New Stuff This Week

Butt #29 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90 – Yes it’s here!

 
Zines
Last Days of Rosehill by Dan Gleason $2.00 – One of our favorite local weirdos with new stuff. Money fueled mayhem and mayhem fueled money. -EF

Clutch #23 Invincible Summer #20 by Nicole Georges and Clutch McBastard (Tugboat Press) $2.00
Will by Nichole and Rachael Voorhees $2.00
Communicating Vessels #23 fall win 11 12 $3.50
Peehole #6 by Jim Donaldson $3.00
Clog #1 by Sam McPheeters $5.00 – Short fiction in a quarter-page sized zine.
Illinois Michigan Canal Channahon Illinois November 6 2011 by M. Miller $10.00
Classmantic #1 by Elizabeth Amazing $2.00
Things That Are Fun $1.00
Hot Mess #1 Suddenly Single by January Kerry $2.00
Border Lands by Klayr VF $3.00
Food Friends $.50
Little Otsu Living Things vol 5 by Apak (Little Otsu) $6.95
Little Otsu Living Things vol 6 by Becca Stadtlander (Little Otsu) $6.95
I Like You So Much a Journey in House Chores by Carrie $1.00
Brilliantly Mad 2o11 $5.00
Listen to Your Heart #1 Everyday Life of a Seventh Grade Girl $2.00
Peut Etre #1 Maybe  $1.50
Symphony To My Ears a Zine $2.00
Cest La Vie #1 by Imogen R. Hansen  $1.50
And Yet We Love #1 $1.50

Comics & Comix
King Cat #72 by John Porcellino (Spit and a Half) $3.00 – Porcellino feels out the fall apart as life unravels…and unravels some more….the first half of this issue travels through some solitudes and stillnesses. An LSD story rustles the banches a little and punctuates a South Beloit diary. Also squirrely letters and bat dancers. Understated, quietly eloquent comics… but you already knew that, right? -EF

Wulf #1 Are the Origins of Man in Question by Simon Allen, Nori Retherford and Eaxwing $7.00
Kim Gee Comics #5 by Kim Gee $5.00
World War 3 Illustrated #42 Liberation $7.00
Bad Breath Comics #4 by Josh Juresko $2.00
Stranger Two Stranger #2 Dec 11: Actual Stories of CraigsList Missed Connections by R. Hendrics $1.25
Tank Girl Carioca #2 $5.99
Comics by Anna Haifisch: Buddies issues #1-#5  $3.00 each, or buy the set of 5 zines with the accompanying postcard for $15.00, also Destroy All Lizardmen (with James Turek) #1 $8.00

Mineshaft #27 Fall 11 $9.00 – More of what R. Crumb dreams about, some of what Mary Fleener writes about, star-studded letters. A giant portfolio from Jim Blanchard, comic from Pat Moriarity. The major highlight, as always, is another amazing comic from Nina Bunjevac. -EF

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Milk and Cheese – Dairy Products Gone Bad – They Hate What You Hate And They Hate You by Evan Dorkin (Dark Horse) $19.99 –  – This Everything-Milk-and-Cheese lux hardcover collection has even got our resident vegan Neil stoked -EF

Clutch #19 The Lost Years by Clutch McBastard (Tugboat) $8.00
Grant Morrison: Combining the Worlds of Conetmporary Comics by Marc Singer (U of Minn) $25.00
Preacher Book Five HC by Grath Ennis and Steve Dillon (Vertigo) $39.99
Lovecraft Library: Horror Out of Arkham (IDW) $16.99  – A bunch comics artists graphic novelify HP’s stories.
RASL TPB vol 3 Romance at the Speed of Light by Jeff Smith (Cartoon) $15.00
Breathers TPB by Justin Madson $29.95 – Collects the entire series, breathers #0 through #6. Huzzah!
Things You Carry by VIncent Stall (2dCloud) $10.00
Motherlover by Nic Breutzman et al. $10.00
I Thought You Would Be Funnier by Shannon Wheeler (Boom) $17.99 – Gag strips from the artist behind Too Much Coffee Man.

Art & Design Books
Juxtapoz Tattoo 2 (Gingko) $29.95
Bike Art: Bicycles In Art Around the World by Kiriakos Iosifidis (Gingko) $34.95
I Hate – The Art Todd Bratrud (MBP) $19.95
Evolutionists Doodlebook by Manvir Singh $11.99
Street Photography Now Sophie Howarth  and Stephen McLaren (Thames) $29.95
Herakut After the Laughter (Publikat) $39.95
Street Art Cook Book – A guide to Techniques and Materials (soft cover version) by B. Carlsson and L. Hop (Dokument) $19.95

Music Books
Woolgathering by Patti Smith (ND) $18.95

Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoir & Misc
Twilight Man by Boyd Rice and Nina Antonia (Heartworm) $15.00 – A noir memoir about life in 1980’s San Francisco.
Solace In So Many Words by Ellen Wade Beals $20.00

Politics & Revolution
Eyes to the South French Anarchists and Algeria by David Porter (AK) $25.00

DIY
Simple Times – Crafts for Poor People by Amy Sedaris $15.99 – Now in soft cover.

Childrens Books
Vintage reprints of M. Sasek childrens classics: This Is the Way to the Moon and This Is Israel and (Universe) $17.95  each
Kings Sixth Finger by Jolby and  Rachel Roellke Coddington (Gingko) $16.95
Listeners These Train Tracks by Breathe Owl Breathe split book with vinyl record $30.00
More Tintin books!

Fiction
Sudden Flash Youth by Hazuka Christine Perkins , Tom Hazuka and Mark Budman (Persea) $12.95

Magazines
Bitch #53 $5.95
Tape Op #86 Nov Dec 11 $4.95
Maximumrocknroll #343 Dec 11 $4.00
Cabinet #43 Forensics $12.00
IDN Extra 06 Semi Permanent $25.00
IdN vol 18 #5 $17.50
ArtForum Dec 11 $10.00
Girls and Corpses #5 Win 11 $8.95
Fortean Times #282 Jan 12 $11.99
Treating Yourself #31 $7.99
Skunk vol 7 #4 $5.99
Pinstriping #29 Kustom Graphics Magazine $9.95
Make Ultimate Kit Guide Special Issue $9.99
Bespoke Magazine vol 1 $22.95
Slant Magazine #1 $36.00
Gastronomica vol 11 #4 $12.99
Decibel #87 Jan 12 $4.95
Diabolique #7 Nov Dec 11 $9.98
Big Takeover #69 $5.99
Filter #46 $5.95
Z Magazine Dec 11 $4.95
Uncut – The Clash Ultimate Music Guide $12.50
Tattoo Scout #26 $9.60
Skin and Ink Feb 12 $6.99

Other Stuff
Masterpiece Studio Paint By Number Kit by Lisa Hanawalt (Chron) $19.95 – Includes 10 Paints, 5 Ready to Paint Art Boards, Paint Brush, Organizer Tray. From the artist of I Want You.
Paper Lantern Bees and Keys $9.99
Knitting Is Knotty Magnet $4.00
Living the High Life Sticky Notes $9.95 – As in the HIGH life.
More blank journals and blank cards.
Santa Advent Calendar by Nick Hefele $3.00 – A very naughty Santa. Operative words: drug induced coma.
And much more gifty stuff for the holidays!

Weekly Top 10

New Boyd Rice book in the house, debuting at the Top 10 this week. -Cassee Kasem

1. Slingshot 2012 Small Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $6.00

2. Slingshot 2012 Large Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $12.00 – The planner with a daily dose of radical history, infoshop contact list, useful essays, menstrual calendar, address book, everything basically.  If you have color preferences, list a couple in your order notes!

3. Lucky Peach #2 The Sweet Spot (McSweeneys) $12.00

4. Biggest Mistake of Your Life – Wondering If You Are Making – Love Is Not Constantly by Sarah Miller $5.00 – Brilliantly styled as a Choose Your Own Adventure book.

5.  Adbusters Jan 2012 $8.95

6. Regional #3 An Examination of American Cuisine by Cassie Tompkins and Emily Gelsomin $8.50

7. My Aim Is True by Carrie $1.00

8. Brilliant Mistake #3 by Carrie $1.00

9. Proximity #8 Education As Art $12.00

10. Twilight Man by Boyd Rice and Nina Antonia (Heartworm) $15.00 – “Heartworm Press and 23WLVS are proud to present the new 100-page memoir by Boyd Rice, which follows Rice through San Francisco’s darkest crevices during his time as a responder for the Twilight Alarm Company. Preface by Nina Antonia, author of Johnny Thunders: In Cold Blood.

New Stuff This Week

Yes we are open today, 11am-10pm!

We just got this. Wouldn’t this make a great gift?

Miami You’ve Got Style: a Little Golden Girls Book by Scott and Zach $13.00 – Commentary about outfits the Golden Girls wore. For real.

Anyway…

Zines
Field Guide to the Aliens of The Next Generation Season One by Joshua Chapman $2.00 – As in Star Trek. Hilarious. You need this.
Osama Bloodshirt Hummus Wedding #1 $2.00
Your Secretary #9 Potty Language #1 Split by Jami Sailor and friends.$2.00 – About nannying. A compelling read.
I’m Dan Gleason Dildock: More Beautiful Short Stories by Dan Gleason $2.00 – One of our fave local weirdos represent.
Regional #3 An Examination of American Cuisine by Cassie Tompkins $8.50
Outsider Mistakes #1 In My Lifetime by Eric Knoll $5.00
Mind Thoughts Collected by Adam J. Kurtz $10.00
Look In by JR Davidson $2.00

Comics & Comix
RAV #5 by Mickey Zacchilli $6.00
Greatest #1 by Kelly Froh $4.00
There Is A Error #1 by Kevin Eckert $2.00
Truth Dart #1 by Kevin Eckert $3.00
Good Luck #1 and #2 by Joe DeGeorge $4.00 each
Night on Alcatraz: Chronicles of Fortune Continue by Caroline PIcard (Green Lantern) $3.00
You Dont Get There From Here #21 $2.00
Rumbling Chapter 2 by Kevin Huizenga $3.00
Fact Parader Amazing Facts and Beyond #2 by Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch $5.00
Brain Dump Amazing Facts and Beyond vol 4 by Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch $5.00
Factual Healing Amazing Facts and Learning vol 5 with Leon Beyond by Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch $5.00
Faded Igloo by Jim Drain (Picturebox) $5.00

Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
Sediment Part by C.F. (Picturebox) $29.95

Art & Design Books
Frank Peter John Dick by K8 Hardy $25.00
Yuko Shimizu by Yuko Shimizu (DGV) $30.00
Iron Beasts Make Great Beauty by Studio on Fire (DGV) $30.00
Cyclo Id vol 1 by Ryoji Ikeda and Carsten Nicolai (DGV) $60.00
Everybody Dies a Childrens Book for Grown Ups by Ken Tanaka $10.00

Sex Guides & Culture
Normal Life Administrative Violence Critial Trans Politics and the Limits of Law by Dean Spade (South End) $16.00

Weirdo and Essays
I Lucifer Exploring the Archetype and Origins of the Devil by Corvis Nocturnum (Schiffer) $19.99
UFOs Above the Law True Encounters with Law Enforcement by Soriano & James (Schiffer) $19.99

Fiction
Biggest Mistake of Your Life: Wondering If You Are Making… by Sarah Miller $5.00
Amazing Adult Fantasy by AD Jameson $12.00
Last Incarnation Book One of the Ascension by JA Giunta $17.99
Slow Fade by Rudolph Wurlitzer (Drag City) $15.95 – We had the audio book. Now there’s the soft cover.
Dead Souls a Novel by Nikolai Gogol $12.95

Music Books
Book of Ice by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid (MBP) $29.95

Politics & Revolution
Notes For A Peoples Atlas: People Making Maps of Their Cities by AREA Chicago (AREA) $8.00

DIY
Viral Combat Monica Fights the Flu by Clare Rosean et al. $10.00

Lit Journals
Chicago IRL #2 Fall 11 $11.00

Magazines
Bust Dec 11 Jan 12 $4.99
Razorcake #65 $4.00
Wax Poetics #49 $9.99
Class Struggle #72 by Spark $3.00
Inked Jan 12 $7.99

Other Stuff
Calendario Bestiaro Bestiary Calendar 2011 by Dave Buchen $25.00 – Annual wood cut calendar of Dave Buchen’s Bestiary.
Switch Pop Working Switchblade Bottle Opener $20.00

Weekly Top 10

But first! A reminder: We’ll be closing tomorrow (Nov 23rd) at 5pm, be closed on Nov 24th and open Nov 25th from noon to 10pm. See you then!

1. Habibi by Craig Thompson (Pantheon) $35.00

2. Lucky Peach #2 The Sweet Spot (McSweeneys) $12.00

3. Slingshot 2012 Large Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $12.00 – The planner with a daily dose of radical history, infoshop contact list, useful essays, menstrual calendar, address book, everything basically.  If you have color preferences, list a couple in your order notes!

4. Field Guide to the Aliens of The Next Generation – Season One by Joshua Chapman $2.00 – Yes, you read that right. It’s hilarious. As you would expect.

5. Slingshot 2012 Small Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $6.00

6. Optic Nerve #12 by Adrian Tomine (D&Q) $5.95

7. Punk Planet #46 $3.95 – We’ve got lots of back issues of this one. Come in the store and see for yourself.

9. Railroad Semantics #4 Fall 10 $6.50

10. Remedy Quarterly #4 Celebration – Stories of Food Recipes For Feeling Good $7.50

New Stuff This Week

Thanks to everybody who came out for the Craig Thompson event this past week, where he talked about his wonderful graphc novel Habibi, 7 years in the making. Great new stuff this week, including a new issue of Lucky Peach, another Cinema Sewer collection, a memoir from Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, Blood and Thunder #18 and more.

Cinema Sewer vol 3 by Robin Bougie (Fab) $19.95 – If you gotta sin, at least use the sewer. Volume 3 collects the wet creme of issues 17-20 and 80 filthy new pages. Unstoppable outrageous movie raunch! -EF

Lucky Peach #2 The Sweet Spot (McSweeneys) $12.00

Zines
Plug Wiring Diagrams by Mark Pawson $8.00
Address Is the Art International Postal Art Superstar by Mark Pawson $25.00
Cursive Is Not Cryptic #1 Envelope by Georgi Johnston  $2.00
Off the Wagon Again #1: Short Stories Art and Other Awesome Shit by Starky Acid $2.00
Drastic Frivol #1 Travel by David Bowler & Erik Guttman $2.50
Cheer the Eff Up #1 $3.00

Comics & Comix
Hyperspeed to Nowhere by Lale Westvind $8.00
And the Birds Flew From the Trees issues #1-#3 by Ian McDuffie $6.00-$8.00 each
Eat To Survive sum 11 by Jeff Mahannah, Ben Lyon, and Tone $3.00
Things Things Think About Set $2.00
Joe the Punker #1-#3 by Starky Acid $2.00 each
Bowman #1 Nov 11 by Pat Aulisio $5.00
Bullet Breath #2 by Max Bjornson $1.00

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Adventures of Tintin In America Young Readers Edition by Herge (LB) $8.99
Oil and Water by Steve Duin & Shannon Wheeler (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Felix the Cat SC The Great Comic Book Tails by Yoe, Messmer & Oriolo (IDW) $27.99
Gadabout Time Machine 1050 Users Manual by Hooper Cudworth (Curio) $29.95
Batman and Robin TPB vol 2 Batman Vs Robin by Grant Morrison et al. (DC) $17.99

Art & Design
With the Light of the Truth Straight Edge by Dan Smith (Momento Publishing) $50.00 – A collection of Straight Edge related tattoos and art and profiles of some of the best tattoo artists in the world.

Fiction
The Verificationist by David Antrim (Picador) $15.00
The Third Reich by Roberto Bolano (FSG) $25.00

Lit Journals & Chap Books
Curbside Splendor #2 Fall 11 $8.00
Bad Version vol 1 #1 Fall 11 (The Icarus Project) $9.00
The Chicago Review vol 56 #2 and #3 $15.00
Overtime Hour 22 the Mill by Kyle Bilinksi $2.00

Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Miscellaniousnessessess
I Found This Funny: My Favorite Pieces of Humor Some That Might Not Be Funny ed. by Judd Apatow (McSweeneys) $16.00 – Now in soft cover.
More Interesting Than Your Teacher by Stuart Wright  $14.95
Nazi Seance: The Strange Story of the Jewish Psychic In Hitlers Circle by Arthur J. Magida (Palgrave) $26.00 – That’s Erik Jan Hanussen that they’re talking about.
Estonia: A Ramble Through Periphery by Alexander Theroux  (Fantagrphics) $29.99

Politics & Revolution
Vultures Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs Power Pirates and High Finance Carn by Greg Palast (Dutton) $26.95

Music Books
The Doors HC A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years by Greil Marcus (Public Affaires) $21.99
The Best Music Writing 2011 ed. by Alex Ross and Daphne Carr (Da Capo) $16.00
This is a Call HC The Life and Times of Dave Grohl by Paul Brannigan (Da Capo) $26.99
Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell With Black Sabbath by Tony Iommi and TJ Lammers (Da Capo) $26.00
Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama by Katrina Vanden Huevel (Nation) $16.99
Drinking With Strangers: Music Lessons From a Teenage Bullet Belt by Butch Walker and Matt Diehl (WMrw) $25.99
One Day It’ll Make Sense by Common & Adam Bradley (Back Bay) $25.00
Life by Keith Richards (Back Bay) $16.99 – Now in soft cover.

DIY & Food
Vegan Pie in the Sky by Moskowitz & Romero (Da Capo) $17.00

Magazines
Blood and Thunder #18 $5.99 – Womens Roller Derby Magazine
Bizarre #182 Dec 11 $10.50
High Times Jan 12 $5.99
Wallpaper Dec 11 $10.00
True Crime Nov 11 $8.99
Murder Most Foul #82 $9.99
Dwell Dec 11 $5.99
Worn #12 and #13 Fashion Journal $8.00 each
Wire #333 Nov 11 $10.99
The Smiths NME Uncut Special Collectors Magazine $12.99
Taste Maker #1 $4.00
Harpers Magazine Dec 11 $6.99
Adbusters Jan 12 $8.95
Tattoo Collection #47 $7.75

Other Stuff
But Is It Art Button Pack by Mark Pawson $5.00
Quimby’s t-shirts are back in stock! Come get yours now.