Monthly Archive for March, 2017

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New Stuff This Week

Feminist Advice From the City of Big Shoulders. Yessssss. #quimbysbookstorechicago #quimbys #chicago #feminist

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Feminist Advice From the City of Broad Shoulders ed. by Jessica Caponigro $20.00 – A collection of essays from Chicago that address feminism and equality. With Essays from Meredith Adams-Smart, Soheila Azadi, Charlene Carruthers, Jessica Caponigro, Leslie Deckard, Sarah Frier, Chiara Galimberti, Scott Hunter, Tanuja Jagernauth, Sharlene King, Stephanie Graham and Maya Mackrandilal, Jennifer Reeder, Jes Skolnik, Vanessa Sheridan, Sydney Stoudmire, Christen Thomas, Benita Ulisano, and Latham Zearfross.

*ZINES*

KerBloom #124 Jan Feb 17 by Artnoose $2.00

Double Exposures Womens March $2.00

I Think There Is a Human City Growing In My Stomach by Duncan Figurski $2.50

Good Days Gone Cold Days by Sarah LaPonte and Helen Jones $12.00

Incandescent #10 & #11 A Color Film Zine $14.00 each

Happy Tapir #2 A Summer of Five Almost Deaths by Johnny Masiulewicz $3.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

Too Much Fun Too by Logan Kruidenier $10.00 – Thanks to everybody that came out for this raucous event!

Thanks, Logan Kruidenier, for a freaky time! #quimbys #quimbysbookstorechicago #logankruidenier #toomuchfun

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Comics by Inechi Ines Estrada Gatosaurio:
Southwest Roadtrip $6.00
Alienation #2 & #3 $10.00 each

Fae Archaic #5 To My Dear Lucifene by Kurt Burdick $4.00

Wait It Gets Worse #1 & #2 by Gideon Kendall and Doug Latino $5.00 each

Laskimooses #34 Sytykkeiden Kokoaminen $7.00

Goddamn Motherfuckers by Hans Nissen $3.00

Well #2 by Martin Kralovec $2.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero by Micheal Deforge (D&Q) $21.95 – Sticks has escaped her heritage for the refuge of the woods and through her story, DeForge delivers another deeply humane work, one that subtly questions the integrity of the political state and contemporary journalism, all while investigating our relationship to the natural world. Don’t miss Michael DeForge here on 3/25 with Sadie Dupuis to celebrate the release of this graphic novel with a celebratory lo-fi comics night!

Terms and Conditions by R. Sikoryak (D&Q) $14.99 – I-Tunes terms and conditions but as comics parodies. Started as a mini and is now a book. Each page features an avatar of Apple cofounder and legendary visionary Steve Jobs juxtaposed with a different classic strip such as Mort Walker’s Beatle Bailey, or a contemporary graphic novel such as Craig Thompson’s Blankets or Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. Totally unauthorized. Totally hilarious.

Impatience by Inechi Ines Estrada $24.00

California Dreamin’: Cass Elliot Before the Mamas and the Papas by Pénélope Bagieu $24.99

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? by Thomas Frank $17.00 – From founding editor of The Baffler, about how the American Democratic Party has changed to support elitism in the form of a professional class instead of the working class.

Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era by Daniel Levitin $16.00

*FICTION*

Chicago: A Novel by Brian Doyle $16.00

Hourglass Factory: A Novel by Lucy Ribchester (Pegasus Books) $15.95 – Tomboy Frankie George is sent to interview trapeze artist Ebony Diamond, who disappears. Frankie is drawn into a world of tricks, society columnists, corset fetishists, suffragettes and circus freaks. How did Ebony vanish, who was she afraid of, and what goes on behind the doors of the mysterious Hourglass Factory?

*OUTER LIMITS*

The Chaos Protocols: Magical Techniques for Navigating the New Economic Reality by Gordon White $17.99 – The years since the financial crash have seen the realization dawn that the great promise of modern civilization will go unfulfilled. From sigil magic to working with spiritual allies, The Chaos Protocols helps you act on the unwavering belief that your life should matter and you’re not going to let something as trifling as the apocalypse get in the way of it.

Spiritual Alchemy: Scrying, Spirit Communication, and Alchemical Wisdom by Donald Tyson and Jenny Tyson $19.99

*ESSAYS*

All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World by Zora O’Neill $25.00

*FOOD*

Food Fights & Culture Wars: A Secret History of Taste by Tom Nealo $30.00 – Revolution! Gluttony! Cannibalism! The gloriously illustrated (120 full color illustrations, many from the collection of the British Library) history of food, including mythical origin stories, unusual recipes and more!

Iconic Chicago Dishes, Drinks and Desserts by Amy Bizzarri (History Press) $21.99

*MAGAZINES*

VMan #37 Spr Sum 17 $6.95

Monocle #101 Mar 17 10th Anniversary Special $12.00

Wire #397 March 17 Aine O’Dwyer $10.99

*LIT JOURNALS*

Sheriff Nottingham’s Holiday Herald #9 vol 3 #1 Fat Tuesday $10.00

*OTHER STUFF*

Gatosaurio & friends stickers! by Ines Estrada, Heather Benjamin, Wakana Yamazaki, Koyamori, Simon Hanselmann & more $9.00 each – New and restocks! And did we mention we got some patches too? $6.00 each.

RIP Underground Comics Legend Jay Lynch

Quimby’s gives best wishes to the survivors, fans, friends and family of underground comics legend Jay Lynch, who passed away at age 72. His legacy includes such titles as Bijou Funnies, Nard ‘n’ Pat, Phoebe & the Pigeon People, Arcade, as well as illustration for Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids, but he also did illustrations for The Realist, as he reminisced about in the zine we published about Quimby’s (Ever Evolving Bastion of Freakdom: A Quimby’s Bookstore History In Words and Pictures):

“Paul Krassner, who founded The Realist in 1958, was doing a book signing in the store. I stopped by to say hello, since I did many a cartoon for The Realist in the early 60s. I saw Paul staring in awe at the shelves stacked with every “alternative” publication that exists. All of these zines in one place isn’t something that you see every day-and Krassner was nonplussed at the sight. “What have we begat?” he said to me in a concerned tone.”

Jay’s presence at signings at Quimby’s, as well as his contribution to the world of underground comics and his legacy as contributor to the origins of the store will be missed.

New Stuff This Week


S #27 Baltic Comics Magazine Jan 17 (kus) $12.00. Also, issues of Mini Kus $5.00: #47 Sutrama by Daniel Lima, #48 by Olive Booger, #49 Call Of Cthulhu by Martin Lacko and H.P. Lovecraft, #50 by Mathilde Van GheluweBrume by Amanda Baeza $18.00

*ZINES*

New Territory #4 Coexisting by Tina Casagrand $15.00

How to Quantum Leap $5.00

Surviving: Getting Through the Shit Life Throws at You by Faith G. Harper $3.00

Great and Terrible Golden Age #3 Movies of the 1930s by Emily Alden Foster $5.00

Why I Got My Breast Reduction $3.00

Okay Fine, Here’s What To Do Zine: A Guide for Post 2016 Election $2.00

Black Lives Matter: A Guide for White People Who Want to Help Dismantle White Supremacy by Spiderweb Salon $2.00

Fight Normalization $2.00

Heavy Whisper #2 by Corinne Halbert $5.00 – Illustrated vintage erotica, the second installment of Halbert’s bondage drawing zine.

Composite Internet Boyfriend by Jaime Raybin $5.00

Indestructible: Growing Up Queer, Cuban, and Punk in Miami by Cristy C. Road $9.95 – Back in print!

How To Recognize Voter Suppression by Bronwyn Mauldin $7.00

Homeworld #2 by Elora Powell $1.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

Warpwish Comix #1 Very Special Inaugural Issue by Nathan Ward $5.00 – Filled to the brim with deep-space and earth-based tales of gummy-terraforming, dog-stabbing, wormhole-diving, hair-follicle-lumberjacking, junkyard-tresspassing, amateur-radio-violating, smegma-rioting, and much much more.

All Time Comics Crime Destroyer #1 by Josh Bayer, Benjamin Marra and Herb Trimpe (Fantagraphics) $4.99 – Blind Justice! Bullwhip! Crime Destroyer! Each issue of ALL TIME COMICS features a mash up of new cartoonists and classic comic book creators collaborating with writer Josh Bayer to unleash superhero stories that no other publisher would dare to publish.

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Simply Samuel by Tommi Musturi (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – Next adventure of Samuel, a pale ghost-like character who wanders through a colorful world from this Finnish artist and co-founder of Huuda Huuda comics.

*ART BOOKS*

Limestone by Matt Christy $22.00

*MUSIC BOOKS*

The Prodigal Rogerson: The Tragic, Hilarious, and Possibly Apocryphal Story of Circle Jerks Bassist Roger Rogerson in the Golden Age of LA Punk, 1979-1996 (Scene History) by J. Hunter Bennett (Microcosm) $7.95

Electri_City: The Dusseldorf School of Electronic Music by Rudie Esch $27.95 – The myths and realities of the bands emerging from the artistic backdrop of a wealthy German post WWII modernistic city, and explores the emergence of the electronic scene that spawned bands like Kraftwerk, NEU!, DAF, and Die Krupps.

There Is No Substitute: A Tribute to Keith Moon by Ian Snowball $40.00

*OUTER LIMITS*

Secret Societies: The Complete Guide to Histories, Rites, and Rituals by Nick Redfern (Visible Ink) $19.95

Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses by John Dvorak $27.95

Scab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist by Jonathan Shaw $21.95 – If truth is indeed stranger than fiction, then, as Shaw’s friend and literary mentor Charles Bukowski once told him, much of this book would have to be lived before it could be written.

*MAGAZINES*

The Baffler #34 Spr 17 Snare of Preparation $14.00

Juxtapoz #195 Apr 17 $6.99

Vive Le Rock #42 Punk’s Unsung Heroes $11.99

Fader #108 Mar Apr 17 Sex Issue $6.99

Bitch #74 Spr 17 $6.95

Mojo #280 Mar 17 Ray Davies $10.99

*SEXXXY*

Elska #10 Mumbai India $18.50