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Feels Good Man Sneak Preview Screening + Filmmaker Q&A, Aug 28th-29th
Join us for an online sneak preview screening + filmmaker Q&A of the 2020 Sundance-Award winning doc Feels Good Man on Aug 28-29 and select Quimby’s Bookstore to receive a portion of proceeds as well as make a donation, along with the opportunity to buy a signed copy of artist Matt Furie’s Mindviscosity. Only 250 tickets available per showtime at feelsgoodman.watch .
This weekend’s sneak preview showtimes will be the first and only way movie fans can watch this film before it opens in theaters and prior to its VOD (video on demand) release.
More info!:
@feelsgoodmanfilm for Instagram/Facebook
@feelsgoodmandoc for Twitter
P.S. Astute Quimby’s historians will remember beloved director Arthur Jones’ comics consigned here in 2002: 900 Lb Gorilla and Magic Pants when he was but a young comics-maker, as well as his book Post-it Note Diaries. Further, said astute Quimby’s historians will also recall artist Matt Furie’s comics and books sold at our fine establishment as well, featuring such titles as Boys Club, Dungeon Family and Night Riders. Quimby’s thanks Arthur, Matt and friends for including Quimby’s in this endeavor!
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Derf Backderf presents Kent State, Quimby’s Virtual Event 9/24
On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard gunned down unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University. In a deadly barrage of 67 shots, 4 students were killed and 9 wounded. It was the day America turned guns on its own children. Using the journalism skills he employed on his celebrated graphic novels My Friend Dahmer and Trashed, Backderf has conducted extensive interviews and research to explore how mistakes, political rancor, and paranoia built to a deadly crescendo on an American campus. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio (Abrams ComicArts), to be published by the 50th anniversary of the tragedy, is a moving and troubling story about the bitter price of dissent — as relevant today as it was in 1970.
“Backderf delivers a provocative, heartbreaking account of the days leading up to the infamous tragedy of May 1970… His expertly crafted chronicle of this defining moment in U.S. history serves as a deeply moving elegy for the victims.” – Publishers Weekly, starred review
Derf Backderf is the bestselling, award-winning author of My Friend Dahmer and Trashed, and recipient of the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for political cartooning. His weekly comic strip, The City, appeared in more than 100 newspapers for almost twenty-five years. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
** Zoom info ** We want to make sure that our online event is a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link and password publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email info@quimbys.com to RSVP by 5:30pm CST Thursday, Septemeber 24th. You’ll get an email you the Zoom link and password one hour before the event begins.
For a limited time, purchase this book and get a free author signed bookplate! While supplies last!
For more info on book, go to abramsbooks.com.
Check out Derf’s social media:
Twitter @DerfBackderf
Here’s the Facebook invite for this event.
Thursday, September 24th 7:30pm CST ON ZOOM.
Free Event
For publicity inquiries please contact Maya Bradford (mbradford(at)abramsbooks(dot)com)/212-229-7188
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Quimby's and Fantagraphics Present Simon Hanselmann Livestream to Celebrate Seeds and Stems In Conversation With Bianca Xunise 8/13
Quimby’s is proud to team up with Fantagraphics to bring you a livestream of Simon Hanselmann talking about Seeds and Stems, live from the Quimby’s Facebook Page on Thursday, August 13th at 7:30PM CST. No RSVP necessary! You can pre-order the book from quimbys.com now, and it will ship when the books arrive.
Seeds and Stems is a spectacular omnibus of never-before-collected Megg, Mogg & Owl shorts, and more!
Since 2014, Simon Hanselmann has established himself as one of the first rank storytellers of our time with his four graphic novels about the funny and poignant lives of Megg, Mogg and Owl: Megahex (2014), Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam (2016), One More Year (2017), and Bad Gateway (2019). Hanselmann’s cast of characters, the depressive Megg (a green-skinned witch), her abusive boyfriend, Mogg (an actual cat), their submissive roommate, Owl (a vaguely humanoid owl), and the self-destructively hedonistic Werewolf Jones (half human, half wolf), brilliantly exist within the archetypes of the multi-camera sitcom, yet their stories brim with exceptional pathos and insight.
In early 2016, Hanselmann moved to the USA from Australia and began producing xeroxed zines at a steady clip as a means to survive. Runs of 300 to 500 copies, sold online, with hand-painted covers, custom stamps and hologram security stickers. Usually created under duress, these zines often possessed an air of desperate urgency. Small explosions of concentrated, manic creativity harnessed as product. Seeds and Stems collects all of these out of print, self-published stories produced by the artist between 2016 through 2019, along with a generous smattering of rarities from various anthologies and magazines. Megg and Mogg and friends explore the worlds of lucid dreaming, banking scams, cinema, mixed drinks, alien invasion, and budget vasectomies in this varied collection of rare and often experimental Megg and Mogg adventures, designed and curated entirely by the artist. To capture the authentically seedy look of a prescription bottle, Hanselmann’s hand-painted cover is wrapped in a transparent orange acetate jacket.
“Hilarious, upsetting, and thoroughly brilliant, this collection proves once and for all that there’s not another living cartoonist as brazenly funny or unflinchingly weird or insightful about mental illness as Hanselmann.” -Library Journal (starred review)
Simon Hanselmann was born in 1981 in Launceston, Tasmania. His New York Times best-selling Megg & Mogg series has been translated into thirteen languages,
nominated for multiple Ignatz and Eisner awards, and won “Best Series” at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2018. He currently lives in Seattle, WA, with his wife
and a rotating cast of small animals.
Simon Hanselmann will be in conversation with friend of Quimby’s Bookstore and Ignatz winner Bianca Xunise, whose works have been published by The Washington Post, Riot Fest, Vogue, The Nib and more. Follow Bianca at biancaxunise.com & Twitter + Instagram: @biancaxunise.
For more info:
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Zine Club Chicago ONLINE: Animals Shall Inherit the Earth Edition 8/25
Zine Club Chicago ONLINE: Animals Shall Inherit the Earth Edition
7 p.m. CST Tuesday, August 25 on Zoom
Free!
From zine cats to amphibious water dogs (also known as axolotls), many of us create zines with animals by our sides or in our minds. This month at Zine Club Chicago Online: Animals Shall Inherit the Earth Edition, we’ll be discussing self-published works about the panoply of animals that share our planet. Grab your favorite titles, BYOS(nacks)/BYOP(ets), and join us on Zoom for a great conversation!
** Zoom info ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link and password publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 5pm CST Tuesday, Aug. 25th. You’ll get an email you the Zoom link and password one hour before the event begins.
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 and created our logo and created this badass website for sharing zines we’ve discussed at Zine Club. Thank you to Corinne Halbert of Quimby’s for suggesting this month’s theme!
More info at Instagram: @zineclubchicago.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/285561552752019/
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Zine Club Chicago ONLINE: People Have the Power Edition, Tues, July 28th, 7pm
For folks who want to help transform our world into a better place for everyone, zines are a dynamic tool for sharing information, resources, and inspiration. This month at Zine Club Chicago Online: People Have the Power Edition, we’ll be discussing self-published works focused on the many ways we can all support radical change in the name of justice, equality, and peace. July is International Zine Month, and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate it than by focusing on this important topic. The suggested activity for #IZM2020 July 28th is about using social media to get the word out about your favorite zines, so grab your favorite titles, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for a great conversation!
** Zoom info ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link and password publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 28. We’ll email you the Zoom link and password one hour before the event begins.
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 Hanifin and hosted by Quimby’s Bookstore. As always, Anna Jo Beck made this month’s lovely flyer.
More info:
Instagram: @zineclubchicagoUse #IZM2020 when writing online about International Zine Month.
Download the #IZM2020 bookmark here.
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Ian F. Svenonius Talks The Psychic Soviet: New Expanded Edition in Conversation with Matt Sweeney, ONLINE Event, Thurs, July 23rd
THE PSYCHIC SOVIET
essays by IAN F. SVENONIUS
A reissue of Ian F. Svenonius’s cult-classic debut essay collection, including brand-new writing in this expanded edition.ABOUT THE PSYCHIC SOVIET
A new, expanded collection of essays and articles from one of the mainstays of the Washington, DC, underground rock and roll scene, The Psychic Soviet is Ian F. Svenonius’s groundbreaking first book of writings. The selections are written in a lettered yet engaging style, filled with parody and biting humor that subvert capitalist culture, and cover such topics as the ascent of the DJ as a star, the “cosmic depression” that followed the defeat of the USSR, how Seinfeld caused the bankruptcy of modern pop culture, and the status of rock and roll as a religion. The pocket-sized book is bound with a durable bright-pink plastic cover, recalling the aesthetics of Mao’s Little Red Book, and perfect for carrying into the fray of street battle, classroom, or lunch-counter argument.
** Zoom info ** We want to make sure that this online event is a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link and password publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email info@quimbys.com to RSVP by 5 pm Thursday, July 23rd. We’ll email you the Zoom link and password one hour before the event begins.
Quimby’s has limited SIGNED copies of this new edition of The Psychic Soviet. Purchase yours here at quimbys.com.
Ian Svenonius will be in conversation with musician Matt Sweeney for this event.
Matt Sweeney is a rock guitarist, songwriter, and producer. His work can be heard on albums by Adele, Current 93, Johnny Cash, Endless Boogie, Neil Diamond, Superwolf, and Chavez. He saw Nation of Ulysses perform back when Ian Svenonius would play with his shoes on fire.
ABOUT IAN F. SVENONIUS
IAN F. SVENONIUS is the author of the underground best sellers Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ’n’ Roll Group and Censorship Now!! He was also the host of VBS.tv’s Soft Focus, where he interviewed Mark E. Smith, Genesis P. Orridge, Chan Marshall, Ian MacKaye, and others. As a musician he has created more than twenty albums and countless singles in various rock and roll combos (Chain & the Gang, Weird War, The Make-Up, The Nation of Ulysses, etc.). He lives in Washington, DC.
“In a sense the book is Mr. Svenonius’s love letter to the good old days of do-it-yourself punk concerts, though it’s cleverly disguised as a series of Marxian essays.”
—New York Times
“The pocket-sized book—given Svenonius’s communism infatuation, the parallel to Mao’s Little Red Book is no mistake—contains well-thought-out arguments on a variety of subjects, from vampires to the origins of punk rock. It’s often funny, but never in a self-consciously ironic way.”
—Washington Post
“Ian Svenonius has come a long way since Sassy Magazine first dubbed him the ‘Sassiest Boy in America’ in 1991. The DC singer has never been anything less than political to the extreme.”
—Village Voice
More info:
Twitter @CHAINANDTHEGANG
Instagram @ian_f_svenonius
Bandcamp toomuchdc.bandcamp.com
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June Quimby's Newsletter Out Now!
The June Quimby’s Bookstore Newsletter available for online viewing now!
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Zine Club Chicago ONLINE: Fun Size(s) Edition, Tues, June 30th
When many folks think of zines, they conjure up the classic image of sheets of copy paper folded in half and stapled down the center. But there are so many more ways to fold, cut, assemble, and bind a zine! This month at Zine Club Chicago Online: Fun Size(s) Edition, we’ll be discussing self-published works that come in non-standard sizes and shapes, from mini zines and accordion-style booklets to one-of-a-kind configurations. Grab your favorite titles, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for a fun conversation!
** Zoom info ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link and password publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 30. We’ll email you the Zoom link and password one hour before the event begins.
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 Hanifin and hosted by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers and created our logo.
More info:
Instagram: @zineclubchicagopssst hey want a jpg o’ this? here ya go!
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Quimby’s Bookstore May Newsletter Now Available
The May Quimby’s Bookstore Newsletter available now!
