New Stuff This Week

Published on September 7, 2024 0 Comments

 

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Zines

Behind the Zines #18 Sep 2024 A Zine About Zines $4

Ten Signs You Live in a Haunted House by Alexandra Montclair $8

Journal Travel Journal Feb/Apr 2024 by Lu Shiying $12

Comics

All New Henry and Glenn Comics and Stories #1 by Tom Neely and Justin Hall (Microcosm) $7

Haji Ali and the U.S. Camel Corps $12

Graphic Novels

Stuck by Pratima Pinnepalli $24.99

Palestine 2024 Edition by Joe Sacco (Fantagraphcs) $34.99

Buzzelli Collected Works vol 2: HP by Guido Buzzelli (Floating World) $34.99

Art Books

Sacred Sites. The Library of Esoterica by Jessica Hundley $40

Politics & Revolution Books

Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis by Tracy Rosenthal & Leonardo Vilchis (Haymarket) $17.95

The Zapatista Experience: Rebellion, Resistance, and Autonomy by Jerome Baschet (AK Press) $21

Essays & Essay-Like

The Oscar Wilde World of Gossip: A Subversive Encyclopedia of Victorian Anecdote by Neil Titley (Universal Exports of North America) $25

Intellectual Situation: The Best of N+1’s Second Decade edited by Mark Krotov Nikil Saval and Dayna Tortorici $20

Fiction

Chicago Joe and the Ancient Pages by Billy McCall $18

All Friends Are Necessary: A Novel by Tomas Moniz $28

The Between by Tananarive Due $12

Eugene Nadelman: A Tale of the 1980s in Verse by Michael Weingrad $16.95

In the Garden of the Fugitives: A Novel by Ceridwen Dovey $20

Untenable Mystic Charm Stories by Travis I Tate $13

Ghost Mom by L. Guzman $13

Poetry

We the Gathered Heat: Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry, Performance, and Spoken Word by Franny Choi & friends (Haymarket) $19.95

Thoughts I Lost in the Laundry Poems by Leia Butler $13

We Don’t Know That This Is Temporary Poems by Adrienne Marie Barrios $13

Unaccounted For Circles of Hell by Lynne Schmidt $13

Lit Journals

Stanchion #14 $13

Away From Home: An Anthology edited by Frances and Will Klein $16

Wheels

The Disposable Skateboard Bible by Sean Cliver & photographed by Eric Simpson (Gingko Press) $49.95

Mayhem

Children Who Murdered Their Mothers / Mothers Who Murdered Their Children by Alexandra Montclair $20

Sex Culture and Sex Guides

Female Gaze by Alexandra Montclair (Harpy House Press) $24.99

My Dungeon Love Affair: A Memoir by Stephanie Parent $13

Notebooks & Calendars

One Line a Day a Five Year Memory Book $16.95

Moleskine Dotted Notebook $19.95

some LOVE Chapbook Release with Poetry Readings by Maria Mendoza Cervantes, Sophie Grimes, Nick Souder, and elizabeth s. Tieri 9/28

Published on September 6, 2024 0 Comments
Sep ’24
28
3:00 pm

some LOVE Chapbook Release
with Poetry Readings by Maria Mendoza Cervantes, Sophie Grimes, Nick Souder, and elizabeth s. Tieri.
Saturday, September 28th at 3 pm
at Quimby’s Bookstore (1854 W North Ave)

FREE & BYOB

Back to Print presents some LOVE the latest chapbook from poet, historienne and zinester extraordinaire elizabeth s. Tieri. Known for her sexy and succinct poems often on themes of heartbreak and other hurt, elizabeth has begun to balance the scale in celebration of friendship and love.

Joining her on the mic will be the phenomenal Chicago poets Maria Mendoza Cervantes, Sophie Grimes (City Structures) and Nick Souder (Trash Bird and the Kill Yr Idols reading series) all of whom were previously wrangled into the columns of Back to Print’s founding zine the deadline.

Please join us in celebration at Quimby‘s bookstore, where the limited-edition chapbook will be available for purchase alongside countless other independent & handmade zines.

For more info:
@GetBackToPrint
@QuimbysBookstore

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Tessa Picked Some Tiny September-y Zines for You!

Published on September 3, 2024 0 Comments

Hey there friend! Welcome to September! This is one of my favorite months and not just because I’m a Virgo. We’re clinging to the last days of summer, and looking forward to all the gifts of fall – including spooky season! This week I’ve picked some tiny zines for you (I love tiny zines)! We have summer vibes, spooky vibes, and some that I just think you should check out!

Summer Days by Lucy Rose Till-Campbell

Lucy Rose Till-Campbell is the queen of whimsy, crafting colorful and precious worlds on paper! In Summer Days, you’ll meet three friends, Cranberry, Milkweed, and Chicory. Feast your eyes on detailed motifs that illustrate each personality and the world they share together and then float down the river with your new friends in the shady woods on a sunny summer day. No words, just vibes and the vibes are perfect, cozy summer. 

 

Haunt by Tori Holder

Both spooky and beautiful, Haunt is “a collection of spectral comix poems” that feel like a crisp autumn breeze on an overcast day of great portent. Reflect on the ephemerality of seasons, connections, and feelings with a backdrop of jack-o-lanterns, black cats, falling leaves, and full moons. 

 

Night Out and When do you Stop Growing and Start Aging?  by Madi Baker

Madi Baker’s micro comics are some of my favorites! Each one I’ve seen has a different approach to visual storytelling and the illustrations are whimsical and elegantly simple. 

Night Out shows us the progression of a pair of friends going out and not exactly having the best time. Even with no words, a limited color palette, and fairly simple illustrations, Baker gives us relatable characters and a vivid picture of friendship through hard times. 

When Do You Stop Growing and Start Aging? is a catalog of things that illustrate the evolution from youth to aging. My personal favorite is the comparison between youthful tennis ball (learning tennis), in-your-prime tennis ball (showing off your juggling skills), and elderly tennis ball (on the legs of your walker). This zine is both a little silly and thought provoking. Can you think of some other things that evolve with you as you grow or age?

We have so many more tiny zine treasures in store! And more by all these authors! You’ve gotta come by and go treasure hunting in our micro-comics section soon! There’s always new things to love!

See ya soon!

-Tessa <3

New Stuff This Week

Published on August 31, 2024 0 Comments

 

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Zines

Chicago Signs and Symbols #1 $20

KerBloom #169 $2

Girls On Film #24 $10

If We Can Do This: A Zine About Learning to Do Menstrual Extraction by Cindy Crabb (AK Press) $5

Wage Theft #1 by Howie $5

Little Myths #2 by Harper Sims $10

Zines by by Eve Gordon $2.50 each: Tide Pools: North Atlantic Maine, Beginner’s Illinois Bird Field Guide

Zines by Heberto Bicio $10-$16: People of the Treesphere, Self Diagnostic #32

Comics

Cicada Comics #2 by Cris Siqueira $5

Peepshow #15 by Joe Matt (Fantagraphics) $6.99

Flaming Skull of Death by Chris Auman $6.50

Punk Lab Girl #1 by Shannon Spence $24.99

Stacks by Linnea Nierman $6

Not That Anyone Asked: A Collection of Comics by Linnea Nierman $5

From Reptile House: Plinky #1 in Bonehead Rhythms by Shane Olsen $5, Round World Thinking #1 by Ana Woulfe $10, Cyanide Swamp #2 $10

Gu #4 by Al Nelson $10

Graphic Novels

Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It by Tara Booth (Drawn & Quarterly) $24.95

Raw Sewage Science Fiction by Marc Bell (Drawn & Quarterly) $29.95

Politics & Revolution

Organization, Continuity, Community: An Essay by Peter Gelderloos (Detritus) $12

Music Books

Kick Out the Jams: Jibes, Barbs, Tributes, and Rallying Cries from 35 Years of Music Writing by Dave Marsh $19.99

Mayhem & Outer Limits

My Cosmic Trigger: High Strangeness in Theory and Practice by Matt Vaughn (Trine Day) $24.95

Gothic Life: The Essential Guide to Macabre Style by Aurelio Voltaire $24.99

Fiction Books

The Theme Park of Women’s Bodies by Maggie Cooper $12.95

Undying Monster: A Tale of the Fifth Dimension by Jessie Douglas Kerruish (The British Library/Tales of Wthe Weird Series) $16.99

Sexxxy

Fucker by Bridger Swinimer $10

Morgan Illustrates – Sketchbook Pinup and Cover Artist $12

Poetry & Chap Books

Coumplete Poems – 1960’s & 70’s by Genesis P-Orridge (Heartworm Press) $27

Sugar Rush by Elizabeth Hanisch $14.99

Local Interest

Malort: The Redemption of a Revered and Reviled Spirit by Josh Noel $19.99

This is a Gina Wynbrandt Appreciation Post!

Published on August 29, 2024 0 Comments

On August 23rd we celebrated the release of PEEPEE POOPOO #1 by Caroline Cash here at Quimby’s! The event was a kick off for CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) weekend and a bunch of comic artists joined us for the packed event. Reading with Caroline Cash was Gina Wynbrandt and Bonnie Guerra, two artists I was not familiar with. Gina Wynbrandt read first and had the entire room laughing about getting into credit card debt and baseball superstitions (which you can read about in Bubbles #15 ). Next was Bonnie Guerra who read pages from her comic diary, slideshow style. Her comics were gay, sexXxy, and had us LOLing. Last but not least was Caroline Cash reading from the much anticipated PEEPEE POOPOO #1!!!! Caroline did an excellent job and signed many issues of PEEPEE POOPOO for all her adoring fans. I love attending events at Quimby’s because I get turned onto incredibly talented artists, end up meeting new people, and leave feeling inspired.

The next day I came to Quimby’s and found several restocks of Gina’s comics lying in our reshelving basket, I was so excited to find more of her work at the shop! I bought Mini Kus #112: You’re the Center of Attention and read it shortly after purchasing. You can read my review and buy the comic on our website here. Spoiler: Gina is freaking hilarious, and anyone who has read her comics or has seen her read in person will agree with me! I recommend Someone Please Have Sex With Me, also hilarious. If you like to laugh, are sex-positive, love pop-culture references, and don’t mind your comics on the weird side, don’t sleep on these titles by Gina Wynbrandt!!!

*xo~Angel~xo*

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