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Work In Progress May 26
Don’t forget!
Tomorrow is our monthly creative get-together, Work In Progress.
It’s a great event to come to if you’re interested in working on a project in a social atmosphere, or if you need advice on something you’re working on, or you want to eat our free snacks.
It starts at 7pm, and runs until 8:30-ish. Hope you can make it, bring whatever you want to work on!
Work In Progress happens the last Wednesday of every month!
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The Future Starts Now!
What does the future hold for you? Well, I predict you will fall madly in love with Corinne Mucha’s amazing new mini-comic, Is It the Future Yet?, which she made ‘specially for Quimby’s! I see you laughing out loud at the fresh psychic hijinx and time-travel schemes that grace every delightful page. I can see your love for this comic quickly growing rich, deep, and strong and you will find it brings you much good luck and happiness as years go by…Yes, my friend, the future looks very bright indeed….
This is, by the way, the launch of our first exclusive minicomics edition- you can only get these pages of wit and wonder at Quimby’s- so slither on in and pick one up!
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New Stuff This Week
Sure, we have a whole lotta new stuff this week, but what we really enjoyed was Jason Young’s envelope, which he sent us his mini comics in, which are Veggie Dog Saturn #3 ($3.00) & Veggie Dog Saturn #4 ($2.00).
In case you can’t read it, the mouse on the left is saying “Ha! This comic’s great!” The mouse on the right is saying “Hurry up! I wanna get my drink on!”
Highlights this week:
Weathercraft by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – It’s a Frank comic! In a beautiful hard cover book!
Hopes and Prospects SC by Noam Chomsky (Haymarket) $16.00
Craphound #4 Clowns Devils and Bait $12.00 – Did we tell you about this one last week? Worth repeating!
Wally Gropius by Tim Hensley (Fantagraphics) $18.99 – Hilarious. There is at least one referance to Huey Lewis.
Very Kraftwerk Summer by Christopher Hutsul $7.00 – A memoir comic about an adolescent posse influenced by the band. But looking at the art, it almost looks a bit like one of Archer Prewitt’s Coctails posters. Cool! If only me and my friends were this cool at that age. -LM
And other stuff that’s new this week:
Wilding #3 $5.00
Wunderkammer #1 by Nicholas DiGenova $8.00
Black Mass Pleasure Pack by Patrick Kyle $10.00
This Is Art Now Poster by Thomas Garman $10.00
Oubliette Drought by Kenan Rubenstein $1.00
Write Back Soon by Stephanie Tardy $6.00
Moonlight by Kira Mardikes $4.00
What Have You Been Up TWO #2 by var. $1.75
Advanced Genius Theory by Jason Hartley (Scribner) $15.00
Effigy #7 by Matt Whispers $3.00
Dinosaur Vs Bedtime by Bob Shea (Hyperion) $15.99
Crooked Little Vein SC by Warren Ellis (Harper) $13.99
Shitbeams On the Loose #2 (Revival House) $12.00
Trigger #1 by Mike Bertino (Revial House) $5.00
Sideburn #5 (Motorsport) $8.99
Print Jun 10 $15.95
XLR8R #133 $4.99
High Times Jul 10 $5.99
Color Skateboards vol 8 #2 $7.99
Artforum May 10 $10.00
Nature of Human Brain Work An Introduction to Dialectics by Joseph Dietzgen (PM) $20.00
Wormfood SC by Jeff Jacobson (Medallion) $14.95
Little Lulu vol 1 Giant Size by John Stanley & Irving Tripp (Dark Horse) $24.99
Sweet Tooth TPB vol 1 Out of the Deep Woods by Jeff Lemire (Vertigo) $9.99
Nobody TPB by Jeff Lemire (Vertigo) $14.99
Ex Machina vol 9 Ring Out the Old by Brian K. Vaughan (Vertigo) $14.99
The Muppet Show Comic Book: On the Road by Roger Langridge (Boom) $9.99
Catland Empire by Keith James (D&Q) $29.95
Roy Cranes Captain Easy vol 1 1933-1935 by Roy Crane (Fantagraphics) $39.99
What We See Advancing The Observations of Jane Jacobs HC by var. (New Village) $26.95
How to Catch a Falling Knife by Daniel Johnson (Alice James Books) $15.95 – No, that’s Daniel JohnSTON that you’re thinking of. This is a different guy. Poetry.
Low Spark 1913 1938 1973 201 by Ian McDuffie $4.00
Class Struggle #66 $3.00Crestfallen #3 Sad Girl Face Pack and Crestfallen #4 Purple Cat Pack by Sandra Sierra $3.00 each – The 3rd volume of Crestfallen has 3 micro-minicomics is maybe the most sinister one yet- it’s like finding a fancy handbag with a dried-up lizard in it- even if you can’t distinguish if it’s cursed, charmed or just weirdly interesting, you’re going to take it home with you. And #4 gives Dame Darcy a run for her money with that potent combination of smart, whimsical girls and gnarly, toadish mayhem, with 5 minicomics. Both packs come in glittery pouches and are 2.75″x4.5″ in size. -EF
Crestfallen #3 Sad Girl Face 
Crestfallen #4 Purple Cat Falling is Like This by Kate Rockland (Thomas Dunne) $13.99
KerBloom #83 Rhinovirus Challenge by ArtNoose $2.00
Clash #49 $7.99
Uncut Jun 10 #157 $9.99
Bizarre #162 May 10 $10.50
Fantastic Man #11 Spr Sum 10 $10.95
International DJ May 10 #125 IDJ $10.95
Man About Town #6 Spr Sum 10 $15.99
True Crime May 10 Detective Monthly $8.99
Wire May 10 #315 $10.99
Colors #77 Spr 10 $8.95
Fortean Times #261 $11.99
Monocle vol 4 #33 May 10 $10.00
Mojo #199 Jun 10 $9.99
Feminist Promise 1792 to the Present by Christine Stansell (Modern Library) $35.00
Other Peoples Rejection Letters by Bill Shapiro (Clarkson) $22.50
Lowside of the Road A Life of Tom Waits by Barney Hoskyns (Broadway) $19.99
How to Survive Working in Retail #2 by var. $2.00
Good Porn: A Womans Guide by Erika Lust (Seal) $17.95
Telephone & Me #1 by Mel Stringer $6.00
Thought Fish #1 by Ruen Wright $6.95
St Catherine Street by Michael Brehm $7.00
Little Town Circus by Michael Brehm $10.00
Bitter Ends Tender Buds Drawings 2007-2010 by Mike Brehm $15.00 -
Shoutout to Zine Culture In LA
We received a really wonderful e-mail from someone carrying on the zine vibes out in CA. And why, just today, one of our customers lamented that they didn’t have a zine source in LA. So here you are!
> From: Meredith False Start <falsestartdistro@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 09:41:35 -0700
> To: <info@quimbys.com>
> Subject: False Start Independent Books & Zines!!!
>
> Hey there!
> I’ve unfortunately never had the pleasure of visiting Chicago (and therefore
> Quimby’s!), but Quimby’s has been a bit of an icon for me ever since I got
> into zines, about 10 years ago. I’m trying to bring some sort of zine
> culture to Los Angeles, where I currently live, but the goings been tough,
> so I thought perhaps I’d write you a little note and see if you could help
> me out with a blog mention or a link!
>
> I am a recent graduate of the UCLA School of Art and started my own small
> distro, False Start Independent Books & Zines (www.false-start.com), selling
> small press publications. The titles I carry range from literary zines to
> punk how-to guides to comics and art zines. The main thread that ties all of
> these works together is aesthetics and a DIY attitude about art and culture.
> Too often people feel excluded from the world of art — whether it’s because
> they think they need a formal education to create it or don’t have enough
> money to buy it. False Start wants to put an end to that!
>
> I recently had a table at Unique LA, a great art, craft & design show in
> downtown Los Angeles. I was the only person there selling zines and I
> received a great response. Zine culture isn’t entirely dead in LA, just
> hibernating, and I’m hoping that perhaps you could give a little shout out
> to False Start and help wake the world up to small press!> Either way, I hope you enjoy looking at the site as much as I enjoy yours!
> Take care,
> Meredith Wallace> False Start: independent books & zines
> PO Box 641154
> Los Angeles, CA 90064 -
New Stuff This Week
Big Questions #14 Title and Deed by Anders Nilsen (D+Q) $7.95
Lady Churchills Rosebud Wristlet #25 May 10 $5.00
Tell All HC by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday) $24.95
Superfuckers TPB by James Kochalka (Top Shelf) $14.95 – Best of Issues #271 through 279 plus Jack Krak #1
The Anthology Project vol 1 HC ed. by var. $24.95
Usagi Yojimbo Book One by Stan Sakai (Fantagraphics) $15.95
Screencraps #1 $4.00
Cousin Corinnes Reminder #1 Spr 10 $20.00
SF 11 by Isaac McKay Randozzi $3.00
Moon Is Made Of Cheese $4.00
Commies For Satan #1 $1.00 – You won’t find this at Borders. At Quimby’s, where we know how to cross borders. Ha ha ha ha.
Squinty #1 by Sua Yoo $5.00
Mr Cellars Attic by Mr. Freibert $6.00
Good Porn: A Womans Guide by Erika Lust (Seal) $17.95
Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto by var. (Tin House) $16.95 – Tim for a beverage.
Outcast: David Hurles Old Reliable in Living Color by David Hurles (Green Candy) $35.00 – Sexy muscley men.
Cataract of Fire and Blood by Elijah Brugher and Terrence Hannum $10.00 – Fancy art from Chicago locals. Slick black cover.
Hexagon Kids Present Can You Find the ABCs In You – I learn so much when I listen to YOU by Patty Durkin $8.99 – Yeah, artsy title. But it’s a children’s book.
ABCs of the Economic Crisis: What Working People Need to Know by var. (Monthly Review Press) $11.95 – Not a children’s book.
Surface #82 $6.99
Urban Garden #10 May Jun 10 $5.95
The Believer #71 May 10 $8.00
3X3 vol #14 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration $16.00
Deathcat Skullguts #1 $4.00
Zine About Billy: A Story of a Story by Danny Mac $2.00
Bridge: A Journal by Kelly Ginger $8.00
Walking Dead Book Five HC by Kirkman and var. (Image) $34.99
Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music by Greg Kot (Scribner) $14.00 – By co-host of Sound Opinions. Now in soft cover.
Krazy & Ignatz 1916-18 by George Herriman (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – The first three years of Krazy Kat.
Abandoned Cars by Tim Lane (Fantagraphics) $18.99
Blazing Combat by var. (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Living In The End Times HC by Slavoj Zizek (Verso) $29.95
Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman (Revolutions – Sheila Rowbotham Presents) by Mary Wollstonecraft (Verso) $15.95
Natural Computing DNA Quantum Bits and the Future of Smart Machines by var. (W.W. Norton) $16.95
Why Bother Print A Non Fiction Square Box Drawings by Weng Pixin $10.00
Lay Flat 02 Meta $30.00
Toucan #6 by var. $3.00
Correspondence #1 by Kyle Krueger $1.00
Chronicles of a Peeping Tom by Miki Zmaj $3.00
Technological Slavery: The Collected Writings of Theodore J Kaczynski aka The Unabomber (Feral) $22.95
Babylons Banksters: The Alchemy of Deep Physics High Finance and Ancient Religion by Joseph Farrell (Feral) $19.95
New World of Indigenous Resistance: Voices From North South and Central America by Noam Chomsky & var. (CityLights) $18.95
The Worst Book I Ever Read – Unbearables (Autonomedia) $16.95
Witches Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers by var. (Feminist Press) $6.95
Upping the Anti #8 Journal of Theory and Action $10.00
Understandable Guide to Music Theory – Most Useful Aspects by Chaz Bufe (See Sharp) $9.95
This Country Must Change: Essays on the Necessity of Revolution in the USA by Craig Rosebraugh (Arissa) $16.95
Subverting the Present Imagining the Future Insurrection Movement Commons – Class Struggle by Werner Bonefeld (Autonomedia) $15.95
Strategic Reality Dictionary: Deep Infopolitics and Cultural Intelligence by Konrad Becker (Autonomedia) $12.95
Sounding Off: Music as Subversion Resistance Revolution by var. (Autonomedia) $15.00
Read Me: ASCII Culture and the Revenge of Knowledge by Nettime (Autonomedia) $19.95
Rapist Who Pays the Rent 2nd Edition by var. (Falling Wall) $6.00
Portland Queer Tales of the Rose City by Ariel Gore (Lit Star) $15.95
Negativeland a Novel by Doug Nufer (Autonomedia) $9.95
Living on Third Street: Plays of the Living Theatre 1989-1992 by Hanon Reznikov (Autonomedia) $15.95
Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness by var. (Feminst Press) $6.95
Breakfast for Anarchists by Norman Nawrocki (No Bar Code Press) $14.00
Barefoot and in the Kitchen #4: Vegan Recipes by Ashley (AK) $3.00
Ask Any Woman By Ruth E. Hall (Falling Wall Press) $10.00
Anarchists Book of Verse by Charlotte Keller (Keller Com) $14.99
FEDS vol 7 #32 $5.99
Sovereign #11 May 10 $3.95
Shut Up vol 5 #1 $4.25
Awkward Family Photos ed. by var. (Three Rivers Press) $15.00
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Graphic Novel SC by Jane Austen and var. (Del Ray) $14.99
Little Women and Werewolves by Louissa May Alcott and Porter Grand (Ballantine) $14.00
HotShoe Apr May 10 $9.95
Bongology: Art of Creating 35 of the Worlds Most Bongtastic etc. by Chris Stone (Ten Speed) $12.99
Treating Yourself #22 $7.99
The Progressive May 10 $3.95
Dwell 100 Houses We Love Special Sum 10 $9.99
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (Three Rivers Press) $14.00 – Local Chicago fiction writer, now in soft cover.
Sports From Hell My Search for the Worlds Dumbest Competition HC by Rick Reilly (Doubleday) $26.00
Hanging Loose #96 $9.00
Against the Current #146 $5.00
Frieze #130 Apr 10 $10.00
Race & Class vol 51 #4 $18.00
World Explorer vol 5 #6 $6.00
Granta #110 Spr 10 Sex $18.99
Skeptical Inquirer May Jun 10 vol 34 #3 $4.95
Under the Radar #31 $4.99
Ghetto Blaster #24 $3.95
In These Times May 10 $3.50
Love and Obstacles by Aleksandar Hemon (Riverhead) $15.00 – Now in soft cover.
Weird Baby Motivational Poster by Simon Hunt $20.00
When I Was A Mall Model by Monica Gallagher $5.50
Don’t Scream Im Just A Spider by Birdy Jones and var. $18.00
Paper May 10 $4.00
See America First Welcome to Falling Rock National Park $6.00
Eagle Fight Squad 2030 AD Bird On Fire by Alex Kim $5.00
Wall City by Alex Kim $12.00
Trnsfr vol 1 #2 Jan Feb 10 $7.00
Survival A Heros Story by Noelle Havens $1.00
Backward Jane #1 by Jane $2.00
Workers Write vol 9: Tales From the Capitol $8.00
Annalemma #6 $10.00
21st Century Queer Artists Identify Themselves $10.00
Obscure Animal Compenduim vol 3 by Nate Marsh $9.00
Sedimental by Talya Modlin $5.00
Blue Okoye #1 by Blue Okoye $1.00
Lessons of Lil Pebbles by Bernie McGovern $3.00
Bad World Small Things by William Cleveland $4.00 – Rolled back in the weedy ferns beyond any semblance of decency, Cleveland’s sunboiled carcasses rot and roam through the unincorporated overgrowth of festering menace. Bad World Small Things claws and gnaws at the dirty small town outskirt with brutal sexual textures and skinned sweaty palms.
- Bad Worlds Small Things
This muggy afternoon vascilates between listless tweenage nerds being restless-as-fuck with their boredom and scared-as-shit of what they don’t know- and the comic comes into itself, scratching its bugbites and trying out different cuss words under its breath.
Decorum Short Shorts and Doodles – Hey Bay Bee Ima Objectify Shit Outta by Ed Choy Moorman $3.00
Oh No comic by John Campbell $5.00 – Campbell’s world looks so cute and that’s why its so good at talking shit and getting away with it.
- Oh No
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SUBMIT! Voices From the Grave #1
A new Chicago Outer Limits zine and audio zine is festering! Got something odd to share? Listen to this call from VOICES FROM THE GRAVE headquarters:
ATTENTION FELLOW SNAKES AND FOLLOWERS OF WHAT EVER
Have You Ever?
Been ridden by an old hag? Heard voices during your early morning cemetery jaunt? Had visions of long lost civilizations? Been approached by dark angels? Contracted a mysterious disease? Picked up a phantom hitchhiker? Did you find a skeleton in your closet? Did you see a fireball light up the night sky?
If you have experienced any baffling, thrilling, or extra/ordinary phenomena we would like to have you participate. All stories welcome.
LET IT OUT -WE NEED YOUR WORDS
talk@voicesfromthegrave.org
and/or
Voices From the Grave
PO Box 478811
Chicago, IL 60647
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New Stuff This Week
Wilson HC by Dan Clowes (DQ) $21.95 – Dan Clowes will be at Quimby’s on June 12th! Stay tuned for more details.Proximity #7 $12.00
Undeleted Scenes by Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf) $15.00
Wholphin #11 DVD $19.95
Instructions Everything You’ll Need To Know On Your Journey by Neil Gaiman (Harper) $14.99
Simple History Series #6: 100 Years of Modern Iran 1891 1991 by var. $2.50
Journal of Aesthetics and Protest #7 $7.00
We Should A Selective Guide to Chicago by Laura Szumowski $7.95
Cult Street Wear by Josh Sims (Laurence) $29.95
Bike Snob Systematically & Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling by NYC Bike Snob (Chronicle) $16.95
Gama Go Yeti Tree or Squid Pirrate Floati Pens $5.00 each. – Based on Tim Biskup’s designs.
Came A Yeux 2004 to 2006 Drug For Eyes by Alexone (Kitchen 93) $37.95
Book of Tags 150 Original Writers Tags From All Over the World (Dropdrop) $41.95
Only Death Is Real an Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost by var. (Bazillion) $39.95
Schwarz Auf Weiss Style Needs No Color (From Here) $14.95
Gospel of Filth A Bible of Decadence and Darkness by G. Braddeley (Fab) $39.95
Nylon Girls Erotic Fashion Photography by Christine Kessler (Goliath) $24.95
DFW Zine $2.50
Camilla Derrico 30 Postcards (Last Gasp) $10.95
Kenk A Graphic Portrait by var. (Pop Sandbox) $25.95
Wormwood Gentleman Corpse HC vol 2 It Only Hurts When I Pee Deviant Edition by Ben Templesmith (IDW) $24.99
Lenore Wedgies HC by Roman Dirge (Titan) $24.95
Flash Rebirth HC by var. (DC) $19.99
The Walker Brothers No Regrets Our Story HC by John Walker (John Blake) $24.95
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned: True Stories Of Women Who Kill(John Blake) $13.9
Fallen: Life In and Out of Britains Most Insane Group Now With Added Ex Members by Dave Simpson (Canongate) $14.95 – As in the band The Fall.
Iraq The Forever War DVD with Noam Chomsky (PM Press) $14.95
Blood and Thunder #14 $5.99
Online Killers Portraits of Murderers Cannibals and Sex Predators Who Stalk by Christopher Barry Dee (Ulysses) $14.95
826CHI Compendium vol 1 An Assemblage of Writings by the Students of 826CHI $12.00
Bars Across America Drinking and Biking from Coast to Coast by John Greenfield $13.00
Mandatory Moshing #0 by Evan Blanco $1.00
Philosophical Investigation by Philip Kerr (Penguin) $15.00
Dear Jaguar #2 The Nightmare Issue by Vicky Always $1.00
Clock Without a Face by Scott Teplin and var. (MCSweeney’s) $19.95
Introduction to Civil War by Tiqqun (Semiotext(e)) $12.95
Xombie Dead on Arrival DVD The Complete Flash Series (Halo Eight) $18.99
NYHC DVD The Legendary Documentary About the Worlds Hardest Music (Halo Eight) $18.99 – About New York Hard Core.
Confessions of an Antinatalist by Jim Crawford $12.00
Tag Team by Dennis Pacheco and var. $3.50
33 1/3 Series: Pavements Wowee Zowee by Bryan Charles (Continuum) $12.95
33 1/3 Series: ACDC’s Highway To Hell by Joe Bonomo (Continuum) $12.95
Supertalk #2 by Eric Watkins and var. (Birdcage Bottom) $5.00
Black Velvet #64 $6.25
Whale Tale #1 by Christopher Peralta $4.00
Prints by Hawk Krall: Chicago Depression Hot Dog Print/Chicago Hot Dog $35.00 each
Self Service #32 Spr Sum 10 $35.00
Damn #24 Apr May 10 $24.95
ID Magazine Spr 10 $10.99
Whip Smart HC by Melissa Febos (T. Dunne) $24.99
Jeremy Draws a Monster by Peter McCarty (Holt) $16.99
Ask HC by Sam Lipsyte (FSG) $25.00
Spunk #7 $7.00
Resistance Book 1 by Carla Jablonski and var. (First Sec) $16.99
Afterbirth: Stories You Wont Read in a Parenting Magazine by D.K. Modisett (St. Mart) $14.99
City and the City SC by China Mieville (Ballantine) $15.00
Nobody Move SC by Denis Johnson (Picador) $14.00
Moomin books by Tove Jannson: Moominsummer Madness, Moominpappas Memoirs, Finn Family Moomintroll (squarefish) $6.99 each
Affinity Bridge A Newbury & Hobbes Investigation by George Mann (Tor) $13.99
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Work In Progress Get-Together
We launched our new monthly working get-togetherhere at Quimby’s, which is called Work In Progress. At the first one, we had some wonderful folks sharing what they’re working on and hangin’ out withus. Comics, zines, poetry and fiction were represented, and we enjoyed snacks. Won’t you join us again on Wednesday, May 26th at 7pm?
Work In Progress is from 7-8:30pm on the last Wednesday of the month. You can bring your current project and work on it in a social atmosphere. If you’re looking for critiques or advice, you can get it from fellow attendees. If you just want somewhere outside of your dark basement apartment to work on that new zine, this is the event you want to go to.
If you’re looking to meet more folks in the city who are making fun stuff, stop by! We’re hoping this monthly series will become a positive space for self-publishers and other creative types here in Chicago.
Spread the word: Work In Progress at Quimby’s, the last Wednesday of every month!
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Feelin' Sappy?
Feel this space! Tree Sapp magazine is looking for work for their upcoming second issue. Check out their website and blog and submit your watery works to their “River Beds, Sweat and Sheets” -themed issue by May 10th.Tree Sap is a publication devoted to digging up, excavating and documenting the convergence of art & nature. Through artist features, collaborative projects, & personal narratives, we hope to offer commentary on the wild origin of our myths, sexuality, & inner lives.
-eds. Anika Sabin & John Wagner
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Work in Progress Tomorrow
We’re really excited for tomorrow’s launch of our new monthly working get-together here at Quimby’s, which we’re calling Work In Progress.
Work In Progress is from 7-8:30pm on the last Wednesday of the month. You can bring your current project and work on it in a social atmosphere. If you’re lo
oking for critiques or advice, you can get it from fellow attendees. If you just want somewhere outside of your dark basement apartment to work on that new zine, this is the event you want to go to.
If you’re looking to meet more folks in the city who are making fun stuff, stop by! We’re hoping this monthly series will become a positive space for self-publishers and other creative types here in Chicago.
Spread the word, Work In Progress is this Wednesday, and the last Wednesday of every month!
Wilson HC by Dan Clowes (DQ) $21.95