On rare occasions we need to bring someone on to the Quimby’s team, and we are looking for a full-time employee. This job requires someone with a lot of dedication to small press and the mission of the store, as well as knowledge of the products we sell. It’s not the type of job where you’ll get rich and it does have irregular hours, but it is satisfying. Applicants ideally have experience with things such as: customer service/retail, Mac-based computer fluency and independent publishing. We ask that applicants understand that enthusiasm is not enough for this job; it is a serious, detail-oriented job for the right person that would fit in with the employees already here. If you feel you qualify, please e-mail a resume and cover letter to info(at)quimbys(dot)com.
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The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo will kick off its third year’s festivities with a reading at Quimby’s Bookstore with three of its many exciting exhibitors. Join us the Friday before the festival to welcome comics makers, MariNaomi, Elisha Lim and Mike Dawson as they read excerpts from their new graphic novels.
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MariNaomi will read from her book, Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories (2DCloud). In this collection of thought-provoking, emotionally honest graphic vignettes, MariNaomi explores a wide spectrum of topics including youthful rebellion, mortality, disillusionment and compassion.
Mike Dawson will read from his book Angie Bongiolatti (Secret Acres). Set in the same universe as Troop 142, Dawson’s much acclaimed tale of Boy Scouts gone wild, Angie Bongiolatti puts away childish things and moves into the city.
Elisha Lim will read from their book 100 Crushes (Koyama Press), which compiles five years of queer comics. It is an absorbing documentary that travels through Toronto, Berlin, Singapore, and beyond in the form of interviews, memoirs, and gossip from an international queer vanguard.
Entertainment Weekly called Mike Dawson’s debut graphic novel, Freddie & Me: A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody, “undeniably contagious”, while the UK Daily Telegraph said it was “Charming, sincere and, above all, expressively drawn”. Troop 142, his second graphic novel, was nominated for multiple Ignatz Awards, including Outstanding Graphic Novel, and was the winner in the Online Comic category. Dawson is also the co-host of The Ink Panthers Show!, a comics-themed “lifestyle” podcast. http://mikedawwwson.tumblr.com
Toronto-based artist Elisha Lim’s work celebrates the dignity and power of being neither straight, nor white, nor cis-gendered. In 2011 they also successfully advocated for Canadian gay media to adopt the gender neutral pronoun “they.” http://elishalim.com
MariNaomi is the author and illustrator of the award-winning graphic memoir Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial, 2011), the upcoming books Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories and Turning Japanese (2D Cloud), and her self-published zine, Estrus Comics (1998 to 2009). Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including I Saw You: Comics Inspired by Real Life Missed Connections, Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women, No Straight Lines, Anything That Loves, QU33R and Action Girl Comics.Her comics and essays have been featured on The Rumpus, The Weeklings, Truth-out, SFBay.CA, The Comics Journal, The Bay Citizen, XOJane and more. http://marinaomi.com
The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo [CAKE] is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago’s rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics’ most talented artists– past, present and future. Featuring comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more, CAKE is dedicated to fostering community and dialogue amongst independent artists, small presses, publishers and readers. This year’s CAKE is May 31 & June 1st at the Center on Halsted (3656 N Halsted), and is free and open to the public. http://cakechicago.com
Visit http://cakechicago.com or e-mail cakexpo [at] gmail.com for more information.
Fri, May 30, 7pm – Free Event
Quimby’s Bookstore Chicago, IL quimbys.com
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Edie Fake’s first art book, Memory Palaces, has just arrived from Secret Acres in bold, oversize color. Cataloging Fake’s suite of meticulous drawings that re-imagine the queer landscape of Chicago, Memory Palaces blends striking visuals and ecstatic architecture with excavated history and unlocked potential.
To celebrate the launch of this new publication, Fake is delighted to host a book release party at Quimby’s. Attendees can count on snacks, drinks and souvenir ephemera as well as a sweet and squirrely lecture on the triumph and folly of architectural repurposing. It will be a night of funny photographs, strange ideas and lovely new books, not to be missed!
Edie Fake is an artist and zinemaker from Chicago. He works as a minicomics sommelier for Quimby’s Books and was one of the founding organizers of the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE). His comic, Gaylord Phoenix, won the 2011 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel and he was one of the first recipients of Printed Matter’s Awards for Artists. The work in Memory Palaces was originally presented at Fake’s first solo exhibition at Thomas Robertello Gallery in 2013. He is currently working on a series of comics collages and collecting photos of anthropomorphic characters.
For more info and images: ediefake.tumblr.com
Or contact: ediefake(at)gmail(dot)com
Zines by Georgi, made in Australia! Line drawings, thoughts, shenanigans…
Zine a Day Flat Pack, Jan 14 Edition $13.00 – Contains 31 unfolded zines with instructions!
2014 Is Bananas $1.00
Dog: A Zine About Cats $1.00
Zines
The Barf Zine and So Much More $5.00
Conversations With Hoboes by Dan Gleason and Luke Smarto $3.00
Remedy Quarterly #14 Grow $12.00
QFK Graffiti Zine #1 $5.00
Animalia #1 by Jim Gies $2.00
Clocktower Nine #5 by Danny Noonan $2.00
Jungle by CH $15.00
Zine That Doesnt Have a Name Yet $1.00
Grooves N Jams #1 by DV and friends $3.00
Comics & Comix
Lower East Side Story #4 by Pete Fredrich $4.75
Bandthology #3 Another Music Anthology $5.00
Caperbet by Jon Westhoff and Harry Moyer $5.00
Third Sight by Kelsey Choo $15.00
Word and Voice #11 by Aaron Cockle (Oily Comics) $1.00
Lizard Laughed by Noah Van Sciver (Oily Comics) $5.00
Luv Sucker #1 by Chuck Forsman (Oily Comcis) $5.00
Ox and Co by Jeff Lok (Oily Comcis) $1.00
Lou Special by Melissa Mendes (Oily Comcis) $1.00
Cut Away #2 Part Two of Tree Swallows by Dan Settwoch (Oily Comics) $1.00
Crash Trash Golden Age of the Trash Boys by Olive Booger (Oily Comics) $1.00
Murder Dollhouse #2 Eighteen Levels of Hell, A Guide Into Chastening Realms of the Afterlife, Interpreted from the Diyu Map of Hell by Teppei Ando $6.00
Wallflower by Kels Choo $4.00
How to Survive Working Nine to Five, A Companion For Sellouts Spineless and the Soul Crushed Soldiers of the Laboring Community by Teppei Ando $3.50
Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Unlovable vol 3 by Esther Pearl Watson (Fatagraphics) $29.99
Body Beneath – Collecting Issues of the Comic Book Series Lose (Koyama Press)
$15.00 – Collects issues #2-#5.
Fugue Omnibus by Beth Hetland $12.00 – Collects Fugue issues 1 through 3.
Cat Person by Seo Kim (Koyama Press) $20.00
The Love Bunglers by Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Buddy Buys a Dump – The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories From Hate Comics vol 3 by Peter Bagge (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Someplace Strange by Ann Nocenti & John Bolton $19.99
Books of Magic New Edition by Alan Moore et al. (Vertigo) $16.99
Art & Design
The Artist’s Library: A Field Guide by Laura Damon-Moore and Erinn Batykeffer (Coffee House Press) $23.95
Fiction
Anatomy of a Girl Gang by Ashley Little (Arsenal Pulp) $16.95
New Black – A Neo-Noir Anthology by Richard Thomas $15.95
Secret of Evil by Roberto Bolano $14.95 – What was left on his computer when he passed away.
Randy Scuffle Papers by RH Piechowski $12.00
Politics & Revolution
The End of the World as We Know It: Crisis, Resistance, and the Age of Austerity by Deric Shannon (AK Press) $22.95
Badass Teachers Unite: Reflections on Education History and Youth Activism by Mark Naison (Haymarket) $16.95
True Crime
Black Gangsters of Chicago by Ron Chepesiuk $16.95 – From the Barricade Books True Crime series.
Magazines
Bizarre #213 Apr 14 $10.50
Frankie #58 $14.95
Interzone #251 Mar Apr 14 $9.99
Alarmist Magazine #4 Spr Sum 14 $14.99
I Love You Magazine #10 $15.00
Smith Journal #10 $17.99
Clash #93 $8.99
Black Velvet #80 $9.00
Wire Apr 14 #362 $11.25
Uncut Oasis Ultimate Music Guide $14.99
Lit Journals
Exact Change Only (various issues) $10.00 each
Books For and Sometimes By Kids
Children Are Naughty by Vincent Cuvellier and Guillerey Aurelie (Nobrow/Flying Eye) $17.95
They Accidentally Fell Into a Black Hole: Accident Stories and Observations of 826CHI /Se Cayeron En Un Agujero Negro: Cuentos Y Observaciones Escritos Por Los Alumnos de 826CHI by the students of 826CHI students $5.00 – Bilingual.
