“Mitch O’Connell: The World’s Best Artist” Book Signing & Slideshow With Book Designer Joseph Allen Black at 3/21

Mar ’13
21
7:00 pm

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Humorous and masterful, Mitch O’Connell: the World’s Best Artist by Mitch O’Connell, (Last Gasp Publishing) is a career-spanning retrospective of work from the king of kitsch, Mitch O’Connell. This full-color, 284 page tome—resplendent with a foam-filled, vinyl, glitter-enhanced cover—collects all the good stuff (the crappy art is under lock and key) from this prolific pop artist. If you appreciate the finer things in life, such as beehives, boobs, and big-eyed kittens, you will not want to miss this book.

 “I am stunned by how remarkably talented he is … I’ve been jealous of him for over 30 years!”-Mark Frauenfelder, Boing Boing

“What David Lynch might read to his kids at night! Great!” – Boston Globe

Mitch O’Connell’s work has been featured in such places as: Playboy, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, and Juggs. He has made campaign art for Coke, McDonalds, KFC, Kelloggs, and more. His tattoo designs can be found on bodies belonging to people with impeccable taste the worldwide. His previous books include Mitch O’Connell Tattoos, Pwease Wuv Me, and Good Taste Gone Bad.

Mr. O’Connell will  be joined by the book’s designer Jospeh Allen Black.

For more info: mitchoconnell.com  lastgasp.com and jospehallenblack.com

Thursday, March 21st, 7pm – Free Event

New Stuff This Week

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Organization and Spontaneity by Kimathi Mohammed (On Our OWn Authority) $15.00

Zines & Zine-Related Books
The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting: Dark Deeds Derring Do From 1950 to Today by Joe Biel et al. (Microcosm) $9.95
Good Morning #1 Joanne Oldham and Sammy Harkham $12.00
Portraits #1-3 by Carl Zeller $1.00 each
Angry Violist #5 and #6 $2.00 each
Start Small Part 1 by Sarah McNeil $12.00
Mineshaft #28 by Everett Rand $9.00
Depression Sessions #1 by Alex Hoffman et al. $5.00
KerBloom #100 Jan Feb 13 by Artnoose $2.00
The Smithsonian American Art Museum the Art of Video Games Exhibition Guest Book $1.00 – No, not the exhibit. The GUEST BOOK at the exhibit.
Japan Jaunt vol 1 #1 Mar 13 $2.00
Brain Is To Mind by Barbara Drummonf $4.00
Letters I Will Never Send to You #7 by Morgan Inez $4.20
Flowers Every Day by Ethan Krause $3.00
Number One Must Have #4 by Adrien Leavitt et al. $6.00
Truckface #16 by LB $3.00

Comics & Comix
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Laskimooses #8 Se On Monimutkaista by Herra Matti Hagelbergin $7.00
Police Log Comics #1 Comic Strip Interpretations of the Police Log of Carmel, CA by Owen Cook (Last Gasp) $5.00
The Comics Journal #302 (Fantagraphics) $30.00 – With Maurice Sendak’s final interview before his passing.
Break the Walls #1 $6.99
Bandthology #2 Another Music Anthology $5.00
Stranger Two Stranger #4 Jan 13 by R. Hendricks $2.00
The End of the Fucking World #15 by Charles Forsman $1.00
Lou #10 by Melissa Mendes $1.00
Gnomes #1 by Sam Gaskin (Oily Comics) $1.00
Vigin #1 by Slongo (Oily Comics) $1.00
Foreground by Andy Burkholder (Oily Comics) $1.00
Its New Years Day by Budnik $2.00
Knives for Fish issues #1-#3 by JF
Spiders Visit by Sarah Ferrick $5.00

Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
Susceptible by Genevieve Castree (D& Q) $19.95
Zed a Cosmic Tale by Michel Gagne $19.99
The Bird King: An Artists Notebook by Shaun Tan $19.99
Unite and Take Over vols 1 and 2 Stories Inspired by the Songs of the Smiths
Candy Gang Mischief Makers and Dream Nights by Chet Pickens $12.99 each
Chromazoid #2 edited by Lale Westvind $20.00
Unearthing SC by Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins (Top Shelf) $29.95

Art & Design
Mitch O’Connell: The World’s Best Artist (Last Gasp) $35.00
Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall by Will Ellsworth Jones $27.99
Street Talking: International Graffiti Art by Mike Popso (Schiffer) $45.00 – Exploring a cross-continental swath of urban areas, Popso captures hard-to-reach spots where there is an explosion of bright color and brighter ideas on canvases ranging from abandoned schools in Detroit to the back alleys of Istanbul, Turkey.
Amigos de la Muertos (Last Gasp) $24.00
Street Art Norway vol 2 (Kontur) $39.95
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Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Life Against Dementia: Essays, Reviews, Interviews 1975-2011 by Joe Carducci $22.95
House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films by Kier-La Janisse (Fab Press) $29.99
Fractured Eye #1 A Journal of Subversive Film Arts by Stephen Barber and Jack Hunter (Creation) $19.95
Supernatural Writings On an Unknown History by Richard Smoley $12.95
Covert Wars and Breakaway Civilizations: The Secret Space Program, Celestial Psyops and Hidden Conflicts by Joseph P. Farrell $19.95
Tripping With Allah: Islam, Drugs and Writing by Michael Muhammad Knight (Soft Skull Press) $15.95

Politics & Revolution
The Portable Malcolm X Reader ed. by Manning Marable $22.00

Sexy
Ageless Erotica by Joan Price (Seal) $16.00

Fiction
Dead Brides Vampiric Tales by Edgar Allen Poe (Creation) $14.95
Man In The Empty Suit by Sean Ferrell $24.95
Crawling Chaos vol 2 1928-1935 Selected Weird Fiction by HP Lovecraft (Creation) $15.95
Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui $15.00

Magazines
Lucky Peach #6 Before and After the Apocalypse $12.00
Little Joe issues #3 and #4 Magazine About Queers and Cinema Mostly $16.00 each
IdN vol 19 #6 $19.95
Design Bureau Feb 13 $8.00
Juxtapoz #146 March 13 $5.99
Paranoia #54 $7.00
American Atheist 1st Quarter 13 $4.95
Skunk vol 8 #6 $5.99
High Times April 13 $5.99
Pinstriping and Kustom Graphics Magazine #36 Feb Mar 13 $9.95
Howler #2 Win 13 $15.00
Smith Journal #5 $17.99
Maximumrocknroll #357 Feb 13 $4.00
Under the Radar #44 $5.99
Empirical Feb 13 $6.99
Progressive Feb 13 $4.95
Against the Current #162 Jan Feb 13 $5.00
Rethinking Schools vol 27 #2 Win 12 13 $5.95
AdBusters Mar Apr 13 $8.95

Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
Hobart #14 $11.95
Feathertale Review #10 $10.00
Family Album by the Back to Print Creatives $12.00
After Hours #26 Win 13 Journal of Chicago Writing and Art Afterhours $8.00
Cause vol 1 Action Art a Crude Literary Periodical Nov 12 $14.00
Fermented Tots Some Poems 2003-2012 by G. Wallace $4.00
Overtime Hour 27 The Ghost by Douglas Cole $2.00

Kids
When Animals Agree – You Equal Love – A Coloring Book by T. Klinkhamer and Dean Cercone $10.00
Bone: Quest for the Spark Book 3 by Jeff Smith $10.99

Other Stuff
Mike Watt Bobble Head $19.95
More Moleskine notebooks in a variety of sizes and colors.

Laydeez Do Comics Chicago February Edition 2/28

Feb ’13
28
7:00 pm

Laydeez Chicago
Laydeez Do Comics, London’s monthly comics salon founded by Nicola Streeten (Billy, Me, and You) and Sarah Lightman (The Book of Sarah, Graphic Details) has added to branches in Leeds and San Francisco by starting a branch in Chicago.

The first meeting was a smashing success and this one hopes to be as amazing!

Come hear comics creators speak about their work, their process, their plans, and whatever else they want to share with us.

February speakers will be:

Laura Szumowski (zoo-mouse-key.com)
David Mitchell (realityenginecomic.com)
and MK Czerwiec (comicnurse.com)

For more info: laydeezdocomics.blogspot.com
and/or
comicnurse (at) mac (dot) com
As always, this event at Quimby’s is free.

A Quimby’s Commercial!

Austin Sheaffer & Jack Martind from Peace and Fjord made a Quimby’s commercial that debuted at the 30 Seconds Over Chicago Competition, and IT IS AWESOME AND HILARIOUS. What are they reading in the video? Why it’s Our Inalienable Rights by Dan Gleason and Theresa Currie, which yes, is available for purchase both here at the store and on quimbys.com.

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Zine, Lose, or Draw!: A Chicago Zine Fest Game Show Hosted by Neil Brideau, at Quimby’s 3/8

Mar ’13
8
9:30 pm

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“Zine, Lose, or Draw!” is CZF’s own take on beloved gameshow “Win, Lose, or Draw!” Teams will compete in this Pictionary-style game with a self-publishing theme. Be a part of the action by joining a team or cheer from the audience. Fun for everyone!

 

“Zine, Lose, or Draw!” will be hosted by Quimby’s very own Neil Brideau, co-organizr of Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) and creator of Oh Boy! Comics.

 

“Zine, Lose, or Draw!” is a part of Chicago Zine Fest 2013 taking place March 8-9 at various Chicago locations. CZF is an independent event creating an outlet for small press and independent publishers to showcase their work.

 

For more info: chicagozinefest.org