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  • New Stuff as of 7/17/09

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    Serious Pitchfork action right now. And this guy!

    Dig this new stuff!:

    Lost Girls by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie (Top Shelf) $45.00

    Portable February by David Berman (Drag City) $9.98

    Galactic Zoo Dossier #8 Magazine and DVD $16.98 – Yes! A new issue!

    Welcome to Forest Island by Bwana Spoons (Top Shelf) $30.00

    Batman Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader The Deluxe Edition by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert (Boom) $24.99

    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep #1 by Philip K. Dick and Warren Ellis (Boom) $3.99

    Preacher Book One HC by Garth Ennis (Vertigo) $39.99

    Welcome to Forest Island by Bwana Spoons (Top Shelf) $30.00 – These amazing colors will blow yer mind!

    Looking For The Magic by Max G. Morton (Heartworm) $10.00

    23 by Max G. Morton (Heartworm) $10.00

    Super Power $3.25

    Fake Your Own Death #2 $10.00 – Zine featuring a variety of prints, comix and whatever else. And the CD is a mix of sound footage.

    Tape Op #72 $4.50

    The Believer #64 The 2009 Music Issue $10.00

    Nexus vol 16 #4 Jul Aug 09 $5.95

    Ballads Of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert $13.00 – New fiction from the author of I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone.

    Sugarcube by Samuel C Gaskin $4.00 – Cute mini comic!

    PS Comics by Minty Lewis (Secret Acres) $11.00 – Anthology with, among other things, doggies!

    Audio Culture by Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner (Continuum) $29.95

    Peoples Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm by Tribe Called Quest – by Sean Taylor (Continuum 33 1/3 Series) $10.95

    Rejected Quarterly #19 Win Spr 09 $7.50

    Spank #13 Homo Art Zine $6.00

    Libellers Almanac Vol 1 #2 $6.00

    Threshold 2009 #29 $14.99

    So You Want To Be A Librarian by Lauren Pressley (Library Juice Press) $15.00

    Makeout Creek #3 $8.00

    Datacide #10 $4.50

    Handbook vol 3 #3 2009 $6.00

    Puzzled Panthers Meter Meltdown $1.00 – Rather timely zine about takin’ down the meters. With heavy metal fonts and pictures!

    Hi Fructose #12 $6.95

    Double Life Is Twice Is Good by Jonathan Ames (Scriber) $15.00

    Militant Flamboyance #1 A Brief History of the Stonewall Riots and Other Queer Happenings $1.50

    List #13 Sum 09 Moving On $3.00

    Duplex Planet #185 $2.00

    Everyone Is Stupid Except For Me and Other Astute Observations by Peter Bagge (Fantagraphics) $16.99

    Sweetly Diabolic Art of Jim Flora by Irwin Chusid and Barbara Economon (Fantagraphics) $34.99

    Ugly Man by Dennis Cooper (Harper) $13.99

    Johannes Cabal The Necromancer by Jonathan L Howard (Doubleday) $25.00

    Girls Guide to Rocking How to Start A Band Book Gigs And Get Rolling to Rock by Jessica Hopper (Workman) $13.95

    Tales Designed to Thrizzle vol 1 by Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics) $24.99

  • Top 10 Last Week

    Back to basics! This is for the week ending July 11th. Enjoy!

    1. Cometbus #52 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00

    2. Multiforce by Mat Brinkman (Picturebox) $15.00

    3. Butt #26 $9.90

    4. First Line vol 11 #2 $3.00

    5. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith (Quirk) $12.95

    6. Studs Terkels Working A Graphic Adaptation (New Press) $22.95

    7. Order of the Odd Fish by James Kennedy (Delacorte) $15.99

    8. Importance of Music to Girls by Lavinia Greenlaw (Picador) $15.00

    9. Gigantic #1 $3.00

    10. Monologues For Calculating The Density Of Black Holes by Anders Nilsen (Fantagraphics) $22.99

  • Top 10 Bestsellers For Last Week

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    Look! It’s a Quimby’s New Sign Salad. Have we posted this picture in the blog already? We can’t remember. They’re old and bleached, and isn’t that ironic? Old New signs. Anyway, this is for the week of June 28th-July 6th, 2009.

    1. Cometbus #52 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00

    2. Fart Party vol 2 by Julia Wertz (Atomic) $13.95

    3. Stop Smiling #38 $6.99

    4. Make Your Place: Affordable Sustainable Nesting Skills by Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm) $7.00

    5. Giant Robot #60 $4.99

    6. Juxtapoz #102 Jul 09 $5.99

    7. Monocle vol 3 #25 Jul Aug 09 $10.00

    8. RFD #138 $7.75

    9. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith (Quirk) $12.95

    10. Brinkley Girls by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics) $29.99

  • New Stuff 7/2/09

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    Cometbus #52 The Spirit of Saint Louis by Aaron Cometbus $3.00 – Yes, a new issue of the zine with the most amazing penmenship ever.

    Multiforce by Mat Brinkman (Picturebox) $15.00 – Collects various issues of the orginal comic Multiforce into one volume.

    Xerography Debt #25 $3.00

    Girls Guide to Rocking How to Start A Band Book Gigs And Get Rolling to Rock Stardom by Jessica Hopper (Workman Publishing) $13.95 – By Chicago writer, as featured in among other places, The Chicago Reader.

    Ugly Man by Dennis Cooper (Harper) $13.99 – New fiction by the author of God Jr.

    The Comics Journal # 298 (Fantagraphics) $11.99

    Low Moon by Jason (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – New hardcover graphic novel from the artist of I Killed Adolf Hitler.

    Giant Robot #60 $4.99

    Mojo Classic #2 Britpop $12.50

    Bizarre #151 $10.50

    Fortean Times #250 $11.99

    Punk Rock Etiquette: The Ultimate How To Guide For DIY Punk Indie and Underground Bands by Travis Nicholas (Roaring Brook) $12.95

    Fart Party vol 2 by Julia Wertz (Atomic) $13.95 – Another installment of hilarity ensues!

    We Did Porn: Memoir and Drawings by Zak Smith (Sabbath) (TinHouseBooks) $24.95 – From the artist who did 750 illustrations of Gravity’s Rainbow.

    Seriously Sick Jokes: Most Disgusting Filthy Offensive Jokes from the Vile Obscene Disturbed Minds of b3ta.com by Rob Manuel (Ulysses) $10.95

    Dark Night Of The Soul by Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse/David Lynch (Dnots) $50.00

    RFD #138 $7.75

    Good Times Bad Trips by Cliff Hengst and Scott Hewicker (Gallery 16) $25.00

    Implausibility of Gnus by Tobias Amadon Benglesdorf (Another New Calligraphy) $10.00 – Arty box thing with interesting fiction in tiny pamphlets.

    Spunk #6 $5.00

    I Love You Gabrielle Bell by Jason Kieffer $1.50 – Mini-comic. And what’s not to love about Gabrielle Bell? She’s great!

    Rad Dad #14 $3.00 – Next issue of the popular radical parenting zine.

    Morrissey: The Pageant of His Bleeding Heart by Gavin Hopps (Continuum) $24.95 – Yes, rock criticism about Moz.

    Black Dogs: The Possibly True Story of Classic Rock’s Greatest Robbery by Jason Buhrmester (Three Rivers Press) $13.95 – Don’t miss the event here on July 17th!

    Experiencing Hypnotism Atomic Activity Book #1 by Francesco Spampinato (Atomic Activity) $6.00 – Long live weirdo zines!

    Sprung #1with CD $5.00 – Delicate litle mini comic. Beautiful!

    Giant Melvins Sticker (Sticker Robot) $59.95 – And worth every penny. Served on a platter of cardboard so you can keep it bagged and boarded if that’s your style.

    First Line vol 11 #2 $3.00 – Every story in the issue starts with the same first line.

    East Village Inky #41 $3.00

    D90 #3 Mix Tape Zine $2.00

    Next Stop Adventure #3 by Matt Gauck $2.00 – Always a hit with those who prefer a perzine feel to their reading.

    Versal #7 $15.00 – New ish of the popular lit journal.

    Lowbrow Reader #7 $3.00 – A highbrow approach to lowbrow culture. Now that’s something we can get behind!

    Comic Book Design: The Essential Guide to Creating Great Comics and Graphic Novels by Gary Spencer Millidge (Watson) $24.95

    Juxtapoz #102 Jul 09 $5.99

    Judas Goat Quarterly #42 by Grant Schreiber $1.50 – Local zinester keeps on keepin’ on, on being down on the Man.

    Hos Hookers Call Girls and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life Love Money and Sex by David Henry Sterry (Deitch) $15.99

    Beautifulism by Kembra Pfahler (Deitch) $30.00 – Remember the wall of vaginas art exhibit? Yeah, she did that. And oh yeah! She’s a supermodel too!

    Smash The Church, Smash The State: Early Years of Gay Liberation by Tommi Avicolli Mecca (Citylights) $18.95

    Goodbye 20th Century A Biography of Sonic Youth by David Browne (Da Capo) $16.95 – Now in soft cover.

    Prayer Requested by Christian Northeastern (Drawn+Quarterly) $15.95 – Another release as part of D+Q’s dainty Petits Livres series.

    Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman (Scriber) $15.00 – Soft cover release of fiction, from the author of Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs.

    Burning Fight: Nineties Hardcore Revolution In Ethics Spirit and Sound by Brian Peterson (Revelation Books) $18.0

    Plus, a whole mess of new toys to keep you occupied this summer: WWZD What Would Zombie Do Spinner, Ultimate Pocket Protector (Comes with geeky stickers!), Angry Mob Play Set, and various other frivolous toys you want to laugh at.

    And oh! Did we mentio nSof Boy Bandanas, Sof Boy Mouse Pads, Coctails Tote Bags? And Read Or Die Totebags, plus of course, the Quimby’s totebags are still available. So many totebags here it’s like a public radio pledge drive.

    See you soon!

  • Top 10 for Last Week

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    This is for the week of June 21st-June 27th, 2009.

    1. Cometbus #52 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00

    2. Stop Smiling #38 $6.99

    3. Sad Animals by Adam Meuse $4.00

    4. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (Back Bay) $17.99

    5. Signal to Noise #54 Sum 09 $4.95

    6. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith (Quirk) $12.95

    7.  Nine Ways to Disappear by Lilli Carre (Little Otsu) $12.95

    8. East Village Inky #41 by Ayun Halliday $3.00

    9. 13 Year of Good Luck (Microcosm Publishing) $2.00

    10. Art of Touring by Sara Jaffe and Mia Clarke $19.95

  • Archer Prewitt Signed Work On Paper at Quimby's!

    IMG_1499We were thrilled to have artist and musician Archer Prewitt at Quimby’s on June 20th. He signed copies of his new book Work On Paper.

  • Top 10 For the Past Week

    BobOdenkirkTotebagThis past Saturday was amazing! Bob Odenkirk (see above) was here in the afternoon, talking about the Comedy By the Numbers Book-On-Tape CD that he executive produced, and then Archer Prewitt was here at night siging his new book, Work On Paper . What a day!

    Here are the Top 10 For the past week:

    1. Comedy By the Numbers Book-On-Tape CD, Selections From the McSweeneys Book by Prof Eric Hoffman and Dr. Gary Rudoren (A Special Thing Records) $12.99

    2. Work On Paper by Archer Prewitt (PressPop) $20.00

    3. Mr Show: What Happened by Naomi Odenkirk $22.95

    4. Comedy By the Numbers: 169 Secrets of Humor and Popularity by Prof Eric Hoffman and Dr. Gary Rudoren (McSweeneys) $14.99

    5. Nine Ways to Disappear by Lilli Carre (Little Otsu) $12.95

    6. Rough Guide To Bicycle Maintenance (Microcosm) $2.00

    7. Furverts by Michael Cogliantry (Chronicle) $12.95

    8. The Point #1 Spr 09 $10.00

    9. It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken by Seth (Drawn+Quarterly) $24.95

    10. The Believer #63 $8.00

  • Top 10 For the Week of 6/7/09-6/13/09

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    Of course, since last week Seth and Adrian Tomine were here, a number of the bestsellers last week were by them. So since Seth’s George Sprott 1894 – 1975 was #1, he gets the picture for this list. His jacket and coat are draped over one of our work station chairs. For you. You’re welcome.

    1. George Sprott 1894 – 1975 by Seth (Drawn+Quarterly) $24.95

    2. 32 Stories Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics by Adrian Tomine (Drawn+Quarterly) $19.95

    3. Uptight #3 by Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics) $2.75

    4. Sad Animals by Adam Meuse $4.00

    5. Optic Nerve #6 by Adrian Tomine (Fantagraphics) $2.95

    6.It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken by Seth (Drawn+Quarterly) $24.95

    7. Butt #26 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90

    8. Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine (Drawn+Quarterly) $14.95

    9. Stolen Sharpie Revolution vol 2 A DIY Resource For Zines and Zine Culture by Alex Wrekk $6.00

    10. Proximity #4 $12.00

  • New Stuff 6/16/09

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    Drawn and Quarterly comics artists Seth and Adrian Tomine were here talking about their new releases on June 10th. For more awesome photos of the experience, go here.

    It’s crazy raining out right now, as we wait for filmmaker, writer, and artist Eames Demetrios to get here to do an event added late last week. He’ll be presenting Discover Kymerica Travel Guide, the first global work of three-dimensional fiction! (And yes, we have it here for $19.99.) Oh, and did we mention that he’s the grandson of Charles and Ray Eames?

    Zines:
    Letters From The Pen: Thoughts from the Inside $3.00
    Exact Change Only Vol 1 $8.00
    Signal Failed: Revolting Queers $3.00
    Pride Diary: True Stories From The Twin Cities Pride Fest 2008 $1.00
    Subversive Activity #2 $2.00
    Shoe of a Day $5.00
    Dads by Rachal Duggan $3.00 – Drawings of all sorts of dads! Come in and get one for your pops for his day on June 21st!
    Bound Struggles #7 Chicago Books to Women in Prison $5.00
    Instant Memories by Robert V $10.00

    Magazines and Journals:
    McSweeneys #31 $24.00
    The Point #1 Spr 09 $10.00 – New local philosophy mag, all the buzz!
    Yeti #7 $11.95
    Mouthpiece #7 $5.00 – New local thing from the minds of the former the local (defunct?) Pistil magazine.
    High Times Aug 09 $5.99
    Blood and Thunder #11 $5.99
    The Believer #63 $8.00
    Z Magazine Jun 09 $4.95
    Monster Mania #1 $8.00
    Opium #8 $12.00
    Tokion #69 $6.99
    Signal to Noise #54 Sum 09 $4.95
    Big Takeover #64 $5.99
    Adbusters #84 $8.95

    Mini Comix:
    From Dream to Dream/Capgras Delusion by Drew Panckeri $3.00
    Bad Breath Comics #2 by Josh Juresko $2.00
    Fish and the Monkey by Marion Runk $20.00

    Books:
    Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo by Annice Jacoby (Abrams) $35.00
    Time After by Doug Fogelson $55.00 – From the man behind the local Front Forty Press.
    Artist Music Journal vol 1 #1 A Curated Series From Soundscreen Design: The Light and Spaced Movement Performance Archives 2008-2009 by Jason Yates $16.99 – Quimby’s is one of the few stores in the country selling this. It must be seen to believed.
    Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture by Kaya Oakes (Henry Holt) $14.00
    Art of Touring by Sara Jaffe and Mia Clarke $19.95
    Brinkley Girls by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics) $29.99
    Art of Harvey Kurtzman by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle (Abrams) $40.00
    Miss Lonelyhearts and Day of the Locust by Nathanael West and Jonathan Lethem (New Directions) $11.95
    Depression 2.0 by Cletus Nelson (Process) $16.95
    This Will Kill You: A Guide to the Ways In Which We Go by HP Newquist and Rich Maloof (St Martins Press)$14.95

  • Not Here But at Chicago Comics: Dave McKean Signing

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    That’s Saturday, July 18th from 2-4pm at Chicago Comics, our sister store located at 3244 N. Clark. He’s in town for screenings at the Portage Theater (see above). For more info: http://centuryguild.wordpress.com .