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New Stuff This Week

Published on May 27, 2023 0 Comments

 

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Zines

Forever Haunted by Cynthia E. Hanifin $2

Exclusive Thoughts issues #1-#8 by J Kern, $1 each

zines by Nune Gigirassy, $5 each: Zine Snail, What Do I Do With All These Dandelions, How to Grow Your Own Tinymato

Trash Fashion Show $12

Walt Loved Zines #5 and Projection Booth #2 by Lynne Monsoon and Jami Sailor $11

Butch Nor Femme #15 by Lynne Monsoon $4

Love Me Love Me Please Retweet – An Artpop Fanzine by Megan Kirby $5

3 2 1 2 3 by Michaela Chan $5

Comics

Futile #9 by Mike Centeno $10

Bar Bee by Dmitry Bondarenko $10

Woke With Extreme Distress: A Zine Collective $5

House Divided by H. Jones $2

Lab Rat #3 by Michaela Chan $5

Graphic Novel

Another Day In Paradise by Megan Kirby (Fruit Bat Press) $20

Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story by Julia Wertz $30

Listen, Beautiful Márcia by Marcelo Quintanilha (Fantagraphics) $29.99

Out of My Head: The Imaginary Creatures of Josep Baqué edited by Brian Chidester $49.99

Art Books

Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive by Danzig Baldaev & friends (Fuel) $55

New Tattoo Artists: Illustrators and Designers Meet Tattoo edited by Mariona Cabassa (Hoaki) $29.95

Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex by Sophia Giovannitti (Verso) $24.95

Politics, Revolution & Essay Books

The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism by Kyla Schuller $18.99

Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies edited by Scott Branson, Raven Hudson & Bry Reed (PM Press) $22.95

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller (Verso) $19.95

Beneath the Pavement: The Garden an Anarchist Coloring Book for All Ages by NO Bonzo (PM Press) $10

Decolonize Multiculturalism by Anthony C. Alessandrini $19.95

Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A Celebration of Gay Gods, Sapphic Saints and Queerness Through the Ages by Dan Jones $19.99

Music Books

The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth by John Robb (Manchester University Press) $36.95

Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music by Philip Watson $17.95

Funny Ha Ha

Comedy Bang! Bang! The Podcast: The Book by Scott Aukerman & friends $29.99

Fiction

La Batarde by Violette LeDuc $18.95

Isolate by Apollo Camembert $12.95

Stories by Michaela Chan $7

Doin’ Stuff

Linocut: Learn In a Weekend by Nick Morley (Skittledog) $16.99

How to Be a Rule-Breaking Letterer: A Guide to Making Perfectly Imperfect Art by Huyen Dinh $19.95

Magazines

Broken Pencil #99 $7.95

Chap Books

Words to Humanize Me #1-#3 by emmtropywrites $3.50 each

Better Than What by Michael Buckius $15

Chap Books by by Jordan Lee Tung: Dandelion Triptyph $2, Autobiographic Asphyxiation $5, Swat Team Gun Barrel Exorcism $5

Wheels

Locals Only: 30 Posters: California Skateboarding 1975–1978 by Hugh Holland $29.95

Other Stuff

All Bets Are Off Playing Cards by Tuesday Bassen $14.95

Quimby’s May Newsletter Available Now

Published on May 3, 2023 0 Comments

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Zine Club Chicago In Person: Choose Your Own Adventure Zine Workshop With Jude R. Bettridge, May 26th!

Published on May 3, 2023 0 Comments
May ’23
26
7:00 pm

A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with a black-and white image in the center featuring a sword, treasure map, and various other adventure-themed images, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Choose Your Own Adventure Zine Workshop in Collaboration With Jude R. Bettridge; In Person! Free!; Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave. in Wicker Park; 7-9 p.m. Friday, May 26, 2023”

Zine Club Chicago In Person: Choose Your Own Adventure Zine Workshop
With Jude R. Bettridge
7-9 p.m. CT Friday, May 26
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave.
Free!

In May, Zine Club Chicago is excited to welcome Jude R. Bettridge to lead a workshop that gives Choose Your Own Adventure a zine twist! Jude will demonstrate how to make multiple folded, mini-zine formats that offer readers a chance to explore. Create stories that lead to different outcomes, sending your favorite characters on an epic quest of your choosing!

Join us for Zine Club Chicago In Person: Choose Your Own Adventure Zine Workshop at 7-9 p.m. Friday, May 26 here at the shop. We’ll have zinemaking supplies and snacks on hand! Masks are strongly encouraged when you’re not noshing.

Jude R. Bettridge (they/them/theirs) is a Chicago-based Jack-of-all-trades artist, whose focus shifts from comics and zines to oil painting and fiber sculpture as often as they change their pants. Their comic work draws inspiration from the great Art Spiegelman, Bill Watterson, and Beth Hetland as they depict the daily struggles of being a neurodivergent super-queer social anomaly in a late-stage capitalistic hellscape. Often featuring fantastical characters and their fat cat, Gravy Boat, their work takes on a cynical, sarcastic lens to talk about mental health, trans rights, environmentalism, queerness, socialism, and much more. Is this a coping mechanism? Maybe. In a nutshell, they just want to talk about zines, queerness, and have someone read their comics.

Out-of-town friends, Zine Club Chicago will be back on Zoom with y’all in June with a to-be-announced special guest co-host! If you’d like to get together virtually with zine pals in May, check out Zine Party!, hosted by Michael Verdi, at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, May 9. For more info and the Zoom link, visit next.zine.party

Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.

More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago. Facebook event here.

Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with a black-and white image in the center featuring a sword, treasure map, and various other adventure-themed images, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Choose Your Own Adventure Zine Workshop in Collaboration With Jude R. Bettridge; In Person! Free!; Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave. in Wicker Park; 7-9 p.m. Friday, May 26, 2023”

Zine Club Chicago Hosts a Post-CZF2023 Hangout, May 21st!

Published on May 2, 2023 0 Comments
May ’23
21
12:00 pm
A black-and-white, cut-and-paste event flyer that reads: “Join Zine Club Chicago for a Post-Chicago Zine Fest Hangout! 12-2 p.m. Sunday, May 21 at Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave. in Wicker Park; Free!: Meet up with zine friends and make new ones!; Drop off consignment items!; Eat cookies!; Masks encouraged; More info: quimbys.com”
12-2 p.m. Sunday, May 21
Quimby’s Bookstore
1854 W. North Ave.
Free!
Going to Chicago Zine Fest?* Let’s keep the fun fest vibe going all weekend! Zine Club Chicago is hosting a meetup (with snacks, of course) from 12 to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 21 here at the shop. Spend time with your zine pals and make new ones, eat some cookies, browse fresh arrivals in the shop, and drop off your consignment items.**
Free! Masks encouraged. More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago. Facebook event here.
* We’ll be there! Look for the Quimby’s and Zine Club Chicago tables at #CZF2023.
** Please note that we have moved to an email-only consignment check-in system and will not be able to make consignment payouts or check current stock levels of your consignment items during the hangout.
Image description: A black-and-white, cut-and-paste event flyer that reads: “Join Zine Club Chicago for a Post-Chicago Zine Fest Hangout! 12-2 p.m. Sunday, May 21 at Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave. in Wicker Park; Free!: Meet up with zine friends and make new ones!; Drop off consignment items!; Eat cookies!; Masks encouraged; More info: quimbys.com”

Quimby’s April Newsletter Available Now

Published on April 6, 2023 0 Comments

Read it here and make sure you sign up to get it in your inbox at quimbys.com.