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Zines
New zines from Jam: Paper Garden #2 $6, Calcium Ornament $7, Lefty Life Forms $2, Gourd Town $2
Vault of Slack #5 by Xenofact $8
various photo zines by Larry Wolf, $10 each: In Conversation (multiple issues), Rough Cut & more.
issues Thirteen Facts, $2 each: #14 Repo Man, #16 Maurice Sendak, #17 Phantom of the Opera
Christmas Songs by Dave (Lazer Attack Zines) $4
Fall Friends by Jax Fleming $4
Laced $2
Behind the Screams: Interviews from All Corners of the Chicago Alternative Music Scene by Eleanor Coughlin $5
Park the Car: A Mini Zine by Lizzie Cooper #1 & #2 $2.50 each
zines by Lorelei Preus $4.44 each: Commuter Cats, I Love Paczki, Bat Zine
Librarian Against AI or I Think You Should Leave by Violet B. Fox $5
Dragon Within Antarctica’s Prison by Will Dee $6
New zines from Fluke Publishing, $5 each: Martha #2 Art and Words to Look Upon and Think About, Tiger and Donuts #1
The Society of Avian Dreamers – July 13 2024 by Amaranta Isyemille Lara Ramos $8
Comics
Slow Leak #4 by Johnny Sampson $15
I Am Okay by Sarah Becan $10
(Travel) Ghouls – Bonus Supplementary Issue #4.44 by Josh Simmons $2
Wildie by Atlas Power $5
Scythe Unseen – Poems and Drawings by Tom Orr $5
Sheeted Dead #2 by Michelle Spadafore (Urban Ochre Press Comics) $7
Desert Rats #2 by Nick Bunch $10
Nose Bleed #2 by Derick Jones $10
Evidence of Small Pleasures by Sev GT $2
Graphic Novels
The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic by Alan Moore, Steve Moore & more $49.99
(f)Art Books
The World of Banksy by Alessandra Mattanza $35
Politics & Revolution
Project Censored’s State of the Free Press 2025 edited by Andy Lee Roth & Mickey Huff, illustrated by Anson Stevens-Bollen $19.95
Mayhem & Outer Limits
Mastering the Art of Ritual Magick by Frater Barrabbas $39.95
Appendix N, revised and expanded edition: Weird Tales From the Roots of Dungeons & Dragons edited by Peter Bebergal (Strange Attractor Press) $22.95
Essay
How to Fuck Like a Girl: Essays by Vera Blossom $17.95
Music Books
The Other Side of Reason by Andrew Schmidt (Hozac Books) $27.99
Music from Elsewhere: Haunting Tunes from the Afterlife, Alien Worlds and Occult Realms by Doug Skinner (Strange Attractor Press) $22.95
Magazines
Tape Op #164 $5.99
Chap Books & Lit Journals
Poetry by Amaranta Isyemille Lara Ramos: Tripas an Odyssey in Haiku $22, Holydaze Again $5
Overtime Hour 69 Vitality by Dylan Bach (Blue Cubicle Press) $2
You’ll Hear From Me This Week by Seth Andrew Bearman $16.50
Moss Piglet November 2024 Patterns $15
| Dec ’24 |
| 24 |
| 12:00 pm |
We’re normally closed on Tuesdays! But Tuesday, December 24th we’ll be open from noon to 6! Lucky you! This isolated Tuesday we thought you might want it. Live it up!
Wanna know about our other holiday hours? We’re closed on Dec 25th and Jan 1st. Stay in and read all those zines and books and comics you have piling up!
| Dec ’24 |
| 5 |
| 7:00 pm |
Zine Club Chicago on Marz: How to Survive a Chicago Winter Zinemaking Hangout
Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave. in Logan Square/Bucktown
7 – 9 p.m. Thursday, December 5, 2024
Free!
In December, Zine Club Chicago will be easing into the frosty season with a free zinemaking hangout in collaboration with our friends at Life on Marz Community Club! Y’all are invited to help create a group zine on the theme How to Survive a Chicago Winter.
Please join us for Zine Club Chicago on Marz: How to Survive a Chicago Winter Zinemaking Hangout, 7-9 p.m. Thursday, December 5 at Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave. in Logan Square/Bucktown. Free!
Zine Club Chicago will provide all the zinemaking supplies! Just bring your creativity. Life on Marz Community Club, our favorite locally owned taproom and café space, offers awesome alcoholic, CBD, and non-alcoholic beverages from Marz Brewery and more, plus some very fun snacks, for purchase. The taproom also will be holding a DJ Night after our event wraps up at 9 p.m., and we encourage y’all to stick around for some chill jams, too!
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers and created our logo.
More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago
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A flyer featuring a photo of snow-dusted rooftops at the Western Pink Line stop and this text: “Zine Club Chicago on Marz: How to Survive a Chicago Winter; 7-9 p.m. Thursday, December 5; Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave; Free!; Info at quimbys.com”
| Dec ’24 |
| 14 |
| 12:00 pm |
Don’t miss an afternoon of tarot readings by Echo! She’ll be here to read your cards on Sat, Dec 14th, noon to 4pm! Echo has been reading tarot cards for many years. She uses tarot as a mind-opening tool, a method for helping us see more, a path illuminator. Find her on the internet at @fraulein_echo + echothehuman.com.
