Monthly Archive for January, 2016

New Stuff This Week

lightbox_webpic_7lightbox_webpic_9lightbox_webpic_10Theres No Stoppin’ the Cretins from Hoppin’: Punk and Hardcore Flyers, Zines and Ephemera (BOO-HOORAY/Printed Matter) $20.00 – BOO-HOORAY is an organization dedicated to the preservation of 20th century and 21st century cultural movements. There’s No Stoppin’ The Cretins from Hoppin is the catalogue zine to BOO-HOORAY’s extensive poster collection, related to the exhibition Punk and Hardcore Fliers, Zines and Ephemera, curated by Johan Kugelberg at Printed Matter in January 2016. The exhibition showcased more than a hundred and fifty original fliers, zines and periodicals. All DIY, xeroxed and staple-bound, the materials span from the early 1970’s covering the glam rock and punk scenes of New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, including garage rock and power pop revivals, American hardcore, English peace-punk, and industrial music scenes. An overview of underground music culture of the last forty years, these posters represent this dynamic period.

*ZINES*

Just Make Pictures Zine #7 The Wrestlers by Michael Jarecki $4.00

Meghan Goes to McDonalds by Meghan Turbitt & friends $8.00

Protect Us All from the Family Protection $4.00

Hawking Sexist Chemicals #1 $4.00

The Vellum Underground 2015 Year End Zine Review by David LaBounty $3.00

The Ground Rules: A Manual to Reconnect Soil and Soul by Terra Fluxus $15.00 – With a good balance of facts and feels, Ground Rules is larded with useful, ground-level tips on how to locally grow both food and community out of the mean city streets. Contains detailed instructions on how to research growing sites, assess your soil, understand weeds, build good compost, and clear soil of toxins (whether they be lead, mercury, cadmium or landlords). ~GS

My Mother of Old Bones #1 by Elizabeth Kuklenyik $8.00

Les Belles by Chris Taylor (Floating World) $8.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

GANGES #5 by Kevin Huizenga (USS CATASTROPHE) $8.00

Low Light by Tristen Wright $8.00

It Sucks to be in Robot Jail by Sam Hintz $8.00

Island #6 $7.99 – Stories by: Onta, Fil Barlow, Gael Bertrand & Brandon Graham. Onta shows how two very different guys spend a day at the gay pride parade. Plus the recolored return of Fil Barlow’s Fun bizarre, Plastoid conspiracy science fiction: ZOONIVERSE! and more.

Work In Progress by August LeRoi $7.00

You Are a Donut by Kriota Willberg $2.00

Bears In Space #2 by Nate McDonough $4.00

Free Money #1 and #2 by Daniel McCloskey $10.00/$5.00

We Choose Our Friends Alone by Elaine M. Will $4.00

Blubber #2 by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $3.99

Twilight Children #4 by Gilbert Hernandez, Darwyn Cooke and Dave Stewart (Vertigo) $4.99

New Stuff from Otto Splotch!:
Sticker Postcard Pack $3.00
Pulsate and Squirt comic $7.00 – This Splotch spooge-swamp is part hitachi chic, part ex texts, part deepfried spiders. Find out why daddy’s having a bad day. See sex acts, meatfloors. Nothing’s fulfilling and everything’s titillating. ~GS

Frankie Comics #1-#3 by Rachel Dukes $3.00 each

The Bus Stop – An Un-Adventure Comic by Jimi Okelana (Big Ugly Robot) $5.00 – Jimi ponders the big and little questions of life via conversations with a voice from the gutter. Is it his imaginary friend that just never left? Is it healthy? and why is that voice such a jerk?

Poseur by Adam Pasion $5.00

Pyramid Scheme 2: This Time It’s At The Beach by Josh Burggraf & Victor Kerlow (Birdcage Bottom Books) $3.00 – After destroying an interstellar cult and collecting their space bounty, Dog and Robot and Kid Space Heater return to earth and embark on their most tantalizing and thrilling adventure yet: visiting a nude beach.

The Spiritual Crisis of Carl Jung by Robert Goodin $4.00

Present Tense – The Collected Simple Stuff 2010-2012 by Emily Churco (One Percent Press) $5.00

Aeronaut by Alexis Frederick-Frost $5.00

Tiny comics from JP Coovert:
Super Mega Buds $5.00
Simple Routines #20 $3.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS*

Love and Rockets New Stories vol 8 by Hernandez Bros (Fantagraphics) $14.99

Nod Away by Joshua W. Cotter (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – Deep-space transport has been developed to take a small crew to a habitable planet in a nearby system in an attempt to begin colonization/repopulation. The Internet is now telepathic and referred to as the “innernet.” When the hub is revealed to be a human child, Melody McCabe is hired to develop the new nexus on the second International Space Station. The intersection of human psychology and the ethics of progress is examined through a sci-fi graphic novel that takes place in a not-so-far away future, while hitting home with the realities of consequence and consciousness. Don’t miss Josh Cotter celebrating the releaseo f this book here at Quimby’s on Sat, Feb 27th, 7pm!

BATMAN THE JIRO KUWATA BATMANGA TP VOL 3 by Jiro Kuwata (DC) $14.99

MIND MGMT HC vol 6 The Immortals by Matt Kindt (Dark Horse) $19.99

Invader Zim TPB vol 1 by Jhonen Vasquez (Oni) $19.99

Adventure Time Sugary Shorts TPB vol 2 $19.99

Ghost by Whit Taylor (Birdcage Bottom Books) $10.00

Garbage Pail Kids Comic Book Puke-tacular by James Kolchaka, Roger Landridge & Shannon Wheeler (IDW) $19.99

Illustra Sean Year #1 and #2 by Sean Dempsey $20.00 each

Death Saves: An Anthology – Fallen Heroes of the Kitchen Table $21.95

Rough Age by Max de Radiguès (One Percent Press) $12.00 – Teenage romance!

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Sweater Weather and Other Stories by Sara Varon $19.99 – New edition!

Comics Squad #2: Lunch! $7.99 – This all-star tribute to classic Sunday comics includes eight sidesplitting, action-packed stories about every kid’s favorite subject—LUNCH! With work from Jeffrey Brown, Sara Varon and more!

Underworld: From Hoboken to Hollywood by Kaz (Fantagraphics) $39.99 – Finally! The first ever omnibus collection of the very best of Kaz’s Underworld comic strip’s 23-year run, with annotations, photos, and other surprises from the author!

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BEE AND PUPPYCAT TPB vol 2 by Natasha Allegri $14.99

Hollow in the Hollows by Dakota McFadzean (One Percent Press) $6.00

*MAYHEM, OUTER LIMITS & TRUE CRIME*

Rest In Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses by Bess Lovejoy $16.99

Rayful Edmond: Washington D.C.’s Most Notorious Drug Lord by Seth Ferranti (Gorilla Convict Publications) $15.00

Beast: Werewolves, Serial Killers, & Man-Eaters: The Mystery of the Monsters of the Gévaudan by S. R. Schwalb $24.99

Books about despair by E. M. Cioran, $14.95 each (you’re welcome):
The Temptation to Exist
Short History of Decay
The Trouble with Being Born

*PHOTO BOOKS*

East End Fashionistas by Anthony Webb $24.95 – As in, the East End of London.

*MAGAZINES*

Razorcake #90 $4.00

Charlie Hebdo #1224 Jan 6 16 $7.50

*LIT JOURNALS*

Black Fox Literary Magazine #10-#12 $14.00 each

Josh Cotter Celebrates the Release of Nod Away 2/27

Feb ’16
27
7:00 pm

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In Josh Cotter’s new book Nod Away (Fantagraphics Books), deep-space transport has been developed to take a small crew to a habitable planet in a nearby system in an attempt to begin colonization/repopulation. The Internet is now telepathic and referred to as the “innernet.” When the hub is revealed to be a human child, Melody McCabe is hired to develop the new nexus on the second International Space Station. The intersection of human psychology and the ethics of progress is examined through a sci-fi graphic novel that takes place in a not-so-far away future, while hitting home with the realities of consequence and consciousness.

“Cotter is pure cartoonist, in the truest sense,” explains Fantagraphics Associate Publisher Eric Reynolds. “He has such an intuitive grip on the language of comics that he makes it look easy, creating these fully realized characters in a fully realized world.”

Cotter garnered international acclaim in 2008 with his original graphic novel Skyscrapers Of The Midwest, released by AdHouse Books. For the past seven years, comics fans and critics alike have been calling out to Cotter for a new book. Nod Away is shaping up to be the most highly anticipated graphic novels of the year. Joshua Cotter lives in rural northwest Missouri with his wife, child, cat, and an astute sense of impending mortality. They keep him making comics.

For more info:

Facebook event post here. Invite your pals!

http://fantagraphics.com/flog/events/chicago-josh-cotter-at-quimbys/

http://jwcotter.tumblr.com

Saturday, February 27th, 7pm – Free Event

Offsite: Chicago Zine Fest Valentine’s Day Karaoke Fundraiser at Beauty Bar Chicago 2/14

Feb ’16
14
8:00 pm

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Show your love through song this Valentine’s Day, Sunday, February 14th as you help raise funds for the independent literary event Chicago Zine Festat Beauty Bar, 1444 W Chicago Ave. (NOT AT QUIMBY’S.)

For their fifth annual karaoke fundraiser, Zine Fest partners with Shameless Karaoke with a songbook of karaoke favorites from Blondie, the Smiths, James Brown, Madonna, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Prince, The Clash, Elvis Costello, the Kinks, Kiss, Britney Spears, Roxy Music, the Sex Pistols, classic punk and new wave and more. You can voice your feelings about Valentine’s Day with your song selection, whether it’s “Addicted to Love” or “Love Will Tear Us Apart.”

Bring some extra dollars as Beauty Bar offers unique drink specials all night long, including a signature martini and manicure to make sure you look your best this holiday.  Plus Zine Fest will hold a 50/50 raffle, splitting the pot that night with one lucky winner. Purchase raffle tickets for a chance to take home a nice holiday gift.

There is a $5 admission which will benefit the 2016 Chicago Zine Fest. The event beings at 8pm and is 21+.

About Chicago Zine Fest: Chicago Zine Fest (CZF) is a celebration of small press and independent publishers. CZF’s mission is to showcase the culture and accessibility of zine-making through workshops, events, and an annual festival that welcomes artists and creators to share their stories, knowledge, and love of zines. Chicago Zine Fest 2016 takes place on April 29th and 30th, 2016. Visit chicagozinefest.org for more information.

Join the event on Facebook and invite your friends: https://www.facebook.com/events/545483928934905/

About Shameless Karaoke: Visit www.facebook.com/ShamelessKaraoke/

See the Shameless Karaoke list here to think about what song(s) you want to do!

Artwork by the lovely and talented Chicago artist Gina Wynbrandt (Big Pussy).

Quimby’s is proud to co-sponsor Chicago Zine Fest, which is April 29th-30th, 2016.

New Stuff This Week

#FieldNotes back in stock. Plus, a Chicago edition! #quimbys #quimbysbookstore

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Field Notes: Chicago Edition, Set of Three 48 page Memo Books $10.95
Field Notes: Dot Graph Paper, Pitch Black, Set of Three 48 page Memo Books $9.95

*ZINES*

Abortion Services Offered $10.00 – A photo zine documenting Google Maps documenting the spectral anti-abortionists haunting Planned Parenthoods across the country. This is the New Photozine Movement’s sweet spot. Gaze upon our works, ye ‘mericans, and despair! ~GS

Good Morning vol 4 #2 $6.00

Dear Mr Lost by Emilia Equino $4.00

Travel On #7 Nine Months in Missouri by David Solomon $2.00

Artists vs. Charlatans: Drawings by Rick McKee Hock $15.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

Complete Beautifully Banal by Danny Travis & Alexander Culler $15.00

2 zines from Lizzee Solomon, $8.00 each:
Mutual Paradise #5 – This mini-comic is jam packed with hilarious and grotesque drawings. Solomon explores  TFW your turd is too big to flush, two boys are staring at one badonkadonk and when working at an art gallery gets old fast. -CH
¡A la Orden! – Prepare for pages of poop, puke, putas y playas (both types) when Mutual Paradise jefe Lizzee Solomon applies her grody graphics to the travelogue genre in this carnet de voyeur of a drunken beach vaycay in rural Colombia. Realness intermingles with feelsness, and it’s actually pretty educational. Cheaper than airfare! ~GS

OC #1 Fuck Hope Heres Hate Soup Narco Trash by Edwin Sandoval (Perfectly Acceptable) $10.00

Hi Ways by Daniel Wayne Olsen $5.00 – “Time leaked at a shitty speed. I didn’t have a clue what was going on anymore.” Probably drawn high; probably read high. P much like smoking a melting Grateful Dead lp. Crack the egg of oblivion on the face of reality & let your mind wünder thru the eyesockets of the sun into a mushroom cloud of hippy hellscapes & peyote parties in a sprayed-brain wormhole of… burg… what… what was i talking about ~GS

Panoptic Presents #2 by Steven Arenius $4.99

*GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS*

Beverly by Nick Drnaso (D+Q) $21.95 – The modern lost souls of Beverly struggle with sexual anxieties that are just barely repressed and social insecurities that undermine every word they speak. Time passes, bodies change sizes, realities blur with fantasies, truths disintegrate, childhood comforts turn uncomfortable. Again and again, the civilized facades of Nick Drnaso’s pitch – perfect suburban landscapes crack in the face of violence and quiet brutality. ***DON’T MISS NICK DRNASO AT QUIMBY’S ON FEB 20TH WITH BRIAN CHIPPENDALE!***

Uptight #5 by Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics) $10.00 – 112-page volume from the artist of (among other things) The Clouds Above. Includes the stories “Keeping Two” and “Discovering the Dark.”

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Frank in the 3rd Dimension by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics) $22.99 – Frank as you’ve never seen him before! 32 anecdotal visual vignettes with more than 150 layers per drawing! Comes with 3D glasses!

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Horror by Heck! by Don Heck (IDW) $24.99 – He co-created Iron Man but in the 50s Don Heck did horror comics! From The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics.

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The Envelope Manufacturer by Chris Oliveros (D&Q) $16.95

Religion: A Discovery in Comics by Margreet de Heer (NBM) $17.99 – A fresh look from different perspectives on the phenomenon of religion; the backgrounds and history of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism; and makes the point that religion is something that should unite us, not drive us apart.

*ART & DESIGN*

Mythology: An Illustrated Journey Into Our Imagined Worlds by Christopher Dell $29.95

*FICTION*

Big Venerable: Stories by Matt Rowan $14.99

The Sleep Garden by Jim Krusoe (Tin House) $15.95 – In an underground apartment building called “the Burrow”–essentially purgatory?“twilight souls” inhabit the space between life and death. Interwoven with their stories are those of inhabitants of the living world: a retired sea captain, a psychotic former child actor (possibly the sea captain’s illegitimate son?), and the technicians who monitor the Burrow, making sure its occupants have a constant supply of oxygen and food. Through all of their stories, and the ways in which their lives, past and present, intertwine, Krusoe creates a poignant story about what constitutes a life, what remains when we die, and what we possibly carry with us into the next world.

The Unfinished World: And Other Stories by Amber Sparks $15.95 – Sculptors, librarians, astronauts, and warriors, orphans translate their grief into taxidermy and more.

*MAYHEM & OUTER LIMITS*

Missing Connections: Challenging the Consensus the Search for Hidden Truths, Obscured Patterns, and Unseen Realities by J. Douglas Kenyon (Atlantis Rising) $16.95

Freaks of Sideshow and Film by Mary Brett & Stevan Gould (Schiffer) $34.99 – Explore the lives of over 150 of the top sideshow performers of by-gone days, as well as the history of the circus and sideshow. Take a look behind the scenes at the banner artists, gaff artists, photographers, and showmen who made the freak show as American as apple pie.

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Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America by Ioan Grillo $28.00

*DRUUUUUUGS*

Hashish The Lost Legend: The First English Translation of a Great Oriental Romance by Ronald R. Siegal (Process) $29.95

*TRAVEL (OR MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE TRAVELLED)*

How to Talk About Places You’ve Never Been: On the Importance of Armchair Travel by Pierre Bayard $25.00

*ESSAYS*

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson $15.00 – Now in soft cover.

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

Taking Sides: Revolutionary Solidarity and the Poverty of Liberalism by Cindy Milstein (AK Press) $12.00

Dead Presidents: An American Adventure Into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation’s Leaders by Cindy Carlson $26.95

*SCIENCE BOOKS*

We Are All Stardust: Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk about Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know by Stefan Klein (Experiment) $14.95

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart, illustrated by Briony Morrow-Cribbs $18.95

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*MAGAZINES*

Harpers Magazine Feb 16 $6.99

Tape Op #111 Jan Feb 16 $4.95

*POETRY CHAP BOOKS*

Meet the Major Arcana by Erika Mikkalo $10.00

*SEXY*

Scarlet Women: The Scandalous Lives of Courtesans, Concubines and Royal Mistresses by Ian Graham $26.99

DNA #191 $14.95

*OTHER STUFF*

Bon, Appetit Bitches! Tea Towels by Calligraphuck $16.95

Steven Krakow, author of My Kind of Sound: The Secret History of Chicago Music, in conversation with the Reader’s Philip Montoro on 2/18

Feb ’16
18
7:00 pm

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Steven Krakow’s My Kind of Sound (Curbside Splendor) compiles more than a decade worth of “The Secret History of Chicago Music,” the illustrated column by Steve Krakow (“Plastic Crimewave”) that has been printed bi-weekly in the Chicago Reader since 2005. There is much to discover in these stories; amidst the slighted fame, botched contracts, overdoses, and break-ups, Krakow spotlights the glory that exists in making music.

Some of these musicians made considerable contributions to Chicago’s music culture, rivaling those of the legends we all know and collect. And some of them didn’t, but Krakow insists that you know about them. Each of the more than 200 columns included in My Kind of Sound were painstakingly constructed by Krakow in his signature scissor-and-glue process, the same he employs in his long-running psychedelic zine, Galactic Zoo Dossier. Charmed though his process may be, Krakow’s gigantic love for music and the people who make it is serious and staggering and the resulting collection is as fun as it is important. 

[The Secret History of Chicago Music] is an education even for us know-it-all music obsessives, and are the only comics that have sent me directly to the record store to dig in the bins for dusty gems.”
—Jessica Hopper, Pitchfork, author of The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic

Facebook invite for this event: https://www.facebook.com/events/106144166435422/

For more info, email Catherine Eves: catherine(at)curbsidesplendor(dot)com