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Off-Site Event: Scott McCloud Public Lecture at Northwestern University

Published on May 12, 2011 1 Comment
Jun ’11
11
3:00 pm

Quimby’s and the Comics & Medicine Conference Present SCOTT MCCLOUD PUBLIC LECTURE 6/11 at Northwestern University, Thorne Auditorium

Scott McCloud is a cartoonist, teacher, lecturer, and the author of Understanding Comics (1993), Reinventing Comics (2000) and Making Comics (2006). His work analyzes the unique storytelling techniques of the comics medium and ponders its potential, particularly in the digital age.

Sat, June 11th, 3pm

Northwestern University, Thorne Auditorium

375 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago

This lecture will be free and open to the public as part of: Comics & Medicine: The Sequential Art of Illness , June th9-11th, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago

Info and registration at http://bit.ly/ComicsMedicine

Sat, June 11th, 3pm

Please note: This event is not at Quimby’s. It is  at Northwestern University, Thorne Auditorium

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Best American Comics

Published on April 10, 2011 0 Comments

Jessica Abel and Matt Madden want us to remind you that if you make comics, you really should be sending a copy of everything you make to the Best American Comics.  The Best American Comics 2012 edition will feature comics published from September 1, 2010 to August 30, 2011.  They would prefer you not wait until the last minute to send your comics, so grab what you’ve made since last september, put it in an envelope and mail it (plus contact information and the release date of your comic) to:

Jessica Abel and Matt Madden
Series Editors
The Best American Comics
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
215 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10003

Mail your comics in!  No joke!  I’m talking to YOU!

Chester Brown Stops at Quimby’s on the Paying For It Tour 5/11

Published on April 8, 2011 2 Comments
May ’11
11
7:00 pm

It’s tempting to call Chester Brown a recluse, but if you live in Toronto, he’s not. But it is rare for him to hit the road, and he will be on tour in 2011 for PAYING FOR IT.

Chester Brown has never shied away from tackling controversial subjects in his work. As the cartoonist of the autobiographical The Playboy and the biography Louis Riel, Paying For It is a natural progression for Brown as it combines the personal and sexual aspects of his autobiographical work with the polemical drive of Louis Riel. Brown calmly lays out the facts of how he became not only a willing participant in but also a vocal proponent of one of the world’s most hot-button topics–prostitution. Paying For It offers an entirely contemporary exploration of sex work–from the timid john who rides his bike to meet his escorts, wonders how to tip so as not to offend, and reads Dan Savage for advice, to the modern-day transactions complete with online reviews, seemingly willing participants, and clean apartments devoid of cliches street corners, drugs, or primps.

Paying For It is a book that stands for itself and will be the most talked about graphic novel of 2011. In stores this May.

Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.5, Black & White, 272 pages, ISBN: 9781770460485, $24.95 US / $25.95 CDN

“PAYING FOR IT is a very enlightening book, as well as being entertaining…{Chester Brown} is a very skillfull artist in that way.”–R. CRUMB, from his introduction to PAYING FOR IT

Wed, May 11th, 7pm

Refreshments Provided by Piece Pizzeria & Brewery!

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Hear Ye: Another Work Submission Opportunity with Woman Made Gallery

Published on April 8, 2011 0 Comments

Woman Made Gallery 685 N MILWAUKEE AVE, CHICAGO IL 60642, TEL: 312 738 0400

We’ll paste it in directly from their site at womanmade.org/entryform.html

(scroll down to where it says “Underground”)

CALL FOR ARTWORK:
Underground – Publication Submission (pdf)
Underground – Art Submission (pdf)
Exhibition Dates: July 8 – August 18, 2011
Open to women, transgender, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming people from the international community who make self-published zines, comics, and chapbooks, as well as print, graphic, and comic art in all media. This exhibition will include both a pop-up library of zines, comics, and other self-published works, and a show of installed artworks in all media. Apply to show in one or both exhibition components, but please create separate entries for each.
For publication submissions: Enter one to three publications following the guidelines on the publication submission form (pdf link above). Mail-in or drop off entries only.
For art submissions: Use the online entry system (link below) or for mailed entries follow the guidelines on the art submission form (link above). Include an artist or project statement and a $30 entry fee.
Online Entries Submit jpgs of three of your works on our website.
Curator: Ruby Thorkelson
Ruby Thorkelson is WMG’s Gallery Coordinator. She is also a visual artist working in drawing, comics, book-making, and collaborative projects, as well as a 2010 recipient of a Community Arts Assistance Program Grant from the City of Chicago. For more information, visit Ruby Thorkelson’s Webpage.
Entry Deadline: May 31, 2011
Notifications: June 4, 2011
Further questions? Contact Ruby: admin@womanmade.org or 312-738-0400.

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Quimby’s on the FLOG!

Published on March 4, 2011 1 Comment

Thanks to Fantagraphics consumer marketing/web editor/hand model guy Mike Baehr who wrote about our limited edition Chris Ware print on FLOG! aka as the Fantagraphics Blog.

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