Monthly Archive for February, 2011

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Weekly Top 10

Published on February 8, 2011 0 Comments

1. Cometbus #54 In China With Green Day by Aaron Cometbus $4.00 – Okay, mister, so you’re old friends with Green Day and they ask you to join them on their bonkers tour of China. Of course you’re going to do that. Don’t tell me you’re too punk for your old friends, cause that sounds pretty fucking pretentious. Just join them for a little piece of their crazy-ass ride and see what happens, ‘kay? Oh, wait….you’re not old friends with Green Day? Well, Aaron-Fucking-Cometbus is and was in this very situation and not only did he go on tour with Green Day, he also wrote this huge, funny, frought and generally terrific issue of his zine about corporate tour mayhem and sorting it all out. It’s awesome, in case you needed me to tell you that. -EF

2. Cursed Pirate Girl TPB by Jeremy A. Bastian (Olympian) $20.00
3. Coming Insurrection by The Invisible Committee (Semiotext[e]) $12.95 – This eloquent call to arms arising from the recent waves of social contestation in France and Europe is written by the anonymous Invisible Committee in the vein of Guy Debord—and with comparable elegance—it has been proclaimed a manual for terrorism by the French government (who recently arrested its alleged authors). One of its members more adequately described the group as “the name given to a collective voice bent on denouncing contemporary cynicism and reality.” The Coming Insurrection is a strategic prescription for an emergent war-machine to “spread anarchy and live communism.”

4. Handbook vol 5 #1 2011 by by Darren Ackenbauer $6.00 – Super cruisy scene over here.

5. Boneshaker #43-100: A Bicycling Almanac (Wolverine Farm Publishing) $8.00

6. Uptown Problems #1 Win 10 11 $4.00 – From the tender side of twenty comes a tell-it-like-it’s-been “aborted journal of radical self help” ladelled out in snippets with the bitterness and bravado of a washed up child actor. -EF

7. Crap Hound #5: Hands, Hearts and Eyes by by Sean Tejaratchi (Show & Tell Press) $12.00

8.    Maximumrocknroll #333 Feb 11 $4.00

9.    Phase 7 #008 by Alec Longstreth $4.00

10. Stolen Sharpie Revolution vol 2 A DIY Resource For Zines and Zine Culture by Alex Wrekk $6.00

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New Stuff This Week

Published on February 5, 2011 0 Comments

ZINES!
Cometbus #54 – In China With Green Day by Aaron Cometbus $4.00 – Long time friend of Green Day and drummer of Billie Joe’s side band Pinhead Gunpowder, Aaron Cometbus’ new issue is dedicated to Green Day and talks about Aaron’s experiences as he toured with them in Asia in January of 2009.


Welcome to Bend #5 Winter Blah by Laura Walker $3.00
It Was So Nice To Meet You $2.00
Cabin Fever A Mishugas Zine by R. Shipman $3.50
Negative Capability #5 $5.00

MINI COMIX!
Revive #1 by Carlyn Crispell $3.50
Brothel #1 Queer Etiquette #5 Pony Up or Paws Off These Goods Aint Free $1.50

ART & DESIGN BOOKS!
Glitch3 Connection Time Out $20.00
War Posters: Weapons of Mass Communication ed. by James Aulich (T&H) $29.95

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!
Scenes From an Impending Marriage – A Prenuptial Memoir by Adrian Tomine (D&Q) $9.95 – From the writer/artist of Optic Nerve, comes the story of the planning  up to the big day.


Kim Deitch Files: A Selection of Sketchbook Pages From the Archives of the Inter Department Delivery by Kim Deitch (Lamano 21) $45.00 – Limited edition portfolio of the looseleaf ‘story’ pages which serve as Kim’s sketchbook.
Zita The Spacegirl by Ben Hatke (First Second) $10.99
Twilight of the Assholes Cartoons and Essays by Tim Kreider (Fantagraphics) $28.99
Political Machine book 1 The Course of Robot Events by Dan Carroll $12.95
Psychiatric Tales: Eleven Graphic Stories About Mental Illness by Darryl Cunningham (Bloomsbury) $15.00

MAGAZINES!
Kaiserin #9 $22.99
Dwell Mar 11 $5.99
IDN Extra 04 Most Wanted vol 1 $25.00
IdN vol 17 #6 $17.50
True Detective Jan 11 $4.99
Skeptic vol 16 #2 $6.95
In These Times Feb 11 $3.50
Scoot Magazine #59 Dec 10 $5.95
Cinema Retro vol 7 #19 $11.99
Mojo #208 Mar 11 $9.99
Wax Poetics #45 Jan Feb 11 $9.99
ASR #55 Win 11 Anarcho Syndicalist Review $5.00

SEX & SEXY!
Lusty XXXposed Zine #1 Life Beyond the Looking Glass $5.00
Single Year by Dawn Mueller $14.00
Front #150 $9.99

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Patton Oswalt! Not at Quimby’s, But at Reckless Records 3/18

Published on February 3, 2011 2 Comments
Mar ’11
18
3:30 pm

Comedian Patton Oswalt will be signing his book Zombie Spaceship Wasteland at the Reckless Records in Wicker Park! And we’ll be there at Reckless too, selling it, as well as an unabridged audio CD version of the book. Of course Reckless will be selling other Patton Oswalt CDs to complete your collection.

Reckless Records is at 1532 N Milwaukee Ave, just a 5 minute walk from Quimby’s.

Yes! This event has been updated! It is now, in fact, March 18th at 3:30pm, coincidentally rescheduled to coincide with the C2E2 comics convention. Come to Chicago for the comics. Stay for the Patton.

Prepare yourself for a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt, one of the most creative, insightful, and hysterical voices on the entertain­ment scene today. Widely known for his roles in the films Big Fan and Ratatouille, as well as the television hit The King of Queens, Patton Oswalt—a staple of Comedy Central—has been amusing audiences for decades. Now, with Zombie Spaceship Wasteland, he offers a fascinating look into his most unusual, and lovable, mindscape.

Oswalt combines memoir with uproarious humor, from snow forts to Dungeons & Dragons to gifts from Grandma that had to be explained. He remem­bers his teen summers spent working in a movie Cineplex and his early years doing stand-up. Readers are also treated to several graphic elements, includ­ing a vampire tale for the rest of us and some greeting cards with a special touch. Then there’s the book’s centerpiece, which posits that before all young creative minds have anything to write about, they will home in on one of three story lines: zom­bies, spaceships, or wastelands.

Oswalt chose wastelands, and ever since he has been mining our society’s wasteland for perversion and excess, pop culture and fatty foods, indie rock and single-malt scotch. Zombie Spaceship Wasteland is an inventive account of the evolution of Patton Oswalt’s wildly insightful worldview, sure to indulge his legion of fans and lure many new admirers to his very entertaining “wasteland.”

This event is NOT at Quimby’s. It is at Reckless Records at 1532 N Milwaukee Ave, just a 5 minute walk from Quimby’s.

For more info:
www.reckless.com
www.pattonoswalt.com

Please note! This event was originally scheduled for Friday, February 18th. It is now scheduled for Friday, March 18th at 3:30pm.

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Yes we are open today, Thurs 2/3, from noon-9pm

Published on February 3, 2011 0 Comments
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Quimby’s closed for the day, wed 2/2

Published on February 2, 2011 0 Comments

Quimby’s will be closed today, Wed, 2/2. Stay home and work on your zine! See you after the blizzard!

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