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Top 10 For the Week of 6/7/09-6/13/09

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Of course, since last week Seth and Adrian Tomine were here, a number of the bestsellers last week were by them. So since Seth’s George Sprott 1894 – 1975 was #1, he gets the picture for this list. His jacket and coat are draped over one of our work station chairs. For you. You’re welcome.

1. George Sprott 1894 – 1975 by Seth (Drawn+Quarterly) $24.95

2. 32 Stories Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics by Adrian Tomine (Drawn+Quarterly) $19.95

3. Uptight #3 by Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics) $2.75

4. Sad Animals by Adam Meuse $4.00

5. Optic Nerve #6 by Adrian Tomine (Fantagraphics) $2.95

6.It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken by Seth (Drawn+Quarterly) $24.95

7. Butt #26 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90

8. Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine (Drawn+Quarterly) $14.95

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

10. Proximity #4 $12.00

New Stuff 6/16/09

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Drawn and Quarterly comics artists Seth and Adrian Tomine were here talking about their new releases on June 10th. For more awesome photos of the experience, go here.

It’s crazy raining out right now, as we wait for filmmaker, writer, and artist Eames Demetrios to get here to do an event added late last week. He’ll be presenting Discover Kymerica Travel Guide, the first global work of three-dimensional fiction! (And yes, we have it here for $19.99.) Oh, and did we mention that he’s the grandson of Charles and Ray Eames?

Zines:
Letters From The Pen: Thoughts from the Inside $3.00
Exact Change Only Vol 1 $8.00
Signal Failed: Revolting Queers $3.00
Pride Diary: True Stories From The Twin Cities Pride Fest 2008 $1.00
Subversive Activity #2 $2.00
Shoe of a Day $5.00
Dads by Rachal Duggan $3.00 – Drawings of all sorts of dads! Come in and get one for your pops for his day on June 21st!
Bound Struggles #7 Chicago Books to Women in Prison $5.00
Instant Memories by Robert V $10.00

Magazines and Journals:
McSweeneys #31 $24.00
The Point #1 Spr 09 $10.00 – New local philosophy mag, all the buzz!
Yeti #7 $11.95
Mouthpiece #7 $5.00 – New local thing from the minds of the former the local (defunct?) Pistil magazine.
High Times Aug 09 $5.99
Blood and Thunder #11 $5.99
The Believer #63 $8.00
Z Magazine Jun 09 $4.95
Monster Mania #1 $8.00
Opium #8 $12.00
Tokion #69 $6.99
Signal to Noise #54 Sum 09 $4.95
Big Takeover #64 $5.99
Adbusters #84 $8.95

Mini Comix:
From Dream to Dream/Capgras Delusion by Drew Panckeri $3.00
Bad Breath Comics #2 by Josh Juresko $2.00
Fish and the Monkey by Marion Runk $20.00

Books:
Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo by Annice Jacoby (Abrams) $35.00
Time After by Doug Fogelson $55.00 – From the man behind the local Front Forty Press.
Artist Music Journal vol 1 #1 A Curated Series From Soundscreen Design: The Light and Spaced Movement Performance Archives 2008-2009 by Jason Yates $16.99 – Quimby’s is one of the few stores in the country selling this. It must be seen to believed.
Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture by Kaya Oakes (Henry Holt) $14.00
Art of Touring by Sara Jaffe and Mia Clarke $19.95
Brinkley Girls by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Art of Harvey Kurtzman by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle (Abrams) $40.00
Miss Lonelyhearts and Day of the Locust by Nathanael West and Jonathan Lethem (New Directions) $11.95
Depression 2.0 by Cletus Nelson (Process) $16.95
This Will Kill You: A Guide to the Ways In Which We Go by HP Newquist and Rich Maloof (St Martins Press)$14.95

Not Here But at Chicago Comics: Dave McKean Signing

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That’s Saturday, July 18th from 2-4pm at Chicago Comics, our sister store located at 3244 N. Clark. He’s in town for screenings at the Portage Theater (see above). For more info: http://centuryguild.wordpress.com .

Top 10

These are the bestselling readables at Quimby’s for the week of 5/31/09 to 6/6/09

1. Sad Animals by Adam Meuse $4.00

2. Butt #26 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90

3. Trubble Club #3 $3.00

4. Tales Designed to Thrizzle #5 by Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics) $4.50

5. I Have Fun Everywhere I Go: Savage Tales of Pot Porn Punk Rock Pro Wrestling Talking Apes Evil Bosses Dirty Blues American Heroes and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World by Mike Edison (Faber & Faber) $15.00

6. Rolling Thunder #7 Spr 09 $6.00

7. ReProductive vol 1 by Christa Donner $5.00

8. The Peep Diaries: How Were Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors by Hal Niedzviecki (Citylights) $17.95

9. Proximity #4 $12.00

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

And check this out! One of our customers (who asked to remain anonymous) bought a Build Your Own Chicago Postcard, enlarged it, and then made a huge awesome big Tribune Tower!

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Ah, Chicago. City of Big Postcards.

Notable New Stuff

Lots of metal and noise folks in today for a big fest in town, giving the store a ditch gym to go smoke in the alley vibe. A perfect saturday at Quimby’s!

Also, awesome events this week! Tomorrow (Sunday) Russell Howze presents Stencil Nation and then on Wednsday is comic artists Adrian Tomine/Seth! For more info about events, go here.

And a quick reminder: we will open 2 hours later than usual on Tues., June 9th at 2pm instead of noon.

New Stuff:

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Whole Death Catalog: Lively Guide to the Bitter End by Harold Schechter (Ballantine) $18.00 – Because you’ll definitely need a guide book where you’re going.

McSweeneys vol 31 $24.00

Greetings From The Oceans Sweaty Face 100 McSweeneys Postcards (Chronicle) $19.95 – Comes in a cool recipe box-type recepticle. With such artists as Charles Burns, Marcel Dzama and more!

Convalescent by Jessica Anthony (McSweeneys) $22.00

White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day by Day by Richie Unterberger (Jawbone) $29.95

A whole mess o’ Moleskinne 2010 planners $10.95-$15.95

Bldg Blog Book by Geoff Manaugh (Chronicle) $29.95

1000 New Eco Designs And Where To Find Them by Rebecca Proctor (Laurence King) $35.00

The Ocean TPB by Warren Ellis and Chris Sprouse (Wildstorm) $19.99

Side B: Music Lovers Comic Anthology (Poseur Ink) $22.99 – From the editors of the successful Side A: Music Lovers Comic Anthology!

Uptight #3 by Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics) $2.75

Venus Zine #40 Sum 2009 $4.50

Grid Index by Carston Nicolai (DGV) $60.00

Love Sex Fear Death: Inside Story of the Process Church of the Final Judgment by Timothy Wyllie and Adam Parfrey (Akashic) $24.95

Fugue State by Brian Evenson and Zak Sally (Akashic) $14.95

Will Work For Drugs by Lydia Lunch (Akashic) $15.95

Show That Smells by Derek McCormack (Akashic) $15.95

Action Painting: Bringing Art to the Trains/Introduction To the Phenomenon of Painting On Trains (Gingko Press) $39.95

Part of Rebellion #2 Dave the Chimp ed. by C100 (Publikat) $19.95 – Follow up in the Part of Rebellion graffiti series.

Big Book of Legs edited by Dian Hanson (Taschen) $29.99 – She (Dian Hanson, specifically) has got legs and she knows how to use them.

Extraordinary Records edited by Giorgio Moroder (Taschen) $39.99 – Yes, you read that right. Giorgio Moroder

Life Inc.: How The World Became A Corporation and How To Take It Back by Douglas Rushkoff (Melville) $26.00 – By the author of Media Virus and contributor to Arthur Magazine.

Blindfold Test by Barry Schechter (Melville) $16.00

Watch the Closing Doors #47 $2.50

Nobrow #1 $25.00 – You won’t find this thing just anywhere! This is a wonderful debut issue of an imported British design periodical. It has lots of beautiful blue ink and is almost graphic novel-esque. You have to see it to believe it.

Plus, these exciting restocks are in!:

Rocket Science #1 Multi Limbed Anthology $4.00 – mini comix!

Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls Will Be Coloring Book by Jacinta Bunnell and Irit Reinheimer (Soft Skull) $11.95

Alchemy & Mysticism: The Hermetic Cabinet ICONS Edition by Alexander Roob (Taschen) $9.99

The Zinn Reader by Howard Zinn (Seven Stories Press) $19.95

Vampire Vultures by John Fahey (Drag City) $17.98

Tape Op vol 2: The Book About Creative Music Recording (Tape Op) $24.99

Making Deals #1 and #2 $5.00 each

Lots of cute mini comix from Missy Kulik, such as Super Paws, Personal Charm, Where’s a Cookie and more! $.75 – $2.00

Merit Badges $4.00 – By a local individual who prefers to remain anonymous to the public but nonetheless impresses us with die-cut amazingness, with such hilarious sayings as “Born Again Atheist.” Only available in store! And they go fast!