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Quimby’s 2021 Holiday Gift Guide

Published on December 7, 2021 0 Comments

Right now our shop is crammed full of amazing, unique gifts for everyone in your life. (OK, maybe not your uncle who only wants vintage Nixon paraphernalia, but just about everybody else). Here are just a few of our staff picks for the best stuff to wrap up this season.

And if you don’t spot the gift you’re seeking on this list, come on into the store and let us help you find that perfect present for someone you love (or for yourself … you surely deserve a little something, too).

 

Quimby’s Schwag

You know you love us … so spread the love around by gifting some Quimby’s merch, featuring original designs by some of our favorite artists.

Quimby’s Gift Certificates, available in a variety of denominations

Quimby’s Air Freshener, designed by Plastic Crimewave

Quimby’s Coasters, featuring our classic logo designed by Chris Ware

Quimby’s 30th Anniversary T-shirt, designed by Caroline Cash

Quimby’s Logo T-shirt

Quimby’s Logo Enamel Pin

Quimby’s Logo Embroidered Patch

Quimby’s Logo Tote Bag

Quimby’s Bong Mice Metallic Sticker, designed by Caroline Cash

Quimby’s Logo Sticker

 

 

Liz, Manager and Zine Maven

Broke, Not Broken: Personal Finance for the Creative, Confused, Underpaid, and Overwhelmed by Anna Jo Beck

Gentrifier: A Memoir by Anne Elizabeth Moore (comes with a free bookplate signed by the author, while supplies last)

Someplace Special, edited by Aim Ren Beland and Cynthia E. Hanifin

Lydia Tomkiw: Poems, edited by Dan Shepelavy

Hang in There Kitten Tea Towel, designed and hand-printed by Heather Anacker

Dame Darcy Meat Cake Calendar 2022

 

Caroline, Cartoonist in Residence

Heaven No Hell by Michael DeForge

Bubbles, An Independent Fanzine About Comics and Manga #11 (We’ve got issues #1-#10 in stock, too)

Alanzo Sneak by Nate Garcia

Be Gay Do Crime by Mary Nardini Gang

You Have Been Catcalled. What Do You Do? Patch by Jenn Woodall

 

Cynthia (Zinethia), Zine Warrior

Qustomized Quimby’s Zine Package $25 Version (also available in $69 and $100 versions)

Awesome Things #4 by Liz Mason (Awesome Things #1, #2, and #3 are, frankly, awesome, as well!)

Girl in the World by Caroline Cash (comes with a free sticker sheet designed by the artist, while supplies last)

Social Justice Kittens Calendar 2021 (available in-store only)

Zine Game Deck by Billy McCall

White City Devil Coffee & Coconut Candle (available in-store only, with a free Quimby’s matchbook while supplies last)

D+Q LIVE: EVENS, GENDRY-KIM, GIRARD, MALLE, AND MODAN!

Published on October 20, 2021 0 Comments

Come talk comics with D+Q! 5 weeks of virtual events with your fave Drawn and Quarterly authors and authors! RSVP at drawnandquarterly.com to get the links to attend.

Brecht Evens (The City of Belgium) with D+Q Exec. Ed. Tom Devlin, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (The Waiting) with Alexander Chee (How to Write an Autobiographical Novel), Philippe Girard (Leonard Cohen: On a Wire) with Joe Ollmann (Fictional Father), Mirion Malle (This Is How I Disappear) with Sophie Yanow (The Contradictions), and Rutu Modan (Tunnels) with Jason Lutes (Berlin).

Limited edition signed bookplates will be available as we get the books, and we’ll post the links in our webstore at quimbys.com/store.

 

June Quimby’s Newsletter Out Now!

Published on June 12, 2021 0 Comments

Our monthly announcements and all that jazz. Have you subscribed so you get it in your inbox every month yet? Check it out here.

Quimby’s and Community CAKEPOPS Panel

Published on June 5, 2021 0 Comments

What an honor! The first CAKE POPS video is up at the CAKE Chicago YouTube page, starring Quimby’s Bookstore employees past and present: Mike Centeno, Corinne Halbert, Caroline Cash & Liz Mason. Come watch us talk about the store, the comics community of Chicago, & the large quantity of duct-taped consignment binders behind the counter.

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CAKEPOPS is a series of digital check-ins with CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) Creators about topics of interest. This installment of CAKEPOPS is our very first!

Join Quimby’s Bookstore manager and zinester Liz Mason and cartoonist-employees past and present Corrine Halbert, Caroline Cash, and Mike Centeno as they discuss the history of Quimby’s Bookstore, as well as it’s impact on the Chicago comics community!

Panelists:
Mike Centeno (he/him) https://www.mikecenteno.com/
Corinne Halbert (she/her) https://corinnehalbert.com/
Caroline Cash(she/her) https://carolinecashcomics.com/
Liz Mason(she/her) https://lizmasonisawesome.com/

Panel coordination by Aim Ren
Video editing and animation by Sage Coffey
CAKEPOPS Graphics by Andrea Bell

WHAT IS CAKE? The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago’s rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics’ most talented artists– past, present and future. Featuring comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more, cake is dedicated to fostering community and dialogue amongst independent artists, small presses, publishers and readers. As a completely volunteer run organization, your tax-deductible support is vital to CAKE’s growth and financial stability. If you enjoyed our CAKEPOPS series, please consider donating here: tiny.cc/donateCAKE

To learn more about CAKE and upcoming CAKE events, visit our website: cakechicago.com

Jim Terry Reads From COME HOME, INDIO with Anne Elliott, a Quimby’s YouTube VIRTUAL EVENT, 11/13

Published on October 14, 2020 0 Comments
Nov ’20
13
7:30 pm

In Jim Terry’s book Come Home Indio (Street Noise Press), a graphic memoir, he talks about growing up between two cultures. Born Irish and Native American, he juxtaposes growing up in the mostly white suburban world with the tug of his Native roots in Wisconsin. Along the bumpy road he fumbles with loneliness, cultural confusion and a healthy dose of alcoholism until he ends up at the Standing Rock Conflict in North Dakota, where he begins to see things anew.

Join Tim Terry in conversation with Anne Elliott on the Quimby’s YouTube channel on Friday, November 13th, 7:30pm Central Time as they talk about this dynamic new graphic novel. YouTube.com/QuimbysBookstore

To celebrate the release of this book, buy the book from Quimby’s now and get a drawn and signed bookplate by the author (while supplies last). Buy it in the brick-and-mortar store or at quimbys.com here.

“Both uplifting and gut-wrenching, beautiful and terrifying. Terry’s account of losing himself between worlds, and finding home in the balance between them, deserves a place among the all-time great graphic memoirs.” -EZRA CLAYTON DANIELS, author of Upgrade Soul and BTTM FDRS

“Illuminated by bursts of both joy and sorrow. With humbling sensitivity and candor, Jim shares with us his personal journey down emotionally complex paths towards home.” -TIMOTHY TRUMAN, author of Scout

“As raw, honest and human. The kind of work that can only be done in the form of comics, intimately revealing the black and white lines of a worldview shaped by a life.” -TIM SEELEY, author of Hack/Slash and Revival

The work of Jim Terry has been featured in such places as: Sundowners, Vampirella, Heavy Metal, Alice Cooper Vs Chaos, Creepshow and more. This is his first work as writer and illustrator.

For more info, see woundedbutdangerous.com

Jim will be in conversation with Anne Elliott, the co-owner of Chicago’s own Sideshow Gallery. She is an artist, teacher, tarot reader and lover of all things strange and exotic. For more info, see sideshowgallerychicago.com as well as on IG @sideshowgallerychicago & Twitter @sideshowgallery.

Here’s the Facebook Event invite for this event.

Watch Jim tell a quick synopsis of the book in advance!