1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622 · 773-342-0910
| Sep ’24 |
| 14 |
| 11:00 am |
Quimby’s is proud to co-sponsor the first South Side Lit Fest!
Bridgeport’s First Literary Festival! Also sponsored by Adult Programs at Daley library and Eye 94.
Saturday, Sep 14th, 11am-4pm
At the Richard J. Daley Public Library
3400 S. Halsted, Bridgeport
Author signings! Discussion panels! Poetry! A zine writing workshop! And more.
For more info: instagram.com/southsidelitfest
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| Nov ’24 |
| 9 |
| 4:00 pm |
Internationally acclaimed graphic novelist Olivier Schrauwen returns with a masterfully funny — and profound — day in the life narrative. Sunday follows, over the course of one day, the stream of consciousness of a fictionalized version of the author’s cousin, Thibault. On the day of his girlfriend’s return from an extended trip, Thibault wakes up, does nothing, gets James Brown stuck in his head, drinks and smokes, grows paranoid about his relationship, struggles to compose text messages, watches The DaVinci Code, all the while avoiding anyone and everyone, descending deeper into his own thoughts and fears. Meanwhile, a former crush and another cousin of Thibault’s plan a surprise birthday for him, sending the external and internal on a collision course.
Schrauwen’s brilliant comic timing and formal mastery transcends the quotidian nature of the plot. Through use of color and flashback and the dissonance between text and image and the ways in which Schrauwen layers a depiction of human consciousness as lines on paper — infused heavily with slapstick and white-knuckle tension —makes for an exhilarating read and breathtaking use of the comics medium.
From Dash Shaw, cartoonist of one of the New York Times Best Comics of 2021, comes a new graphic novel, Blurry.
A man can’t decide between two dress shirts for a wedding.
A woman questions the style of her new glasses.
A teacher considers quitting teaching.
A figure-drawing model considers quitting modeling.
A man drives into a fog bank and is unsure how to get home.
In Blurry, Shaw renders doubts around everyday decisions as startling cliffhangers, presenting us with the kinds of choices that can make a life expand or contract in equal measure. Drawn in clear lines and washes, Shaw captures the humor and anxiety of life in a one-of-a-kind structure that bends back to a thrilling, lyrical finish. Blurry is more evidence that Shaw is one of our greatest contemporary cartoonists.
Schrauwen and Shaw will be in conversation with local cartoonist Conor Stechschulte, author of Ultrasound.
In Ultrasound, which has been adapted into a feature film starring Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men), Glen and Cyndi become unwitting test subjects in a mind-control experiment after a strange sexual encounter. They search for answers as their own memories become tools for manipulation. Driving home from a wedding late one night during a heavy storm, out of cell range, Glen blows out his tires. He knocks on the door of the only house he sees and is greeted by an uncomfortably friendly middle-aged man, Arthur, and his attractive younger wife, Cyndi. The strange couple pours him a drink, and then more drinks, followed by odd confessions and an unexpected offer that Glen can’t refuse. Where Ultrasound zigs and zags from there is into a dizzying plot involving mind control, government secrets, gaslighting, and political intrigue that is always one step ahead of the reader. Stechschulte’s brilliant use of color and mastery of comics storytelling yields a breathtaking puzzlebox of a sci fi thriller — the moment you finish, you will want to go back and reread Ultrasound from the start.
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Note! Some of this comes out later this week!!
Zine
Patent Observations: Sample Findings from the Patent Applications of Los Angeles Area Inventors issues #1-#3 by Public Collectors/Marc Fischer (Half Letter Press) $20 each
TV Grime #4 Twin Peaks by Luke Geddes $12
Riverside Challenger: Selections 1992-1994 $5
Seize Your Week by Marshall Waters $9.99
Free Palestine Ceasefire Now! Stop the Genocide in Gaza by the Coalition to March on the DNC $10
Light Witches Art Book #1 by Matt Wiley $8
Unfolding Connections various issues by Kristian Brevik, $4 each
Rate of Decay #7 Cuntroaches + #8 Demolisten, $2 each
Zisk #35 $4
Fog $15
Tons of new DIY zines by Karina Hagelin, various prices : Gossip as a Site of Resistance, Affirmations for Survivors #3 Radical Self-Love, All Cats Are Beautiful issues #1 & #2,
Digestif #2 by Brianna Dingedein $12
Comics
You Don’t Get There From Here #64 Diary Comics by Carrie McNinch $4
I Hope This Finds You #14 Diary Comics by Kevin Budnik $6
Daydream Paradise #70 by laszlo shaak (Wiggle Bird Mailing Club) $6
Horizon: New Wave Comics issues #1-#3 by David Soileau and Reginald Wayne Soileau $2 each
Lady Luck (Sphincter Publishing) $5
Graphic Novels
What We Mean by Yesterday vol 1 by Benjamin Marra (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz: A Graphic Family Memoir of Trauma & Inheritance by Ari Richter (Fantagraphics) $34.99
Are You Willing to Die for the Cause? Revolution in 1960s Quebec by Chris Oliveros (Drawn and Quarterly) $22.95
Oba Electroplating Factory by Yoshiharu Tsuge (Drawn and Quarterly) $29.95
Politics & Revolution Books
The New Science of Social Change: A Modern Handbook for Activists by Lisa Mueller $27.95
Fiction
The Nightingale’s Castle: A Novel of Erzsébet Báthory, the Blood Countess by Sonia Velton $18.99
Mayhem & Outer Limits
Way of the Witch: A Guide to Starting Your Magical Journey and Activating Your Inner Power by Danielle Luet & illustrated by Tamara Woods $29.99
Charms, Amulets, Talismans & Spells by Marian Green $8.95
Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death by Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes $28
Essay/Memoir
An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work by Charlotte Shane $25.99
Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith by John Szwed $22
DIY
Magickal Cross-Stitch: 25 Witchy Projects to Enchant Your Home by Lindsay Swearingen $19.99
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Zines
by Scott Russell Morris & friends: Witch’s Cat – A Solo Journaling RPG $16, Tarot Zines ($15-$16) and more.
Don’t Stop Me Now: How to Resist Drag Bans and Create Total Gender Liberation by Christa Orth (Literary Kitchen Collective Press) $15
Zines by Larry Wolf $5 each: Fortune Tellers, Enfantes Terribles photo zine
Room Tone #4 by Kurt $3
Bicycling in Tokyo 35mm Photos by Shawn Granton $12
Zines by S. Duff $5 each: Perfect Specimens, Year of the Mirror, As Something Breaks, Woman at the Wheel
Bookshelf Voyeur #7 The Light and Dark sides of Yearbooks! by L J Williams $10
Fungivore by Heather Anacker $11.11
A Modern Guide to Communicating In the Real World by Ian Fugett $10
Comics
Pee Pee Poo Poo #1 by Caroline Cash (Silver Sprocket) $9.99
King Cat #83 by John Porcellino $7
Tongues 6.5 Supplement #1 by Anders Nilsen $18
Comics by Dave Hankins $4 each: Gorilla Movies, Elephant Buildings, Giraffes
Josh Horror Comics by Josh Bayer, Josh Cotter, Josh Simmons and Josh Stephens $20
2 issues of Shadow Banshee by Nadia, $3 each
Graphic Novels
Future by Tommi Musturi (Fantagraphics) $39.99
Delights: A Story of Hieronymus Bosch by Guy Colwell (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Mothballs by Sola Otero (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Iris: A Novel for Viewers by Thé Tjong-Khing and Lo Hartog van Banda (Fantagraphics) $24.99
The Night Never Ends by Steve Thueson (Silver Sprocket) $19.99 – Sale date 8/28!
Legendary Spirits: The Collected Grace, Jerry, Jessica & Me by Derek Marks $20
Politics & Revolution Books
Loving Corrections by adrienne maree brown (AK Press) $18
Essays
The Snarling Girl and Other Essays by Elisa Albert $26.95
Bad Feminist TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION by Roxane Gay $18.99
Mayhem & Outer Limits
Magic at the Crossroads: The Devil in Modern Witchcraft by Kate Freuler $19.99
Travel (LOL)
Go to Hell: A Traveler’s Guide to Earth’s Most Otherworldly Destinations by Erika Engelhaupt $24.99
Music Books
CRASH BANG: Pictures from a Punk 1976-1982 by DB Burkeman $39.99
It Wasn’t a Phase!: The Ultimate Emo Activity Book by Yasmine Summan $15.99
Fiction
Layman’s Report by Eugene Marten $26
My Men: A Novel by Victoria Kielland $16
Politics & Revolution
Quit Everything: Interpreting Depression by Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi $18.95
The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America 1963-1973 by Clara Bingham $32.50
Self-Care
It’s Your Body: The Young Woman’s Guide to Empowered Sexual Health by Dena Moes $16.99
Chap Books & Lit Journals
Killing Time Is a Sacred Act by Ramsey Khaweja $10
Vitreous Wick #6 $10
Food Books
Food to Die For: Recipes and Stories from America’s Most Legendary Haunted Places by Amy Bruni with Julie Tremaine $29.99
Drinkin’
The Turn of the Screwdriver: 50 Dark and Twisted Literary Cocktails by Iphigenia Jones $19.99
Biking Books
Urban Adventure League Cycle Touring Primer 3rd Ed: A Quick Guide to Help You Plan Your Multi Day Bicycle Adventure by Shawn Granton $12
Film
A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda by Carrie Rickey $29.99
Other Stuff
2025 Calendars/Planners $13.99-$14.99: Witches’ Datebook, Moon Sign Datebook, Daily Planetary Guide, Moon Sign Datebook, Daily Planetary Guide and more.
I Want to Believe (It’s Not Butter) Sticker by Heather Anacker $2
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Zines
A shipment of zines from Quimby’s and Quimby’s NYC founder Steven Symbersky! Star Trek ephemera zines $5 each, lost cat and dog poster zines $2.50 each, and more!
Titles from Sick Sad Trans Fags: Man Hating Bisexual Coming of Age Stories $15, Covid Stole My Slut Era $6, Autistic Shorthand for Crips: A Guide for Easier Communication Between Autists With Limited Energy $5 and more.
Dragon Year by Jilly Foo $5
Culpeper’s Guide to the Properties, Virtues, and Uses of zines by Nicholas Culpeper, 7.99 each: Herbs and Their Leaves – Barks, Roots, Woods, and Other Natural Medicines – Fruits, Seeds, Flowers, Juices, Stones and Other Natural Medicines
Cowboys and Lawyers (Queering Consent Series) by Robin S. Stafford (Microcosm Publishing) $7.99
Party Line #9 $4.95
Compilation Nation #2 The Only Fanzine Dedicated to Various Artists by Sydney Salk $5
Copy This Cassette! A Cassette Review Zine For Those That Love Cassettes by D. Blake Werts $2.95
Crafting Tools Make Us Human #1 by Tyler Reid and Aaron Moring-D’Angier $20
What Guinea Pigs Can Teach Us About Life: How Sleeping Piggies Show Rest as Resistance and Yawning as Care by Virginia Cafaro $7.99
& Ull Take Me Down lyrics by Yasha $5
Comics
Bubbles #20 $8
Tooth of the Troll: A Greta Smalltusk Tale by Quinn Thomson $5
Graphic Novels
Kommix by Charles Burns (Fantagraphics) $24.99
Blurry by Dash Shaw $34.95
The Atlas Comics Library No. 3 : In the Days of the Rockets! (Fantagraphics) $49.99
Politics & Revolution Books
Pinnacle: The Lost Paradise of Rasta by Bill Blade Howell with Helen Lee (Akashic) $26.95
Music Books
Chicago House Music: Culture and Community by Marguerite L. Harrold (Belt Publishing) $24
Fiction Books
Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning $30
The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due $17.95
DIY Books
Make It Last: Prolonging and Preserving the Things We Love by Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm Publishing) $9.95
Magazines
Broken Pencil #103 $9.95
Tape Op #162 $5.99
Lit Journals
Overtime – Hour 68: Lucifers by Lauren O’Donoghue (Blue Cubicle Press) $2
Oyez Review #51 Novellas $14
From Long Day Press $14-$16:
Accomplished Muskrat Trapper: A Book on Trapping for Amateurs by Arno E. Schmidt
Desolation by frankie baby
In Between My Bodies: Essays by Emily Capers
Gainesville: A Novel by Colin Winnette
Saturn: Stories by Simon Jacobs
We Go Liquid a Novel by Christian TeBordo
From 826CHI
Indomitable Forces: Writing From the Students of Wells High School $18
I Love the State You Are In: Writing From the Students of 826ChI’s After School Writing Lab $15
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