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Weekly Top 10

Thanks to everybody who planned, attended, ran and supported Chicago Zine Fest last weekend. It was super fun! Tonight Josh Alan Friedman will be here at 7pm to celebrate the release of his book Black Cracker.

1. OK OK You Smote Me Stories by Al Burian $3.00 – Quimby’s alum and international zine curmudgeon Al Burian has crafted a new zine exclusively for the store, the second in our “Quimby’s Exclusive” line of periodicals. In OK OK You Smote Me, Al takes us around the corner to his mayhem-prone stint on Wicker Park’s Dean Street, unhexing his way-too-hexed apartment and watching the tumult as Old Chicago takes a scraggly, low-level “stand” against encroaching yuppie “neighborhood improvement”. Compelling, humorous and wistful, with that trademark Burn Collector balance of heart and snark. -EF

2. Burn Collector #15 by Al Burian (Microcosm) $3.00 – With contributions from Anne Elizabeth Moore and Liam Warfield.

3. Cometbus #54 In China With Green Day by Aaron Cometbus $4.00

4. Bitch #50 $5.95

5. Cinema Sewer #24 by Robin Bougie $4.00 – Robin Bougie once again goes in and digs up the dirt behind the sleaze. This issue has a lot of interviews taking on the history and legalization of porn, muderous scandals, scandalous scoundrels and a review of Hausu, perhaps the best Japanese film ever made. Cinema Sewer is pure smut in the butt, the sort of zine that somehow delivers on all of it’s craziest promises. -EF

6. Filling the Void: Interviews About Quitting Drinking and Using (Doris Press) $4.00 – This zine is so solid it’s like it’s made out of rocks. Cindy from Doris Zine has collected seven interviews here that discuss sobering up from DIY and non-religious perspectives. A great and resourceful thing to have if you or someone you know is trying to clean up their act and is maybe feeling frustrated with traditional modes of support and process. Just a great and resourceful zine to have in general. -EF

7. Too Far (mini comic) $6.00

8. Boobs by Sam Sharpe $3.00

9. Cartooning Philosophy and Practice by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press) $13.00 – Don’t miss Ivan Brunetti at our sister store, Chicago Comics, on 4/1.

10. Juxtapoz #123 Apr 11 $5.99

New Stuff This Week

With C2E2 last week we were too busy to post new stuff, as the gentleman below would agree. Ah, the  lonely life  of a super hero.

So here’s the new stuff post this week but a day early, because we won’t have time to post it tomorrow. Lucky you! The weekly Top 10 posts will resume as usual on Tuesday.

But first, here’s some news:

Chicago Zine Fest started today! How exciting! Be here at Quimby’s tonight, Fri 3/25 9pm, 1854 W. North Ave for ZINESTER KARAOKE…And the winner of the Long Arm Stapler Award will be announced!

Don’t miss the rest of Chicago Zine Fest tomorrow at 1104 S. Wabash.
See chicagozinefest.org for more details!

New Stuff This Week

ZINES & ZINE-RELATED BOOKS!
Doris #28 mini horses by Cindy C. $2.00
Burn Collector #15 by Al Burian (Microcosm) $3.00 – With contributions from Anne Elizabeth Moore and Liam Warfield
Archiving the Underground #1 by Jenna Brager and Jami Sailor $2.00
Sixteen 16 Poems Written By a 16-Year-Old Full of Angst Bad Decisions Arrogance by Mia Beatrice $2.00
Do You Love a Veteran #1 A Compilation By For and About the People Who Love Vete $7.00
Secret Beach #3 Use our Drive Thru by Liam Warfield $2.00
Junk Drawer #5 On The Go Pockets Wallets Backpacks and Odds and Ends That Go by Eric Bartholomew $2.25
Conspiracy Corner #1 (SKU) Serial Killers Unite $2.00
Remedy Quarterly #4 Celebration – Stories of Food Recipes For Feeling Good $7.50
Amazing Women #1 Madame Dangereuse and Amazing Women #2 Dark Moon, both by Devan Bennett, both $2.00 each
God Save the Zine #4 My First Signing by Harrison Rosenberg $1.00
Night Visions by MA and ML $8.00
Thid Land Is Our Land by Alex Lengyel and Mario Martinez $8.00
Halfsteps and Cloudfang by Daniela Olszewska $4.00
In What Sequence Will My Parts Exit by Cynthia Spencer $3.00
Qlix #3 $5.00
The Match #109 spr 11 $3.00
Junk Drawer #4 by Eric Bartholomew $2.25
Running With Pitchforks #1 Spr 11 $4.00
Wild Tigers I Use To Know Feb 11 by Rae $1.50
Suburban Gothic #7 Six Years In Limbo Part 1 Jan 11 by Rae Logios $2.00
Holding On #1 by Kayla Anderson $3.00
Grandpa and Grandma Two Plays by Eric F Johnson $1.00

Go For Broke #2 Klimbing Kilimanjaro $2.50

COMICS & MINI COMIX!
Kim Gee Comics #2 By Kim Gee $5.00 – Kim Gee gets sticky and sweet in her diary comic about tangling it up with a bevy of boys off the internet, worked out with straightforward Carrie McNinch-style linework and not-so-straightforward Ariel Schrag-style relationship drama. -EF

Papercutter #15 (Tugboat Press) $4.00 – Latest issue in Tugboat Press’s long running anthology series dedicated to showcasing the best young, underexposed and emerging comic book artists. This issue contains work by Jonas Madden-Connor, Melinda Boyce, MK Reed, Drew Weing, and Nate Beaty.
Sofa Kingdom #1 the Big Shabang by var. $5.00
Neonomicon #4 by Alan Moore (Avatar) $3.99

Jesus Needs Help by David Germain $9.15
Big Poof Theory by Molly McCandless $2.00
Magical Quest #1 Dec 08 ($3.00) and Magikal Quest #2 ($3.00), both by Caitlin Drake McKay $3.00 – Caitlin also designs tattoos and is rad.

That Time I Turned 30 in Greece #1 by J. Tana Ford $5.00

Veggie Dog Saturn #5 by Jason Young $3.00

Complex #1 by Chris Kuzma $5.00

Crass Sophisticate #26 $2.00

Comics by Edward Juan, all $6.00 each: Werefox, Shepherds Wife, Delivery Man, Black Goose

Comics by Joseph Lambert: Everyday ($3.00), Tantrum ($3.00), Food Fall ($6.00), Too Far ($6.00)

Famous Hairdos of Popular Music #6 Jimmy Page $3.00 – I gotta whole lotta love for this drawing zine. Using famous hair as the template for some physical graffiti, 30-odd artists complete pages and pages of Pages. -EF

H Core Beastiary by Peter Hillstrom $4.00

ART & DESIGN BOOKS!

Pop Surrealism What a Wonderfool World (Drago) $34.95
Letterpress Select Designs From San Francisco and New York by Miki Usui (Pie) $25.00

To Kick a Wind To by Chris Hipkiss (Picturebox) $30.00

Subway Sketch Book New York London Berlin Paris Moscow Toronto Rome Stockholm (Dokument) $7.95

Graffiti Alphabets Street Fonts From Around the World by C. Wade (Arcade) $40.00

Against the Wall: The Art of Resistance in Palestine by William Parry (Lawrence) $24.95

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!

Cartooning Philosophy and Practice by Ivan Brunetti (Yale) $13.00

RIP HC Best of 1985 2004 by Thomas Ott (Fantagraphics) $28.99

Stumptown vol 1 HC by Rucka & Southworth (Oni) $29.99

21 the Story of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago (Fantagraphics) $22.99

Comics: The Complete Collection by Brian Walker (Abrams) $40.00

Do Androids Drean of Electric Sheep Dust to Dust vol 2 by PKD, Roberson and Adler (Boom) $12.99

Cardboard Valise by Ben Katchor (Pantheon) $25.95

Dungeon Quest Book 2 by Joe Daly (Fantagraphics) $12.99

The Arctic Marauder by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics) $16.99

Demo vol 2 TPB by Wood and Cloonan (Vertigo) $17.99

Sky Doll Spaceship Collection TPB by Barbucci and Canepa (Marvel) $19.99

Chimo Colliers Canadian Forces Artists Program Story by David Collier (Continuum) $17.00

Astonishing XMen TPB Xenogenesis by Warren Ellis etc. (Marvel) $24.99

DIY

World of Geekcraft: Step By Step Instructions for 25 Super Cool Craft Projects by var. (Chronicle) $19.95

Official High Times Field Guide to Marijuana Strains Over 125 Pot Varieties by Danny Darko (HT) $14.95

Dank 2.0 the Quest for the Very Best Marijuana Continues a Breeders Tale by Subcool (Quick) $24.95

FICTION!

Domestic Crusaders by Wajahat Ali (McSweeneys) $9.00

Arena 2 Anarchists in Fiction by Stuart Christie (PM Press) $14.00

Dreadfully Ever After Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Steve Hockensmith (Quirk) $12.95

CHAP BOOKS & LIT JOURNALS

Curbside Splendor #1 Spr 11 $8.00

Bomb #115 Spr 11 $7.95

Knew Revolution vol 1 #1 $3.95

Tales of Blood and Roses #1 Love Gone Wrong $4.75

First Line vol 13 #1 $3.00

Cows Quarternote Chapbook #9 by Lydia Davis (Sarabande) $9.95

Love and Other Troubles by Ingrid B. Olson $20.00

Overtime Hour 18 Waiting by B F McCune $2.00

MAGAZINES!

Cinema Sewer #24 $4.00

Maximumrocknroll #335 Apr 11 $4.00

Bust Apr May 11 $4.99

Ready Made #52 Apr May 11 $4.99

IdN vol 18 #1 $17.50

Frieze #137 Mar 11 $10.00

Shots #111 Spr 11 $6.50

Open Minds Apr May 11 $6.50

Neural #38 $8.00

Urban Garden #14 Feb Mar $5.95

World Explorer vol 5 #9 $8.95

Brutarian #55 $4.95

True Detective Mar 11 $4.99

Survivalist #2 $3.95

True Crime Mar 11 $8.99

Taps paraMagazine vol 7 #2 Mar Apr $5.95

Bizarre #173 Mar 11 $10.50

Art of Mary Jane Apr 11 $6.99

Skateboarder vol 21 #2 $5.99

Fangoria #302 $8.99

Laphams Quarterly vol 4 #2 Spr 11 $15.00

Signal to Noise #61 Spr 11 $4.95

Razorcake #61 $4.00

Tape Op #82 Mar Apr 11 $4.95

Harpers Magazine Apr 11 $6.99

Inked Apr 11 $6.99

CHILDRENS BOOKS!

Owly and Wormy Friends All Aflutter by Andy Runton (Top Shelf/Simon) $15.99

I Looooove You Whale by var. (WriteFuzzy) $20.00

You Never Forget How to Ride a Bike Lessons Learned by Students (826) $15.00

MUCKRACKING, MEMOIRS, MAYHEM, MISCREANTS & MISCELLENOUSNESSESESNESS!

If You Knew Then What I Know Now by Ryan Van Meter (Sarabande) $15.95

DVD Delirium vol 4 by N. Thompson (Fab) $24.95

Beat Atlas: A State by State Guide to the Beat Generation in America by Bill Morgan (Citylights) $15.95

Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die by var. (Bearstache) $17.95

Swedish Sensationsfilms: A Clandestine History of Sex Thrillers and Kicker Cinema by D. Ekeroth (Bazillion Points) $19.95

Temple and the Lodge by var. (Arcade) $14.95

Life and Death on Mars: The New Mars Synthesis by John Brandenburg PhD (Adventures Unlimited) $19.95

Blood Ink The Art of Tattoo by Russ Thorne (Running Press) $18.00

Tattoed By the Family Business by var. (Pavillion) $39.95

Handbook of Paranormal Powers – Discover the Secrets of Mind Readers Mediums and More by B. Haughton (New Press) $18.95

Economics For the Rest of Us: Debunking the Science That Makes Life Dismal by M. Adler (New Press) $17.95

Neither Sun Nor Death by Peter Sloterdijk (Semiotext[e]) $17.95

MUSIC BOOKS OR BOOKS WRITTEN BY MUSIC PEOPLE!

When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison by Greil Marcus (Running Press) $13.99

Diary of a Punk by Mike Hudson (Tuscarora) $19.95 – From the Pagans.

University of Strangers by Bob Pfeifer (Power City ) $19.95 – Work by Bob Pfeifer , , former Senior Vice President A&R/Epic/Sony Records and President of Hollywood Records).

Don’t miss the Cleveland Confidential Book Tour stop with at Quimby’s on April 2nd, featuring the above 2 authors (Mike Hudson and Bob Pfeifer) with (, , Batusis).

Wont Get Fooled Again the Who From Lifehouse to Quadrophenia by Richie Unterberger (Jawbone) $19.95

The Exile of Britney Spears: A Tale of 21st Century Consumption by Christopher S. Smit (Intellect) $30.00 – We chew up our pop culture and vomit it back out when we’re done with it. Britney Spears is case and point, a realized representation of our commodification of populr culture. Poor Britney, indeed. Don’t miss author Chris Smit here at Quimby’s in April. Stay tuned for more info about this event.

Iggy & the Stooges Raw Power by Mick Rock and Iggy Pop (Palazzo) $19.95

My Dead Dad Was In ZZ Top 100 Percent Real Never Before Seen Documents by Jon Glaser (Harper) $14.99

SEX & SEXY & SEX CULTURE!

OP Original Plumbing #6 Schooled Trans Male Quarterly $8.00 – The theme this round is “Schooled”, highlighting a twin commitment to both the “It Gets Better” and the “Make It Better” campaigns targeted at queer youth. Editors Rocco and Amos both come clean about what a difficult experience high school was and then the issue opens up to an awesome spectrum of interviews with trans-masculine educators, students and activists. This issue goes a little bit light on the sexy smut, but really delves into some super-inspiring stories and there’s still a lovely 10-page spread of mischievious school boys to whet yr whistle. -EF

Carnal Machines Steampunk Erotica ed. by King DL (Cleis) $14.95 – Gives new meaning to “grind those gears.” -LM

Gotta Have It 69 Stories of Sudden Sex by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Cleis) $15.95

Sweet Danger Erotic Stories of Forbidden Desire For Couples ed. by Violet Blue (Cleis) $14.95

Nice Girls Naughty Sex Twenty Erotic Tales When it comes to pleasure good girls by var. (Seal) $16.95

Slave to Sex Erotic Stories of Bonage and Desire by A. Tyler (Cleis) $14.95

Tom of Finland by Dian Hanson (Taschen) $14.99

Lesbian Cops Erotic Investigations by Sacchi Green (Cleis) $14.95

Surrender Erotic Tales of Female Pleasure and Submission by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Cleis ) $14.95

Sexy Super Girls by Mike James (Goliath) $29.95

Glamshots Hot and Naked – Extra Spicy 3D Bonus Image by Tom Veller (Goliath) $39.95

Big Sex Little Death by Susie Bright (Seal) $24.95

Oh My Comix #2 A Motley Crew of Perverts True $4.00

POLITICS & REVOLUTION!

Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell (Riverhead) $25.95

Queer America A Peoples GLBT History of the United States by var. (New Press) $17.95

Capital and Its Discontents – Conversations With Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult by Sasha Lilley (PM Press) $20.00

Moments of Excess Movements Protest and Everyday Life by The Free Association (PM Press) $14.95

Orange Is the New Black My Year In a Womens Prison, A Memoir by Piper Kerman (Spiegel) $15.00

Weekly Top 10

1. OK OK You Smote Me Stories by Al Burian (Quimby’s Exclusive) $3.00 – Quimby’s alum and international zine curmudgeon Al Burian has crafted a new zine exclusively for the store, the second in our Quimby’s Exclusive line of periodicals, AVAILABLE ONLY AT QUIMBY’S. In OK OK You Smote Me, Al takes us around the corner to his mayhem-prone stint on Wicker Park’s Dean Street, unhexing his way-too-hexed apartment and watching the tumult as Old Chicago takes a scraggly, low-level “stand” against encroaching yuppie “neighborhood improvement”. Compelling, humorous and wistful, with that trademark Burn Collector balance of heart and snark. -EF

And don’t miss Al here at Quimby’s on Tues, March 22nd! He’ll be celebrating the release of Burn Collector #15 and this Quimby’s Exclusive edition. In attendance will also be BC #15 contributors Anne Elizabeth Moore and Liam Warfield. Al will also be at the Chicago Zine Fest starting March 25th.

2. Your Wildest Dreams Within Reason by Mike Sacks (Tin House) $13.95 – “Your Wildest Dreams, Within Reason collects Mike Sacks’s unique humor pieces into one handsome, convenient volume. Originally published in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Esquire, and McSweeney’s, among other venerable publications, Sacks’s writing is original and sharp, yet broadly funny. Whether it’s a groom tweeting his wedding and honeymoon in real time, or a publisher offering editorial suggestions for The Diary of Anne Frank, Sacks’s work tangles contemporary social satire with his absurdist sensibilities.”

3. Juxtapoz #123 Apr 11 $5.99

4. Is It the Future Yet by Corinne Mucha (Quimby’s Exclusive) $3.00 – Who said print is dead? Well they are wrong, wrong, wrong. Another Quimby’s exclusive topping our bestseller list this week, made ‘specially for us by the lovely and talented Ms. Mucha! The future of print looks very bright indeed!

5. Make Your Place – Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills by Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm) $7.00

6. Mojo #209 Apr 11 $9.00

7. Brainscan #26 by Alex Wrekk $2.00 – Alex writes about “what the deal is” with her and Joe Biel of Microcosm. This zine takes it to the point – talking about some serious issues wrapped up in unresolved emotional abuse and failed mediation. -EF

8. Pinups #13 Chuck by Christopher Schulz $14.00 – This issue delivers 56 tantalizing pages of hanging out (nude) in a backwoods cabin, fiddling with the transistor radio (nude), crunching some granola (nude) and “frolicing” in the forest (nude). Featuring Chuck (who, in my humble opinion, is Pinups hottest model yet), these quiet moments with this strapping young (nude) woodsman ooze superhottt rustic autonomy not to be missed. Be sure to take the staples out and assemble your giant wall-size Chuck poster from the backside of the pages.

9. Believer #79 Mar Apr 11 2011 Film Issue $10.00

10. Cometbus #54 In China With Green Day by Aaron Cometbus $4.00

New Stuff This Week

Many of our customers have been anxiously awaiting for the opportunity to purchase a signed version of the Quimby’s Bookstore Chris Ware Signage Print. Well, the time is now! We now have a limited run of them SIGNED! They’re $100 signed and the unsigned ones are $50.00. Click here to find out more about each of them.


And! And! And! We are proud to present you…

OK OK You Smote Me Stories by Al Burian $3.00 – Quimby’s alum and international zine curmudgeon Al Burian has crafted a new zine exclusively for the store, the second in our Quimby’s Exclusive line of periodicals, AVAILABLE ONLY AT QUIMBY’S. And of course it is compelling, humorous and wistful, as you would expect from the Burn Collector himself. Don’t miss Al here at Quimby’s on Tues, March 22nd! He’ll be celebrating the release of Burn Collector #15 and the Quimby’s Exclusive. In attendance will also be BC #15 contributors Anne Elizabeth Moore and Liam Warfield. Al will also be at the Chicago Zine Fest starting March 25th.

ZINES & ZINE-RELATED BOOKS!
Herbal First Aid – Assembling a Natural First Aid Kit DIY Academy 2005 by Raleigh $1.00
Body-Conscious Birth Control: An Introduction to the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) $2.00 – This small DIY zine provides basic information necessary to use FAM as birth control. This zine takes a whole-body approach to natural birth control, focusing on awareness above all else.
Life Death Love and All of the Above by Meredith Wallace $4.00
Smiling Disease – A Guide to Public Stickering by Scott (Microcosm) $1.00 – Have you ever dreamed of plastering the city with stickers of your own design and annoying the crap out of squares? Here is a your chance: A complete guide to placing adhesive decorations in places where the general populace will see them. Everything from how to get the best stickers printed, to going undetected, some theory, stickering scruples, and dealing with the full psychological ramifications of having your stickers removed. Clear Channel posts their ads everywhere, why shouldn’t you?
Ice Cream by Kelsey Gauret $2.00
Cheap and Raunchy #6 $4.00
Half Nelson #1 by Samantha LaFountain and Jon Natzke $1.50
Welcome Home by S. Chapman $2.00
Wish You Were Here Wish I Was There by Lauren P Smith and Stacey Chapman $2.00
I Dont Understand Farming #5 by Ian $.75
Space Bodies #1 Simple Plezzzures vol 2 2011 by Zoe Jet Ellis and Kevin Quinn McGuinness $8.00
Spank #17 Homo Art Zine $7.75
Travel Naturally #78 $9.95

COMICS & MINI COMIX!
Inkfight by Ruby Thorkelson $6.00
Animal Sex: You Might Not Want To Know by Isabella Rotman $3.00 – Yes, you do want to know, because this comic is so cute yet informative it’s hard to put it down.
Blammo #7 by Noah Van Sciver (Kilgore Books) $5.00
Temporama by Clayton Jr (Nobrow) $13.50
Jeff Job Hunter by Jack Teagle (Nobrow) $13.50
Ada by Atak and Gertrude Stein (Nobrow) $18.00
Expansion Part 1 by Matt Sheean and Malachi Ward (Adhouse) $8.00
Utu by Malachi Ward (Adhouse) $8.00
Class Reunion #1 by Charlie Newton $2.50
Jam Comics $6.00
Jerks In Space Art Latest Minicomic Science Edition by John Karnes $1.00
Scout by Malachi Ward (Adhouse) $5.00

ART & DESIGN BOOKS!
Street Art, ed. by Johannes Stahl (h.f.ullmann) $16.99
Abstract Graffiti ed. by Cedar Lewisohn (Merrell) $29.95
Tools of Criminal Mischief by Roger Gastman (R. Rock Enterprises) $24.95
Store Front the Disappearing Face of New York by James T. Murray (Gingko) $24.95
Cutting Edge Surface Patterns and Palettes 960 Seamless Patterns (Sendpoints) $39.95 – Contains DVD with 960 patterns in in vector format.
Marylin – Box Set Photographs and Memories by Andre De Dienes (Taschen) $39.99 – Before there was Marilyn, there was Norma Jeane Dougherty. She was briefly engaged to photographer Andre De Dienes. When he died fans ravaged his home and found all this awesome Marilyn stuff. About ten years ago we sold a version of this book that was $200. Now Taschen has released it in a more affordable edition, a 2 volume hardcover in a slipcase.
Basquiat 25 Anniversary Special Edition by Leonhard Emmerling (Taschen) $14.99

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!
Night Animals by Brecht Evans (Top Shelf) $7.95
Volume One Danny Jeremy Carol Comics by Lizz Hickey $14.00
Birchfield Close by Jon McNaught (NoBrow) $16.00
Pebble Island by Jon McNaught (NoBrow) $16.50
Melvin Monster vol 3 John Stanley Library (D+Q) $24.95
Girl Comics TPB (Marvel) $15.99 – With such artists as Lucy Knisley, Jill Thompson, Colleen Coover and more.
Comics – An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art 1895-2010 by Jerry Robinson (Dark Horse) $39.99

FICTION!
Rexworth Manifesto – A Novella and Stories by GT Hilary $15.95

MAGAZINES!
Juxtapoz #123 Apr 11 $5.99
Fortean Times #272 Apr 11 $11.99
Skeptical Inquirer Mar Apr 11 vol 35 #2 $4.99
Sneaker Freaker #20 $14.95
ID Magazine Spr 11 $10.99
Art of Mary Jane Mar 11 $6.99
Treating Yourself #27 $7.99
High Times May 11 $5.99
Hip Mama #48 $5.95
Boneshaker Magazine #4 $9.00
BlackBook #82 Mar 11 $4.50
Fangoria #301 $8.99
Granta #114 Win 11 Aliens $16.99
Wire #325 Mar 11 $10.99
In These Times Mar 11 $3.50
Monocle vol 5 #41 Mar 11 $10.00
Against the Current #151 Mar Apr 11 $5.00
Rebel Ink Magazine Apr 11 $5.99
Urban Ink #18 $8.99

CHILDRENS BOOKS!
To Market To Market by Nikki McClure (Abrams) $17.95
Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess (Harper) $6.99

MUCKRACKING, MEMOIRS, MAYHEM, MISCREANTS & MISCELLENOUSNESSESESNESS!
Suck It Wonder Woman: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek by Olivia Munn (St Martins) $14.99 – Now in soft cover.
Nerds – How Dorks Dweebs Techies and Trekkies Can Save America by David Anderegg PhD (Tarcher) $14.95
Street Boners – 1764 Hipster Fashion Jokes ed. by Gavin McInnes (Grand Central) $18.99

MUSIC BOOKS!
Alex Steinweiss – The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover by Kevin Reagan (Taschen) $69.99 – Alex Steinweiss invented the album cover as we know it, and created a new graphic art form. In 1940, as Columbia Records’ young new art director, he pitched an idea: Why not replace the standard plain brown wrapper with an eye-catching illustration? The company took a chance, and within months record sales increased by over 800 per cent. His covers for Columbia—combining bold typography with modern, elegant illustrations—took the industry by storm and revolutionized the way records were sold. Over three decades, Steinweiss made thousands of original artworks for classical, jazz, and popular record covers for Columbia, Decca, London, and Everest; as well as logos, labels, adverting material, even his own typeface, the Steinweiss Scrawl. He launched the golden age of album cover design and influenced generations of designers to follow.

SEX & SEXY & SEX CULTURE!
Erotic Bible To Europe From Kinky to Chic by Erika Lust (Femme Fatale Books) $19.95
Topless Summer Love Girls – A Gentlemans Guide to Women Relationships and Breasts $29.99

OTHER STUFF!
I Read Zines Sticker $1.00
Support Independent Publishing Sticker $1.00

Weekly Top 10

Poster artist Keith Herzik stopped by with his dog Herzog.

1. Cometbus #54 In China With Green Day by Aaron Cometbus $4.00

2. Boys Club #4 by Matt Furie (Pigeon Press) $6.00 – More boners, more pizza, more roommates, more stoney-baloney plus also some barfing. I’m not going to tell you twice: zit’s awesome. -EF

3. Thai Comic Horrors vol 1, by Khun So and Krit, ed. by Logan $3.00 – Esteemed Quimby’s alumni/expat Logan sent us this double-header of Thai pulp comics translated to English for the first time! This issue is comprised of two stories, “The Ghost That Comes to Steal Your Heart” and “Hunt For the Hell Drugs”. Hell yes, those titles are great- and would you believe the actual comics are EVEN BETTER? They are! Classic carnage with visual flair, packed full of jungle ghouls, beautiful babes and poor moral judgement. -EF

4. Proximity #8 Education As Art $12.00 – Writing the book on learning as art and the art of learning: Proximity #8 comes from all angles, focuses, builds, supports. Weighing in at 232 pages, this volume does an exceptional job with a wide variety of profiles, interviews and portfolios and essays, staying both solidly local and vitally connected, you’d be hard pressed to find a smarter art magazine.

5. Quimby’s Exclusive: Is It THE FUTURE Yet? by Corinne Mucha $3.00 – What does the future hold for you? Well, I predict you will fall madly in love with Corinne’s amazing new mini-comic, Is It the Future Yet?, which she made ‘specially for Quimby’s! I see you laughing out loud at the fresh psychic hijinx and time-travel schemes that grace every delightful page. I can see your love for this comic growing rich, deep, and strong and you will find it brings you much good luck and happiness as years go by…Yes, my friend, the future looks very bright indeed!

6. Revolution: The Year I Fell In Love And Went To Join The War by Deb Olin Unferth (Holt) $24.00

7. Anarchist Bicycle Rally Confidential – Mad Libs Critical Mass by Joe Biel (Micorcosm) $4.50 – “It’s the second issue of the Expozine Award Winning Bipedal, By Pedal. Last time around we got a social history and tactics lesson about the Critical Mass bicycle activist movement. For this issue BPBP2 editor-dude Joe Biel collected legal documents pertaining to the Portland Police Department’s nefarious, illegal crackdown campaign on the local Critical Mass movement. Obtained by Freedom of Information Requests, Biel shows through once-secret police and court documents that Portland Critical Mass did not in fact die out, it was brutally torn down by the cops in an organized campaign of intimidation and spy work. The Portland Police broke the law and Critical Mass was the causality. Portland is, of course, one of the best North American cities for cycling and Critical Mass is gone. This zine is a rally call for bike activists. Don’t let this happen in your hometown! If that isn’t interesting enough, the documents are redone as Mad Libs. This is a companion piece to Biel’s upcoming documentary, Aftermass: A Post Critical Mass Portland.”

8. New Character Parade by Johnny Ryan (Pigeon Press) $12.00 – Oh Gross.

9. Henry and Glenn Forever Perfect Bound Deluxe New Edition by Igloo Tornado (Micorcosm) $6.00 – The gay love of Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig? I’d get in that van.-EF

10. Neighbourhood Sacrifice $2.00 – Drawings of altars, egos, and dimensional portals to comics hell by Michael DeForge, Jesjit Gill and Steph Davidson. Basically all the news thats fit to print. -EF