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Zines
Anti Drug Propaganda by Desert Island $20
Xerography Debt #52 $4.95
Bubbles #14 Independent Fanzine About Comics and Manga $8
Pencil of the Week #17 $1
Unfuck Your Burnout – How to Survive Your Overwhelming Life by Dr. Faith G. Harper (Microcosm) $5.95
Touring America North By Pacific Northwest $3
If I Had a Nickel $1
DIY Musical Instruments by Kristin M. Roach $3
View From the Ground From the Archive 2001-2007 by the Invisible Institute $5
Zines from by Merlin: Sick of It Special Edition Disability Inside Outside Project $5, Gerard Tweets #1 $5, Cripple Punk #1 Accessibility In Local Music $4
Street Rats #1 by Allan A $7
zines by Danielle Draik, $10 each: Path, In Waking Moments
Punching Out Solidarity on the Factory Floor by Martin Glaberman $4.95
Reglar Wiglar #28 by Christopher Auman $8
How to Get Your Period a Guide to Performing Menstrual Extraction by Anonymous Healthcare Worker $7.95
Antigravity – multiple issues $10 each
Urban Guerrilla Zine #26 $10
Comics & Minis
Love and Rockets MAGAZINE #12 by Gilbert and Jamie Hernandez $4.99
Future #9 The Exhibition by Tommi Musturi $6
One Eight Hundred Ghosts by G. Davis Cathcart (Fantagraphics Underground) $14.99
Sssnakes #4 Comix by Chris Auman $3
Fledgling Comics by Isabel Garcia Gonzales $5
Sasa #1 by Onli $5
Graphic Novels
Ducks: Two Years In the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton (D+Q) $39.95
Living and Dying In America: A Daily Chronicle 2020-2022 by Steve Brodner (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Drawn For the Rhythmic Zone by Turtel Onli $20
Nowhere Girl by Magali le Huche (Nobrow) $19.99
Super Power Comedian Inteviewing Another Super Power Comedian $6
Outer Limits & Mayhem Books
Ithell Colquhoun – Genius of the Fern Loved Gully by Amy Hale (Strange Attractor Press) $24.95
Illustrated History of Ghosts by Adam Allsuch Boardman (Nobrow) $19.99
Witch’s Guide to the Paranormal How to Investigate Communicate an Clear Spirits by Allen J. Cross $16.99
Werewolf Pack Magick: A Shapeshifter’s Book of Shadows by Denny Sargent $16.99
Future Is Fungi: How Fungi Can Feed Us Heal Us Free Us and Save Our World by Michael Lim and Yun Shu $34.95
Eat Weeds: A Field Guide to Foraging – How to Identify Harvest, Eat and Use Wild Plants by Diego Bonetto $34.95
Music Books
Belle and Sebastian – Illustrated Lyrics by Stuart Murdoch and illustrated by Pamela Tait $24.95
Speak In Tongues: An Oral History of Cleveland’s Infamous DIY Punk Venue by Eric Sandy (Microcosm) $16.95
Stuff From Weird Punk Books, by Sam Richard and friends:
Cinema Viscera: An Anthology of Movie Theater Horror $13
Wallow in Ash and Other Sorrows $13
Sabbath of the Fox Devils $13
Beautiful Grotesque Edited $13
Travel Books
Hello Cleveland: Things You Should Know About the Most Unique City in the World by Mick Perry and illustrated by Jason Look (Microcosm) $12.95
Magazines
Apartamento #29 $35
Jungle Journal #4 $15
Juxtapoz #223 $9.99
Wire #462 $12.75
Mojo #346 $12.50
Little White Lies #94 $16.99
Shindig #129 $14.75
Skeptical Inquirer vol 46 #5 $5.99
Lit Journals & Poetry
McSweeneys #68 $26
N+1 #43 $14.95
Manic Depressive Pixie Dream Girl Poems by Katya Zinn $18
Books from House of Vlad Productions, $13.95 each:
I Hate You Please Read Me a Book by Joshua Dalton
Noah Cicero’s Wild Kingdom: An Autobiographical Poetry Adventure
Hot Young Strs Poems by Sophie Jennis
Body High by John Lindsey
Horror Vacui Poems and Other Writings by Shy Watson
All Must Go Stories by Kevin Sterne
Other Stuff
David Bowie Stardust With Mask Stickers by Dearly Beloved $6
Weiser Tarot $22.95
Complete Tarot and Oracle Journal $29.95
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Zines
KerBloom #157 by Artnoose $2
Behind the Zines #14 by Billy McCall & friends $3
Pluviophile #1 by Mita Saldana $5
Unemployable Handbook for the Recently Unemployed by Laura Roselle $5
Running Errands by Matt Marth $4
Graphic Novels
It’s So Magic by Lynda Barry (D&Q) $21.95
How to Make a Monster by written by Glenn Pearce & illustrated by Casanova Frankenstein (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Steve Aylett’s Hyperthick, Collected Edition (Floating World) $15.95
Vendetta: Holy Vindicator by Steve McArdle (Floating World) $24.95
Art Books
A Brief History of Protest Art by Aindrea Emelife $21.99
Adventures of the Travel Kitty by Teresa Petersen $20
New Stuff From First to Knock/Boo-Hooray:
The Tattooed Dragon Meets the Wolfman—Lenny Kaye’s Science Fiction Fanzines 1941-1970, edited by Johan Kugelberg, Jack Womack, and Michael P. Daley $25
Ed Wood’s Sleaze Paperbacks edited by Michael Daley and Johan Kugelberg $30
The The My Comrade Anthology by Linda Simpson $30
The Haitian Chronicles by Douglas Turner Ward $25
Politics and Revolution
On Lying and Politics: A Library of America Special Publication by Hannah Arendt $12.50
Decolonize Museums by Shimrit Lee $19.95
Confronting Capitalism: How the World Works and How to Change It by Vivek Chibber $19.95
Mistaken Identity: Mass Movements and Racial Ideology by Asad Haider $16.95
Essay
On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson $17
Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions that Grew Me Up by Remica Bingham-Risher $27.95
There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness by M. Leona Godin $18
Mayhem & Outer Limits
A History of the World Through Body Parts : The Stories Behind the Organs, Appendages, Digits, and the Like Attached to (or Detached from) Famous Bodies by Kathryn and Ross Petras $22.95
Music Books
Vinyl: The Art of Making Records by Mike Evans $27.99
Fiction
Ancient Sorceries, Deluxe Edition: The Most Eerie and Unnerving Tales From One of the Greatest Proponents of Supernatural Fiction by Algernon Blackwood $18.95
Luda: A Novel by Grant Morrison $28
The Manningtree Witches: A Novel by A. K. Blakemore $16.95
We Wont Be Here Tomorrow and Other Stories by Margaret Killjoy (AK Press) $18
Sourdough (with Bonus Story “The Suitcase Clone”): A Novel by Robin Sloan $18
Funny Haha
Shitty Printers : A Humorous History of the Most Absurd Technology Ever Invented by Blue Star Press $12.95
Sexxxy
Passion of Gengoroh Tagame Master of Erotic Gay Manga vol 2 (Fantagraphics) $34.99
Magazines
Vive Le Rock #93 $13.99
Harpers Magazine september $7.99
Bust #129 $8.99
ID Magazine #368 $18.75
Lit Journals & Chap Books
McSweeneys #67 $28
Little Feelings by Marcy $13
Other Stuff
Stuff by Brass Monkey, $15 each: Rise & Sigh Pedestal Mug, Fresh Ideas Milk Carton Notepad Set
Sep ’22 |
30 |
7:00 pm |
We are proud to welcome back Quimby’s alum Corinne Halbert in celebration of her graphic novel Acid Nun! She is joined by another Quimby’s alum, Caroline Cash, as they talk about all things that may or may not include: cartooning, art, Quimby’s behind-the-scenes and other inspiration dragged up from the depths. It is only befitting with Quimby’s celebrating 31 years in September that our first in-person event since 2020 will feature 2 former employees in the very month of our anniversary.
Corinne Halbert in Conversation with Caroline Cash
7-9 p.m. CT Friday, September 30
at Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave. Chicago IL 6622
Free!
Masks required for entry. This event marks Quimby’s first in-person event in the store since 2020, as we tentatively experiment with what it is like to having events somewhere other than online! Will we go back to doing more in-store events? Stay tuned!
About Acid Nun by Corinne Halbert:
A bad trip leads Annie, our earnest heroine, through a journey of suffering and self-discovery. Caught within the confines of her own mind, Annie struggles against the doubled weight of trauma and despair. In order to crawl her way out, she must grapple with the cruelest parts of her psyche, and make peace with her inner child and suppressed past. Annie argues with her demons and punches her way toward the light, with a little help from her dedicated and loving friends. Lushly illustrated with influences from spiritual iconography and psychedelic imagery, Halbert crafts an unflinching yet compassionate story about pain, rage, and the blessings we can give ourselves. CW: 18+ only. This book deals with trauma, sexual and physical violence, mental health, drugs, and other sensitive subjects. Preorder the book from Quimby’s here.
“Halbert’s art and writing throb with uninhibited scenes of sex and gore, crude but portrayed with wit. Each chapter concludes with her frank confessions about processing her own childhood trauma through creating these comics. Her openhearted emotional arc combined with such shock-erotic visceral imagery make for an entertaining and unexpectedly moving experience for gore-horror fans.” -Publishers Weekly
128 full-color pages; ISBN 978-1-945509-95-7, published by Silver Sprocket
About Girl In the World by Caroline Cash:
What’s everyone doing later? Some creatively named Facebook events? This book is about how a particularly chaotic 24 hours impacts a group of girls, and what they each get up to over the course of the night. Order this book from Quimby’s here.
“Girl in the World is drenched in equal parts love and despair, is softly satirical, and is just a lot of fun to look at. We predict Caroline Cash’s star is rising, make sure to grab onto its belching rainbow tail as it passes by and pick up this book if you want to see what the fuss is about.” -Broken Frontier
64 full-color pages, ISBN: 978-1-945509-36-0, published by Silver Sprocket
Corinne Halbert is a Chicago horror artist with an extensive book collection. Her work is heavily influenced by an avid obsession with 1970s cult films and vintage comics. Find her on the web at corinnehalbert.com.
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Caroline Cash can be found on IG at cash_browns. Her comic Pee Pee Poo Poo is nominated for two 2022 Ignatz Awards.
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Zines
Social Media Is Dead Long Live Social Media by Rachel Hyman & friends (Bitza Press) $8
Raw Herzik by Keith Herzik $10
Car Stoppers by Marc Fischer & Temporary Services $8
11×17 Issues #9-15 by Public Collectors & friends $14
Band Aids #1 by Cian Sol $10
Less Eggs More Undies $7
L J Williams’ Bookshelf Voyeur MINI ZINES, $3 each: Barbie Catalog & Me, Guide to the Catholic Sisterhoods In the United States & Me, Girl Scout Handbook and Me
Running Errands by Matt Marth & friends (Rock Pile Press) $4
Golden Thread Drawings and Words by Ash HG $5
Comics & Minis
Flowery #42 by Mel Stringer $7.50
Dan Zettwoch titles: Tel Tales #2 Patching Things Up $8, Redbird #5 Beware of Baldknobbers $5, Redbird #6 West of the Mississippi $5
Comics by AT Pratts, $10 each: Negative Space, Pratt Splatters Combo Platters, Healthy Body Healthy Brain
I Hope This Finds You june-july Daily Diary Comics by Kevin Budnik $6
Wolf’s Bane by Oliver Aguilar $8
Baby We Are Snowdrops by Zepure $10
Fifty Flip Experiment #29 by Dan Hill $5
Comics & the like by Christina Tran: Here and Now $8 Becoming Political, Finding Possibility Within Community $6, Beyond Tips on How to Protect Yourself as and Artist $5, It’s Okay That It’s Not Okay Book $18
Comics & Zines from young Chicago kids!
More Things in Heaven and Earth #3 by Kat Tuesday $4
Shapes In First Zine Extraordinaire by Samuel Edme $6
Prolonged Cinematic Offensive Gesture Sequence issues #1-#4 by Miriam Borgstrom $2 each
Graphic Novels
Loudest and Smartest by Alex Krokus (Silver Sprocket) $29.99
The Collected Grief Manual by Birdcap $30
Flip N Flop by Bella and Jackson $24.99
Fiction
Ninety Days in the 90s by Andy Frye $18.99
Sexxxy
Sensitive Content #1 $20
Essay
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach $16.95
Witchy Shit
Outer Temple of Witchcraft: Circles, Spells and Rituals by Christopher Penczak $27.99
Ancestral Grimoire: Create Your Own Personal Book of Shadows by Nancy Hendrickson $17.95
Awake Dreamer: A Guide to Lucid Dreaming Astral Travel and Mastering the Dreamscape by Samantha Fey $18.95
Magazines
Broken Pencil #96 $7.95
In These Times august $4.95
Mother Jones october $9.99
Chap Books
Forgetting Everybody’s Names by Datacorrupt Temper Your Expectations $5
Other Stuff
New Blank Journals from The Dream Bindery!
Into 2023 Calendar: As Best You Can by Nikki Mcclure $23.99