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Quimby’s Hosts Comic Art Battle with Ezra Claytan Daniels CAKE Edition!

Jun ’13
14
10:00 pm

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Quimby’s is excited to host Ezra Claytan Daniels’ Comic Art Battle as part of official festivities surrounding the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo!

The Comic Art Battle pits teams of ferocious comics artists against each other in a knock-out, drag-down frenzy of improvised gags, comics strips and chaos. Hosted by its founder, Ezra Claytan Daniels, this battle will feature a match-up between Chicago’s favorite comic book sons and daughters against an all-star coalition of visiting comics makers. It’s Chicago vs. the world! You wont want to miss it! This event is preceded by a signing by Michael DeForge, Lisa Hanawalt and Patrick Kyle.

EZRA CLAYTAN DANIELS is a writer and illustrator based in Chicago, IL. His critically acclaimed graphic novel series, The Changers, began a unique comics career peppered with a number of collaborative multimedia projects ranging from video games to animation to feature documentaries. Ezra is also the creator of the popular live art spectacle, The Comic Art Battle, and Loaded Blanks Greetings, a line of fill-in-the-blanks comic-art greeting cards featuring both established as well as up and coming comics artists. Ezra recently collaborated with Chicago-based chamber group Fifth House Ensemble on the narrative concert series, Black Violet, which the Chicago Sun-Times called “a modern classic”. Ezra is currently working on Upgrade Soul, a science fiction graphic novel about an elderly couple and their malformed clones. Upgrade Soul will be released in 2012 from Opertoon. http://dream-chocolate.com

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The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo [CAKE] is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago’s rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics’ most talented artists– past, present and future. Featuring comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more, CAKE is dedicated to fostering community and dialogue amongst independent artists, small presses, publishers and readers.

Quimby’s is a proud sponsor of the CAKE which will take place Saturday and Sunday, June 15 & 16th, 11am – 6pm at the Center on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted.

New Stuff This Week

doris30_lgDoris #30 Highest Standard of Living $3.50 – Doris continues to be a zine-form stronghold of bold and astute essays on dealing, healing and the art of living. This issue is a big deal: about half of it is a critique on underdeveloped accountability processes and what can be envisioned in their stead, including an interview with members of Support N.Y. Community formation and fluctuation seems to be the other strong thread running throughout – tour comics, bee hives, study groups and the way the term itself can break down or expand. Great issue.

Zines & Zine-Related
Dames on Frames: A Feminist Bike Zine (Pioneers Press) $1.50
Let Gluten Freedom Ring: Vegan Gluten Free Recipe Zine by Adam Gnade & Friends $3.00
Kicks #1 ed. by Billy Miller et al. (Desert Island Books) $10.00 – Reprinted material from the classic punk zine from 1979.
More issues of Drop Target by Jon Chad and Alec Longstreth.
Shifting Premjestanje by Sergej Vutuc $12.00
Analog #1 Dispatches on DIY Anorexia Recovery by Ponyboy Violet $4.00
New to Everything #9 by Leanne $1.00
When Language Runs Dry #3 by Claire and Meredith $4.00
My New York by J. Frank $3.00
Ink Drawings By Keef $6.00
Permanent Record by Jospeh Wilcox $20.00
issues of Show and Tell by Carman Rachel Lee $2.00
Think Tank DIY by Reggie Martinez (Pioneers Press) $2.50
Drinking with Boileryard Clarke Dayn Perry Celebrates Baseball and Himself by Dayn Perry $10.00
Bohemian Apr 13 Salures 2013 Graduates $1.00
Hard Fifty Farm by Jessie Duke and Adam Gnade (Pioneers Press) $4.00

Comics & Comix
Demon Dust #17 Apr 13 by Bernie McGovern $2.00
Messy Fast: A Sock Monster Collection by Neil Brideau $4.00
Three New Stories by Dash Shaw (Fantagraphics) $3.99
Wicked Vibes #1 by Dillon Hallen $4.00
Mineshaft #29 by Everett Rand and Gina Palmieri $9.00 – With work by Crumb and more!
Spiros Greek Myths #4 by Spiro Dousias $5.00
Hand Of Blood by J. Bayer $2.00
Falling Rock National Park #1 Feb 13 by Josh Shalek $4.00

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Aesthetics: A Memoir by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press) $25.00
Legends of the Blues by William Sout and R. Crumb $19.95
Raven Girl HC by Audrey Niffenegger $19.95
Art of the Candy Gang Book by Chet Pickens (CG Comics) $9.99
Feynman by Jim Ottaviani et al. $19.99
Superman Action Comics vols 1 & 2 by Grant Morrison et al.
Red Handed: Fine Art of Strange Crimes, How To Commit the Perfect Crime by Matt Kindt $26.99

Art & Design
Typeforce 3 The Annual Show of Emerging Typographic Allstars $20.00 – The book to go along with the show at the Co-Prosperity Sphere.
Living as Form Socially Engaged Art 1991-2011 by Nato Thompson (MIT Press) $39.95

Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Attempting Normal by Marc Maron $26.00
Read and Burn: A Book About Wire by Wilson Neate (Jawbone Press) $19.95
Carrot Is As Close As a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond: Captain Beefheart Interviews and Texts 1966-2001 (Desert Island Books) $15.00
Short History of Nuclear Folly: Mad Scientists Dithering Nazis Lost Nukes and Catastrophic Cover Ups by Rudolph Herzog $26.00
Yes Is The Answer and Other Prog Rock Tales by Marc Weingarten et al. $24.00
Sparks Tastic Twenty One Nights With Sparks In London by Tosh Berman (Rare Bird Press) $14.00
VJ The Unplugged Adventures of MTVs First Wave ed. by Gavin Edwards $25.00 – As in Nina Blackwood Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn.
What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses by Daniel Chamovitz $14.00
Farther Away by Jonathan Franzen $16.00
New books from the Chicago Center For Literature and Photography, including
Famous Drownings In Literary History Essays About 21st Century Jewishness by Kevin Haworth

DIY
The Stoner’s Guide to Munching by Mary Sells $18.95

Fiction
Invisible Monsters Remix SC by Chuck Palahniuk $15.95
Hello America by JG Ballard $15.95
Unlimited Dream Company JG Ballard $15.95
Drowned World by JG Ballard $15.95
Gothic Blue Book: The Revenge Edition or The Haunted Edition by Cynthia & Gerardo Pelayo et al. $7.00 each
Loteria by Cynthia Pelayo $12.00
Railsea by China Mieville $10.99 – Now in soft cover.
Year Zero by Rob Reid $15.00 – Now in soft cover.
Iris Has Free Time by Iris Smyles (Soft Skull) $15.95
The Guide To Being Born by Ramona Ausubel $26.95

Sex & Sexy
Show Offs Gay Erotic Stories by Richard Labonte (Cleis) $15.95
Safe Word Erotic an SM Novel Alvarados Pin Up Nudes by Robert Alvarado $34.99
Handbook vol 7 #2 2013 by Darren Ankenbauer $6.00

Poltics & Revolution
Stay Solid Radical Handbook for Youth by Matt Hern et al. (AK Press) $20.00

Magazines
Frankie #52 Mar Apr 13 $13.95
True Crime Apr 13 $8.99
Backwoodsman vol 34 #3 May Jun 13 $4.95
Fantastic Man #17 Spr Sum 13 $14.99
Flamingo Magazine Future Craft Issue $16.99
Specimen Magazine #5 $6.00
Black Velvet #76 $9.00
Signal to Noise #65 Spr 13 $4.95
Decibel #104 Jun 13 $4.95
Barcode Version Magazine vol 1 2013 Wedding in Wonderland $12.00 – From SSLM Same Sex Life Magazine.
Tattoo Society #38 $7.99

Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
Artifice Magazine #5 $8.00
Iowa Review vol 43 #1 Spr 13 $9.95
Death In A Rifle Garden by John Vincent Greco (Pioneers) $4.00
Human is a Donut by Shaina Hoffman $2.00

Kids Stuff
Mermaid In Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea (McSweeneys) $19.95
Anywhere at Once by the Students of 826CHI, illustrated by Laura Park and Aaron Renier $15.00
There I Am Looking at You With a Hungry Face: Stories and Observations  by the Students of 826CHI $5.00

Other Stuff
Keep Track Pocket Calendar by Cindy Crabb $4.00 – Fill in your own dates, made by Cindy “Doris” Crabb.
Gary Baseman Playing Cards $4.99

May Newsletter Link

Click here to look at our May newsletter (events, new stuff, news!) in your browser. Wanna be on our list to get this fabulous monthly newsletter? Sign up at quimbys.com
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Laydeez Do Comics in June, CAKE-Inspired Edition: Mita Mahato & Zan Christensen 6/13

Jun ’13
13
7:00 pm

Laydeez Do Comics is London’s monthly comics salon. Quimby’s is host to the Chicago edition. Come hear comics creators speak about their work, their process, their plans, and whatever else they want to share with us.

The special June CAKE-inspired edition will feature Seattle visitors:

Cartoonist and academic Mita Mahato is an associate professor of English at University of Puget Sound. Her academic work often incorporates graphic novels, specifically those around illness. She is currently working on her own graphic novel in collage about grief and the loss of her mother. View her work in progress on her blog, theseframesarehidingplaces.com

Mita Mahato

LGBT comics writer and activist Charles ‘Zan’ Christensen founded Seattle’s Northwest Press in 2010. It’s a book publisher dedicated to publishing the best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender comics collections and graphic novels and celebrating the LGBT comics community. He travels the country promoting and supporting his award winning creators. northwestpress.com

Peruse NW Press titles at http://northwestpress.com.

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For more info: laydeezdocomics.com and  comicnurse@mac.com

On & Off-Site: {CAKE} The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo 6/15-6/16

Jun ’13
15
11:00 am
Jun ’13
16
11:00 am

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Quimby’s is proud to help sponsor The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo [CAKE], which is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago’s rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics’ most talented artists– past, present and future. Featuring comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more, CAKE is dedicated to fostering community and dialogue amongst independent artists, small presses, publishers and readers.

Special guests this year include Collective Stench, Michael DeForge, Kim Deitch, Phoebe Gloeckner, Oily Comics, Charles Forsman, Melissa Mendes, Jason Shiga and more!

Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE)
Saturday and Sunday, June 15 & 16, 2013
11 am – 6pm
Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted
FREE and open to the public!
http://cakechicago.com

Don’t miss other things going on ON THE 14th though, around the city! We’re particularly excited about DERF (My Friend Dahmer, The City) being at Quimby’s on Friday, June 14th at 9pm as well as a Comic Art Battle led by Ezra Claytan Daniels (Upgrade Soul, The Changers)!

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