Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers For the Week of December 28th, 2008 – January 3rd, 2009

Published on January 5, 2009 1 Comment

1.    Slingshot Organizer 2009 Small Size $6.00
2.    Trubble Club #2 $3.00
3.    Quietly Sure Like the Keeper of a Great Society by Jo Dery (Little Otsu) $10.95
4.    Acme Novelty Library #19 by Chris Ware (Drawn+Quarterly) $15.95
5.    Toward 2012: Perspectives in the Next Age by Daniel Pinchbeck and Ken Jordan (Tarcher) $16.95
6.    Cometbus #51 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00
7.    FOUND Magazine #6 $5.00
8.    Slingshot Organizer 2009 Large Size $12.00
9.    King Cat #69 by John Porcellino $3.00
10.  Free For All: Oddballs Geeks and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert (Virgin) $12.95

Props to the Chicago Decider for featuring us!

Published on December 30, 2008 0 Comments

It’s true! Steve Heisler conducted a silly interview with a Quimby’s staff member written up on the Onion-related website, chicago.decider.com, in their Defend Your Taste section here. And we talked about one of our favorite best-sellers: Roy Orbison in Clingfilm, which you can purchase here!

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Animation, Art and More with Jo Dery

Published on December 30, 2008 0 Comments

Saturday January 3rd 7PM

Join us for an evening of storytelling! Come see short animations, hear live radio plays, check out zines and books from the Ocean State, lil’ Rhody! Jo Dery will show several short animated films and Walker Mettling will read and perform stories and radio plays from the new audio issue of his zine “The Sparkle.” Get your hands on the recently published book by Jo Dery, titled Quietly Sure – Like the Keeper of a Great Secret (Little Otsu, publisher).

Click the Link for a sneak “Peek” of Jo’s Animation

peekstrailer.mov

I am so glad Jo could stop by the store and help us kick off 2009 with this great event. Don’t miss out!

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Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers For the Week of December 21st – December 27th 2008

Published on December 29, 2008 0 Comments

1.    Wake Up 2009 Calendar Nikki McClure $16.00
2.    Slingshot Organizer 2009 Small Size $6.00
3.    The Lagoon by Lilli Carre (Fantagraphics) $14.99
4.    Proximity #3 $12.00
5.    Slingshot Organizer 2009 Large Size $12.00
6.    Make Your Place: Affordable Sustainable Nesting Skills by Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm) $7.00
7.    Acme Novelty Library #19 by Chris Ware (Drawn+Quarterly) $15.95
8.    Juxtapoz #96 Jan 08 $5.99
9.    Ready Made #38 Dec 08 Jan 09 $4.99
10. Snowie by George Starr $10.00

Trubble Club Puts ’em on the Glass

Published on December 28, 2008 0 Comments

Its been so holidaze! around here we forgot to tell everyone how awesome our new window display is! Done by the collective of Chicago comic artists Trubble Club, it has a little bit of something for every one: food as people, gore, animals with fire arms.

Trubble Club Vol 1 & Vol 2 available now

And be sure to check the Trubble Club Blog for more collaborative comic madness

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