New Stuff This Week

We have almost 100 new items this week, and this is only a sampling! But first, we found this sad little gummi bear right outside of the store, just laying there, all sad and lonely. Won’t you come say hi?

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ZINES!
Meat #1 by Adrian Lourie $20.00
Attitude Dancer – An Advanced Coloring Book by REAS (Iconoclast) $6.00
Gold Friend by Misaki Kawai (Iconoclast) $16.00
Architecture of a Nameless World by Matt Leines (Nieves) $10.00
Mystery & Adventure Series Review #43 by Fred Woodworth $3.00
Abort #23 Summer 2010 121 Gigawatts $3.00
Dirt Palace 10 Year Anniversary Zine – Bienvenue $10.00
Prison for Bitches by Ryan Sands and Michael Deforge $10.00
– A zine dedicated to Lady Gaga, with contributions from such artsty folks as Kupperman, Johnny Ryan, Lisa Hanawalt and more. A true fanzine made by Gaga monsters!

COMICS & MINICOMICS!
Feedback #8 $2.00

So Buttons #3 Presents So Horrorble $5.00 – A collection featuring all sorts of artists, ed. by Jonathan Michael Baylis. And! Some sinister sea lions!!!
Boobs by Sam Sharpe $3.00 – Right to the point.
Neely Covers Comics To Give You The Creeps Collectors Edition by Tom Neely $6.00
Buzzpop #4 Jun 10 by Matt Chicorel (Night Light Comics) $4.00
Dinosaur Time Okay #1 Sep 10 by Matt Chic (Night Light Comics) $2.00

CBGB #3 (Boom) $3.99

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!
Prison Pit Book 2 by Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics) $12.99
– Just as grody as ever. And you will like it.
Love and Rockets New Stories vol 3 by the Hernandez Brothers (Fantagraphics) $14.99
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence by Geoffrey Canada and Jamar Nicholas (Beacon) $14.00
Bound and Gagged #1 (I Will Destroy You) $10.00
– Featuring lots of alternative comics superstars like Deitch, Espy, Kaz, Nilsen, Porcellino, Reklaw and more!
Girl Genius vol 9 Heirs of the Storm by Phil and Kaja Foglio (Airship) $22.95
Too Soon Famous Infamous Faces 1995-2010 by Drew Friedman (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography by Jacobson and Colon (HW) $16.95

ART & DESIGN BOOKS!
Street Art Doodle Book Outside the Lines by Dave the Chimp (Laurence) $19.95
Modern Patterns of Japan Sweet and Nostalgic Paper Kimono and Old Clothing by Yonagadou (PIE Books) $19.95
– Seals with beach balls! Pudgy gnomes! Pointy cute things! I heart rags. -LM
Threadless: Ten Years on TShirts from the Worlds Most Inspiring Online Design Community by Jake Nickell (Abrams) $22.50
Creative Characters: The Myfonts Interviews vol 1 ed. by Jan Middendorp (Bis) $32.00 – Featuring the first two years of Myfonts’ popular series of monthly type designer interviews.
I Am Plastic Too: The Next Generation of Designer Toys ed. by Budnitz and Kidrobot (Abrams) $45.00
Picture Book Mini Edition Contemporary Illustration by Angus Hyland (Laurence) $16.95
Nobodys Fool by Yoshitomo Nara (Abrams) $60.00
– Remember all those fun shirts and ashtrays a few years ago with white doggies and little girls with big eyes? There might have been some swears too. That guy. People LOVE him. But! This book is a little spendy for us, so that means that we only have ONE copy. Come and get it!
Adios III ed. by Konsta Ojala $35.00

FICTION!
Diary of an Innocent by Tony Duvert (Semiotext(e)) $17.95

DIY & CONSUMPTION (Um, Consumption As In Food and Drugs)
Natural Kitchen: Your Guide to the Sustainable Food Revolution by Eden Deborah Tull (Process) $17.95
Drinkology: The Art and Science of the Coctail by var. (STC) $22.50 – Revised and updated.

MAGAZINES!
Juxtapoz #117 Oct 10 $5.99

Maximumrocknroll #330 Fall 10 $4.99
Wire #319 Sep 10 $10.99
A bunch of tattoo mags!
Extra vol 23 #9 Sep 10 $4.95
Radical Philosophy #163 $13.00
XLR8R #135 $4.99
Ready Made #49 Oct Nov 10 $4.99

Laphams Quarterly vol 3 #4 Fall 10 $15.00
Skunk vol 6 #4 $5.99
Cemetery Dance #64 $5.00
True Crime Sep 10 $8.99
Dwell Oct 10 $5.99
IdN vol 17 #4 $17.50
Wallpaper Oct 10 $9.50

LITERARY JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS
Avery Anthology #6 $10.00
Brothers Love by Ronald Merritt $15.00

MAYHEM & OUTER LIMITS!
Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingley (Princeton) $24.95

MUSIC BOOKS!
Toy Instruments: Design Nostalgia Music by Eric Schneider and DJ Spooky (MB) $19.95
– Eye candy for you circuit benders.

POLITICS & REVOLUTION!
Anti American Manifesto by Ted Rall (Seven Stories) $15.95
Last Genet: A Writer in Revolt by Hadrien Laroche (Arsenal) $22.95

SEX & SEXY!
OP Original Plumbing #4 Trans Male Quarterly The Workin Stiff Issue $8.00
Alt #2 $9.95
Sweets Magazine vol 3 #14 $5.99
Von Gutenberg #3 $19.99
Teens At Play: Naughty Naughty by Rebecca (Eros) $9.95
Love Selection TPB by Kisaragi Gunma (Dark Horse) $18.99
International Homosexual Conspiracy by Larry Bob Roberts (Manic D) $14.95
– From the creator of Holy Titclamps.

Love In the Photobooth

These nice photographers from Colombia, Juan Felipe and Valeria got arty with our photobooth, and we just couldn’t resist posting their pictures on our blog!

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And then these nice folks came in to take pictures for their wedding invites but the machine ate ’em up and never spit ’em out! But here they are. And now we can’t find their contact info! So, nice people, here are your photos! Do you know these people? Pass on the info that their pics are here!

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Active Transportation Experts Jason Rothstein and John Greenfield

Oct ’10
14
7:00 pm

Two of Chicago’s experts on “active transportation” adventure come together to discuss the joys of exploring your environment without stinking up the environment. Jason Rothstein and John Greenfield read from their books celebrating car-free travel, Carless in Chicago and Bars Across America.

Carless In Chicago: Survive and Thrive Car-Free In the Windy City by Jason Rothstein

carlessImagine living in Chicago with more money in your pocket, a smaller bulge around your middle, and less stress about getting from point A to B. Whether you’re an autoholic or a motorphobic, carless by choice or carless by circumstance, a savvy native or adventurous visitor, Carless in Chicago is the indispensable reference and guide to enjoying the city without that money-eating, gas-guzzling, smog-emiting two-ton monkey on your back.

Carless in Chicago is the most comprehensive guide to getting around Chicago I’ve ever seen, covering every aspect of travel. It’s an invaluable resource.” – Andrew Huff, Gapers Block

For more info: http://www.lakeclaremont.com/

BarsAcrossAmLoResBars Across America: Drinking and Biking From Coast To Coast by John Greenfield

In Bars Across America, longtime Chicago green transportation advocate John Greenfield tells of his 5,000-mile bicycle journey from Astoria, OR, to Portland, ME, stopping to check out 48 taverns along the way. Part travelogue, part guidebook, part ode to the vanishing community tap, Bars Across America is the story of one man’s two-wheeled trek in search of the perfect pint.

“As John spins his yarn across the U.S. via roads, paths and pubs, you’ll wish at some point you’d gone along.” – Dave “Mr. Bike” Glowacz, author of Urban Bikers’ Tips and Tricks

For more info: http://pintsizepress.info

Weekly Top 10

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1. Please Dont Bomb the Suburbs: A Midterm Report on my Generation by William Upski Wimsatt (Akashic) $14.95 – Whoa whoa whoa- what was that title again? Well, hear him out on this. It’s about growing up, getting organized and a critical approach to choosing your battles. The writing’s still fiesty, hyper and determined and this time round W.U.W. is laying out why you don’t have to bomb the suburbs to get shit done, and where direct action can work. This is far more of a well-considered re-examination than some saucy 180-degree betrayal of his previous books. Just as long as the next one isn’t called “Please, More Prisons” -EF
2. Lose #2 by Michael Deforge $5.00 – Bacterial throwdown-throwup in this new beautifully drawn book mostly about -what else- deadly festering horse parasites. Love it. -EF
3. V Magazine #66 Fall Preview 10 $6.50
4. Boys Club #3 by Matt Furie $4.95
5. Bizarre #166 Sep 10 $10.50
6. Make Your Place:Affordable Sustainable Nesting Skills by var. (Microcosm) $7.00
7. Brilliant Mistake #1 $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
8. Tip of the Iceberg by Laura Szumowski $8.00 – A very complete and fun illustrated guide to the clitoris.
9. Jin & Jam #1 by Hellen Jo (Sparkplug) $5.00Jin and Jam is a head-on collision of California 2 Cool 4 School and Tekkon Kinkreet. -Yeah, it really is that good. Hellen Jo’s drawings are perfect and her action-packed San Jose misfit tween girl rampage fights dirty the whole way through. It’s an impeccable tornado of an issue and if you come out with a black eye and gum in your hair, you’ll consider yourself lucky. -EF
10. Bomb The Suburbs by William Upski Wimsatt (Soft Skull Press) $13.95

New Stuff This Week

ZINES!
Xerography Debt #27 $3.00 – Always a wonderful review zine with perzine tendencies. Always fun and always a good source for finding about zines you might not known were out there. And with guest indie publishing reviewers. Like having a cool friend loan you their stack of zines. Still going strong at #27!
List #14 Fine For Now by Ramsey $4.00 – Local zinester talks about her past year in regards to helping planning, crafting and living. Gentle and cute drawings pair up nicely with compelling lists. A good zine to read after you put on your sweater, drink some tea and snuggle with your pet.

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Curious Case Of The Communist Jello Box: The Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg – An Archival History of an Edible Secret by var. (Microcosm) $3.00

When Language Runs Dry #2: A Zine for People With Chronic Pain and Their Allies by var. (Microcosm) $4.33 – This support zine, coming from activist and scrapper perspectives, deals with living with and speaking about chronic pain, illness and health issues. Pain and Health issues are often invisible, and frequently treated as dismissable, along with health resources being frequently inaccessable, especially for long-term care and this zine thoughtfully begins the multiform conversations about radically reopening the complexities of our health. One of the overarching themes here is about sustaining. Taking care of ourselves and each other and staying engaged, even when there may be no answer or resolution or recovery in sight. -EF

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Shut Up And Love The Rain by Robnoxious (Microcosm) $4.00
– Illuminating essays, comics, a touching interview with Rob’s parents after his father came out as transgendered and more. Subheadlined “To Queer Anarchist Happiness Thru Good Living.” Interesting for anybody of any sexual identity.
He Regains After a Night of Drinking by Selfick Ng-Simancas $15.00 – High-production funny-funky-formal artists’ book of a cheeky letterpressed poem on letterpressed plaid. I, for one, am impressed. -EF
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Zisk #19 Fall 10 $2.00
Succumb To Scum vol 1 #3 $2.00
Plastic Knife #5 $2.00
Somnambulist #16 $3.00
Rigor Mortis vol 3 $3.50
Welcome to Bend #3 East Side $3.00
Serial Killers Unite #4 $2.00

COMICS & MINICOMICS!
Papercutter #14 (Tugboat Press) $4.00 – Always a fantastic mini comics anthology. This issue featuring: Dave Roch, Nate Beaty and more!
Clutch #22 Invincible Summer #19 by Clutch McBastard and Nicole J. Georges (Tugboat) $2.00
Famous Hairdos of Popular Music #5 Prince $3.00 – That’s right, you heard me right: Prince. Sixteen artists take that iconic ‘do and turn it into a symbol. -EF
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Tales of Tiger Balm by Ariyana Suvarnasuddhi $2.00 – Ariyana sings us an ode to burn of Tiger Balm and the intricacies of the Chinese medicine cabinet. Irreverent storytelling with an eye for a free-form figure that reminds me of a crazed Vanesssa Davis drawing. “It was like being in a furnace in a freezer.”
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Rooster Jack #2 vs the Mermaids by var. $1.50 – Rooster Jack and his extensive crew encounter some brewing trouble in the sea so they- uh- run away.roosterjack2

Best Dream Ever $.50
Comparratives: The Story of a Pair Told in Two Year Increments by Don Picton $2.00
Ray Harryhausen Coloring and Activity Pack by Friend Prices $5.00
– Nerds get ready… Seven large coloring pages and a 8-page activity book featuring a Clash of the Titans centerfold. Cyclops, Kali, Hydra, Centaur, there’s even a Ymir page. Viva Harryhausen! Viva stop-motion!-EF
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Yes Lets by Galen Goodwin Longstreth and Maris Wicks (Tugboat) $6.00
Growing by Tony Rabit $1.00
Life of Vice #3 by Robin Enrico $3.00
Death Cat Coloring Book Thing: Its Fun Pull the Trigger Il Rumore Uffa Vaffanculo Dec 1988 Deathcat $1.00
Tragic Relief #9 and Tragic Relief #10 by C. Frakes $4.00 each

FICTION!
Zero History HC by William Gibson (Putnam) $26.95 – New work from the author of Neuromancer.
Queer 25th Anniversary Edition by William S. Burroughs (Penguin) $15.00 – Edited and With an Introduction by Oliver Harris.
Juliet Naked by Nick Hornby (Riverhead) $15.00 – Now in soft cover. From the author of High Fidelity.
I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want To Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb (Razorbill) $8.99

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!
Wild Kingdom by Kevin Huizenga (Drawn + Quarterly) $19.95
– New hardcover in a nice squat format from the author of Ganges, Supermonster, Curses and Or Else. If this were a high school yearbook superlative listing, this book would get Talks Least Says Most. Small simple drawings packed with as much meaning as each still of a European art film. -LM
From Shadow to Light: The Life and Art of Mort Meskin by var. (Fantagraphics) $39.99
Cuba My Revolution by Inverna Lockpez and Dean Haspiel (Veertigo) $24.99
Lucky In Love Book One: A Poor Mans History by George Chieffet and Stephen Destefano (Fantagraphics) $19.99

Pride and Prejudice GN TPB by Jane Austen, Nancy Butler and Hugo Petrus (Marvel) $14.99 – Now in soft cover.
Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz TPB GN by Frank L. Baum, Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel) $19.99
Zombies vs Robots Aventure by Ash and Ryall (IDW) $24.99
– Includes Zombies vs Robots Aventure #1-#3. Hardcover.
Time Machine Campfire TPB by HG Wells, Lewis Helfand and Rajesh Nagulakonda (Campfire) $9.99 – The way they drew and colored the time machine, you want to sit in it and adjust your monocle.

ART & DESIGN BOOKS!
It Is Right to Draw Their Fur: Animal Renderings by Dave Eggers (McSweeneys) $42.00 – Contains 25 loose-leaf drawings of Mammals Speaking Clearly, which is in caps because there is also a 48-pg booklet of same name. And did we mention it’s super big? Because if you want a bag for it we have to give you a huge garbage bag. No criticism of content intended. -LM
WWW: Name 1 by Daniel Newman $ 15.00
Quiet Village: Name #2 by Beatriz Monteavaro $15.00 – No, not as in Martin Denny. But there are some tropical images here.
Faile: Prints and Originals (DGV) $69.00 – The last ten years of the street art duo Faile’s work (up til 09). Pop icons repurposed, a little bit of crayonish strokage, plenty of detail.
Camilla D’Errico by Camilla D’Errico (Mondo Bizzarro) $35.00 – Girls and gears. Mostly black and white drawings. Big eyes. Cute and sexy at the same time.
Or Glory 21st Century Rockers by Horst A Friedrichs (Prestel) $35.00

DIY & CONSUMPTION (Um, Consumption As In Food and Drugs)
Cannabis and the Soma Solution by Chris Bennett (Trine) $24.95
Reefer Movie Madness: The Ultimate Stoner Film Guide by var. (Abrams) $18.95
Fix It – Make It – Grow It – Bake It: The DIY Guide to the Good Life by Billee Sharp (Viva Editions) $15.95
Carless In Chicago by Jason Rothstein (Lake Claremont Press) $15.95

MAGAZINES!
Fortean Times #266 Oct 10 $11.99
High Times Nov 10 $5.99
Sideburn #6 $10.25
Hear The World #15 $8.00


LITERARY JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS

Avery Anthology #6 $10.00

MAYHEM & OUTER LIMITS!
Going Mutant: The Bat Boy Exposed by var. (Scribner) $15.00

MUSIC BOOKS!
Rat Girl: A Memoir by Kristen Hersh (Penguin) $15.00 – A touching memoir of one year of Hersh’s life in the mid-Eighties, when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, pregnant, intermittently homeless. And oh yeah, did I mention she was the frontwoman of indie-art pop superstars Throwing Muses that had just gotten a major label deal? -LM

MUCKRAKING MEMOIRS & MISCELLANY!
Old Jews Telling Jokes by var. (Villard) $15.00 – The best line from any of these jokes is “There’s no fuckin’ broccoli.” Guess you’ll have to come look at the book to see the whole joke. You will not be sorry. -LM
And Then Theres This: How Stories Live and Die In Viral Culture by Bill Wasik (Penguin) $15.00
Historic Bars of Chicago by Sean Parnell (Lake Claremont Press) $15.95
– Maybe you might want to pair this one up with a pen and then you could mark each bar off after you go to each of them. Hiccup.
Half A Life by Darin Strauss (McSweeneys) $22.00 – This guy was in a car wreck that killed someone. He was never the same again.
Anarchism and Eduction: A Philosophical Perspective by Judith Suissa (PM Press) $19.95

SEX & SEXY!
Kustom Kamera: Greased Up Eye Candy by Anthony Duma (Korero) $19.95 – Sexy ladies for hot rod types.

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