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Weekly Top 10

Published on September 22, 2010 0 Comments
Tao Lin Endorses Jeffrey Brown's Clumsy

Tao Lin Endorses Jeffrey Brown's Clumsy

1. Richard Yates by Tao Lin (Melville) $14.95

2. Friends Make the Best Medicine by The Icarus Project $2.50

3. Juxtapoz #117 Oct 10 $5.99

4. Big Questions #14 Title and Deed by Anders Nilsen (D+Q) $7.95

5. Cabinet #38 Islands $12.00 – No man is an island, but this issue of Cabinet may be.

6. List #14 Fine For Now by Ramsey $4.00 – Reasons to love the new issue of List: *The drawings just keep getting better,*Highly logical, yet intimately personal *Good times, good foods, good dogs *Stories broken down and organized into compelling, must-read-more formats *Dreams, plans and schemes plotted in charming detail *Homemade geography and chronology charts all woven gracefully into list-making *Heartmending *Listy, yet non-hierarchical *Best one yet.

7. Proximity #7 A Catalog of Strategies $12.00 – An Art Communi-que on the Communit-tay- Chicago-centric yet limitless in scope, this issue is a Catalog of Strategies, split nicely between a recource/contact directory and focus articles pertaining to group and interventionist art. Useful on all fronts, and tremendously engaging too. -EF

8. Prison Pit Book 2 by Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics) $12.99

9. If Youre Feeling Sinister by Scott Plagenhoef (Continuum) $12.95 – If You’re Feeling Sinister includes interviews with band members, producers, management, and a range of fans, and provides perspective on how Belle & Sebastian transformed themselves, over the space of a decade, from an underground, slightly shambolic cult secret into a polished, highly entertaining, mainstream pop group.

10. Maximumrocknroll #330 Fall 10 $4.00

Weekly Top 10

Published on September 14, 2010 0 Comments

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1. Please Dont Bomb the Suburbs: A Midterm Report on my Generation by William Upski Wimsatt (Akashic) $14.95 – Whoa whoa whoa- what was that title again? Well, hear him out on this. It’s about growing up, getting organized and a critical approach to choosing your battles. The writing’s still fiesty, hyper and determined and this time round W.U.W. is laying out why you don’t have to bomb the suburbs to get shit done, and where direct action can work. This is far more of a well-considered re-examination than some saucy 180-degree betrayal of his previous books. Just as long as the next one isn’t called “Please, More Prisons” -EF
2. Lose #2 by Michael Deforge $5.00 – Bacterial throwdown-throwup in this new beautifully drawn book mostly about -what else- deadly festering horse parasites. Love it. -EF
3. V Magazine #66 Fall Preview 10 $6.50
4. Boys Club #3 by Matt Furie $4.95
5. Bizarre #166 Sep 10 $10.50
6. Make Your Place:Affordable Sustainable Nesting Skills by var. (Microcosm) $7.00
7. Brilliant Mistake #1 $1.00 – What a gem of a debut zine! Beautifully quilted together from bits of a questioning heart, Brilliant Mistake #1 pares down the aches of the social games we play. -EF
8. Tip of the Iceberg by Laura Szumowski $8.00 – A very complete and fun illustrated guide to the clitoris.
9. Jin & Jam #1 by Hellen Jo (Sparkplug) $5.00 – Jin and Jam is a head-on collision of California 2 Cool 4 School and Tekkon Kinkreet. -Yeah, it really is that good. Hellen Jo’s drawings are perfect and her action-packed San Jose misfit tween girl rampage fights dirty the whole way through. It’s an impeccable tornado of an issue and if you come out with a black eye and gum in your hair, you’ll consider yourself lucky. -EF
10. Bomb The Suburbs by William Upski Wimsatt (Soft Skull Press) $13.95

Weekly Top 10 Bestsellers & Our Window Installation

Published on September 7, 2010 0 Comments
Window by Aaron Renier

Window by Aaron Renier

Local comics artist and writer Aaron Renier decorated our window, an installation inspired by his new graphic novel The Unsinkable Walker Bean. It’s amazing, and even better if you see it in person!

Weekly Top 10

1 Temporary Conversations: Suzann Gage (Temporary Services) $3.00
2. Monocle vol 4 #36 Sep 10 $10.00
3. Henry And Glenn Forever by Igloo Tornado (Microcosm) $4.00 – The gay love of Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig? I’d get in that van.-EF
4. King Cat #71 by John Porcellino (Spit and  a Half) $3.00
5. Henry and Glenn Forever  Deluxe Edition by Igloo Tornado (Microcosm) $6.00 – NEW PERFECT BOUND/LARGER SIZE EDITION- Deluxe!
6. The Believer #73 2010 Music Issue $12.00
7. Mojo Oct 09 #191 $9.99
8. Juxtapoz #116 Sept 10 $5.99
9. Butts And Crotches $3.00
10. Friction #1 $3.00

Weekly Top 10

Published on August 31, 2010 0 Comments

1. Unsinkable Walker Bean by Aaron Renier (First Second) $13.99 – Does it sound cheesy if I say this book is perfect for kids age 5 to 105? Cause it really is! The Unsinkable Walker Bean is an unstoppable, rollicking high seas adventure full of codes, inventions, antediluvian intrigues and funny names. There’s this “pure joy of drawing” in Aaron’s work which loads the panels with sly little details and charming gestures -but nothing feels superfulous- even the silliest elements weave themselves into the plot. The story itself, about returning a cursed skull to two giant sea-hag sisters, champions scrapper ingenuity, resourcefulness and teamwork in a way that’s never heavy-handed, it’s just plain cool. Refreshing in a similar way is how Walker Bean’s world escapes simple hero vs. villain dichotomies, giving every character a heart to the point that you’ll even find the fierce, giant mer-witches endearing. The exceptional storytelling is emphasized by Alec Longstreth’s (Phase 7) beautiful color work full of crisp ocean blues, kelp-y ochres and my favorite sorts of pale, sea-sick greens. The book is also completely and solidly kid-friendly and that’s a big part of it’s magic: reading it as an adult stirs up all the youthful thrills and adventures of creative problem-solving. SO GOOD! -EF

2. Brilliant Mistake #1 by Carrie $1.00 – What a gem of a debut zine! Beautifully quilted together from bits of a questioning heart, Brilliant Mistake #1 pares down the aches of the social games we play. -EF

3. Is It THE FUTURE Yet by Corrine Mucha $3.00 – What does the future hold for you? Well, I predict you will fall madly in love with Corinne’s amazing new mini-comic, Is It the Future Yet?, which she made ‘specially for Quimby’s! I see you laughing out loud at the fresh psychic hijinx and time-travel schemes that grace every delightful page. I can see your love for this comic growing rich, deep, and strong and you will find it brings you much good luck and happiness as years go by…Yes, my friend, the future looks very bright indeed!

4. Butt #28 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90

5. Hero Land #1 by Esther Pearl Watson $4.00 – Super friends fighting crime! Drinking coffee! Accidently killing their plants! Growing older! Letting thier infected hands heal without medical attention! Yow! -EF

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6. Stories vol 3 Catch Me If You Can by Martin Cendreda $3.00 – Eloquently drawn Giving-Tree-esque twists and turns of children growing and parents giving. -EF

7. Maximumrocknroll #328 Oct 10 $4.00

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

9. Rosario Dawson Loves Me #2 Or I Want to Die Right Now Please by Justin Valmassoi $2.50 – Ever wonder what it’d be like to be married to Rosario Dawson in Heaven? Well, for starters, Johnny Depp mostly hangs out mostly in greasy-bird form and Tom Waits comes over to tell you about how glass is made. Perfectly charming.

10. Dazed & Confused #88 Aug 10 $9.95

Weekly Top 10

Published on August 24, 2010 0 Comments

1. Henry and Glenn Forever Perfect Bound Deluxe New Edition (Microcosm) $6.00 – The gay love of Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig? I’d get in that van.-EF

2. Guide to Picking Locks #1 by Crimethinc (Microcosm) $6.50

3. Gothic Beauty #31 $5.95

4. Spring Goals by Jay Krevans $3.00 – Spring is sprung, dears. Krevans’ Spring Goals is a delicate and decadent mini-zine devoted to the fun craftsy side of warm weather with DIY vegetable dyes, scrapper gardening tips and a rhubarb punch recipe. All are punctuated with beautiful illustrations – “A Zillion Azaleas”? Yes!

springgoals5. Doris #27 $2.50

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

7. Oubliette On The Beach by Kenan Rubenstein $1.00 – Tales of the nude beach literally unfold as each panel doubles the one before it.

8. The Point #3 Fall 10 $12.00

9. Lose #1 by Michael Deforge $5.00 – Klassick Komicks going through DeForge’s leperous Canadian meat grinder and fine line work going gleefully awry. Seriously, do not miss out on this one. -EF

10. Todds Favorite Adult Actors and Their Favorite Flowers by Matt Kessler and Zach Huesling $10.00 – Maybe we should just let Todd do the talking:

“Hi Potential Buyer,

I’ve long fantasized about this moment. I can see you now, reclining at your cubicle, cozy under the warm embrace of a hand-knitted wool afghan. It’s cold. Shivering, you slowly turn through Todd’s Favorite Adult Actors and Their Favorite Flowers. I’ve prepared this booklet especially for you; it’s a deeply intimate account of my romantic encounters with several favorite paramours. The electricity is out and you’re forced to read by candlelight. I tell you that I love you as I comb through your chest hair. We will be friends forever.

All my love, Todd”

Todd’s Favorite Adult Actors and Their Favorite Flowers is a zine by artist Zach Huelsing and writer Matt Kessler. This hand-assembled portfolio consists of a set of eight cards depicting adult film stars and their favorite flowers. The cards are designed to loosely mimic baseball cards, complete with appropriate stats and a fictitious anecdote about the collector’s imaginative run-ins with the actors. The cards are presented in protective sleeves and displayed in a Velcro-sealed portfolio. Neither book nor comic, Todd’s Favorite Adult Actors and Their Favorite Flowers relates the humorous and misinformed tale of Todd’s fantasies in a fun and unique way.