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Zine
Full Bleed #3 edited by Tony Recktenwald, Edward Witt and Judson Picco $6
X Kool Kids #10 I Call Bullshit $5
I Am Here & I Will Go by Yasmeen Amer and Demah Alfaiz $5
Inventing Hope by Jeremy Beaudry $7
If There’s Anything We’ve Learned From Cartoons Is Cheat Codes #1 by Sofia Diaz $5
KerBloom #172 $2
See Appendix B by Gina Twardosz (Bottlecap Press) $10
Truth Serum #1 by Kris K. $5
Echo Alias – multiple issues $1 each
Hangman Drink My Blood #6 by Jocelyn Sequoia $6
zines by Mary L. Miller: Style Zine #1 $10, Rain #3 $12
Fostering Sandy: One Month with a Foster Dog and What We Learned by Andria A. Lamberton $8
Twenty-two Years Without My Mother: A Flip Calendar of Missed Life Events by Year by Sierra Tierra $7
The Bible: Drawings #1 by John Minkoff $12
Comic
Reapers #2 by Adam Rykal Michael Bink and Mhead $8
Life in Kell #3 Wipeout: A Memoir Zine by Kolin Lawler $1
Artificial Artist #1 Beyond Human Hands Redefining Art $24.99
Apartment No Ten #1 Home Decor Lookbook by Myre H $1.50
New comics by L Reeves, $8 each: Winter Diary #2, Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man
Racoon Tails by Elyssa Saldana $1
multiple new issues of New Wave Comics by the Soileaus $2 each
Graphic Novels
Ghost Boys: The Definitive Collection by Rick V. $10
Forage Like a Bear: Drawings by Chris Fink and illustrated by John Porcellino (Bored Wolves) $18
Skin by Sabien Clement and Mieke Versyp (Fantagraphics) $34.99
Precious Rubbish by Kayla E. (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Lit Journals
Yokoi Kids #2 $15
Overtime Hour #70 Last Big Screen Video in the City by Wil T. James (Blue Cubicle Press) $2
Film Books
Art! Trash! Terror! Adventures in Strange Cinema by Chris Alexander (Headpress) $31.95
Fiction
The Ministry of Time: A Novel by Kaline Bradley $18.99
Magazines
Tape Op #166 $5.99
| Apr |
| 24 |
| 7:00 pm |
Zine Club Chicago on Marz: Everything’s Gone Green Zinemaking Hangout
Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave. in Logan Square/Bucktown
7 – 9 p.m. Thursday, April 24, 2025
Free!
This month, Zine Club Chicago is celebrating the earth and its natural delights in collaboration with our friends at Life on Marz Community Club! Y’all are invited to help create a group zine on the theme Everything’s Gone Green.
Please join us for Zine Club Chicago on Marz: Everything’s Gone Green Zinemaking Hangout, 7-9 p.m. Thursday, April 24 at Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave. in Logan Square/Bucktown. Free!
Zine Club Chicago will provide all the zinemaking supplies! Just bring your creativity. Life on Marz Community Club, our favorite locally owned taproom and café space, offers awesome alcoholic, CBD, and non-alcoholic beverages from Marz Brewery and more, plus some very fun snacks, for purchase. DJ Soup Time will be providing sonic accoutrement during the evening, and we encourage y’all to stick around for some awesome music!
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck is the creative force behind our visuals.
Facebook event is here. More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago
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| Apr |
| 15 |
| 7:30 pm |
Zine Club Chicago Online: Writing a Letter Zine Workshop
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Online! Free!
On Zoom, RSVP details below
Do you love snail mail? This month, Zine Club Chicago will be making letter-inspired zines! Producer Cynthia E. Hanifin will lead a fun workshop designed to tap into your epistolary leanings.
Grab your zinemaking supplies*, BYOS(tamps + Snax) and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Writing a Letter Zine Workshop at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, April 15, 2025!
** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, April 14 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, April 15.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck is the creative force behind our visuals.
Facebook event is here. More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago
* You’ll need a few sheets of 8.5×11” paper, a stapler or some tape, whichever implements you prefer for writing/drawing/etc., and your creativity!
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Zines & Zine-Related
Debt Collector #1 $3
TRiP MAGAZEEN: The Complete Collection 1992-1994 by Peter Wohelski, Grumptronix, DJ Three $40
King Bourbon #5 First Anniversary Issue by Steve Gentry $5
Misfit Cinema Journal by Derek Abbott issues #1 and #2 $5 each
Zines by Lee Fearnside: Seventy Six 76 Community Is Real $4, Ohio Frontier Animal Conservation Then and Now $7
Zines by Colin Putman: A bunch of zines about pigeons! various prices!
Graphic Novels
Beautiful Monster by Maruo Suehiro $24.99
Squeak Chatter Bark: An Eco Mystery by Ali Fitzgerald (Fantagraphics) $24.99
Honoria: A Fortuitous Friendship by Janice Shapiro (Fantagraphics) $39.99
Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 3, illustrated by Jean Christophe Deveney & PMGL $19.99
Politics & Revolution Books
Anarchy in the Big Easy: A History of Revolt Rebellion and Resurgence by Max Cafard, illustrated by Vulpes (PM Press) $15.95
Music Books
Fearless Vampire Killers: The Bad Brains Photographs by Glen E. Friedman (Akashic Books) $37.50
Dressed In Black: The Shangri-Las and Their Recorded Legacy by Lisa Mackinney $24.95
So It Started There: From Punk to Pulp by Nick Banks $20
Teddy Boys: Post-War Britain and the First Youth Revolution by Max Décharné $16.95
Fiction
Sour Cherry: A Novel by Natalia Theodoridou $17.95
Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers $14.99
Poetry, Chap Books & Lit Journals
Luminous Beings Are We #2 (Back to Print) $15
Snow of Snow by Leon Pradeau $8
Super Gay Poems: LGBTQIA+ Poetry after Stonewall edited by Stephanie Burt $29.92
Transat #2 $10
