1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622 · 773-342-0910
In the neighborhood? Spend some time basking the glory of our new window display by artist Zachary Huelsing (of Eyerocket Books). With a cast of characters including a nun, a rapper, a baseball catcher, a calculator, a leather daddy, some dogs in love, and a rainbow, it’s kind of like a technicolor rebus for the forces of good.
1. Giant Robot #54 $4.99
2. Dwelling Portably 1980 – 89 by Bert Davis (Microcosm) $8.00
3. Aubade #4 Virginia Stories $2.00
4. Stop Smiling #35 $5.95
5. Juxtapoz #90 July 08 $4.99
| Aug ’08 |
| 11 |
| 7:00 pm |
“Forget the statistics and pretentious analysis of urban society. Take a walk through the city with Erick Lyle and discover the reality of how people live in an American city.” — Howard Zinn
“Erick Lyle’s SCAM: MY favorite zine of all-time” — Pete the Dishwasher
Join Erick Lyle as he reads from his new book On the Lower Frequencies: A Secret History of The City.
On the Lower Frequencies is at once a manual, memoir, and history of creative resistance in a world awash with war and poverty. With these tales of squatting the ruins of the dot-com era, playing hit-and-run punk shows in the streets and organizing neighborhood anti-war parades, the editor of the underground classic SCAM magazine, Erick Lyle, traces not only the evolution of cities, but of his own thinking — and in so doing, gives the reader inspiration for living defiantly.
Erick Lyle, once upon a time known as Iggy Scam, has been editing SCAM magazine and traveling around the nation in various bands since 1991. Lyle will be playing in Chicago a few days before with his band BLACK RAINBOW at the Mauled By Tigers fest.
| Aug ’08 |
| 8 |
| 7:00 pm |
COMIC BOOK ARTIST TURNS CROSS-COUNTRY MOVE INTO CROSS-COUNTRY TOUR
Starting July 2008, recent Master of Fine Arts graduate and Autobiographical Cartoonist, Ryan Claytor, will begin a comic book signing tour to promote the release of his self-published master’s thesis on autobiographical comics. Claytor says, “I finished school, my girlfriend got a great job out of state (and was able to swing me a partner hire), and I have a new book coming out. It all seemed to come together serendipitously.”
Claytor is most well-known for publishing his all-ages autobiographical comic book series entitled, “And Then One Day” under the moniker, “Elephant Eater Comics.” Claytor recently announced the final line-up for his ambitious North American Comic Book Tour, which will take him to 17 different locations in 10 states on his way from California to his new home in Lansing, MI.
It is an odd choice to move from California to Michigan. Aside from the new job and a significant other, when asked about some benefits of moving to the mid-west from the west coast, he simply stated, “I am a very sweaty fellow. My hands are like waterfalls. I think the cold weather might make me function like a normal human being.”
Claytor will be getting to all of the stops on his tour in his little brown car he affectionately calls “Squirrelly,” which incidentally has 350,000 miles on its original engine. When asked about the feasibility of a North American tour in such an experienced car, Claytor replied, “I know it sounds silly to take this large of a trip in such a ‘seasoned’ vehicle, but it’s been really good to me and I’ve asked several mechanics to make sure it could survive a cross-country road trip. They’re all surprised it looks as good as it does.”
You can meet Ryan Claytor in person as he comes through town to sign his autobiographical comics and limited edition prints at Quimby’s
Additional tour and book information can be found at Ryan Claytor’s website: www.ElephantEater.com
It’s a Holiday week, so not a whole lot of shipments coming in! So go outside pasty comic nerds and get a little sun!
Quimby's Bookstore · 1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622 · 773-342-0910 
