New Stuff This Week

Published on April 9, 2022 0 Comments

Happy Saturday! Did you know that April 9 is National Unicorn Day? While we don’t have any mythical creatures in stock right now, we do have a TON of fun new stuff in the form of zines, comics, and books. Check out this fantastic list of fresh arrivals!

Zines

My Favorite Actor is a Dog by Aim Ren $2

Women in Print #8 $8

Razorblades and Aspirin #14 $8

Dealing with COVID: Hopefully Helpful Tips by Lost Fillings $1

Time’s Up: No More Rape Culture in Our Skate Culture by Smash the Skatriarchy $3.95

How It Felt to Me: The Further Writings of Annie Howard $11

Gothic Lyric Book by Karina Song and Blaketheman1000 $5

I Miss You by Karina $1

Cut Me Up #8: Guided by Instinct $18

Something Rather Than Nothing Zine #1 $4

Bad Year by Nick Greer $5

Comics & Minis

Ghouls by Jenn Woodall $12

Future #8 by Tommi Musturi $6

Teeni Bop #1 $4

Annual Eternia Bodybuilding Contest #1 $2

Forms Saint George and the Dragon by Ryan Shipman $5

Eschew #5 by Robert Sergel $8

Smear Girl of Clay #1 $2

Heavy Metal #315 $13.99

Reptile House #9 by Nick Bunch $5

Scoundrels Don’t Get Caught by Hannibal Gerald $6

Graphic Novels

Rave by Jessica Campbell $22.95

Hell Phone: Book One by Benji Nate $14.99

One Hundred Columns for Razorcake: The Complete Comics 2003-2020 by Ben Snakepit $11.99

Book Tour by Andi Watson $24.99

Mr. Lightbulb by Wojtek Wawszczyk $29.99

Squeak the Mouse by Massimo Mattioli $29.99

Fiction

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker Martin $17.99

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan $28

Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer $18

The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers $21

DIY Books

Creative Not Famous the Small Potato Manifesto by Ayun Halliday $14.95

Stolen Sharpie Revolution: A DIY Resource For Zines and Zine Culture vol 6 by Alex Wrekk $15 – In fancy hardcover!

Everything Depends on Me: A Book About OCD by Alice DuBois $24

A Quick and Easy Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon and Will Hernandez $7.99

Pure Magic: A Complete Course in Spellcasting by Julia Illes $18.95

From Big Idea to Book: Create a Writing Practice That Brings You Joy by Jessie L Kwak $14.95

Music Books

Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran $18.99

Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records by Jim  Ruland $30

Mudhoney: The Sound and the Fury From Seattle by Keith Cameron $24.99

Essay & Culture & Memoir

Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage by Rachel E. Gross $30

Stalking the Atomic City by Markiyan Kamysh $22

Mayhem & Outer Limits Books

Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways edited by Mike Ashley $15.95

Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy edited by Mike Ashley $15.95

Tales of the Tattooed: An Anthology of Ink by John Miller $15.95

Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer by Christopher Berry Dee $16.95

Food & Drug Books

The Microdosing Guidebook: A Step-by-Step Manual by CJ Spotswood $19.95

Sexxy

Fantasy Lewds Erotic Anthology by Andy Hood $15

Experience Points: Illustrated Queer Smutty Stories by N.A. Melamed $12.95

Magazines

Little White Lies #92 $16.99

032c #40 $24.95

Chap Books & Lit Journals

Granta #158: In the Family $19.99

Kids Stuff

Illustoria #17 $16

Other Stuff

What A Time to Be Gay and Alive Bumper Sticker by Archie Bongiovanni $3

April Quimby’s Newsletter out Now

Published on April 4, 2022 0 Comments

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Independent Bookstore Day Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl 4/30

Published on April 3, 2022 0 Comments
Apr ’22
30
12:00 pm

Yet again, Chicagoland proves itself to be the dream destination for book lovers and readers of all ages! Quimby’s joins more than two dozen independent bookstores in the greater Chicago area — from Lake Forest to Beverly, and Naperville to the Loop — in collaborating on a third annual Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl, which encourages book lovers to indulge in bookstore tourism by visiting 10 or more stores in a single day.

The annual challenge is being held again on Independent Bookstore Day (IBD), which is a one-day national party celebrating indie book stores on the last Saturday in April. Each store creates its own unique events—including guest authors, special kids’ story times, readings, contests, giveaways, and special sales.

How to Participate…

Take photos at each participating independent bookstore you visit on Independent Bookstore Day. Share your photos on social media with the hashtag #ChiLoveBooks

• Visit TEN stores in one day and get 10% off at all participating bookstores for an ENTIRE YEAR!

• Visit FIFTEEN stores in one day and get 15% off at all participating bookstores for an ENTIRE YEAR!

On your last bookstore visit share your bookstore photos to verify your visits.

Readers are encouraged to post a snapshot of themselves and their Independent Bookstore Day haul on social media with the hashtag #ChiLoveBooks 

Fore more info, see chilovebooks.com.

Zine Club Chicago Online: Poetry Zines Edition, April 26th

Published on April 3, 2022 0 Comments
Apr ’22
26
7:30 pm

Zine Club Chicago Online: Poetry Zines Edition
7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, April 26 on Zoom
Free!

 

Shall we compare zines to a summer’s day? April is National Poetry Month, which is the perfect time for us to celebrate zines and chapbooks focused on verse. Whether the poetry in your collection is serious, humorous, rhyming, or free verse  — get out your favorite chapbooks! And if you self-publish your own poetry, we would love for you to read from your work, too.

 

Grab the poetry zines that make your heart sing, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Poetry Zines Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, April 26!

 

** 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 25 (the event before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, April 26.

 

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: https://zineclubchicagoshoutouts.spread.name/

More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

Facebook link here.

 

Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with an image of a typewriter and a handwritten “Poetry” sign, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Poetry Zines Edition Online! Free! Zoom info on quimbys.com 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, April 26”

New Stuff This Week

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Zines

Stapled Spine #10 $5

NXOEED #2 $5

Sharp Needles Mutilate Your Lips by Luke Ipsum $5

Loving Stranger by TJ Walker $15

Comics & Minis

Bubbles #13 Independent Fanzine About Comics and Manga edited by Brian Baynes $8

Crickets #7 by Sammy Harkham $12

Paul Byerly’s 55th Birthday in a Comic Book by His Daughter $5

Skyline Issue #1 by Chris Resnick $7

Car Fire by Teddie Bernard $8

Midwest Gothic by Margo DeVaughn $15

Barrage by Nicolas Nade $5

Prison by Liva Kandevica $7

Beast by Danielle Chenette $8

Sixty Five Bugs by Dean Sudarsky $5

Musical Pretext for Gestural Adventure by Pia Melissa Laroche $8

Graphic Novels

Mr. Colostomy by Matthew Thurber (D+Q) $24.95

Walk Me to the Corner by Anneli Furmark (Drawn & Quarterly) $29.95

Music Books

Record Store Day: The Most Improbable Comeback of the 21st Century by Larry Jaffee $20

Japanthem: Counter-Cultural Experiences, Cross-Cultural Remixes by Jillian Marshall $16

Essay & Humor & Memoir

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby $28

Save Yourself by Cameron Esposito $17.99

Sicker in the Head by Judd Apatow $28.99

Sexxxy

Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage by Rachel E. Gross $30

Magazines

Broken Pencil #94 $7.95

Tape Op #148 $5.99

Kinfolk #43 $18

Mojo #340 $11.99

Harpers Magazine april $7.99

Breathe #44 $13.99

Wire #456 $12.50

Aperture #246 $24.95

Chap Books & Lit Journals

Overtime Hour 61 Soft Places by Michael Snyder (Blue Cubicle Press) $2

The Paris Review #239 $20

Other Stuff

Office Supply-like goodness by Tuesday Bassen: Kickin’ Ass & Takin’ Notes $17.95, Two-Faced Pencils: 10 Graphite & Red Bicolored Pencils $14.95, Bad Dogs Bad Girls Erasers $12.95