Logan’s last day at Quimby’s was yesterday. We wish him the best of luck in his travels!
Category: news
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Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers For the Week of March 22nd – March 28th, 2009
1. Believer #61 $10.00
2. Make Your Place: Affordable Sustainable Nesting Skills by Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm) $7.00
3. Butt #25 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90
4. Manifesto by dedrabbit3 $5.00
5. Stop Smiling #38 $5.00
6. Make a Zine by Bill Brent and Joe Biel (Microcosm) $7.00
7. Museum of Love and Mystery by Jim Woodring (Press Pop) $14.95
8. Tight Fit #2: Nuts Issue $5.00
9. Ugly Things #28 $8.95
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Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers For the Week of March 15th – March 21st, 2009
1. Black Hole by Charles Burns (Fantagraphics) $18.95
2. Boys Club by Matt Furie (Bueneventura) $4.95
3. Mome vol 14 Spr 09 (Fantagraphics) $14.99
4. Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream #2 $3.00
5. Bitch #43 $5.95
6. Dirty FOUND #3 $10.00
7. Make Your Place: Affordable Sustainable Nesting Skills by Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm) $7.00
8. Cometbus #51 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00
9. The Wolverton Bible: The Old Testament and Book of Revelation Through The Pen of Basil Wolverton by Basil Wolverton (Fantagraphics) $24.99
10. My Brain Hurts vol 1 by Liz Baillie (Microcosm) $6.00 -
Not at Quimby's, But Get Into This Anyway!!: The John Flexicorn Memorial Library
Dig this! The John Flexicorn Memorial Library folks were here last week at Quimby’s collecting comics from contributors for their cool project. Why, what’s that, you ask? Let them tell you about it here:
The John Flaxicorn Memorial Library is a project created to encourage
communication and collaboration between comics artists at SAIC (The
School of the Art Institute of Chicago) as well as outside the school
community. Kyle O’Connell and Beth Hetland have built a library to
house multiples of comics by staff, faculty, alumni, graduating
seniors and underclassmen of SAIC. All of the copies at the show are
free for anyone to take home with them. The Library includes 54
different titles and even more contributing artists. This Library
stands as a testament to the practice of making comics at SAIC; how it
was practiced, how it is practiced and how it will be practiced.BFA Show: Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State St. Opens March 20th at 7pm,
runs through April 3rdFor more info: beth.hetland@gmail.com
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Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers For the Week of Mar 8th-14th, 2009
1. Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream #2 by Laura Park $3.00
2. Stop Smiling #38 $6.99
3. Butt #25 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90
4. Mome vol 14 Spr 09 (Fantagraphics) $14.99
5. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (Vertigo) $19.99
6. East Village Inky #40 $3.00
7. Lint vol 1 by Clara Kazarov $4.00
8. Unlovable (hardcover) by Ester Pearl Watson (Fantagraphics) $22.99
9. Proof I Exist #9 by Billy Roberts $1.00
10. Cinema Sewer #22 $4.00 -
Alert! Alert! Michel Gondry Event Cancelled!
Due to last minute circucmstances beyond our control (cough Green Lantern cough), the Michel Gondry Event scheduled at Quimby’s Bookstore on Saturday, March 14th has been cancelled.
We apologize for any inconvenience this causes, including getting your hopes up and everything. We’re just as bummed as you are, I assure you!
XOXO,
Quimby’s Bookstore
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Quimby's History Made: A Marriage Proposal!
Saturday, February 21st sure was a memorable evening here at Quimby’s. Living Proof zinester Andrew Mall asked his girlfriend to marry him during his reading! And she said yes! Thanks to Aaron Cynic of Diatribe Media and Billy Da Bunny Roberts of Loop Distro for organizing and hosting a good ol’ fashioned Old School Zine Reading featuring Matt Fagan (Meniscus), ReyRey (Stream of Consciousness) and more!
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New Stuff 2/7/09
People in jackets, cars blasting music with the windows down, its like crazy global warming out in the streets today! Speaking of hotness some hot new stuff came in from Marcel Dzama, Carrie McNinch, and Martha Cooper this week. Also don’t forget tonight the Unlympic Spelling Bee is happening in the store some come watch the competition.
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New Stuff 1/24/09
Wow it’s a lowbrow art book explosion over here. Tons of new stuff on contemporary surrealism and general wackiness flooded the new table this week. Perfect inspiration if you’re locked in your home working on art this winter season. We also just received a bunch of amazing sale books, so the sale shelves are bursting with great deals for all you ballers on a budget!
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Not at Quimby's But Cool Anyway: Opening Day Ceremonies of The Chicago Unlympic Games at InCUBATE, Sat., 1/24/09
The Unlympics is a month-long sporting event series intended to encourage active dialogue—extremely active dialogue—around the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid. The Unlympics looks at highly organized, internationally recognized, massively marketed, thoroughly branded, and extremely expensive sporting events not from a pro or con standpoint, but from a questioning standpoint.
Opening Day Ceremonies take place on January 24 and will include:
6 p.m. GATHER AT InCUBATE (2129 North Rockwell; please be prompt.)6:15 p.m. PARADE OF NOTIONS (Come costumed in the attire appropriate to the national, creative, ethnic, political, economic, social, linguistic, imaginary, or other affiliation you intend to represent, and feel free to bring noisemakers, confetti, or protest signs as your conscience dictates.)6:45 p.m. ARTISTIC SECTION (Bring a hankie.)7:00 p.m. THE UNLYMPICS OATH (Like anyone is going to follow it.)7:15 p.m. THE LIGHTING OF STUFF ON FIRE (BYOS*)7:30 p.m. SPEECHES BY THE PRESIDENTS (Boring.)7:45 p.m. THE GAME WHERE YOU WIN (To get your competitive juices flowing.)8:00 p.m. AWARDS CEREMONY (BYOB)*S = SparklersDance troupes, pirates, marching bands, baton twirlers, sports enthusiasts, mud wrestlers, and good old patriots of any nation are encouraged to come out and join the parade. Please dress “appropriately.” This event is free and open to all ages.For more info, see: The Unlympics
Also, don’t miss the Spelling Bee event of the Unlympics at Quimby’s on Feb 7th! Why is Quimby’s involved in this? Quimby’s Bookstore is proud to be the official bookstore and intellectual sponsor of the 2009 Winter Unlympic Games. For over 16 years, Quimby’s Bookstore has championed the freedom of the press in offering a variety of independently published or small press zines, books and comics. This literature is important in providing alternative, subversive or controversial viewpoints necessary to make informed decisions about one’s community.