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Alert! Alert! Michel Gondry Event Cancelled!

Due to last minute circucmstances beyond our control (cough Green Lantern cough), the Michel Gondry Event scheduled at Quimby’s Bookstore on Saturday, March 14th has been cancelled.

We apologize for any inconvenience this causes, including getting your hopes up and everything. We’re just as bummed as you are, I assure you!

XOXO,
Quimby’s Bookstore
Michel Gondry Event Cancelled

Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers For the Week of Feb 22nd – Feb 28th, 2009

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1.    Butt #25 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90
2.    Journal of Aesthetics and Protest #6 $17.00
3.    Roy Orbison in Clingfilm by Ulrich Haarburste $10.00
4.    I Saw You: Comics Inspired by Real Life Missed Connections by Julia Wertz (Three Rivers Press) $12.95
5.    Public Phenomena (Temporary Services) $15.00
6.    Roctober #46 $4.00
7.    Giant Robot #58 $4.99
8.    McSweeney’s #30 $15.00
9.    Experimental Geography: Radical Approaches To Landscape Cartography and Urbanism by Nato Thompson (Melville) $29.95
10.    Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (Vertigo) $19.99

Quimby’s History Made: A Marriage Proposal!

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Saturday, February 21st sure was a memorable evening here at Quimby’s. Living Proof zinester Andrew Mall asked his girlfriend to marry him during his reading! And she said yes! Thanks to Aaron Cynic of Diatribe Media and Billy Da Bunny Roberts of Loop Distro for organizing and hosting a good ol’ fashioned Old School Zine Reading featuring Matt Fagan (Meniscus), ReyRey (Stream of Consciousness) and more!

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Not at Quimby’s, But Cool Anyway and You Should Totally Go: Comic Art Battle hosted by Ezra Clayton Daniels

Here’s Ezra’s announcement about this FREE event he’s hosting this Thursday (2/26) at Pistol Bazaar Vintage — if you have any questions beyond this, his site is here:

Free entertainment is becoming a more highly valued commodity, and as free entertainment goes, this week’s Comic Art Battle will surely be hard to beat!

Featuring:
Richard Lee – www.loftysofty.com
Steve Krakow – www.plasticcrimewave.com
Nate Beaty – www.natebeaty.com
Grant Reynolds – www.myspace.com/grantreynolds
Aaron Renier – www.aaronrenier.com

And probably some special guests!

Thursday (it might rain, but it’s supposed to be warm!), February 26th
@ Pistol Bazaar Vintage, 1717 W. Chicago Ave.
Doors at 6pm, Battle starts 7pm Complimentary cocktails and munchies.
All vintage will be 20% off.

FREE!

Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers For the Week of Feb 15th – Feb 21st, 2009

1. Cabinet #32 $12.00
2. Make #7 Fall 08 Win 09 $4.95
3. Make a Zine by Bill Brent and Joe Biel (Microcosm) $7.00
4. Pinups #8 Juanjo and Tony $14.00
5. Bitch #42 $5.95
6. Dwelling Portably 1980 – 89 by Bert Davis and Holly Davis (Microcosm) $8.00
7. XLR8R Presents Vis-Ed Vol 1 $4.99
8. Mojo Mar 09 #183 $9.99
9. Boys Club #2 by Matt Furie $4.95
10. Omnivores Dilemma: Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Penguin) $16.00