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New Stuff This Week
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ZinesBehind the Zines #11 Jan 21 A Zine About Zines edited by Billy McCall $3
zines from Mend My Dress Press/neelybat chestnut: Mend My Dress #16 & #17, various issues of Goodwitch/Badwitch
Xerography Debt #49 edited by Davida Gypsy Breier (Microcosm) $4.95
Punks Around #13 Straight Edge $5
Zines from Fixated Press: Cats In My House $3, Gelato and Other Foods Florence Italy $6, What Is That Come Closer $2, Squeaky the Bad Cat $5
Cat Party #7 by Katie Haegele (Microcosm) $6.95
Great Rock N Roll Dwindle #1 by No One $4
2020 by Daniel Gorostiaga $5
Chicago Charreria by Mike Gamboa $15
Time Abolition #1 by Anthony Cox $10
Club Disgust #1 by SamHel $15
Comics & Minis
Love and Rockets Magazine #9 by Gilbert and Jamie Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $4.99
Comix Skool USA #12 by Kevin Huizenga $5
Rimeski Comics #12 Dec 2020 $3
Comics by Jackie E. Davis: Grandma Lemonade: My Grandma and I Rarely Understood Each Other $5, Inktober Adventures: 31 Black and a White Comics in 31 Days $12
Graphic Novels
Hollow Press books: The Biologic Show by Al Columbia $25, Teratoid Heights by Mat Brinkman $31
DIY
Prisoners’ Inventions by Angelo In Collaboration with Temporary Services (Half Letter Press) $20
Film Books
Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi by Sandra Niemi (Feral House) $21.95
Fiction
Pussy: King of the Pirates: A Novel 25th Anniversary Edition by Kathy Acker $16
Punk Xmas Carol by Alex Herbert $8
Magazines
RFD #184 Win 2020 $11.95
Skeptical Inquirer vol 45 #1 Jan Feb 2021 $5.99
Dazed and Confused vol 5 Fall Win 2020 $13.20
VegNews #125 $9.99
Womanifesto #1 $15
Horror Hound #86 Winter 2020 $6.99
Poetry & Chap Books
Modern Constellations by Kendall Nichols $16.99
Diner by Julia Sabbagh $8
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Jim Terry Reads From COME HOME, INDIO with Anne Elliott, a Quimby's YouTube VIRTUAL EVENT, 11/13
In Jim Terry’s book Come Home Indio (Street Noise Press), a graphic memoir, he talks about growing up between two cultures. Born Irish and Native American, he juxtaposes growing up in the mostly white suburban world with the tug of his Native roots in Wisconsin. Along the bumpy road he fumbles with loneliness, cultural confusion and a healthy dose of alcoholism until he ends up at the Standing Rock Conflict in North Dakota, where he begins to see things anew.
Join Tim Terry in conversation with Anne Elliott on the Quimby’s YouTube channel on Friday, November 13th, 7:30pm Central Time as they talk about this dynamic new graphic novel. YouTube.com/QuimbysBookstore
To celebrate the release of this book, buy the book from Quimby’s now and get a drawn and signed bookplate by the author (while supplies last). Buy it in the brick-and-mortar store or at quimbys.com here.
“Both uplifting and gut-wrenching, beautiful and terrifying. Terry’s account of losing himself between worlds, and finding home in the balance between them, deserves a place among the all-time great graphic memoirs.” -EZRA CLAYTON DANIELS, author of Upgrade Soul and BTTM FDRS
“Illuminated by bursts of both joy and sorrow. With humbling sensitivity and candor, Jim shares with us his personal journey down emotionally complex paths towards home.” -TIMOTHY TRUMAN, author of Scout
“As raw, honest and human. The kind of work that can only be done in the form of comics, intimately revealing the black and white lines of a worldview shaped by a life.” -TIM SEELEY, author of Hack/Slash and Revival
The work of Jim Terry has been featured in such places as: Sundowners, Vampirella, Heavy Metal, Alice Cooper Vs Chaos, Creepshow and more. This is his first work as writer and illustrator.
For more info, see woundedbutdangerous.com
Jim will be in conversation with Anne Elliott, the co-owner of Chicago’s own Sideshow Gallery. She is an artist, teacher, tarot reader and lover of all things strange and exotic. For more info, see sideshowgallerychicago.com as well as on IG @sideshowgallerychicago & Twitter @sideshowgallery.
Here’s the Facebook Event invite for this event.
Watch Jim tell a quick synopsis of the book in advance!
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New Stuff This Week
Homicide Bucktown: Police Reports and Photographs by Sam Logan $15
Cul de Sac #8 Past Lives by Liz Mason and Julie Halpern $4
Happy Tapir #6 On the Make at the Drake by Johnny Masiulewicz $3
Lockdown With You by James Baroz $20
Library Excavations #12 Montana Prison News by Marc Fischer $6
It’s Ok To Be Sad july by Kevin Budnik $6
Various new comics from Nate Mcdonough
Not Today Satan #1 by Tom Ryan $8
Venus In the Blind Spot by Junji Ito $22.99
All Together Now by Hope Larson $12.99
It’s the World’s Birthday Today by Christian “Flake” “The keyboardist for Rammstein” Lorenz $26
American Madness: The Story of the Phantom Patriot and How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness by Tea Krulos $22.95
Catland: The Soft Power of Cat Culture In Japan by Sarah Archer $19.95
We Do What We Want WDW3 #1 summer by Holy Mountain Printing $18
Hecho En vol 2 $20
Taproot #40 $12
Cinema Scope #83 summer $5.95
Mother Jones vol 45 #5 $8.99
Cinema Retro vol 16 #47 $11.99
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Steve Cerio Brings Sunbeam on the Astronaut to Quimby's 8/14
Award-winning artist Steven Cerio will sign copies of his new book, SUNBEAM ON THE ASTRONAUT (Wow Cool/Alternative Comics, 2015), and screen examples of his films.
Cerio will also be selling limited editions of prints and posters of his work, which he has created for music artists including The Residents, King Crimson, Ministry, Les Claypool, Moe, Monster Magnet and White Zombie during his more than 30-year career.
The Quimby’s appearance will serve as a launch for Cerio’s latest print collection, SUNBEAM ON THE ASTRONAUT, a hallucinatory graphic album of all-new, never before published comics and art. The 56-page book features comic book adventures of Cerio’s characters from his various films with the legendary top-hatted eyeball performance greats THE RESIDENTS; a dozen short narratives; a collection of paintings and collages and stills from his newest film, THE MAGNIFICENT PIGTAIL SHADOW; and much more. Cerio’s work with The Residents is included in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Steven Cerio is an artist, writer and filmmaker with an unmistakable style, which set the stage for the neo-psychedelic revival in New York City in the late eighties. Cerio created his own loving and sarcastic expressions of joy for three decades. In the 80’s he started with zines and soon after called upon by galleries and by diverse clients: Nickelodeon, Warner Brothers, A&M Records, Entertainment Weekly and Penguin books. He has drawn posters for King Crimson, Ministry, Les Claypool, Monster Magnet and White Zombie. His prints occupy the set of Comedy Central’s hit series Workaholics. Award-Winning author of “Steven Cerio’s ABC Book-A Drug Primer ” (Gates of Heck) and “PIE ” (WowCool). He has been involved with performance pioneers The Residents, designed vinyl toy figures, prints and images for animations and film all of which were inducted into the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Steven has written for Juxtapoz, as well working as associate editor and art interviewer for Seconds magazine from 1995 to 1999. His film “The Magnificent Pigtail Shadow” was released in 2012 . Cerio’s work has appeared in numerous comics anthologies, including Snake Eyes, Graphic Classics, Hotwire Comics, Last Gasp Comix & Stories and Buzzard. After a decade working as an artist in New York City, Steven moved his studio to Baldwinsville, New York.
“If you are curious, Steven Cerio is a mandala-spewing tempunaut Picfisher from the universe signed tomorrow whose ritterings reveal all you need to know concerning omni-dimentional phase shattering imagery.”
—Gary Panter, Pee Wee’s Playhouse Designer/Jimbo CreatorMore info:
Trailer for his last film:
Video about the book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVvywbnW3yo
Facebook invite for this event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/489274917898996/
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Weekly Top 10 and an Attempt to Play A Portion of All Four Discs of The Flaming Lips' Zaireeka at Once
A children’s book made #1 this week?! That’s crazy. But true.
Also! Here’s footage from an event here at Quimby’s for the Continuum’s 33 1/3 series about albums of the past 40 years. This event on 9/17/11 featured NIU prof Joe Bonomo who did a book about AC/DC’s Highway to Hell, Editor-in-Chief of Pitchfork Media Scott Plagenhoef who did a book about Belle and Sebastian’s If You’re Feeling Sinister, and managing editor of Pitchfork Mark Richardson who did a book about the Flaming Lips’ Zaireeka. The footage below is of Mark Richardson reading from his book and then attempt to sequence the four CDs of the album to play simultaneously. Click on the image below and go watch it on YouTube.
Click on the picture to watch Mark Richardson discuss and play part of The Flaming Lips' Zaireeka 1. Counting In The Studio by Cecilia Pinto and Megan Williamson $10.00 – This attempt to show the process of creative expression to young readers. A dog lives with an artist who has also depicted her own studio in the book. Inside the studio it is possible to stare out windows just like those in the book. The studio, at the back of the artist’s home, is nestled on a side street in a Chicago neighborhood. The artist and the writer met at the studio to talk about the project before and after making their own separate work. The dog was always present and lent his inestimable support even when napping on the comfy, pillow-strewn chaise lounge which is up against a wall with drawings on it, just like in the book.
2. Spoken Nerd Revolution by Shappy Seasholtz (Penmanship) $15.00
3. Mister Wonderful: A Love Story by Daniel Clowes (Pantheon) $19.95
4. Gentlewoman #3 Spr Sum 11 $10.95
5. Burn Collector #15 by Al Burian (Microcosm) $3.00 – Al Burian takes on his new home town, Berlin with a little help from a Chicago All-Star team of Anne Elizabeth “Unmarketable” Moore and Liam “Secret Beach” Warfield.
6. Archiving the Underground #1 by Jenna Brager and Jami Sailor $2.00
7. OP Original Plumbing #6 Trans Male Quarterly $8.00 – The theme this round is “Schooled”, highlighting a twin commitment to both the “It Gets Better” and the “Make It Better” campaigns targeted at queer youth.
8. Cartooning Philosophy and Practice by Ivan Brunetti (Yale) $13.00 – This is about as close you are going to get to having Ivan Brunetti come to your house and teach you how to make great comics. Turns out, it’s pretty damn close – Philosophy and Practice serves up a concise and well-honed crash course on finding and fine tuning your comics voice. -EF
9. Hi Fructose #19 $6.95
10. Hot Teen Slut by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz (Write Bloody) $15.00
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Weekly Top 10 and Video Footage of Deb Olin Unferth
Here’s your Top 10 for the last week. No real surprises in what made the list of bestsellers, since most of it is stuff that’s made it on there before. However, COG Magazine is a title we just started carrying, a nice biking mag, about city biking, bike messengering and the like, from all around the world.
Also! Footage from the Deb Olin Unferth event is up. She was here at Quimby’s on 3/7/11 reading from her memoir Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War. The piece we put up is a super funny bit about how religion got worked into her expereince, and how her Jewish family reacted to her short bout with Christianity. No matter how you feel about religion, this bit will crack you up. Click on the picture of Deb below, and it will take you to where you can watch it at You Tube.
1. OK OK You Smote Me Stories by Al Burian (Quimby’s Exclusive) $3.00 – Al takes us around the corner to his mayhem-prone stint on Wicker Park’s Dean Street, unhexing his way-too-hexed apartment and watching the tumult as Old Chicago takes a scraggly, low-level “stand” against encroaching yuppie “neighborhood improvement.”
2. Laphams Quarterly vol 4 #2 Spr 11 $15.00
3. Cartooning Philosophy and Practice by Ivan Brunetti (Yale) $13.00 – This is about as close you are going to get to having Ivan Brunetti come to your house and teach you how to make great comics. Turns out, it’s pretty damn close – Philosophy and Practice serves up a concise and well-honed crash course on finding and fine tuning your comics voice. -EF
4. Proximity #8 Education As Art $12.00 – Writing the book on learning as art and the art of learning: Proximity #8 comes from all angles, focuses, builds, supports. Weighing in at 232 pages, this volume does an exceptional job with a wide variety of profiles, interviews and portfolios and essays, staying both solidly local and vitally connected, you’d be hard pressed to find a smarter art magazine.
5. Monocle vol 5 #42 Apr 11
6. Brilliant Mistake #1 by Carrie $1.00 – What a gem of a debut zine! Beautifully quilted together from bits of a questioning heart, Brilliant Mistake #1 pares down the aches of the social games we play. -EF7. Acme Novelty Library #20: Lint by Chris Ware (D&Q) $23.95
8. Cometbus #54 In China With Green Day by Aaron Cometbus $4.00
9. N Plus 1 #11 Spr 11 $13.95
10. COG Magazine #10 $6.00
