New Quimby’s Postcard by Jessi Zabarsky!

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We are over the moon with this playful postcard that Chicago-based cartoonist and illustrator Jessi Zabarsky made for us! Its whimsical multi-color take on Chris Ware’s iconic Quimby imagery is such a sweet tribute. We know you’ll love the hidden creatures doing silly things as much as we do! And did you see the mouse pulling the strawberry?! Spend some time with it and take it in, you won’t be able to get enough. And THE THING HAS ROUNDED CORNERS! Perfect for dropping a line to your friends while also spreading the word about your favorite bookstore. Only $2! What a steal! Come into the store and get it or order one from our webstore here.

 

 

 

New Stuff This Week

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And hey! Check out this CAKE POPS interview with Quimby’s employees past and present here!

Zines

Pencil Revolution #16 and #17 by Johnny Gambor $5 each

2 new Book Mark zines from Pressing Concern, $7 each:
Mutual Aid Is Kin(etic): Ten Things I Feel About Mutual Aid by Carla Bergman
The Urgency of Awesome: How Much Else You Could Be Doing by Liz Mason

The Wonder of It All #6 $3

Robin Hustle’s Fenestrated Shape $4

Os Decorum Adult Coloring Book by Shelby Lerner $14

Comics

Multiple Anders Nilsen titles!: In Your Next Life You Will Be Together With All of Your Friends $20, Tongues Chapter 4 $18

Red Room #1 The Anti Social Network by Ed Piskor $6.99

Devil In Hand by Issa Saldana $3

FTM Horndogs by R.Y. Newman $5

Titles by Bianca Brandolino: New Day $15, Transience $5

Comics by Jen C.: And I Can’t Swim, Diary Comics 1 & 2 and more.

Graphic Novels

Antifa: Super Soldier Cookbook by Matt Lubchansky (Silver Sprocket) $14.99

Fiction

Butterfly Lampshade: A Novel by Aimee Bender $16.95

Politics, Revolution & Essay

Anarchist Communism by Peter Kropotkin $13

Ain’t I a Woman by Sojourner Truth $13

Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One’s Books by George Perec $13

What Is Existentialism? by Simone de Beauvoir $16.95

Magazines

Juxtapoz #218 summer $9.99

The Grind #2 Perspectives On Stripping From the Dancers Themselves $10

In These Times june $4.95

The Monthly Review may $6

The Believer #136 june july $12

Outer Limits

Modern Witchcraft Guide to Fairies: Your Complete Guide to the Magick of the Fae by Skye Alexander $16.99

Sexxxy

2 Meats!: Meat Special Book Preview Edition $20, Meat: The Final Issue $20

 

Quimby’s and Community CAKEPOPS Panel

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What an honor! The first CAKE POPS video is up at the CAKE Chicago YouTube page, starring Quimby’s Bookstore employees past and present: Mike Centeno, Corinne Halbert, Caroline Cash & Liz Mason. Come watch us talk about the store, the comics community of Chicago, & the large quantity of duct-taped consignment binders behind the counter.

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CAKEPOPS is a series of digital check-ins with CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) Creators about topics of interest. This installment of CAKEPOPS is our very first!

Join Quimby’s Bookstore manager and zinester Liz Mason and cartoonist-employees past and present Corrine Halbert, Caroline Cash, and Mike Centeno as they discuss the history of Quimby’s Bookstore, as well as it’s impact on the Chicago comics community!

Panelists:
Mike Centeno (he/him) https://www.mikecenteno.com/
Corinne Halbert (she/her) https://corinnehalbert.com/
Caroline Cash(she/her) https://carolinecashcomics.com/
Liz Mason(she/her) https://lizmasonisawesome.com/

Panel coordination by Aim Ren
Video editing and animation by Sage Coffey
CAKEPOPS Graphics by Andrea Bell

WHAT IS CAKE? The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago’s rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics’ most talented artists– past, present and future. Featuring comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more, cake is dedicated to fostering community and dialogue amongst independent artists, small presses, publishers and readers. As a completely volunteer run organization, your tax-deductible support is vital to CAKE’s growth and financial stability. If you enjoyed our CAKEPOPS series, please consider donating here: tiny.cc/donateCAKE

To learn more about CAKE and upcoming CAKE events, visit our website: cakechicago.com

Zine Club Chicago Online: How-To Zines Edition, Tues, June 29th

Published on June 2, 2021 0 Comments
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7:30 pm

Zine Club Chicago Online: How-To Zines Edition

with Special Guest Anna Jo Beck

7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, June 29 on Zoom

Free!

This month, we’re thrilled to be celebrating a special guest: One of our founding members (and also our incredibly talented designer) Anna Jo Beck! Anna will discuss Broke, Not Broken: Personal Finance for the Creative, Confused, Underpaid, and Overwhelmed, her newly released first book that has its origins in her popular how-to zine about personal finance.

Everyone is invited to share your favorite how-to zines, as well! Please join us for Zine Club Chicago Online: How-To Zines Edition with Special Guest Anna Jo Beck at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, June 29 on Zoom.

Broke, Not Broken, a compassionate, friendly, and fun guide to personal finance, is being published in Summer 2021 by Microcosm Publishing. (Snag your copy from ZCC’s sponsor, Quimby’s Bookstore, which you can PRE-ORDER HERE!) Anna also runs a Zine-a-Month subscription through Patreon and publishes Zine Fiend, a free e-newsletter about zine culture. You can find links to Anna’s work here: linktr.ee/annajobeck

** Zoom info ** We want to make sure that our online 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, June 28 (the day before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 11 p.m. CT that evening.

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 Chicago Zine Fest/Midwest Perzine Fest organizer 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 at ZCC social media channels: @zineclubchicago

Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/590645888507102/

Links

Anna’s linktree: https://linktr.ee/annajobeck

Anna’s portfolio: annajobeck.com

Buy Anna’s zines: https://annajobeck.storenvy.com/

Read Anna’s zines online for free: https://issuu.com/annajobeck

Buy Anna’s book (though Quimby’s will have copies too): https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/artist/anna-jo-beck

Anna’s Patreon/Zine-a-Month subscription: www.patreon.com/annajobeck

Zine Fiend: https://tinyletter.com/zinefiend

New Stuff This Week

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Zines

Strange Tapes Hamburger Dad: Special Edition Zine by Scott R. Miller & friends $5

Rain Barrel #2 april by Jordan Sea $3

Religion, Politics, Sex vol 2 The Family Issue by Robert T. Glen $6

I Think You Might Write a Body Once and Awhile: Passive Aggressive Vintage Postcards 1909-1949 by Robert T. Glen $6

GenderFail stuff: Urgent Publishing After the Artist’s Book: Making Public in Movements Towards Liberation by Paul Soulellis $24, Manifesto Profit for Survival by Be Oakley $12, Some Definitions, Some Thoughts, Some Assertions, Radical Softness as a Boundless Form of Resistance by Be Oakley $16

In Your Chest in Your Gut Everywhere All Over by Caitlin McCann $7

zines by Jilly Foo: My My Moemon $2, Hallowzine 2020 $5 & more.

The Match #122 spring $3

Learn English with Mr. Wood by Antek $2

These Are All Inadequate #3 by Jesse Maximum $3

Great Rock N Roll Dwindle #2 by No One $4

Reglar Wiglar #27 by Christopher Auman $8

Flux in Green Air $24

Comics & Minis

Vixen Black $2

Myrodemus #2 by Finn Walker $24.99

Prey Pray by Stokes Breanan And Lei $6

Campfire Comics and Stories Biannual january $10

Get To You by Gabe Mason Howell $10

Rust Belt Review #1 Comics Anthology $10

Graphic Novels

Heart Shaped Tears: Art, Comics and Dark Secrets by Abby Jame (Silver Sprocket) $24.99

The Gift by Zoe Maeve (Conundrum) $18

Super Magic Forest by Ansis Purins $16.95

Crash Site by Nathan Cowdry (Fantagraphics) $24.99

Scoop Scuttle and His Pals: The Crackpot Comics of Basil Wolverton, edited by Greg Sadowski (Fantagraphics) $29.99

It’s Life as I See it: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940 – 1980 edited by Dan Nadel (MCA/NYRC) $24.95

Fiction

Pharmako-AI by K Allado-McDowell (Ignota) $19.95

Hollow by B. Catling $17

Music & Movies Books

Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany by Uwe Schütte $18

Fallopian Rhapsody: The Story of the Lunachicks by The Lunachicks with Jeanne Fury $18.99

More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking and Legacy of L.A. Punk by John Doe & Tom DeSavia $16.99

Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide (2nd Edition, Revised) by Josiah Howard (FAB Press) $29.95

Essays

In a Car On a Road Going to a Place by Caitlin McCann $24.99

There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness by M. Leona Godin $28

DIY

Witches Guide to Wildcraft: Using Common Plants to Create Uncommon Magick by JD Walker $17.99

Magazines

Lost In #24 Veggies $13

Yes Magazine #98 summer $6.50

Mojo #331 june $11.99

Monocle #143 $14

Harpers Magazine jun $7.99

Bust #125 summer $7.99

Wire #447 $12.50

Offscreen #24 $22

Chap Books

You Make Me So Mad Sometimes by Caitlin McCann $12

I’m Home and Theres Nothing by Dustin Struckman $5