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TEEN MOVIE HELL Author Mike “McBeardo” McPadden & Infernal Guests Blaze Hot on the History of Youth Cinema Gone Wild!
Teen Movie Hell: A Crucible of Coming-of-Age Films From Animal House to Zapped! (Bazillion Points) by Mike “McBeardo” McPadden is the ultimate guide to outrageous, anarchic, over-the-top adolescent film farces of the drive-in and VHS eras.
Porky’s. Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The Last American Virgin. Risky Business. Revenge of the Nerds. Valley Girl. Sixteen Candles. Pretty in Pink. These and more than the 300 other vintage party-hearty puberty flicks get reviewed in Teen Movie Hell, in a style befitting their bombastic nature, but also with an eye on how they’re perceived in contemporary culture.
Teen Movie Hell also features essays by renowned film scholars that include Kier-La Janisse (House of Psychotic Women), Kat Ellinger (British Film Institute), and Samm Deighan (Diabolique magazine), as well as a chapter by the movie nerd king, Eddie Deezen (Grease).
“I heartily hurrah this hormonal hagiography!” – Patton Oswalt
For this event, Mike McPadden will present a multimedia history of teen cinema, as well as readings by several Teen Movie Hell contributors: Katie Rife (A.V. Club); Wendy McClure (The Wilder Life); Christina Ward (Feral House); and Liz Mason (Quimby’s, a million zines).
For more info, contact: mikemcpadden(at)gmail(dot)com
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Saturday, June 22, 7pm – Free Event
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CHIPRC’s Zine Club: Fest Finds Edition, at Quimby’s!
Fest season is upon us, so let’s share our best finds from Chicago Zine Fest, Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE), and other self-publishing events around the region! This month at our book club-style event for people who read zines, we’ll be talking about our favorite titles we’ve discovered at festivals. Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are welcome to join us for a fun discussion and snacks.
If you’d like to participate in our Mystery Zine Swap, bring a zine (concealed in some way) to trade with someone else on the spot!
This event will be led by Chicago Zine Fest organizer Cynthia E. Hanifin.
Free Event, Tues, June 25th, 7pm
Here at Quimby’s, 1854 W. North Avenue in Wicker Park
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Tarot Readings by Sarah Luczko at Quimby's March 4th
Quimby’s is proud to welcome tarot readings by Sarah Luczko, poet, dancer, performance artist, bookstore owner (Space Oddities, friend of Quimby’s), and Tarot reader. Her readings are down to earth, while still keeping one foot in the other world. Sarah grants her querents the autonomy and focus to produce their own reading through collaboration in working with the cards. She embraces the traveling tradition of party readings. She prefers to read in loud bars, outdoors, in a garden, at art openings, or anywhere away from more traditional settings. $20 per reading. Follow her on Instagram: @sluczko
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Monday, March 4th, 7-9pm
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New Stuff This Week
Charles R. Childs Panoramas: A Panoramic Construction of the Images of Charles R. Childs by Perry Casalino $20 – From 1907 to 1912, Charles R. Childs produced over 5,400 individual photographic views of Chicago for use as picture postcards. Charles R. Childs Panoramas is a collection of whimsical panoramic views using Childs’ postcards. These constructions give a sense of place never before seen in vintage Chicago photography.
Zines
Trial and Error #6 Pocket Guide to Being Totally Cool $3
Safe Sex Mini Bundle How to talk about STDS with Sexual Partners $1
Hieratic Art or the Alchemy of Talismans by Brian Cotnoir $10
Would Be President by John Dishwasher $5
Lacunae by Lisa Wilde $20
Music Men Ruined For Me by Alison Lang $10
Raise Your Horns $2.50
Xerography Debt #43 and #44 $4 each
Post Modern Romance #1 The View From Marriage $8
BYOC Build Your Own Chimera: A Guide to Creature Invention by Jam $1
Comics & Minis
Every Drop Counts by Tori Holder $5
Duel by Finn Walker $4
Graphic Novels
Nothing Nice to Say: Complete Discography by Mitch Clem (Silver Sprocket) $24.99
Mort Gerberg on the Scene by Mort Gerberg (Fantagraphics Underground) $25
Journey Into the Unknown by Randi Drozd $20
Through a Life by Tom Haugomat (Nobrow) $18.95
Politics & Revolution
The Anarchist Encyclopedia edited by Sébastien Faure (AK Press) $22
Into the Tempest: Essays on the New Global Capitalism by William I. Robinson (Haymarket) $21.95
Don’t Shoot I Want to Live: Gun Violence In America by Tyshondra Barnes $5.99
Art & Design Books
Unnatural Selections: The Artwork of Tiffany Bozic by Tiffany Bozic / Mary Ellen Hannibal (Gingko) $45
Essays
Up Up, Down Down: Essays by Cheston Knapp $16
Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith $18
Fiction
Carnivorous Lunar Activities by Max Booth III (Fangoria) $15
I Am God by Giacomo Sartori (Restless) $17.99
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin $16
The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolaño $24
Same Same by Peter Mendelsund $17.95
A People’s Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers edited by Charlie Jane Anders & A. Merc Rustad (One World Classics) $17
Music Books
Walk This Way: Run-DMC, Aerosmith, and the Song That Changed American Music Forever by Geoff Edgers $27
Consuming
On Drinking by Charles Bukowski, edited by Abel Debritto $26.99
Crafts
Paper Animals: Fox, Deer, Meerkat and Bear Family by Paperwolf (Gingko) $24.95
Magazines
Fortean Times #375 $12.40
Horror Hound #75 $6.99
Lit Journals & Chap Books
Bloom Magazine Aug 18 $12
God Made Dirt Dirt Don’t Hurt by B. Traverse $3
Sex Guides & Culture
Unfuck Your Intimacy: Using Science for Better Relationships, Sex, and Dating by Faith G. Harper, PhD (Microcosm) $14.95
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New Stuff This Week
Cavegirl Monologue by Heather Benjamin (Sacred Bones Books) $35 – Cavegirl Monologue is artist Heather Benjamin’s most substantial collection to date and displays her art on paper and on canvas, the latter of which is a first for her.
Zines
Primordial Cooch #2 by Caroline Paquita $5
Alejandro #1 Photo Zine by Alana Derksen $20
Sneak Peeks and Coming Attractions $3
Still Dancing On My Own: A Robyn Fanzine by Rachel Pallmeyer $3
Zines by Dan Kelly, $2 each: Hydeaway, For Your Consideration
Here’s How the Sausage gets Made: A Few Thoughts on Desire by Emma Casey $2
BGMPDG #1 $5
HARDCORE ARCHITECTURE: THRASH ADVERTISING: Paper Ephemera from Underground Zines 1980-1990 (Half-Letter Press) $20
BREAK DOWN WORKBOOK #4—SONIC MEDITATIONS: IMMERSIVE ECOLOGICAL ENTANGLEMENT, VOL. 2 by Brett Bloom & BKDN BKDN (Half-Letter Press) $6
Scaffolding #1 by Ruby Miller and Idene A $10
Zines from Diaspora Savant Press: BLCKMZIC #1 Black Banjo $12, And Then There Were None: Sanctuary, Migration, Gentrification and the Vanishing Metropolis $15, And Now My Watch Begins: Almost Six Years of Sobriety My Way aka Staying Sober While Staying Woke $12 & more
Comics & Minis
Comics by Bacteria by J. Bladder: Pickles Dickson $1.50, Bacteria $3.50
Fungirl Origins #1 by Elizabeth Pich $10
Venus Riff Presents Wild Card by Teylor Smirl and Johari Mayfield $5
Graphic Novels
Brat by Michael Deforge (Koyama Press) $19.95
A House in the Jungle by Nathan Gelgud (Koyama Press) $24.95
The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling: A Hardcore, High-flying, No-holds-barred History of the One True Sport by Aubrey Sitterson / Chris Moreno $18.99
Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories by Neil Gaiman & Mark Buckingham $17.99
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden $21.99
Evie and the Truth About Witches by John Martz (Koyama Press) $19.95
Politics & Revolution Books
The Xenofeminist Manifesto: A Politics for Alienation by Laboria Cuboniks $12.95
Homosexuality: Power & Politics by Gay Left Collective $18.95
Unladylike: A Field Guide to Smashing the Patriarchy and Claiming Your Space by Cristen Conger & Caroline Ervin, illustrated by Tyler Feder $24
The Long Term: Resisting Life Sentences, Working Toward Freedom, editor Alice Kim (Haymarket) $18
Pink Triangles: Radical Perspectives on Gay Liberation, editor Pam Mitchell $18.95
A History of America in Ten Strikes by Erik Loomis $27.95
American Homo: Community and Perversity by Jeffrey Escoffier $18.95
Art Books
The Abcs of Style: A Graffiti Alphabet by Dana James $25
Outer Limits
Everyday Magic: Rituals, Spells & Potions to Live Your Best Life by Semra Haksever $14.99
The Witchcraft Handbook: Unleash Your Magical Powers to Create the Life You Want by Midia Star $14.99
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty $15.95
Clockwork Futures: The Science of Steampunk and the Reinvention of the Modern World by Brandy Schillace $15.95
Bong Appétit: Mastering the Art of Cooking With Weed, by the editors of Munchies $30 – Based on the popular Munchies and Viceland television series Bong Appétit.
Do Robots Make Love?: From AI to Immortality – Understanding Transhumanism in 12 Questions by Laurent Alexandre / Jean-Michel Besnier $12.99
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris $16
Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations by Arnold Van De Laar $29.99
Music & Film Books
Songs of Love and Horror: Collected Lyrics of Will Oldham by Will Oldham $26.95
Why the Ramones Matter by Donna Gaines $16.95
Around the World In Eighty Record Stores: A Guide to the Best Vinyl Emporiums on the Planet by Marcus Barnes (Dog N Bone) $14.95
The Flame: Poems Notebooks Lyrics Drawings by Leonard Cohen $28
A to Z Great Film Directors by Andy Tuohy $14.99 – A design-led reference book with art, text, infographics and more!
Fiction
Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval $16.95
Fresh Complaint: Stories by Jeffrey Eugenides $17
Sexxxy
Balls Deep by John Maggie $10
Magazines
Uppercase #39 $18
Lit Journals
The Point #17 Fall 18 Beethoven and Blackness $14.99
For the Kiddies
Lowriders: Blast from the Past by Cathy Camper $9.99
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New Stuff This Week
There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of BIG STAR by Rich Tupica (Hozac Books) $37.99 – 400+ pages, stocked with a wealth of previously-unseen color photos, personal ephemera from the Bell family’s archive, as well as everything Ardent Studios could jam in, plus Bell’s childhood bands, his post-Big Star solo work & more!
Zines
Men Who Memorize #1 & #2 $5 each
How to Uncover SELF In Chaotic Times by Lauren Maxwell $12
Meal Based Artist Residency Program by Marc Fischer (Public Collectors) $8 – Marc takes visiting artists to Joong Boo Market in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. Here they share their reflections.
Affinity by David Meehan $10
Razorblades and Aspirin #4 by M. Thorn $8
Transhumanist Street Style Look Book by Peter J. $8
Comics & Minis
Nude Beach by Eloise Grills $8
Saliva Tide by Hawkins $8
Claw the Terrible Beautiful Claw by Marc Pearson $8
Humboldt by Grant Musser $2
Cotards Joke by Jonas $1
Hoody #3 Robot City $10
Grixly #44 by Nate Mcdonough $2
Draw by Night June 2018 by Steph Neary $2
Snack Time by Ally Lasser $4
Graphic Novels
Coyote Doggirl by Lisa Hanawalt (D+Q) $22.95 – Half dog, half coyote, all cowgirl, on the run from a trio of vengeful bad dogs. And also, there are homemade crop tops.
The Agency by Katie Skelly (Fantagraphics Underground) $25 – A collection strange and arcane medical images collected as a webcomic: horny skeletons, yonic portals, thrill-seeking vegetation, and multitudinous wry glances and stammered phrases!
Fang vol 1 Moon Light Snack by Marc Palm $7.99
Pivot by Jaime Dear $20
Politics, Revolution & Help
Resist!: How to Be an Activist in the Age of Defiance by Michael Segalov $19.99
Ways of Being: Advice for Artists by Artists by James Cahill $15.99
Creating Chaos: Covert Political Warfare, from Truman to Putin by Larry Hancock (OR Books) $17.95
Magic for the Resistance: Rituals and Spells for Change by Michael M. Hughes $15.99
Art Books
Fully Coherent Plan: For a New and Better Society by David Shrigley $24
Outer Limits
Paranormal Parasites: The Voracious Appetites of Soul-sucking Supernatural Entities by Nick Redfern $16.99
Fiction
Surrealists and Outsiders 2018: I Wagered Deep on the Run of Six Rats to See Which Would Catch the First Fire, ed by RW Spryszak $10 – Fiction and poetry anthology.
Book Smarts and Tender Hearts: A Novel by Shelley Pearson $12.99 – Hannah discovers zines at 16 and makes some new friends who help her figure out how to balance her book smarts and her heart.
New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction, editor James Thomas $15.95 – 35 stories by 89 authors of microfiction, stories of no more than 300 words.
Notes from the Fog: Stories by Ben Marcus $26.95
Heartbreaker by Claudia Dey $26
Murder Romance and Two Shootings by Todd Allen Smith $15
Magazines
Maximumrocknroll #424 $4.99
Jacobin #30 $12.95
Raw Vision #98 $14
Mojo #298 $11.25Lit Journals & Chap Books
Windowcat #2 $5
McSweeney’s 53: Includes 8 Inflatable Balloons $28 – Yes, there’s a book but there’s also stories printed on the balloons you have to blow up to read.
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