2011: The Revenge of Print

Published on October 8, 2010 0 Comments

Revenge of PrintWe’re tired of all the END OF PAPER, the END OF PUBLISHING AS WE KNOW IT stories. We’ve been hearing and reading about it ever since we’ve been open (which is going on almost 20 years now).

So for 2011, we’re throwing a challenge out there. If you’ve ever made a zine or mini comic MAKE ONE MORE ISSUE. Come on, you’ve got one more in you! Maybe you were thinking in the back of your head you’d do another issue one day. Now is the time.

Join the group for discussion and more plans. This is just the beginning.

Quimby’s Bookstore is proud to help sponsor this challenge with our friends at Atomic Books in Baltimore, Xerography Debt and Zine World.

THE EXQUISITE BOOK Authors and Contributors at Quimby’s on 11/5!

Published on October 7, 2010 1 Comment
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EXQUISITE CORPSE [also known as exquisite cadaver or rotating corpse] is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds a composition in sequence…

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THE EXQUISITE BOOK

100 Artists Play a Collaborative Game

By Julia Rothman, Jenny Volvovski, and Matt Lamothe

THE EXQUISITE BOOK reinvents the classic surrealist drawing game The Exquisite Corpse for a new artistic generation. In these pages, one-hundred of today’s hottest indie artists each adorn a single page with brand new work, having only seen the page of the artist immediately prior. Each of the book’s ten chapters resides on a ten-page according fold-out that lets you enjoy the artwork in an interconnected stream, as it was originally created by the artists themselves. It includes work from contemporary illustrators, indie artists, and cutting-edge creates such as David Shrigley, Jill Bliss, Jordan Crane and more.

About the Authors: Julia Rothman, Jenny Volvovski, and Matt Lamothe are partners in Also Design, a design firm based out of Chicago and New York that has won several awards, including the ADC Young Guns award. Julia is author of the popular blog BookByItsCover.com, which showcases the design and layout of obscure books.

So far the artists who will be in attendance at this event will be the authors, Anders Nilsen, Lillie Carre, Paul Hornschemeier, Isaac Tobin, Lauren Nassef and Susie Ghahremani.

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Charles Burns Discusses X’ed Out At Quimby’s on 11/3!

Published on October 7, 2010 2 Comments
Nov ’10
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From Charles Burns, the creator of Black Hole, comes X’ED OUT, the first volume of an epic masterpiece of graphic fiction in brilliant color.

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Doug is having a strange night. A weird buzzing noise on the other side of the wall has woken him up, and there, across the room, next to a huge hole torn out of the bricks, sits his beloved cat, Inky. Who died years ago. But who’s nonetheless slinking out through the hole, beckoning Doug to follow. What’s going on? To say any more would spoil the freaky, Burnsian fun, especially because X’ED OUT, unlike Black Hole, has not been previously serialized, and every unnervingly meticulous panel will be more tantalizing than the last. Drawing inspiration from such diverse influences as Hergé and William Burroughs, Charles Burns has given us a dazzling spectral fever-dream—and a comic-book masterpiece.

Charles Burns grew up in Seattle in the 1970s. His work rose to prominence in Art Spiegelman’s Raw magazine in the mid-1980s and took off from there, with an extraordinary range of comics and projects, from Iggy Pop album covers to the latest ad campaign for Altoids. In 1992, he designed the set for Mark Morris’s delightful restaging of The Nutcracker (renamed The Hard Nut) at BAM. He has illustrated covers for Time, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. He was also tapped as the official cover artist for The Believer magazine at its inception in 2003.

“A haunting first chapter in what promises to be a spellbinder…Masterful…it will leave you begging for the rest of the story.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Like an apocalyptic hallucination…the visionary artistry of Burns exists beyond the bounds of time and constraints of conventional narrative.” –Kirkus starred review

“Long awaited first chapter in what promises to be a trippy, wildly experimental and typically disquieting epic.” –NPR.org

“Anything by comics master Burns is a big event and this is no exception.”—Comics Beat

For more info: www.pantheonbooks.com

Weekly Top 10

Published on October 5, 2010 0 Comments

1. Peters Muscle by Michael DeForge $1.00
2. Believer #74 Sep 10 $8.00
3. Juxtapoz #117 Oct 10 $5.99
4. Giant Robot #67 $4.99
5. Bicycle Diaries (soft cover) by David Byrne (Penguin)
6. Beautiful Decay Book 4 Exquisite Corpse $20.00 – The Beautiful/Decay takes on the human body, in all its swollen blood-filled suck-sack glory. Local Swamplord Rachel Niffenegger has a throbbing, gristly portfolio in here that pretty much qualifies as a biohazard, and there’s some nice work from paper-powered Karen Sargysan and some of those hypnotic Leigh Bowery manuevers Nick Cave’s been pulling these days.

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7. Doris #15 DIY Antidepression Guide by Cindy Crabb $2.00
8. Shiny Shiny by Michael O’Flaherty $16.95
9. Capacity by Theo Ellsworth (Secret Acres) $20.00
10. Boobs by Sam Sharpe $3.00

New Stuff This Week

Published on October 2, 2010 0 Comments

ZINES!
zineworld29Zine World – A Readers Guide to the Underground #29 $4.00 – All the news about all the news fit to print with a copy scam.-EF
Judas Goat Quarterly #47 Fall 10 $1.50
Turbochainsaw #5 Parental Advisory $7.50
Underneath Providence Findings So Far by Alex Lukas (CANTAB Free News Projects) $4.00
May Lay #2 (CANTAB Free News Projects) $10.00
Your Guide to the Patron Saints of Regret by Michael Whittier and Carolee Gillian Wheeler $5.00 – Saint Elspeth of the Remnant: Patroness of Ill-Chosen Relationships? Saint Bob the Reluctant: Patron of Introverts? Saint Tammy of Memphis: Patron of Unfortunate Hair Appointments? I tell you, it’s saints like these that really make me question papal infallibility. Sewn binding with magnifying glass and embossed ink cover -EF
You Are Here by Carolee Gillian Wheeler, Maureen Forys, Michael Whittier and more $5.00
Artyfucked #7 Heft 2 $9.00
cowansgap2Cowans Gap #2 Sep 10 by Nate East $4.00

COMICS & MINICOMICS!
John Porcellino pack of King Cat Sketchbook Postcards $3.00
Adventures of Miss Girl Comic by Jeffrey Brown and Joe Lewis $3.00 – We have both the DVD and the comic, or you can buy the DVD that has the comic!

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!
RIP MD by var. (Fantagraphics) $12.99
Make Me A Woman by Vanessa Davis (D+Q) $24.95
You’ll Never Know. A Graphic Memoir: Book Two Collateral Damage by C Tyler (Fantagraphics) $24.99
Swedish Comics History by Fredrik Stromberg (Swedish Comics Asociation) $19.95
Ultimate Iron Man: Armor Wars TPB by Warren Ellis and Steve Kurth (Marvel) $14.99
Howl – A Graphic Novel by Allen Ginsberg and Eric Drooker (Harper) $19.99 – Including Art From the Major Motion Picture
Barney Google – Gambling, Horse Racing, and High Toned Women by Billy DeBeck and Craig Yoe (IDW) $39.99

FICTION!
Bummer and Other Stories by Janice Shapiro (Soft Skull) $14.95

STEAMPUNK!
The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar (Angry Robot) $7.99
The Clockwork Man by William Jablonsky (Medallion) $14.95
Dreadnaught by Cherie Priest (Tor) $14.99 – A follow up to the book Boneshaker.

ART & DESIGN BOOKS!
Beautiful Decay Book 4: Exquisite Corpse $20.00
Lincoln In 3D: Amazing and Rare Stereoscopic Photographs of His life and Times by var. (Chronicle) $35.00 – Comes with the glasses for the full experience.
Thinking With Type: Critical Guide For Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students, A Design Handbook, 2nd Edition Revised and Expanded by Ellen Lupton (PAP) $24.95

DIY & CONSUMPTION (Um, Consumption As In Food and Drugs)
Victorian Pharmacy: Rediscovering Forgotten Remedies and Recipes by var. (Pavilion) $29.95
Absinthe Cocktails: 50 Ways to Mix With the Green Fairy by var. (Chronicle) $19.95
Larvets Original Worm Snax $2.50 – Yes, theyre edible! In multiple flavors including Cheddar Cheese, BBQ, and Mexican Spice. Impress your friends with your bravery.
Crickettes Snax $2.50 – Also edible! In Sour Cream and Onion, Bacon and Cheese, and Salt N’ Vinegar. Delish!
Drink Deck Playing Cards – The Bar Enthusiasts Travel Guide to Chicago $30.00

MAGAZINES!
2600 Hacker Quarterly vol 27 #3 $6.25
Klack vol 2 $15.50
3×3 #15 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration $16.00
Tattoo Revue #149 $6.99
Skeptic vol 16 #1 $6.95
Sovereign #16 Oct 10 $3.95
Taps ParaMagazine vol 6 #5 $5.95
Buds and Babes #4 $7.99
Skateboard Mag #80 $3.99
Shindig vol 2 #18 Sep Oct 10 $9.99
Wax Poetics #43 Sep Oct 10 $9.99
Z Magazine Oct 10 $4.95
Progressive Oct 10 $4.95
Amass #37 $4.95

LITERARY JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS
Bunk Rhymes Over Patterned Happenstance by Macallister Armstrong $2.00
Redivider vol 7 #2 $6.00
Granta #112 Fall 10 Pakistan $16.99
Bomb #113 Fall 10 $7.99
Slice Fall 10 Win 11 #7 Villains $8.00

MAYHEM & OUTER LIMITS!
Comfort and Critique by Peter Sotos $12.00
Acid Christ: Ken Kesey, LSD, and The Politics of Ecstasy by Mark Christensen (Schaffner) $26.95
Worlds Most Bizarre Murders: True Stories That Will Shock and Amaze You by James Marrison (JB) $12.95
Family Secrets: The Case That Crippled the Chicago Mob by Jeff Coen (Medallion) $16.95
Real Monsters: Gruesome Critters and Beasts From the Darkside by Brad Steiger (Visible Ink) $19.95
Witches Almanac #30 Spr 2011 to Spr 2012 $11.95

MUSIC BOOKS!
Listen To This by Alex Ross (Tor) $27.00 – Alex Ross as in the music critic at The New Yorker who wrote The Rest Is Noise. Not the comics artist, geek.
GirlsFrontGirls To the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus (Harper) $14.99 – Don’t miss Sara Marcus here at Quimby’s to talk about her book on Sat Oct 23rd, 7pm with Jessica Hopper, author of The Girls Guide to Rocking.
Original Rude Boy: From Borstal to the Specials by Neville Staple and Tony McMahon (Aurum) $16.95 – Autobio from the singer from The Specials offers his inside take on the 2 Tone era, his experiences producing such bands as No Doubt and Rancid, and the current Specials reunion.
Lick Me: How I Became Cherry Vanilla by way of the Copacabana, Madison Avenue, The Fillmore East, Andy Warhol, David Bowie, and the Police by Cherry Vanilla (Chicago Review) $24.95

MUCKRAKING MEMOIRS & MISCELLANY!
Reality Bites: Back The Troubeling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV by Jennifer L. Pozner (Seal) $16.95
They Live by Jonathan Lethem (Soft Skull) $13.95 – Yes, about the movie. And yes, that same Jonathan Lethem.
Pocket Book of Boosh by Dave Brown (Canongate) $19.95
Adderall Diaries – A Memoir by Stephen Elliott (Graywolf) $14.00 – Now in soft cover.

POLITICS & REVOLUTION
Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution by David Carter (SMP) $15.99
When Miners March: The Story of Coal Miners In West Virgina by var. (PM) $21.95
Creating a Movement With Teeth: A Documentary History of the George Jackson Brigade by Daniel Burton Rose and Ward Churchhill (PM) $24.95

SEX & SEXY!
Urban Girls by Howard Huang and Dian Hanson (Taschen) $39.99 – Sexy ladies.
Kustom Graphics II: Hot Rods, Burlesque, Rock N Roll by Yahya Eldroubie (Korero) $44.95
Dear John I Love Jane: Women Write About Leaving Men For Women by var. (Seal) $16.95
Front #146 Sep 10 $9.99

Click here for new stuff quimbys.com since last week.