Off-site Event: Indie Lit Roadshow: The Last Annual Midwest Pop-Up Bookshop

Published on November 26, 2010 0 Comments
Dec ’10
12
10:00 am

At The Green Lantern Gallery/The Paper Cave, 2542 W. Chicago Ave., Storefront

This is not at Quimby’s, but Quimby’s will be tabling at this curatorial pop-up bookshop at the Green Lantern Gallery. Besides book shopping, this event will feature sporadic performances, some of which will be in Artifice Magazine’s papier-mâché cave, you can crawl into to hear some of the best in Chicago readings. Lots of different types of book stores, presses and magazines will be present besides Quimby’s, including Featherproof Books, Knee-Jerk Magazine, The Book Cellar, Another Chicago Magazine, Rose Metal Press, THE2NDHAND, Dzanc, Make Magazine, The Show ‘n Tell Show, Other Voices Books, The Encyclopedia Show, Sara Ranchouse Publishing, Vouched Books, Switchback Books, PANK Magazine, Golden Age, Stop Smiling Books and more!

The weekend of December 10-12 is the The Indie Lit Roadshow, a cross-country celebration of the best in independent literature. It represents a coming-together of independent bookstores, presses, journals, magazines, reading series and pop-up bookshops, all rooted in the home-grown literary scenes blossoming in the following places besides Chicago including Austin, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Brooklyn, Portland, Seattle and more!

For more info:

http://roadshow.ampcommunity.com

http://thegreenlantern.org

http://www.thepapercave.com

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Weekly Top 10

Published on November 23, 2010 0 Comments

1. Roctober #48 $4.00 – The world’s best music magazine from the folks behind the world’s best cable-access show. A million zillion pages, b&w with tons of pictures and loads of comics.

2. Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills by R. Briggs (Microcosm) $7.00

3. Gaylord Phoenix #5 by Edie Fake $4.00 – New issue from our very own Edie. Don’t miss his event here at Quimby’s to celebrate the release of his Gaylord Phoenix book published by Secret Acres here at Quimby’s on Dec 9th!

4. X’ed Out by Charles Burns (Pantheon) $19.95 – Ever wonder what would happen if Charles Burns took over drawing TinTin? Today’s your lucky day, punk. You like eggs, don’t you?

5. Acme Novelty Library #20 Lint by Chris Ware (D&Q) $23.95 – The most recent addition of Chris Ware’s running issues. Interpret issues how you want.

6. Picture This by Lynda Barry (D&Q) $29.95 – Although I doubt this book needs any introduction, I’ll go ahead and quack a little about Lynda Barry’s exciting follow up to What It Is. These books are sort of a portable pair of life-coaches on the means and meaning in personal artistic process. Where Scott McCloud tries to crack open all the formal and technical elements of comics-making step-by-step in his “Understanding Comics” series, Lynda Barry is using rather sub-conscious processes to burrow deep into the intuitive realms of how and why content is created. It’s a pretty amorphous thing to get a handle on and Barry’s collaged approach reflects the subtleties of the fog while still assembling a book on “how to draw”. Picture This allows her to dig into the core of creating without being didactic or judgemental, writing the secret missing chapter to every “How to Draw Comics” book ever published. -EF

7. Wowee Zonk #3 (Koyama Press) $8.00 – Yo! It’s so good: Michael DeForge, Jan Avendano, Andrei Georgescu, Zach Worton, Ginette Lapalme, Selena Wong, Chris Simonen, Chris Kuzma, Dan Rocca, Patrick Kyle…And everyone really pulled out their A-game here, not a single bad apple in this whole round-up. Insanely beautiful cover art too – what planet are those colors from? -EF

8. Possum and the Pepper Spray by Pete Hodapp $4.00

9. Grime Time #3 $8.00

10. Believer #76 Nov Dec 10 Art Issue $10.00

New Stuff This Week

Published on November 20, 2010 0 Comments

ZINES & ZINE-RELATED BOOKS!
No More Coffee #3 by Ben Spies $2.00
Reality Mom vol 7 #4 Fall 10 $3.00
Map #3 Archive Manual of Architectural Possibilities $6.50
SunnySide Up #1 $3.00
Pancakes and a Bottle of Beer by Margot $1.50
Too Many Words Not Enough Pictures by Margot $1.00
Chugtits #2 Nape Crown Forehead Belly $1.00
Zinesters Guide to NYC by Ayun Halliday (Microcosm) $9.99 – The last wholly analog guide to NYC. By the editor of the zine East Village Inky. Everyone’s gotta stop through New York at some point, yes? Let this be your guide – it’s full of delicious suggstions, cheapskate tips, secret spots and homebrewed wisdom of the natives, all delivered with that cheeky disregard for convention and legality that zinesters know and love. -EF
Weird World of Eerie Publications: Comic Gore that Warped Millions of Young Minds by Mike Howlett (Feral House) $32.95
Finally Never #1 by Aisling $2.00
48 Bricks by Josh Redd Sanchez $3.00
Serial Killers Unite #5 $2.00
Das Rheingold by Angela Roberts $3.00
Spook #1 by Kirby Childress $5.00
Homocats #1 Fight the Power by J. Morrison $5.00 – Kitties! Gay kitties! Cutest gay kitties ever.

COMICS & MINICOMICS!
Ferocious  Quarterly #1 $12.00
Baba Yaga and the Wolf by Tin Can Forest, Marek Colek and Pat Shewchuk (Koyama Press) $15.00 – The story of Katerina, the journey she takes to the edge of the Underworld to save her husband from a terrible fate, and its gatekeeper, Baba Yaga.
Nighttimes by Bret Koontz $3.00
Adventures of Belligerent Joe #1 The Danzig Concert by Joe Wapo $3.50
Photocopied Hearts #3 Coffee Slows the Pain of Life $2.00
Nic Fit Comics Presents Meth Mouth #1 by Tavi Lux Veraldi $.50
Malty Truth #2 aka Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday N Saturday #2 by Tavi Lux Veraldi $.50
Fruits and Meats #1 Created by Janitors by Carson Bishop and Tavi Lux Veraldi $.50
Zombre #2 the Magic Forest by Ansis Purins $4.00

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!
Graphic Women: Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics (Gender and Culture Series) by Hillary L. Chute (Columbia University Press) $26.50
The Littlest Pirate King by David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan (Fantagraphics) $16.99 Ghost pirates roam the Seven Seas in this classic children’s tale, newly adapted by David B., award-winning author of Epileptic from a short story by Pierre Mac Orlan.
Little Maakies on the Prairie by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Fables Deluxe Edition Book 2 by Billy Willingham (Vertigo) $22.99
The Little Prince – Adapted From the Book by Antoine De Saint-Exupery by Joann Sfar (HM) $19.99
Grimms Fairy Tales vol 1 by The Brothers Grimm and Kevin Colden (IDW) $16.99 – New edition carefully revised with illustrations.
CBGB OMFUG TPB (Boom) $14.99 – Stories about the legendary NY venue.
Grandville Mon Amour: A Detective Inspector Lebrock of Scotland Yard Scientific Romance Thriller by by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse) $19.99
Grant Morrison’s 18 Days (Dark Horse) $24.99
On sale date Nov 23rd: Walking Dead TPB vol 13 Too Far Gone by Robert Kirkman (Image) $14.99 – This is red hot! But we can’t sell it to you until Tuesday the 23rd! Reserve your copy now!

ART & DESIGN BOOKS!
Crossed Diagonals by Bryce Wilner $10.00

DIY & CONSUMPTION!
Big Book of Buds vol 4 Marijuana Varieties from the Worlds Great Seed Breeders by Ed Rosenthal (Quick) $24.95
Simple Times: Crafts For Poor People by Amy Sedaris (Grand Central) $27.99 – Easy to make stuff, and very silly! Got an old rake? Use it to roast sausages in the fireplace! With the usual clever and hilariousness expected from Amy Sedaris.
How to Cook the Perfect Day by Nikki McClure (Sasquatch) $15.95 – Poetic wood cuts from the famed artist.
Yuck The Things People Eat by Neil Setchfield (Merell) $16.95 – With pictures! Wann a gross your friends out? Use this book as your guide. With pictures for your pleasure.

FICTION!
Datemaker Chronicles by J. Thomas Tucker $6.00
Sisterhood of the Rose: The Recolections of Celeste Levesque by Jim Marrs (Disinfo) $14.95 – From the author of conspiracy theory books like Rule By Secrecy. Now in soft cover.
Universe In Miniature In Miniature by Patrick Somerville (Featherproof) $14.95 – New book from this popular local writer.

MAGAZINES!
Juxtapoz #119 Dec 10 $5.99
Bizarre #169 10 $10.50
Wallpaper Dec 10 $9.50
Cabinet #39 Learning $12.00
Taps paraMagazine vol 6 #6 $5.95
Blood and Thunder #15 $5.95
Ready Made #50 Dec10 Jan 11 $4.99
Razorcake #59 $4.00
XLR8R #136 $4.99
Harpers Magazine Dec 10 $6.99
Adbusters #93 vol 19 #1 Jan Feb 11 $8.95

LITERARY JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS!
Sous Les Paves vol 1 #1 Oct 10 $2.00
Poetry International #15 and 16 Special Double Issue $15.00
Logan Square Literary Review #4 Fall 10 $5.00
Literary Review vol 54 #1 Fall 10 $8.00

CHILDRENS!
Return of the Dapper Men by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia) $24.95 – Charming steampunky children’s book, for lads and lasses of all ages.
Hannukatz Saves Hannukah by Terry Abrahamson $14.95

MUSIC BOOKS!
Decoded by Jay-Z (Spiegel) $35.00 – Lyrics, musings, photos and more.
Death Cab For Cutie by Autumn de Wilde (Chronicle) $29.95 – Autumn de Wilde has been photographing Death Cab for Cutie for many years. Her close connection with the band began while shooting a couple of shows at the tail end of their tour for Transatlantacism. The band invited her to Long View Farm in wintry Massachusetts to document the recording of their album Plans, and a creative collaboration was formed. She continued on tour with them for that record and subsequent recordings and tours. This book collects more than 200 of her best candid on- and off-stage images, along with personal ephemera contributed by the band and conversations that illuminate the photographs and Death Cab’s music.
From a Basement In Seattle The Poster Art of Brad Klausen (Akashic) $24.95
I’m In The Band: Backstage Notes from the Chick In White Zombie by Sean Yseult (Underwood) $22.95
Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal by Jeff Wagner (Bazillion Points) $24.95

MAYHEM & MISCELLANY!
I Only Mark The Hours That Shine: Little Edie’s 1929 Diary by Eva Beale Eva Marie (Grey Gardens Collections) – Most people know of “Little Edie” through the 1975 documentary, Grey Gardens, by Albert and David Maysles. This book is a transcript of the handwritten diary which she kept at the age of eleven. Limited print run and shipped to Quimby’s directly from the The Grey Gardens Collections, founded by family member Eva Marie Beale!
The Secret World of Slugs and Snails: Life in the Very Slow Lane by David George Gordon (Sasquatch) $14.95
Destroy All Movies: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film by var. (Fantagraphics) $35.00

SEX & SEXY!
Pinups #13 Chuck by Christopher Schulz $14.00
Contemporary Pin-Up Photography by Tom Denlick (Schiffer) $39.99
Burlesque Exotic Dancers of the 50s and 60s by Judson Rosebush (Schiffer) $24.99
Rose: Love in Violent Times by Inga Muscio (Seven Stories) $17.95
Ariane Arborene’s Classic FemDom Stories by Ariane Arborene $15.00 – These include tales of an angry wife cuckolding her husband, forced bi, male sexual service, oral servitude, crossdressing, anal training of the man who needs discipline, forced worship of the female body and other enticing, erotic tales of Female Domination of the submissive man.

Steven Blush Celebrates American Hardcore: A Tribal History Second Edition at Quimby’s!

Published on November 17, 2010 0 Comments
Dec ’10
3
7:00 pm

AMERICAN HARDCORE: A TRIBAL HISTORY was released in 2001 to great success.  The book is now in five languages, and led the way to the creation of the acclaimed documentary AMERICAN HARDCORE: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986.  With the resurgence of punk rock, and continued interest in the significant American DIY movement, Blush has expanded the book and into a second edition.

Author Steven Blush promoted hardcore shows in Washington D.C. in the early 80s. He moved to New York in 1986, and founded SECONDS Magazine, publishing 52 issues through the year 2000.  Blush has written three books on the subject of rock: AMERICAN HARDCORE: A Tribal History (2001, Feral House); AMERICAN HAIR METAL (2006, Feral House); and .45 DANGEROUS MINDS: The Most Intense Interviews From Seconds Magazine (2005, Creation Books).  His writing has appeared in publications including SPIN, Details, PAPER, Interview, Village Voice and The Times of London.  For twenty years he worked as a New York City club DJ and promoter, noted for his “Rock Candy” parties at Don Hill’s and sound designs for fashion pioneer Stephen Sprouse.

For more info: americanhardcorebook.com

Fri, Dec 3rd, 7pm

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Weekly Top 10

Published on November 16, 2010 0 Comments

1. Celebrate Peoples History: The Poster Book of Resistance and Revolution, ed. by Josh MacPhee (Feminist Pr) $24.95 – A beautiful and inspiring book collecting the Justseeds Celebrate Peoples History Posters to date, overwhelming and fantastic! -EF

2. Slingshot 2011 Large Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $12.00 – Get your rad self organized! Your daily dose of peoples history, menstrual calendar, tips for dealing with the police, radical contact list and more.

3. ‘Za the Pizza Zine by Nikki Yowell $4.00 – Get a Sloppy Slice of this hot pie!

4. Slingshot 2011 Small Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $6.00 – Same as the Large Slingshot radical organizer above but in a perfect-bound pocketsize form.

5. Acme Novelty Library #20: Lint by Chris Ware (D+Q) $23.95 – The newest issue from Chris Ware.
6. X ‘ed Out by Charles Burns (Pantheon) $19.95 – Ever wonder what would happen if Charles Burns took over drawing TinTin? Today’s your lucky day, punk. You like eggs, don’t you?

7. List #14 Fine For Now by Ramsey $4.00 – Reasons to love the new issue of List: The drawings just keep getting better, highly logical, yet intimately personal, good times, good foods, good dogs, stories broken down and organized into compelling, must-read-more formats, dreams, plans and schemes plotted in charming detail, homemade geography and chronology charts all woven gracefully into list-making and more!

8. Best American Comics 2010 ed by Abel/Madden/Gaiman (HM) $23.00
9. Four Squares #2 More Squares by Liz Prince, Maris Wicks, Tim Finn and Joe Quinones $5.00 – July 2008 served four different ways by four comic talents each doing strip-a-days. The weave is really nice here as everyone hops in and out of each other’s strips-sandwiches get invented, neighbors get spied on, raspberries get stolen and Boston gets hotttt.-EF
10. Ramble On #1 by Calvin Wong (Sparkplug) $3.00