Offsite: CAKE – The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, First Weekend in June

Jun ’18
2
11:00 am

Quimby’s Bookstore is proud to co-sponsor the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo [CAKE] is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago’s rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics’ most talented artists– past, present and future. Featuring comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more, CAKE is dedicated to fostering community and dialogue amongst independent artists, small presses, publishers and readers.

Don’t miss the opening night of CAKE with a kick-off party here at Quimby’s on Fri, June 1st at 7pm, featuring an Uncivilized Books Showcase. The tabling exhibition on Sat, June 2nd and Sun, June 3rd at the Center on Halsted (3656 N Halsted Ave) from 11-6, with panels, workshops and more!

Special Guests include:
Tony Breed
Eddie Campbell
Nick Drnaso
Nicole Hollander
Audrey Niffenegger
Mimi Pond
Fiona Smyth
Carol Tyler
Georgia Webber
Jim Woodring
Gina Wynbrandt
Bianca Xunise

For more info about exhibitors and the programming of the events, see cakechicago.com.

CAKE art by Johnny Sampson.

Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) Kick-off at Quimby’s: 5 Cartoonists 1 City: Minneapolis Showcase

Jun ’18
1
7:00 pm

 

This year’s CAKE Kick-off event is a spotlight on one of the Midwest’s greatest comics presses, Uncivilized Books. Come to hear Zak Sally read from his new memoir book cataloguing the 80’s & 90’s music scene! Tom Kaczynski read new comics on immigration & nostalgia! M.S. Harkness will read from Tinderella, an autobiographical comic about online dating, living poor and being a dumb 20-something! Jenny Schmid read White Supremacists are Human Farts, a comic created with her 10 year old adopted daughter! Tim Sievert read from The Clandestinauts, his new comic based on RPG campaigns, a queasy mix of violent and clever, flying by the seat of your pants storytelling!

The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago’s rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics’ most talented artists– past, present and future. Featuring comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more, CAKE is dedicated to fostering community and dialogue amongst independent artists, small presses, publishers and readers.

For more info:

cakechicago.com

uncivilizedbooks.com

zaksally.com

tomkaczynski.com

M.S. Harkess

jennyschmid.com

timsievert.com

Friday, June 1, 2018, 7pm – Free Event

Facebook Event Invite For This Event.

 

 

 

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Free Comic Book Day 2018

May ’18
5
11:00 am

Yeah we’ll have some free comics for you! While supplies last!

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#FCBD
#FCBD2018

Here’s the Facebook invite for FCBD at Quimby’s.

Also check out our sister store, Chicago Comics at 3244 N. Clark, where they’re celebrating FCBD as well!

New Stuff This Week

Happy Independent Bookstore Day!

Zines

Brush Master – Deeply Rooted, Featuring Jasper Mississippi Travis $10 – An epic collaboration honoring the work of the Indianapolis sign painter known as the Brush Master!

Library Excavations #8 Therapy Art by Marc Fischer (Half Letter Press) $6

Cuspian #2 by Jami Sailor $4

Highlights from the End Drawings and Collage By Ben Chlaplek $15

Nightmares to Dreams by Jessica and Maria Tapia $3

Muff #1 In the New Age $10

5to9zine #2 $5

Comics

All Girl Band by Flannery Cashill $7

Pneuma In the Land of Limbic Dead by Julia Hornedo $5

Everything About the Fridge by Shuheng Fu $8

Sorry You Couldn’t Make It by Jayme Brodie $5

Graphic Novels

Now vol 3 The New Comics Anthology, ed. by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) $9.99 – Featuring 100+ full color pages of short comics fiction from established and up-and-coming artists from around the globe such as Anna Haifisch, Ben Passmore, Eleanor Davis & more. Cover by Al Columbia.

It’s Cold in the River at Night by Alex Potts (Avery Hil) $12.99

Carnet De Voyage: A Travel Diary, New Expanded Edition by Craig Thompson (D&Q) $21.95

Fiction

Adjustment Day: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk $26.95 – People pass the word only to those they trust most: Adjustment Day is coming. They’ve been reading a mysterious book and memorizing its directives. They are ready for the reckoning.

A Secret Histroy of Witches: A Novel by Louisa Morgan $15.99

Beautiful Music by Michael Zadoorian (Akashic) $16.95

Politics & Revolution

Class War, USA: Dispatches from Workers’ Struggles in American History by Brandon Weber (Haymarket) $19.95

Kinda Essay-ish

Philosophical Beer: Philosophy from Plotinus to Paglia in the form of an IPA by Aaron Wooten $12.99 – The history of philosophy through the eyes of beer.

Rebel Publisher: Grove Press and the Revolution of the Word by Loren Glass $13.95

Music & Film Books

Lonely Boy: Tales From a Sex Pistol by Steve Jones $16.99

Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story by Chris Nashawaty $26.99

The Mixtape of My Life: A Do-It-Yourself Music Memoir by Robert K. Elder $14.99 – Don’t miss Robert K. Elder sharing this book here at Quimby’s on Thurs, Mat 10th! More info about the event here!

Magazines

Little White Lies #74 Mar Apr 18 $12.99

AdBusters #137 $14.95

Common Literary Journal #15 $14

Poetry, Lit Journals, Chap Books

How to Love the Empty Air by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz (Write Bloody Publishing) $15

The Chicago Review vol 61 #2 $15

Ima Badass by Hadass Bar Lev $1.50

Diary of a Filthy Woman by Noor Hindi $8

Sinister Wisdom #108 A Multicultural Lesbian Literary and Art Journal $18.95