Laydeez Do Comics September Edition: Rachel Foss and MK Czerwiec aka Comic Nurse 9/26

Published on August 29, 2013 0 Comments
Sep ’13
26
7:00 pm

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Laydeez do Comics is a unique salon with a focus on graphic works based on life narrative, the drama of the domestic, and the everyday. Invited guest speakers have 10-20 minute slots to present works/ideas followed by a Q&A. Launched in London in July 2009, the group has now expanded to other cities, including Chicago. Quimby’s hosts the Chicago chapter and it is usually the last Thursday of every month.

September’s guests:

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Rachel Foss is a happy cartoonist drawing sad stories for real people everywhere.  Originally from Grand Rapids, MI, she moved to Chicago after spending a year with the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont.  Her new comic, the Wandering Fox, a historical drama based on her family history, will debut October 1, 2013. She writes: ”

I was raised in the general area of (infamous) Flint, MI, where I watched a lot of Nickelodeon and read every Goosebumps book released prior to 1996.However, Flint sucked, so I left as soon as possible.  I went to school and studied film and design.  I graduated realizing that I didn’t really want to do either of those things. I moved to Grand Rapids and did nothing for a really long time.  THEN in 2009, thanks to some amazing people, i discovered Comics/Graphic Novels/Cartooning.  For many reasons, including this, I consider Grand Rapids, MI my true home.

In 2011 I moved to White River Junction, VT (or more fondly TOON TOWN, VT) after I was accepted into the Center for Cartoon Studies Master’s Program.I now live in Chicago where everything is awesome, especially me.

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For more info:
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rachelftfoss.wix.com/wanderingfox

MK Czerwiec aka Comic Nurse presents on “Comics, Laydeez, and the Movies,” with a surprise announcement at the end!

 

 

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Danny Bland Reads from In Case We Die 10/2

Published on August 27, 2013 0 Comments
Oct ’13
2
7:00 pm

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This debut novel by veteran Seattle musician Danny Bland follows a pair of outsiders who find themselves locked in the palpable, dizzy grunge-rock scene of early ’90s Seattle. Drenched in cloud of second hand smoke, Bland’s prose is funny and heart-breaking as he explores falling in and out of love, redemption and what you will and won’t do for one more cheap thrill all backed by the swelling sound of electric guitars, booze and petulant misbehavior.

“Our anti-hero is floating in a tiny lifeboat made of heroin, graveyard shifts & rock music. His companions are two fabulous women: a bombshell who robs banks & a beautifully pale rock violinist who can barely dodge suicide. ICWD is much funnier & more satisfying than any other junkie rock’n’roll tragedy.” – John Doe (X)

Danny Bland has been a musician (The Dwarves, Cat Butt, Best Kissers in the World) and road manager (Dave Alvin, The Knitters, The Gutter Twins, The Supersuckers) for over 25 years. Born in South Carolina, the longtime Seattle resident is most likely in a Ford Econoline van on a long stretch of highway, driving a rock band to its next engagement.

Also available: A star-studded AudioBook featuring Duff McKagan, Marc Maron, Donal Logue, John Doe, Mark Lanegan, Mark Arm (Mudhoney), Norman Reedus and Lew Temple (The Walking Dead), Aimee Mann, and more! Visit InCaseWeDie.com to hear a sample.

“A great piece of work — full of filth and heart.”  –Steve Earle

For more info: www.fantagraphics.com/incasewedie

Contact: Jen Vaughn, Marketing and Outreach Manager vaughn(at)fantagraphics(dot)com

Wednesday, October 2nd, 7pm – Free Event

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Brian Tuohy Reads From Larceny Games: Sports Gambling, Game Fixing and the FBI 9/28

Published on August 27, 2013 0 Comments
Sep ’13
28
7:00 pm

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Major League Baseball claims it hasn’t had a game fixed by gamblers since 1919. Point shaving hasn’t admittedly occurred in the NBA since 1954. And the NFL publicly states not one of its games has come under outside influence—ever. This league-sponsored history, however, is wrong.
Larceny Games provides the details and names the names of Hall of Fame athletes who have either bet upon their own sport or outright thrown games for the benefit of gamblers—and why the sports leagues have covered-up these incidents.

Larceny Games also digs into this vast underworld through interviews with sports gambling insiders and former FBI agents as well as detailing information from more than 400 previously unreleased FBI case files relating to sports bribery to reveal how professional athletes and referees have been corrupted into fixing games in the NFL, NBA, MLB, boxing, soccer, and tennis.

Brian is also the author of The Fix Is In: The Showbiz Manipulations of the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and NASCAR and is the leading expert on the subject of game fixing.

“Once again, Brian shows there’s much more to professional sports than meets the eyes (or ears), He digs so deep that he’ll need a bodyguard!” — Sam Bourquin, Host, WHBC Ohio

 

Saturday, September 28th, 7pm – Free Event

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Quimby’s Bookstore Podcast Episode #8 With Adam Parfrey & Peter Sotos Now Available

Published on August 26, 2013 0 Comments

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This episode is entitled “We’re Having a Good Time With That Goat, Wish You Were Here: Decadence With Adam Parfrey and Peter Sotos.” Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey, talks about his book Ritual America: Secret Brotherhoods and Their Influence on American Society: A Visual Guide, and controversial local writer Peter Sotos talks about his book Pure Filth.

Stream or download this episode and past episodes (it’s free!) on our Podbean site at quimbys.podbean.com.

Or find us on I-Tunes!

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New Stuff This Week

Published on August 24, 2013 1 Comment

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Home 2014 Nikki McClure Calendar $16.00

Zines
Za The Pizza Zine #2 by Nicki Yowell $4.00 – Hot N’ Ready Pizza Bachelors, pie-ku poems, pizza-wine pairings? ‘Za #2 has got it all, extra cheese.
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Mend My Dress #11 A Book of Days by Neelybat Chestnut $2.00 – Made For the 24 Hour Zine Thing July 27th, 2013.
One Night at the Jackson Stop by Sean Linn $3.00
Clocktower Nine #2 by Danny $2.50
Letter To My Younger Self by Erin Leslie $3.00
Uncharted Waters #1 Goodbye High School Sweetheart by Miss C. Bean $3.00
Pilsen On the 4th of July by Rick Majewski $6.00

Comics & Comix
Wet Cough by Michael DeForge $6.00 – A beautiful fully-silkscreened wordless presto-chango comic fresh from DeForge and printed by the genius squeegees at Mille Putois!!
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Big In Japan: An Illustrated Travel Diary by Moogs Kewell $6.00
Idyll Of The White Lotus $7.00 – An anthology of comics from Ron Regé Jr.’s Cartoon Utopia Summer Comics Camp at SAW. Centered on visions from Mabel Collins’ novel of the same name, eleven plugged-in comics with standout work from Amy Peltz and James McShane.
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Flower Flies by Kaitlin Smrcina $3.00
Echo Island #1 by Anderes Holm and John Lawlor $6.99
Creepy Comics #13 The Finest in Illustrated Horror Unsweet Thirteen with Josh Simmons, Peter Bagge ane more. $4.99
Powdered Milk issues #9-#11 by Keiler Roberts $2.00 each
Tale of Heroism issues #1 and #2 by Adam Matthew Ink Roob $5.00 each
Peehole #11 Amazing Stories for the Easily Amazed by Jim Donaldson $3.00
Galactic Breakdown #5 Part 1 by Keenan Marshall Keller (DrippyBone) $8.00
Spills #1 by Kristine Conroy $3.00
Parfreys Glen by Scott Roberts $5.00

Graphic Novels & trade Paperbacks
Marvel 1602 10th Anniversary Hard cover Edition by Neil Gaiman et al. (Marvel) $29.99
Summertimeby Gina Sialiano $15.00
Nudnik Revealed: The History of Americas Lost Loveable Loser by Gene Deitch (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Willow Wonderland by Jeff Parker et al. (Drk Horse) $17.99 – Linked to the Buffy season 9 adventures.
Chew vol 7 TPB Bad Apples by John Layman et al. $12.99
Turd A Day  by Joshua Wysocki $10.00
I Am My Own Stereotype the My Small Diary Collection vol 1 by Delaine $8.00

Childrens
Zig and Wikki in Something Ate My Homework by Nadja Spiegelman and Trade Loeffler (Toon Books) $4.99
Mo and Jo Fighting Together Forever by Jay Lynch and Dean Haspiel (Toon Books) $4.99

Fiction
Pulpit vs the Hole by Jay Shearer $8.00
Clockwork Man by EV Odle (HiLo) $13.95
In Case We Die by Danny Bland (Fantagrphics) $26.99
Hard Times Blues by Elwin Cotman $12.00 – Thanks to everybody that came out to this splendid event last night!

Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons and Dragons and the People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt $26.00
Dying for the Truth: Undercover Inside the Mexican Drug War by the Fugitive Reporters of Blog del Narco (Feral House) $24.95

Magazines
Frankie #54 $13.95
Capricious #14 $25.00
Interzone #247 $9.99
Murder Most Foul #89 $9.99
True Crime Aug 13 $8.99
Sneaker Freaker #27 $14.95
Cosplay USA Sum 13 $5.99
Paper Sep 13 vol 30 #1 $4.00
Wire Aug 13 #354 $11.25
Maximumrocknroll #364 Sep 13 $4.00
Shindig #34 $12.99
Filter Good Music Guide Aug Sep 13 $2.99
Shadow #54 $1.00
Harpers Magazine Sep 13 $6.99
Transformation #86 $12.50
Skin and Ink Nov 13 #147 $8.99
Fool #3 Food Insanity Brilliance and Love $19.95 – Fool was named best food magazine in the world this year…or something absurdly prominent like that….and it’s really no lie, this thing is solidly written and stylishly presented awesomeness for those interested in eating and curious about living. Glad it made the journey from Sweden to join us at the Quimbystore! -EF
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Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
Images a Collection of Poetry vol 1 by Maurice D. Waddell $11.95
Donsongs an Anthology of Literary Sound vol 2  by Maurice D. Waddell $12.95
Barge Journal #2 $7.00
Literary Review vol 56 #2 Early Sum 13 Scenester $8.00
Cobblers Story: The Cobblers Second Tale The Bikers Tale The Hero by Michael Paul Lopez $3.00
Overtime Hour 29 Twenty First Floor by Miha Mazzini $2.00

Notable Restocks & Reprints
Open the Door How to Excite Young People About Poetry (McSweeneys) $16.00
Anna and Froga I Dunno What Do You Want To Do by Anouk Ricard (D&Q) $14.95
Rule Is to Break: A Childs Guide to Anarchy by John and Jana (Manic D Presss) $14.95
The Guide To Getting It On by Paul Joannides $28.95
In Memorariam to Identity by Kathy Acker $13.00

Other Stuff
Spray Can Light Up LED Keychain $6.00
Bike Snob Blank Journal $12.95
Cone of Shame Light Up LED Keychain $6.00
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