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Weekly Top 10

1. Lucky Peach #2 The Sweet Spot $12.00 – Sweet Spot. Come n’ get it.

2. Butt #29 Fantastic Magazine $9.90

3. King Cat #72 by John Porcellino $3.00 – Porcellino feels out the fall apart as life unravels…and unravels some more….the first half of this issue travels through some solitudes and stillnesses. An LSD story rustles the banches a little and punctuates a South Beloit diary. Also squirrely letters and bat dancers. Understated, quietly eloquent comics… but you already knew that, right? -EF

4. Lose #2 by Michael Deforge $5.00

5. Book of Whale Insults (Blue Q) $3.99

6. Notes For A Peoples Atlas: People Making Maps of Their Cities by AREA Chicago $8.00 – This multi-city community mapping project started in Chicago in 2005, and has since expanded to a number of cities ranging from Zagreb to Greencastle, Indiana (USA). The project was initiated by AREA-Chicago, a magazine about art, research, education and activism in Chicago. The book and a website (peoplesatlas.com) document this project by presenting the maps collected in each city along with commentary by leading thinkers dealing with art, urban space, cartography and definitions of place.Featuring Mapping Projects from: Chicago, IL; Zagreb, Croatia; Syracuse, NY; Greencastle, IN; Portland, OR; Granada, Spain; Waterville, ME; Chisinau, Moldova; New York City, NY; Detroit, MI; Boston, MA; Pilsen; Chicago; Santiago, Chile; London, ON, Canada; Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; Ukraine (Uzhgorod, Donetsk, Kherson, Simferopol, Vinnytsia); Gary, IN; and Valparasio, Chile.

7. Miami You’ve Got Style: A Little Golden Girls Book by Scott and Zach $13.00 – Epic quest through fashion policing every Golden Girls episode ever….it’s a media meltdown in lilac and mauve. -EF

8. Logan Square Literary Review #5 Win 11 $5.00 – This issue of the Logan Square is full up of milkyfoodyicebox double entendre: soliciting gay refrigerator sperm, simmering dr.pepper for orgasmic cookery, peeky toe crab benedict….and a few other nice things that maybe aren’t like that at all. -EF 9. Habibi by Craig Thompson (Pantheon) $35.00 – 10. Maximumrocknroll #343 Dec 11 $4.00

New Stuff This Week

Butt #29 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90 – Yes it’s here!

 
Zines
Last Days of Rosehill by Dan Gleason $2.00 – One of our favorite local weirdos with new stuff. Money fueled mayhem and mayhem fueled money. -EF

Clutch #23 Invincible Summer #20 by Nicole Georges and Clutch McBastard (Tugboat Press) $2.00
Will by Nichole and Rachael Voorhees $2.00
Communicating Vessels #23 fall win 11 12 $3.50
Peehole #6 by Jim Donaldson $3.00
Clog #1 by Sam McPheeters $5.00 – Short fiction in a quarter-page sized zine.
Illinois Michigan Canal Channahon Illinois November 6 2011 by M. Miller $10.00
Classmantic #1 by Elizabeth Amazing $2.00
Things That Are Fun $1.00
Hot Mess #1 Suddenly Single by January Kerry $2.00
Border Lands by Klayr VF $3.00
Food Friends $.50
Little Otsu Living Things vol 5 by Apak (Little Otsu) $6.95
Little Otsu Living Things vol 6 by Becca Stadtlander (Little Otsu) $6.95
I Like You So Much a Journey in House Chores by Carrie $1.00
Brilliantly Mad 2o11 $5.00
Listen to Your Heart #1 Everyday Life of a Seventh Grade Girl $2.00
Peut Etre #1 Maybe  $1.50
Symphony To My Ears a Zine $2.00
Cest La Vie #1 by Imogen R. Hansen  $1.50
And Yet We Love #1 $1.50

Comics & Comix
King Cat #72 by John Porcellino (Spit and a Half) $3.00 – Porcellino feels out the fall apart as life unravels…and unravels some more….the first half of this issue travels through some solitudes and stillnesses. An LSD story rustles the banches a little and punctuates a South Beloit diary. Also squirrely letters and bat dancers. Understated, quietly eloquent comics… but you already knew that, right? -EF

Wulf #1 Are the Origins of Man in Question by Simon Allen, Nori Retherford and Eaxwing $7.00
Kim Gee Comics #5 by Kim Gee $5.00
World War 3 Illustrated #42 Liberation $7.00
Bad Breath Comics #4 by Josh Juresko $2.00
Stranger Two Stranger #2 Dec 11: Actual Stories of CraigsList Missed Connections by R. Hendrics $1.25
Tank Girl Carioca #2 $5.99
Comics by Anna Haifisch: Buddies issues #1-#5  $3.00 each, or buy the set of 5 zines with the accompanying postcard for $15.00, also Destroy All Lizardmen (with James Turek) #1 $8.00

Mineshaft #27 Fall 11 $9.00 – More of what R. Crumb dreams about, some of what Mary Fleener writes about, star-studded letters. A giant portfolio from Jim Blanchard, comic from Pat Moriarity. The major highlight, as always, is another amazing comic from Nina Bunjevac. -EF

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Milk and Cheese – Dairy Products Gone Bad – They Hate What You Hate And They Hate You by Evan Dorkin (Dark Horse) $19.99 –  – This Everything-Milk-and-Cheese lux hardcover collection has even got our resident vegan Neil stoked -EF

Clutch #19 The Lost Years by Clutch McBastard (Tugboat) $8.00
Grant Morrison: Combining the Worlds of Conetmporary Comics by Marc Singer (U of Minn) $25.00
Preacher Book Five HC by Grath Ennis and Steve Dillon (Vertigo) $39.99
Lovecraft Library: Horror Out of Arkham (IDW) $16.99  – A bunch comics artists graphic novelify HP’s stories.
RASL TPB vol 3 Romance at the Speed of Light by Jeff Smith (Cartoon) $15.00
Breathers TPB by Justin Madson $29.95 – Collects the entire series, breathers #0 through #6. Huzzah!
Things You Carry by VIncent Stall (2dCloud) $10.00
Motherlover by Nic Breutzman et al. $10.00
I Thought You Would Be Funnier by Shannon Wheeler (Boom) $17.99 – Gag strips from the artist behind Too Much Coffee Man.

Art & Design Books
Juxtapoz Tattoo 2 (Gingko) $29.95
Bike Art: Bicycles In Art Around the World by Kiriakos Iosifidis (Gingko) $34.95
I Hate – The Art Todd Bratrud (MBP) $19.95
Evolutionists Doodlebook by Manvir Singh $11.99
Street Photography Now Sophie Howarth  and Stephen McLaren (Thames) $29.95
Herakut After the Laughter (Publikat) $39.95
Street Art Cook Book – A guide to Techniques and Materials (soft cover version) by B. Carlsson and L. Hop (Dokument) $19.95

Music Books
Woolgathering by Patti Smith (ND) $18.95

Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoir & Misc
Twilight Man by Boyd Rice and Nina Antonia (Heartworm) $15.00 – A noir memoir about life in 1980’s San Francisco.
Solace In So Many Words by Ellen Wade Beals $20.00

Politics & Revolution
Eyes to the South French Anarchists and Algeria by David Porter (AK) $25.00

DIY
Simple Times – Crafts for Poor People by Amy Sedaris $15.99 – Now in soft cover.

Childrens Books
Vintage reprints of M. Sasek childrens classics: This Is the Way to the Moon and This Is Israel and (Universe) $17.95  each
Kings Sixth Finger by Jolby and  Rachel Roellke Coddington (Gingko) $16.95
Listeners These Train Tracks by Breathe Owl Breathe split book with vinyl record $30.00
More Tintin books!

Fiction
Sudden Flash Youth by Hazuka Christine Perkins , Tom Hazuka and Mark Budman (Persea) $12.95

Magazines
Bitch #53 $5.95
Tape Op #86 Nov Dec 11 $4.95
Maximumrocknroll #343 Dec 11 $4.00
Cabinet #43 Forensics $12.00
IDN Extra 06 Semi Permanent $25.00
IdN vol 18 #5 $17.50
ArtForum Dec 11 $10.00
Girls and Corpses #5 Win 11 $8.95
Fortean Times #282 Jan 12 $11.99
Treating Yourself #31 $7.99
Skunk vol 7 #4 $5.99
Pinstriping #29 Kustom Graphics Magazine $9.95
Make Ultimate Kit Guide Special Issue $9.99
Bespoke Magazine vol 1 $22.95
Slant Magazine #1 $36.00
Gastronomica vol 11 #4 $12.99
Decibel #87 Jan 12 $4.95
Diabolique #7 Nov Dec 11 $9.98
Big Takeover #69 $5.99
Filter #46 $5.95
Z Magazine Dec 11 $4.95
Uncut – The Clash Ultimate Music Guide $12.50
Tattoo Scout #26 $9.60
Skin and Ink Feb 12 $6.99

Other Stuff
Masterpiece Studio Paint By Number Kit by Lisa Hanawalt (Chron) $19.95 – Includes 10 Paints, 5 Ready to Paint Art Boards, Paint Brush, Organizer Tray. From the artist of I Want You.
Paper Lantern Bees and Keys $9.99
Knitting Is Knotty Magnet $4.00
Living the High Life Sticky Notes $9.95 – As in the HIGH life.
More blank journals and blank cards.
Santa Advent Calendar by Nick Hefele $3.00 – A very naughty Santa. Operative words: drug induced coma.
And much more gifty stuff for the holidays!

Weekly Top 10

New Boyd Rice book in the house, debuting at the Top 10 this week. -Cassee Kasem

1. Slingshot 2012 Small Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $6.00

2. Slingshot 2012 Large Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $12.00 – The planner with a daily dose of radical history, infoshop contact list, useful essays, menstrual calendar, address book, everything basically.  If you have color preferences, list a couple in your order notes!

3. Lucky Peach #2 The Sweet Spot (McSweeneys) $12.00

4. Biggest Mistake of Your Life – Wondering If You Are Making – Love Is Not Constantly by Sarah Miller $5.00 – Brilliantly styled as a Choose Your Own Adventure book.

5.  Adbusters Jan 2012 $8.95

6. Regional #3 An Examination of American Cuisine by Cassie Tompkins and Emily Gelsomin $8.50

7. My Aim Is True by Carrie $1.00

8. Brilliant Mistake #3 by Carrie $1.00

9. Proximity #8 Education As Art $12.00

10. Twilight Man by Boyd Rice and Nina Antonia (Heartworm) $15.00 – “Heartworm Press and 23WLVS are proud to present the new 100-page memoir by Boyd Rice, which follows Rice through San Francisco’s darkest crevices during his time as a responder for the Twilight Alarm Company. Preface by Nina Antonia, author of Johnny Thunders: In Cold Blood.

New Stuff This Week

Yes we are open today, 11am-10pm!

We just got this. Wouldn’t this make a great gift?

Miami You’ve Got Style: a Little Golden Girls Book by Scott and Zach $13.00 – Commentary about outfits the Golden Girls wore. For real.

Anyway…

Zines
Field Guide to the Aliens of The Next Generation Season One by Joshua Chapman $2.00 – As in Star Trek. Hilarious. You need this.
Osama Bloodshirt Hummus Wedding #1 $2.00
Your Secretary #9 Potty Language #1 Split by Jami Sailor and friends.$2.00 – About nannying. A compelling read.
I’m Dan Gleason Dildock: More Beautiful Short Stories by Dan Gleason $2.00 – One of our fave local weirdos represent.
Regional #3 An Examination of American Cuisine by Cassie Tompkins $8.50
Outsider Mistakes #1 In My Lifetime by Eric Knoll $5.00
Mind Thoughts Collected by Adam J. Kurtz $10.00
Look In by JR Davidson $2.00

Comics & Comix
RAV #5 by Mickey Zacchilli $6.00
Greatest #1 by Kelly Froh $4.00
There Is A Error #1 by Kevin Eckert $2.00
Truth Dart #1 by Kevin Eckert $3.00
Good Luck #1 and #2 by Joe DeGeorge $4.00 each
Night on Alcatraz: Chronicles of Fortune Continue by Caroline PIcard (Green Lantern) $3.00
You Dont Get There From Here #21 $2.00
Rumbling Chapter 2 by Kevin Huizenga $3.00
Fact Parader Amazing Facts and Beyond #2 by Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch $5.00
Brain Dump Amazing Facts and Beyond vol 4 by Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch $5.00
Factual Healing Amazing Facts and Learning vol 5 with Leon Beyond by Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch $5.00
Faded Igloo by Jim Drain (Picturebox) $5.00

Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
Sediment Part by C.F. (Picturebox) $29.95

Art & Design Books
Frank Peter John Dick by K8 Hardy $25.00
Yuko Shimizu by Yuko Shimizu (DGV) $30.00
Iron Beasts Make Great Beauty by Studio on Fire (DGV) $30.00
Cyclo Id vol 1 by Ryoji Ikeda and Carsten Nicolai (DGV) $60.00
Everybody Dies a Childrens Book for Grown Ups by Ken Tanaka $10.00

Sex Guides & Culture
Normal Life Administrative Violence Critial Trans Politics and the Limits of Law by Dean Spade (South End) $16.00

Weirdo and Essays
I Lucifer Exploring the Archetype and Origins of the Devil by Corvis Nocturnum (Schiffer) $19.99
UFOs Above the Law True Encounters with Law Enforcement by Soriano & James (Schiffer) $19.99

Fiction
Biggest Mistake of Your Life: Wondering If You Are Making… by Sarah Miller $5.00
Amazing Adult Fantasy by AD Jameson $12.00
Last Incarnation Book One of the Ascension by JA Giunta $17.99
Slow Fade by Rudolph Wurlitzer (Drag City) $15.95 – We had the audio book. Now there’s the soft cover.
Dead Souls a Novel by Nikolai Gogol $12.95

Music Books
Book of Ice by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid (MBP) $29.95

Politics & Revolution
Notes For A Peoples Atlas: People Making Maps of Their Cities by AREA Chicago (AREA) $8.00

DIY
Viral Combat Monica Fights the Flu by Clare Rosean et al. $10.00

Lit Journals
Chicago IRL #2 Fall 11 $11.00

Magazines
Bust Dec 11 Jan 12 $4.99
Razorcake #65 $4.00
Wax Poetics #49 $9.99
Class Struggle #72 by Spark $3.00
Inked Jan 12 $7.99

Other Stuff
Calendario Bestiaro Bestiary Calendar 2011 by Dave Buchen $25.00 – Annual wood cut calendar of Dave Buchen’s Bestiary.
Switch Pop Working Switchblade Bottle Opener $20.00

Weekly Top 10

But first! A reminder: We’ll be closing tomorrow (Nov 23rd) at 5pm, be closed on Nov 24th and open Nov 25th from noon to 10pm. See you then!

1. Habibi by Craig Thompson (Pantheon) $35.00

2. Lucky Peach #2 The Sweet Spot (McSweeneys) $12.00

3. Slingshot 2012 Large Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $12.00 – The planner with a daily dose of radical history, infoshop contact list, useful essays, menstrual calendar, address book, everything basically.  If you have color preferences, list a couple in your order notes!

4. Field Guide to the Aliens of The Next Generation – Season One by Joshua Chapman $2.00 – Yes, you read that right. It’s hilarious. As you would expect.

5. Slingshot 2012 Small Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $6.00

6. Optic Nerve #12 by Adrian Tomine (D&Q) $5.95

7. Punk Planet #46 $3.95 – We’ve got lots of back issues of this one. Come in the store and see for yourself.

9. Railroad Semantics #4 Fall 10 $6.50

10. Remedy Quarterly #4 Celebration – Stories of Food Recipes For Feeling Good $7.50