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| Oct ’18 |
| 26 |
| 7:00 pm |
SHIPWRECKED! After their perilous encounter with the sea-witches, Walker and the pirate crew of the Jacklight find refuge on a deserted island. But it might not be as deserted as it seems?shadowy creatures have been spotted in the jungle, and strange animal tracks appear overnight. When Walker, Shiv, and Genoa discover a secret passage and mysterious ruins, the dark history of the archipelago begins to unravel. Legend tells of a mad king, a fallen civilization, and a powerful royal family in search of their lost sister. In this triumphant follow-up to the epic graphic novel The Unsinkable Walker Bean, Aaron Renier is back with more breathtaking art and high-sea adventure in Knights of the Waxing Moon.
Aaron Renier creates worlds that are so convincing and immersive that his readers are forever transformed. Walker Bean is a worthy heir to Tintin and deserves – and will not disappoint – a similarly wide audience.” –Dave Eggers
AARON RENIER is the author of three graphic novels for younger readers; Spiral-Bound, Walker Bean, and Walker Bean and the Knights of the Waxing Moon. He is the recipient of the Eisner award in 2006 for talent deserving of wider recognition, and was an inaugural resident for the Sendak Fellowship in 2010. He teaches at DePaul University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
For more info:
IG: @aaron.renier
Friday, October 26th, 7pm – Free Event
After Man: A Zoology of the Future by Dougal Dixon (Breakdown Press) $34.99
Zines
Mantid Mania #3 by Mike Smith $5
Tear the Petals Off of You by Julia Eff $4.50
Hell Will Be Easy: Nine Grotesk Stories by Marina Morrissey $5
Brothers and Sisters I Am an Atomic Bomb $1
Know Your Vote: A Workbook to Get to Know your Elected Officials (Biff Boff Bam Sock #9) by Anna Jo Beck $5
Stuff from Diaspora Savant Press: BLCKMZIC #1 Black Banjo $12, Musings on Black Womyn #1 $10 & more.
Eggs by Dan Kelly $2
Critics Union #1 Fall 18 Monsters and Mirrors $6
Truly the Shittiest Archaeologist Ever by California Rachel $4
The Match #118 Fall 18 $3
Window Dressing #1 $10
I Was Born To Swim #1 $1
Trains #3 $15
You Should Hear This #1 Zine About Music by Ricky Vigil $3
Become Worry Free Right Now: 12 Meditations for Transcending Reality by Jessica Mullen & Adam Zapotok $5
Comics & Minis
2 Nate Beaty comics: Laurie and Nate 2017 $3 & Wolfman Chicago Has a Frittata In the Oven $5
Dying of Thirst by Jon Mastantuono $10
Male Tears #1 by AB Von Hell $8
Crowning in Winter by Jack Lundquist $6
Mellow Out vol 1 by Pat Boyle $6
Infinite Wheat Paste #6 by Pidge $5
What Would Happen If Atoms Lose the Ability to Bond by Pan Tong $6
Graphic Novels
Saga vol 9 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples $14.99
The Best American Comics 2018 guest editor Phoebe Gloeckner, series editor Bill Kartalopoulos $25 – Featuring Chloe Perkis, Tara Booth, Simon Hanselmann, Gary Panter & more.
Fuck Off Squad by Nicole Goux & Dave Baker (Silver Sprocket) $15
Roaming Foliage by Patrick Kyle (Koyama Press) $15
Undocumented: A Worker’s Fight by Duncan Tonatiuh $19.99
Fashion Forecasts by Yumi Sakugawa (Retrofit) $18
I Love You: Stories and Cartoons by Sara Lautman (Retrofit) $10
John, Dear by Laura Lannes (Retrofit) $8
All the Sad Songs by Summer Pierre (Retrofit) $10
270 by Maggie Umber (2D Cloud) $14.95
The First Man: The Graphic Novel by Albert Camus, illustrated by Jacques Ferrandez $25.95
I Feel Machine, edited by Julian Hanshaw & Krent Able $22.99 – Comics about tech from folks like Box Brown, Shaun Tan and more.
Art & Design Books
Grace Jones A to Z: The Life of an Icon–From Androgyny to Zula by Steve Wide $14.95
Politics & Revolution
Vote Her in: Your Guide to Electing Our First Woman President by Rebecca Sive $19.95
How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic by Ariel Dorfman & Armand Mattelart (O/R Books) $21
Bicycle / Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance by Lugo, Adonia E., Ph.D. (Microcosm) $14.95
How to Be an American: A Field Guide to Citizenship by Silvia Hidalgo $14.99
Fiction & Hip Lit
Riddance: Or: the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-mouth Children by Shelley Jackson $28
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018 edited by Sheila Heti & 826 National $15.99
Horse Crazy by Gary Indiana $15.95
Sketchtasy by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (Arsenal Pulp) $19.95
Don’t Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation With Allen Ginsberg $26
Outer Limits
Cemetery Maps by Amy Martin & friends $12
Music Books
Coal Black Mornings by Brett Anderson $28.99 – Memoir by the lead singer & founder of Suede.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: An Art Book by Reinhard Kleist $29.99
Night Moves by Jessica Hopper $15.95
The Ultimate Guide to Vinyl and More: All You Need to Know About Collecting Essential Music, from Cylinders and Cds to Lps and Tapes by Dave Thompson $29.95
Magazines
Razorcake #106 $4
Maximumrocknroll #425 $4.99
Bust #113 $6.99
Skeptic vol 23 #3 $6.95
Flat Out #3 Architecture Magazine $20
Glamour Girl #5 $20
Gentlewoman #18 $15.99
Women In Print #1 $8
Lit Journals
The First Line vol 20 #3 $4
For the Kiddies
Recordmania: Atlas of the Incredible by Emmanuelle Figueras by Emmanuelle Figueras & Tavernier Verhille Figueras (Little Gestalten) $24.95
Food
Ancient Brews: Rediscovered and Re-created by Patrick E. McGovern $16.95
The New Rules of Coffee: A Modern Guide for Everyone by Jordan Michelman & Zachary Carlsen $14.99
Sexxxy
Meat NAKED Special Issue Fall 18 $20
Chicago Henge: A Poem with Lusty Illustrations by Sam Logan $1
| Oct ’18 |
| 16 |
| 6:30 pm |
CHIPRC’s Zine Zine Club: Mysterious and Spooky Edition, at Quimby’s!
In October, we’re celebrating all things creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky! This month at our book club-style event for people who read zines, we’ll be talking about the titles that send chills down our spines. Please BYOZ (Bring Your Own Zines) that get you into the Halloween spirit, and join us for a fun discussion! Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are welcome.
We’ll have some treats (and possibly a trick or two) for everyone, as well! Our Mystery Zine Swap was so popular last month that we’re making it a regular thing. If you’d like to participate, bring a zine (wrapped up or concealed in some way) to trade with someone else on the spot.
This event will be led by Chicago Zine Fest organizer Cynthia E. Hanifin.
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue in Wicker Park
6:30-9 p.m. Tues, Oct. 16th
Beyond Heaven: Chicago House Party Flyers by Brandon Johnson (Almighty & Insane Books) $20 – Flyers (aka as “pluggers”) and other house music related ephemera from 1983-1989, from the collection of Mario “Liv It Up” Luna, a Pilsen DJ. Highlights from Chicago’s emerging house scene: first generation “kings of house” alongside the WBMX Hot Mix 5 and other DJs, promoters, record stores, labels, party crews and dance groups from Chicago’s house music scene.
Zines
Critical Theory Cocktails #4 by Aggie Toppins $10 – Powerful drinks that will make you think differently.
Meanwhile #6 Bad Decisions ed. by Megan Kirby & Jan-Henry Gray $5
Color Me A to Z $12
Chicago by Sam Paakkonen $15
Soul Meat by Dan Kelly $2
Comics & Minis
Various issues of Quietly by Yumi Yamaguchi & friends, $2-$5
Christina Tran minis $5-$10: Aging, Things I Cannot Say, It’s Okay That It’s Not Okay Chapter One, Release, Dear Daughter
Dust and Whiskey by Shoshannah Cohen $6
True Stories #4 by Derf $5.99
Blammo #10 by Noah Van Sciver $8
I Feel Weird #1-#3 by Haleigh Buck $5 each
Dipso Facto #1 by Mosher $10
Defenders – Stories From Armenia’s Border Villages by Cristina Araxie Cass $3
Minnows by Seamus O. Hames $5
Graphic Novels
Chlorine Garden by Keiler Roberts (Koyama Press) $12 – Don’t miss Keiler Roberts here with Jessica Roberts (XTC69) on Oct 5th!
Art Comic by Matthew Thurber (D&Q) $29.95 – Don’t miss Matthew Thurber here to present this raucous skewering of the art world on October 11th!
Space Academy 123 by Mickey Zacchilli (Koyama Press) $18 – Classroom crushes, school plays, gym class, all-knowing Grandfather Computer, maintenance guy scouring planets for resources, you know, typical school stuff.
Monk!: Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution by Youssef Daoudi $24.99
The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth by Ken Krimstein $28
Dementia 21 by Shintaro Kago (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – Disturbingly funny manga about plucky home aide tasked with caring for a series of bizarre patients, from one of Japan’s most twisted cartoonists.
Be Your Own Backing Band COLOR EDITION by Liz Prince (Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club) $12
Robert Crumb: Sketchbook 1982-1989, edited by Dian Hanson (Taschen) $40
Politics & Revolution
Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women by Silvia Federici (PM Press) $14
Health Care Revolt: How to Organize, Build a Health Care System, and Resuscitate Democracy — All At the Same Time by Michael Fine (PM Press) $15.95
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore $39.99
Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies by Dick Gregory $15.99
Art Books
Russian Criminal Tattoos and Playing Cards, edited by Damon Murray & Stephen Sorrell, text by Arkady Bronnikov (Fuel) $32.50 – Pictures of the handmade decks constructed under the radar of prison authorities and used to command respect, punishment and live by a secret prison dictate.
Pop Art by Flavia Frigeri $16.95 – A helpful guide to Warhol, Lichtenstein & the like.
Essay
Afterglow: A Dog Memoir by Eileen Myles (Grove Press) $16
Gender Studies
Claiming the B in LGBT: Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative, editor Jacq Applebee $24.95
Fiction & Literature
Jerusalem by Alan Moore $24.95 – Eternity loiters between housing projects. Fiends, tunnels, slums, holy cities. Everything you expect from Alan Moore! Now in soft cover.
The Milk Bowl of Feathers: Essential Surrealist Writings, edited by Mary Ann Caws $13.95
Gone Tomorrow by Gary Indiana $16.95 – Things awry on the art film set in Colombia.
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu $9.99 – Riot grrrl revolution: Viv makes a zine to challenge gender inequality at school.
Music, TV & Performance Books
Lemon Jail: On the Road With the Replacements by Bill Sullivan $22.95 – From the roadie’s POV.
Let the Good Times Roll: My Life in Small Faces, Faces, and the Who by Kenney Jones $29.99 – A memoir by the legendary rock-and-roll drummer discuses his East End childhood, battle with dyslexia, witness to the deaths of longtime friends and creative work with several bands, including The Who after the passing of Keith Moon.
27: The Legend and Mythology of the 27 Club by Gene Simmons $27
Rap Dad: A Story of Family and the Subculture That Shaped a Generation by Juan Vidal $26
Feuding Fan Dancers: Faith Bacon, Sally Rand, and the Golden Age of the Showgirl by Leslie Zemeckis $26
Fame: The Hijacking of Reality by Justine Bateman (Akashic) $26.95
Magazines
Tape Op #127 $5.95
Wire #415 $10.99
Put a Egg On It #15 $12
Fortean Times #370 $12.40
Mojo #299 $11.25
Kinfolk #29 $18
Offscreen #20 $20
Lit Journals
Wolfman New Life Quarterly #3 $12
N+1 Fall 2018 $14.95
The Paris Review #226 $20
The Believer #121 $12
Parody vol 6 #2 $5
