Monthly Archive for April, 2023

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Spring Window Display Has Sprung

 

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Check out our new window display!

Independent Bookstore Day Indie Bookstore Crawl – Saturday, April 29, 2023

Apr ’23
29
12:00 pm

Stop at Quimby’s during the annual Indie Bookstore Crawl (IBD) on Saturday, April 29th, the one-day national party celebrating Chicagoland indie bookstores. Use the map at ChiLoveBooks.com to learn about how to participate and plan your itinerary.

Quimby’s Offsite: Chicago Zine Fest, May 19th + 20th

May ’23
19
7:00 pm

Chicago Zine Fest 2023 is back in person! Quimby’s is proud to be a sponsor for Chicago’s annual celebration of independent publishers in the Chicago area and beyond. This two-day festival includes an online panel discussion and youth reading on Friday, May 19th and an in-person exhibition day featuring 100+ exhibitors and interactive workshops on Saturday, May 20th.

Friday May 19: two online events starting at 7pm: CZF YouTube channel:  youtube.com/c/chicagozinefest

Online Zinester Panel Discussion: “Quaranzines: How Zine Culture Has Survived and Thrived Since 2020” featuring Julia Arredondo, Oscar Arriola, Brian Baynes, Anna Jo Beck, Jonas Cannon, CHema Skandal, Billy Smith, and Liz Yerby. Moderated by Quimby’s own Cynthia E. Hanifin. Sponsored by the University of Chicago Library.
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Online Zinester Reading featuring members of the Illustration Student Group at Columbia College.

Saturday May 20: Zine Exhibition Day
11:00 am-6:00 pm
Plumbers Union Hall (1340 W Washington Blvd) in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. Come visit the Quimby’s table!

And join us the day after CZF here at Quimby’s: Zine Club Chicago informal hang on Sunday, May 21st from noon-2pm at Quimby’s. Info about that here.

For more info see chicagozinefest.org.

Poster art by Andrea Bell.

New Stuff This Week

 

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Zines

Shouting at Seagulls by Jonas and Alex Wrekk $4

Homagetoblkmadonnas #1 by Alkebuluan Merriweather $12

Caboose #14 My Canadian Boyfriend by Liz Mason $9

North Grand High School Students Talk to Marc and Ms. Jung about Creativity, Life and Covid (Half Leter Press) $5

Lazer Attack #2 $2

End of Man’s Country by H Melt $5

City Inverts #4 The Bugs Keep Comin’ by Jam $2

Pickle Jar #5 & #6 $20 each

Nine Days With Lihua by Brad Ford Smith $8

Comics & Minis

My Mixed Hair by Andrea Pearson $2

Be Wary the River by Kit Fraser $8

Comics by Blake A. Chamness (various titles)

So Buttons #12 Pairs edited by Jonathan Baylis $8

Hoggett’s Notion #1 by Dylan Ward $6

Art Books

Kathy Acker: Get Rid of Meaning edited by Anja Casser & Matias Viegener $45

Heads Together: Weed and the Underground Press Syndicate 1965-1973 edited by David Jacob Kramer $55

War and Peace in the Global Village (reprint) by Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore (Gingko Press) $13.95

70s House: A bold homage to the most daring decade in design by Estelle Bilson (Kyle Books) $22.99

Wildlife Anatomy: The Curious Lives & Features of Wild Animals around the World by Julia Rothman $18.99

Death In the Family (Mechanical Soft Press) $24.99

Graphic Novels

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers: Grass Roots and Other Follies by Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides & Dave Sheridan (Fantagraphics) $22.99

Black Phoenix Comics and Illustrations vol 1 by Rich Tommaso (Floating World Comics) $14.95

Film Books

Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate, and the Price of a Vision by Charles Elton $18

Fiction Books

Make It Stop: A Novel by Jim Ruland (Rare Bird Books) $20

Karl Marx Private Eye by Jim Feast (PM Press) $16.95

Mayhem & Outer Limits Books

Weed Witch: The Essential Guide to Cannabis for Magic and Wellness by Sophie Saint Thomas $21

Politics, Revolution & Essay

Camgirl: A Memoir by Isa Mazzei (Rare Bird) $20

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown $17.95

Magazines

Tape Op #154 $5.99

Illustoria #20 $16

Poetry

Love Me With the Fierce Horse of Your Heart by Gabrielle Grace Hogan $15

Other Stuff

What Poor Gods We Do Make: The Story and Music Behind Naked Raygun DVD+CD Set  $10

New stuff and restocks from Field Notes.