Monthly Archive for February, 2025

New Stuff This Week

Published on February 22, 2025 0 Comments

 

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Zines + Zine-Related

Downtown Local by Aaron Cometbus (PM Press) $12.95

Postcards From Irving #11 by Tyler $5

Booger Bear Mini Zine #3 Attention Dragons by Andrew Coltrin $1

Blob #1 by Neil Martinson $12

Zines by Hugh Musick, $15 each: Field Guide to North American Robots, Peripatetic, Incidentals, A Parliament of Mobs

For the Love of Mattachine Society $12

Namaste, Motherfucker issues #9 + #10 $7 each

How to Spot a Pig $4

Straightaway Tangent by August Personage issues #1-#3 $5 each

Comics

Comics by Wren: Denise Got Raptured $5, Affinity #1 + $2 $8 each

How Lesbians Work by Audrey Campbell issues #1-#5 $4

Graphic Novels

World Within the World: Collected Short Comix 2010-2022 by Julia Gfrörer (Fantagraphics) $39.99

Politics & Revolution

Eyes on Gaza: Witnessing Annihilation by Khaled A. Beydoun and Mohammed Sabaaneh (Street Noise Books) $16.99

Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation by Sophie Lewis (Haymarket Books) $22.95

Essay Books

Ouroboros: A Dating Memoir by Jamie Hansen $17.99

Photo Books

Background by Aleksei Kavasin $24

Fiction

True Failure by Alex Higley $18

Magazines

Dollhouse Magazine issues #3 + #4 $18, $20

Poetry

COVID Vortex Anxiety Opera Kitty Kaleidoscope Disco by Karen Finley (City Lights Publishers) $16.95

For the Young at Heart 

What the Lizard Said: Poems by Nels Hanson and Mandana Talieh $9.99

Spotlight on Inner Loop Press

Published on February 18, 2025 0 Comments

Happy final days of Aquarius Season to those who celebrate! We thought it would be fitting to showcase the radical and scientific zines we received from Inner Loop Press , operated by Tanya Brassie in Philadelphia, PA. Each issue is lovingly risographed with die-cut pages and filled with impressive research, and we can hardly keep these informational zines on our shelves. Take a peek at all the titles we have in stock right now.

All zines mentioned below are written and produced by Tanya Brassie.

Space Trash

Trash in space, it’s more common than you think. The latest publication from Inner Loop Press’ Society’s Wonders Series is all about the debris humans disperse into Earth’s orbit during space missions. Learn how trash accumulates from chipped aircraft paint, defunct satellites, and missiles used to destroy said satellites. Due to the increase in commercialization and militarization of space missions, the amount of space waste is quickly multiplying. Fortunately, there are initiatives in place for private companies to develop technology to remove debris and abandoned satellites in the atmosphere.

Toxic Lagoons: Midwest Edition, Southern Edition, and Northeastern Edition 

The environmental disasters described in Toxic Lagoons shine a light on the myriad of ways corporations and business owners pollute the Earth with toxic chemicals and mismanaged waste, resulting in Superfund sites that affect wildlife, surrounding communities, and the health and wellbeing of the ecosystems in our American cities. I learned New Jersey has the highest volume of Superfund sites in the US (224), with North Dakota being the environmental winner with zero. My personal favorite in the series is the Southern edition, where I learned about the Rhinehart Tire Fire Dump in Frederick County, Virginia.

Data Centers

Going digital seems like a simple solution to the ever growing problem of pollution and waste we’ve accumulated in our lifetimes. Unfortunately, the amount of energy it takes to fire off a single G**gle search is similar to turning on a 60-watt light bulb for 17 seconds. Data centers also use an insane amount of water to prevent the servers from overheating. With the popularity of AI, these issues are only increasing while using more of the planet’s resources.

Thank you Tanya Brassie and Inner Loop Press for bringing awareness to environmental injustice and how our man-made waste affects our beautiful home planet. I love that there is a quiz in each zine so you can make sure you’re paying attention to these important issues. Come into the shop to flip through these gorgeous and thoughtful zines!

<3 Angel

New Stuff This Week

Published on February 15, 2025 0 Comments


McSweeney’s Author Cards with Career Stats $7.99

Zines

More zines by Al Burian:
Why Dont You Draw Anymore $1
Zangara: A Short Story $2

The Match #127 $3

Loculus #4 by RSP (Two Clowns In a Hole Press) $12

Hot Girl’s Guide to Caring for Your Clothes #1 by Adeeba Arastu $11

More zines by by Keidra Chaney:
Act Your Age! A Zine About Fandom at 35+ and Beyond $6
Everybody Loves Shinee in 2013: A Zine for Shawols $1
Keratoconus Welcome Zine $1

Little Death #1 by Jacqueline Rose Scibona $20

Worlds Beyond Science Fiction #1 $5.95

Christian New Age Quarterly vol 26 #4 edited by Catherine Groves $3.50

More zines by Tanya Brassie, $15 each:
Space Trash: The Growing Problem of the Floating Junkyard Above Your Head
Toxic Lagoons: Americas Superfund Sites – Northeastern Edition

Black San #1 by Oliver Saitz $5

Sigma Sigma: A Film Critique Zine $8

Comics

You Don’t Get There From Here #67 Diary Comics by Carrie McNinch $4

I Hope This Finds You #16 & #17 Diary Comics by Kevin Budnik $6 each

Butterflies of the Night Chapters 1 and 2 by Magdalene Ma $17

Comics by M. Lehmann:
Tales From the Grave #1 $20
Somewhere In Purgatory $12
Hint $15

Graphic Novels

Milk White Steed by Michael D. Kennedy (Drawn & Quarterly) $24.95

Music Books

Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst $18.99

How to Be a Goth: Notes on Undead Style by Tish Weinstock $28

Self-Care

How It Feels: An Illustrated Experience of Grief by Emily Fishman $15

Sex Guides & Culture

SEX: Everything Everyone Needs to Know About Pleasure and Play by Ali Paul $14.99

Fiction

Denmark Variations by James Tadd Adcox $12

The Application by Bridget McFadden and Gina Giambalvo (Chum Bucket Press) $20

Chap Books & Poetry

What Happens When Your Heart Breaks by Erin Arnold $2

I Wish My Heart Was Always Filled With Wind by Alexandra Aller $14.44

<3 Echo's V-Day Picks <3

Published on February 11, 2025 0 Comments

Looking for some spicy literature to gift your Valentine (or yourself ;)? Quimby’s is a proud purveyor of all things sexy, sex-positive, and sex-healthy. We also have a first-rate selection of straight-up smut!

Read on to discover a few of my tantalizing favorites. Get ‘em while we got ‘em!

Sex Goblin by Lauren Cook
I had so much fun reading Sex Goblin. It felt like I was inside Lauren Cook’s head as he was floating freely through a DMT-esque melding of fantasy and real life, navigating the weirdness of sex, relationships, and everyday life. Sex Goblin is touching in its unassuming vulnerability and it’s also one of the few books that has genuinely made me laugh uncontrollably. I can’t wait to see what else Cook comes up with!

Ode to My IUD by Heather A.
Zinester extraordinaire Heather writes not only a lovely ode to the “little piece of plastic” that is her IUD, but also a concise and fascinating history of intrauterine devices and a thoughtful commentary on how impactful IUDs are for society and for her personally. Sexual wellness zines like this one have never been more important than they are now. Thank you, Heather!


The Drawings of Rainier Flores: Side B
You like butts! We like butts! Everybody likes butts!! And Rainier Flores is a master of drawing them. So enjoy this lovingly produced zine that has a beautifully rendered ass on every page.


Have a Happy Valentine’s Day, you lovely, lovely people! We love yoooooooooooooooooooo! <3

– Echo  @fraulein_echo

February Newsletter Out Now

Published on February 10, 2025 0 Comments

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