1. Girls To the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus (Harper) $14.99 – The first history of Riot Grrrl tells the story of a group of extraordinary young women coming of age and coming into their own.
2. Xed 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?
Don’t miss Charles Burns at Quimby’s on 11/3!
3. Maximumrocknroll #330 Part Two Nov 10 $4.00
4. What Was The Hipster?: A Sociological Investigation, N+1 Small Books Series #3 by the editors of N+1 $10.00 – Chapters including “On Douchebags” and “Williamsburg Year Zero.” Yes, for real.
5. Bitch #48 $5.95
6. The Instructions HC by Adam Levin (McSweeneys) $29.00 – Written by a charismatic local writer and a Quimby’s frequent shopper, telling the story of a junior high kid who may or may not be the new messiah.
7. Henry and Glenn Forever by Igloo Tornado (Microcosm) $6.00 – The gay love of Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig? I’d get in that van.-EF
8. Or Let It Sink #4 Halloweened/Dear Jaguar #3 Selected Errors Split Zine by Jim and Vicky $2.00 – A Halloween Special Split. Better than the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
9. Super Maxi Pad Girl #1 by Daniel Olson and AJ Niehaus $4.00
10. All My Friends Are Dead by Avery Monsen and Jory John (Chronicle) $9.95
2011 Slingshot planners are in and a new Charles Burns book! More info below!
ZINES & ZINE-RELATED BOOKS!
Three Zine by Anand Vedawala $5.00 for #1 and $15.00 for #2
I Just Dont Know What to Do With Myself A Series of Rants by Mia Beatrice $1.00
Stop #2 Start Thinking of the Possibilities $3.00
So Me and You Are Reading This Zine and You’re All Like “Whoa This Is Really Great” and I’m All “I Know” #1 by Justin Michael Valmassoi $3.00 – Despite being married to Rosario Dawson in the afterlife and a busy schedule of shopping box stores with Hollywood’s A-List, Justin still manages to find time to self-publish his fantastic zines. That’s exactly the kind of commitment to the arts we like to see around here. -EF
Brown Bag Lunch Hour #1 by Naomi Martinez $2.00
Or Let It Sink #4: Halloweened split w/ Dear Jaguar #3: Selected Errors Split Zine $2.00 by Jim and Vicky $2.00
Coffee Spoons #1 by Megan Kirby $2.00
Rad Dad #18 by Tomas Moniz #3.00
Without Words and Without Kneeling: A Serialized Zine Novella by Tomas Moniz $3.00 each for first and second installments
COMICS & MINICOMICS!
Seafaring #1 by Tiffanie Bui and Sophie McMahan $7.00 – Weird and wonderful, like what might happen if Phoebe Gloeckner decided to draw an issue of Curio Cabinet.
CBGB #4 (Boom) $3.99
Vertigo Resurrected #1 Shoot (Vertigo) $7.99
Juicy City #1 – Ouicy Hey Man You Want This and Juicy City #2 – Guicy by Cosmo Jones $6.50 each
That Poison Bunnie #1 by Nate Higley $3.00
F #2 by Kevin Huizenga $3.00
Jumbo Army of Lovers Will Be Beaten Book 5 by Bernie McGovern $12.00
Joshua Tree 24 Hour Comic One Trees Search For the Truth by Harrison Rosenberg $3.00
GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!
Xed Out by Charles Burns (Pantheon) $19.95 – Don’t miss Charles Burns here at Quimby’s on Nov 3rd, reading from this first volume of an epic masterpiece of graphic fiction in brilliant color.
Luthor HC by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo (DC) $19.99
Picture This – The Near Sighted Monkey Book Learn How to Art with the Near Sighted by Lynda Barry (D&Q) $29.95
Wrong Place by Brecht Evens(D&Q) $24.95
Y the Last Man vol 4 Deluxe Edition by Brian K. Vaughan (Vertigo) $29.99
Hellblazer TPB India (Vertigo) $14.99
Saga of Rex TPB by Michel Gagne (Image) $17.99
Comic Torah Rimagining the Very Good Book by Aaron Freeman and Sharon Rosenweig $17.00
STEAMPUNK!
Flaming Zeppelins: The Adventures of Ned the Seal by Joe R. Lansdale (Tachyon) $14.95
ART & DESIGN BOOKS!
Chicks On Speed: Don’t Art Fashion Music by Chicks On Speed (DCA) $35.00 – They’re a band! No, they’re artists! No, they’re an activist performance art collective! No, they’re Chicks On Speed. And they don’t play guitars. -LM
Discrepancies HC by Alex Gross (Gingko) $29.95 – Surreal and beautiful for those who appreciate Mark Ryden.
Juxtapoz Handmade (Gingko) $29.95 – Crafting anthology lowbrow art Juxtapoz style.
Mural Art vol 3: Murals on Huge Public Surfaces All Over the World From Graffiti to Trompe L’oeil (Publikat) $39.95
DIY & CONSUMPTION
Stich’N’Bitch Superstar Knitting by Debnie Stoller (Workman) $17.95
Revolutionary Women Book of Stencils by Queen of the Neighborhood (PM Press) $12.00
MAGAZINES!
Juxtapoz #118 Nov 10 $5.99
Bizarre #168 Nov 10 $10.50
New Heroes #2 $15.00
Fortean Times #267 Nov 10 $11.99
Make vol 24 $14.99
Ack Ack Ack #2 $3.00
Black Velvet #66 $6.25
Dodgem Logic #4 Jun Jul 10 and Dodgem Logic #5 Aug Sep 10 by Alan Moore $7.00 each
LITERARY JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS
Rejected Quarterly #21 Win Spr Sum 10 $7.50
MUSIC BOOKS!
Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage by Kenneth Silverman (Knopf) $40.00
POLITICS & REVOLUTION
Don’t Mourn: Balkanize Essays After Yugoslavia by Andrej Grubacic (PM Press) $20.00
MUCKRAKING MEMOIRS & MISCELLANY!
Mirror Maze: A Norwegian Mans True Story of Five Years in Mexican Prison During the 1980s by Tom Brungar and Lisa Nicole Walker $12.95
Success Principles by Carol Sankar $11.99
This Is NPR The FIrst Forty Years (Chronicle) $29.95
SEX & SEXY!
Handbook vol 4 #4 2010 $6.00
OTHER STUFF!
Slingshot 2011 Small Organizer $6.00 or Large $12.00
Endeavour 2011 Nikki McClure Calendar $16.00
Ron Rege Jr 2011 Calendar and Poster (Little Otsu) $12.00
Willie Wrinkles Notebook 3 Pack Recycled Sketchbooks $6.00
| Dec ’10 |
| 10 |
| 7:00 pm |
Quimby’s is proud to welcome Chicago-based poster artist Jay Ryan, celebrating the release of AN UPDATED AND REVISED GREATEST-HITS COLLECTION of Jay Ryan’s first decade of compelling posters, 100 Posters/134 Squirrels. Known for his hand-drawn type, humorous animal subjects, and muted color selections, Jay Ryan has been making screen-printed concert posters in Chicago since 1995. He’s worked for thousands of rock bands, as well as clients like Patagonia clothing, Converse shoes, Burton Snowboards, and the BBC.
The work in 100 Posters/134 Squirrels is framed by essays from luminaries in the music, design, and poster worlds–including Steve Albini, Art Chantry, Greg Kot, and Debra Parr. This 2005 debut collection of Jay’s was praised by Chicago media and publications across the globe, including:
“Not only a gorgeous catalog of the artist’s many memorable posters, but a history of sorts of the Chicago underground rock scene in the last 15 years.” –Chicago Sun-Times
“Jay Ryan takes the germ of an idea and makes it uniquely great. His genius is in knowing what matters and what doesn’t . . . His genius is in having the image matter.” –Steve Albini
Since the release of that book, he has honed his craft continuing without the use of computers, and screen-printing the work in his shop called the Bird Machine for bands such as the Melvins, the Shins, Modest Mouse, Andrew Bird, Shellac, My Morning Jacket, and hundreds of others. His book, Animals and Objects In and Out of Water, features 120 of Jay Ryan’s favorite pieces of art from the last three years, including text about each of the prints, detail photos (shot at the MCA in Chicago), and original drawings.
For more info: thebirdmachine.com
akashicbooks.com/100posters_reissue.htm
1. Hi Fructose #17 $6.95
2. Girls To the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus (HC) $14.99 – Don’t miss Sara Marcus here at Quimby’s on Saturday, 10/23!
3. Gentlewoman #2 Fall Win 10 $10.95
4. What Was The Hipster: A Sociological Investigation – N+1 Small Books Series #3 by var. $10.00 – “Who was the turn-of-the-century hipster? Who is free enough of the hipster taint to write this history without contempt or nostalgia? Why are we tempted to declare the neo-hipster moment over, when the hipster’s “global brand” has just reached its apotheosis? A panel of writers invited the public to join an investigation into the rise and fall of the contemporary hipster. Their debate took place at the New School University in New York City, and was followed by articles, responses, and essays, all printed here for the first time.”
5. Fantastic Man #12 $12.99
6. King Cat #71 by John Porcellino $3.00 – This one’s great. The whole first part is all tales of being over-thirty-and-still-dirty, beater cars, stinky pits, run down shoes and all. Then J.P. up and moves to Florida and there’s a really funny 4-page field guide to all the cray-zay teeming wildlife. -EF
7. Maximumrocknroll #330 Part Two Nov 10 $4.00
8. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris and Ian Falconer (LB) $21.99
9. Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and With Almost No Money by Dolly Freed (Tin House) $12.95 – The antidote to being a capitalist pig? Becoming a possum. Dolly Freed wrote this as a sassy and scrappy teenager in the 70s and finally someone had the common sense to reprint it.
10. The Baffler vol 2 #1 $12.00
| Dec ’10 |
| 4 |
| 7:00 pm |
Harangue for Hollywood! From the blighted urban squalor of Detroit—Paris of the Midwest—came enfant terrible Mike White and his mutant publication, Cashiers du Cinemart. For fourteen years and fifteen issues the writers of Cashiers du Cinemart provided a treasure trove of writing on film and popular culture.
This book collects the best articles from the fifteen year history of Cashiers du Cinemart magazine with sections dedicated to Quentin Tarantino, Star Wars, Black Shampoo, unproduced screenplays, celebrity interviews, and much more. Everything has been refreshed, polished, and improved for this volume of movie mayhem.
“Obsessive, indulgent, wildly erratic, yet Impossibly Funky still warms my hardened critic’s heart because of the burning passion for movie going of the writer. It’s manifested in the nutty, beyond-left-field takes on popular geeky movies, and, even better, the stretch beyond Lucas and Tarantino to Kenneth Fearing, Travis McGee, and the unheralded comic genius of Canadian cinema, John Paizs. I’ve got to get my butt to Black Shampoo!” – Gerald Peary, critic, The Boston Phoenix
For more info: http://www.impossiblefunky.com
Saturday, December 4th at 7PM
