New Stuff This Week

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*ZINES*

Butch Nor Femme #11 $2.00

Divide and Conquer or Divide and Subdivide? How Not to Refight the First International (PM Press Pamphlet Series) $5.95

Art History Coloring Books by Maddie Stratton $15.00 each

Happy Tapir #3 A Cup of Holiday Fear by Johnny Masiulewicz $3.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

Strange Adventures of Bone Boy #3-#5 by Joe Haines $5.00 each

Human Cannonball by Rick Schlaack $3.00

Tales to Befuddle: A Comics Anthology $5.00

To Those in Glass Houses, Pallor Pink vol 3 Anthology $12.00

Sleeping Dog by Yewon Kwon $5.00

Grown – A Comic Strip by J. Spencer Howland $5.00

Midwestern Cuban Comics #10 by Odin Cabal $7.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS ESSAYS*

A New Low by Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Collects 10+ years of transgressive cartoons originally featured in Vice magazine. Skewers Bill Cosby, Two and a Half Men, Wall Street, and so much more. Full-color!

An Apple and An Adventure by Martin Cendreda $14.99

In the Pines: Five Murder Ballads by Erik Kriek (Fantagraphics) $24.99

Zanardi by Andrea Pazienza (Fantagraphics) $29.99 – The Italian “Crumb” portrays a lost generation of late 1970s/early 1980s teenagers coping with family problems, school, sex, and drugs.

Kitaro and The Great Tanuki War by Shigeru Mizuki (D+Q) $12.95

Adventure Time Comics vol 2 by Pendleton Ward and friends $14.99

The Many Lives of Catwoman: The Felonious History of a Feline Fatale by Tim Hanley (Chicago Review Press) $18.99

Everything I Needed to Know About Life I Learned from Marvel Comics by Joe Muszynski $10.00

*ART BOOKS*

KOLORSTORM: The Art of Louie “KR.ONE” Gasparro by Louie Gasparro $34.99 – “Graffantasy” from NYC-based artist and heavy metal drummer: tags, wall pieces, paintings and illustrations, model trains, jackets, and more.

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION BOOKS*

No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein (Haymarket) $16.95 – From No Logo and Shock Doctrine writer, about Trump as a logical extension of the most dangerous trends of the past half-century—the very conditions that have unleashed a rising tide of white nationalism. It is not enough, she tells us, to merely resist, to say “no.” We need a credible and inspiring “yes,” a roadmap to reclaiming the populist ground from those who would divide us—one that sets a bold course for winning the caring world we need.

Out of the Ruins: The Emergence of Radical Informal Learning Spaces by Robert H. Haworth and John M. Elmore (PM Press) $24.95

Guerrillas of Desire: Notes on Everyday Resistance and Organizing to Make a Revolution Possible by Kevin Van Meter (AK Press) $18.95

Libertarian Socialism: Politics in Black and Red, ed. by Alex Prichard, Ruth Kinna, Saku Pinta, and David Berry (PM Press) $26.95

Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society by Michael Albert (PM Press) $20.00

*OUTER LIMITS*

The Nebulae: Political Murder Investigators Stumble Upon the NWO’s Absolute Power by Walter J. Baeyens (Trine Day) $19.95 – Providing deep insights into the unseen but real forces that shape the course of history, this investigation exposes a cabal which controls most of the money transfers worldwide as well as the highest political authorities.

Legacy of the Yosemite Mafia: The Ranger Image and Noble Cause Corruption in the National Park Service by Paul D. Berkowitz (Trine Day) $19.95

Confessions of an Illuminati, Volume III: Espionage, Templars and Satanism in the Shadows of the Vatican by Leo Lyon Zagami (Trine Day) $17.95

*MUSIC BOOKS*

Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements by Bob Mehr $17.99 – Now in paperback!

England’s Hidden Reverse: A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground by David Keenan (Strange Attractor Press) $33.95 – Back in print! Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with members of the seminal music groups Coil, Current 93, and Nurse With Wound, England’s Hidden Reverse illuminates a shadowy but deeply influential underground scene. Together these artists and their many associates accented peculiarities of Englishness through the links and affinities they forged with earlier generations of the island’s marginals and outsiders, such as playwright Joe Orton, writers like the decadent Count Eric Stenbock, ecstatic mystic novelist Arthur Machen and occult figures like Austin Osman Spare and Aleister Crowley.

*MAGS*

Maximumrocknroll #410 Jul 17 $4.99

Fortean Times #354 Jun 17 $12.50

Cabinet #62 Milk $12.00

Chap #92 Sum 17 $7.75 – One shalt always doff one’s cap!

Laphams Quarterly vol 10 #3 Sum 17 $18.00

XY Sex Panic Magazine #51 Sum 117 $9.99

Shock Cinema #52 $5.00

Skeptic vol 22 #2 17 $6.95

Skeptical Inquirer vol 41 #4 Jul Aug 17 $5.99

Nexus vol 24 #4 Jul Aug 17 $6.95

Harpers Magazine Jul 17 $6.99

Nostalgia Digest Sum 17 $4.50

Radical History Review #128 May 17 $14.00

Anarcho-Syndicalist Review #70 Sum 17 $5.00

Illustoria #4 Grow Issue Stories Comics and DIY $14.00

Wire #400 Jul 17 $10.99

Mojo #284 July 17 $10.99

New Stuff This Week

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The Thrill of Repulsion: Excursions into Horror Culture by William Burns $24.99 – For fans of experimental cinema, heavy metal, industrial music, comics, and the occult! Lists, articles, reviews, analysis, in-depth conversations with musicians & more!

*ZINES*

Printsploitation #3 by Scott R. Miller $8.00 – Horr and Cult movie drawing zine anthology.

zines by Corinne Halbert:
Hate Baby #666 by Corinne Halbert $6.00
Lady Like $4.00

We’ll Never Have Paris #14 Away $5.00

various zines by Walter Mingledorff

Scorched Cunt by Heather Daddy $5.00

Eat Your President For Breakfast $1.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

various comics by:
Shari Ross
Yvonne Alexandra
Tommi Parrish
Chloe Perkis
Heberto Bicio Morales
Joe Garber
A.T. Pratt
Sally Cantirino
Jenn Woodall
Reilly Hadden

Lost Cats #3 by Megan Stanton $2.00

Kleitoria by Sergio Vazquez $7.00

Procedural by Walker Tate $6.00

Infinite Wheat Paste #1 $5.00

Umbra by Heberto Bicio Morales $6.00

Accursed by Daria Tessler (Perfectly Acceptable) $25.00

Welcome to Ukranian Village by CHIPRC $3.00

Surmountable Odds #1 by Vinnie Neuberg $7.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Vague Tales by Eric Haven (Fantagraphics) $16.99 – A man telepathically visits other worlds while sitting in his apartment, a solitary figure has telepathic encounters with a demonic aviatrix, a wandering crystalline being, a flaming sword-wielding warrior, and a mysterious sorceress, all within the confines of his own apartment.

Ohio Is For Sale vols 9 & 10 by Jon Allen $8.00 each

Pop Gun War: Chain Letter by Farel Dalrymple $19.99

Black Panther: World of Wakanda by Roxane Gay $17.99

Ripple: A Predilection For Tina by Dave Cooper (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – Reprint of this popular graphic novel, in which an artist and model fall into an abject relationship. With an intro by David Cronenberg!

*ART & DESIGN*

Mai-Kai: History and Mystery of the Iconic Tiki Restaurant by Tim “Swanky” Glazner $34.99 – The Mai-Kai Restaurant and bar in Fort Lauderdale poached key staff from Don the Beachcomber’s in Chicago in 1956. Here’s the story in full glory, with first-hand stories 400+ images, an enduring legacy of the mid-twentieth-century Tiki era!

Tattoo Lettering & Banners: Classic and Modern Script Designs by Britt Johansson $24.99

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive by Kristen J. Sollee $16.95

Young Radicals: In the War for American Ideals by Jeremy McCarter $30.00

*ESSAY*

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay $25.99

*FICTION*

Keeping Your Cool: a post-teen tale of relations, frustrations, and bodily functions by Bill Franz $15.00 – For a young, unemployed college dropout goth like Jim Scarpelli, the bars and clubs of Chicago are a refuge. And never more so than in the spring of 1989, when Jim’s primary goal in life is to escape his suburban boyhood home and live in the city, where he can finally enjoy the urban high life he’s always dreamed about. Then he meets Barb, an artist whose hoity-toity background underscores just how plebian his own his. Sparks fly, but Jim is terrified she might discover the truth of his situation and immediately drop him for the loser he is. How to avoid such a fate?

Universal Harvester: A Novel by John Darnielle $25.00 – Life in a small town takes a dark turn when mysterious footage begins appearing on VHS cassettes at the local Video Hut. By Mountain Goats superstar and author of Wolf in White Van.

How to Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball $16.00 – Now in soft cover. When Lucia discovers that her school has a secret Arson Club, her life is suddenly lit up!

*MUSIC, FILM & COMEDY BOOKS*

Dream Baby Dream: Suicide: A New York Story by Kris Needs $17.99 – The definitive, authorized biography of Suicide, the most iconic band of the New York punk explosion. supported with firsthand interviews by its founders, singer and artist Alan Vega and maverick instrumentalist Martin Rev.

Based on a True Story by Norm MacDonald $16.00 – “Memoir” from the actor, gambler, raconteur, and Saturday Night Live veteran.

*OUTER LIMTIS*

Interview with the Boogeyman: A Monster for All Times by Benjamin S. Jeffries $19.99 – From folklore to contemporary horror, through a series of engaging questions, diary entries, and author research, the evolution of the Boogeyman continues to develop as he takes credit here for the most disturbing and bloodthirsty creatures ever to scare us silly. Written in a clever interview style, this whimsical, funny, informative, and scary biographical history of the world’s greatest fiend takes the reader on an escapade into terror that began in the dank world of the Dimmuborgir Lava Fields in Iceland and culminates in the surreal landscape of today’s modern monsters.

Aliens, God, and the Bible: A Theological Speculative Study of the Bible’s Alien Mysteries by Joel Curtis Graves $17.99

Hints on Etiquette: A Shield Against the Vulgar by various $9.95 – Part of the ‘Found on the Shelves’ series of books from the Victorian era and beyond, published with The London Library. This volume dispenses wisdom on decorum and all manner of matters, from the dinner table to marriage, and from smoking to fashion.

*FOOD BOOKS*

Famous Nathan: A Family Saga of Coney Island, the American Dream, and the Search for the Perfect Hot Dog by Lloyd Handwerker & Gil Reavill $17.99 – Now in soft cover!

*MAGAZINES*

Gather Journal #11 Sum 17 Heroines, Women and Art $19.99

Shots #136 Sum 17 $7.25

032c #32 $41.99

Man About Town #20 Sum 17 $24.99

*LIT JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS*

Sheriff Nottingham X #10 $10.00

Why Is There Mold In My Mocha: An Eclectic Collection of Poetry and Prose by Campbell Richmond $3.00

Brick #99 Spr 17 $16.00

various titles by Casi & Steven Cline

Quimby’s Welcomes R. Sikoryak In Conversation with Charles C. Valauskas 7/11

Jul ’17
11
7:00 pm

In the new graphic novel Terms & Conditions (Drawn & Quarterly), R. Sikoryak tackles the monstrously and infamously dense legal document, iTunes Terms and Conditions, the contract everyone agrees to but no one reads.  In a word for word 94-page adaptation, Sikoryak hilariously turns the agreement on its head – each page features an avatar of Apple cofounder and legendary visionary Steve Jobs juxtaposed with a different classic strip such as Mort Walker’s Beatle Bailey, or a contemporary graphic novel such as Craig Thompson’s Blankets or Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis.

“Mischievous, pastiche-heavy artist Robert Sikoryak…upped the difficulty level for his long-term conceptual project: Instead of abridging a book, he lifted the complete text of Apple’s mind-numbing corporate boilerplate, which users must agree to before accessing iTunes, and mashed it up with art invoking more than a century of comics.”—New York Times

R. Sikoryak is the author of Masterpiece Comics (Drawn & Quarterly). His comics and illustrations have appeared in the New Yorker, The Onion, GQ, MAD, SpongeBob Comics, and Nickelodeon Magazine, as well as on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Sikoryak is in the speakers program of the New York Council of the Humanities, and he teaches in the illustration department at Parsons The New School for Design and at The Center for Cartoon Studies. He lives in New York City with his wife, Kriota Willberg. For more info: rsikoryak.com

Charles C. Valauskas is legal counsel to domestic and foreign companies, new ventures, and universities and research foundations. Mr. Valauskas speaks on a regular basis throughout the world on technological and intellectual property topics. He has appeared in articles published in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the ABA Journal, and Food & WineFor more info: vciplaw.com/biographies

For more info about this event, contact JULIA POHL-MIRANDA and SRUTI ISLAM publicity(at)drawnandquarterly(dot)com

Tuesday, July 11, 7pm – Free Event

Here’s the Facebook Event Invite.

This event is co-sponsored by the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE). For more info: cakechicago.com.

New Stuff This Week

King-Cat #77 by John Porcellino (Spit and a Half) $5.00 –  40 digest pages loaded with dogs, cats, possums, mountain lions, moths, frogs, and toads, in stories including Night of the Living Possums, Bee/Bike Story, Big Cats in Illinois (and Wisconsin) Exist!, Caterpillar Story, Fluttering Moth, plus an adaptation of Edgar Lee Masters’ poem “Willie Metcalf,” and more!

Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels (Justseeds) $8.00 – From A-Disc (the record label of the Swedish Labor Movement) to Zhongguo Changpian (the state label of the People’s Republic of China), this is a compendium of 142 record labels which produced political music between 1970 and 1990, the heyday of the vinyl record. Each entry features the logo of the label, and a brief synopsis of its history and any additional interesting information I could find. Truly international in scope, over two dozen countries and territories are represented, as well as a myriad of musical styles and forms.

*ZINES*

Amazing Microbial Discoveries of Science by Anne Elizabeth Moore $5.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

Gwar Orgasmageddon #1 by Maguire Miner Gorman and Sawyer $3.99

Corpus Distorta #2 by Grant Reynolds $3.00

I Am an ALT In the Grip of Bureaucracy by Ian M. (Big Ugly Robot) $6.00 – The true account of one man’s fight against the Kafkaesque bureaucracy, callous union reps and the dark side of teaching English abroad.

Atlas #1 All Time Comics by Josh Bayer and Benjamin Marra (Fantagraphics) $3.99

The Love Suicides at Sonezaki by Chieko Kobayashi (Big Ugly Robot) $5.00 – Tokubei and Ohatsu are forbidden to lve each other, but their attempt to hide their love leads to scandal, a stolen dowry, betrayal, drunken brawls and suicide. Based on the classic play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, considered the Shakespeare of Japan. From the tradition of bunraku, a type of puppet theater thematically similar to Kabuki.

Adventures of Dorrit Little #1 by Monica Johnson $8.00

Riding for Two by Monica Johnson $8.00

Permanent Night by Adam Griffiths $8.00

It’s Yours anthology $12.00

Chicken Boy by Vinnie Neuberg (Pyrite Press) $10.00

Coin-Op issues by Peter & Maria Hoey, $6.00 each:
Coin-Op Single #9: Project Gemini (Musical Twins)
Coin-Op Single #10: Chuck Berry’s Revenge (Afro-Futurist Re-Mix)

Connor McCann comics, $8.00 each:
Velvet Coffin #1 and #2
When Its Quiet Out
Night Market
& more!

Comics by Marcus Coleman, various prices:
Pizza Party Two
Three Weeks – A Travel Zine
Pie and Mischief #2 & #3

Good Boy #1 by Nosebleed Comics $7.00

Should I Enjoy My Life Or Not by Jon Michael Frank $12.00

Laskimooses #35 Lieskan Ensileimaus $7.00

Cankor Calamity of Challenge #2 of 4 by Matthew Allison $5.00

Zugzwang #3 $2.50

Sharkman #3 Vs the Illuminati by Leo Mancini $5.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Complete Strange Growths 1991-1997 by Jenny Zervakis $20.00

Tarantula by Alexis Ziritt & Fabian Rangel Jr. & Evelyn Rangel (Adhouse) $14.95 – Psychedelic pulp. Satanic noir. The story of three unusual agents of order trying to bring justice to a world on the brink of chaos.

Garbage Night by Jen Lee (Nobrow Press) $18.95

Belgian Lace From Hell the Mythology of S. Clay Wilson vol 3 by Patrick Rosenkranz (Fantagraphics) $34.99

Uncomfortably Happily by Yeon-sik Hong (D&Q) $29.95 – The gentler pace and stillness of the countryside replace the roar of the city, but cartoonist Yeon-Sik Hong’s editor keeps calling. A beautiful portrait of the Korean countryside, changing seasons, and the universal relationships humans have with each other as well as nature.

Mixed Signals #1 by Greg Parker Needham $12.00

Sinker by Tony Blando and Libby Frame $3.00

*POLITICS, ESSAYS, CURRENT EVENTS*

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach $15.95 – Now in soft cover.

Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes by Anne Elizabeth Moore, with illustrations from Xander Marro (Curbside Splendor) $16.95

This Is Revolting by Allison Cekala $15.00

*MUSIC & FILM BOOKS*

Patti Smith: American Artist by Frank Stefanko $19.99 – A stunning collection of photographs from Frank Stefanko featuring the Godmother of Punk herself, iconic musician and author Patti Smith.

The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock by David Weigel $26.95

Female Trouble: A Queer Film Classic by Chris Holmlund (Arsenal Pulp) $17.95

Jason Molina: Riding With the Ghost by Erin Osmean $35.00 – Don’t miss author Erin Osmon reading From this book and hosting a Q&A with members of Songs: Ohia, the late Jason Molina’s band.

*FICTION*

Since I Laid My Burden Down by Brontez Purnell (Feminist Press) $17.95

*DIY*

Preservation: The Art and Science of Canning, Fermentation and Dehydration by Christina Ward (Process Self-reliance Series) $24.95 – Don’t miss the author here on Thurs, July 13th! She’ll talk about food preservation history, how women were left out of that history, and the cutting-edge research about our gut biomes. She’ll also share the secret to consistent food safety. (Spoiler: wash your damn hands.) Come for the door prizes, stay for the science!

If Found…Please Return to Elise Gravel by Elise Gravel $17.95 – Microbes and mushrooms share the page with speckled pepper pops, gloppers, and floofs! A challenge to young artists to keep a daily sketchbook. She reveals her top tips to becoming a successful illustrator.

*OUTER LIMITS*

The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind America’s UFO Highway by Ben Mezrich $16.00 – The true story of a computer programmer who tracks paranormal events in remote areas of the western United States and is drawn deeper and deeper into a mysterious conspiracy.

The Chick and the Dead: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors by Carla Valentine $25.99

The Day After Roswell by Philip J. Corso and William J. Birnes $16.00

Al Capone’s Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago during Prohibition by John J. Binder $25.00

*MAGAZINES*

AdBusters #132 vol 25 #4 Jul Aug 17 $14.95

The Baffler #35 Sum 17 Bad Society $14.00

Wire #400 Jun 17 $10.99

*LIT JOURNALS, CHAP BOOKS & POETRY*

Taddle Creek #39 $6.95

Only Interested in Everything by Maura McDanel $10.00

Nashville Notebook by David Bersell $10.00

Bad Action by Elizabeth Driscoll $5.00

American Writers Museum Opens In Chicago

The American Writers Museum is the first and only museum of its kind in the United States, and it’s open here in Chicago. The mission of the American Writers Museum is to engage the public in celebrating American writers and exploring their influence on our history, our identity, and our daily lives. The museum is located at 180 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60601, and offers something for every age group including permanent exhibits and special galleries highlighting America’s favorite works and the authors behind them.

The American Writers Museum has garnered the enthusiastic support of scholars, and from cultural, civic and business leaders, and publications both domestic and international. Some of their events include publishing workshops, memoir workshops, readings and more. For a full event schedule, more information, or to sign up for one of the many upcoming programs, visit www.americanwritersmuseum.org.

Tickets to the museum are $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, and free for children under 12. Museum hours are Tuesday – Sunday 10 AM – 5 PM, Thursdays 10AM- 8PM. For more information visit www.americanwritersmuseum.org or call 312-374-8790.

And oh yeah, follow them on Twitter at @AmerWriteMuseum.