New Stuff This Week

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Zines

KerBloom #157 by Artnoose $2

Behind the Zines #14 by Billy McCall & friends $3

Pluviophile #1 by Mita Saldana $5

Unemployable Handbook for the Recently Unemployed by Laura Roselle $5

Running Errands by Matt Marth $4

Graphic Novels

It’s So Magic by Lynda Barry (D&Q) $21.95

How to Make a Monster by written by Glenn Pearce & illustrated by Casanova Frankenstein (Fantagraphics) $29.99

Steve Aylett’s Hyperthick, Collected Edition (Floating World) $15.95

Vendetta: Holy Vindicator by Steve McArdle (Floating World) $24.95

Art Books

A Brief History of Protest Art by Aindrea Emelife $21.99

Adventures of the Travel Kitty by Teresa Petersen $20

New Stuff From First to Knock/Boo-Hooray:

The Tattooed Dragon Meets the Wolfman—Lenny Kaye’s Science Fiction Fanzines 1941-1970, edited by Johan Kugelberg, Jack Womack, and Michael P. Daley $25

Ed Wood’s Sleaze Paperbacks edited by Michael Daley and Johan Kugelberg $30

The The My Comrade Anthology by Linda Simpson $30

The Haitian Chronicles by Douglas Turner Ward $25

Politics and Revolution

On Lying and Politics: A Library of America Special Publication by Hannah Arendt $12.50

Decolonize Museums by Shimrit Lee $19.95

Confronting Capitalism: How the World Works and How to Change It by Vivek Chibber $19.95

Mistaken Identity: Mass Movements and Racial Ideology by Asad Haider $16.95

Essay

On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson $17

Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions that Grew Me Up by Remica Bingham-Risher $27.95

There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness by M. Leona Godin $18

Mayhem & Outer Limits

A History of the World Through Body Parts : The Stories Behind the Organs, Appendages, Digits, and the Like Attached to (or Detached from) Famous Bodies by Kathryn and Ross Petras $22.95

Music Books

Vinyl: The Art of Making Records by Mike Evans $27.99

Fiction

Ancient Sorceries, Deluxe Edition: The Most Eerie and Unnerving Tales From One of the Greatest Proponents of Supernatural Fiction by Algernon Blackwood $18.95

Luda: A Novel by Grant Morrison $28

The Manningtree Witches: A Novel by A. K. Blakemore $16.95

We Wont Be Here Tomorrow and Other Stories by Margaret Killjoy (AK Press) $18

Sourdough (with Bonus Story “The Suitcase Clone”): A Novel by Robin Sloan $18

Funny Haha

Shitty Printers : A Humorous History of the Most Absurd Technology Ever Invented by Blue Star Press $12.95

Sexxxy

Passion of Gengoroh Tagame Master of Erotic Gay Manga vol 2 (Fantagraphics) $34.99

Magazines

Vive Le Rock #93 $13.99

Harpers Magazine september $7.99

Bust #129 $8.99

ID Magazine #368 $18.75

Lit Journals & Chap Books

McSweeneys #67 $28

Little Feelings by Marcy $13

Other Stuff

Stuff by Brass Monkey, $15 each: Rise & Sigh Pedestal Mug, Fresh Ideas Milk Carton Notepad Set

Zine Club Chicago Online: It Came From the ’90s Edition, Sept. 20th!

Published on September 2, 2022 0 Comments
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7:30 pm

Zine Club Chicago Online: It Came from the ’90s Edition
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, September 20 on Zoom
Free!

This month, Zine Club Chicago is commemorating the 31st anniversary of Quimby’s Bookstore by celebrating the decade that gave birth to our shop: The 1990s! While self-publishing has evolved across many eras, there’s no doubt that the ’90s left indelible Sharpie marks on zine culture as we know it today. Quimby’s has been proud to serve as a home base for zine creators and fans in Chicago and beyond since we opened in the Wicker Park neighborhood in 1991.

We want to hear all about your favorite zines tied to the 1990s, whether they were published in that decade or focus on that era and its distinctive culture, music, technology, art, politics, and more. We’re also sending out a special invitation to zinemakers who first began creating zines in the ’90s – we’d love to hear about your memories of that time and what you’re doing now!

Grab your favorite zines about the ’90s, BYOG(ushers), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: It Came from the ’90s Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, September 20!

** 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, September 19 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, September 20.

Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.

More info at quimbys.com and on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago. Facebook event is here.

Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with an image of the counter and zine racks at the original Quimby’s Bookstore location in Wicker Park, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: It Came from the ’90s Edition; Online! Free! Zoom info on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, September 20”

A Night with Acid Nun: Corinne Halbert in Conversation With Caroline Cash

Published on August 31, 2022 0 Comments
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30
7:00 pm

We are proud to welcome back Quimby’s alum Corinne Halbert in celebration of her graphic novel Acid Nun! She is joined by another Quimby’s alum, Caroline Cash, as they talk about all things that may or may not include: cartooning, art, Quimby’s behind-the-scenes and other inspiration dragged up from the depths. It is only befitting with Quimby’s celebrating 31 years in September that our first in-person event since 2020 will feature 2 former employees in the very month of our anniversary.

Corinne Halbert in Conversation with Caroline Cash
7-9 p.m. CT Friday, September 30
at Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave. Chicago IL 6622
Free!

Masks required for entry. This event marks Quimby’s first in-person event in the store since 2020, as we tentatively experiment with what it is like to having events somewhere other than online! Will we go back to doing more in-store events? Stay tuned!

About Acid Nun by Corinne Halbert:

A bad trip leads Annie, our earnest heroine, through a journey of suffering and self-discovery. Caught within the confines of her own mind, Annie struggles against the doubled weight of trauma and despair. In order to crawl her way out, she must grapple with the cruelest parts of her psyche, and make peace with her inner child and suppressed past. Annie argues with her demons and punches her way toward the light, with a little help from her dedicated and loving friends. Lushly illustrated with influences from spiritual iconography and psychedelic imagery, Halbert crafts an unflinching yet compassionate story about pain, rage, and the blessings we can give ourselves. CW: 18+ only. This book deals with trauma, sexual and physical violence, mental health, drugs, and other sensitive subjects. Preorder the book from Quimby’s here.

“Halbert’s art and writing throb with uninhibited scenes of sex and gore, crude but portrayed with wit. Each chapter concludes with her frank confessions about processing her own childhood trauma through creating these comics. Her openhearted emotional arc combined with such shock-erotic visceral imagery make for an entertaining and unexpectedly moving experience for gore-horror fans.” -Publishers Weekly

128 full-color pages; ISBN 978-1-945509-95-7, published by Silver Sprocket

About Girl In the World by Caroline Cash:

What’s everyone doing later? Some creatively named Facebook events? This book is about how a particularly chaotic 24 hours impacts a group of girls, and what they each get up to over the course of the night. Order this book from Quimby’s here.

“Girl in the World is drenched in equal parts love and despair, is softly satirical, and is just a lot of fun to look at. We predict Caroline Cash’s star is rising, make sure to grab onto its belching rainbow tail as it passes by and pick up this book if you want to see what the fuss is about.” -Broken Frontier

64 full-color pages, ISBN: 978-1-945509-36-0, published by Silver Sprocket

Corinne Halbert is a Chicago horror artist with an extensive book collection. Her work is heavily influenced by an avid obsession with 1970s cult films and vintage comics. Find her on the web at corinnehalbert.com.

 

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New Stuff This Week

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Zines

Social Media Is Dead Long Live Social Media by Rachel Hyman & friends (Bitza Press) $8

Raw Herzik by Keith Herzik $10

Car Stoppers by Marc Fischer & Temporary Services $8

11×17 Issues #9-15 by Public Collectors & friends $14

Band Aids #1 by Cian Sol $10

Less Eggs More Undies $7

L J Williams’ Bookshelf Voyeur MINI ZINES, $3 each: Barbie Catalog & Me, Guide to the Catholic Sisterhoods In the United States & Me, Girl Scout Handbook and Me

Running Errands by Matt Marth & friends (Rock Pile Press) $4

Golden Thread Drawings and Words by Ash HG $5

Comics & Minis

Flowery #42 by Mel Stringer $7.50

Dan Zettwoch titles: Tel Tales #2 Patching Things Up $8, Redbird #5 Beware of Baldknobbers $5, Redbird #6 West of the Mississippi $5

Comics by AT Pratts, $10 each: Negative Space, Pratt Splatters Combo Platters, Healthy Body Healthy Brain

I Hope This Finds You june-july Daily Diary Comics by Kevin Budnik $6

Wolf’s Bane by Oliver Aguilar $8

Baby We Are Snowdrops by Zepure $10

Fifty Flip Experiment #29 by Dan Hill $5

Comics & the like by Christina Tran: Here and Now $8 Becoming Political, Finding Possibility Within Community $6, Beyond Tips on How to Protect Yourself as and Artist $5, It’s Okay That It’s Not Okay Book $18

Comics & Zines from young Chicago kids!

More Things in Heaven and Earth #3 by Kat Tuesday $4

Shapes In First Zine Extraordinaire by Samuel Edme $6

Prolonged Cinematic Offensive Gesture Sequence issues #1-#4 by Miriam Borgstrom $2 each

Graphic Novels

Loudest and Smartest by Alex Krokus (Silver Sprocket) $29.99

The Collected Grief Manual by Birdcap $30

Flip N Flop by Bella and Jackson $24.99

Fiction

Ninety Days in the 90s by Andy Frye $18.99

Sexxxy

Sensitive Content #1 $20

Essay

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach $16.95

Witchy Shit

Outer Temple of Witchcraft: Circles, Spells and Rituals by Christopher Penczak $27.99

Ancestral Grimoire: Create Your Own Personal Book of Shadows by Nancy Hendrickson $17.95

Awake Dreamer: A Guide to Lucid Dreaming Astral Travel and Mastering the Dreamscape by Samantha Fey $18.95

Magazines

Broken Pencil #96 $7.95

In These Times august $4.95

Mother Jones october $9.99

Chap Books

Forgetting Everybody’s Names by Datacorrupt Temper Your Expectations $5

Other Stuff

New Blank Journals from The Dream Bindery!

Into 2023 Calendar: As Best You Can by Nikki Mcclure $23.99

New Stuff This Week

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Zines

Monsterama #3 Nostalgia Driven Horror Art Your Retro Horror Zine by Allan Graves $20

My Adventures With Pete and Pete by Julie Halpern $5

Moss Piglet August 2022 Mishaps and Misadventures John Bloner Jr. & friends $12

Nearly Perfect Necromancy of Lady Mondegreen: A Practical Guide to Malaprop Magic by Clint Marsh and Alexis Berger $9

Tomtlen the Lore of the Christimas Gnome by Danica Boyce $8

Popular Pandemics Spring 2029 $10

Songs to Heal to: A Playlist Zine by Emily Kardamis $5

This Must Be The Place by Randi Drozd $12

Comics

Late by Caroline Cash $10

Al Dente by Grayson Bear $6.99

Puke Banter by Gnartoons by James the Stanton $4.99

Oh How You’ve Grown #1 Red Haired King by Crescent Wrench FFrench $6

Basil by Sofia Diaz and Jillian Sander $8

Sketch Book Comics by Bridget Bilbo $5

Supplement by Ben Cherry $4

Ancient Futures #1 Rise of Valentino Cruz $20

Blank Frames by Nicole Rodrigues $10

Reptile House #10 $7

Graphic Novel

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso (D&Q) $29.95

Korean American Cooking Comics by Choi Watkins $26

American Cult: A Graphic History of Religious Cults in America from the Colonial Era to Today ***NEW HARD COVER EDITION*** edited by Robyn Chapman (Silver Sprocket) $34.99

What Remains: Personal and Political Histories of Colombia by Camilo Aguirre (Uncivilied) $19.95

Pretending Is Lying by Dominique Goblet $24.95

About 2019-2020 Diary Comics by Emily Kardamis $20

The Jodorowsky Library (Book Three) : Final Incal • After the Incal & more $49.99

Politics & Revolution Books

Unpayable Debt by Denise Ferreira da Silva (Sternberg Press) $27.95

Not “A Nation of Immigrants”: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz $17.95

Print Culture and the Formation of the Anarchist Movement in Spain, 1890–1915 by James Michael Yeoman (AK Press) $24

Against Borders : The Case for Abolition by Gracie Mae Bradley, Luke de Noronha (Verso) $19.95

Police: A Field Guide Revised Edition by David Correia & Tyler Wall (Verso) $19.95

The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism by Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter, Aaron Vansintjan (Verso) $26.95

Myth of Human Rights by Bob Black (Nine Banded Books) $15

Essays

Autoportrait by Jesse Ball $20

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller (Verso) $29.95

Fifty Forgotten Books by R.B. Russell $19.95

Enjoy Me Among My Ruins by Juniper Fitzgerald $15.95

Fiction Book

Book of Extraordinary Tragedies by Joe Meno (Akashic) $17.95

This Weightless World: A Novel by Adam Soto $17

Metropolis by Monte Schulz (Fantagraphics) $34.99

The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine $17

I Wished by Dennis Cooper $15

Witches: A Novel by Brenda Lozano $26

Mount Chicago: A Novel by Adam Levin $30

Damnable Tales: A Folk Horror Anthology by edited by Richard Wells $19.95

Bruges-la-Morte by Georges Rodenbach $14.95

New Stuff & Restocks from Amphetamine Sulphate:
Human Rights Amphetamine Sulphate Science Fiction edited by Philip Best $35
Talisman Angelical by Samantha Davies and Mathew Bower $10
Stricture by Isabelle Nicou $25
Agitation by Alexandrine Ogundimu $12
Sex Shops of Sherman Oaks by SJXSJC, Shane Jesse Christmass & Steven Purtill $20
Zealous Immaculate by Audrey Szasz $35
Braquemard the Clavicle of Gilles de Rais by Bladh Martin $25
Consumer Guide by Simon Morris $20

Mayhem & Outer Limits

All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life’s Work by Hayley Campbell $29.99

Monsters of the Midwest: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves, and Other Legendary Creatures by Jessica Freeburg, Natalie Fowler (Adventures Unlimited) $9.95

The Interrupted Journey: Two Lost Hours Aboard a UFO: The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill by John G. Fuller $18

Music Books

TOTAL CHAOS: The Story of the Stooges As Told by Iggy Pop / Updated and Revised by Iggy Pop (Third Man Books) $33

Boyz n the Void: a mixtape to my brother by G’Ra Asim $14.95

Lit Journals

Anarchist Review of Books #4 $6

For the Young at Heart

Fox Tells a Lie by Susanna Isern & illustrated by Leire Salaberria (NubeeOcho) $15.95

Gifty Stuff

Verso Radical Weekly Planner Diary Jan-Dec 2023 $19.95

Garbage Pail Kids: The Official Tarot Deck and Guidebook by Miran Kim $24.99

Holographic Bat Sticker by Violet Reed $4

New blank books by The Galek Sea $10

New Stuff & restocks from Silver Sprocket:
Neighborhood Crime Watch Sticker $3
Jenn Woodall Flash Sticker Sheet $6

New Stuff & restocks from GodBlessGenerica:
Same As It Ever Was Sticker $2.50
ACAB All Cameros Are Bitchin Screen Printed PATCH $3.25
United States Flag HaHaHa Screen Printed Patch $2.50

Adam JK stuff:
Pronoun Enamel Pins $10
Mixed Feelings Magnets $13.95

New stuff & restocks From Secret Headquarters:
Death By Coffee Air Fresheners, $6 each: Hot Rod Skeleton Driving, Frog Banjo
Death By Coffee Patch Red Demon Coffee Devil Patch $5
Enamel Pins, $10 each: The Doctor Is In Lucy, Crimson Ghost, Murder Books, The Book Was Better,
Patches, $5: Crying Clown Downer, Whatevs 4 Evs, Lonesome Crying Clown, I’m So Tired Crying Skeleton, I Cant Sleep At Night Hanging Bat Patch, Stay Cold, Stay Away Skunk, Tender Cherub, Garfield Skull, I Want to Disappear
Matt Darling Overthink Everything Ghost Candle $5