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Zine Club Chicago Online: Show Us Your Stacks Edition, Feb. 21st!

Published on January 28, 2023 0 Comments
Feb ’23
21
7:30 pm

Zine Club Chicago Online: Show Us Your Stacks Edition
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, February 21 on Zoom
Free!

Whenever we ask folks which subjects they’d like to discuss at our events, zine organization tops the list. So in February, we’re bringing back our popular Show Us Your Stacks theme for the third year in a row!

This month, we’ll be meeting on Zoom so y’all can show off how you organize the zines you choose to bring home with you. Whether you meticulously catalogue your zines, toss them in random piles, or something in between, we want to know about the ways you arrange, display, and categorize your personal collection.

Get your self-published stash in order (or leave it messy), BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Show Us Your Stacks Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, February 21 on Zoom!

** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, February 20 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, February 21.

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 the image of mini zines tucked into plastic sleeves inside a binder, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Show Us Your Stacks Edition; Online! Free! Zoom info on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, February 21”

New Stuff This Week

Published on January 21, 2023 0 Comments

 

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Zines

Brand Names written by Billy McCall & illustrated by Sully Kaiju $4

Fish-Ins & Black Native Solidarity In the 1960s by Mariame Kaba (Half Letter Press) $7

Multiple issues of Coffee People Zine

Baphometta and the Fortune Teller by Davidt Dunlop $8

Dungeons and Dragons Ability Checks and Their Meanings by Smol Cynic $4

Drawn to History vol 1 #1 Jan 2023 $4.50

Ripped Head vol 2 $15

Student Planner: A Reflection On My Four Years at Art School and Educational Institutions $15

Unresolved #5 by Eli Schmitt $5

Figure Drawing Companion: 100 Plus Poses to Sketch On the Go by Maria B Cosenza $21.99

Collector by Jessica Hoofnagle (Fluke Publishing) $5

zines by Karis: New Beat Generation $24.99, 2022 $15, Butterfly Shit $5

Comics & Minis

King-Cat #82 by John Porcellino $5

Shadow Banshee Head Full of Clouds by Nadia Stodder $2

New Comics by Mae Lyne: Boys $15, Alter Ego The Neon City $4

Comics by Douglas Cueva, $1 each: Tiny Comix #1 Call Me Asmael by Doug Cueva, Vomito #3 Im Not an NFT Comics Anthology

Comics by Michaela Chan: Flood #1 $5, Lab Rat #1 & #2 $4 each

Our Grand Station 2nd edition by Kelly Wang $23

comics by Daimon Drew This/Daimon Hampton: Gold $5.00, Stoopin’ A Bronzeville Twitter Project $13, Paper Wings $3, Punx: An X Men Art Book $10

comics by Juan Lara: Jalapeno Business Comics Inspired by Text Messages and Mexican Food $5, Space Foo #1 $5, Odd Goblins #1 by Juan Lara $6

comics by Kapka: Missing by Kapka $20, Doobie Diary $15

Falke by JD Riley and Kradeelav $16

Wiggle Bird Comix #51 Tales 4 Tomorrow by Mergo Petrichor (Wiggle Bird Mailing Club) $5

Bong Verse #1 and 2 by Ari Gomez $15

Comic Book Millionaires – Parody Issue by Eric Gordon and Jeremy Rosenstein $6.99

Hacks for Hacks by Jude Bettridge $4

Graphic Novels

The Day the Cat Got Shot by Ben Dudley $17

Esther’s Notebooks by Riad Sattouf $30

Post York by James Romberger $17.99

Theth: Tomorrow Forever by Josh Bayer $24.99

Music & Film Books

101 Films You Could See Before You Die: A Film Guide for the Disenchanted by Billups Allen (Goner Records) $18.99

Busking Blues: Recollections of a Chicago Street Musician and Squatter by Westley Heine $20

Magazines

Geez #67 Win 23 Craft at the End of the World $15

Lit Journals

Moss Piglet Jan 2023 Seventh Anniversary Issue $12

The First Line vol 24 #4 $6

The Last Line #8 $3

Other Stuff

The Magickal Botanical Journal: Plants from the Witch’s Garden by Maxine Miller & Christopher Penczak (Llewellyn) $19.95

Naked Raygun Signs Limited Edition Comic Book/Broken Things 7″ + WAX TRAX! Naked Raygun Pop-Up on Feb 4th

Published on January 12, 2023 0 Comments
Feb ’23
4
3:00 pm

Naked Raygun Signs Broken Things 7″ With Comic
+
WAX TRAX! Naked Raygun Pop-Up on Feb 4th
at Quimby’s Bookstore
Saturday, Feb 4th, 3pm

Quimby’s welcomes Chicago punk legends Naked Raygun for an in-store signing of their limited edition 7″ Broken Things that comes with a comic insert (and etched B side) by indie comics artists James Romberger (who will also be joining us!) & Josh Bayer.

In addition to the band’s attendance, famed vinyl titans WAX TRAX! will be on hand to offer additional NR merch in a pop-up store that fits right in with Quimby’s.

Broken Things is from NR’s first album in 30 years, Over the Overlords. This 7″ is brought to you courtesy of Xylophone, and Quimby’s is the only store in Chicago / Illinois / The Midwest / the 49 states (that are not New York) that has this!

Excited to see you at our free event!

Want to buy Broken Things in advance so it doesn’t run out before you get here? Get it at quimbys.com here.

Dig that flyer! Art by James Romberger and Josh Bayer, with art direction by Jason Mojica.

FB event invite here.

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And!

•There may be some FREE SHIT.

•There will be silkscreened event posters for sale featuring new James Romberger & Josh Bayers art.

•We will have a limited amount of blue vinyl of the comic + 7″ that you can only get AT THE EVENT!

•There is an official unofficial afterparty in the works.

•We should add that the date of this event is also the birthday of Quimby’s manager Liz.

•You have no excuse not to attend.

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P.S. You saw Quimby’s in the background of the NR documentary, right?

P.P.S. Can you count how many past and present Quimby’s employees are in the NR video for “Living the Good Times”?

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***The Fine Print That You Should Most Positively, Definitely, Indubitably Read***

Please adhere to these rules and don’t drive Quimby’s employees bananas:
Due to small print run, purchase of this item is limited to 2 per customer at both quimbys.com and in store.
Band will only be signing copies at our event on 2/4/23. Customer must be present at event to get their item signed.
Quimby’s will not get this item signed for you, nor will we hold or ship signed copies.
Due to time constraints, we respectfully customers to limit signing requests to 3 items or less per person.
No swimming without lifeguard on duty.

 

January Newsletter Out Now!

Published on January 8, 2023 0 Comments

Go check it out here.  And sign up at quimbys.com to get it in your inbox every month. Promise we won’t spam you.

Zine Club Chicago IN PERSON: No Sleep ‘Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout, Jan. 21st!

Published on December 24, 2022 0 Comments
Jan ’23
21
7:00 pm

 

Zine Club Chicago IN PERSON: No Sleep ’Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout!
7-11 p.m. CT Saturday, January 21
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue
Free!

Is making progress on your zine projects one of your new year’s resolutions? Then kick off 2023 with Zine Club Chicago at the No Sleep ’Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout!

Bring your work-in-progress, create a new zine on the spot, or just catch up with other zine folks at our 4-hour Saturday night event here at the shop. (This gathering will channel the chill hangout vibe of Quimby’s Zlumber Parties of yore.)

We’ll have zinemaking supplies, creative prompts, and snacks on hand. Zinemakers are encouraged to bring their zines to swap with others! We’ll keep the party rolling from 7 to 11 p.m.; feel free to drop in anytime during the evening. (Bonus points if you wear your cutest pjs.)

Out-of-town friends, Zine Club Chicago will be back on Zoom with y’all in February for a special event that could only happen online! If you’d like to get together virtually with zine pals this month, check out Zine Party!, hosted as always by Michael Verdi, at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, January 10. For more info and the Zoom link, visit 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 the image of a table full of people making zines, hanging out, and eating snacks, with text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: No Sleep ‘Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout! In Person! Free!;Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue in Wicker Park; 7-11 p.m. CT Saturday, January 21”