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  • Quimby's COVID-19 Update

    updated 3/27/20

    QUIMBY’S WANTS YOU (to stay safe and get your weirdo reading material). Until further notice, we will temporarily close to the public until the end of March and assess at that time when to reopen. Both March and April in-store events have been cancelled. But lucky for you, someone will be here to fill mail orders and to provide curbside pick up.

    How can you help us make sure that Quimby’s is still going to be here once this COVID business is past us?

    Mail order things from our webstore at quimbys.com/store.

    Buy something over the phone with your credit card (773-342-0910) and we’ll bring it out to you in your car or bike at our curb (Mon-Fri 11am-5pm). We’ll pretend we’re on roller skates with a tray of fries. What to order? Some of what we sell you can view at our webstore and some things that aren’t for sale at our there are listed weekly on our QuimBlog, and you can get an idea of things that might excite you. Sometimes we post things on our Instagram too, so if you see something exciting on our social media, contact us at info@quimbys.com or call us at 773-342-0910 and we’ll make sure you get it.

    Buy a Quimby’s gift certificate to spend once the world comes out of exile. We can do it in any amount you want, though there are some good denominations on our website.

    Want to Zoom us to check out some stuff to make a more informed decision about a potentital purchase? Start a chat with us on Zoom by looking us up by our e-mail at info@quimbys.com. You can download the Zoom app at https://zoom.us/download.

    Don’t want to use the website but you’re an introvert with crippling social anxiety and don’t want to talk on the phone? Yeah, it happens to everybody at some point. E-mail info@quimbys.com with us your credit card info as well as your billing and shipping info, but to keep it secure split numbers into 3 different e-mails (labelled 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3).

    Wash your paws, keep it clean, feed your head.

    Love,

    Quimby’s Bookstore

    P.S.

    Helpful sources for COVID-19 info:

    CDC

    the Illinois Department of Health

    City of Chicago

    Dining at a Distance

  • March Events Postponed at Quimby’s Bookstore

    In support of the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, March events at Quimby’s will postponed until a future unspecified date. The following March events will be postponed: the Isabelle Rizo tarot card reading on Monday, March 16th and the monthly Zine Club meeting on March 24th. At this point in time it’s too early to tell if our April events will be affected. 

    Until further notice Quimby’s Bookstore will continue to be open our regular hours, and of course you can shop a curated selection of our merchandise at quimbys.com and have items shipped to you or carried out to your car at the curb.

    For updates regarding store news stay tuned to quimbys.com.

    To stay informed about the virus straight from the primary source of the Illinois Department of Public Health, check their website here.

    Warmly wishing you safety and health,

    Quimby’s Bookstore

  • Quimby’s Bookstore March Newsletter Now Available

     

    The March Quimby’s Bookstore Newsletter available now!

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    The February Quimby’s Bookstore Newsletter available now!

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    The January Quimby’s Bookstore Newsletter available now!

  • Postponed: CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) 2020

    Quimby’s is proud to be a sponsor of the 2020 Chicago Alternative Comics Expo [CAKE], a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago’s rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics’ most talented artists– past, present and future. CAKE features comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more, CAKE is dedicated to fostering community and dialogue amongst independent artists, small presses, publishers and readers. More info at cakechicago.com.

    CAKE 2020 will be held 6/13-6/14 11am-6pm at Broadway Armory (5917 N Broadway) in Edgewater.

    More info TBA.

    Follow CAKE:

    cakechicago.com

    IG: @CAKEChicago

    Twitter: @CAKEChicago

    Art by David Alvarado. @tuffasaurus

  • New Stuff This Week

    The Crap Hound Big Book of Unhappiness by Sean Tejaratchi (Feral House) $42.95 – Also known as Crap Hound #10. IT’S HUGE!

    Kramers Ergot #10 edited by Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics) $34.99

    Zines

    Old Joe by Chris Auman $4

    First Existentialist: A Rat Dream Club Zine by James Peterson $5

    On Death and Other Tales of Moderate Intrigue by Dan Gleason $3

    Asleep by Frederick Nitsch $15

    I Saw Them In My Dream by Mike Centeno $5

    92 Miles a Bike Trip Minizine by Jam Doughty $1

    Start Your Own Haunted House – In Hair Raising 3D by GMH $10

    Comics & Minis

    PLUE #1 by Caroline Cash and Pei $5

    Rabbits Who Fight #1 & #2 #6 by Tim Hamilton $6 each

    Freaky #2 Numb Too 2020 $4

    Nuns In Space Fighting Crime #1 by Mark Peters and Corinne Halbert $4

    Brick Breaks Free by David Craig $10

    Swipe by Ivan Miguel $4.95

    Graphic Novels

    Free Shit by Charles Burns (Fantagraphics) $19.99

    Riding Shotgun by Jeremy Daniels $15

    Swimming In Darkness by Lucas Harari (Arsenal Pulp) $27.95

    Nancy by Olivia Jaimes $14.99

    Dakwakada Warriors by Cole Pauls (Conundrum) $20

    Brain Bats of Venus: The Life and Comics of Basil Wolverton (1942-1952) vol 2 by Basil Wolverton and Greg Sadowski (Fantagraphics) $44.99

    Politics & Revolution

    On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein $27

    Problem With Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars by Meghan Daum $27

    The Chapo Guide to Revolution by Chapo Trap House and Felix Biederman $17

    Fiction

    Mycelium by Annette Weisser $15.95

    Outer Limits & Mayhem

    Sunshine On an Open Tomb by Tim Kinsella (Featherproof) $16.95

    The Science of Monsters: The Truth about Zombies, Witches, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Legendary Creatures by Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl $14.99

    The Good Reverend’s Guide to Infused Spirits: Alchemical Cocktails, Healing Elixirs, and Cleansing Solutions for the Home and Bar by Steven Grasse & Sonia Kurtz illustrated by Michael Alan $22.99

    How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts by Ruth Goodman $17.95

    Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore by Fungipedia Lawrence Millman and illustrated Amy Jean Porter $16.95

    Music Books

    Out of Step: Washington D.C. Punk Interviews by David A. Ensminger $12

    Girl In a Girl Band by Malia James (of the Dum Dum Girls) $35

    Massive Attack’s Blue Lines (33 1/3 #140) by Ian Bourland $14.95

    Magazines

    Shots #145 fall $10

    New Territory #7 & #8 $15

    Lit Journals

    McSweeneys #57 Twenty-First Anniversary Issue $30

    The First Line vol 21 #3 fall $8

  • New Stuff This Week

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    Zines

    Vinyldyke #2 by Evelyn Bastian $3

    Sleep Travel: A Dream Book by Jam Doughty $4

    Dave Zine #15 I Survived 10 Years as a Solo Performer In Baltimore by David G. Cookson $5

    ON Journal #3 $20

    Comics & Minis

    Ginseng Roots #1 by Craig Thompson (Uncivilized) $5

    Who Is Sally Sugar Shack by Allie Trigoso $6

    Laskimooses #46 & #47 $6 each

    Unlimited Lives by Tommi Musturi (Boing Being) $10

    Graphic Novels

    New titles from Glom Press: Sleeps Corridor – A Ceda Sleep Story by Hawkins $15, Mist From the Geyser (Flamingo Diamond Part III) by Marc Pearson $10.

    Maria M. by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $29.99 – The complete collection.

    Mikel by Mark Bellido, illustrated by Judith Vanistendael $34.99

    Daybreak by Brian Ralph (D+Q) $21.95 – Hard cover edition that includes parts 1-3 originally published by Bodega.

    Reincarnation Stories by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics) $29.99

    Why Comics?: From Underground to Everywhere by Hillary Chute $24.99 – Now in soft cover.

    Politics & Revolution Books

    Censored 2020: Through The Looking Glass – The Top Censored Storied And Media Analysis Of 2018-2019 by Andy Lee Roth & Mickey Huff with Project Censored $18.95 – Don’t miss Steve Macek of Project Censored and friends discussing Censored 2020 here at Quimby’s on Thurs, Oct 17th!

    Unspeakable Acts: Women, Art, and Sexual Violence in the 1970s by Nancy Princenthal $34.95

    Like a Thief in Broad Daylight: Power in the Era of Post-Human Capitalism by Slavoj Zizek $16.95

    Art, Design & Photo Books

    The Graphic Art of Tattoo Lettering by BJ Betts and Nick Schonberger $25.95

    Not In Use by Nick Rossi $10

    Fiction

    False Bingo: Stories by Jac Jemc $15

    Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson $27

    Ghosts of Berlin: Stories by Rudolph Herzog $17.99

    The Remaking: A Novel by Clay McLeod Chapman $19.99

    Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand $27

    Music Books

    Horror Stories: A Memoir by Liz Phair $28

    Music: A Subversive History by Ted Gioia $35

    Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc. by Jeff Tweedy $17 – Now in soft cover.

    DIY

    Hexing the Patriarchy : 26 Potions, Spells, and Magical Elixirs to Embolden the Resistance by Ariel Gore (Seal) $25

    Manic Panic – Living in Color: A Rebellious Guide to Hair Color and Life by Tish & Snooky Bellomo (Black Dog) $21.99

    Outer Limits

    Nightmareland: Travels at the Borders of Sleep, Dreams, and Wakefulness by Lex Lonehood Nover $18

    Tesla: Inventor of the Modern by Richard Munson 16.95

    Magazines

    Cinema Retro vol 15 #45 $11.99

    Shindig #95 $13.99

    The Point #20 fall $14.99

    RFD #179 fall $11.95

    Frankie #91 $16.99

  • Quimby’s Bookstore October Newsletter Now Available

    The October Quimby’s Bookstore Newsletter available here now!

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     The Lumpen 2019 Comics Issue is here! . . The first ever Lumpen Comics Book! Also known as Lumpen issue #134, also known as the 2019 Comics Issue vol #27. But it's considered a book. Wait what? For real. Book? Magazine? Graphic Novel anthology? Who cares what you want to call it, it has awesome comics, including work by: Aaron Renier, Allie Drew, Ben Bertin, Ben Marcus, Caroline Cash, Chema Skandal, Edie Fake, Gabe Howell, George Porteus, Jeremy Tinder, Jessica Campbell, Keith Herzik, Leif Goldberg, Liana Jegers, Lilli Carré, Max Morris, Nate Beaty, Onsmith, Sarah Leitten and so many more. Edited by Joe Tallarico, Jeremiah Chiu, Nora Catlin and Ed Marszewski, Designed by Jeremiah Chiu. Edited by by Nora Catlin, Jeremiah Chiu, Ed Marszewski and Joe Tallarico. . $20 gets you this 9”x12", 170 page soft cover, perfect bound, full color lump of Lumpen! If you’re not in Chicago, order it at quimbys.com. . . #Lumpen #LumpenMagazine #LumpenBook #Comics #PublicMediaInstitute @edmarlumpen @lumpenradio #quimbys #quimbysbookstore #quimbysbookstorechicago #quimbyschicago #LumpenComics2019 #joetallarico
     
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    Lumpen Comics Book $20

    More Stuff from Badge Bomb!

    Everything Depends On This Depends On Everything 2020 Wall Calendar by Nikki McClure $18

    Zines

    Lady Teeth #9 by Taryn Hipp $5

    Comics & Minis

    more Marnie Galloway comics $5: Library, Home Altar

    Demystifying Comics by Neil Brideau (Radiator Comics) $3

    Wish You Were Pier by Elk Paauw $6

    Fizzle #2 by Whit Taylor (Radiator Comics) $8

    more Miranda Harmon comics: Turtles $2, One Weird Trick $4

    Comics by Jackie E. Davis: Artists Melancholia $4, How to Draw Hands $3, My First Boyfriend $5 & more.

    No Bones Nancy by AR Franklinstein $9

    New Yerby 2020 by Liz Yerby $8

    Graphic Novels

    I Made 100 Comics in 100 Days: An Underpants and Overbites Collection by Jackie E. Davis $22.95

    Press Enter to Continue by Ana Galvan (Fantagraphics) $19.99

    The Tenderness of Stones by Marion Fayolle $32.95

    Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (D+Q) $29.95

    Home After Dark: A Novel by David Small $19.95 – Now in soft cover.

    Immersion Program by Leo Quivreux (Floating World) $19.95

    Hat Boyz by Erick Pepper Rivera $16.95

    Bloody Stump Samurai by Hiroshi Hirata $20

    Taxi: Stories from the Back Seat by Aimée de Jongh (Conundrum) $17

    Martin Peters by Patrick Allaby (Conundrum) $15

    The Borgias by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Milo Manara $29.99

    Politics & Revolution

    Belt Publishing titles: This City Is Killing Me: Community Trauma and Toxic Stress in Urban America by Jonathan Foiles $16.95, Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook by Martha Bayne $20, Life Sentences: Writings from Inside an American Prison By the Elsinore Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice $16.95

    Outer Limits

    Dangerous Games to Play In the Dark: A Guide to Summoning Spirits, Divining the Future, and Invoking the Supernatural by Lucia Peters $13

    The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 87 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting by Joe Gillard $14.99

    Nihilsim by Nolen Gertz $15.95

    Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson’s Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism by Timothy Denevi $17.99

    Consider the Platypus: Evolution Through Biology’s Most Baffling Beasts by Maggie Ryan Sandford, illustrated by Rodica Prato (Black Dog) $29.99

    Film, Music & TV Books

    Carnal Curses, Disfigured Dreams: Japanese Horror And Bizarre Cinema 1898-1949 (Japanese Film Perspectives) by Kagami Jigoku Kobayashi (Shinbaku) $26.95

    The 33 1/3 B-sides: New Essays by 33 1/3 Authors on Beloved and Underrated Albums by Will Stockton (Editor), D. Gilson $19.95

    All Gates Open: The Story of CAN by Rob Young & Irmin Schmidt $19.95

    Fried and Justified: Hits, Myths, Break-ups and Breakdowns In the Record Business 1978-98 by Mick Houghton $19.95

    Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files by Zack Handlen & Todd VanDerWerff $20 – Now in soft cover.

    The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman $17

    My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love by Dessa $17

    Health

    Hysterical Why We Need to Talk about Women Hormones & Mental Health by Eleanor Morgan $18.99

    The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Jennifer Gunter $18.95

    Fiction

    Set the Controls for the Heart of Sharon Tate by Gary Lippman (Rare Bird Books) $18

    The Ticking Heart by Andrew Kaufman $19.95

    Magazines

    Bitch #84 fall $7.95

    Juxtapoz #211 fall $9.99

    Bust #118 september october $6.99

    Jacobin #34 summer $12.95

    Poetry

    Evolution by Eileen Myles $16 – Now in soft cover.

    Odes to Lithium by Shira Erlichman $17.95

    Fortune for Your Disaster Poems by Hanif Abdurraqib $15.95