New Stuff This Week

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QuimBurger Snappy Meal WEBSITE Version! $12.99

Zines

Hey So You Want to Know What’s Up With Trans Folks #2 by Jude R. Bettridge

Lennon McCrea Zine various issues, $3-$4

Brogan Room $.25

Potluck #1 $12

Water Column by Colleen Corcoran $10

Split Seconds #1 Genoa Italy Photographs by Michael Jarecki $8

I Am Here to F Up the System: A Personal Essay on Being Autistic in a Capitalist World by Anna $5

Izimbra the Zine #1 Covers Edition by Isabel Steffes $10

Zine of Texts to Myself Zine of the Texts I Send Myself $5

Collected #1 2023 edited by by Meri Brin (Fixated Press) $6

Edwin Perry Manchester’s Human Issue #1 the Parted Flesh Yielding Its Fruit $5

Photo zines by DeVontez, $11 each: Best View of an Angel, Logan Barbie the Equalizer 3 Bottoms Gran Turismo, We Think Too Much Photographs

My Little Corner of the World #1 by Grace Bradley $7

Comics

You Don’t Get There From Here #60 by Carrie McNinch $4

Micro Comic by H. Jones: Way of the World #2 $3, Shark Village Slopocalypse $2

SMFGS presents Crust Diary Comics 2023 by Lainey Williams $5

Comics from Toxic Metal Press: Cabaris #1 by Michael Kay, Oh Deanna by Ari S. Mulch, Melty World Matrix #1 by Lane Lincecum, Coward Discourses by Morty C. Pictures, Melty World Matrix #1 by Lane Lincecum

Graphic Novels

Mimi’s Tales of Terror illustrated by Junji Ito, written by Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama $24

In the City Parts 1 & 2 by Karl Christian Krumpholz, $12 each

Hard Switch by Owen D. Pomery (Avery Hill) $20.99

Art Books

Collective Repository of Nostalgia and Sadness $20

Vowel Study Meter Study 2023 by Kelsey Henke $15

Mayhem & Outer Limits

I Am the Dark Tourist: Messenger of Remembrance by H. E. Sawyer (Headpress) $31.95

Earth’s Galactic History and Its Extraterrestrial Connection by Constance Victoria Briggs $22

Film & TV

Satanic Shadows: Depictions Of Hell and the Devil in Classic Cinema edited by G.H. Janus (Deicide Press) $22.95

The Book of Beasts: Folklore, Popular Culture and Nigel Kneale’s ATV TV Series by Andrew Screen (Headpress) $29.95

Fiction Books

Play by Colleen Corcoran $18

DIY Books

Yes You Can: How to Make a Movie For Almost No Money by Courtney Daniels $24.99

Magazines

The Believer #144 Winter 2023 The 2023 Music Issue $16

Lit Journals

Overtime #66 Social Distance by Conor Hogan (Blue Cubicle Press) $2

The Bennington Review #12 $15

Moss Piglet Dec 2023 $12

Sins Seance Soul $5

Quimby’s December Newsletter Available Now

Published on December 8, 2023 0 Comments

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Quimby’s Consignor Appreciation Event, Dec 14th!

Published on December 7, 2023 0 Comments
Dec ’23
14
5:00 pm

To our awesome consignors: We’re nearing the end of a major upgrade of our consignment systems, which has taken more than a year and includes updating 32 years of manual and digital consignment files and inventorying every single one of the many thousands of consignment items in our shop.

This process required hundreds of hours of extra work for our tiny staff, and has come at a time when we’re receiving a volume of incoming consignment items that is unprecedented in our three-decade history. The changes we’ve been making have caused delays in consignment check-ins for our consignors, and we’re still working through our backlog. And longtime and new consignors alike have needed to adjust to our new policies.* (We’re adjusting to them, too.)

We know this process has been frustrating for some of you at times. Consignment is an extremely time-consuming process for any business — that’s why most bookstores don’t offer it. Our recent systems upgrades and changes to consignment policies are absolutely necessary in order for us to continue offering consignment as an option for creators in the Chicago area and around the globe.

We deeply appreciate our consignors’ patience as we’ve worked on these upgrades. Many of you have sent us kind words and encouragement, and that means everything to us. Our consignors and your wonderful self-published zines, comics, and books have always been the heart of our shop, and we’re grateful to everyone who has stuck with us through our consignment program’s growing pains.

To thank our consignors for being a vital part of our Quimby’s community, we’re holding a Consignor Appreciation event this Thursday, Dec. 14! Stop by our shop from 5-8 p.m. to enjoy free snacks, hang out with your fellow consignors, use your 10% discount, and snag a free limited-edition sticker designed for you by our own Echo Elise González!

Out-of-town consignors, we’ll be glad to send you a sticker with your next consignment payout check or mail order — just let us know you’d like one the next time you check in or place an order!

*Haven’t taken a look at our new consignment policies yet? Find all the info + our new consignment form here.

New Stuff This Week

Published on December 2, 2023 0 Comments

 

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Zines

Slutcake #16 Oct 23 by Jolie N. $7

Wurstelprater in October by Marc Fischer $9

The Curious Cat That Found the Map by Cristina Benavides $2

The Papercuts Library #9 Flying Sucks by Joey Sellers $5.99

Twenty Elf issues #4 & #5 by Johnny Masiulewicz (Happy Tapir Press) $2 each

Tending to Your Roots Grounding Herbs for Anxious Times $10

Apprentice $10

For the Love of Cookie Mueller $12

Bye Forever See You in the Afterlife $5

Comics

Cassetty Comics by Chris Auman $7.50

Pen Fella Episodes #1 + #2 by Jude R. Bettridge $3 each

New Wave Comics Slane #4 by David Soileau $2

I’m a Cop: Real Life Horror Comics #2 by Johnny Damm $8

Mullet Mouse in the Tyranny of Sports Featuring Napper the Nipple $6

Tracy Cheddar in the Hot Date $6

Good Cop and Bad Cop in the Crime Scene $4

Graphic Novels

Milky Way by Miguel Vila (Fantagraphics) $24.95

Politics & Revolution Books

Project Censored’s State of the Free Press 2024 edited by Andy Lee Roth and Mickey Huff $18.95

Dirtbag: Essays by Amber A’Lee Frost $28

Pillars of Gynarchy by Viola Voltairine $19.99

Calendars

Treasury of Shitting Dogs 2024 Calendar: Americas #2 Calendar by Ryan Duggan (Paper Hat) $20

Essays

Moths and Flowers: The Writings of Samer Alshaibi $12.99

TV

Hi Honey, I’m Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture by Matt Baume $22

Sexxxy

Nervous Pervert #1 Sketchbooks From the Late Teens Early ’20s by Josh Simmons $1

For the Love of Kristian Hoffman $12

For the Love of Dennis Cooper $12

Sexy Ladies Mostly Drawn While Lonely $3

Magazines & Newspapers

County Highway #2 $8.50

The Internationalist #71 $1

Fiction

Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier $17.95

Chap Books & Poetry

Some Blue a Little Spur by Kris Falcon $15

My Men Poems by Nazaret Ranea $5

Triptych Love Letters to You Me and Florida by A. Kosmicki $13

Send $1999 for Supplements and Freedom: Collages and Uncreative Writing by Noah Berlatsky $5

Zine Club Chicago Online: Ain’t No Party Like a Zine Party!

Published on November 29, 2023 0 Comments
Dec ’23
12
7:30 pm

A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with the image of partygoers looking up at a sky full of festive stars, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Ain’t No Party Like a Zine Party! Featuring a Zinemaking Activity Led by Liz Mason; Online! Free!; Zoom info on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023”

Zine Club Chicago Online: Ain’t No Party Like a Zine Party! Edition
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, December 12 on Zoom
Free!

This month, Zine Club Chicago is pairing up with our pals at Zine Party! to say farewell to 2023 with a festive online gathering! Our own Liz Mason will lead us in a fun zinemaking activity focused on celebrating our personal highlights of this year.

Grab your zinemaking supplies*, BYOH(ot)C(ocoa), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Ain’t No Party Like a Zine Party! at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, December 12.

** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday Dec. 11 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT Tuesday, Dec. 12.

Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free monthly event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.

Zine Party!, a monthly Zoom hangout for folks who make zines, is hosted by Michael Verdi on the second Tuesday of each month. Find out more at zine.party

Facebook event link here. More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

* You’ll need a few sheets of 8.5×11” paper, a pair of scissors, whichever implements you prefer for writing/drawing/etc., and your creativity! If you’ve never made a mini zine before, here’s a quick video tutorial (and we can provide any assistance you need at the event, too): How to Make a Mini Zine

Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with the image of partygoers looking up at a sky full of festive stars, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Ain’t No Party Like a Zine Party! Featuring a Zinemaking Activity Led by Liz Mason; Online! Free!; Zoom info on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023”