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Aaron Renier Signs THE UNSINKABLE WALKER BEAN

Published on July 24, 2010 0 Comments

Aug ’10

7:00 pm

Adventure on the high seas! A cursed skull! Fearsome pirates! Wicked sea-witches! And almost certain peril! Boy inventor Walker Bean and his scruffy new friends must summon their courage to face the direst scourges of the sea in this all-new graphic novel by Aaron Renier. For this signing, Quimby’s presents a unique event with Aaron, with a signing followed by piratical interactive drawing activities.

“So beautiful are the drawings that I can smell the sea salt and feel the spray as giant creatures of the deep draw near the ocean’s surface. Outrageous and wonderful!” – Jeff Smith, creator of Bone

“Aaron’s work makes me feel ten years old again. He makes me want to whip up a root beer float, climb into a pirate-ship-playhouse, slap on a record of sea chanteys and read Walker Bean over and over. The guys’a bit of a mad genius.” – Lane Smith, illustrator of The Stinky Cheese Man

“The Unsinkable Walker Bean is gorgeous. Jump feet first into this rip-roaring, wild-eyed, high-sea adventure story. Join up with a young, pudgy, bespectacled hero, a brave powder monkey, a terrifying girl with the best red pigtails since Pippi Longstocking, and two seriously revolting sea witches. Be prepared. You’re going to love it.” — Brian Selznick, creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret

For more info: http://aaronrenier.com/

Zines On Toast Show at Quimby’s

Published on July 21, 2010 0 Comments

Sep ’10

7:00 pm

An evening of entertainment and information with zine writers from the UK (Rumlad, Last Hours, Hey Monkey Riot and Morgenmuffel) on tour with Portland’s Alex Wrekk (Brainscan zine and Stolen Sharpie Revolution). Join them for accounts of UK zine culture including stories from Alex’s trip to the UK last year, plus tales of the London zine symposium, vegan mass catering, UK social centres, revolution, punk rock, anarchy and more! For more info: http://zinesontoast.org

Alex Wrekk “Author of the popular how-to guide of zine-making, Stolen Sharpie Revolution, over fifteen years of zine-making under her belt, and the most intimate details of her life photocopied, stapled, and mailed around the world, this is a woman committed to taking her experiences in life and putting them on display in a way that is not for ratings or profit. Rather, she does it for the love of writing, creating, and sharing.” (Feminist Review) www.smallworldbuttons.com

Isy Morgenmuffel “For the past ten years Morgenmuffel comic zine has been documenting the world that Isy inhabits. A world of riots in the city of London, cooking for hundreds of punks, starting housing co-ops, local social centres, or simply hanging out with friends and drinking. Through it all Isy’s love of life, and humour, is at the heart of the stories.” (Last Hours) www.morgenmuffel.co.uk

Edd Baldry, a radical illustrator and editor of Last Hours, and creator of Hey Monkey Riot: “Edd’s perhaps one of the few people drawing autobio comics who actually does interesting stuff, … with an angle on activism which is celebratory rather than polemical, yet also unafraid to point out absurdities.” (Lucid Frenzy) www.eddbaldry.co.uk

Steve Larder “Rum Lad is part comic, part scene report, part diary but all with a subtle positivity that works to remind you that being a punk is fucking awesome.” (Pete Willis) www.stevelarder.co.uk

Tom Fiction and Natalie of Last Hours magazine and resource for creative resistance, and the London Zine Symposium, an annual event now in its 6^th year. www.lasthours.org.uk

Weekly Top 10 Bestsellers

Published on July 20, 2010 0 Comments

1. Touch and Go The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine 79-83 ed. by Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson (Bazillion Points) $29.95 – Touch and Go binds together all 22 issues and peppers it with essays a bit of commentary and notation. Tesco Vee and Steve Miller were at Quimby’s this past weekend signing copies of this collected edition. Tesco’s charmingly tattooed son came, and while here Tesco fielded a phone call from his daughter who had just in a fist fight. Ah, the next generation makes itself known.

2. Pizza Time by Joe Vermilyea (Koyama Press) $5.00 – This amazing atomic ninja turtle meltdown with extra cheese includes a breakdown of Krang’s perverse relationship with his android body and putty portraits of Bebop and Rocksteady. Turdle Power! -EF

3. Al Burian Goes To Hell by Al Burian (Migraine) $6.00 – We just learned that this periodical is actually an unauthorized bootleg of one of Al’s college assignments from many years ago and have opted not to sell it anymore. For more information, see Al’s blog.

4. Role Models by John Waters (FSG) $25.00 – Essays on admiration from my favorite catty bachelor. John Waters, I love you. -EF

5. Why Be Something That You’re Not Detroit Hardcore 1979 to 1985 by Tony Rettman (Revelation) $16.00 – chronicles the first wave of Detroit hardcore from its origins in the late seventies to its demise in the mid-eighties.

6. Tales Designed to Thrizzle #6 by Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics) $4.95

7. Stories vol 3: Catch Me If You Can by Martin Cendreda $3.00 – Eloquently drawn Giving-Tree-esque twists and turns of children growing and parents giving. -EF
8. The First Line vol 12 #2 $3.00

9. Core of Caligula Episodes 1 through 4 by CF (Picturebox)$2.00 – Cinematically paced and mostly outside the Darger-ian territories of Powr Mastrs, CF’s Core of Caligula slips in and out keeping its tape player close and its psychic mis-steps closer.-EF

10. Limbs of the Megalith by Eamon Espey (Sparkplug)$2.00 – Fraught focus on the myth-adventures of humanity and its xenophobic whims- Espey’s packed pages time travel from the city to the country, the beast to the chair, death to the rabbit hole and back again with a fluid language of modern hyroglyphics. -EF

New Stuff This Week

Published on July 17, 2010 0 Comments

Zines
Dan Gleason’s Big Book of Short Stories and Dogs by Dan Gleason $2.00 – Life is better with more Dan Gleason, one of our fave local weirdos.
Your Secretary #2 Heaven Street Split by var. $2.00
Coming Envelope #1 Sum 10 ed. by $7.00 – by Malcolm Sutton, Sheila Heti and more.
Show Me The Money #32 $2.50
Truckface #13 by LB $3.00 – Trials and tribulations of a local high school teacher. Recommended for teachers, students and those who just want a good read.
CK Mazigine #1: Groovy Colorful Cloth Patches by Corrine Kennedy $1.00
Nuthing Sacred #8 $6.00
Matter #2 Mar 10 $6.00
Stalwarts of Despondence by Ryan Lowry $4.00
Serial Killers Unite #2 $2.00

Comics/Comix/Mini Comics
Al Burian Goes To Hell by Al Burian (Migraine) $6.00 – Burian braves the nine circles (propelled forth mostly by a primal desire for free snacks) in a vision of hell that looks not-so-vaguely like his favorite foil: the North Amerikkkan Shitscape.-EF

Core of Caligula Episodes 1 through 4 by CF (Picturebox) $2.00
Cold Heat Special #4 by Jim Rugg (Picturebox) $3.00
Breathers Book 0 and Breathers Book 5 by Justin Madson, $2.00 and $6.00 respectively.
Pood #1 $4.00 – A wonderous newsprint collection of mini comix.
Candy or Medicine vol 10 $1.00
Various mini comix titles from Josh Blair!
Freddy More Stories by Melissa Mendes $5.00
Stories vol 3 Catch Me If You Can by Martin Cendreda $3.00 – Too cute!
B One 3 Pack Comics for Broken Hearts by Bobgar Ornelas $5.00

Graphic Novels/Trade Paperbacks
Ganzfeld #7 by Ben Jones and Dan Nadel (Picturebox) $30.00
Catalog No 439: Burlesque Paraphernalia And Side Degree Specialties and Costumes, ed. by David Copperfield (Fantagraphics) $22.99
Fractured Fables HC (Image) $29.99
Playwright by Eddie Campbell and Daren White (Top Shelf) $14.95
One Man Show by Don Wood $10.00

Art Books
Xylor Jane (Picturebox) $20.00
Three Ladies Beside the Sea by Rhoda Levine and Edward Gorey (NYRB) $14.95
Don’t Hold Your Breath: Nothing New From Brian Ewing (Dark Horse) $22.99 – Gig posters from the popular lowbrow artist.
David Choe (Chronicle) $45.00 – Art monograph from this popular lowbrow and graphic novel artist.

Fiction/Poetry Books
Alternative Hero by Tim Thornton (Vintage) $15.95 – A failed fanzine writer stalks his favorite rock star long after his star has faded.
One Bloody Thing After Another by Joey Comeau (ECW) $14.95
1925 Whitley Notes from Hollywood 1989-2009 by Jay Sosnicki $12.00

Steampunk/Speculative Fiction
Steamed: A Steampunk Romance by Katie MacAlister (Signet) $7.99 – Brass-goggled, bodice-ripping and everything in-between.
Thomas Riley by Nick Valentino (Quake) $13.99

Outer Limits/Mayhem Books
There Were Giants Upon the Earth – Gods, Demigods, and Human Ancestry: The Evidence of Alien DNA by Zecharia Sitchin (Bear & Co.) $24.00
Straight From the Fridge Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang by Max Decharne (No Exit) $24.95 – More Entries! More Pictures! More Juice! More Jive! Hotter Than a Two Dollar Pistol! This Baby Will Fry Your Wig!

Magazines/Literary Journals
Meatpaper #12 Sum 10 $7.95 – Meat art and culture.
Print Aug 10 $15.95 – Print is not dead.
XLR8R #134 $4.99
Inventory vol 1 #2 – As requested by Quimby’s customers. Culture, craft and commentary.
My Sex – Gender Sexuality Identity $.50
Concisely Magazine of Short Prose #3 by Daniel Copulsky $3.00
Fifth Estate vol 45 #2 #383 Sum 10 $4.00
Wallpaper Aug 10 $9.50
True Crime Jul 10 $8.99
Wire Jul 10 #317 $10.99
Scootering #289 $8.99
Fortean Times #264 Aug 10 $11.99

Music Books
Talking To Girls About Duran: One Mans Quest For True Love and a Cooler Haircut by Rob Sheffield (Dutton) $25.99 – Memoir as told through the author’s experience with popular music. From the author of Love Is a Mix Tape.
Independence Days: The Story of UK Independent Record Labels by Alex Ogg (Cherry Red) $24.95
Death to Trad Rock by John Robb (Cherry Red) $24.95
You’re Wondering Now The Specials From Conception to Reunion by Paul Williams (Cherry Red) $24.95
On The Many Deaths of Amanda Palmer by Rohan Kriwaczek (Overlook) $24.95

Also!
Beaufort Diaries by T. Cooper and Alex Petrowsky (Melville) $15.95
Not For Toursits Guide to Chicago 2010
Word Plaques by Proceeds Donated In Memory of Chicago Artist Flo McGarrell to Haiti $2.00 – A Chicago art teacher worked with his students to screenprint words like Change, Love, Pride, and Liberty to raise money for Haiti victims.
Whats Your Poo Telling You? Activity Book: A Poopourri of Activities (Chronicle) $9.95 – Still milking the shit out of this one. Er, uh, yeah.

And for sale on Tuesday, July 20th!: Scott Pilgrims vol 6 Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni) $11.99!

New to our website this week!:
Anti-Matter Anthology: A 1990s Post Punk and Hardcore Reader by Norman Brannon (Revelation) $15.00

Barefoot and in the Kitchen #4 Vegan Recipes $3.00 – Vegan Recipes! Vegan Recipes! Vegan Recipes! In handy zine format! Eat Up!!!!

Bottlenecks by Jesse Harold $6.00 – Raggertagger misfit youth scraping knees and scrapping school, weaseling through a world of crabgrassyhiding spots and crumblng parentals. Subtle build, nice release. -EF

Dialogue Regarding the Genesis of the Zinewich

Published on July 15, 2010 0 Comments

Actual transcript as pasted in from the Quimby’s e-mail:

From: dave <tacolove@gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:37:38 -0600

To: Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com>

Subject: A question about the new issue of Black Carrot

Quimbys,

Soon enough, I will have a new issue (#15) of my zine Black Carrot. A zine

I have long enjoyed selling at Quimbys. This issue of Black Carrot, will

come with a sandwich. I am not kidding. Would this affect in any way

selling it at Quimbys? I mean you can keep the sandwiches in a cooler,

and eat a few if you wanted.. Anyways, share with me your thoughts.

xo,

dave

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com> wrote:

Hi Dave,

Liz Mason here. A sandwich! You are insane. Can I post your e-mail on our

blog?

Child, tell me more about your crazy sandwich zine. Specifically, what would

be on this sandwich? I like this idea more and more by the second.

Specifically, I like the idea of the zine being the meat, sandwhiched

in-between 2 slices of bread.

Liz

—

Quimby’s Bookstore

> From: dave <tacolove@gmail.com>

> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:54:40 -0600

> To: Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com>

> Subject: Re: A question about the new issue of Black Carrot

>

> Liz,

> Feel free to post that anywhere. Build up a bit of hype for Black Carrot

> #15? It is hard to explain with email, but I guess I will stop into Quimbys

> this week and just show you what I am talking about? It is quite possibly

> the best idea I have had this week. Zinewich!

> -dave

Dave,

This is insanity. I eagerly anticipate your arrival of the zinewich! I’m starving.

Liz

—

Quimby’s Bookstore

Actual transcript as pasted in from the Quimby’s e-mail:

From: dave <tacolove@gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:37:38 -0600

To: Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com>

Subject: A question about the new issue of Black Carrot

Quimbys,

Soon enough, I will have a new issue (#15) of my zine Black Carrot. A zine

I have long enjoyed selling at Quimbys. This issue of Black Carrot, will

come with a sandwich. I am not kidding. Would this affect in any way

selling it at Quimbys? I mean you can keep the sandwiches in a cooler,

and eat a few if you wanted.. Anyways, share with me your thoughts.

xo,

dave

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com> wrote:

Hi Dave,

Liz Mason here. A sandwich! You are insane. Can I post your e-mail on our

blog?

Child, tell me more about your crazy sandwich zine. Specifically, what would

be on this sandwich? I like this idea more and more by the second.

Specifically, I like the idea of the zine being the meat, sandwhiched

in-between 2 slices of bread.

Liz

—

Quimby’s Bookstore

> From: dave <tacolove@gmail.com>

> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:54:40 -0600

> To: Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com>

> Subject: Re: A question about the new issue of Black Carrot

>

> Liz,

> Feel free to post that anywhere. Build up a bit of hype for Black Carrot

> #15? It is hard to explain with email, but I guess I will stop into Quimbys

> this week and just show you what I am talking about? It is quite possibly

> the best idea I have had this week. Zinewich!

> -dave

Dave,

This is insanity. I eagerly anticipate your arrival of the zinewich! I’m starving.

Liz

—

Quimby’s Bookstor