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Zines

Vivian Girls Forever #1 An Ode to Henry Darger by Lindsey J. Bryan $7

I’ve Been Crying the Last Few Days and Drawing Strange Men by Tavi Veraldi $10

Rozine #1 $3

Chicago Gets 4 Stars History Zine #1 by Joe Mason $3

Wiseblood #67 $3

Plaid Skirts and Converse #3 the Mental Hospital #8 $4

Fucktoy #1 $4

I Think I’ll Make a Snappy New Day #1 $4

Comics & Minis

Stripburger #74 $10

You Don’t Get There From Here #53 by Carrie McNinch $4

Kaki by Dan Kittaka $3

Comics from Shawn Granton: Ten Foot Rule Inktober 2019 $3, New Old Stock #S5 The Illustrated Journal of a Civilized Cyclist $4

Invasion on Aisle Two #1 by Erik Jasek $8

Graphic Novels

Unknown by Anna Sommer (Conundrum) $17

Naked Body: An Anthology of Chinese Comics by Yan Cong, Jason Li and R. Orion Martin (Paradise Systems) $21.95

Music & Film Books

Cheap Shots: A Photographic Look at Underground Bands Through the 80s and Beyond by Chris Barrows (Rare Bird Books) $35

Super 8: An Illustrated History by Danny Plotnick (Rare Bird Books) $40

Magazines

Bitch #87 summer $9.95

The Believer #131 june / july $12

Tape Op #137 june / july $5.99

In These Times june $4.95

Jacobin #37 spring $12.95

Harpers Magazine june $7.99

Yes! #94 summer $6.50

Chap Books

Misery Can Be Bad by Harmon Butcher and Lale Westvind $7

 

Banned Book Club by Ryan Estrada, Hyung-Ju Ko and Kim Hyun Sook (Iron Circus) $15

 

Zines

Bizarre Fact Files by Gordon Meyer, $2 each: #1 Bucktown, #2 Wicker Park, #3 Notable Neighbors, #4 Notorious Neighbors

Rain Barrel #1 $3

Butch Nor Femme Pack by Lynne Monsoon $20

Drugs

Ultimate Guide to Mushrooms: How to Identify and Gather Over 200 Species Throughout North America and Europe by Guillaume Eyssartier (Skyhorse) $24.99

Art Books

Catlady: A Love Letter to Women and Their Cats by Leah Reena Goren by Leah Reena Goren (Prestel) $19.95

Magazines

Pattern #17 May 2020 $15

…And yes, we’re still selling the Qustomized Quimby’s Quarantine Zine Package $25 – You want to buy this for your mom for a Mother’s Day gift that will totally come after Mother’s Day, right?

 

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We’re still closed to the public but we continue to enjoy the responses we’re getting for our Qustomized Quimby’s Quarantine Zine Package (tell us what you like, pay $25+ postage, we send you zines). The notes people leave tickle us so.

Help save Chicago, one t-shirt at a time. Barrel Maker made a truly great Quimby’s shirt and $10 of each sold shirt goes toward Chicago-based small businesses. You can only order it through 5/31, so don’t sleep on it!

Zines

QUARANZINE Assortment of 12 Issues by Marc Fischer and friends $20

Chicagoing Straight to Hell! The Unofficial Secret Insider Guide to Nonexistent Chicago Tours by Mr. Dan Kelly $2

Women In Print #4 by Jennifer Trontz $8

Ker-Bloom #143 by Artnoose $2

Dead Dads Club #1 edited by Katherine Leung $12

Reclaim Your Shit by Sarah Poppy Jackson and Kione Kochi $10

Comics & Minis

Rimeski Comics #5 edited by Lucius Wisniewski $3

Hypopompia: A 911 Story by Kelly Schoen and Jack Currin $20

Fiction

New Bad News Stories by Ryan Ridge $16.95

The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde $8.95

Magazines

Broken Pencil #87 Rethinking Death $7.95

The Baffler #51 $14

The Monthly Review vol 71 #11 $6

 

 

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Clearly there is a need for vaporwave pierogi zines. Our Qustomized Quimby’s Quarantine Zine Package (tell us what you like, pay $25+ postage, we send you zines) provides us a lot of details about our awesome customers.

See something you like but there’s no web link? It’s because we didn’t put it on our website. But you can always order it and we’ll ship it to you or provide curbside pickup. Call us at 773-342-0910 (M-F 11-5) or email at info(at)quimbys(dot)com.

Zines

Women In Print #4 by Jennifer Trontz $8

Comics & Minis

Rimeski Comics #4 $3

Boney Toe For All the Marbles Part 1 by Gabriel Garcia $6

Lost Lip Balm by Gabriel Garcia $5

Music Books

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: Sacred Intent: Conversations with Carl Abrahamsson 1986-2019 (Trapart Books) $30

Fiction

Cat Person and Other Stories by Kristen Roupenian $16

Local Interest

Never a Lovely So Real: The Life and Work of Nelson Algren by Colin Asher $21.95

Sexxxy

Soaked vols 1-3 by E. Aaron Ross (Mechanical Soft Press) $20 each

Other Stuff

100 Writing and Crafting Papers of Mushrooms (PIE International) $29.95

BACK IN STOCK! The Zine Game Deck by Billy McCall $16

#QuarantineReads

 

Qustomized Quimbys Quarantine Zine Package $25 – You pay us $25 + postage and tell us what kinds of things you like. We curate it for you and send you a surprise!

We’re still closed to the public but we continue to offer mail order and curbside pickup Mon-Fri til 5pm.

Zines

Brainscan #34 A Dabbler’s Week of DIY Witchery by Alex Wrekk $4

NXOEED #1 $4

The Match #120 by Fred Woodworth $3

Punks Around #10 Zine About Zines by Alex Herbert $4

Proof I Exist #31 March 2020 No Spectators, No Shoes by Billy $1

 

Two Johnny Misfit zines: 2010-2019 Movie Watchlist, 2019 Movie Watchlist, both $2 each

Epsilon Interim #1 EI#1 by Fin Sorrel $5

Comics & Minis

Bubbles #6 Independent Fanzine About Comics and Manga $6

Broken Glass Zine by Allie Trigoso $5

Graphic Novels

The Machine Never Blinks: A Graphic History of Spying and Surveillance by Ivan Greenberg, illustrated by Joe Canlas & Everett Patterson (Fantagraphics) $22.99

Rough Pearl by Kevin Mutch (Fantagraphics) $22.99

I Think He’s Crazy: The Comics of B.K. Taylor – Ripped From the Pages of National Lampoon by B.K.Taylor (Fantagraphics) $22.99

Not a Place to Visit by T. Edward Bak (Floating World) $12

This Is Serious: Canadian Indie Comics edited by by Joe Ollmann & Alana Traficante (Conundrum) $25

Face of Struggle: An Allegory Without Words by Seth Tobocman (AK Press) $16

Tinderella by MS Harkness (Uncivilized) $14.95

Art Books

Acid Vomit! The Art of Sean Äaberg by Sean Äaberg (Gingko Press) $40

Cockettes: Acid Drag & Sexual Anarchy, 1969-1972 by Fayette Hauser (Process Books) $42.95

The Art of Cuphead by Studio MDHR $39.99

Politics, Revolution, History

Burn It Down! Feminist Manifestos For the Revolution by Breanne Fahs $29.95

Eclipse of Dreams: The Undocumented-Led Struggle for Freedom by Claudia Muñoz & more (AK Press) $16

Cybernetic Hypothesis by Tiqqun (Semiotexte) $13.95

Direct Action in Montevideo: Uruguayan Anarchism, 1927–1937 by Fernando O’Neill Cuesta (AK Press) $22

Deciding For Ourselves: The Promise of Direct Democracy edited by Cindy Milstein (AK Press) $19

An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago by Alex Kotlowitz $16.95

Choice Words: Writers on Abortion edited by Annie Finch (Haymarket) $28.95

Against Creativity by Oli Mould $16.95

Mayhem & Outer Limits

Tramp’s Philosophy: Sagacious Twaddle, and Occasional Insight by One with Erudition and Experience in Peregrination by Bart Kennedy (Feral House) $19.95

Hidden History: Ancient Aliens and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization Book by William Willis (Visible Ink) $19.95

Ancient Egyptian Magic: A Hands On Guide by Christina Riggs $24.95

The Wikipedia Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: An A to Z Guide to History’s Most Heinous Monsters $16.99

Essay

The Narcissism of Small Differences by Michael Zadoorian (Akashic) $16.95

Figure It Out: Essays by Wayne Koestenbaum (Soft Skull) $16.95

Midwest Futures by Phil Christman (Belt Publishing) $26

Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby $15.95

Druuuuuuuugs

Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco by Alia Volz $27

High Magick: A Guide to Cannabis in Ritual & Mysticism by Philip H. Farber (Llewellyn) $17.99

It’s Just a Plant by Ricardo Cortés (Akashic) $17.95

Listening & Viewing Related

The Last Podcast On the Left Presents The Last Book on the Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History’s Most Notorious Serial Killers by Ben Kissel, Tom Neely, Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski $26

DOA “War On 45” JIGSAW PUZZLE (Anarchopuzzles) $30

Dislocation Studies by Vertonen / B. Edwards (Ballast) $20

Vertonen-Venn Diagram Proposals: An Activity Book with Complementary Audio (Ballast) $22

Sonic Warrior: My Life As a Rock N Roll Reprobate by Lou Brutus $27

Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem’s Legendary Theater by Ted Fox, Illustrated by James Otis Smith $18.99

Fiction

Sin Eater: A Novel by Megan Campisi $27

White by Bret Easton Ellis $16.95

Artforum by Cesar Aira $13.95

Parade: A Novel by Dave Eggers $16

Sexxxy

Meat #30 $20

Magazines & Lit Journals

The First Line vol 22 #1 spring $6

Shots #147 $10

The Progressive april may $5.95

Sinister Wisdom #116: Making Connections $14

Raw Vision #104 winter $16

New Noise Magazine #49 $4.99

Paper Magazine vol 36 #3 spring $10

Tape Op #136 april may $5.99

Poetry & Chap Books

My Art is Killing Me and Other Poems by Amber Dawn (Arsenal Pulp Press) $17.95

Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext edited by Felicia Chavez, José Olivarez and Willie Perdomo (Haymarket Books) $19.95

Overtime Hour #55 the RIF by Fred Bubbers (Blue Cubicle) $2

Too Much Midnight by Krista Franklin (Haymarket) $30

For the Kiddies

The Curious Story of Edward Gorey by Lori Mortensen, illustrated by Chloe Bristol $17.99

See something you like but there’s no web link? It’s because we didn’t put it on our website. But you can always order it and we’ll ship it to you or provide curbside pickup. Call us at 773-342-0910 or email at info(at)quimbys(dot)com.

#QuarantineReads

 

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Zines

The Film Snobs Guide 2019 $4

Infrastructural Digest #2 $3

Blind Angles BA001 Magnification $8

I Cant Go Back by Efren M. Villalobos $3

The Year My Friends Went on Vacation FML Jesse $5

Dealing With Police: A Pocket Guide by Sage Liskey $2

We Are All Things by Elliot Colla and Ganzeer $12

Welcome To Our Dimension Party by Samantha Hensley $12

Comics & Minis

Freaky #3 Strike Three $5

Hello Chunky Root by Craig Thompson (Uncivilized Books) $5

Bug Land by Amanda Berlind $20

Isle of Flotsam #4 by Caleb $3

Graphic Novels

Cowboy by Rikke Villadsen (Fantagraphics) $19.99

The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski by Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics) $39.99

Now vol 8 Fantagraphics Comics Anthology $12.99

The Dairy Restaurant by Ben Katchor $29.95

Berserk vol 4 Deluxe Edition by Kentaro Miura $49.99

Politics & Revolution Books

Manifesta (20th Anniversary Edition, Revised and Updated with a New Preface): Young Women, Feminism, and the Future Anniversary Edition by Jennifer Baumgardner & Amy Richards $20

Art Stuff

The Art of Marion Peck: 30 Collectible Prints: A Portfolio of 30 Deluxe Postcards by Marion Peck (Cernunnos) $24.99

Music Books

Texas Is the Reason: The Mavericks of Lone Star Punk by Pat Blashill & friends (Bazillion Points Books) $29.95

Stay Cool, Madonna by various $20

Outer Limits & Mayhem

The Unnatural History Museum by Viktor Wynd (Prestel) $45

The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy by Elizabeth Kendall $25

Essay

Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different by Chuck Palahniuk $27

Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir by Rebecca Solnit $26

Magazines

Femme Art Review #1 $10

RFD #181 spring $11.95

Gentlewoman #21 spring summer $17.99

Vive Le Rock #70 Bowie $13.20

Elska #28 Amsterdam Netherlands $20

Fortean Times #389 february $12.40

Lit Journals

The Chicago Review vol 63 3/4 Infrarealisms: José Vicente Anaya $15