New Stuff This Week & Old School Ephemera Quimby’s Business Card

Published on November 13, 2010 0 Comments

Check out this old Quimby’s business card! From the last century! How cool is that?

NEW STUFF THIS WEEK:

ZINES & ZINE-RELATED BOOKS!
FAQNP #2 Computer Camp Fall 10 Queer Nerd Publication $7.00
JD Samson From the Life and Times of Butch Dykes vol 1 #2 2009 (B & D Press) $6.00
Agggresssive School Book – Trash Garbage Rubbish Zine by Mark Pawson $8.00
Comunicacion Contaminacion by Mark Pawson $7.50
Birkensnake #3 $4.00
And Who Shall I Say Is Calling? by Jasper Sebastian Sturup $8.00
When the Crash Meets Something Solid #2 Hewers of Water by Gabrielle Congrave $2.00
‘ Za the Pizza Zine by Nicki Yowell $4.00
Schematic Quarterly #3 $2.00
Dance Your Troubles Away by M. Miller $6.00
35th and Kind Drive – Bad Ass and Rides of Als Chicago South Side $6.00
Megaton Medias Modern Man Manual #1 $3.00
Dumb Magazine #1 Random Music Issue Hot Sum 10 (First Edition) by Noah Lyon $5.00 – From the artist of Retard Riot and the buttons that said, “Retardo Monteblon.” Like a David Shrigley for the mini-comics set.
Assuming Size #1 Poems $3.00
No More Coffee #3 by Ben Spies $2.00
Reality Mom vol 7 #4 Fall 10 by Corbin Lewars $3.00
Map #3 Manual of Architectural Possibilities – Archive $6.50

COMICS & MINICOMICS!
I Swallowed the Key to My Heart #2 by Liz Prince $6.00
Four Squares #2 More Squares by Liz Prince etc. $5.00
Ferocious Quarterly #1 $12.00
Acmeat 2 Fuckin Symphonies Bongout Colors by Sylvain Gerand $18.00
Retard Riot #35 by Noah Lyon $2.00
Love Under the Big Top by Dakota Bardy $4.00
This Tactile Earth by Patrick Kyle $3.00
Wowee Zonk #3 (Koyama Press) $8.00 – With Michael Deforge, Jan Avendano, Selena Wong, Patrick Kyle and more.
You Don’t Get There From Here #17 by Carrie McNinch $2.00
M. Sauters Guide to Douchebaggery vol 2 $3.00

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!
Sophie Crumb: Evolution of a Crazy Artist by Sophie Crumb (Norton) $27.95 – Don’t need any introduction here!
Powr Mastrs #3 by CF (Picturebox) $18.00 – The third volume in C.F.’s Dune-like science fiction/fantasy epic.
What I Did by Jason (Fantagraphics) $24.99
Castle Waiting vol 2 HC by Linda Medley (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Native Trees of Canada by Leanne Shapton (D+Q) $19.95
Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc Sec 1: Pterror Over Paris and the Eiffel by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – Beautiful. In English. And in color.
Tonoharu Part Two by Lars Martinson $19.95 – Part 2 of a semiautobiographical look at an American English teacher adjusting to life in rural Japan.
Will Eisner a Dreamer’s Life in Comics by Michael Schumacher (Bloomsbury) $28.00
Six Novels In Woodcuts the Collected Works of Americas First Great Graphic Novel by Lynd Ward, ed. by Art Spiegelman (Library of America) $70.00 – Some people argue that this is perhaps the first American graphic novel.

ART & DESIGN BOOKS!
Dream Spectres: Extreme Ukiyo E Sex Blood and the Supernatural by Jack Hunter (Shinbaku) $29.95
God Damn the Sun: A 100 Drawings From Napoleon at the Party by Jasper Sebastian Sturup $30.00
Dot Dot Dot #20 $16.95
Noggins by Mark Pawson $16.00
Dr. Lakra by Dr. Lakra (Kurimanzu) $35.00
It’s a Boy – It’s a Girl by Kirsten Dietz (Taschen) $29.99 – Pictures of signs that are either female names or male names. Like Alice’s or Bob’s or whomever’s diner. You kind of have to see it. Well, guess you’ll have to come to Quimby’s then.
Scary Girl HC by Nathan Jurevicius (Last Gasp) $25.00 – A book of the vinyl toy character. Perhaps you bought one of the figures when it was here. Now get the book.
Kaws by Monica Ramirez-Montagut (Skira) $45.00 – A vibrant look at the celebrated New York-based artist and designer KAWS.
Hi Fructose Collected Edition vol 2: Under-the-Counter Culture (Last Gasp) $39.95 – This hardcover collect issues 5-8 of the magazine and feature emerging and established artists such as Camille Rose Garcia, Femke Hiemstra, Jordan Crane, Marion Peck, Paul Pope, KRK Ryden and more. Or get the Deluxe Box Set version for $60.00, which comes with prints, stickers and a poster! Scrumptious! This would make a great gift for someone you want to educate on lowbrow art. Or tell your people you want it.
Typefontbat 134 Fontbats equals 6000 Graphics (BNN) $39.95 – Weirdo fonts. Comes with disc to install ’em on your computer.
Hand Made Graphics Design and Art (BNN) $55.00
Playful Type 2: Ephemeral Lettering and Illustrative Fonts (DGV) $60.00 – You know you want it. That’s right.

DIY & CONSUMPTION
High Society: The Central Role of Mind-Altering Drugs In History Science and Culture by Mike Jay (Park Street) $19.95
Religion of Ayahuasca The Teachngs of the Church of Santo Daime by Alex Polari De Alverga (Park Street) $16.95
The Vegan Girl’s Guide to Life: Cruelty Free Crafts, Recipes, Beauty Secrets and More by Melisser Elliott (Skyhorse) $16.95
Self-Sufficiency: A Complete Guide to Baking, Carpentry, Crafts, Organic Gardening, Preserving Your Harvest, Raising Animals, and More! by Abigail Gehring (Skyhorse) $24.95
Punch: The Delights and Dangers of the Flowing Bowl by David Wondrich (Perigree) $23.95 – An anecdotal history of the original monarch of mixed drinks with more than forty historic recipes. Fully annotated and a complete course in the lost art of compounding punch. By the James Beard Award Winning author of Imbibe.

FICTION!
Sunset Park by Paul Auster (Holt) $25.00
Semina #7 Blood Rites of the Bourgeoisie by Stewart Home (Book Works) $19.95
Pushcart Prize XXXV: Best of the Small Presses ed. by Bill Henderson (Pushcart) $18.95
Complete Stories of JG Ballard SC (Norton)
The Petting Zoo by Jim Carroll (Viking) $24.95
SteampunkD by var. (Daw) $7.99 – An anthology of all-original works of the genre.
Demon Lover by Dion Fortune (Weiser) $16.95

MAGAZINES!
UFO Magazine #154 vol 24 #1 $5.99
Skunk vol 6 #5 $5.99
Treating Yourself #25 $7.99
High Times Jan 11 $5.99
Gopher Illustrated #1 $16.00
Make: The Tool Guide Special Issue $9.99
Wire #321 Nov 10 $10.99
Ghetto Blaster #26 $3.95
Against the Current #149 $5.00
Radical Philosophy #164 $13.00

LITERARY JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS!
Slake Los Angeles Sum 10 Still Life A City and Its Stories $18.00
Coming Envelope #2 Win 10 $10.00
Concisely #4 Stories Under 500 Words $3.00
The Believer #76 Nov Dec 10 Art Issue $10.00
Sous Les Paves vol 1 #1 Oct 10 by Micah Robbins $2.00
Used To Be annaelresiak $4.00

CHILDRENS!
Who Will Comfort Toffle: A Tale of Moomin Valley by Tove Jansson (DQ) $16.95 – Moomin is not a hippo.

MUSIC BOOKS!
Sun Ra: Interviews and Essays ed. by John Sinclair (Headpress) $19.95
Left Handed Blows Writing on Sound 1993 to 2009 by Bruce Russell (Clouds) $25.00
Tao of Wu by RZA (Riverhead) $15.00
True Hip Hop by Mike Schreiber (MBP) $14.95 – Some classy photos.

POLITICS & REVOLUTION!
Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America Draft Proposal by Revolutionary Communist Party USA $8.00
The Idea of Communism (Verso) $26.95 – An all-star cast of radical intellectuals discuss the continued importance of communism, including Slavoj Zizek, Judith Balso, Bruno Bosteels and more.

MAYHEM & MISCELLANY!
Cult People: Tales from Hollywoods Exploitation A List by Nicanor Loreti (Headpress) $16.95
Cannibal Killers: Monsters with an Appetitie For Murder and a Taste for Human Flesh by Chloe Castleden (Skyhorse) $12.95 – Who are you having over for dinner?
Sexual Outlaw, Erotic Mystic: The Essential Ida Craddock by Vere Chappell (Weiser) $21.95
The Mystery of U33: Hitler’s Secret Envoy -The Incredible Story of the Mystery Uboats by Nigel Graddon (AdvUnlmtd) $19.95 – From the author of Otto Rahn and the Quest for the Holy Grail.
Armageddon Survival Handbook: How to Prepare Yourself for Any Possible Scenario by Rainer Stahlberg (Skyhorse) $12.95

ESSAYS & CULTURE!
Discombobulated Dispatches From the Wrong Side by Simon A Morrison (Headpress) $16.95 – During the course of the many adventures that make up this discordant operetta, Simon Morrison has a gun held to his head by a celebrity gangster, goes raving in Ibiza with a holiday grandmother, is trapped in a gay bar in Leipzig, sings happy birthday to Kylie Minogue, disco dances in a San Franciscan titty bar, is deported from Russia, travels the white heights of the Alps through to the gutters of Brazil, and still picks himself up in time for tea with boy band Take That.
Poseidons Steed: The Story of Seahorses from Myth to Reality by Helen Scales PhD (Gotham) $15.00
Don’t Follow Me I’m Lost: A Memoir of Hampshire College in the Twilight of the 80s by Richard Rushfield (Gotham) $16.00
The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide by Richard A. Muller, illustrated by Joey Manfre (Norton) $16.95
English Opium-Eater: A Biography of Thomas De Quincey by Robert Morrison (Norton) $35.00

SEX & SEXY!
Best Erotic Fantasy and Science Fiction ed. by Cecilia Tan and Bethany Zaiatz (Circlet) $19.95
Quaintance: The Art of George Quaintance by Reed Massengill (Taschen) $99.99
SPS #7 Sad People Sex by Heather Benjamin $3.00
Naked In the Gallery 2010 by Christian Gfeller $28.00

OTHER STUFF!
Hipster Mustache $4.00 – Put it with your trucker hat and blend right in.
Heart Gelatin Mold Just Like Moms $6.00 – No really. Like a real heart. Say it with love this holidays.
Calendario Bestiaro Bestiary Calendar 2011 by Dave Buchen $25.00 – Wood block animal screen prints, with a different adorable beast for every month.

Open Call For Zines in New York

Published on November 10, 2010 1 Comment

NEW STAND is a temporary newsstand in New York presenting independently published artist and photography books, zines, and other printed media. For more info: http://artsandsciencesprojects.com

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Weekly Top 10

Published on November 9, 2010 0 Comments

1. X’ed Out HC 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? It was nice seeing all of you who came out to meet Charles Burns when he was here. Here’s proof he was here!
2. Exquisite Book 100 Artists Play a Collaborative Game by var. (Chronicle) $29.95 – The design dream team behind Also has somehow coordinated 100 of their favorite artists to participate in ten huge fold-out exquisite corpses. It means you get a little bit of everyone, and a whole lot of a whole lot with some amazing inadvertent collaborations erupting. -EF
3. Gaylord Phoenix #5 by Edie Fake $4.00 – A new issue from our Edie! Don’t miss the book release for his book of the same title Dec 9th!


4. Acme Novelty Library #20 Lint by Chris Ware (D+Q) $23.95

5. Straight To Hell #67 $6.00 – Anonymous reader submitted high-raunch gay sex stories – Feels like heaven to me.

6. Juxtapoz #118 Nov 10 $5.99
7. Trubble Club vol 4 by Trubble Club $3.00 – A new offer from this local alternative comics collective.
8. Brilliant Mistake #1 by Carrie $1.00 – What a gem of a debut zine! Beautifully quilted together from bits of a questioning heart, Brilliant Mistake #1 pares down the aches of the social games we play. -EF

9. Scam #7 The Return of Miami by by Erick Lyle $3.25 – Back to the weird Miami wildness goes Scam, straight into the Belly of the Basel, back through the Memory Maw of the Free Trade of the Americas Agreement protests, and then rounding off the issue with a scene report from Miami’s badass squatters rights movement. Kinda leaves you awestruck, pummelled and breathless. -EF

10. Brilliant Mistake #2 – Carrie’s second issue lays it bare, rips it raw, burns, shreds and begins to rebuild a devastated heart. Reading Brilliant Mistake #2 cuts to the chase and takes you right there – that place of the furious senselessness of love in tatters – and through reading it you sort out your own wreckage. Trial by fire, and feeling it hard. -EF

New Stuff This Week

Published on November 6, 2010 0 Comments

We skipped a week of posting new stuff since our monthly e-mail went out last Saturday. Perhaps you didn’t receive it? If so, you can right to quimbys.com and put yourself on the list.

ZINES & ZINE-RELATED BOOKS!
Aaron Hughes by Temporary Services $3.00
Lowbrow Reader #8 $3.00
KerBloom #86 Sep Oct 10 by Artnoose $2.00
Book of Cut and Fold Objects by Gary Kacahdourian $4.00
East Village Inky #45 by Ayun Halliday $3.00
Assortment of Poems and Drawings #1 by Paulina Pajak $1.00
Broken Pencil #49 $5.95
Bend Over Magazine #4 $10.00
Soapzine #3 $10.00
Things That Make Panic Attack Etc.by Samantha Duncan $3.00
I Had a Great Ride #1 $.50
Internet by K Abigail Walthausen $5.00
On The Shoulders of The Bear by Therra Webb $3.00
So Me and You Are Reading This Zine #2 and You’re All Like Whoa This Is Great by Justin Michael Valmassoi $3.00
Community in Transition 40 Years of Struggle by The Transgender Oral History Project $3.00
Roctober #48 $4.00
Its Curtains #5 $2.00
Songs of Peace and Food by Michelle Yacht $5.00
Seripop New Mutantes – Floating World Comics $5.00
Brilliant Mistake #2 by Carrie $1.00
Samantha Dorsett Tribute Zine $6.50
Scam #7 The Return of Miami Spr 10 $3.25
Guide to Picking Locks #2 by CrimethInc $4.50
Book Bindery Microcosm Edition by Sarah Royal (Microcosm) $5.00

COMICS & MINICOMICS!
Gaylord Phoenix #5 by Edie Fake $4.00 – New issue from our famed Edie Fake! Who will be celebrating the release of his Gaylord Poenix book Dec 9th!
Trubble Club vol 4 $3.00 – New issue from Chicago’s mini-comics allstars!
Gaijin Vampire – 48 Days In Tokyo by Asif Gill $3.00
Night Business #1 by Benjamin Marra (Sparkplug) $3.00
Look Out Monsters #1 Geoff Grogan $10.00
Shaky Kanes A Men by Shaky Kane (Wishbone) $5.00
Berlin #17 by Jason LUtes (D+Q) $4.95
Summer 2009 Copenhagen – Direktor P Rasmussen Cirkus Variete by Michael Williams (Picturebox) $3.00
Karate Gods by James Kirkpatrick (Sparkplug) $3.00
How Dry I Am by Amy Suha Kuttab (Sparkplug) $3.00
Rambo 3.5 by Jim Rugg (Sparkplug) $2.00
Wouldbe Bridegrooms by Shawn Cheng
How Life Became Unbearable by Julia Gfrorer (Sparkplug) $6.00
Ramble On #1 by Calvin Wong (Sparkplug) $3.00
Piece Meal #2 by Nate Beaty $4.00
Choose Your Own Adventure Zombie Apocalypse Edition #1 by Rachel Swanson $2.00
Legend of Avenger R #1 $4.00

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!
Acme Novelty Library #20 by Chris Ware (D+Q) $23.95
If N Oof BY Brian Chippendale (Picturebox) $29.95
H Day by Renee French (Picturebox) $30.00
Toys in the Basement by Stephane Blanquet (Fantagraphics) $14.99
Bent by Dave Cooper (Skyhorse) $22.99
Sweeter Side of R Crumb by Robert Crumb (Norton) $17.95 – Soft cover edition now with a new introduction by guess who? R. Crumb.
Mome vol 20 Fall 10 (Fantagraphics) $14.99
My New New York Diary a Film Book by Julie Doucet with Michel Gondry (Picturebox) $24.95
Che Guevara: A Manga Biography by var. (Penguin) $15.00
Gary Book 1 by Tyrell Cannon $7.00
Selfish Pigs: Adorably Awful Little Swine by Andy Riley (Three Rivers) $10.00
Denis Wortmans New York Portrait of the City In the 1930s and 1940s by James Sturm and Brandon Elston (D+Q) $29.95
Boys vol 7 the Innocents by Garth Ennis (Dynamite) $19.99
Inkstuds vol 1 Interviews with Cartoonists by Robin McConnell (Conundrum) $20.00
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden (Vertigo) $24.99
Lone Pine by Jed McGowan (Adhouse) $15.00
Rise and Reason of Comics and Graphic Literature Critical Essays on the Form by var. (McFarland) $35.00

ART & DESIGN BOOKS!
Celebrate Peoples History: The Poster Book of Resistance and Revolution by Josh MacPhee (Feminist) $24.95 – Don’t miss Josh MacPhee here at Quimby’s on Thurs, Nov 11th! And also, if you’re into that, check out:
Signal 01: A Journal of International Political Graphics and Culture by Alex Icky Dunn by Josh MacPhee (PM Press) $14.95
Self Reliance Library by Temporary Services $4.00
Don’t Know If You Can Get There From Here $20.00
Mushroom Collector by Jason Fulford (Soon) $65.00
Green Patriot Posters Images For a New Activism by var. (Metrop) $30.00
Festus by Jason Logan (JandL) $30.00
Why Are You Surprised Im Still Here by Billy Kaufman (Loudmouth Publishing) $29.95 – Photos of homeless people with their hand made cardboard signs.
Cadence and Slang by Nick Disabato $40.00
Asian Graphics Now by Wiedemann (Taschen) $39.99
I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have To Be Destroyed By Me: Emblems From the Pentagons Black World by Trevor Paglen (Melville) $16.95 – Now in soft cover.

DIY & CONSUMPTION
White Hand Society the Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg (Citylights) $16.95
Aunt Sandys Medical Marijuana Coolbook Comfort Food For Body and Mind: Official Course Book Oaksterdam University by Sandy Moriarty (Quick) $18.95
Vegan Cookie Connoisseur: Over 140 Simply Delectable Recipes to Treat the Eyes by Kelly Peloza (Skyhorse) $17.95
Baked 35 Marijuana Munchies to Make and Bake by var. (Ten Speed) $12.99
The Black Apple’s Paper Doll Primer: Activities and Amusements for the Curious Paper Artist by Emily Winfield  Martin (Potter) $19.99

FICTION!
Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories In 25 Words or Fewer by Robert Swartwood (Norton) $13.95
Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (Picador) $19.00
Undivided Self HC Selected Stories by Will Self (Bloomsbury) $30.00
Unwelcome Guest Plus Nin and Nan by Eckhard Gerdes $17.50

MAGAZINES!
Raw Vision #70 $14.00
Fortean Times #268 Dec 10 $11.99
Girls and Corpses #4 Win 10 $8.95
True Detective Oct 10 $4.00
True Crime Oct 10 Detective Monthly $8.99
Meatpaper #13 Fall 10 $7.99
Mojo #205 Dec 10 $9.99
Monocle vol 4 #38 Nov 10 $10.00
Harpers Magazine Nov 10 $6.99
In These Times Nov 10 $3.50
Progressive Nov 10 $4.95
Z Magazine Nov 10 $4.95
Jacques Fall 10 $9.00
Tattoo Society #24 $7.99

LITERARY JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS
Zine Columbia Sum 10 Moustache Safari $10.00
St Petersburg Review vol 3 $15.00
Benefactor Sum Fall 10 $10.00
Six By Six #21 A Man Walks Into a Bar $5.00

MUSIC BOOKS!
Joy Division by Kevin Cummins (Rizzoli) $45.00
Ska: An Oral History by Heather Augustyn (McFarland) $58.50
Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd Dark Globe by Julian Palacios (Plexus) $19.95
Mr. Manchester and the Factory Girl The Story of Tony and Lindsay Wilson by Lindsay Reade (Plexus) $19.95

POLITICS & REVOLUTION
Verso Book of Dissent from Spartacus to the Show Thrower of Baghdad by Andrew Hsiao (Verso) $19.95
Dancing With Dynamite Social Movement and States In Latin America by Benjamin Dangl (AK) $15.95
Gaza In Crisis: Reflections On Israel’s War Against the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe (Haymarket) $16.00
Modern Utopian Alternative Communities of the 60s and 70s – Nick Tosches and the Underground Press Syndicate by var. (Process) $19.95

MAYHEM & MISCELLANY!
Thee Psychick Bible: Thee Apocryphal Scriptures ov Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Thee Third Mind ov Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth (Feral House)$29.95 – According to author Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, “This is the most profound new manual on practical magick, taking it from its Crowleyan empowerment of the Individual to a next level of realization to evolve our species.”
Upside of Undertaking by Catherine Olen (Schiffer) $12.99
What To Do When You Meet Cthulhu A Guide to Surviving the Cthulhu Mythos by var. (Elder Sign) $14.95
Listverse.com’s Ultimate Book of Bizarre Lists: Fascinating Facts and Shocking Trivia On Movies, Music, Crime, Celebrities History and More by Jamie Frater (Ulysses) $14.95
Complete Book of Spells Curses and Magical Recipes by Dr. Leonard Ashley RN (Skyhorse) $14.95
Tattoos Tatouages Tatowierungen Tatoeages by Pat Diman (Booqs) $14.95
Onion and Philosophy, ed. By Sharon M Kaye (Open Court) $21.95
Tawdry Knickers and Other Unfortunate Ways to Be Remembered by Alex Novak (Perigree) $13.95
Cigarette Book the History and Culture of Smoking by var. (Skyhorse) $22.95
Changing my Mind: Occasional Essays by Zadie Smith (Penguin) $16.00

SEX & SEXY!
Lickety Split #7 Smut Zine Beyond Human $8.70

OTHER STUFF!
Cthulhu Mints $2.50
Bacon Soap $6.00 – Is this kosher with you if I use it in your shower?

Hey Look! Another Cool Zine Distributor and Web Site!

Published on November 5, 2010 0 Comments

Bird in the Hand Zine Shop is an online zine, magazine and book shop. Looks really cool. A nice website but also treasures print, as its mission statement says. It’s in Australia. Do they read zines flushing down the toilet in the other direction?