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    Crap Hound 2021 Suns, Moons and Stars $20

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    Heaven No Hell by Michael DeForge (D+Q) $21.95

    Zines

    New titles by Heather Anacker: Embodied Meditation $6, Answer $3.33

    Possessed #10 The Fanzine For Slackers and Haters $2.50

    WAU #1 Weirdos Among Us $5

    Midnight Magazine issues #5-#7 $10 each

    Midnight Tales #3 $7

    Structural Examples by Jason Valenzuela $7

    Stuff from Ope! Publishing: In This Ridgetop Common Wind by Ben Prostine $10, Eight Monsters and the Lilacs Oracle by Curt Meine $8 & more.

    Comics & Minis

    Lil’ Zine of Irrational Fears by Tony Recktenwald $3

    Matchmaker’s Market by Sadan (Paradise Systems) $15

    Galacto Pit Fighter #1 by Kirt Burdick $6

    Part Whole: A Poem by Gian Svenguli $10

    Graphic Novels

    Plague Review Digest 2020 edited by Ryan Standfest with various contributors (Rotland Press) $39.95

    Mayhem & Outer Limits

    The Way of the Witch: A Path to Spirituality and Self-Empowerment by Sally Morningstar $19.95

    Quaint Epitaphs by Susan Darling Safford $10

    On the Trail of Bigfoot: Tracking the Enigmatic Giants of the Forest by Mike Dupler $17.95

    Ancient Alien Question, 10th Anniversary Edition: An Inquiry Into the Existence, Evidence, and Influence of Ancient Visitors by Philip Coppens $21.95

    Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience (60th Anniversary Edition): The True Story of the World’s First Documented Alien Abduction by Stanton T. Friedman and Kathleen Marden $18.95

    Teen Magick: Witchcraft for a New Generation by Fiona Horne $16.95

    Goddess Book: A Celebration of Witches, Queens, Healers, and Crones by Nancy Blair and Thalia Took $19.95

    Politics & Revolution

    Local Politics Matters: A Citizen’s Guide to Making a Difference by Richard Meagher $16

    150 Years of Gynarchy: With Essays by Natalia Stroika and Pearl O’Leslie, edited by Viola Voltairine (Artvamp) $14.99

    Fiction

    Bruised by Tanya Boteju $19.99

    Druuuuuugs

    Merry Jane’s The CBD Solution: Living: CBD and Cannabis for Sleep, Skin, Sex, and Other Daily Rituals by Merry Jane $19.95

    Magazines

    Tape Op #142 april may $5.99

    Victory Journal #18 $24

    Skeptic vol 26 #1 $6.95

    VegNews #126 $9.99

    Aperture #242 spring $24.95

    Harpers Magazine april $7.99

    Little White Lies #88 $12.99

    Outpatient Fire Season 2020 $7.50

    RFD #185 spring $11.95

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    The Quarantine Times 2020 (Public Media Institute/Co-Pro/Lumpen & friends) $45

     

    Zines

    Boffo Quarterly #1 edited by Mosher $7

    Stuff from Purpled Palm Press: Pen Dive #3-#5 by Lou Barrett, The Breakup Book: Essays On Queer Breakups $16, Recording Corona: A Recording of Quarantine Experiences in the Midwest edited by Cordelia Eddy and Elaine Schleiffer $12

    Sound and Vision by Marlon Dionisio $14

    Comics & Minis

    Bad Believer by Alex Strader $6.95

    Comics from Josh Miller: Banana Split and Other Flavorful Tales $10, We’re All Pink On the Inside $10 and more.

    Fabulous T-Babes #1 by Mike Ervin & friends $10

    Comics by Rosa Brodsky, $15 each: Trans Guidance from the Future, Compendium of Horror #1 Sum 2019

    Graphic Novels

    Red Rock Baby Candy by Shira Spector (Fantagraphics) $29.99

    I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Mannie Murphy (Fantagraphics) $24.99

    YOU DIED: An Anthology of the Afterlife by Kel McDonald and Andrea Purcell (Iron Circus) $20

    Scumbag For Hire vol 1 by Keenan Marshall Keller $15

    Politics & Revolution

    Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance by Syan Rose (Arsenal Pulp) $19.95

    There is Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart: Mending the World as Jewish Anarchists by Cindy Milstein (AK Press) $19

    Where the Future Came From by Meg Duguid (Soberscove Press) $25

    Outer Limits & Mayhem

    Urban Faery Magick: Connecting to the Fae in the Modern World by Tara Sanchez $19.99

    Bicycling for Ladies: The Classic 1896 Guide to Skills, Exercise, Mechanics, and Dress by Maria E. Ward (Apollo Publishers) $16.99

    Witch’s Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine by Sandra Lawrence (Welbeck) $19.95

    Fiction

    ELADATL: A History of the East Los Angeles Dirigible Air Transport Lines by Sesshu Foster and Arturo Ernesto Romo (CityLights) $17.95

    Dangerous Dimensions: Mind-Bending Tales of the Mathematical Weird by Henry Bartholomew (British Library) $15.95

    Loves Ragged Claw by Gary Gautier $7.92

    Magazines

    The Believer #135 april-may $12

    Distort Delay #3 2020 The Quarantine Issue $6

    The Baffler #56 march-april $14

    The Monthly Review vol 72 #10 $6

    In These Times march $4.95

    Wire #445 march $12.50

    Yes Magazine #97 spring $6.50

    Monocle #141 march $14

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    Zines

    Our Bogeys, Our Shelves, The Magician’s Library as Mentor, Companion and Oracle by Clint Marsh and Jeff Hoke $6

    zines by Evan Fusco: Intermission $14, Catachresis Reader $20, Poetics of the Underneath $16, Army of the Sick $16

    MNRL CVLT Field Report #1 by NXOEED (Fluke Publishing) $4

    2 Brett Bloom goodies:
    Break Down Breakdown Workbook #1 2nd Edition Sonic Meditations Immersive Ecological Entanglement $4
    Two Ponds: Stories From Petroleum Space Time Continuum $6

    Fritkot #2 by Antek $2

    zines about mental health by by J.F. Gamber:
    ADHD Ain’t a Joke $3.50
    OCD Ain’t a Word $2.50
    Pencil Revolution #13 Big Penicillin the Wide Pencil Issue $5

    Comics

    Boutique Mag #4 by Marc Bell (Neoglyphic Media) $5

    Pitiful Life of James Robinson #1 & #2 by Chris Mattei $8 both

    Music Books

    We’re Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America by Kevin Mattson $27.95

    Wendy Carlos: A Biography by Amanda Sewell $34.95

    Year with Swollen Appendices, Brian Eno’s Diary by Brian Eno $26.95

    Essay (Kind of)

    Public Collectors Police Scanner by Marc Fischer (Half Letter Press) $20

    Politics & Revolution Books

    We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival by Natalie West and Tina Horn (Feminist Press) $24.95

    Stuff From GenderFail Press:
    Queer Accomplices: This Is Not Another Photo of the Gay Male Body by Be Oakley 2021 $12
    Stonewall Was A Riot Oct 2020 $16
    GenderFail Reader #3 $16

    Mayhem & Outer Limits

    Neutron Gun Reloaded: A Gerry Reith Reader $14

    There Is Only One Road and It Goes Everywhere: Journeys to the Land of Hearts Desires by Kathleen Phelan (Feral House) $17.95

    Poetry Books

    Oyster Mountain Poems by Jalal El Kadali (Nine Banded Books) $10

    Doppelgangbanger by Cortney Lamar Charleston (Haymarket) $16

    Magazines

    The Believer #134 February / March $12

    Cinema Retro vol 17 #49 $11.99

    The Monthly Review vol 72 #8 January $6

    Harpers Magazine February $7.99

    Welcome to Chili’s vol 1 #1 Journal of Art, Design, Short Narratives and Questions $15

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    Zine

    Sick Of It vol 1 #1 A Disability Inside/Outside Project by Matilda Sabal $3

    Moon Zine by Heather Anacker $6.66

    Sequoia by Tristan Martinez $20

    Comics & Minis

    Things by Madeleine Aguilar $10: Lute Boy in Time, Cute Boy How About the Weather, Portraits of Archer, etc.

    Faceless Nameless by Ben Cherry $5

    Rimeski Comics #13 January 2021 edited by Lucius Wisniewski $3

    Book of Rhymes by Blu Voelker $3

    Rebel Rabble 1 by Flo Pizzarello $3

    Graphic Novels

    Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media – Updated Edition by Brooke Gladstone and Josh Neufeld $16.95

    Art Books

    Field Guide to Animal Adaptations by Oscar Hey Fearnside & friends $19.99

    Fiction

    Agency by William Gibson $17

    Outer Limits

    Ancient Egyptian Magic for Modern Witches: Rituals, Meditations, and Magical Tools by Ellen Cannon Reed $18.95

    Chap Books

    Small Talk by KJ Kuhns $4

    Multiple “Drunks” chap book mini-comics by David Hankins $.75

    Magazines

    Gentlewoman #22 Fall / Winter 2021 $17.99

    Tape Op #141 February March 2021 $5.99

    Uppercase #48 A Magazine for the Creative and Curious $18

    Wire #443 January 2021 $12.50

    Shots #150 Winter 2021 $10

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    Zines

    Behind 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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    Zines

    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

    20×2 Chicago Zine #1 $5

    Lockdown With You by James Baroz $20

    Library Excavations #12 Montana Prison News by Marc Fischer $6

    Zines by Annie Worford

    Comics & Minis

    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

    Graphic Novels

    Venus In the Blind Spot by Junji Ito $22.99

    All Together Now by Hope Larson $12.99

    Music Books

    It’s the World’s Birthday Today by Christian “Flake” “The keyboardist for Rammstein” Lorenz $26

    Mayhem

    American Madness: The Story of the Phantom Patriot and How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness by Tea Krulos $22.95

    Photo Books

    Catland: The Soft Power of Cat Culture In Japan by Sarah Archer $19.95

    Magazines

    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

  • Steve Cerio Brings Sunbeam on the Astronaut to Quimby's 8/14

     

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    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 Creator

    More info:

    stevencerio.com

    Trailer for his last film:

    https://youtu.be/cIXkaMSEd-k

    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.

    Mark Richardson reads from his book The Flaming Lips' Zaireeka
    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

  • 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. -EF

    7.  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