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| Sep ’18 |
| 8 |
| 7:00 pm |
Stop by Quimby’s on September 8th at 7pm to check out the release party of your new favorite journal of oral history and mayhem, The Antelope. Co-founders Elisa Shoenberger and Meghan McGrath have put together a great issue, featuring falconers, beekeepers, swashbuckling Frenchmen, drone hobbyists, space-themed drink recipes, artifacts of early flight, comics, poetry, blimp disasters, and more. This event will include a reading from contributor and fancy sweater-wearer Joe Mason, sharing tales of never-ending sushi, and at least one hot balloon duel. Eric Bartholomew’s famous Junk Drawer zine will make a special appearance, with historical Chicago artifacts galore.
“Elisa and Meghan are quirky and fun scholars interested in oral history and mayhem, and they’ve edited a wonderful magazine.” Quimbys.com
Elisa Shoenberger is a freelance writer who has written for the Boston Globe, Hello Giggles, City Creatures Blog, Curbed Chicago, and others. Meghan McGrath is a wombat enthusiast, community radio DJ, and security ethnographer based in New York.
For more info:
antelopemagazine.com
Facebook event invite for this event
The Antelope in the Quimby’s on-line store
theantelopemagazine(at)gmail(dot)com
Saturday, September 8th, 7pm – Free Event
False Economies: The Strangest, Least Successful and Most Audacious Financial Follies, Plans and Crazes of All Time by S. D. Tucker $22.95 – From the idea of ‘vegetable-money’ which rotted away in order to discourage the hoarding of coins and capital to the optimistic notion that it might be possible to destroy the North Korean economy with chocolate biscuits, from a madman’s quest to abolish charity to the US presidential candidate who accepted tax advice from outer space, this book tells the story of some of the loopiest monetary ideas of all time.
Zines
Fifty Four Hits From Hell by Blake Edwards (Public Collectors) $4
East Village Inky #59 Rides Again Melonfarmers – Print Is Not Dead by Ayun Halliday $3
Places and Spaces by Milo Krim $6
A Heart that Comes True – a Suicide Awareness and Prevention Zine by Nyxia Grey $5
Worst Behavior – Like a Lighthouse Two on Creativity and Trauma by Annie Mok for Rookie Mag $10
A Vagina is Not…/A Penis is Not… by Abner Oaken and B Worden $7
Pocket Book of Shadows #1 Leo Edition $8
Some Heartbreak Days by Carmen Ribaudo $4
Zine #2049.42 by Colton Walworth III $3.50
Try Hard, Dont Bitch by Syd Webb $5
Communicating Vessels #29 by Anthony Walent $3.50
Tell Me I Look Handsome by H Schenck $15
Chizza #1 Celebrating Pizza $5.50
Famous Cats Passed: Stories of Some of Life’s Greatest Companions by Joseph Carlough $1.50
Comics & Minis
Stripburger #71 $10
2 comics from Lucy Knisley! $5 each
You Are Zero Years Old: A Zine for Babies & Look at My Cute Cub: Cartoons on Parenting
True Stories #3 by Derf $5.99
Alternative Reality #4 by Lawson Chambers $5
Madame de Sade by Patrick Walwoth $5
Not Really An Emotion by Kevin Marshall $4
Graphic Novels
Come Again by Nate Powell (Top Shelf) $24.99 – Love, mystery and unraveling on a 70s commune in the Ozarks with this Powell’s first solo graphic novel in seven years! Don’t miss him here at Quimby’s on Aug 9th!
Lawns by Alex Nall (Kilgore) $10
Maroon Comix: Origins and Destinies, anthology compiled by Quincy Saul (PM Press) $15.95
Garlandia by Jerry Kramsky and Lorenzo Mattotti (Fantagraphics) $39.99
Ghost Script by Jules Feiffer $26.95
Mooz Boosh by Sam Spina $10
Sweaty Palms vol 1 An Anthology About Anxiety by Sage Coffey & Liz Enright $25
I Rene Tardi Prisoner of War in Stalag 11B GN $29.99
Politics & Revolution
Letters to a Young Feminist by Phyllis Chesler $14.99 – Words from the legendary feminist leader.
On the Fly!: Hobo Literature and Songs, 1879–1941 by Iain Mcintyre (PM Press) $27.95 – Dozens of stories, poems, songs, stories, and articles produced by hoboes to create an insider history of the subculture. Adrenaline-charged tales of train hopping, scams, and political agitation are combined with humorous and satirical songs, razor sharp reportage and unique insights.
Art Books
Carve!: A Book on Wood, Knives and Axes by Hannes Dahlrot / Henrik Francke (Gingko Press) $29.95
Outer Limits
Murder by Numbers: Fascinating Figures Behind the World’s Worst Crimes by James Moore $24.95 – What is the connection between the number 13 and Jack the Ripper? And what is so puzzling about the number 340 in the chilling case of the Zodiac killer? Revealing insights!
Music Books
The Other Night at Quinn’s: New Adventures in the Sonic Underground by Mike Faloon (Gorsky Press) $13.95 – Editor of the zine Zisk writes a compelling portrait of a music scene surrounding a NY bar’s experimental jazz night.
Kyary Pamyu Artworks 2011-2016 by Steve Nakamura (Seibundo) $47 – Bizarre but absolutely kawaii – this book is a visual chronicle of J-pop icon Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. CD jacket designs with interpretation of Kyary’s world view described by her art director.
Fiction
Baby, You’re Gonna Be Mine: Stories by Kevin Wilson $26.99
All Internal by Terence Hannum $11.99
Magazines
Fool #7 The Political Issue $29.99
Bust #112 $6.99
She Shreds #15 $10
Drift vol 7 San Francisco $24
Mojo #297 $11.25
Wire #413 $10.99
Ambrosia vol 5 San Francisco Bay Area $19
BCC MEN #1 $15
Lit Journals & Poetry
The Lady Churchills Rosebud Wristlet #38 $5
The Believer #119 $12
Motley Magazine #2 & #4 $5 each
Aquamarine Soul Whispers by CJ Wilkens $16
| Aug ’18 |
| 23 |
| 7:00 pm |
In Kate Gavino’s new book SANPAKU (BOOM! Studios), the author gives voice to the insecurities that haunt teens of all cultures through the lens of her own Catholic, Filipino background. This powerful coming-of-age story about challenging the world around you stars a young woman named Marceline who’s fascinated with the Japanese idea of Sanpaku—the belief that seeing the white above or below the iris of your eyes is a bad omen. But it’s everywhere Marcine looks—her grandmother has it, some classmates at Catholic school have it, JFK had it…even Marcine might suffer from this odd condition. Eating a strict macrobiotic diet and meditating is supposed to help, but no matter how much Marcine wants it to, it can’t save her grandmother’s life or make her days at school any easier.
“[Marcine’s] cynical yet naive worldview provides a deadpan humor to a unique coming-of-age story,” raved Publishers Weekly about SANPAKU.
The work of Kate Gavino has been featured in Rookie Magazine, The Rumpus, Hello Giggles, Buzzfeed, Bustle, The Boston Globe Mashable and more. Her novel Last Night’s Reading drew universal praise as a “love letter to the literary world” (Boston Globe).
Kate Gavino will be in discussion with Michi Trota.
Michi Trota (see below) is a Chicago-based Filipina American freelance writer/editor, communications & content development manager, community organizer, and firespinning geek who collects projects like the Dominion conquers quadrants. She’s the Managing Editor of the Hugo Award-winning and World Fantasy Award finalist Uncanny: A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, a two-time Hugo Award winner, and the first Filipina to win a Hugo Award. She’s also President of the Chicago Nerd Social Club Board of Organizers; a board member for the Chicago Full Moon Jams Foundation; and a resident fire performer/object manipulation artist with the Raks Geek performance troupe. Michi was featured in the 2016 Chicago Reader People Issue, and was also a featured essayist in Invisible: An Anthology of Representation in SF/F (edited by Jim C. Hines).
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Thursday, August 23, 7pm – Free Event
The Black Metal Coloring Book (Feral House) $15.95 – Includes art by Quimby’s employee Corinne Halbert, as well as Gaye Black (bassist of the early British punk band The Adverts), Savage Pencil, Mike Diana, Billy Chainsaw, Jason Atomic (creator of Satanic Mojo Comics), Anthony Ausgang, Anna Piera Di Silvestre, Paul “Mutartis” Boswell, Dennis Franklin, Nico de la Mort, Andrew Labanaris, Rachael Gater, Laughing Indio and more.
Zines
How to Escape Duct Tape $1
Pathways in Education: Ashburn $5
Dine Our Survival Is Bound to Them by Katherine Smith Yinisheye $5.53
Tongues Process Zine 1 by Anders Nilsen $5
The Smudge vol 2 #7 by Clay Hickson & friends (Tan n Loose Press) $5
Flesh World #1 by Izzy Strazzabosco $2
The Rad Cat Dictionary of Fuck by Sage Liskey $6 – Fuck as a verb? A noun? Fucking educate yerself!
Zeta Reticuli Incident by Lisa Glenn Armstrong $5
Key Phrases: A Spanish Lesson from Duolingo by Adán De La Garza $10
Zine About Humans and the Environment by Andrew Harlan & friends $7
Homicide Wicker Park: 12 Homicides 2001-2016, Police Reports and Photographs by Sam Logan $15
Noice issue 010 Minimal Comic Play by Colin Czerwinski $20
Rebel City Los Angeles Spring 2018/Guide 6 by Llano Del Rio Collective $10
Comics & Minis
Future #1 & #2 by Tommi Musturi $6 each
Laskimooses #42 Kappaleiden Kokoomus by Matti Hagelberg $7
Sunlight and Honesty by Elle $13
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Tempest #1 by Alan Moore $4.99
Fiends #4 Sum 18 by Tim Tyler $10
Concerted Efforts by Mohar Kalra $5
Migraine by Woshibai $7
Two Stories by Gantea $7
Electrocat and Lightning Dog by Bu Er Miao (Paradise Systems) $15
This is Still America #2 & #3 by George $5 each
Graphic Novels
Dork by Evan Dorkin $19.99 – Featuring most of the Dork comic run as well as the 2012 full-color House of Fun special, along with rarities, extras, a cover gallery, and a newly drawn introduction.
Shit Is Real by Aisha Franz (D+Q) $24.95 – A broken-hearted woman drifts into depression as she occupies her traveling neighbor’s apartment.
100 Demon Dialogues by Lucy Bellwood $14.99 – From overcoming self-doubt to prioritizing self-care, Bellwood and her demon embody a hilarious and relatable partnership that will resonate with people from all walks of life.
Stuff From Peow Studio Press: Dark Angels of Darkness by Al Golfa $26 + Dust Pam by Thu Tran $13.50 + Ripples: A Detectives Diary by Wai Wai Pang $16 + Rule Break by Anna Syvertsson $12 + Stages of Rot by Linnea Sterte $26
Art, Design & Photo Books
Warrr2k / Work 2014-17 by Alexander Heir (Sacred Bones) $35 – Complete work to date of punk and metal artist Alexander Heir, expanding upon war, police brutality, political corruption, and death as his canon of punk subject matter, and this latest work brings sci-fi and psychedelia influences into the fold.
Under the Skin: Tattoo Culture and Style by Sendpoints (Gingko Press) $45 – An excellent intro to the history and craft of tattoo, featuring international cultural history, 6 major styles, 37+ artists.
The Beat Scene: Photographs by Burt Glinn by Jack Kerouac (Reel Art Pr) $39.95
The Tennis Manifesto by Warren Harris & Olena Prysiazhniuk $19.99
Politics & Revolution Books
The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists by Naomi Klein (Haymarket) $9.95
The Essential Žižek: Living in the End Times $24.95 + First As Tragedy, Then As Farce $17.95
Film & Music Books
This Is No Dream: Making Rosemary’s Baby by James Munn (Reel Art Pr) $49.95
Equipment for Living: On Poetry and Pop Music by Michael Robbins $16
Desperately Seeking Bowie by Castello-cortes (Gingko Press) $16.95
Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 by Ryan H. Walsh $27
Outer Limits & Mayhem
The Secret History of Magic: The True Story of the Deceptive Art by Peter Lamont / Jim Steinmeyer $28
Infinite Resignation by Eugene Thacker (Repeater) $17.95 – Traces the contours of pessimism, caught as it often is between a philosophical position and a bad attitude.
Fiction
Reincarnation Blues: A Novel by Michael Poore $16 – The oldest soul in history falls in love with the woman who incarnates death. They follow each other in a variety of chronologies and it’s epic and compelling. Now in soft cover.
The (Original) Adventures of Ford Fairlane: The Long Lost Rock N’ Roll Detective Stories by Rex Weiner $16.95 – From CBGBs, the Mudd Club and Tier 3 in NYC to the Starwood, Zero Zero and Cuckoo’s Nest in LA, Ford Fairlane takes you back to a sexy, violent and explosively creative time and place that live on in rock n’ roll legend, brought authentically to life in these hardboiled stories.
Hits & Misses: Stories by Simon Rich $25 – Former SNL writer does hilarious short stories inspired by Hollywood experience.
The Cloven by Brian Catling $16.95 – Final installment in the Vorrh Trilogy.
Born to Be Weird: A Collection of Demented Fantasy & Horror by Set Sytes (Microcosm) $12.95
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh $26
Suicide Club: A Novel About Living by Rachel Heng $27
Destiny of I Am The Crossing by Julie Pacheco $19.95
Magazines
Tape Op #126 $5.95
Uppercase #38 $18
The Baffler #40 $14
Harness Magazine #2 $6.99
Tom Tom Magazine #34 $10
Chap Books & Lit Journals
Abrupt Reflections by JAGQ $10
Taddle Creek #41 $6.95
Mystery and Adventure Series Review #52 by Fred Woodworth $3
Ratking Frame 00 $10
