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Top 10 For the Week of 6/7/09-6/13/09

Published on June 17, 2009 2 Comments

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Of course, since last week Seth and Adrian Tomine were here, a number of the bestsellers last week were by them. So since Seth’s George Sprott 1894 – 1975 was #1, he gets the picture for this list. His jacket and coat are draped over one of our work station chairs. For you. You’re welcome.

1. George Sprott 1894 – 1975 by Seth (Drawn+Quarterly) $24.95

2. 32 Stories Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics by Adrian Tomine (Drawn+Quarterly) $19.95

3. Uptight #3 by Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics) $2.75

4. Sad Animals by Adam Meuse $4.00

5. Optic Nerve #6 by Adrian Tomine (Fantagraphics) $2.95

6.It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken by Seth (Drawn+Quarterly) $24.95

7. Butt #26 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90

8. Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine (Drawn+Quarterly) $14.95

9. Stolen Sharpie Revolution vol 2 A DIY Resource For Zines and Zine Culture by Alex Wrekk $6.00

10. Proximity #4 $12.00

New Stuff 6/16/09

Published on June 16, 2009 0 Comments

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Drawn and Quarterly comics artists Seth and Adrian Tomine were here talking about their new releases on June 10th. For more awesome photos of the experience, go here.

It’s crazy raining out right now, as we wait for filmmaker, writer, and artist Eames Demetrios to get here to do an event added late last week. He’ll be presenting Discover Kymerica Travel Guide, the first global work of three-dimensional fiction! (And yes, we have it here for $19.99.) Oh, and did we mention that he’s the grandson of Charles and Ray Eames?

Zines:
Letters From The Pen: Thoughts from the Inside $3.00
Exact Change Only Vol 1 $8.00
Signal Failed: Revolting Queers $3.00
Pride Diary: True Stories From The Twin Cities Pride Fest 2008 $1.00
Subversive Activity #2 $2.00
Shoe of a Day $5.00
Dads by Rachal Duggan $3.00 – Drawings of all sorts of dads! Come in and get one for your pops for his day on June 21st!
Bound Struggles #7 Chicago Books to Women in Prison $5.00
Instant Memories by Robert V $10.00

Magazines and Journals:
McSweeneys #31 $24.00
The Point #1 Spr 09 $10.00 – New local philosophy mag, all the buzz!
Yeti #7 $11.95
Mouthpiece #7 $5.00 – New local thing from the minds of the former the local (defunct?) Pistil magazine.
High Times Aug 09 $5.99
Blood and Thunder #11 $5.99
The Believer #63 $8.00
Z Magazine Jun 09 $4.95
Monster Mania #1 $8.00
Opium #8 $12.00
Tokion #69 $6.99
Signal to Noise #54 Sum 09 $4.95
Big Takeover #64 $5.99
Adbusters #84 $8.95

Mini Comix:
From Dream to Dream/Capgras Delusion by Drew Panckeri $3.00
Bad Breath Comics #2 by Josh Juresko $2.00
Fish and the Monkey by Marion Runk $20.00

Books:
Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo by Annice Jacoby (Abrams) $35.00
Time After by Doug Fogelson $55.00 – From the man behind the local Front Forty Press.
Artist Music Journal vol 1 #1 A Curated Series From Soundscreen Design: The Light and Spaced Movement Performance Archives 2008-2009 by Jason Yates $16.99 – Quimby’s is one of the few stores in the country selling this. It must be seen to believed.
Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture by Kaya Oakes (Henry Holt) $14.00
Art of Touring by Sara Jaffe and Mia Clarke $19.95
Brinkley Girls by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Art of Harvey Kurtzman by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle (Abrams) $40.00
Miss Lonelyhearts and Day of the Locust by Nathanael West and Jonathan Lethem (New Directions) $11.95
Depression 2.0 by Cletus Nelson (Process) $16.95
This Will Kill You: A Guide to the Ways In Which We Go by HP Newquist and Rich Maloof (St Martins Press)$14.95

Rory Litwin Discusses Library Juice Press

Published on June 12, 2009 0 Comments
Jul ’09
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7:00 pm

Quimby’s is always crawling with librarians during the ALA conference (American Library Association Annual Conference, July 9th-15th) every year, and we expect this year will be the same. And who better to have come speak during the conference at Quimby’s but some cool librarian who publishes stuff like Alternative Publishers of Books in North America or Barbarians at the Gates of the Public Library: How Postmodern Consumer Capitalism Threatens Democracy, Civil Education, and the Public Good?

Rory Litwin runs Library Juice Press, which specializes in books like the two listed above. Topics covered include library philosophy, information policy, libraries and politics, and in general anything that can be placed under the rubric of “critical studies in librarianship.”

This event is, of course, of particular interest to librarians. But it will also appeal to anyone interested in going to libraries, curating and organizing book collections, or checking out hot librarians with or without sassy glasses. ‘Cause let’s face it: librarians are hot.

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Not Here But at Chicago Comics: Dave McKean Signing

Published on June 12, 2009 1 Comment

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That’s Saturday, July 18th from 2-4pm at Chicago Comics, our sister store located at 3244 N. Clark. He’s in town for screenings at the Portage Theater (see above). For more info: http://centuryguild.wordpress.com .

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James Kennedy and Jonathan Messinger Read

Published on June 12, 2009 0 Comments
Jul ’09
10
7:00 pm

James Kennedy is the author of THE ORDER OF ODD-FISH, a fantastical YA comedy that was one of the Smithsonian’s Notable Books for Children 2008. Booklist praised ODD-FISH as “hilarious . . . readers with a finely tuned sense of the absurd are going to adore the Technicolor ride” and Time Out Chicago described it as “a work of mischievous imagination and outrageous invention.” He also plays bass in the Chicago art-punk band Brilliant Pebbles, which has been described variously as “melodramatic video game music,” “moon-man opera,” and “gypsy sex metal.” He lives in Humboldt Park in Chicago.

Jonathan Messinger is the author of the short story collection, HIDING OUT, which was named one of the best books of 2007 by the Omaha World- Herald. He’s also the books editor of Time Out Chicago and founder of  The Dollar Store Show. He co-publishes Featherproof Books, a small press publishing novels and downloadable mini-books, and is currently
at work on HIDING OUT 2: HIDING IN and HIDING OUT 3: DON’T STOP HIDING.

For more info:
www.jameskennedy.com

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