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Zines

Bloom, various issues (Baby Bloom Press) $8 each

new micro zines from by Jam, $2 each: Luminous Cells, Sea Babies

Hysteria Ramblings of a Self Described Madwoman #1 $4

Gumbo: A Chicago Magazine #1 $3

Meat Ball Head by Kat Tuesday $5

Human Issue #2 The House That I Always Dream About by Edwin Perry Manchester $5

Comics

š! Baltic Comics Magazine issues #49 & #50 (Kus) $14 each

Contact by Lucas Cisneros $12

Flavour Pack #2 Mar 2024 (TD Sequentials) $7

Girl Failure: A Small Comics Anthology About Girls Who Fail by Becki Z $10

Art Books

A Doorway to Joe: The Art of Joe Coleman with a foreward by Mike McGee and an intro by Tom Waits (Fantagraphics) $9.99

Music Books

Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids?: An Indie Odyssey by Nige Tassell (Nine Eight Books) $18.99

Sonic Spells: Musicians and Music Lovers on the Magic of Music by Dana Cooper $15

Outer Limits & Mayem Books

The Way of the Will: Thelema in Action by David Shoemaker (Weiser) $19.95

Fiction

Cartoons by Kit Schluter (City Lights) $16.95

Body Farm: Stories by Abby Geni $27

On Earth as It Is on Television by Emily Jane $17.99

The Guest: a Novel by Emma Cline $18

Exile in Guyville: Stories by Amy Lee Lillard $18

Good Night, Martha by Nancy Morton $12.95

Adventures of Zorax Zoomster by Shemar James $15

Essay(ish) Books

SLUTS Anthology edited by Michelle Tea (Dopamine X/Semiotext(e)) $17.95

Food Books

Noodles, Rice, and Everything Spice: A Thai Comic Book Cookbook by Christina de Witte & Mallika Kauppinen $22.99

For the Young at Heart

Club Microbe by Elise Gravel (D+Q) $17.95

Chap Books

Rest by Thomas Pol $5

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Quimby's Offsite: Emil Ferris Discusses My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two at Harold Washington Library Center, June 5th

Emil Ferris at the Harold Washington Library Center  400 S. State Street, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, Lower Level Wednesday, June 5 6pm–7pm Not at Quimby's. The Chicago Public Library and Quimby's welcome Emil Ferris to the Harold Washington Library Center to discuss her highly anticipated new book, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two. Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two is the eagerly awaited …

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Zine Club Chicago: Folding Pages, Unfolding Lives - A Collaborative Perzine Workshop led by Alex O'Keefe, May 11th

Zine Club Chicago: Folding Pages, Unfolding Lives - A Collaborative Perzine Workshop led by Alex O'Keefe 3 p.m. Saturday, May 11 Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave. Free! This month, Zine Club Chicago is excited to welcome special guest Alex O’Keefe of DnA Artists as we each share personal narratives to form a group perzine! Alex will walk participants through the process of creating a small auto-bio work (writing, drawing, collage — anything goes!) She'll gather those …

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