Quimby’s Holiday Sketch Gift-ravaganza 12/15

Dec ’13
15
12:30 pm

Find the perfect hand-drawn, gift at this year’s Quimby’s Holiday Sketch-ravaganza! On Sunday, December 15 from 12:30-6:30 p.m. we’ll be hosting six talented, local comic artists who will doodle away on the image of your choice. It’s all part of our seasonal celebration, 12 Weeks of Quimbas. That’s right. Christmas with a Quimb’.

How about a Santa riding a mongoose? No problem. Perhaps a festive owl peering out from a bottle of scotch? Got you covered. Come in and one of our Quimbas comics elves will scrawl away on any image of your creation.

Here is a list of participating artists so you can haggle with your favorite Chicago drawing star:

12:30-1:30: Ben Bertin – Ben Bertin’s comics appear in anthologies, his own self-published work and as part of the Chicago-based jam comic collective, Trubble Club. Among his projects: the alien-centric “Oofo Komsk Booka Oon” and “Losing Sight”, a “minicomic about a caveman who is bitten by a snake.” benbertin.blogspot.com

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1:30-2:30: Lyra Hill – Lyra Hill is the mastermind behind the pioneering performative comics series Brain Frame, now in its fifteenth iteration. She uses sequential art to examine everything from personal anecdotes to sci-fi alternate realities. Her work often juxtaposes live action elements within the static, illustrated panels of her comics. iamanartstudentwhatamidoing.blogspot.com/

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2:30-3:30: Krystal Difronzio – Krystal Difronzo is a comic artist whose whimsical, humorous and sometimes dark depictions pepper the pages of her mini-comics. Her subject matter ranges from collections honoring Canadian singer Kate Bush to narrative coat tales. In addition to her illustrations, she is part of the puppetry collective Pup House. http://krystaldifronzo.com/

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3:30-4:30: Grant Reynolds – Grant Reynolds’ work delves into the dark realms of horror all while exploring gender, feminist politics and the abstract world of mysticism and the unseen.  Reynolds, aside from being a nearly lifelong illustrator, also has recently begun exploring written narratives and has embarked on several musical projects. http://grantreynolds.com/

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4:30-5:30 Kevin Budnik – Kevin Budnik is a lifelong Chicago area resident who “spends most of his time drawing noodle armed characters.” When not scrawling the pasta-limbed, he creates paintings, illustrations and comics that have been featured in the pages of Saveur, MAKE Magazine, Wild Honey and Sexfist, just to name a few.  http://kevinbudnik.com/

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5:30-6:30: Jenna Caravello – Jenna Caravello is an LA native, Chicago-based comics artist and videographer. When not creating animations and drawings, she directs music videos and is the videographer-in-residence for Brain Frame. She’s also illustrated awesome coloring place mats! http://www.jennacaravello.com

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Facebook event post here.

New Stuff This Week

nobrowsketchbooksNobrow Sketchbooks! $14.00 each – Designed by Bjorn Rune Lie for Nobrow, these beauties are 128 pages, 170 × 240mm, color 3 spots $14.00. – Quantities are limited!

Zines
Swallow The New by Brian Hochberger $6.50
Dad Tweets Collected Tweets From 2009-2013: Awkward Ladies Club by Amy Burek $2.00
More Cut and Fold Objects $3.00
Ha Ha #1 Now is the Now Unfounded Opinoins Shit Talking $3.00
Twenty Four Composers by Ronin Furdyk $7.00
My Complicated Relationship With Food: Reviews of Some of the Things we Put In Our Mouths by Zach $1.00
Margin Creep #1 $6.00

Comics & Comix
How To Be Cool by Chris Kuzma $3.00
Robble Robble by Sam GasCan $8.00
Distance Mover #12 by Patrick Kyle $5.00
Dont Break the Oath by Patrick Kyle $4.00
Rain Comic #1 First Spectacular Issue by Michael DeForge, Patrick Kyle and Mickey Zacchilli $4.50
RAV #9 by Mickey Zacchilli $6.50
Exit Stance by Inechi $5.00
Peluche by Ines Estrada $3.00
Jason #2 by Bonsteel $8.00
J 1137 by Antoine Cosse (Breakdown Press) $14.00
Treasure Island #1 by Connor Willumsen (Breakdown Press) $14.00

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Ship of Soiled Doves by Nils Balls and Erin Colby Griffin $12.00
Sad Pictures For Children by John Campbell $50.00
The Cute Girl Network by Greg Means, MK Reed & Joe Flood $17.99
Showa 1926-1939 A History of Japan by Shigeru Mizuki (D&Q) $24.95
Bandette vol 1 Presto by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover $14.99
Scott Pilgrim vol 4 Color Edition Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together by Bryan Lee O’Malley $24.99
Anything That Loves: Comics Beyond Gay and Straight by Charles Zan Christentsen $29.99
Walking Dead TPB vol 19 March To War by Kirkman et al. $14.99
Tune vol 1 Vanishing Point & Tune vol 2 Still Life by Derek Kirk Kim (First Second) $16.99 each
Tank Girl: Solid State by Alan C. Martin et al. $19.99
Adventure Time: Sugary Shorts vol 1 by Pendleton Ward, Aaron Renier, Lucy Knisley, Michael DeForge and more!
Haunted Horror: Banned Comics from the 1950 Chilling Archives of Horror Comics by Craig Yoe et al. $24.99
Snow: A Meditation by Liz $6.00

Art & Design
Wunderkamer by Williams & Tsien $29.95
Marcel Dzama $65.00 – Comes with a poster!
Classic Supreme by Christa Treadwell (Perish Publishing) $40.00
Lousy Deal by Blake & Ack $20.00
The World of Urban Decay by Martin Ten Bouwhuijs $24.99

Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013 ed. by Dave Eggers and Walter Mosley $14.95
Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion by Robert Gordon $30.00
Purgatory Paradise by Throwing Muses $24.99 – Includes a 32-track album of all new songs!
Report From the Interior by Paul Auster $27.00
Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books from Believer Magazine by Nick Hornby (McSweeneys) $26.00

Politics & Revolution
Nietzsche Apostle (semiotexte intervention series #16) by Peter Sloterdijk $12.95

Fiction
Sade by Jonathan Bowden $12.00
Metatropolis ed. by John Scalzi $14.99 – Futuristic-cyber-dystopic sci-fi anthology. Now in soft cover.
The Flame Throwers by Rachel Kushner $26.99
Rapture of the Nerds: A Tale of Singularity, Posthumanity, and Awkward Social Situations by Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross.

Magazines
Bust Dec Jan 13 14 $5.99
Horror Hound #43 Nov Dec 13 $6.99
Under the Radar #48 Nov Dec 13 $5.99
SSLM vol 31 Oct 13 Same Sex Life Magazine $5.00
Against the Current #167 Nov Dec 13 $5.00
Radical Philosophy #182 Nov Dec 13 $13.00
Bound By Ink vol 1 #15 $8.99
Freshly Inked vol 3 #6 Jan 14 $6.99
Tabu Tattoo #55 $6.99

Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
WireO Stenographers Note Book  by Jesse Harris et al. (Perish Publishing) $20.00
Fifth Wednesday Journal #13 Fall 13 $11.00
Exit Strata Print #3 The Operating System $12.00
Under the Radar #48 Nov Dec 13 $5.99

Kids Stuff
The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Mans Canyon, Book 1 by Taylor SS and Katherine Roy (McSweeneys) $12.95 – Now in soft cover.
Diabetes And Me: An Essential Guide for Kids and Parents by Kim Chaloner & Nick Bertozzi $15.00

Celebrate Krampusnacht with Quimby’s & GlitterGuts 12/6!

Dec ’13
6
6:00 pm

krampus-header-thumb-300x296-thumb-250x246Dec 6th Fri, 6-10pm – Celebrate Krampusnacht with arty Chicago mobile photo booth GlitterGuts here at Quimby’s. Get your picture taken with the Krampus, the xmas demon known to punish children during the Yule season for their misbehavior. We here at Quimby’s would like to show our  customer appreciation by helping you creep out the people in your life with photos of you getting reprimanded by this traditional Germanic holiday beast.

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Krampus (from the German “Krampen,” or “Claw,” or “Giddy Child Murderer”) was born of a pre-Christian, Alpine Pagan tradition, and has been described as a “boozy goat-horned menace that whips children around Europe.” December 6th is the day in which parts of Germany and Bavaria celebrate Krampusnacht, which is a throwback to a pre-Christian tradition. The Krampus’ job is to punish those who have been bad, while Santa rewards the people on his “nice” list. Krampus punishes the naughty children, swatting them with switches and rusty chains before dragging them in baskets to a fiery place below. And we’ve got Krampus here for you to pose with on Dec 6th, hooves and all.

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About GlitterGuts: They provide photobooth services with live photographers at raves, festivals, gallery shows, fetish parties, carnivals, hardcore shows, orgies, comic cons, orgies, hootenannies and other gatherings, like the Black and Brown Punk Show, as seen (above), Riot Fest or Nocturna’s All Hallows Eve Ball (below). They make their own backdrops and post their photos to their site glitterguts.com, where you can download for free. You can also order prints and hi-res files to give to send your seasonal greetings to your friends and family, or to show off at home.docmartensriotfestsaturday-122

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…And just so you know, here’s our…

Quimby’s Holiday Hours

Wed, Nov 27th noon-5
Thurs, Nov 28th CLOSED
Tues, Dec 24th 11-5
Wed, Dec 25th CLOSED
Tues, Dec 31st noon-5pm
Wed, Jan 1st CLOSED

Also! Starting Fri, Nov 29th, until Tues, Dec 24th, Quimby’s will be open at 11am every day.

New Stuff This Week

catsinspaceProfessor Astro Cat’s Frontiers of Space by Dominic Walliman and Ben Newman (Flying Eye) $24.00
Catstronauts In Space #1 by Drew Brockington $4.00
Shot Into Space Animal Pioneers Shot Glasses $16.00 for set of 6 different animals.

Zines
Corpus Corpus #5 Little Man Pee Party by Paul Nudd $20.00
Salome Silkscreened Zine by Sarah Hamerman $13.00
Rochester Teenset Outsider #26 and #27 $1.00 each
Open Pit Open Dialogue by various $4.00
Hawaiian Honeycreepers and Biogeography by Kels Choo $3.50
Graze #4 Fall 13 $0.00
On Flora #1 by Lydia Saint $10.00
Frontier #2 Hellen Jo by Hellen Jo $8.00
Moist Ladies #4 Seven Cities by Ryan and Nathan Veach $10.00
Women by Joseph Padilla & Edward Anderson $12.00
Summer of Shred #2 2012 by JM Moore $5.00 and #3 2013 $10.00
Last Night at the Casino #5 Oct 13 by Billy $2.00
Send Me A Pic: A Summary of Rejection by Hanna M. Owens $10.00
Save The Bees Worx #2 by various $7.00
Excerpts From Another Ghost #1 and #2 by Matthew R. Diomataris $3.75

Comics & Comix
Sandman Overture #1 of 6 by Neil Gaiman et al. $4.99 – !!!
You Don’t Get There From Here #26 by Carrie McNinch $2.00
Muse by Kelsey Choo $6.00
Half Asleep vol 1 by Beth Hetland and Kyle O’Connell $5.00
Blobby Boys #3 by Alex Schubert $6.00
Army of Lovers Will Be Beaten #8 by Bernie McGovern $6.00
Raven and the Red Death One Shot by Edgar Allen Poe & Richard Corben $3.99 – With Mag the Hag.
Thought Bubble 2013 Anthology $3.99 – With Gabriel Ba, Jeffrey Brown, and more!
Stuff About Sex for Guys who are not like Total Idiots by David Mellon (Top Shelf) $3.95
Astounding Villian House by Shannon Wheeler $3.50
Xeno Kaiju by Pat Aulisio $3.00
Monster Pops: SAIC Student Anthology by Paul Nudd et al. $7.00
Are Snakes Necessary #2 New England Theres No Place Like Home $5.00
Signs by Maritsa Patrinos $5.00
Peehole #12 Danziggy IV by Jim Donaldson $3.00
God Are You There? What About My Cardigan and Other Stories – Ghost Cardigan #1 by Kim Ku $4.00
Coffee by Evah Fan $4.00
Brian’s Brain and Comics Megamix vol 1 by Jacob Halton $6.00 each
Conditions on the Ground issues #5-#7 by Kevin Hooyman $4.00 each

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Rage of Poseidon by Anders Nilsen (D&Q) $29.95
Maria M Book 1 by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $22.99
Moomin vol 8 by Lars Jansson (D&Q) $19.95
Hagelbarger and That Nightmare Goat by Renee French $18.00
Pongo by Jesse Hodgson (Flying Eye) $16.95
VIP Mad World of Virgil Partch by Jonathan Barli (Fantagraphics) $49.99
Due North by Jacob Kearney $17.00
Johnny Hiro vol 2 The Skills to Pay the Bills by Fred Chao $17.99
Other Stories and the Horse You Rode In On by Dakota McFadzean (Conundrum) $18.00
Mara by Brian Wood et al. (Image) $12.99
Gold Pollen and Other Stories by Seiichi Hayashi et al. (Picturebox) $27.50 – Masters of Alternative Manga.
Tintin: The Art of Herge, From the Archives of the Herge Museum $45.00
Chester Brown, Conversations $40.00
Super Graphic A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe by Tim Leong $18.95
Wrinkle in Time Graphic Novel by Madeleine L’Engle $19.99

Art & Design Books
Yokai Museum: The Art of Japanese Supernatural Beings From the Yumoto Koichi Collection (PIE Books) $39.95
So I’ve Been Told by Maryanna Hardy (Conundrum) $17.00
Blaring House by Claire Seringhaus Conundrum) $15.00
Sketchbook Selections 2000-2012 by Ryan McGinness (Gingko) $39.95
Vehicles: Art Brut Series, ed. by Sarah Lombardi (5 Continents) $40.00 – The Art Brut Collection has created the Biennale de l’Art Brut, a project that capitalizes on the diversity of this superb collection of more than 60,000 works by grouping a selection of them into themed exhibitions.
In the Good Name of the Company: Artworks aand Epherma Produced By Or In Tandem With the Colby Poster Printing Company (Picturebox) $34.95
Nathan Ota Ikiru by Chiwan Choi and Nathan Ota (Gingko) $50.00
Abandoned Futures: A Journey to the Posthuman World  by Tong Lam (Gingko) $34.95
Much Loved by Mark Nixon (Abrams) $17.95 – Award-winning photographer Mark Nixon has created a trove of quirky and nostalgic portraits of teddy bears and other stuffed animals that have been lovingly abused after years of play.
Graphic Candy: Sweets For Your Eyes (Gingko) $39.95
Vandals by Nils Muller $39.95
Drawing Attention by John Van Hamersveld (Gingko) $29.95
Colourkamikaze by Won ABC $29.95
Zombie Love by ABC Won $29.95
Nordic Tattooing Nordic Tattooists and their Drawings $65.00
Tattoo Coloring Book by Megamunden $14.95
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Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Alternative Movie Posters Film Art From the Underground by Matthew Chojnacki (Schiffer) $34.99
Every Day Is an Atheist Holiday by Penn Jillette $16.00
The Onion Book of Known Knowledge $20.00
Overthrowing the Old Gods: Aleister Crowley and The Book of the Law by Don Webb $19.95
Madison Square Tragedy: The Murder of Stanford White by Rick Geary $15.99
Jack The Ripper: The Terrible Legacy by The Whitechapel Society $16.95
Lost Race of the Giants: The Mystery of Their Culture Influence and Decline Throughout the World by Patrick Chouinard $18.00
Aliens In Ancient Egypt: The Brotherhood of the Serpent and the Secrets of the Nile Civilization Xaviant Haze $20.00
Shadow Out of Time by HP Lovecraft and INJ Culbard (Self Made Hero) $19.95
Eerie Encounters in Everyday Life: Angels, Aliens, Ghosts, Haunts by Thomas Freese $16.99
Mysterious Origins of Hybrid Man: Crossbreeding and the Unexpected Family Tree of Humanity by Susan B. Martinez $24.00
Glam Rock Dandies In the Underworld $40.00
Meal Deal With The Devil: A Horrible Little Listen Along Book by Bobby Joe Ebola et al. (Microcosm) $19.95
Bobby Joe Ebola Songbook by Dan Abbott et al. (Microcosm) $15.95
In The Words of Sparks Selected Lyrics by Ron Mael et al. $24.95
Punk 45: Singles Cover Art of Punk 1976-’80 ed. by Jon Savage et al. $39.95
Lord of Garbage by Kim Fowley (Kicks) $13.95
33 1/3 Series: They Might Be Giants’ Flood by Alexander S. Reed et al. $14.95
Starting at Zero: His Own Story by Jimi Hendrix $26.00
Beat Box: A Drum Machine Obsession by Joe Mansfield $49.95 (Get On Down) – Comes with beat download card! Awesome drum machine photos.
John Lennon: Letters $25.00
Johnny Cash: The Life by Robert Hilburn $32.00
DeTextbook: The Stuff You Didn’t Know About the Stuff You Thought You Knew by the editors of Cracked $23.00
Real Man Adventures by T. Cooper (McSweeneys) $14.00

Politics & Revolution
Necessary Illusions Thought Control In Democratic Societies by Noam Chomsky $19.95
Anarchy Geography Modernity Selected Writings by various (PM Press) $22.95

DIY, Food & Drugs
How To Build a Hovercraft: Amazing DIY Science Projects $24.95
Peyote Dreams: Journeys in the Land of Illumination by Charles Duits $16.95
Opium the Diary of His Cure by Jean Cocteau $19.95 – Published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Cocteau’s Death.
Food Rules: An Illustrated Eaters Manual by Michael pollan and Maira Kalman $16.00 – Now in soft cover.
Fold Me Up: 100 Paper Fortune Tellers for Lifes Pressing Questions by M. Taute $16.00
Cocktail Hour: Rum Gin and Vodka 3 Pack (Scout Books) $12.00
Cocktail Hour: Tequila Whiskey Brandy 3 Pack (Scout Books) $12.00
Sex & Sexy
Domestic Burlesque by Elsa Quarsell (Gingko) $39.95
Nasty Boys: Rough Trade Erotica ed. by Shane Allison (Cleis) $15.95
Sexual Practices of the Druids: A Handbook of Magic and Ritual by Jon G. Highes $16.95
Carnal Alchemy: Sado-Magical Techniques For Pleasure Pain and Self Transformation by Stephen E. Flowers et al. $16.95
How to Win at Everything Even Things You Cant or Shouldnt Try to Win At by Kibblesmith and WEiner $15.95
Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save the Economy by Elly Blue $14.95
George Noory’s Late Night Snacks, Winning Recipes for Late Night Radio Listening $24.99 – Over 150 Snacks to Make and Bake while listening to Coast to Coast AM
Isa Does It: Amazingly Easy Wildly Delicious Vegan Recipes for Every Day Isa Does It Amazingly Easy Wildly Delicious Vegan Recipes for Every Day by Isa Chandra Moskowitz $30.00

Fiction
This is How You Lose Her Deluxe Edition by Junot Diaz, with iluustrations by Jaime Hernandez, in a slipcase! $40.00
Day Night Two Novels by Paul Auster $16.00 – Includes Travels in the Scriptorium and Man in the Dark.
The Twenty-Seventh City (25th Anniversary Edition) by Jonathan Franzen $18.00 – His debut novel reprinted.
Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin $9.99
Magnificence by Lydia Millet $15.95
Pick a Plot Book 2 You Are a Cat in the Zombie Apocalypse by Sherwin Tija (Conundrum) $18.00
Serial Villain: A Dozen Thrilling Illustrated Tales by Sherwin Tija (Conundrum) $17.00
Happy Mutant Baby Pills SC by Jerry Stahl $14.99
Lords of Salem by Rob Zombie and BK Evenson $16.00
Luminaries by Elanor Catton $27.00
Books by Gene Gregorits: Johnny Behind the Deuce, Dog Days vol 1 and vol 2, Fishhook

Magazines
Juxtapoz #155 Dec 13 $5.99
Bizarre #207 Dec 13 $10.50
Frankie #55 $13.95
Design Bureau Nov Dec 13 $8.00
Toiletpaper September 1971 $16.00
Backwoodsman vol 34 #6 Nov Dec 13 $4.95
Skeptical Inquirer Nov Dec 13 vol 37 #6 $4.95
American Atheist 4th Quarter 13 Fall $4.95
True Detective Winter Special 2013 $10.99
True Crime Oct 13 $8.99
Flaunt #130 $10.95
Lula #17 $17.99
High Times Jan 13 $5.99
Paper Nov 13 vol 30 #3 $4.00
Smith Journal #8 $17.99
Mother Earth News #261 Dec Jan 13 14 $5.99
Dazed and Confused vol 3 #27 Nov 13 $9.99
Fangoria #328 $10.99
Monocle vol 7 #68 Nov 13 $12.00
Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide Nov Dec 13 $4.95
Progressive Nov 13 $4.95
In These Times Nov 13 $3.50

Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
Make #14 Fall 13 Visual Culture $12.00 – Newest issue from local lit mag.
Death Poems: Classic, Contemporary, Witty, Serious, Tear-Jerking, Wise, Profound, Angry, Funny, Spiritual, Atheistic, Uncertain, Personal, Political, Mythic, Earthy, and Only Occasionally Morbid by Russ Kick $21.95
I Dream of Amaresh Deluxe Edition by Allen F. McNair $17.00
Some Churches by Tasha Cotter $14.95
Kiss as Many Women as You Can by Franki Elliot and Shawn Stucky $19.95
Lana Turner #6 $12.00
The Believer #103 Nov Dec 13 $10.00
Mojo #240 Nov 13 $9.99
Decibel #110 Dec 13 $4.95
Uncut Special Ed: Small Faces $13.99
Younger Than Dead $10.00
Smut by Al Jamal et al. $10.00

Kids Stuff
Crabtree by Jon and Tucker Nichols (McSweeneys) $17.95
Recipe  by Angela and Michaelanne Petrella (McSweeneys) $17.95
Books in the Adventures of the Salamander Book series by Michael Klaus Schmidt $15.00 each
OZ Road to Oz by Frank L. Baum, Eric Shanower, Skottie Young $16.99
Ghosts by Sonia Goldie and Marc Boutavant (Enchanted Lion) $16.95
Letter for Bear by David Lucas (Flying Eye) $14.95
Alice In Tumblr Land and Other Fairy Tales for a New Generation by Tim Manley $20.00
Night Riders by Matt Furie (McSweeneys) $8.95 – Now in soft cover!

Other Stuff
Anders Nilsen Silkscreen Print Set 13 $12.00
Brew It Yourself Ginger Ale Kit $16.00
New shipment from local journal publisher Field Notes, including a limited edition Local Drinks series which comes with a coaster!
Also blank booklets from Scout Books.
Narwhal Screwdriver Kit with 4 Changable Driver Bits $14.00
New funny zipper pouches, tin storage boxes and other fun storage solutions!
Close Shave Working “Straight Razor” Bottle Opener $20.00

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