BUY SHIT THURSDAYS + Quimby’s Holidays Hours

Nov ’23
30
12:00 pm
Dec ’23
7
12:00 pm
Dec ’23
14
12:00 pm
Dec ’23
21
12:00 pm

No time like the present to tell you our holiday hours!

And oh! It’s that time of year again! If you’re looking for gifts that are unique, memorable and just plain cool, we’ve got you. And we’re even staying open late on Thursdays during the holiday season so you can get all your shopping done here, where we promise you a Mariah Carey-free zone.

We’ll be open 12-8 p.m. on these Buy Shit Thursdays:

Nov. 30

Dec 7

Dec. 14

Dec. 21

We might have some fun surprises, too! So stop in for the kind of BS only Quimby’s can shovel.

(Just as a reminder, our usual hours are 12-6 Thursdays through Mondays, closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. So live it up on these Buy Shit Thursdays when we’re open til 8!)

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Also don’t miss tarot readings by Echo on 3 out of 4 of those Buy Shit Thursdays! Echo will be here to read your cards on Nov 30th, Dec 7th and Dec 21st from 5pm-7:30! Echo has been reading tarot cards for many years. She uses tarot as a mind-opening tool, a method for helping us see more, a path illuminator. Find her on the internet at @fraulein_echo + echothehuman.com.

Other Holiday Stuff People Ask About Here!:

Doing a mail order? Want your stuff in the mail by Dec 23rd? Order it by Dec 9th, and we’ll try our best. Then it’s in the hands of USPS.

Don’t know what to get somebody? Get them a Qustomized Quimby’s Zine Package, only available via order on our website!

Wanna buy a gift certificate? Buy one here!

New Stuff This Week

 

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Zines

Record Gentle Apocalypse by Echo the Human $7

2 zines by Ayun Halliday: Barbie Movie Manque $2, East Village Inky #69 $3

Places to Spit $6

Unsettled Land #1 the Settlement Line by Hui Min Tsen $12

Maine by Spencer Morgan $15

KerBloom #164 by Artnoose $2

Faeries and Fruits #4 Skeleton Outta the Closet $5

zines by HBP, $4 each: Trojan Worrier, Tender Pirates

Katya Kat Private Detective #2 by Spence $3

Oakland Museum of Nail Art: One Year of Handy Homages to Classical Works by Laurel Masako and Molly $4

Find Your Light: A Photo Zine by Jose Pavon $10

Problems by Cam Daigle $7

I’m a Creature of the Clouds Trying to Be a Creature of the Earth $15

Sand In That Awareness That There September 27th 2023 by Allegra Harvard $10

22 Unrealized Public Project Proposals by Temporary Services, illustrations by Kioine Kochi $10

Comics

Mineshaft #44 $15

Tongues Chapter 6 by Anders Nilsen $18

Dude, Why Are You Still Here? by Nelson DSilva $2

A T Walker #1 by Micah Liesenfeld $9

Moonbanana #2 Drawings From Over There Moon Banana by Adam Kane $8

Airbag #2 More Stories by Brian Cani $10

Handyman $10

Airheads by Jeremy Husserl & friends $2.99

Full of Shit by Max Graves $6

Love and Rockets MAGAZINE #14 by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $4.99

Comics by Katie Armentrout: Celebrate the People #4-#5 $10 each, You’re Too Kind: An Anxious Comic About Receiving Compliments $8, Introvert Attends the Party: A Multi Panel Picture Story $8

Cute KO comics, various issues by Erika Schnatz $3-$10

Dreams: A Prelude by Sadie Entwistle $10

Graphic Novels

A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll $27.99

Angel Heart vol 1 Episodes 1 to 5 by Flore Balas $17

Curses by George Wylesol $24.99

Wilderness Collection by Claire Scully $19.99

Leftstar and the Strange Occurrence by Jean Fhilippe (Silver Sprocket) $15.99

Art & Design Books

Striking a Pose: A Handy Guide to the Male Nude by Anita Kunz (Fantagraphics) $22.99

With and Against: the Situationist International in the Age of Automation by Dominique Routhier $26.95

Politics & Revolution Books

Abortion Beyond the Law: Building a Global Feminist Movement for Self Managed Abortion by Naomi Braine $24.95

Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post ADA World by Ben Mattlin $21.95

Class, Race, and Gender: Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism by Michael Zweig (PM Press) $22.95

Mad World: War, Movies, Sex by Slavoj Žižek $17.95

Decolonize Drag by Kareem Khubchandani $19.95

Toward Liberation: Educational Practices Rooted in Activism, Healing, and Love by Jamilah Pitts $21.95

Defend/Defund: A Visual History of Organizing against the Police by Interference Archive $22

Music & Film Books

Kleenex/LiLiPUT by Marlene Marder, edited by Grace Ambrose (Thrilling Living) $50

World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy $26

Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics by Johnny Cash with Mark Stielper and John Carter Cash $55

Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore $35

Nightmare on One Sheet: The Horror Art of Graham Humphreys $45

David Lynch: A Retrospective by Ian Nathan $39.99

Do Remember!: The Golden Era of NYC Hip-Hop Mixtapes by Evan Auerbach and Daniel Isenberg $45

Gathering of the Tribe vol 3 Ritual – Companion to Occult Music on Vinyl Landscape by Mark Goodall (Headpress) $17.95

Punk Under the Sun: 80s Punk and New Wave In South Florida by Joey Seeman and Chris Potash (HoZac Books) $29.99

Outer Limits & Mayhem Books

Austin Osman Spare: The Life and Legend of Londons Lost Artist by Phil Baker (Strange Attractor Press) $24.95

Altered States of Consciousness: Experiences Out of Time and Self by Marc Wittmann $21.95

Crystals, Mother Earth and the Forces of Living Nature by Nigel Graddon $19.95

Aleister Crowley the Beast in Britain Map by Gary Lachman and Michelle Merlin $14.99

Essay Books

Alien Daughters: Walk Into the Sun an Almanac of Extreme Girlhood by Jackie Wang (Semiotexte) $17.95

Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games edited by J. Robert Lennon and Carmen Maria Machado $18

Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami $17

J. G. Ballard: Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007, edited by Mark Blacklock $32.95

Earlier by Sasha Frere-Jones (Semiotexte) $16.95

Touching the Art by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore $27

Food

Cook Like Your Ancestors: An Illustrated Guide to Intuitive Cooking With Recipes From Around the World by Mariah Rose Marie (Silver Sprocket) $29.99

Fiction

The Big Book of Cyberpunk edited by Jared Shurin $32.50

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror ed. by Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams $30

Internet Newspaper: A Novel by Adam Gnade $15

At Night He Lifts Weights by Kang Young-Soo $16.95

Inversion by Aric McBay $17

Magazines

Apartamento #32 $35

Tidal Magazine #17 $16

Poetry Books & Lit Journals

Moss Piglet November 2023 $12

Anecdoche Poetry by Jules Crocker $17.99

Other Stuff

Satanic Reptilian 2024 Bumper Sticker $5

Drugs Toiletry Bag $15

New stickers/patches and restocks from Arcane Bullshit!

Quimby’s November Newsletter Available Now

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New Stuff this Week

 

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Zines

Welcome to Dogtown by Adam Prenger $15

NXOEED #3 $5

Zines from Acid Facial: Gu, Bad Luck In Duck Days & more.

Forgotten Music Masters #1 by Chris Auman and Deron Grams $6

Cities by Chris Auman $6.50

Graphic Novels

The Cliff by Manon Debaye (D+Q) $22.95

Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey by Edel Rodriguez $29.99

Transitions: A Mother’s Journey by Elodie Durand $19.99

The Atlas Comics Library No. 1: Adventures Into Terror vol 1 (Fantagraphics) $34.99

Stories From Zoo by Anand $19.99

Art Books

Chasing Colors Photographs by Michael Y. Frantz $20

Politics & Revolution Books

Contraventions: Editorials from New Left Review edited by Susan Watkins (Verso) $29.95

Essay

Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work by Jesse David Fox $29

Rotten Evidence by Ahmed Naji (McSweeney’s) $20

In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture In the 1980s by M Galvan $28

Cat Lovers A to Z by Clare Faulkner $21.99

Music Books

Punk Revolution!: An Oral History of Punk Rock Politics and Activism by John Malkin $34

Music books by by Cisco Bradley, $24.99 each: The Williamsburg Avant-Garde: Experimental Music and Sound on the Brooklyn Waterfront, Universal Tonality: The Life and Music of William Parker

Mayhem & Outer Limits

Fright Before Christmas: Surviving Krampus and Other Yuletide Monsters by Jeff Belanger $22

Best of Skeptical Inquirer vols 1 Paranormal Borderlands & 7 Unreason $29.95 each

Witches Almanac #43 Spr 2024-2025 $15.95

Fiction

The Honor of Your Presence by Dave Eggers (McSweeney’s) $16

Pedro and Marques Take Stock: A Picaresque Novel by José Falero $25

Local Interest

Lost in America: Photographing the Last Days of Our Architectural Treasures by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams $40

Wheels

Right, Down + Circle : Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater by Cole Nowicki $14.95

Magazines & Newspapers

Broken Pencil #100 $9.95

Hellebore #10 $15

County Highway #1 $8.50

Illustoria #22 $16

Spartacist #68 $3

Workers Vanguard #1179 $.50

Lit Journals

The Believer #143 $16

Drift #11 $19.99

After Hours #46 $12

Poetry

Common Terror by Jeff Haber $15

Zine Club Chicago: Bodies on the Page Panel + Zinemaking Workshop, Nov. 19th!

Nov ’23
19
3:00 pm

A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with a black-and-white drawing by Jude R. Bettridge of front and back views of two people’s nude bodies and lettering that reads “Bodies on the Page,” with flyer text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Panel and Zinemaking Workshop featuring moderator Jamie Kadas + panelists: Katie Armentrout, Jude R. Bettridge, Megan Kirby, and Andrea Pearson; 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023; Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue in Wicker Park. Free! In Person!”

Zine Club Chicago: Bodies on the Page Panel + Zinemaking Workshop
3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave.
Free!

This month, Zine Club Chicago is excited to welcome five of our favorite local zinemakers for a panel and zinemaking workshop! Moderator Jamie Kadas and panelists Katie Armentrout, Jude R. Bettridge, Megan Kirby, and Andrea Pearson will discuss how they explore experiences and emotions regarding their own bodies in their work. A generative workshop for folks who’d like to make a zine about their own bodies will follow the panel.

Join us in person for Zine Club Chicago: Bodies on the Page Panel + Zinemaking Workshop, 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19 at our shop. Free!

Zine Club Chicago will supply all the zinemaking materials and provide a list of prompts, and also will have snacks on hand, as always!

Please note that our discussion will include words and images that are appropriate for folks 18 and older only.

Zine Club Chicago is a mask-supportive environment; we’ll have masks available if you’d like to wear one.

Jamie Kadas uses personal experiences to create comics that focus on body image, anxiety, and all her fat girl insecurities. Additionally, she creates curvy pin-ups that reimagine pop culture in a more inclusive light.

Katie Armentrout gives voice to the everyday and spotlights the extraordinary in the lives of fat babes who radiate confidence and charisma. Katie’s work is a testament to the power of embracing one’s own uniqueness and finding beauty in the horror of daily existence.

Jude R. Bettridge is a jack-of-all-trades artist based in Chicago who specializes in zinemaking, fiber arts, and printmaking. Their work is a conglomeration of themes that always touch on mental health and feature soft horror.

Megan Kirby is a writer, illustrator, and zinemaker who likes to make art about bodies, feelings, Chicago, and niche pop culture. She writes lots of fanzines, a long-running perzine called Coffee Spoons, and a graphic memoir called Another Day in Paradise that came out in 2022.

Andrea Pearson is the Chicago cartoonist behind the comic zine series No Pants Revolution. She also runs the small press comic and art zine distro Aquatic Panda.

Online friends, Zine Club Chicago will be back on Zoom with y’all in December for a year-end celebration of zinemaking! More info coming soon.

Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free monthly event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.

Facebook event link here. More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with an abstract image of a human body, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Bodies on the Page Panel and Zinemaking Workshop featuring moderator Jamie Kadas + panelists: Katie Armentrout, Jude R. Bettridge, Megan Kirby, and Andrea Pearson; 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023; Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue in Wicker Park. Free! In Person!”

Image description #1: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with a black-and-white drawing by Jude R. Bettridge of front and back views of two people’s nude bodies and lettering that reads “Bodies on the Page,” with flyer text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Panel and Zinemaking Workshop featuring moderator Jamie Kadas + panelists: Katie Armentrout, Jude R. Bettridge, Megan Kirby, and Andrea Pearson; 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023; Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue in Wicker Park. Free! In Person!”

Image description #2: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with an abstract image of a human body, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Bodies on the Page Panel and Zinemaking Workshop featuring moderator Jamie Kadas + panelists: Katie Armentrout, Jude R. Bettridge, Megan Kirby, and Andrea Pearson; 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023; Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue in Wicker Park. Free! In Person!”