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New Stuff This Week

 

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Zines

Chicago Signs and Symbols #1 $20

KerBloom #169 $2

Girls On Film #24 $10

If We Can Do This: A Zine About Learning to Do Menstrual Extraction by Cindy Crabb (AK Press) $5

Wage Theft #1 by Howie $5

Little Myths #2 by Harper Sims $10

Zines by by Eve Gordon $2.50 each: Tide Pools: North Atlantic Maine, Beginner’s Illinois Bird Field Guide

Zines by Heberto Bicio $10-$16: People of the Treesphere, Self Diagnostic #32

Comics

Cicada Comics #2 by Cris Siqueira $5

Peepshow #15 by Joe Matt (Fantagraphics) $6.99

Flaming Skull of Death by Chris Auman $6.50

Punk Lab Girl #1 by Shannon Spence $24.99

Stacks by Linnea Nierman $6

Not That Anyone Asked: A Collection of Comics by Linnea Nierman $5

From Reptile House: Plinky #1 in Bonehead Rhythms by Shane Olsen $5, Round World Thinking #1 by Ana Woulfe $10, Cyanide Swamp #2 $10

Gu #4 by Al Nelson $10

Graphic Novels

Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It by Tara Booth (Drawn & Quarterly) $24.95

Raw Sewage Science Fiction by Marc Bell (Drawn & Quarterly) $29.95

Politics & Revolution

Organization, Continuity, Community: An Essay by Peter Gelderloos (Detritus) $12

Music Books

Kick Out the Jams: Jibes, Barbs, Tributes, and Rallying Cries from 35 Years of Music Writing by Dave Marsh $19.99

Mayhem & Outer Limits

My Cosmic Trigger: High Strangeness in Theory and Practice by Matt Vaughn (Trine Day) $24.95

Gothic Life: The Essential Guide to Macabre Style by Aurelio Voltaire $24.99

Fiction Books

The Theme Park of Women’s Bodies by Maggie Cooper $12.95

Undying Monster: A Tale of the Fifth Dimension by Jessie Douglas Kerruish (The British Library/Tales of Wthe Weird Series) $16.99

Sexxxy

Fucker by Bridger Swinimer $10

Morgan Illustrates – Sketchbook Pinup and Cover Artist $12

Poetry & Chap Books

Coumplete Poems – 1960’s & 70’s by Genesis P-Orridge (Heartworm Press) $27

Sugar Rush by Elizabeth Hanisch $14.99

Local Interest

Malort: The Redemption of a Revered and Reviled Spirit by Josh Noel $19.99

New Stuff This Week

 

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Zines

Slutcake #18 by Jolie Ruin $3

Darling Pet Monkey #2 $5

Sensitive Artist #1 by Vani $12

Happy Tapir #8 A Bouncer of Clubland by Johnny Masiulewicz $5

Floaters Digest #4 The Roar of the Hatrack by Dylan and Robby $8

Coming of Rage Ceremony by Sunny and Taylor $10

You Are Allowed to Quit Alcohol by Allison Vraniak $1

More coloring book zines from SmittenKittenTX $10 each

Stories About Life and Some Death #3 $5.00

How Massacres Become the Norm #1 $5

Vault of Slack #4 by Xenofact $8

Border Crossings #162 Photography $15

Bus of Doom by Arts of Life Self Advocates $3

Goopy Mag $24.99

How to Make a Homemade Canvas Board by Incarcerated Artists $1

Comics

Reapers #1 by Adam Rykal Michael Bink and Mhead $5

Futurelux Thrilling Sci-Fi Action Comix #3 by Scott Gerard Ruhl $10

Guts Honor Wrestling #1 by Odin Cabal $10

Graphic Novels

Cheryl by Jillian Fleck (Conundrum) $20

zines by Brian Van Gold, $5 each: Chalk It Up, Trust Me, Character Dinner

Politics & Revolution

Solidarity Is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing by Rebecca Vilkomerson and Alissa Wise (Haymarket) $22.95

Music Books

Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music by Franz Nicolay $29.95

Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters by Allyson McCabe $19.95

Witchy Shit

Disabled Witchcraft: 90 Rituals for Limited-Spoon Practitioners by Kandi Zeller $19.95

The Practical Witch’s Almanac 2025: Rebel Wisdom by Friday Gladheart $17.95

Sex Culture

Sex Drive: On the Road to a Pleasure Revolution by Stephanie Theobald $18.95

Art Books

Prison of the Mind: Paintings by Alex Gross 2014 – 2023 by Alex Gross (Gingko Press) $39.95

Graffbook. The Graffiti Sketchbook (Carpet Bombing Culture) $21.95

Fiction

Flowers from the Void by Gianni Washington (Clash Books) $17.95

Bad Houses by John Elizabeth Stintzi $19.95

Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda (Feminist Press) $16.95

Classic Horror Stories, edited by David Stuart Davies $14.99

Poetry

TRANZ Poems by Spencer Williams $17.95

Poetry by Valerie Fox: Insomniatic $10, The Failed Love Factory Auction Catalog (with Arlene Ang) $13.99

Lit Journals

Places to Spit #2 $8

Calendars

Lets 2025 Calendar by Nikki McClure $24

Zine Club Chicago: Cut-and-Paste Challenge + Quimbiversary Party, Sept 21st

Sep ’24
21
3:00 pm

Zine Club Chicago: Cut-and-Paste Challenge + Quimbiversary Party

3 p.m. Saturday, September 21, 2024

Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave.

Free!

Zine enthusiasts, are you ready for the Cut-and-Paste Challenge? This month marks Zine Club Chicago’s 6th Quimbiversary! And our shop is turning 33! So of course we’ve celebrating with zinecentric hijinks.

Please join us for Zine Club Chicago: Cut-and-Paste Challenge + Quimbiversary Party, 3 p.m. Saturday, September 21 at Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave. in Wicker Park. Free!

Here’s how the Cut-and-Paste Challenge will work: Zine Club Chicago is going to set up six stations of fun zine-related activities throughout our shop. Complete all the challenges, and you’ll be entered in a raffle to win a bag full of zines, swag, snax (of course), and more!

One black cat we’ll let out of the bag is an activity we’re hoping you’ll help us with at this event. We want you to help us decorate a spine. Wait what? We swear that makes sense. If there’s 33 vertebrae in the human spine (See? We said it would make sense), and if Quimby’s is the supportive backbone of the zine scene in Chicago, and if zines have a spine (saddle stitched, glued or sewn), WHY NOT HELP US DECORATE A SPINE? It seems even more apropos as we march toward the hallow season.

But of course we’ll have other activities too, just you wait and see.

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 the monthly flyers, created the logo, and made the 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 at Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago like here on IG and here on Twitter.

Facebook event invite is here.

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A red-and-blue infographic flyer featuring a photo of children at a birthday party, with text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Cut-and-Paste Challenge + Quimbiversary Party! We’re turning 6! Quimby’s is turning 33! In Person! Free!; 3 p.m. Saturday, September 21, 2024; Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave.; www.quimbys.com”

Quimby’s offsite: South Side Lit Fest 2024, Sept 14th

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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Olivier Schrauwen and Dash Shaw in Conversation with Conor Stechschulte

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.

The Facebook event post is here.