1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622 · 773-342-0910
This is for the week of June 21st-June 27th, 2009.
1. Cometbus #52 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00
3. Sad Animals by Adam Meuse $4.00
4. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (Back Bay) $17.99
5. Signal to Noise #54 Sum 09 $4.95
6. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith (Quirk) $12.95
7. Nine Ways to Disappear by Lilli Carre (Little Otsu) $12.95
8. East Village Inky #41 by Ayun Halliday $3.00
We were thrilled to have artist and musician Archer Prewitt at Quimby’s on June 20th. He signed copies of his new book Work On Paper.
This past Saturday was amazing! Bob Odenkirk (see above) was here in the afternoon, talking about the Comedy By the Numbers Book-On-Tape CD that he executive produced, and then Archer Prewitt was here at night siging his new book, Work On Paper . What a day!
Here are the Top 10 For the past week:
1. Comedy By the Numbers Book-On-Tape CD, Selections From the McSweeneys Book by Prof Eric Hoffman and Dr. Gary Rudoren (A Special Thing Records) $12.99
2. Work On Paper by Archer Prewitt (PressPop) $20.00
3. Mr Show: What Happened by Naomi Odenkirk $22.95
4. Comedy By the Numbers: 169 Secrets of Humor and Popularity by Prof Eric Hoffman and Dr. Gary Rudoren (McSweeneys) $14.99
5. Nine Ways to Disappear by Lilli Carre (Little Otsu) $12.95
6. Rough Guide To Bicycle Maintenance (Microcosm) $2.00
7. Furverts by Michael Cogliantry (Chronicle) $12.95
8. The Point #1 Spr 09 $10.00
9. It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken by Seth (Drawn+Quarterly) $24.95
10. The Believer #63 $8.00
Of course, since last week Seth and Adrian Tomine were here, a number of the bestsellers last week were by them. So since Seth’s George Sprott 1894 – 1975 was #1, he gets the picture for this list. His jacket and coat are draped over one of our work station chairs. For you. You’re welcome.
1. George Sprott 1894 – 1975 by Seth (Drawn+Quarterly) $24.95
2. 32 Stories Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics by Adrian Tomine (Drawn+Quarterly) $19.95
3. Uptight #3 by Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics) $2.75
4. Sad Animals by Adam Meuse $4.00
5. Optic Nerve #6 by Adrian Tomine (Fantagraphics) $2.95
6.It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken by Seth (Drawn+Quarterly) $24.95
7. Butt #26 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90
8. Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine (Drawn+Quarterly) $14.95
9. Stolen Sharpie Revolution vol 2 A DIY Resource For Zines and Zine Culture by Alex Wrekk $6.00
10. Proximity #4 $12.00
Drawn and Quarterly comics artists Seth and Adrian Tomine were here talking about their new releases on June 10th. For more awesome photos of the experience, go here.
It’s crazy raining out right now, as we wait for filmmaker, writer, and artist Eames Demetrios to get here to do an event added late last week. He’ll be presenting Discover Kymerica Travel Guide, the first global work of three-dimensional fiction! (And yes, we have it here for $19.99.) Oh, and did we mention that he’s the grandson of Charles and Ray Eames?
Zines:
Letters From The Pen: Thoughts from the Inside $3.00
Exact Change Only Vol 1 $8.00
Signal Failed: Revolting Queers $3.00
Pride Diary: True Stories From The Twin Cities Pride Fest 2008 $1.00
Subversive Activity #2 $2.00
Shoe of a Day $5.00
Dads by Rachal Duggan $3.00 – Drawings of all sorts of dads! Come in and get one for your pops for his day on June 21st!
Bound Struggles #7 Chicago Books to Women in Prison $5.00
Instant Memories by Robert V $10.00
Magazines and Journals:
McSweeneys #31 $24.00
The Point #1 Spr 09 $10.00 – New local philosophy mag, all the buzz!
Yeti #7 $11.95
Mouthpiece #7 $5.00 – New local thing from the minds of the former the local (defunct?) Pistil magazine.
High Times Aug 09 $5.99
Blood and Thunder #11 $5.99
The Believer #63 $8.00
Z Magazine Jun 09 $4.95
Monster Mania #1 $8.00
Opium #8 $12.00
Tokion #69 $6.99
Signal to Noise #54 Sum 09 $4.95
Big Takeover #64 $5.99
Adbusters #84 $8.95
Mini Comix:
From Dream to Dream/Capgras Delusion by Drew Panckeri $3.00
Bad Breath Comics #2 by Josh Juresko $2.00
Fish and the Monkey by Marion Runk $20.00
Books:
Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo by Annice Jacoby (Abrams) $35.00
Time After by Doug Fogelson $55.00 – From the man behind the local Front Forty Press.
Artist Music Journal vol 1 #1 A Curated Series From Soundscreen Design: The Light and Spaced Movement Performance Archives 2008-2009 by Jason Yates $16.99 – Quimby’s is one of the few stores in the country selling this. It must be seen to believed.
Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture by Kaya Oakes (Henry Holt) $14.00
Art of Touring by Sara Jaffe and Mia Clarke $19.95
Brinkley Girls by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Art of Harvey Kurtzman by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle (Abrams) $40.00
Miss Lonelyhearts and Day of the Locust by Nathanael West and Jonathan Lethem (New Directions) $11.95
Depression 2.0 by Cletus Nelson (Process) $16.95
This Will Kill You: A Guide to the Ways In Which We Go by HP Newquist and Rich Maloof (St Martins Press)$14.95
In Store Ambiance
Quimby's Bookstore · 1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622 · 773-342-0910 
