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Weekly Top 10

Published on August 23, 2011 0 Comments

How many weeks in a row is Lucky Peach at #1 now? I lost count. Nice to see a title like Abolish Restaurants is in the top sellers even though it’s months old now ; often what makes it into the bestsellers are the new stuff, but some titles just always do well, like Sad Animals and Make Your Place. People often ask, “How many copies does it take to land in the bestsellers?” The answer: usually somewhere between eight and three copies. Sometimes even just 2 or 3 copies! Yes, that’s kind of weird. 2 or 3 copies a bestseller?! Why bother having a top 10 then? Well, the answer to that lies in this fact: As of this moment we have 11,157 items in stock in our database. So even selling 2 of some things is a lot sometimes! Of course, if there’s an in-store event with a writer or artist, fans will buy their stuff at the event, which can push something into the top 10 also. And then there are things we don’t actually include in the Top 10 because they’re hardly reflective of the reading material people buy, like postcards and grab bags (only $2.50 each!). Now you’ve been schooled in our Top 10! -Liz

1. Lucky Peach #1 Sum 11 $10.00 – I read this straight through right before I went to sleep the other night and had an INTENSE NIGHTMARE ABOUT RAMEN. Woke up hungry. -EF

2. Sad Animals by Adam Meuse $4.00 – Sad and cute. What is it saying that this is often in our top 10?

3. Cabinet #42 Forgetting $12.00

4. Maximumrocknroll #340 Sep 11 $4.00

5. Make Your Place: Affordable Sustainable Nesting Skills by Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm) $7.00

6. Monocle Mediterraneo #3 $8.00

7. N Plus 1 #12 Fall 11 $13.95

8. Abolish Restaurants by Prole.info (PM Press) $5.95

9. Sand Dune Press #1 by Erik Schneider $2.00 – Cutest little comic about tough guys killing each other I ever did see. -EF

10. Noah Novella: The Peoples History of Noah Van Sciver: Selection of Autobiographical Comics by Noah Van Sciver $4.00 – Noah VanSciver does autobio comics by taking us into his personal troll hole, and it’s not such a bad place to be. He’s a hater, for sure. His crabcake one-pagers about growing up poor, awkward and unlucky really do start to have the Crumb-y effect of explaining the chips on his shoulder. He’s got a good drawing sensibility too that just wrings extra angst and neuroses out of the story. I gotta say, his constant pursuit of fame and fortune through making weird comics wears me down stresses me out a little. The comics are good, they’re being published and noticed, and they’re getting better all the time, it might be time to stop sweating the small stuff and just go for it. -EF

New Stuff This Week

Published on August 19, 2011 0 Comments

ZINES & ZINE BOOKS!
Encyclopedia of Doris by Cindy Crabb (Doris) $18.00 – Issues 19-27 of doris zine, collected, alphabetized and extended for your feminist excitement. Don’t miss Cindy Crabb here at Quimby’s on 9/3.


The Comedians Aug Sep 11 #27 $4.50
Exp #00 Infinity by Matthew Kumar $7.00
There Must Be Some Kind of Way Out of Here #1 Sleep by various $8.00 – “The street corner magicians who plugged in this archive of dangerous thinkers and awesome nobodies have finally put together something in paperback form that will last through the wars when virtual Tomorrowland comes crashing down. A perfect-bound reader for all gods of the porcelain throne. The Sleepy of the Week; Greatest Hits now at a nice price. Featuring candid photos of the ones who have the right idea.”


Broken Pencil #52 $5.95
The Inner Swine vol 17 #1 and #2 $2.00
Things That Matter by Jamie issues #1-#3 $2.00 each and #3 is a split zine with M. Xavier.

COMICS & MINI COMIX!
(FD Agent In) Haystack Full of Needles #1  by various $7.00
various issues of S. Baltic Comics Magazine (various prices)

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!
Europe 1 20000000 $8.00
3×3 Kus: Specializdevums Special Edition $9.00
Drawing Power: A Compendium of Cartoon Advertising 1970s to 1940s ed. by Rick Marschall and Warren Bernard (Fantagraphics) $28.99
Even More Old Jewish Comedians by Drew Friedman (Fantagraphics) $19.99
John Constantine, Hellblazer TPB Bloody Carnations (Vertigo) $19.99
Fables Deluxe Edition Book 3 by Bill Willingham (Vertigo) $29.99
We3 HC The Deluxe Edition by Grant Morrison (Vertigo) $24.99
New X-Men vol 4 by Grant Morrison (Marvel) $14.99 – Collects New Xmen 127 through 133.
Too Much Coffee Man Omnibus TPB vol 1 by Shannon Wheeler (Vertigo) $24.99

ART & DESIGN BOOKS!
Beautiful Decay Book 6 Future Perfect $20.00 – 300 artists riffed on what their ideal future would be and one Grand Prize winner was selected. Over 100 finalist’s work are featured throughout the publication.The book also includes a feature length article with notable, emerging, New York artist, Robin Williams whose surreal paintings give us a view into her very own Future Perfect. Only 1,500 copies were made, all of which are ad-free and hand numbered.”


Cult Street Ware by Josh Sims (Laurence) $16.95
Despite Moments of Clarity There Is No -Ism In This Book: 100 New Artists by Francesca Gavin (Laurence) $39.95
Lets Make Some Great Art by Marion Deuchars (Laurence) $19.95
General Idea Imagevirus by Gregg Bordowitz (Afterall) $16.00
Microworlds by Marc Valli and Margherita Dessanay (Laurence) $19.95
1000 Steampunk Creations Neo Victorian Fashion Gear and Art by Dr. Grymm amd Barbe Saint John (Quarry) $24.95
Visual Complexity: Mapping Patrterns of Information by Manuel Lima (Priceton) $50.00

FICTION!
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Crown) $24.00

LITERARY JOURNALS, CHAP BOOKS & POETRY!
McSweeneys #38 (Mcsweeneys) $18.00
N Plus 1 #12 Fall 11 $13.95
Pageboy Magazine III 11 $10.00
Exact Change Only Sum 11 $10.00
Granta #116 Sum 11 Ten Years Later $16.99
Upstreet #7 $12.00
Slake Los Angeles #3 2011 Crossing Over A City and Its Stories $18.00

DIY!
Mission Street: Food Recipes and Ideas From an Improbably Restaurant by Anthony Myint and Karen Leibowitz (McSweeneys) $30.00
SexPot: The Marijuana Lover’s Guide to Gettin’ It On – Sexy Stoner Advice From Cannabis Columnist by Mamakind (Quick) $14.95
Cannabis Indica vol 1 Essential Guide to the Worlds Finest Marijuana Strains by ST Oner and Greg Green (Green Candy) $20.00
Marijuana Recipes and Remedies for Healthy Living by Mary Jane Stawell (Ronin) $14.95
Baked: Over 50 Tasty Marijuana Treats by Yzbetta Sativa (Green Candy) $18.00
Jiggles: Shots 75 Recipes To Get the Party Started by Rachel Federman (Abrams) $12.95

MUCKRACKING, MEMOIRS, MAYHEM, MISCREANTS & MISCELLENOUSNESSESESNESS!
UFOs: Generals Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record by Leslie Kean and John Podesta (Three Rivers) $15.00 – Now in soft cover.
Program Or Be Programmed: Ten Commands For a Digital Age by Douglas Rushkoff with illustrations by Leland Purvis (Soft Skull) $14.95 – From the author of Media Virus, Coercion and Life Inc. Will the internet rule us? Or will we rule the internet? And which is better?

MUSIC BOOKS!
Record Collecting for Girls by Courtney E. Smith (Mariner) $13.95
Overkill: The Untold Story of Motorhead by Joel McIver (Omnibus) $23.95

POLITICS & REVOLUTION!
Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post 911 Injustice by Alia Malex and Karen Korematsu (McSweeneys) $16.00

MAGAZINES!
Cabinet #42 Forgetting $12.00
Tiki Magazine vol 7 #2 Fall 11 $4.99
Wallpaper Sep 11 $10.00
True Detective Aug 11 $4.99
Skunk vol 7 #2 $6.99
Wire #330 Aug 11 $10.99
Maximumrocknroll #340 Sep 11 $4.00
Fader #75 Aug Sep 11 $5.99
Monocle Mediterraneo #3 Sum11 $8.00
Harpers Magazine Sep 11 $6.99
In These Times Sep 11 $3.50
Inked Sep 11 $7.99
Rebel Ink Magazine Sep 11 $5.99

SEX & SEXY!
Red Velvet and Absinthe: Paranormal Erotic Romance ed. by Mitzi Szereto (Cleis) $14.95
Frat Boys: Gay Erotic Stories by Shane Allison (Cleis) $14.95
Girls Who Bite: Lesbian Vampire Erotica by Delilah Devlin (Cleis) $14.95
Front #158 $9.99
All American Guys #1 $9.99

Quimby’s Temporary Tattoos

Published on August 18, 2011 0 Comments

For the longest time, people have asked us if we have temporary tattoos. And often, they look at our business cards and say, “Oh, is that a temporary tattoo?” When we tell them they’re just our business cards, they get sad, and then they say, “You should totally do temporary tattoos.” Well! The people have spoken. And we listened. So here they are. Come in and get yours. Then take a picture and add it the Quimby’s Bookstore Group on Flickr.

Rebekah Mercuri Reads From Weeding the Seeds of Deceit 9/15

Published on August 16, 2011 0 Comments
Sep ’11
15
7:00 pm

Many of the events experienced by the main character of Rebekah Mercuri’s debut novel echo the true-life experiences of the author, who herself, was involved in a Christian Cult.

Weeding the Seeds of Deceit is a story of Hope Locker, a young woman seeking closure to the haunting and vivid memories of an impoverished life, beginning with the manipulations and contradictions from a Christian Cult her parents joined in her youth.  When the prophet of the cult threatens their lives, the family escapes to Texas to live with Hope’s paternal grandfather. The deep affliction her parents feel from dragging the family into such annihilation leads them down an even more despairing and destructive path. Despite the cult experience, Hope maintains her faith through prayer, and music later becomes her sole outlet from life’s chaos, and provides her with the inspiration to follow her dreams.

 

REBEKAH MERCURI is a writer and mother of two. She had a unique and nomadic childhood as a member of a Christian cult. Her experiences inspired her to pen her debut fiction novel, Weeding the Seeds of Deceit. Mercuri was born in Anaheim, California and was educated at Columbia College Chicago, where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Fiction Writing. She also holds an Associate’s degree in Marketing and Business Management from Cincinnati State Community College. She resides in Chicago, Illinois and is currently working on a her next novel.

 

Thurs, Sep 15th, 7pm

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CCLaP Releases American Wasteland: Bleak Tales of the Future On the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11

Published on August 16, 2011 2 Comments
Sep ’11
9
7:00 pm

With all the talk of “hope” and “honor” that was bound to arise during the tenth anniversary of September 11th, the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (CCLaP) thought it was important to also remind the future of what the last ten years have REALLY been like. That’s why the center put together this latest anthology, which took a dark science-fiction conceit as its core and then invited a series of writers across the nation to pen stories set within that alternative universe. In this case, the stories look back from a fictional twentieth anniversary of 9/11, but one where John McCain won the 2008 and ’12 elections, then Sarah Palin in 2016 and ’20; and with no government bailouts, no withdrawals from the Middle East, and no attempts to move away from an oil-based economy, the US has become a much bleaker and more terrible place, a nation that is now used to rolling electricity blackouts two or three days a week and that is just about to go to war with Mexico, where the permanently unemployed squat in half-finished McMansions out in crumbling suburbs that almost completely lack both gasoline and fresh fruit. A sobering reminder of what life under Tea Party rule would likely be like, “American Wasteland” is an antidote to the false cheeriness and optimism that has come with the tenth anniversary of 9/11, a more realistic look at all the mistakes this nation has made between then and now.

Various local contributors to this anthology will be performing at Quimby’s that night, including DELPHINE PONTVIEUX (“ETA: Estimated
Time of Arrest”), MARK R. BRAND (“Life After Sleep”) and LAWRENCE SANTORO (“Just North of Nowhere”). CCLaP itself (cclapcenter.com) is a
mostly online organization that has been open since 2007, a regular publisher of both electronic and handmade paper books, as well as such other activities as a podcast, 150 book reviews a year at its blog, and half a dozen live events annually at various venues across the city.

Friday, September 9th, 7pm

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