books, plus comics, excerpts from the best of the underground press, interviews, original fiction and commentary on all aspects of the indie arts. From the hilarious to the perverse, Broken Pencil challenges conformity and demands attention. (From website)Issue 97 is a horror issue to celebrate Halloween and all things ghoulish. With features about art, future, zines and the best haunted bookshops. (from Magazine website, Oct 2022)

This is the horror issue to align with Halloween, all things ghoulish, zine reviews, literature, art, and haunted bookshops.

Link to Magazine’s Website: https://brokenpencil.com/

Cage Before Beauty

Cage Before Beauty
This Place Gives Me The Creeps

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK 2022
A7 black and white laser print on Day-Glo card
Single sheet foldy 

Description:
A series of ‘tart cards’ from the author’s collection. 

Yip Adventures

 

Yip Adventures
Michael Dynock

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK 2022
A5 colour laser print
20 x pages

Description:
An illustrative narrative sequence that is set on a mystical island. Son of a gnome, Yip (a mer-teen) is helping his father by taking their catch of fish to market. He experiences bullying and then loses confidence in himself. The narrative visualizes his fear as he battles against it.

Link to artist's Instagram: @dymk.illustration