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Zine Club Chicago: Let’s Make Food Zines! with Special Guest Sarah Becan
Zine Club Chicago: Let’s Make Food Zines! with Special Guest Sarah Becan
3 p.m. Saturday, November 23, 2024
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave.
Free!What better way to celebrate a season of harvest than with an artist who draws food? Chicago-based superstar Sarah Becan has been on the scene for years, and we’ve always been fans of her delectable and informative work. We’re thrilled to have Sarah as a special guest at Zine Club Chicago to talk about her career in culinary comics, which spans mini-comics, webcomics, restaurant work, and publishing. Sarah also will tell us about the weird things artists have to think about when illustrating food and making recipe comics, because she’s got plenty of experience. Plus, she’ll be hosting a free workshop! Bring a recip Bon appetit!
Please join us at Zine Club Chicago: Let’s Make Food Zines! with Special Guest Sarah Becan at 3 p.m. Saturday, November 23, 2024 right here at our shop, 1054 W. North Ave. in Wicker Park. Free!
We’ll provide zinemaking supplies and snacks. Recommended: Bring a short recipe of your choosing to make into a zine during the workshop.
Zine Club Chicago is a mask-supportive environment; we’ll have masks available if you’d like to wear one. Please note that seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Sarah Becan has been drawing comics since she was very small. Her food-based autobiographical webcomic “I Think You’re Sauceome” sparked a love of food and culinary illustration, and her work has since appeared in various publications, including Saveur Magazine, Eater.com, StarChefs, and the Chicago Reader. She is the coauthor and illustrator of Let’s Make Ramen!, published July 2019, and Let’s Make Dumplings!, published June 2021, and the most recent Let’s Make Bread!, coauthored with baker Ken Forkish, published May 2024. She lives in Chicago with her partner Niles and their cat Toki, and she would be very happy to do nothing but draw food all day. Find her on Instagram @sarahbecan
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free monthly event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs the monthly flyers, created the logo, and made the 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:
Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago like here on IG and here on Twitter.
The Facebook Event Invite is here.
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New Stuff This Week
View this post on InstagramZines
Make Up #3 $5
Austin Seance Quarterly Journal Fall 2024 The Fall Halloween Issue by Jake Cordero $5
Bovely’s Little Big Adventure $2
Moments of the Past by Clementine Penner $2
by Jerrry James: Buncha Balogney issues #1 & #3 $7 each, Phlim Phlam #1 $10
Comics
Mineshaft #45 $15
2 titles from Entropy Editions: Little Misanthropist: Chicago, IL by Gabriel Mason Howell $8 + Gods Sod House: Gypsum, KS by Cedar Van Tassel $10
Lifetime Library Lover: My Journey from Reader to Anticensorship Ringleader by Amanda Recupido, art by Rae Yung $3
Journey Agent #0 Dirt Cheap Honest to Goodness Tramp Tales by OW Wellerd $4
Back to School by Rudy Brumm $10
Chasing Yesterday by Boris Hartl, Steph C and Lucas Gattoni $2
New Wave Comics – Slane #5 by David Soileau $2
Graphic Novels
Dog Days by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (Drawn & Quarterly) $24.95
Art Books
Giant Robot: Thirty Years of Defining Asian American Pop Culture edited by by Eric Nakamura, Francine Yulo, Tracy Hurren, Megan Tan and Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly) $49.95 – Release date 10/29!
Soil Air Reverence by Colin Martinez $20
The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey : Rare Drawings, Scripts, and Stories by C. J. Verburg $50
Music & Film Books
From Shining Light Press: CHUNKS Hardcore Fanzine Anthology $18 + HARDWARE Hardcore Fanzine Anthology Second Printing by David Koenig and Brett Beach $45 + POSITIVE INFLUENCE Hardcore Fanzine Anthology by Anji Bee $18
Jukebox Photographs 1967-2023 by Michael Goldberg (Hozac) $33.99
This Aint No Disco: The Story of CBGB by Roman Kozak and photos by Ebet Roberts (Trouser Press) $22.95
The Worlds of Wes Anderson: The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Iconic Films by Adam Woodward $35
Magazines & Newspapers
Creem $25 each: #8 Goes to the Movies, #9 Gone Country
The Anarchist Review of Books #8 $6
Sexxxy
Dirty Mag – A Zine July 2024 by Alex B. and Dittos Domain $10
Fiction Books
Kayfabe by Chris Koslowski (McSweeney’s) $28
Dear Dickhead: A Novel by Virginie Despentes $28
Lit Journals, Chap Books & Poetry
The First Line vol 26 #3 Fall 24 edited by David & Robin Labounty (Blue Cubicle Press) $6
Some Poems #2 by Clementine Penner $2
The Day We Met in Earthly Time by Gary Gautier $10.99
For the Young at Heart
Emily (and Jerry and Lucy): Emily’s Family Fun Tales by Rocco DiCaro $15.99
Fruit on the Go: A Coloring Book by Clementine Penner $18
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Don't Know Where to Start? We'll Make it Easy For You!
Browsing the store can be overwhelming, especially if it’s your first time in. We recommend checking out our staff picks section! Located right underneath our fabulous LGBTQIA+ shelves, (sorry to those with weak knees) our staff faves are filled with gems selected by our expert team of zine makers and readers. Next time you’re in the shop, check out some of these standout titles handpicked just for you!
Shotgun Seamstress: The Complete Zine Collection by Osa Atoe
We’re huge fans of zine anthologies, especially this beautiful collection of one of our all-time faves: Shotgun Seamstress by Osa Atoe! Shotgun Seamstress began in 2006 in Portland, OR out of necessity. From the author: “The zine came out of the experience of being the only black kid at the punk show.” Each issue highlights Black punk bands, artists, and musicians, many of them friends of Atoe or musicians and artists she looked up to. The layout style is timeless and the interviews, comix, and zine and album reviews highlight underground Black musicians and artists by bringing them to the forefront.
Feminist Art Punks: Riot Grrrl, Zines, and the Radical Power of Self Authorship by Katie Kiesewetter
A syllabus zine that includes resources, writing prompts, and ways to map your own feminist history in a radical and self-guided way. You really can’t go wrong with zines by local zine maker Katie Kiesewetter, which we have plenty of titles in stock at the moment!
Staring Contest Essays About Eyes by Joshua James Amberson
A memoir written in essays, all about your eyeballs! Joshua James Amberson writes about pseudoxanthoma elasticum, a rare eye disease he developed early in his childhood that later turned into an obsession. Amberson bares his soul and writes about the frustrating trips to oncologists and the fear of possibly losing his sight earlier than planned. The pop culture references about eye disabilities in the media (think Mr. Magoo, Lisa “Left Eye Lopes,” and the song “Betty Davis Eyes”) make this book a truly fascinating read! Joshua James Amberson is also the founder of one of our favorite book and zine distros, Antiquated Future.
First Good Time by Aim Ren Beland
From the author: back in august ’22 I asked the trans community to share their joy with me “because we deserve joy and we deserve to see depictions of our selves being joyful”. First Good Time is the zine born of those submissions; a collection of portraits, drawn by myself, of trans folks with a line about why they feel joy, or in what ways they feel joy. First Good Time is also a Zine-A-Month March 2024 release.
Prisoners’ Inventions by Angelo and Temporary Services, published by Half Letter Press
What began as a penpal exchange between Marc Fisher of Half Letter Press and Angelo, a Californian prisoner, this collection features Angelo’s illustrations of inventions he had seen in prison. This is a great resource for prisoners and their friends on the outside.
Red’s Review of Revolting Prostitutes by Red S.
Part book review, part resource of sex worker organizing movements and groups in the US and beyond, this is an important zine about the release of the book Revolting Prostitutes the Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights by Molly Smith and Juno Mac. We are fans of book reviews that turn into full blown zines, especially radical zines about sex workers rights!
From the author: An extra vulnerable one. Examining the intersection of anti-aging and anti-fat bias. And am I asexual?
Jordan is a zine counselor for Zine Club Chicago‘s Zine Camp, co-host of The Zine Report, a monthly podcast, and friend of the store.
thanks for reading!!! <3 Angel
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Quimby’s October Newsletter Available Now
Read it here and make sure you sign up to get it in your inbox at quimbys.com.
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New Stuff This Week
View this post on InstagramZines
Zines by William H. Young: Girl You Fell in Love with a Bot! What Now? $5, Somnium Seasonal Goddesses #2 $19.99
Zines by Jone Greaves: Anxious Planet $3, Intent to Carcinize $5
What the Hell Is Going On? A Zine Companion by Safe Space Forum $3
Data Digest #0003 West Hollywood $12
King Bourbon #3 by Steve Gentry $5
Comics
You Don’t Get There From Here #65 Diary Comics by Carrie McNinch $4
The Venus Pill by Sophie McMahan $15
Fielder #3 Alla Prima by Kevin Huizenga $12.99
Aktion Kat #1 by Paul Garner $16.66
Mild Pain #3 by A. Kacen $7
Corpse Cypher #1 by JCrash $10
New stuff by H Jones: Journey $3, Devil Is Laughing $2
Graphic Novels
Arctic Play by Mita Mahato (Asterism) $34
Q&A by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly) $16.95
Sunday by O. Schrauwen (Fantagraphics) $39.99
Sid and the Sickos by Abby Kacen $16
Art Books
How Banksy Saved Art History by Kelly Grovier $35
Yokai: The Art of Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly) $44.95
Lit Journal
Transat #1 $10
Moss Piglet Oct 24 edited by John Bloner Jr. & friends $15
Music Books
You’re with Stupid: Kranky, Chicago, and the Reinvention of Indie Music by Bruce Adams $22.95
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir – The Coming Back for More Edition by Sly Stone $20
Outer Limits & Mayhem
Healing Psychedelics: Innovative Therapies for Trauma and Transformation by Micah Stover $21.95
Anubis—Ancient Egypt’s Lord of Death and Protection by Charlie Larson
Queering the Runes: Reclaiming Ancestral Wisdom in Rune Magic and Mythology by Siri Vincent Plouff $18.95
Mexican Magic: Brujeria, Spells, and Rituals for All Occasions by Laura Davila $18.95
The Penguin Book of Demons by Scott G. Bruce $18
Tattoo Tarot (Mini Deck): Ink & Intuition by Diana McMahon Collis and illustrated by Oliver Munden $12.99
Fiction
The End of a Primitive by Chester Himes $17
Horror Anthologies Fish Gather to Listen and Bitter Become the Fields, both by Jes McCutchen & friends $18.99-$19.99
Essays
Here, Now: Essays by Michelle Suzanne Mirsky $22
Haunted States: An American Gothic Guidebook by Miranda Corcoran $16.95
Magazines
Uppercase #63 $24
Chap Books
Brief Stillness Poems by Travis Park $.25
For the Young at Heart
A whole bunch of re-released Edward Gorey back in stock!
How Do You Even Define This?
Alexander Viazmensky Mushrooms Knowledge Cards Deck $14.95
Charley Harper Playing Cards $16.95
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Tessa Recommends a Little Getaway to Hold Off the Inclement Weather Blues
Alrighty zine fiends, it is about to get gloomy as heck, especially for us in Chicago and the Midwest. Maybe it would help to plan a trip? Could be just a little getaway—maybe even in your imagination. So, I’ve gathered together a collection of zines to help you prepare to escape the dreary months to come. Introducing…
Tessa’s Guide to Zines That Aren’t Necessarily Travel Guides but Make Me Think About Escaping!
Elephant Buildings by Dave Hankins
The obvious place to start is Elephant Buildings by Dave Hankins. Now, you’ll have to time travel to visit some of the fascinating elephant-shaped buildings in this zine, but you’ll find plenty of interesting details in Dave’s thoroughly researched zine to accurately set your time travel devices or to travel in your imagination. Before picking this little booklet up, I never thought to wonder about elephant buildings, but after reading it I feel like such a fool. I will now be forever curious about the history of any roadside attraction I encounter.
Controlled Burn: an Oak Opening Story by Lee Fearnside
Try out imaginary ecotourism by visiting an interesting local ecosystem in Controlled Burn: an Oak Opening Story by Lee Fearnside. In this little zine, you’ll meet the plants and animals of Oak Openings, a region crossing Ohio and Michigan and learn about the impact of human intervention on this unique habitat and the importance of controlled burns in ecosystems. I love learning about the environments I visit. If you do too, try out Controlled Burn!
Indianapolis: a Visitor’s Guide by Jone Greaves
Maybe you’re staying nearby – a little road trip to MidBest mecca, Indianapolis! 😉 Make sure to pick up Jone Greaves’ very helpful, Indianapolis: a Visitor’s Guide before you hit the road! Inside you’ll find secrets, tips and mysterious warnings about the city, like the resting place of the “harbinger of the growing goblin scourge of the Midwest,” a warning about cursed regions, seasonal rituals, and a reminder not to mention The Catacombs (oops!).
Cavern Zines #4 by Ari Ganahl
Maybe you’re staying even nearer-by—Try out Ari Ganahl’s Cavern Zine #4 for an adventure right from your favorite armchair. Everything you need for a spelunking adventure is in this little book. Join the included (great value!) cave guide on a unique journey through paper landscape. Best of all, you can visit this destination again and again with no additional cost!
Pocket Road Atlas by Mel Watkin and Maps by Chris Auman
For more armchair adventures, check out Mel Watkin’s Pocket Road Atlas to plan out an imaginary road trip through beautiful imagined regions illustrated right over real road maps. I also recommend Chris Auman’s Maps, which will provide you with plenty of imaginary landscapes, cityscapes, mostly-waterscapes, and other scapes, to escape into.
Anxious Planet by Jone Greaves
Finally, if you happen to be reading this blog from your spaceship, contemplating a visit to Earth, make Quimby’s your first stop planet-side to pick up Jone Greaves’ Anxious Planet for a general overview of what’s going on here with this weird rock we’re living on.
Happy trails, Zine Travellers! I hope to see you in-store to wish you well on your zine journeys!
See ya soon!
-Tessa <3
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New Stuff This Week
View this post on InstagramOh!
Social Justice Kittens 2025 Calendar by Liartown USA $20
Tarot Del Fuego Box of Tarot Cards by Ricardo Cavolo $24.95
Zines
Crap Hound 2024 Owls and Crows by Sean Tejaratchi $20
2 zines by Katie Kiesewetter: Behind, Sharp! #3 Chicago Style $8, Gratuitous Hospitality $10
Unresolved #10 by Eli Schmitt $5
zines by April Malig: I Don’t Know How to Take Pictures But I Like to Do It Anyway $12, April’s Eating Zine #5 $15 and more.
Check the Record #1 & #2 by Jen Matson $5 each
Graphic Novels
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation adapted by Paul Peart-Smith $22.95
Paying for It (re-issue) by Chester Brown (D&Q) $21.95
New Realities: The Comics of Dash Shaw by Greg Hunter and Dash Shaw (Uncivilized) $24.95
Tegan and Sara: Crush bu Tegan and Sara Quin, illustrated by Tillie Walden $14.99
Art & Photo Books
Native Trees of Canada by Leanne Shapton (D&Q) $20.95
To Washington Park, With Love: Documentary Photographs from Summer 1987 by Rose Blouin (Haymarket) $35
Politics & Revolution Books
The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe by Gideon Levy (Verso) $24.95
World War 3 NOW? (World War 3 Illustrated #54) edited by Seth Tobocman, Susan Simensky Bietila & Nicole Schulman (AK Press) $20
Dead Cities (re-issue) by Mike Davis $24.95
The Conquest of Bread (2nd Edition) by Peter Kropotkin (AK Press) $20
Fiction
The Great When: A Long London Novel by Alan Moore $29.95
Model Home: A Novel by Rivers Solomon $28
Roberto Bolano novel reprints: The Return $17, Antwerp $15, By Night in Chile $16
Starter Villain by John Scalzi $18.99
Star 111 by Lutz Seiler $19.95
Music & Film Books
Shoegaze by Ryan Pinkard (33 1/3 Genre) $19.95
Lou Reed: The King of New York by Will Hermes $22
BFI Film Classics books, $17.95 each: Cure by Dominic Lash, Close Encounters of the Third Kind by Dana Polan
Sonic Bonds: A Journey Into Wondrous Radio by Siue Moffat (Mr. Pither Cycling Tour Connections) $14.99
Like Lockdown Never Happened: Music and Culture During Covid by Joy White $14.95
Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures through Cinema edited by Doris Berger with Maya S. Cade, Jacqueline Stewart and more $45
Essay
Country Queers: A Love Letter by Rae Garringer $24.95
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein $20
Sci-Fi, Magick, Queer L.A.: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation edited by Kelly Filreis and Alexis Bard Johnson $39.95
Lucky Mud & Other Foma: A Field Guide to Kurt Vonnegut’s Environmentalism and Planetary Citizenship by Christina Jarvis $22.95
Gender Explained: A New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World by Diane Ehrensaft and Michelle Jurkiewicz $28.95
Witchy Shit
Practical Candle Magic: Witchcraft with Wick & Wax by Rachel Patterson $18.99
Witch in Darkness: Magick for Tough Times, Bad Days and Moments of Total Catastrophe by Kelly-Ann Maddox $24.95
Consciousness Expansion
Psychedelics and the Soul: A Mythic Guide to Psychedelic Healing, Depth Psychology, and Cultural Repair by Simon Yugler $19.95
Food Books
Lickin’ the Beaters: Low Fat Vegan Desserts (2nd Edition) by Suie Moffat $10.95
Chap Books & Lit Journals
some LOVE – four poems by elizabeth s. tieri $10
Kris Called Krishna Home by Kristoffer Damato, multiple issues $10 each
The Bennington Review #13 $15
Briefly Gently: Record of an Unreadied Boat by Tori Rego $15
Waiting For the Exterminator by Sophie Grimes $3
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Recommended Reading: Adam Gnade and his Great American Novels
As of late, I’ve been deep into Adam Gnade‘s pocket sized novels ever since we received a large box of them from Kansas, where the author resides. Gnade (pronounced GUH-NAH-DEE) writes about coming of age in America, friendship, and being involved in alternative music scenes in the early aughts, a time when smartphones hadn’t been invented and the world felt less chaotic and broken.
After Tonight, Everything Will Be Different drew me in with its cover: a picture of a hand pouring hot sauce on a giant burrito inside a taqueria. Maybe I was hungry that day, but something nudged me to buy it (we sold two other copies in the same day, perhaps there was something in the air). After Tonight… is set in San Diego, CA centered around the main character’s memories of growing up in the beachy California town where his parents owned a seafood restaurant. Each chapter is centered around a specific food memory and how the meals or snacks comforted James and his pals after late nights at punk shows, bars, and nights out when the only thing that mattered was being in the moment and escaping reality with chosen family. Despite each chapter being centered around food, the book reads more like an autobiography filled with visceral memories and the pain of early adulthood when you and your friends move on, go to college, or stay put in your hometown and waste time trying to figure out who you are and what you want to be. Gnade has a poetic way of retelling memories that pull the reader into his world by making them relatable and tender.
When you make sense to someone it is a lovely thing. What you are doesn’t tire them or make them nervous or scare them off. They see you and you make sense. Your weird shit makes sense. Your fears and delusions make sense. The things you love make sense. If you don’t make sense, it’s like a bitter flavor in a thing that should be sweet and it’s confusing to people. They don’t get you, and because they don’t get you, you’ve got no chance of being their friend. At 16 I want nothing more than to make sense to people, but I don’t make sense to anyone.
This beautiful paragraph is from the chapter titled “BURRITOS, VARIOUS.”
The second book in Gnade’s pocket sized series of America is The Internet Newspaper. In the sequel, we follow James for three days in the year 2000 as he temps for a local internet newspaper in San Diego writing clickbait articles about cats and listing local music events. At night, he’s raiding the alcohol cabinet of a stranger’s home with friends while they house sit and driving to Tijuana with his coworkers for a press junket and getting drunk on the company dime. The Internet Newspaper captures a time when the internet was a place where information was less available and more casual, not all encompassing like it is today. The book is not just about the internet and the experience of having your first grown-up job, but about the main character’s life as a twenty-something punk having fun with friends while battling debilitating depression and suicidal ideation.
As I savor the last few pages of The Internet Newspaper, I look forward to reading I Wish to Say Lovely Things, Gnade’s follow up novel about love in all its many forms.
tl;dr Adam Gnade makes reading fun, inspiring, accessible, and cool with his badass autofiction novels.
*xo~Angel~xo*
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New Stuff This Week
View this post on Instagram2025 Slingshot Planners! Pocket size $8 / Pocket size spiral $12 / Large spiral size $16
Zines
Cathode Ray Mission #3 A Sci-Fi and Horror Fanzine Fall 2024 $2
Zines by Rojas: Anxious Eye Farming With Marx at the Edge of the World $5, Chinga La Migra Means Fuck the World – Border Violence Migration and the End of the World (with Diego and 2ry) $7, Anxious Eye Farming With Marx at the Edge of the World $5 & more.
Butler Burger issues #1-#3 $2.50 each
Bug Serial #1 Sum 24 by Spinelli and Splif $3
Little Guide to Analog Photo Booths in Chicago by Charlie Sierra $10
Stream Your Head Off #25 Aug 24 by Ross Peterson $5
Rate of Decay #9 $2
People Looking at Art 2018-2024 by Chris Gleason $15
Momentary Alchemy by davonperspectives $24
How to Tell Democrats from Republicans by Bronwyn Mauldin $7
Non Dichotomy by Kara Hawley $7
Comics
Scorpio Venus Rising #2 by Corinne Halbert $10
Jewels of Thought – A Dialogue With Pharoah Sanders by Kaitlin Kostus $6
Why Does She Hurt Herself Like That by Heather Benjamin $20
Larch Spinney issues #1 $ #2 by Sigil Snoot $10 each
Photogenic #1 The Gift That Keeps on Giving by Dominic and Margo Sawaya and Jen Chavez $10
Graphic Novels
Final Cut by Charles Burns $34
Heavenly Days by Em Frank (Floating World) $29.99
The Scrapbook of Life and Death by J Webster Sharp (Avery Hill) $19.99
Disciples of the Soil by B Mure (Avery Hill) $12.99
Art Books
Mr. Brainwash: Franchise of the Mind by Ted Vassilev $35
Fiction
The Repeat Room: A Novel by Jesse Ball $27
Rejection: Fiction by Tony Tulathimutte $28
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams $20
The Free People’s Village: A Novel by Sim Kern $18.99
Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison, edited by Michael Straczynski $19.99
Like Red on a Rose by Rathan Krueger $15.99
Film & Music Books
The Last Dream by Pedro Almodóvar $26
Taste in Music: Eating on Tour with Indie Musicians by Alex Bleeker and Luke Pysenson $27.95
Depeche Mode Live by Dennis Burmeister and Sascha Lange (Akashic) $59.95
Mayhem & Outer Limits
The Witch’s Door: Oddities and Tales from the Esoteric to the Extreme by Ryan Matthew Cohn & Regina M. Rossi $30
Eerie Legends: An Illustrated Exploration of Creepy Creatures, the Paranormal, and Folklore from around the World by Ricardo Diseño & Steve Mockus $29.99
Freaky Folklore: Terrifying Tales of the World’s Most Elusive Monsters and Enigmatic Cryptids by Darkness Prevails with Carman Carrion $19.99
Magazines
Para Llevar issues #3 & #4 $22 each
RFD #199 $11.95
Gush Magazine vol 1 #2 $10
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Local Spooky: Full Bleeeeeeeeed
AHHH! WHAT’S THAT BEHIND YOU???
Oh! It’s the spooky season!!
Fall is here and there’s already a little chill in the air… With October (the best month of the year by a gapingly enormous margin) just around the corner, many of us are looking very much forward to all the fun, fun activities of the spooky season: coming up with Halloween costumes; eating supernatural amounts of candy; carving 80 to 90 pumpkins into exact replicas of Moo Deng the sassy baby hippo; and, of course, watching as many horror movies as humanly possible!
Whether you’re a seasoned horror flick connoisseur, a sweet lil’ chicken whose terror tolerance is maxed out by It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, or somewhere in between, October is a great time to watch some scary (and not-so-scary) movies. If you agree, I’d like to point your attention to a new zine that you won’t want to sleep on:
The premier issue of Full Bleed: Chicago’s #1 Horror & Exploitation Zine is currently on the shelves at Quimby’s, so get it while we got it! This wicked zine is jam packed with horror movie reviews, an interview with local comic artist Tyrell Cannon, a Chicago horror directory, a frighteningly hilarious comic, and more.
Don’t miss Eerie Ed’s 31-day Argentober Letterboxd challenge, which is outlined on page 9! Eerie Ed challenges readers to join him in watching one horror movie from another country per day during the month of October.
And be sure to check out the STACKED calendar of upcoming local events that graces the center spread! It showcases horror film screenings and other spooky events that will be happening in Chicago from October through December.
Chicago thanks you, Full Bleed staff (“Tombstone” Tony Recktenwald, “Eerie” Ed Witt, “Jump-scare” Judson Picco, and Dean “the Ween” Gibbs), for this horrifically delightful new horror zine!
Shine on, zine-stars!
<3 <3 <3 Echo
