That’s Saturday, July 18th from 2-4pm at Chicago Comics, our sister store located at 3244 N. Clark. He’s in town for screenings at the Portage Theater (see above). For more info: http://centuryguild.wordpress.com .
| Jul ’09 |
| 10 |
| 7:00 pm |
James Kennedy is the author of THE ORDER OF ODD-FISH, a fantastical YA comedy that was one of the Smithsonian’s Notable Books for Children 2008. Booklist praised ODD-FISH as “hilarious . . . readers with a finely tuned sense of the absurd are going to adore the Technicolor ride” and Time Out Chicago described it as “a work of mischievous imagination and outrageous invention.” He also plays bass in the Chicago art-punk band Brilliant Pebbles, which has been described variously as “melodramatic video game music,” “moon-man opera,” and “gypsy sex metal.” He lives in Humboldt Park in Chicago.
Jonathan Messinger is the author of the short story collection, HIDING OUT, which was named one of the best books of 2007 by the Omaha World- Herald. He’s also the books editor of Time Out Chicago and founder of The Dollar Store Show. He co-publishes Featherproof Books, a small press publishing novels and downloadable mini-books, and is currently
at work on HIDING OUT 2: HIDING IN and HIDING OUT 3: DON’T STOP HIDING.
For more info:
www.jameskennedy.com
| Jun ’09 |
| 16 |
| 7:00 pm |
Explore Kcymaerxthaere, the first global work of three-dimensional fiction, a collection of stories from Geographer-at-large Eames Demetrios. Eames travels the linear world installing bronze markers and entire historical sites that honor events from a parallel world in our linear world. Join us as Eames takes us into his alternate universe, Kcymaerxthaere! And yes, that spelling is correct!
Steven Haulenbeek, who may or may not be in some way related to Eames Demetrios, is here this weekend for, among other things, NeoCon, Chicago’s largest design fair.
For more info:
These are the bestselling readables at Quimby’s for the week of 5/31/09 to 6/6/09
1. Sad Animals by Adam Meuse $4.00
2. Butt #26 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90
3. Trubble Club #3 $3.00
4. Tales Designed to Thrizzle #5 by Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics) $4.50
6. Rolling Thunder #7 Spr 09 $6.00
7. ReProductive vol 1 by Christa Donner $5.00
9. Proximity #4 $12.00
10. Stolen Sharpie Revolution vol 2 A DIY Resource For Zines and Zine Culture by Alex Wrekk $6.00
And check this out! One of our customers (who asked to remain anonymous) bought a Build Your Own Chicago Postcard, enlarged it, and then made a huge awesome big Tribune Tower!
Ah, Chicago. City of Big Postcards.
Lots of metal and noise folks in today for a big fest in town, giving the store a ditch gym to go smoke in the alley vibe. A perfect saturday at Quimby’s!
Also, awesome events this week! Tomorrow (Sunday) Russell Howze presents Stencil Nation and then on Wednsday is comic artists Adrian Tomine/Seth! For more info about events, go here.
And a quick reminder: we will open 2 hours later than usual on Tues., June 9th at 2pm instead of noon.
New Stuff:
Whole Death Catalog: Lively Guide to the Bitter End by Harold Schechter (Ballantine) $18.00 – Because you’ll definitely need a guide book where you’re going.
McSweeneys vol 31 $24.00
Greetings From The Oceans Sweaty Face 100 McSweeneys Postcards (Chronicle) $19.95 – Comes in a cool recipe box-type recepticle. With such artists as Charles Burns, Marcel Dzama and more!
Convalescent by Jessica Anthony (McSweeneys) $22.00
White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day by Day by Richie Unterberger (Jawbone) $29.95
A whole mess o’ Moleskinne 2010 planners $10.95-$15.95
Bldg Blog Book by Geoff Manaugh (Chronicle) $29.95
1000 New Eco Designs And Where To Find Them by Rebecca Proctor (Laurence King) $35.00
The Ocean TPB by Warren Ellis and Chris Sprouse (Wildstorm) $19.99
Side B: Music Lovers Comic Anthology (Poseur Ink) $22.99 – From the editors of the successful Side A: Music Lovers Comic Anthology!
Uptight #3 by Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics) $2.75
Venus Zine #40 Sum 2009 $4.50
Grid Index by Carston Nicolai (DGV) $60.00
Love Sex Fear Death: Inside Story of the Process Church of the Final Judgment by Timothy Wyllie and Adam Parfrey (Akashic) $24.95
Fugue State by Brian Evenson and Zak Sally (Akashic) $14.95
Will Work For Drugs by Lydia Lunch (Akashic) $15.95
Show That Smells by Derek McCormack (Akashic) $15.95
Action Painting: Bringing Art to the Trains/Introduction To the Phenomenon of Painting On Trains (Gingko Press) $39.95
Part of Rebellion #2 Dave the Chimp ed. by C100 (Publikat) $19.95 – Follow up in the Part of Rebellion graffiti series.
Big Book of Legs edited by Dian Hanson (Taschen) $29.99 – She (Dian Hanson, specifically) has got legs and she knows how to use them.
Extraordinary Records edited by Giorgio Moroder (Taschen) $39.99 – Yes, you read that right. Giorgio Moroder
Life Inc.: How The World Became A Corporation and How To Take It Back by Douglas Rushkoff (Melville) $26.00 – By the author of Media Virus and contributor to Arthur Magazine.
Blindfold Test by Barry Schechter (Melville) $16.00
Watch the Closing Doors #47 $2.50
Nobrow #1 $25.00 – You won’t find this thing just anywhere! This is a wonderful debut issue of an imported British design periodical. It has lots of beautiful blue ink and is almost graphic novel-esque. You have to see it to believe it.
Plus, these exciting restocks are in!:
Rocket Science #1 Multi Limbed Anthology $4.00 – mini comix!
Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls Will Be Coloring Book by Jacinta Bunnell and Irit Reinheimer (Soft Skull) $11.95
Alchemy & Mysticism: The Hermetic Cabinet ICONS Edition by Alexander Roob (Taschen) $9.99
The Zinn Reader by Howard Zinn (Seven Stories Press) $19.95
Vampire Vultures by John Fahey (Drag City) $17.98
Tape Op vol 2: The Book About Creative Music Recording (Tape Op) $24.99
Making Deals #1 and #2 $5.00 each
Lots of cute mini comix from Missy Kulik, such as Super Paws, Personal Charm, Where’s a Cookie and more! $.75 – $2.00
Merit Badges $4.00 – By a local individual who prefers to remain anonymous to the public but nonetheless impresses us with die-cut amazingness, with such hilarious sayings as “Born Again Atheist.” Only available in store! And they go fast!
