New Stuff This Week

Published on October 12, 2024 0 Comments

 

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Zines

Zines by William H. Young: Girl You Fell in Love with a Bot! What Now? $5, Somnium Seasonal Goddesses #2 $19.99

Zines by Jone Greaves: Anxious Planet $3, Intent to Carcinize $5

What the Hell Is Going On? A Zine Companion by Safe Space Forum $3

Data Digest #0003 West Hollywood $12

King Bourbon #3 by Steve Gentry $5

Comics

You Don’t Get There From Here #65 Diary Comics by Carrie McNinch $4

The Venus Pill by Sophie McMahan $15

Fielder #3 Alla Prima by Kevin Huizenga $12.99

Aktion Kat #1 by Paul Garner $16.66

Mild Pain #3 by A. Kacen $7

Corpse Cypher #1 by JCrash $10

New stuff by H Jones: Journey $3, Devil Is Laughing $2

Graphic Novels

Arctic Play by Mita Mahato (Asterism) $34

Q&A by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly) $16.95

Sunday by O. Schrauwen (Fantagraphics) $39.99

Sid and the Sickos by Abby Kacen $16

Art Books

How Banksy Saved Art History by Kelly Grovier $35

Yokai: The Art of Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly) $44.95

Lit Journal

Transat #1 $10

Moss Piglet Oct 24 edited by John Bloner Jr. & friends $15

Music Books

You’re with Stupid: Kranky, Chicago, and the Reinvention of Indie Music by Bruce Adams $22.95

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir – The Coming Back for More Edition by Sly Stone $20

Outer Limits & Mayhem

Healing Psychedelics: Innovative Therapies for Trauma and Transformation by Micah Stover $21.95

Anubis—Ancient Egypt’s Lord of Death and Protection by Charlie Larson

Queering the Runes: Reclaiming Ancestral Wisdom in Rune Magic and Mythology by Siri Vincent Plouff $18.95

Mexican Magic: Brujeria, Spells, and Rituals for All Occasions by Laura Davila $18.95

The Penguin Book of Demons by Scott G. Bruce $18

Tattoo Tarot (Mini Deck): Ink & Intuition by Diana McMahon Collis and illustrated by Oliver Munden $12.99

Fiction

The End of a Primitive by Chester Himes $17

Horror Anthologies Fish Gather to Listen and Bitter Become the Fields, both by Jes McCutchen & friends $18.99-$19.99

Essays

Here, Now: Essays by Michelle Suzanne Mirsky $22

Haunted States: An American Gothic Guidebook by Miranda Corcoran $16.95

Magazines

Uppercase #63 $24

Chap Books

Brief Stillness Poems by Travis Park $.25

For the Young at Heart

A whole bunch of re-released Edward Gorey back in stock!

How Do You Even Define This?

Alexander Viazmensky Mushrooms Knowledge Cards Deck $14.95

Charley Harper Playing Cards $16.95

Tessa Recommends a Little Getaway to Hold Off the Inclement Weather Blues

Published on October 9, 2024 0 Comments

Alrighty zine fiends, it is about to get gloomy as heck, especially for us in Chicago and the Midwest. Maybe it would help to plan a trip? Could be just a little getaway—maybe even in your imagination. So, I’ve gathered together a collection of zines to help you prepare to escape the dreary months to come. Introducing…

Tessa’s Guide to Zines That Aren’t Necessarily Travel Guides but Make Me Think About Escaping! 

Elephant Buildings by Dave Hankins

The obvious place to start is Elephant Buildings by Dave Hankins. Now, you’ll have to time travel to visit some of the fascinating elephant-shaped buildings in this zine, but you’ll find plenty of interesting details in Dave’s thoroughly researched zine to accurately set your time travel devices or to travel in your imagination. Before picking this little booklet up, I never thought to wonder about elephant buildings, but after reading it I feel like such a fool. I will now be forever curious about the history of any roadside attraction I encounter.

Controlled Burn: an Oak Opening Story by Lee Fearnside

Try out imaginary ecotourism by visiting an interesting local ecosystem in Controlled Burn: an Oak Opening Story by Lee Fearnside. In this little zine, you’ll meet the plants and animals of Oak Openings, a region crossing Ohio and Michigan and learn about the impact of human intervention on this unique habitat and the importance of controlled burns in ecosystems. I love learning about the environments I visit. If you do too, try out Controlled Burn!

Indianapolis: a Visitor’s Guide by Jone Greaves

Maybe you’re staying nearby – a little road trip to MidBest mecca, Indianapolis! 😉 Make sure to pick up Jone Greaves’ very helpful, Indianapolis: a Visitor’s Guide before you hit the road! Inside you’ll find secrets, tips and mysterious warnings about the city, like the resting place of the “harbinger of the growing goblin scourge of the Midwest,” a warning about cursed regions, seasonal rituals, and a reminder not to mention The Catacombs (oops!).

 

Cavern Zines #4 by Ari Ganahl

Maybe you’re staying even nearer-by—Try out Ari Ganahl’s Cavern Zine #4 for an adventure right from your favorite armchair. Everything you need for a spelunking adventure is in this little book. Join the included (great value!) cave guide on a unique journey through paper landscape. Best of all, you can visit this destination again and again with no additional cost!

Pocket Road Atlas by Mel Watkin and Maps by Chris Auman

For more armchair adventures, check out Mel Watkin’s Pocket Road Atlas to plan out an imaginary road trip through beautiful imagined regions illustrated right over real road maps. I also recommend Chris Auman’s Maps, which will provide you with plenty of imaginary landscapes, cityscapes, mostly-waterscapes, and other scapes, to escape into. 

 

Anxious Planet by Jone Greaves

Finally, if you happen to be reading this blog from your spaceship, contemplating a visit to Earth, make Quimby’s your first stop planet-side to pick up Jone Greaves’ Anxious Planet for a general overview of what’s going on here with this weird rock we’re living on.

Happy trails, Zine Travellers! I hope to see you in-store to wish you well on your zine journeys!

See ya soon!

-Tessa <3

New Stuff This Week

Published on October 4, 2024 0 Comments

 

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Social Justice Kittens 2025 Calendar by Liartown USA $20

Tarot Del Fuego Box of Tarot Cards by Ricardo Cavolo $24.95

Zines

Crap Hound 2024 Owls and Crows by Sean Tejaratchi $20

2 zines by Katie Kiesewetter: Behind, Sharp! #3 Chicago Style $8, Gratuitous Hospitality $10

Unresolved #10 by Eli Schmitt $5

zines by April Malig: I Don’t Know How to Take Pictures But I Like to Do It Anyway $12, April’s Eating Zine #5 $15 and more.

Check the Record #1 & #2 by Jen Matson $5 each

Graphic Novels

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation adapted by Paul Peart-Smith $22.95

Paying for It (re-issue) by Chester Brown (D&Q) $21.95

New Realities: The Comics of Dash Shaw by Greg Hunter and Dash Shaw (Uncivilized) $24.95

Tegan and Sara: Crush bu Tegan and Sara Quin, illustrated by Tillie Walden $14.99

Art & Photo Books

Native Trees of Canada by Leanne Shapton (D&Q) $20.95

To Washington Park, With Love: Documentary Photographs from Summer 1987 by Rose Blouin (Haymarket) $35

Politics & Revolution Books

The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe by Gideon Levy (Verso) $24.95

World War 3 NOW?  (World War 3 Illustrated #54) edited by Seth Tobocman, Susan Simensky Bietila & Nicole Schulman (AK Press) $20

Dead Cities (re-issue) by Mike Davis $24.95

The Conquest of Bread (2nd Edition) by Peter Kropotkin (AK Press) $20

Fiction

The Great When: A Long London Novel by Alan Moore $29.95

Model Home: A Novel by Rivers Solomon $28

Roberto Bolano novel reprints: The Return $17, Antwerp $15, By Night in Chile $16

Starter Villain by John Scalzi $18.99

Star 111 by Lutz Seiler $19.95

Music & Film Books

Shoegaze by Ryan Pinkard (33 1/3 Genre) $19.95

Lou Reed: The King of New York by Will Hermes $22

BFI Film Classics books, $17.95 each: Cure by Dominic Lash, Close Encounters of the Third Kind by Dana Polan

Sonic Bonds: A Journey Into Wondrous Radio by Siue Moffat (Mr. Pither Cycling Tour Connections) $14.99

Like Lockdown Never Happened: Music and Culture During Covid by Joy White $14.95

Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures through Cinema edited by Doris Berger with Maya S. Cade, Jacqueline Stewart and more $45

Essay

Country Queers: A Love Letter by Rae Garringer $24.95

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein $20

Sci-Fi, Magick, Queer L.A.: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation edited by Kelly Filreis and Alexis Bard Johnson $39.95

Lucky Mud & Other Foma: A Field Guide to Kurt Vonnegut’s Environmentalism and Planetary Citizenship by Christina Jarvis $22.95

Gender Explained: A New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World by Diane Ehrensaft and Michelle Jurkiewicz $28.95

Witchy Shit

Practical Candle Magic: Witchcraft with Wick & Wax by Rachel Patterson $18.99

Witch in Darkness: Magick for Tough Times, Bad Days and Moments of Total Catastrophe by Kelly-Ann Maddox $24.95

Consciousness Expansion

Psychedelics and the Soul: A Mythic Guide to Psychedelic Healing, Depth Psychology, and Cultural Repair by Simon Yugler $19.95

Food Books

Lickin’ the Beaters: Low Fat Vegan Desserts (2nd Edition) by Suie Moffat $10.95

Chap Books & Lit Journals

some LOVE – four poems by elizabeth s. tieri $10

Kris Called Krishna Home by Kristoffer Damato, multiple issues $10 each

The Bennington Review #13 $15

Briefly Gently: Record of an Unreadied Boat by Tori Rego $15

Waiting For the Exterminator by Sophie Grimes $3

Recommended Reading: Adam Gnade and his Great American Novels

Published on October 1, 2024 0 Comments

As of late, I’ve been deep into Adam Gnade‘s pocket sized novels ever since we received a large box of them from Kansas, where the author resides. Gnade (pronounced GUH-NAH-DEE) writes about coming of age in America, friendship, and being involved in alternative music scenes in the early aughts, a time when smartphones hadn’t been invented and the world felt less chaotic and broken.

After Tonight, Everything Will Be Different drew me in with its cover: a picture of a hand pouring hot sauce on a giant burrito inside a taqueria. Maybe I was hungry that day, but something nudged me to buy it (we sold two other copies in the same day, perhaps there was something in the air). After Tonight… is set in San Diego, CA centered around the main character’s memories of growing up in the beachy California town where his parents owned a seafood restaurant. Each chapter is centered around a specific food memory and how the meals or snacks comforted James and his pals after late nights at punk shows, bars, and nights out when the only thing that mattered was being in the moment and escaping reality with chosen family. Despite each chapter being centered around food, the book reads more like an autobiography filled with visceral memories and the pain of early adulthood when you and your friends move on, go to college, or stay put in your hometown and waste time trying to figure out who you are and what you want to be. Gnade has a poetic way of retelling memories that pull the reader into his world by making them relatable and tender.

When you make sense to someone it is a lovely thing. What you are doesn’t tire them or make them nervous or scare them off. They see you and you make sense. Your weird shit makes sense. Your fears and delusions make sense. The things you love make sense. If you don’t make sense, it’s like a bitter flavor in a thing that should be sweet and it’s confusing to people. They don’t get you, and because they don’t get you, you’ve got no chance of being their friend. At 16 I want nothing more than to make sense to people, but I don’t make sense to anyone.

This beautiful paragraph is from the chapter titled “BURRITOS, VARIOUS.”

The second book in Gnade’s pocket sized series of America is The Internet Newspaper. In the sequel, we follow James for three days in the year 2000 as he temps for a local internet newspaper in San Diego writing clickbait articles about cats and listing local music events. At night, he’s raiding the alcohol cabinet of a stranger’s home with friends while they house sit and driving to Tijuana with his coworkers for a press junket and getting drunk on the company dime. The Internet Newspaper captures a time when the internet was a place where information was less available and more casual, not all encompassing like it is today. The book is not just about the internet and the experience of having your first grown-up job, but about the main character’s life as a twenty-something punk having fun with friends while battling debilitating depression and suicidal ideation.

As I savor the last few pages of The Internet Newspaper, I look forward to reading I Wish to Say Lovely Things, Gnade’s follow up novel about love in all its many forms.

tl;dr Adam Gnade makes reading fun, inspiring, accessible, and cool with his badass autofiction novels.

*xo~Angel~xo*

@angel.xoxoxoxox

New Stuff This Week

Published on September 28, 2024 0 Comments

 

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2025 Slingshot Planners! Pocket size $8 / Pocket size spiral $12 / Large spiral size $16

Zines

Cathode Ray Mission #3 A Sci-Fi and Horror Fanzine Fall 2024 $2

Zines by Rojas: Anxious Eye Farming With Marx at the Edge of the World $5, Chinga La Migra Means Fuck the World – Border Violence Migration and the End of the World (with Diego and 2ry) $7, Anxious Eye Farming With Marx at the Edge of the World $5 & more.

Butler Burger issues #1-#3 $2.50 each

Bug Serial #1 Sum 24 by Spinelli and Splif $3

Little Guide to Analog Photo Booths in Chicago by Charlie Sierra $10

Stream Your Head Off #25 Aug 24 by Ross Peterson $5

Rate of Decay #9 $2

People Looking at Art 2018-2024 by Chris Gleason $15

Momentary Alchemy by davonperspectives $24

How to Tell Democrats from Republicans by Bronwyn Mauldin $7

Non Dichotomy by Kara Hawley $7

Comics

Scorpio Venus Rising #2 by Corinne Halbert $10

Jewels of Thought – A Dialogue With Pharoah Sanders by Kaitlin Kostus $6

Why Does She Hurt Herself Like That by Heather Benjamin $20

Larch Spinney issues #1 $ #2 by Sigil Snoot $10 each

Photogenic #1 The Gift That Keeps on Giving by Dominic and Margo Sawaya and Jen Chavez $10

Graphic Novels

Final Cut by Charles Burns $34

Heavenly Days by Em Frank (Floating World) $29.99

The Scrapbook of Life and Death by J Webster Sharp (Avery Hill) $19.99

Disciples of the Soil by B Mure (Avery Hill) $12.99

Art Books

Mr. Brainwash: Franchise of the Mind by Ted Vassilev $35

Fiction

The Repeat Room: A Novel by Jesse Ball $27

Rejection: Fiction by Tony Tulathimutte $28

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams $20

The Free People’s Village: A Novel by Sim Kern $18.99

Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison, edited by Michael Straczynski $19.99

Like Red on a Rose by Rathan Krueger $15.99

Film & Music Books

The Last Dream by Pedro Almodóvar $26

Taste in Music: Eating on Tour with Indie Musicians by Alex Bleeker and Luke Pysenson $27.95

Depeche Mode Live by Dennis Burmeister and Sascha Lange (Akashic) $59.95

Mayhem & Outer Limits

The Witch’s Door: Oddities and Tales from the Esoteric to the Extreme by Ryan Matthew Cohn & Regina M. Rossi $30

Eerie Legends: An Illustrated Exploration of Creepy Creatures, the Paranormal, and Folklore from around the World by Ricardo Diseño & Steve Mockus $29.99

Freaky Folklore: Terrifying Tales of the World’s Most Elusive Monsters and Enigmatic Cryptids by Darkness Prevails with Carman Carrion $19.99

Magazines

Para Llevar issues #3 & #4 $22 each

RFD #199 $11.95

Gush Magazine vol 1 #2 $10