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Top 10 Bestsellers For Last Week

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Look! It’s a Quimby’s New Sign Salad. Have we posted this picture in the blog already? We can’t remember. They’re old and bleached, and isn’t that ironic? Old New signs. Anyway, this is for the week of June 28th-July 6th, 2009.

1. Cometbus #52 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00

2. Fart Party vol 2 by Julia Wertz (Atomic) $13.95

3. Stop Smiling #38 $6.99

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

5. Giant Robot #60 $4.99

6. Juxtapoz #102 Jul 09 $5.99

7. Monocle vol 3 #25 Jul Aug 09 $10.00

8. RFD #138 $7.75

9. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith (Quirk) $12.95

10. Brinkley Girls by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics) $29.99

New Stuff 7/2/09

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Cometbus #52 The Spirit of Saint Louis by Aaron Cometbus $3.00 – Yes, a new issue of the zine with the most amazing penmenship ever.

Multiforce by Mat Brinkman (Picturebox) $15.00 – Collects various issues of the orginal comic Multiforce into one volume.

Xerography Debt #25 $3.00

Girls Guide to Rocking How to Start A Band Book Gigs And Get Rolling to Rock Stardom by Jessica Hopper (Workman Publishing) $13.95 – By Chicago writer, as featured in among other places, The Chicago Reader.

Ugly Man by Dennis Cooper (Harper) $13.99 – New fiction by the author of God Jr.

The Comics Journal # 298 (Fantagraphics) $11.99

Low Moon by Jason (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – New hardcover graphic novel from the artist of I Killed Adolf Hitler.

Giant Robot #60 $4.99

Mojo Classic #2 Britpop $12.50

Bizarre #151 $10.50

Fortean Times #250 $11.99

Punk Rock Etiquette: The Ultimate How To Guide For DIY Punk Indie and Underground Bands by Travis Nicholas (Roaring Brook) $12.95

Fart Party vol 2 by Julia Wertz (Atomic) $13.95 – Another installment of hilarity ensues!

We Did Porn: Memoir and Drawings by Zak Smith (Sabbath) (TinHouseBooks) $24.95 – From the artist who did 750 illustrations of Gravity’s Rainbow.

Seriously Sick Jokes: Most Disgusting Filthy Offensive Jokes from the Vile Obscene Disturbed Minds of b3ta.com by Rob Manuel (Ulysses) $10.95

Dark Night Of The Soul by Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse/David Lynch (Dnots) $50.00

RFD #138 $7.75

Good Times Bad Trips by Cliff Hengst and Scott Hewicker (Gallery 16) $25.00

Implausibility of Gnus by Tobias Amadon Benglesdorf (Another New Calligraphy) $10.00 – Arty box thing with interesting fiction in tiny pamphlets.

Spunk #6 $5.00

I Love You Gabrielle Bell by Jason Kieffer $1.50 – Mini-comic. And what’s not to love about Gabrielle Bell? She’s great!

Rad Dad #14 $3.00 – Next issue of the popular radical parenting zine.

Morrissey: The Pageant of His Bleeding Heart by Gavin Hopps (Continuum) $24.95 – Yes, rock criticism about Moz.

Black Dogs: The Possibly True Story of Classic Rock’s Greatest Robbery by Jason Buhrmester (Three Rivers Press) $13.95 – Don’t miss the event here on July 17th!

Experiencing Hypnotism Atomic Activity Book #1 by Francesco Spampinato (Atomic Activity) $6.00 – Long live weirdo zines!

Sprung #1with CD $5.00 – Delicate litle mini comic. Beautiful!

Giant Melvins Sticker (Sticker Robot) $59.95 – And worth every penny. Served on a platter of cardboard so you can keep it bagged and boarded if that’s your style.

First Line vol 11 #2 $3.00 – Every story in the issue starts with the same first line.

East Village Inky #41 $3.00

D90 #3 Mix Tape Zine $2.00

Next Stop Adventure #3 by Matt Gauck $2.00 – Always a hit with those who prefer a perzine feel to their reading.

Versal #7 $15.00 – New ish of the popular lit journal.

Lowbrow Reader #7 $3.00 – A highbrow approach to lowbrow culture. Now that’s something we can get behind!

Comic Book Design: The Essential Guide to Creating Great Comics and Graphic Novels by Gary Spencer Millidge (Watson) $24.95

Juxtapoz #102 Jul 09 $5.99

Judas Goat Quarterly #42 by Grant Schreiber $1.50 – Local zinester keeps on keepin’ on, on being down on the Man.

Hos Hookers Call Girls and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life Love Money and Sex by David Henry Sterry (Deitch) $15.99

Beautifulism by Kembra Pfahler (Deitch) $30.00 – Remember the wall of vaginas art exhibit? Yeah, she did that. And oh yeah! She’s a supermodel too!

Smash The Church, Smash The State: Early Years of Gay Liberation by Tommi Avicolli Mecca (Citylights) $18.95

Goodbye 20th Century A Biography of Sonic Youth by David Browne (Da Capo) $16.95 – Now in soft cover.

Prayer Requested by Christian Northeastern (Drawn+Quarterly) $15.95 – Another release as part of D+Q’s dainty Petits Livres series.

Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman (Scriber) $15.00 – Soft cover release of fiction, from the author of Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs.

Burning Fight: Nineties Hardcore Revolution In Ethics Spirit and Sound by Brian Peterson (Revelation Books) $18.0

Plus, a whole mess of new toys to keep you occupied this summer: WWZD What Would Zombie Do Spinner, Ultimate Pocket Protector (Comes with geeky stickers!), Angry Mob Play Set, and various other frivolous toys you want to laugh at.

And oh! Did we mentio nSof Boy Bandanas, Sof Boy Mouse Pads, Coctails Tote Bags? And Read Or Die Totebags, plus of course, the Quimby’s totebags are still available. So many totebags here it’s like a public radio pledge drive.

See you soon!

Top 10 for Last Week

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This is for the week of June 21st-June 27th, 2009.

1. Cometbus #52 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00

2. Stop Smiling #38 $6.99

3. Sad Animals by Adam Meuse $4.00

4. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (Back Bay) $17.99

5. Signal to Noise #54 Sum 09 $4.95

6. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith (Quirk) $12.95

7.  Nine Ways to Disappear by Lilli Carre (Little Otsu) $12.95

8. East Village Inky #41 by Ayun Halliday $3.00

9. 13 Year of Good Luck (Microcosm Publishing) $2.00

10. Art of Touring by Sara Jaffe and Mia Clarke $19.95

Comics Artists Alex Robinson, Jeremy Tinder and Josh Cotter

Jul ’09
25
7:00 pm

Top Shelf Productions publishes contemporary graphic novels and comics by artists of singular vision. Dedicated to championing veteran creators as well as finding and developing emerging talent, the Top Shelf library is anchored by such masters of the craft as Alan Moore (From Hell, Lost Girls), Craig Thompson (Blankets), Jeffrey Brown (Clumsy), James Kochalka (American Elf, Johnny Boo), and many more. Top Shelf’s catalogue includes all-ages material and cutting-edge erotica, genre fiction and autobiography, and all that exists in-between, and has received dozens of awards. Quimby’s is proud to welcome Top Shelf artists Alex Robinson and Jeremy Tinder. Local alternative comics artist Josh Cotter will be joining the event, whose Skyscrapers of the Midwest is similar in feel, even though his publisher is Adhouse.

After graduating from art school, Alex Robinson began doing mini comics (small print run comics xeroxed and stapled by himself). He soon started working on the story that would become his first graphic novel, Box Office Poison. In 1996, Antarctic Press started publishing the serialized version of Box Office Poison. The series ran for twenty-one issues, and once the story was complete, Top Shelf Productions published the entire thing in one 608 page book. Shortly after the book was published, Alex won the Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition. As a graphic novel, Box Office Poison was nominated for several awards (a Harvey, an Eisner, an Ignatz and the Firecracker book award). 2005 got off to a great start when the French translation of Box Office Poison won the prestigious Prix du Premier Album award in Angouleme, France. Top Shelf published Alex’s second book Tricked in 2005. In 2006, Tricked won a Harvey and Ignatz Award. The Spanish publisher Astiberri released both of his graphic novels in handsome, one volume editions. Alex has expanded his storytelling to include fantasy, with the release of Lower Regions (Top Shelf) in 2007, and time travel/high school in Too Cool to Be Forgotten (Top Shelf) published in summer 2008.

Jeremy Tinder is an artist and cartoonist based in Chicago, IL. In 2007, he earned an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he now teaches classes in cartooning and self-publishing. Jeremy exhibits his artwork across the country both as a solo artist and as a member of the artist collective Paintallica. His first two books, Cry Yourself to Sleep and Black Ghost Apple Factory are published by Top Shelf Productions. New comics from Jeremy will soon appear in the fourth volume of Image Comic’s anthology series Popgun, Family Style’s Elfworld 2, and in the current volume of Black Warrior Review, published by the University of Alabama Press. Jeremy proudly contributes weekly to the jam comics of the Trubble Club.

Joshua W. Cotter was born and raised in the vast farmy nothingness of northwest Missouri, as reflected in his Eisner-nominated Skyscrapers of the Midwest (Adhouse), filling sketchbooks and painting paintings. He now resides in Chicago where he recently finished up work on his “intuitive narrative,” Driven by Lemons.

For more info: www.comicbookalex.com , www.jeremytinder.com , www.comicstripjoint.blogspot.com
www.topshelfcomix.com

Archer Prewitt Signed Work On Paper at Quimby’s!

IMG_1499We were thrilled to have artist and musician Archer Prewitt at Quimby’s on June 20th. He signed copies of his new book Work On Paper.