1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622 · 773-342-0910
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*ZINES*
Last Night at the Casino #10 Dec 15 $3.00
Communicating Vessels #26 Fall Win 14 15 by Anthony Walent $3.50
*COMICS & MINIS*
Deathcat Comics Skullguts issues #2 + #3 $6.00 each
All Ages: Colouring Book of Worries and Reassurances by Sarah Mangle $18.00
*GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS*
Gahan Wilson’s Out There: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Cartoons of Writing of Gahan Wilson (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Ronald Searle’s America by Matt Jones (Fantagraphics) $85.00
Locke and Key: Shades of Terror Adult Coloring Book (IDW) by s: Gabriel Rodriguez & Joe Hill $9.99
Making Jamie by Kyle Bravo $12.00
*MAYHEM & OUTER LIMITS*
Sharon Tate: A Life by Ed Sanders (DaCapo) $25.99 – Ed Sanders gave readers their clearest insight yet into the disturbing world of Charles Manson and his followers when he published The Family in 1971. Continuing that journalistic tradition, Sanders presents the most thorough look ever into the heartbreaking story of Sharon Tate, the iconic actress who found love, fame, and ultimately tragedy during her all-too-brief life.
Ancient Egyptian Magic by Eleanor Harris (Weiser) $18.95
*FILM BOOKS*
Not To Be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites From a Lifetime of Film by Kenneth Turn (PublicAffairs) $16.99 – Cultural criticism, historical anecdote, and inside-Hollywood controversy from someone who grew up watching the Million Dollar Movie on WOR-TV Channel 9 in New York, a daily showcase for older Hollywood features.
*TRIVIA*
100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know About Math and the Arts by John D. Barrow $16.95
*MAGAZINES*
The Pitchfork Review #8 Fall 15 $19.95
At Large #3 Fall Win 15 $20.00
Backwoodsman vol 37 #1 Jan Feb 16 $5.50
*LIT JOURNALS, CHAP BOOKS & POETRY*
Remains by Jesús Castillo (McSweeneys) $20.00
Kids by JM Francheteau $1.00
The First Line vol 17 #4 Win 15 $4.00
The Last Line #2 Win 15 $3.00
*SEXXXY*
Elska #2 Berlin Germany $18.50
| Jan ’16 |
| 30 |
| 9:30 pm |
Hey zinesters and comics artists! Come to our Zine Slumber Party (Zlumber Party, geddit? Gosh we’re clever.) This is the fifth year in a row we’re inviting you to come in and spend the night with us working on your zine, because we’ve had so much fun doing it in the past. Get here at 9:30 on Sat, Jan 30th (the store closes at 10pm). Then spend the night here! Stay until 6am Sun, Jan 31st! (And yes, you can leave whenever you want before then if you want or need to.) So bring yer jammies and a sleeping bag, then leave in the morning with what you’ve been workin’ on! There will be snacks! And coffee!
What: Zlumber Party 2016!
When: Sat, Jan 30th, 9:30pm – Sun, Jan 31st, 6am
Where: Here at Quimby’s Bookstore at 1854 W. North Ave.
RSVP: Give us a holler so we have a head count: info(at)quimbys(dot)com or call 773-342-0910.
Helpful hints!
*In terms of what to bring, definitely whatever project you’re working on, whether it’s a zine, a comic, a book, a magazine, an artist book — independent publishing knows no bounds!
*Be here at 9:30pm (the store closes at 10pm). This is NOT a lock in; you can leave whenever you want. You can stay as late as 6am on sunday morning, which is the official end time for the event.
*Wear comfy clothes! Don’t forget your sleeping gear! A sleeping bag if you wanna take a break to catch a few zzzz (or just be comfy), a pillow, footie pajamas, a blanket, slippers…whatever makes you comfy.
*We’ll provide some snacks and coffee, but you may want to bring some snacks with you if you like. A good way to make new friends is bring food, is all we’re saying. If you have food sensitivities or allergies please bring whatever nourishment you need to bring to sustain you.
*We’ll also provide some office supplies (papers, pens, scissors, staplers, that type of thing), chairs and tables.
*One final note: Please don’t feel pressured to feel like you have to finish whatever you’re working on before you leave. If you feel excited to work on your project once you’ve been working on it here, that you’ve started your 2016 off jazzed that you got the creative ball rolling, then we’ve done our job (that’s once of the reasons we do this event in January). When you’re all done with your zine and you want to consign it here, we’re excited to sell it for you. More info about consignment here: https://www.quimbys.com/consignment
*Wanna invite your friends with the event post on Facebook? Here it is: https://www.facebook.com/events/786313241474411/
HAPPY BOXING DAY! Yes, we have boxes.
*ZINES*
Zines from the blog ourlittlesomething.tmblr.com & Self-Publishers of Chicago:
Terrific Trees of the USA by Victoria Harley, Katrina Eresman, Erin Dreis $7.00
Sea by Victoria Harley & Katrina Eresman $3.00
Price Gun Warriors by by Victoria Harley, Ed Blair, Jeff Phillips, Oats Redding, Liz Mason & more $3.00
Last Night at the Casino #10 Dec 15 $3.00
Serio #6 Social Justice Zine Based In Chicago $5.00
Arid #1 A Zine about Sobriety and the Interior by E. Marie $2.00
Rock Paper Scissors Photography by Chris Horner $5.00
Whipless by Robert Rusch $20.00
Wayward Ducklings vol 1 $1.00
Are You Aware of How You’re Feeling Now $3.00
Tat Squad #3 $10.00
*COMICS & MINIS*
Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream #4 by Laura Park (Uncivilized Books) $5.00 – Laura Park is back, blessin’ us & stressin’ us with her famed linework and strained lifework. It’s a style as Chicago as Al’s Beef, and every bit as well-rendered. Grab one before they fade back into the mystic. ~GS
Smoke Signal #23 $5.00 – Derf Backderf cover, work by Al Columbia inside!
As You Were #4 a Punk Comix Anthology (Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club) $10.00
Structures 46-56 by Kevin Huizenga (Uncivilized Books) $5.00 – The fifth volume in the Structures series. Kevin Huizenga presents a number of otherworldly structural narratives. Complete with interactive audio / motion cues! 2-color Risograph cover.
Speakeasy: A Rachel Topka Toon by Rachel Topka (Uncivilized Books) $5.00 – A love story…of sorts, between a chubby homunculous and a centaur. Comic by the Uncivilized Books intern!
Those Goddamn Fuckers by Alec Berry and Andrew White (Uncivilized Books) $4.00
Ice Heist by Madeline McGrane (Uncivilized Books) $5.00
The Social Discipline Reader by Ian Sundahl (DOMINO) $5.00 – Collects best of material from Social Discipline #1-8, and would be at home as a obscure men’s magazine insert or as contemporary naturalistic storytelling/pseudo-autobiography. 40 newsprint pages, b&w, 8×10.5″.
Lapis Lazuli Labyrinth by Yumi Sakugawa (Sparkplug) $5.00 – A minicomic sharing the importance of remembering small details, no matter how seemingly useless.
A Wretch Like Me: Sad/Black/Ugly/Queer by Ebin Lee (Sparkplug) $6.00 – Portland artist describes the book as “A Wretch Like Me is my visual journal of Depression/Anxiety/ and Body Dysphoria.” Book #5 in the Sparkplug Minis Series.
Incubation – Charles Burns’ Sketchbook $9.95
Fight Club 2 #8 by Chuck Palahniuk and friends $3.99
Rotten Roots #1 by Paul Axel & Renee Majkut $6.00
Cats and Witches by Charles Brubaker $3.00
*GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS*
COPRA TPB ROUND THREE vol 3 by Michael Fiffe (BERGEN STREET PRESS) $19.95
Adventure Time Presents Marceline Gone Adrift by Meredith Gran and Carey Pietsch $19.99
Ronald Searle’s America (Fantagraphics) $85.00
SCALPED HC BOOK 3 DELUXE EDITION by Jason Aaron & friends $29.99
Gahan Wilson’s Out There: The Science-Fiction and Fantasy Cartoons of Writing of Gahan Wilson (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Comics by Yewon Kwon:
All of My Body Half Spilled Across the Floor $12.00
There Is Fire and the Gnashing of Teeth $20.00
*ART & DESIGN BOOKS*
Forms of Rockin’: Graffiti Letters and Popular Culture by Anssi Arte (Dokument Press) $29.95
The Photographer’s Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas by Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern (Aperture) $24.95 – Playful collection of assignments, ideas, stories, advice for better shooting and editing, creative ways to start new projects, games, activities, insight & anecdotes from many of the world’s most talented photographers. Plus, a Polaroid alphabet by Mike Slack, which divides each chapter, and a handy subject guide.
*OUTER LIMITS*
Hearsay: Artists Reveal Urban Legends by Lauren Haisch & Wendy Sherman $19.95
The Ark of God: The Incredible Power of the Ark of the Covenant by David Hatcher Childress (Adventures Unlimited) $22.00
Robot Zombies: Transhumanism and the Robot Revolution by Xaviant Haze & Estrella Eguino (Adventures Unlimited) $16.95
The Law of Chaos: The Multiverse of Michael Moorcock by Jeff Gardiner (Headpress) $19.95
*HUMOR & TRIVIA*
Cat Versus Human by Yasmine Surovec $12.99 – From the design-y and snarky catvshuman.com.
100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know About Math and the Arts by John D. Barrow $16.95
Unprepared To Die: America’s Greatest Murder Ballads And The True Crime Stories That Inspired Them by Paul Slade (Soundcheck Books) $21.95
*SEXXXY*
Meat #19 $20.00
Badlands Unlimited New Lovers 1: How to Train Your Virgin by Wednesday Black $12.95 – The queen of a mythical realm realizes that her king now prefers the bodies of inexperienced human virgins to her own. His insatiable appetite threatens the kingdom and everything the queen holds dear. She plots to seduce and deflower the two humans the king favors, but her plans backfire in spectacular fashion. What will become of her marriage? Her kingdom? Her virgins?
*MAGAZINES*
Vive Le Rock #31 The Clash, Jello Biafra $10.99
Mojo #266 Jan 16 Bowie Now $10.99
True Crime Dec 15 $9.99
Sneaker Freaker #34 $12.95
She Shreds #9 $8.00
Noble Rot #9 $18.50
Hobo Magazine #18 Lea Seydoux $20.00
Archer #5 16 The Australian Journal of Sexual Diversity $14.95
*LIT JOURNALS*
Ninth Letter vol 12 #2 Fall Win 15 16 $14.95
*FOR THE KIDDIES*
Legendary Routes of the World: A Pop Up Book by Alexandre Verhille & Sarah Tavernier (Little Gestalten) $29.99
I Met a Penguin by Frank Asch (Nieves) $25.00 – Reissue of 1972 book about a lion falling in love with a penguin.
Ten Minicomics vol 4 by Alex Nall $5.00
My Kind of Sound: The Secret History of Chicago Music by Steve Krakow (Curbside Splendor) $24.95
*ZINES*
Punk Rock Glee Club #1 by Liz Mason $2.00 – Zine about an a capella punk band Blue Ribbon Glee Club that does covers of bands like Fugazi and the Buzzcocks. But it’s also a meditation on creativity, group artistic collaboration and performing.
Her Pichers, The Life and Work of Gert Van Houten by Drew Damron $5.00
Reggae Sauce: A Cabin Time Pokey Creek Cookbook by Nick Stockton $8.00
Free Ass Mag #1 Free Association Magazine Utopia by Amanda Wills $10.00
Close Encounters by Hannah K. Lee $15.00
Zines from Dinosaur Press by Claire Siepser:
Lies We Tell Ourselves $6.00
Lies Our Parents Told Us Or $6.00
Lies We Told Our Parents Or $6.00
Make Your Own Permanent Record $9.00
Choices $15.00
Pill Magazine #1 $5.00 – Thoughtful zine about abortion, what to expect when you’re not expecting.
Sound Bites #3 Sounds of Home by Bethany $3.00
Live Mag #12 $10.00
KerBloom #117 Nov Dec 15 by Artnoose $2.00
Party Animals, Mike Freiheit Presents $4.00 – A drawing zine from this mini-comics artist.
*COMICS & MINIS*
Life’s Too Short, Trubble Club Presents $5.00
Revenger #6 $8.00
Meow de Vivre by Penina Gal $5.00
Comics by Matt Reints, $2.00-$3.00 each:
Dusty-isms: A Collection of Short Comics
Against the American Dream: Another Collection of Short Comics
Inertia
Xerox Candy Bar XCB Anime Issue #27 $3.00
Somewhere Over the Rainbow by oorn $5.00
Sporgo #1 $4.00
Prometheus Eternal by Grant Morrison & Farel Dalrymple (Locust Moon Press) $5.99
*GRAHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS*
Test Tube by Carlos Gonzalos (Floating World Comics) $14.95
Strange Sports Stories: Get Your Head in the Game by Paul Pop, CM Punk & Gilbert Hernandez (Vertigo) $14.99
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham by Mike Mignola & friends (DC) $16.99
Hot Jazz with Max Zillion and Alto Ego by Hunt Emerson $18.95
*ART & DESIGN BOOKS*
Platforms: Ten years of Chances Dances, ed. by Aay Preston Myint $35.00
Juxtapoz: Wild (Gingko Press) $29.95
Skullture: Skulls in Contemporary Visual Culture (Gingko Press) $39.95
Stay Melty Buff Monster (Gingko Press) $29.95
Store Front II A History Preserved, The Disappearing Face of New York (Gingko Press) $65.00
Fifty Art Nouveau Works of Art You Should Know by Susie Hodge (Prestel) $19.95
*FICTION*
Loitering: New and Collected Essays $15.95
*ESSAYS*
Book of My Lives by Aleksander Hemon $16.00
*POLITICS & REVOLTION BOOKS*
Living Anarchism, Jose Peirats and the Spanish Anarcho Syndincalist Movement by Christ Ealham $20.00
*MUSIC BOOKS*
Confessions Of A Heretic: The Sacred And The Profane by Adam Nergal Darski, with Mark Eglinton (Jawbone Press) $19.95 – Forthright and erudite memoir of the front man and driving force behind the Polish heavy-metal group Behemoth, currently at the top of their game following the release of their 2014 US Top 40 album The Satanist.
*MAGAZINES*
Wire #382 Dec 15 $9.99
Shots #130 $7.25
Profane #1 $23.95 – French art mag.
Sabor #1 Arbiter of All Things Gastronomic $29.95
True Crime Winter Special Dec 15 $12.99 – Happy Holidays From Quimby’s!
Fat 2015 $14.99 – Finnish art, featuring Nastja Sade Ronkko. Annual issue for 2015, the Nordic Issue.
Drift vol 3 Havana $24.00 – Popular coffee magazine, each issue focuses around a different city.
Modern Farmer #10 Winter 15/16 $7.99
*CHAP BOOKS*
What Communion Has, The Light with Darkness by ZL Melton (Godhead Publishing) $6.00
Otherwise Jesus by Blake Wallin $7.00
*OTHER STUFF*
Moleskine Folio Sketchbook X-Large $29.95
Fun Gift Wrap! Different kidns! $6.95 per roll
Nudie Ladies 2016 Heaven Sent Heaven is for Real by Flannery Cashill $3.00
Quimby's Bookstore · 1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622 · 773-342-0910 
