About

“Broken Pencil is the entertaining, indispensable guide to zines.”
– the Toronto Star

About Broken Pencil: the magazine of zine culture and the independent arts

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.

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  • 2 SDKs
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  • App Url: https://itunes.apple.com/app/broken-pencil/id567747224
  • App Support: http://www.brokenpencil.com/
  • Genre: Books
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  • Release Date: October 13th, 2012
  • Update Date: November 11th, 2013

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The Nub: Indie Arts Hub. A daily digest of the literary arts including fiction, cultural commentary and book reviews from arts and culture magazines across North America.
* Fiction * Reviews * Essays * Columns * Comics * Graphica * Zine Culture *

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spacemanjack

Aug 14, 2014

Outstanding

A cornerstone of independent arts culture!

Glassesandhair

Jul 31, 2014

Awesome

For fans of great writing this is a must download. New cutting edge fiction, columns, commentary and stuff that just plain defies description almost everyday of the week. Awesome!

Seanbseanb

Apr 11, 2013

Good idea

Great idea, however, esoteric. No interactivity. Basically: a few updates at a time featuring the usual terrible writing. Make this a community app so we can all participate in the art. Come on!!!

BlackineMaster

Feb 02, 2013

Too bad.

Great idea. Too bad it doesn't work worth a damn. Buggy. Slow. Articles don't load past the first paragraph. Looks like crap on an iPad.

Kay5408

Jan 18, 2013

ok..

I use my iPad to read The Nub...it's okay but doesnt have an iPad version. You have to enlarge the iphone version and the resolution is bad. Would also be cool to integrate videos and audio clips.

Cowboy 777

Oct 20, 2012

Wow

very creative!
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