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Offsite: Zine Club Chicago on Marz: SNACKWAVE! Zinemaking Hangout

Published on October 28, 2024 0 Comments

Nov ’24

7:00 pm

Zine Club Chicago on Marz: SNACKWAVE! Zinemaking Hangout
Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave. in Logan Square/Bucktown
7 – 9 p.m. Thursday, November 14, 2024
Free!

This month, Zine Club Chicago is teaming up again with our friends at Life on Marz Community Club to host a free zinemaking hangout at the locally owned taproom and café space. We’re inviting folks to help create a group zine on a theme that’s close to our treat-loving hearts: SNACKWAVE!

Please join us for Zine Club Chicago on Marz: SNACKWAVE! Zinemaking Hangout, 7-9 p.m. Thursday, November 14 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 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 featuring Tender Lovin’ Cutz with Tommy Kladis after our event wraps up at 9 p.m., and we encourage y’all to stick around for some all-vinyl jams, too!

Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago like here on IG and here on Twitter.

#zines #zinemaking #ZineClubChicago #DIY #LifeonMarz #Quimbys #QuimbysChicago

Facebook event link is here.

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A flyer featuring a stack of Oreo cookies riding a surfboard inside a huge wave and this text: “Zine Club Chicago on Marz: SNACKWAVE!; 7-9 p.m. Thursday, November 14; Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave; Free!; Info: quimbys.com”

New Stuff This HalloWeeeeeeeek

Published on October 26, 2024 0 Comments

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Zines

2 Public Collectors/Half Letter Press Titles! CB Radio Postcard People $7, Johnnie Anderson’s Botany and Zoology Drawings $13

Draculas Dumpster #3 Wild World of Color $9.75

Zines by by S. Hansen: Staying Resilient As a Working Artist: Advice From the Field $4, Tools at the Queer Press $4, Average Person to Zinester Pipeline: The Seven Phases I Passed Through to Become a Zinester in Just a Year $5 & more.

zines by Yhasmin: YHVSM #1 & #2 $5 each, Body $8

Friday Aug 2nd $3

One Skate Beyond #1 Chicago Edition by Buster Wawrzaszek $3

Sk8 Movie Watchlist by Johnny Misfit $2

Klaus-o-graphic issues #6 & #8 by K. Klaus $2

Thirteen Facts, multiple issues, $2 each about topics like Dracula, Vampira, Vincent Price & more.

Rate of Decay #10 $2

Zines by Karina Hagelin: Femme Filth #5 $10, What is Suicide Prevention? Or How to Create a World Worth Living In $6

Why Do Honeybees Kill if It Kills Them? Reflections on Evolutionary Selection for the Instinct to Self Destruct by Dalia Silverstein $6

1438 #2 Midwest Jungle, Techno and Rave Culture by Ripe Productions and Aria Pedraz $15

Better Homes and Dykes vol 1 #4 by Elli and S. $20

Comics

I Hope This Finds You #15 Diary Comics by Kevin Budnik $6

Shadow Banshee Periodical #1 Pontificating Amongst Nature by Nadia Stodder $7

Whoopsie Doodle – Short Comics by Kat Tuesday $10

Gallant Valor #1 by Dylan Sparks $20

Graphic Novels

OUT LATER THIS WEEK! Acme Novelty Datebook vol 3 by Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly) $49.95

Brian Blomerth’s Lilly Wave: Visual Biography of the Infamous Ketamine Researcher John C. Lilly $35

Kids Are Still Weird and More: Observations From Parenthood by Jeffrey Brown $9.99

My Time Machine by Carol Lay (Fantagraphics) $24.99

Longboxes by Nate McDonough $20

Parasyte vol 8 Full Color Collection by Hitoshi Iwaaki $19.99

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers: High Times and Misdemeanors by Gilbert Shelton & Dave Sheridan (Fantagraphics) $22.99

Jessica Farm by Josh Simmons (Fantagraphics) $29.99

Art Books

Profane Creations: The Metal Art of Mark Rudolph $49.99

Politics & Revolution Books

Palestine in a World on Fire: A Global Conversation by Katherine Natanel & Ilan Pappé (Haymarket Books) $17.95

Music Books

Country and Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country Music and the Folk Revival by Mark Guarino $20

The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast by S.H. Fernando Jr. $30

Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore $20

In Defense of Ska: Expanded 2nd Edition by Aaron Carnes $24.95

Fiction

Gigantvm Penisivm: A Tale of Demonic Possession by Jose Elvin Bueno $18.95

Chap Books & Lit Journals

I Almost Had It by Sophie Potocsnak $6

Sinister Wisdom #134 $16

Chicago Review vol 67 #2-#4 $24.99

Sexxxy

Drawings of Rainier Flores Side B (Rainstrike Comics) $5

Five Things From the Archive

Published on October 22, 2024 0 Comments

I was looking for something and poking around in our archives (or perhaps I should say “archives” since it’s really just boxes, shelves and file cabinets bursting with ephemera) and fell upon some real fun stuff. Quimby’s has such a rich legacy of weirdness and a lot of folks have come through here, either as employees, consignors, shoppers, event performers or friends. Here’s a few choice things I pulled for you today.

Shoplifters will be damned to hell. Who made this sign? Shappy? (RIP, good man.)

Mini-comics BFFS It’s designer and musician Paul Koob (on the left) when he was in the thick of his Hamster Man days and director/illustrator/designer Arthur Jones who similarly sold his comics 900 Lb Gorilla and Magic Pants here. 2002, baby!

Two experimental writers On the left is Shelley Jackson in the days of her tattoo short story project called Skin Project where people would get words to get tattooed on their skin and all the participants’ tattoos added up to a short story, around 2003. She was one of the first writers to really embrace hyperlinks as storytelling, which she did in her 1995 book Patchwork Girl. On the right is writer, Small Beer Press/Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet co-editor/Book Moon Bookstore co-owner, and MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient Kelly Link. Her newest novel The Book of Love is awesome. I think this photo was roughly 2003-ish.

When I found this picture of Billy McCall and texted him with it, the main thing he had to say about it is how amusing the Goldfinger shirt is. Former manager of Uncle Fun, editor of Behind the Zines Distro, writer of Chicago Joe and the Ancient Pages, zinester extraordinaire and so many other things, we miss the fact that he left Chicago. He now resides in Albuquerque. This picture is probably 2004 maybe? He had just started running his Chicago-based mail order Loop Distro.

2005: When We Printed Out Articles Ahahahahaha this is hilarious to me! We got a mention in the Trib because they talked about Zisk editd by Mike Falloon, Mike Fournier & friends. And they have a yahoo address! This is the greatest thing ever. I apparently have grandparent tendencies if I was printing out articles. Well, long live paper, may bit rot rest in peace.

xoxo

Liz

Zine Club Chicago: Let’s Make Food Zines! with Special Guest Sarah Becan

Published on October 21, 2024 0 Comments

Nov ’24

3:00 pm

Zine Club Chicago: Let’s Make Food Zines! with Special Guest Sarah Becan
3 p.m. Saturday, November 23, 2024
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave.
Free!

What better way to celebrate a season of harvest than with an artist who draws food? Chicago-based superstar Sarah Becan has been on the scene for years, and we’ve always been fans of her delectable and informative work. We’re thrilled to have Sarah as a special guest at Zine Club Chicago to talk about her career in culinary comics, which spans mini-comics, webcomics, restaurant work, and publishing. Sarah also will tell us about the weird things artists have to think about when illustrating food and making recipe comics, because she’s got plenty of experience. Plus, she’ll be hosting a free workshop! Bring a recip Bon appetit!

Please join us at Zine Club Chicago: Let’s Make Food Zines! with Special Guest Sarah Becan at 3 p.m. Saturday, November 23, 2024 right here at our shop, 1054 W. North Ave. in Wicker Park. Free!

We’ll provide zinemaking supplies and snacks. Recommended: Bring a short recipe of your choosing to make into a zine during the workshop.

Zine Club Chicago is a mask-supportive environment; we’ll have masks available if you’d like to wear one. Please note that seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Sarah Becan has been drawing comics since she was very small. Her food-based autobiographical webcomic “I Think You’re Sauceome” sparked a love of food and culinary illustration, and her work has since appeared in various publications, including Saveur Magazine, Eater.com, StarChefs, and the Chicago Reader. She is the coauthor and illustrator of Let’s Make Ramen!, published July 2019, and Let’s Make Dumplings!, published June 2021, and the most recent Let’s Make Bread!, coauthored with baker Ken Forkish, published May 2024. She lives in Chicago with her partner Niles and their cat Toki, and she would be very happy to do nothing but draw food all day. Find her on Instagram @sarahbecan

Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free monthly event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs the monthly flyers, created the logo, and made the Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events: https://zineclubchicagoshoutouts.spread.name/

More info:

Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago like here on IG and here on Twitter.

The Facebook Event Invite is here.

New Stuff This Week

Published on October 19, 2024 0 Comments

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Zines

Make Up #3 $5

Austin Seance Quarterly Journal Fall 2024 The Fall Halloween Issue by Jake Cordero $5

Bovely’s Little Big Adventure $2

Moments of the Past by Clementine Penner $2

by Jerrry James: Buncha Balogney issues #1 & #3 $7 each, Phlim Phlam #1 $10

Comics

Mineshaft #45 $15

2 titles from Entropy Editions: Little Misanthropist: Chicago, IL by Gabriel Mason Howell $8 + Gods Sod House: Gypsum, KS by Cedar Van Tassel $10

Lifetime Library Lover: My Journey from Reader to Anticensorship Ringleader by Amanda Recupido, art by Rae Yung $3

Journey Agent #0 Dirt Cheap Honest to Goodness Tramp Tales by OW Wellerd $4

Back to School by Rudy Brumm $10

Chasing Yesterday by Boris Hartl, Steph C and Lucas Gattoni $2

New Wave Comics – Slane #5 by David Soileau $2

Graphic Novels

Dog Days by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (Drawn & Quarterly) $24.95

Art Books

Giant Robot: Thirty Years of Defining Asian American Pop Culture edited by by Eric Nakamura, Francine Yulo, Tracy Hurren, Megan Tan and Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly) $49.95 – Release date 10/29!

Soil Air Reverence by Colin Martinez $20

The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey : Rare Drawings, Scripts, and Stories by C. J. Verburg $50

Music & Film Books

From Shining Light Press: CHUNKS Hardcore Fanzine Anthology $18 + HARDWARE Hardcore Fanzine Anthology Second Printing by David Koenig and Brett Beach $45 + POSITIVE INFLUENCE Hardcore Fanzine Anthology by Anji Bee $18

Jukebox Photographs 1967-2023 by Michael Goldberg (Hozac) $33.99

This Aint No Disco: The Story of CBGB by Roman Kozak and photos by Ebet Roberts (Trouser Press) $22.95

The Worlds of Wes Anderson: The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Iconic Films by Adam Woodward $35

Magazines & Newspapers

Creem $25 each: #8 Goes to the Movies, #9 Gone Country

The Anarchist Review of Books #8 $6

Sexxxy

Dirty Mag – A Zine July 2024 by Alex B. and Dittos Domain $10

Fiction Books

Kayfabe by Chris Koslowski (McSweeney’s) $28

Dear Dickhead: A Novel by Virginie Despentes $28

Lit Journals, Chap Books & Poetry

The First Line vol 26 #3 Fall 24 edited by David & Robin Labounty (Blue Cubicle Press) $6

Some Poems #2 by Clementine Penner $2

The Day We Met in Earthly Time by Gary Gautier $10.99

For the Young at Heart

Emily (and Jerry and Lucy): Emily’s Family Fun Tales by Rocco DiCaro $15.99

Fruit on the Go: A Coloring Book by Clementine Penner $18