New Online Literary Journal, Goreyesque, Seeking Submissions

Published on January 30, 2014 7 Comments

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Columbia College Chicago’s Department of Creative Writing is launching a new online literary journal, Goreyesque (www.goreyesque.com), now open for submissions. (And no, you don’t have to be a student at Columbia to submit your work).

Both an homage and showcase of contemporary artists and storytellers inspired by Edward Gorey’s lasting influence across genres, Goreyesque seeks works that are darkly humorous, surreal, playful, and anything in between. Short stories, essays, poems, illustrations, video/animation and other forms of art all welcome. Original work preferred but reprints that fit the project’s scope also appreciated (see submission guidelines). Work can be sent to: goreysubmissions(at)gmail(dot)com.

The launch of Goreyesque coincides with the Chicago debut of Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey and G is for Gorey—C is for Chicago: The Collection of Thomas Michalak, at the Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), Feb. 15 – Jun. 15. While Elegant Enigmas has traveled the country since 2009, the companion exhibition G is for Gorey provides an even closer in-depth look at Gorey’s legacy, including his illustrations for book jackets and magazine articles, and his life and work on Cape Cod.

Gorey’s artwork returns to his home town for the first time with this special exhibition and reading/performance showcase, so writers and artists should be sure to send Gorey-inspired work soon! All works submitted before Apr. 14 will be considered for a public reading and showcase at LUMA’s gallery space in Chicago on Apr. 29. Top 5 submissions will also receive the exhibition catalogue Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey.

Special guest judges for the reading: Sam Weller, author of The Bradbury Chronicles, and Mort Castle, author of Bram Stoker award-winning New Moon on the Water. Both served as co-editors of Stoker award-winning Shadow Show: All New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury.

For more info, contact Todd Summar at goreysubmissions@gmail.com

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Valentine Trauma Zine Release Party & Reading With Mike McBeardo McPadden and Friends 2/22

Published on January 29, 2014 0 Comments
Feb ’14
22
7:00 pm

traumazine190s legends Mike McBeardo McPadden (Happyland) and his inimitable bride, Rachel Shitass McPadden (Saucy), are returning ceremoniously to their beloved motherland, Zine City USA, with the release of Trauma Zine No. 1: Valentine’s Day.

Expanding on the concept of their popular 2012-2013 Rock Trauma reading series, quarterly Trauma Zine incorporates personal essays and original art from talents across the country to communicate an empathetically (or just pathetically) tragic theme.  And contains stickers.

So napalm another Hallmark-fabricated love (gross) day, then join us the following weekend for complimentary 70%-off Walgreen’s chocolate hearts and brief, cringe-y readings from such Valentine Trauma contributors as: Mike McBeardo McPadden (author Heavy Metal Movies, head writer Mr. Skin), Rachel McPadden (xoJane, Saucy, Self-Hate Crime), Diana Jewell (lovechild of Tura Satana & Oliver Reed), Sarah Rosenfeld (Windy City Rock), Bob Goblin (Outburst on the 66, RockStarClub, Rock Trauma alum), and Jeremy Kitchen (CPL).

May you meet your future ex-wives/husbands that fateful night and forever curse our names.

For more info: traumazine(at)gmail(dot)com

Saturday, February 22nd, 7pm – Free Event

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New Stuff This Week

Published on January 25, 2014 1 Comment

 

mouldmap3Mould Map #3, co-edited by Hugh Frost and Leon Sadler (Landfill Editions) $44.00 – Comics & Narrative Art anthology series. An exploration of the ways in which network technologies mediate our experience of each other and our surroundings. A 224 Page book and poster collection. * ALL NEW WORK * from 35 leaders of contemporary narrative art: Aidan Koch — Amalia Ulman — Angie Wang — Ben Mendelewicz — Blaise Larmee — Brenna Murphy — CF — Cody Cobb — Daniel Swan — Dmitry Sergeev — Gabriel Corbera — GHXYK2 — Hugh Frost — Jacob Ciocci — James Jarvis — Joseph Kelly — Jonas Delaborde — Jonathan Chandler — Jonny Negron — Julien Ceccaldi —Karn Piana — Kilian Eng — Lala Albert — Lando — Leon Sadler — Matthew Lock— Noel Freibert — Olivier Schrauwen — Robert Beatty — Sam Alden — Sammy Harkham — Simon Hanselmann — Stefan Sadler — Viktor Hachmang & Yuichi Yokoyama.

Zines
Recall by Gabriele Sedda & Kyle Schlie $10.00
Here I Am Walking With The Poop To The Slide by Maarten Boekweit $6.00
You Suck split zine by John Wawrzaszek and Jill Summers $1.00
SWSeven #1 by Leander Capuozzo $10.00

Comics & Comix
Laskimooses #15 Alkupisteen Piirtaminen by Herra Matti Hagelbergin $7.00
Kingdom Order #1 by Reid Psaltis $8.00
Victus #2 by Tyrell Cannon $8.00
Yearling #1 Masked Detective by Rich Tommaso $4.95
Funnies by Anthony Melero $4.00
Soft X Ray Mindhunters by A. Degan (Birdcage Bottom Books) $12.00
Bad Party by Victor Kerlow (Birdcage Bottom Books) $10.00
USA Truck by Mickey Zacchilli, CF and Charlotte De Sedouy $5.00
Butler Comic #1 by Patrick Kyle, Mickey Zacchilli & Michael DeForge $4.50
Acknowledgements #2 Edgar Allan Poe by Robert Kelsey $3.50
Chicago Cookie Monster by Amanda Bennett $4.00
Stupid by Alex Dahm $4.00
Teen Creeps #6 by Charles Forsman (Oily Comics) $1.00
Word and Voice issues #9 & #10 by Aaron Cockle (Oily Comics) $1.00 each
Real Rap #6 by Benjamin Urkowitz (Oily Comics) $1.00 each
Human Stuff #1 by Nacho Nova $3.50

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Ant Colony by Michael DeForge (D&Q) $21.95 – Don’t miss DeForge here at Quimby’s on 2/8!
Concert Review Comix by Hazel Newlevant (Birdcage Bottom Books) $6.00
I Don’t Get It by Shannon Wheeler $17.99
Preacher Book Three TPB by Garth Ennis et al.  (Vertigo) $19.99
Crossed: Wish You Were Here vol 3 TPB by Simon Spurrier et al. (Avatar) $19.99

Art & Design
The Coloring Book Project 2: Collection by 185 Artists From Around the World ed by Spencer Caligiuri et al. (Momento) $25.00
Royal Orphan by Amber Ibarreche (Capricious) $20.00
Wes Lang (Picturebox) $34.95

Fiction
Don’t Start Me Talkin by TOm Williams (Curbside Publishing) $15.95
Parallel Apartments by Bill Cotter (McSweeneys) $25.00
How Best to Avoid Dying by Owen Egerton (Soft Skull) $15.95

Magazines
Bust Dec Feb Mar 14 $5.99
Howler #4 Win 14 $15.00
Offscreen #7 $22.00
Make vol 37 $9.99
Flaunt #132 $10.95
Frieze #160 Jan Feb 14 $12.00
Black Velvet #79 $9.00
Wire Jan 14 #359 $11.25
Monocle Alpino #8 Win 13 14 $8.00
Harpers Magazine Feb 14 $6.99

Poetry, Lit Journals & Chap Books
Hierarchy of Genres by Amanda R. Huckins $6.00
Midwestern Gothic #12 $12.00
Ninth Letter vol 10 #2 Fall 13 Win 14 $14.95
Omissionary  by Stephen James Dvorak (Back to Print) $15.00
Some Names by Georgia Herman et al. $6.00
Hands Grabbing for the Light That Moves Through Them by Travis Davis $6.00
I Want More Life Fucker by Justin Ryan Fyfe et al. $6.00
American Room Weather Sept 6 2013 by Jessica Millnitz et al. $6.00
Poems by Rachael Wolfe $20.00

Outer Limits
The Atheist’s History of Belief: Understanding our Most Extraordinary Invention by Matthew Kneale (Counterpoint) $26.00

Music
Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend by Tony Fletcher $22.99

Essays
Autobiography of Black Chicago by Dempsey Travis $17.00

Politics & Revolution
Imagine Living In a Socialist USA by Frances Goldin et al. $15.99
Ready for Revolution: The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona, 1933-1938 by Agustín Guillamón et al. (AK) $14.95

Sex & Sexy
The Artisan’s Book of Fetishcraft by John Huxley (Greenery) $27.95
Meat #11 by Adrian Lourie $20.00
Pinups #18 Elijah $14.00

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Quimby’s Co-Sponsors Spudnik Press Membership

Published on January 24, 2014 3 Comments

SpudnikMembers2014Anyone who spends a few minutes at Quimby’s is bound to run into any number of items printed at Spudnik Press, which is down the street from us, such as Ten x Ten, 2013 Edition, A Collection of Prints and Music by Chicago Artists or Struwwelpeter by Sanya Glisic. The independent publishing spirit that Quimby’s champions is in full force at Spudnik, so it stands to reason that because of this overlap (perhaps you saw the Long-Arm Stapler First Aid Exhibition: Self-Care In Zines and Mini Comics last year we curated at the Spudnik Annex Gallery?), Quimby’s is proud to co-sponsor membership at Spudnik. That is, if you become a member at Spudnik, you get the use of Spudnik resources (screen-printing! photocopying! other fancy printing and art-related classes and facilities!) as well as perks from local businesses including Quimby’s, Genesis Art Supply, Paperish Mess , Study Hall and more! For more info, see spudnikpress.org.

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Art Spiegelman’s WORDLESS! with music by Phillip Johnston at the Logan Center, Performance Hall

Published on January 23, 2014 0 Comments

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Two performances only
Sat, Jan 25, 2014 / 3 pm and 8 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall
In his Pulitzer prize-winning masterpiece, Maus—a moving father-son memoir about the Holocaust drawn with cats and mice—Art Spiegelman changed the definition of comics forever. In WORDLESS!—a new and stimulating hybrid of slides, talk and musical performance—he probes further into the nature and possibilities of his medium.
A noted artist, historian and theorist of comics, Spiegelman collaborates with critically-acclaimed jazz composer Phillip Johnston, whose all-new scores performed by his sextet will accompany the cartoonist’s personal tour of early graphic novels and their influence on him: silent picture stories made by early 20th Century masters like Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward and Milt Gross. As Spiegelman explores “the battle between Words and Pictures,” he smashes at the hyphen between High and Low Art in a presentation featuring a new work drawn specifically for this project, “Shaping Thought.”
The Logan Center is proud to host the Chicago premiere of Art Spiegelman and Phillip Johnston’s WORDLESS!, an innovative show combining slides, talk, film, and live musical performance.
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