Old School Zine Reading Night! Say What!

Feb ’09
21
7:00 pm

Join us for a zine reading hosted by Billy Roberts of Loop Distro and Proof I Exist zine and Aaron Cynic of Diatribe zine and formerly of Fall of Autumn Distro.

With featured zinsters:

Andrew Mall: In between time served in grad school, teaching, writing zine reviews for Zine world, and volunteering with the Chicago Independent Radio Project, Andrew Mall consistently poses as an authority on all things hip and cool. While the most recent issue of his zine Living Proof is a year and a half old, he is currently editing the next issue with hopes for a late spring release.

Matt Fagan: Matt Fagan is a zinester and artist from Oregon who now lives in Chicago. He runs Meniscus Enterprises, out of which he publishes his zines and comics. Matt is also the co-owner of a comic book store called Brainstorm.

ReyRey: Rachel does a zine called Stream of Consciousness, now in its third issue.

Liz Mason: Liz Mason manages Quimby’s bookstore, the greatest bookstore ever, publishes a zine called Caboose, and thoroughly enjoys karaoke.

Off-Site Event: Editors of The Nation and The Nation Guide to the Nation at No Exit Cafe

Feb ’09
28
7:00 pm

Please note this event is NOT at Quimby’s. We’ll be there selling books. It’s actually sponsored by Drinking Liberally and Laughing Liberally.

Part Whole Earth Catalog, part 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, and part Zagat Guide, THE NATION GUIDE TO THE NATION is the essential lifestyle guide for liberals across the land, a one-stop-shop for liberals and progressives all over America.

Inside THE NATION GUIDE TO THE NATION:
* Studs Terkel’s favorite Chicago restaurant
* Ray Bradbury’s regular bookstore
* The best progressive diner in Iowa City
* Stuart Klawans’s 25 greatest political films
* Summer camps to foster liberal ideals in your children
* Blogs, museums, bookstores, churches, and more

Sat, Feb 28th, 7pm
No Exit Café, 6970 North Glenwood, Chicago, IL 60626

For more info: matt at headzup dot tv or jbaxter at randomhouse.com

Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers For the Week of Jan 25th-Jan 31st, 2009

1.    Plant Life for Human Lesson Vol 4: Animal Lesson by Jo Dery $5.00
2.    Venus Zine #38 Win 08 $4.50
3.    Bust Feb Mar 09 $4.99
4.    Hot and Cold Running Ghosts by Grant Reynolds $3.00
5.    Swindle #19 $8.95
6.    Spaniel Rage by Vanessa Davis (Buenaventura Press) $13.95
7.    Be a Man by Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf) $3.00
8.    The Tree Show by Mark Ryden (Porterhouse) $40.00
9.    Public Phenomena (Temporary Services) $15.00
10. Proximity #3 $12.00

New Stuff 1/31/09

Wow uber light week for new stuff around here. New issue of Butt more than makes up for that though. Seems this week has been more about restocking the classics and keeping the store arranged and orderly-despite how hard customers try to undo that work. Next week is the Spelling Bee so make sure to mark your calendars appropriately should be an epic battle of word building and memory!

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New Shipping Rates in Effect

Well its been a little while but the post office has increased the rates on priority mail again so Quimby’s has had to follow suite and raise our shipping charges. So for delivery within the contiguous USA Quimby’s shipping charges are now:

  • $5 for orders $30.00 and under,
  • $8.50 for orders between $30.01 and $79.99,
  • $12.00 for orders of $80.00 and above.