New Stuff This Week

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This Ain’t No Picnic: Your Punk Rock Vegan Cookbook by Joshua Ploeg $19.95 – More than just recipes, packed with short stories and interviews, s’mores with a zippo, how to cook without a stove, fave foods of historic punk rockers, art, social commentary and more!

Zines
Queer Art Activism #7 Germany/Berlin (International Zine Project Jul 13) by Miyuki Baker $4.00
Night Watch #4 Tits and Ass Issue by Tallboy and Krusty $6.00
Horror Haiku #1 and Kathryn $2.00
This Is a Sandwich Presents: Drawing Letters, Skateboarding Is Not a Crime vol 1 $4.00
Pry On Murmurs #3 by Evan Fah $6.00
new photo zines from Mary Miller $10.00 each
Nice To Meet You #1-#4 by Esme O. $2.00 each
Rasasvada #1-#3 $.30 each
Stay Cool in the Evil Zone #5 by Kevin Oliver $1.00
Somnambulist #22 by Martha Grover $3.00
Safari Stains #1 Margin Creep $8.00
What Gets You Through Middle School? Music! $2.00 – Tributes to Justin Timberlake, Arctic Monkeys, One Direction ,Of Monsters and Men, Owl City, Birdy and Dolly Parton.
Hey Zine Reader! Wanna Learn to Do Something? Like Dance the Cha Cha, Pet a Kitty Cat, Bake a Cake In a Mug, Make Delicious Spinach Puffs and More! $2.00
Currents Notes and Sketches from 2013 by Brandon Monroe $6.00

Comics & Comix
You Don’t Get There From Here #28 by Carrie Mcninch $3.00
Big Bastard #1 The Dead Shed Tears by Danny McColgan and Neil O’Driscoll $5.00
Animal Battle by MarYanna Hoggatt $10.00

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Alien Dude the Attack of Wormzilla by EK Smith and Peter Gross hauser $4.99
OZ: The Emerald City of Oz by Frank L. Baum et al. $24.99
Henry Speaks for Himself by John Liney (Fantagraphics) $24.99
Young Romance 2 by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Nijigahara Holograph by Inio Asano (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Stranger Than Life 1970-2013 by MK Brown (Fantagraphics) $35.00
Sailor Twain or The Mermaid in the Hudson by Mark Siegel (First Second) $15.99
Walking Dead TPB vol 20 All Out War Part One by Robert Kirkman et al. $14.99
White Cube by Brecht Vandenbroucke (D&Q) $22.95
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 vol 5 the Core by Joss Whedon et al. $17.99
Adventure Time Seeing Red vol 3 TPB by Kate Leth and Zachary Sterling $11.99
Basewood by Alec Longstreth (Phase 7) $19.95
The Invisibles Book 1 Deluxe by Grant Morrison (Vertigo) $29.99 – Collects Invisibles #1-12 Abosolute Vertigo #1.
Silk Road to Ruin: Why Central Asia is the Next Middle East by Ted Rall (NBM) $19.99

Art & Design
Eastern Shadows Illustrated: Japanese Ghost and Monster Tales by Kuniyoshi and Yoshitoshi (Shin baku) $34.95 – Another amazing book in the Ukiyo-e Masters Series. Volume 11.
We Are Indie Toys: Make Your Own Resin Characters by Lousi Bou $29.99
Blighted Eye: Original Comic Art from the Glenn Bray Collection (Fantagraphics) $100.00
Brian Weil, 1979–95, Being in the World, ed. by  Stamatina Gregory (Semiotext[e]) $39.95 – Weil was a contemporary of Larry Clark and Nan Goldin. His work pushed viewers into a world of insular communities and subcultures.

Fiction
Cost of Lunch Etc. Short Stories by Marge Piercy (PM Press) $21.95

Outer Limits
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Modern Esoteric: Beyond Our Senses by Brad Olsen (CCCP) $17.95 – “World Explorer” magazine editor Brad Olsen examines the flaws in modern history and looks at how ancient esoteric teachings, coupled with accelerated scientific advancements, can be used to reverse the dead-end course the world is heading towards.
In the Center of the Fire: A Memoir of the Occult 1966-1989 by James Wasserman (Ibis Press) $35.00 – An intimate look at the New York OTO of the 1970s with all its splinter drama, which reads like a Crowleyian Thelemic VH-1 Behind the Music, written by the founder New York City’s TAHUTI Lodge. -LM
Ancient Aliens on Mars by Mike Bara (Adventures Unlimited Press) $19.95
Indie Spiritualist: A No Bullshit Exploration of Spirituality by Chris Grosso $15.00 – Chris Grosso, the brains behind theindiespiritualist.com, muses on self-inquiry, recovery, and acceptance. As a member of the culture that has matured around skateboarding and indie rock, Grosso talks about his experiences with drug-abuse and recovery with both individuality and spirituality. Ram Dass meets Tony Hawk. Comes with a download code for Grosso’s own music.
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Music Books
If You Like the Ramones by Peter Aaron (Backbeat Books) $16.99 – If You Like the Ramones, then you will love this book, because it tells you other things you would like.

Politics & Revolution
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The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age by Myra MacPherson (Twelve) $28.00 – The tale of the sisters Victoria Woodhull and Tennie Claflin, the first women to open a brokerage firm. They published the first American printing of Marx’s Communist Manifesto in America. And one of them even ran for president. All of this in the 19th century. Recommended reading.
Struggle Within Prisons: Political Prisoners and Mass Movements in the United States by Dan Berger (PM Press) $12.95

Leisure
Pedestrianism: When Watching People Walk was America’s Favorite Spectator Sport by Matthew Algeo (Chic Rev Press) $24.95 – Yeah there’s text, but really, you want this for the awesome old-timey photos.

Kids Stuff
642 Things to Write About: Young Writers Edition by 826 Valencia $16.95 – Write a to-do list for a villain. Describe your dream tree house. Create a haiku about your shoes!

Magazines
Juxtapoz #159 Apr 14 $5.99
Dwell Apr 14 $5.99
True Crime Feb 14 $8.99
Bizarre #211 Apr 14 $10.50
High Times May 14 $5.99
Brownbook #43 $12.95
Man of the World #7 $20.00
Modern Farmer #4 Spr 14 $7.99
Decibel #114 Apr 14 $5.99

Lit Journals
Shoppinghour Magazine #11 Win 13 14 $12.50
Liberator Magazine #26 The Last Generation of Black People $10.00
Creative Nonfiction #51 Spr 14 $10.00

Sex & Sexy
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Graphic Thrills: American XXX Movie Posters 1970 to 1985 by Robon Bougie (Fab Press) $34.95

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Ephemera Fest Brings DIY Literary Culture to Lexington, KY 5/10

ephemera fest logo_chuck-1Are you anywhere near Lexington, KY on May 10th 2014? If so, check out the Ephemera Fest, where independent publishers and artists gather at the Carnegie Center. Celebrating its second year in Lexington, Kentucky, the Ephemera Fest is an educational and inspirational one-day event showcasing zines (self-published magazines), comics, and paper arts including prints, greeting cards, and other handmade items.

The event is free, open to the public, and all-ages. It will feature dozens of tables with works on display and for sale, as well as workshops, classes, film screenings and literature readings. There will also be a raffle and an interactive photo booth by Shooting Frenzy.

Co-organizer Cheyenne Hohman said, “I have always been passionate about writing and publishing zines (pronounced “zeens”), and we are excited to bring in another group of local and regional creators. We expect a significant increase in attendance this year, since the event is happening alongside May Fest.”

Hohman, along with a team of volunteers, co-organized Lexington’s first Ephemera Fest at Smiley Pete Publishing on June 1, 2013. It included 30 presenters from Kentucky, North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and more than 200 attendees over the course of the day.

Ephemera Fest 2014 will take place from 11am-5pm in the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning at 251 West Second Street. Table registration is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Proposals for workshops, readings, and other events are being considered through March 31. Sponsorship and volunteer opportunities are also available.

For more info and registration, see ephemerafest.wordpress.com or contact ephemerafestival(at)gmail(dot)com.

Gregory Benton Brings B+F to Quimby’s 3/22

Mar ’14
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Gregory Benton’s book B+F was awarded the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art’s inaugural Award of Excellence at MoCCAFest 2013. An expanded version of B+F was published in the autumn of 2013 through AdHouse Books (USA) and Editions ça et la (France).

B+F is a wordless meditation on goodwill, hostility, and isolation. It’s a fable, a meandering tale of two friends that explores an otherworldly forest with a naked woman “F” and a large yellow dog “B” as they encounter its denizens, both benevolent and malicious. The characters are pulled apart by circumstance and the obstacles that they must overcome to find each other again.

Gregory has embarked on a nation-wide tour in support of B+F. He is excited to add Quimby’s of Chicago to the list of stores he is visiting. He’ll be “dedicating” books to customers, meaning that he’ll spend time with each customer drawing in their books, more common in the European comics festival tradition.

Gregory Benton has been making comix since 1993. He cut his teeth on the political anthology World War 3, moving on to writing and drawing stories for Nickelodoeon, Vertigo, DC Comics, Disney Adventures, Watson-Guptil, Entertainment Weekly, as well as contributing to numerous alternate-press comix anthologies. A graphic novel, Hummingbird, was published by Slave Labor Graphics in 1996. Gregory has also produced numerous limited-edition mini-comix. Hopefully you have some. His illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice and Fortune, among others.

Details:
B+F
64 4C pages
10 ” x 15 ” HC
$24.95 US funds
ISBN 978-1-935233-25-1

For more info: gregorybenton.com

Click here to read an interview with Gregory Benton.

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(author photo credit to Seth Kushner)

Saturday, March 22nd, 7pm

Click here to see the Facebook event post for this event.

New Stuff This Week

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Thanks to everybody that came out to the Trauma Zine release event tonight! And why yes! We are on Instagram!

Zines
East Village Inky #54  by Ayun Halliday $3.00
Ben Matlock Review #1 Win 14 The Premier Matlock Fanzine (Failure of the Free Press) $4.00 – Silly!
Moire #2 Other Formats by various $10.00 – Sonnenzimmer and friends!
Live Punk #1 Five Shades of Pop Punk by Jonas $3.00
Sound of One Hand Flapping by AA Lam $1.00
Butch Nor Femme #8 by Lynne Monsoon $1.50
Caveat #1 by Aumaine Gruich & Elizabeth Martin $5.00
Woodwasp #1 by various $3.00

Comics & Comix
Windowpane #2 by Joe Kessler (Breakdown Press) $20.00
Man I Hate Zits Classics by M. Poland $5.00
Fred The Mustard Packet, Forty Eight Flavorful Moments, Condimented Cartoons by Tommy Cannnon $2.00
Big Z a 24Hr Comic by Rick Larsen $2.00

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag by AK Summers (Soft Skull) $17.95
Perfect Nonsense HC the Chaotic Comics and Goofy Games by George Carlson (Fantagraphics) $49.99
On Loving Women by DIane Obomsawin (D&Q) $16.95
Bacon is a Vegetable Coffee Is A Vitamin Diesel Sweeties vol 2 by R. Stevens $19.99

Art & Design
Signal 03 A Journal of International Political Graphics and Culture by Alec Dunn and Josh MacPhee (PM Press) $14.95
Lost Chicago by John Paulett and Judy Floodstrand $18.95
Isolated Building Studies by David Schalliol $20.00
Box Girl: My Part Time Job as an Art Installation by L. Snellings $15.95

Fiction
Bedrock Faith a Novel by Eric Charles May (Akashic) $16.95

Outer Limits
Mafia Court Corruption in Chicago by Dr. John Russell Hughes (Trine Day) $19.95
TransEvolution: The Coming Age of Human Deconstruction by D. Estulin (Trine Day) $24.95

Music
I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography by Richard Hell $14.99 – Now in soft cover.

Mags
Lucky Peach #10 Street Food Win 14 $12.00
Monsters and Dust #4 Pink Punk by Aay Preston Myint and Joe Proulx $25.00
Kinfolk vol 11 Discovering New Things to Cook Make and Do $18.00
Mojo #243 Feb 14 $9.99
Wire Feb 14 #360 $11.25 – Yes! The interview with Jandek is here! Come and get it!
Harpers Magazine Mar 14 $6.99
AdBusters Mar Apr 14 $12.95

Hip Lit & Chap Books
Best of McSweeneys Internet Tendency ed. by C. Monks and J. Warner $20.00
Literary Review vol 56 #4 Late Fall 13 Artificial Intelligence $8.00
O Pioneers Hot In Nebrska by Ian Hubert $4.00
Mail Man by Michael Paul Lopez $3.00

Politics & Revolution
Stop Thief: The Commons Enclosures and Resistance by P. Linebaugh (PM Press) $21.95