Monthly Archive for January, 2025

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Zines

In Loving Memory of Rabbits, Rats, Birds, Squirrels $12

A Treasury of Florida Man WTF: News Headlines From the Internet and Beyond by Alexandra Montclair (Harpy House Press) $12

Things I Chewed Reviewed $4

Uppercase #64 $24

Comics

Beach Day by Lucy Rose Till-Campbell $8

Princess Reverie’s 10000 Year Curse (Wiggle Bird Mailing Club) $10

Comics by Sunny Sponder, $10 each: Plunge, Flish Flash Flush (with Swami Tsunami)

Spin Cycle by melonfarm $8

Politics & Revolution Books

Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman, edited by Jessica Moran and Barry Pateman (AK Press) $18

Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education by Jesse Hagopian (Haymarket) $24.95

Art Books

Out of Order by Kay Westhues $20

Doing Stuff

1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round by Jami Attenberg $19.99

Lazy Witchcraft for Crazy, Shitty Days: Easy Spells and Rituals for When You’re Stressed Out, Wiped Out, or Just Have No More Spoons to Give by Andrea Samayoa $19.99

Fiction

Horse Girl Fever: Stories by Kevin Maloney $16.95

Chap Books

I Want to be a Bowl $2

Recommended Zine Reading for the New Year

Hello, dearest blog voyeurs! Did you keep track of all the books you read in 2024? I didn’t, but I read a ton thanks to that sweet Quimby’s discount and being within walking distance of my local public library. Everyone has different reading styles, and I’m always curious about the habits of fellow readers. The more distractions, the better for my undiagnosed ADHD brain. I personally love to sprinkle a little fun in between marathon book reading, so here is an exciting list of shortform reading to keep you going in between the pages.

County Highway, “America’s Only Newspaper” (their words).

I’m late to the County Highway game, but am glad to have finally arrived. Filled with essays, classified ads, music reviews, and dispatches from small town America, County Highway is an enriching paper that touches on subjects the mainstream media fails to cover.  Some of my favorite stories from past issues: a man who inherits a cabin with beastly neighbors; how ginger (the herb) can cure most of what ails you; a boots-on-the ground report of the devastation in Asheville, NC after Hurricane Helene; and the cultural importance of Dolly Parton & Dollywood.

It’s refreshing to read journalism written with heart and integrity, served offline in a satisfying format that makes me feel like I’m in my old man era.

Full Bleed #2

If you like your horror injected with lots of fun, don’t miss out on ISSUE TWO of Chicago’s finest horror and exploitation zine, Full Bleed! We’re big fans of Full Bleed around here and are extremely stoked about the latest issue. If you aren’t able to make it into the shop or order it online, checkout their Instagram page where the editors post upcoming and relevant film screenings and events in Chicago.

Zines by Ivy Rose

One of my favorite underground comic artists is Ivy Rose, who just came into the shop from Albuquerque, NM to restock her zines! Ivy’s style mixes personal journal entries with hand drawn comics in a way that pulls at your heartstrings. All of the comics are full-color and truly gorgeous. I recommend the most recent issue, Cat Miscall, about keeping yourself safe as a femme and staying away from the creeps. These sweet zines are on our mini-comic wall.

You can’t go wrong with mini-kuš! comics!

Published in Latvia by editor David Schilter and team, kuš! comics gives comic artists around the globe a platform to share their stories by introducing new artists to comic enthusiasts. We recently received a huge shipment of restocks and new titles, as modeled by our resident Devil Lady. Issues #127-130 (pictured) are ready to come home with you.

That’s all I got, you’ll have to come in and explore our collection of zines and books to add to your 2025 reading stack.

xoxo, Angel

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New Stuff This Week

 

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Zines

Where Karl Marx Lived in Paris by David Villegas $2

Anxious Misgivings ver 2.0 by Ramsey Khawaja $3

Olga of Kyiv: The Ruthless Queen from 1000 Years Ago $1

TJs Exposed issues #1-#3 $4 each

The Power of Three: A Charmed Fanzine – Season One by Billy McCall $3

Eggs by Ari Ganahl $8

Alebrijes, Tiny Generator – A Drawing and Storytelling Game by Michael Anthony DeAnda $6

San Francisco Neo Futurists Chapbook #9 24 Selected Plays from the Infinite Wrench $10

Comics

Cat Miscall by Ivy Rose $10

From Roostercow: Woodrow Comics #1 $6, Sssnakes #5 $3 (both by Chris Auman), Hose Got Cable $7

Green Whispers by Sue Cargill $4

Graphic Novels

War on Gaza by Joe Sacco (Fantagraphics) $12.99

Politics & Revolution Books

The History of Disruption: Social Struggle in the Atlantic World by Mehmet Dosemeci $29.95

Magazines, Newspapers & Journals

County Highway vol 2 #4 January/February 2025 $8.50

Austin Seance Quarterly Journal Winter 2024-2025 the Winter Haunts Issue $5

Zine Club Chicago: No Sleep Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout, Jan 25th

Jan
25
5:00 pm

 

A blue-and-red flyer with the image of a person's hands holding a pen while writing in a notebook on a table that also holds a pair of glasses, cup of coffee, and several photos, with this text: "Zine Club Chicago: No Sleep 'Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout!; 5-9 p.m. Saturday, January 25, 2025; Quimby's Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave.; www.quimbys.com; Free!; In person!"

Zine Club Chicago: No Sleep ’Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout!

5-9 p.m.  Saturday, January 25, 2025

Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue in Wicker Park

Free!

Y’all clamored for it, so Zine Club Chicago is bringing back its after-hours hangout! Is making progress on your zine projects one of your 2025 resolutions? Kick off a creative year with us at Zine Club Chicago: No Sleep ’Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, January 25.

Bring your work-in-progress, create a new zine on the spot, or just catch up with other zine folks. We’ll stay open until 9 p.m., so feel free to drop in anytime during the evening. Bonus points if you wear your cutest pjs! (This gathering will channel the chill vibe of Quimby’s Zlumber Parties of yore.)

We’ll have zinemaking supplies, creative prompts, and snacks on hand. Zinemakers are encouraged to bring their zines to swap with others!

Plus, our own Echo will be offering tarot readings from 5 to 8 p.m.! Echo has been reading tarot cards for many years. She uses tarot as a mind-opening tool, a method for helping us see more, a path illuminator. Find her on the Internet: @fraulein_echo + echothehuman.com

Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free monthly event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events: https://zineclubchicagoshoutouts.spread.name/

More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

Facebook event invite here! 

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A blue-and-red flyer with the image of a person’s hands holding a pen while writing in a notebook on a table that also holds a pair of glasses, cup of coffee, and several photos, with this text: “Zine Club Chicago: No Sleep ‘Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout!; 5-9 p.m. Saturday, January 25, 2025; Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave.; www.quimbys.com; Free!; In person!”

A DIY veladora that reads “No Sleep ’Til Stapling” burns on a table alongside a long-arm stapler and a stack of paper at Quimby’s Bookstore in Chicago.

A picture of Echo tarot card reading and text that reads: “Tarot Readings by Echo, Saturday, Jan 25th in person! 5-8pm, as part of Zine Club Chicago’s January No Sleep ’Til Stapling Event, $15 per reading / sliding scale, Quimby’s Bookstore.”