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Zine Club Chicago Online: Show Us Your Stacks Edition, Feb. 21st!
Zine Club Chicago Online: Show Us Your Stacks Edition
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, February 21 on Zoom
Free!Whenever we ask folks which subjects they’d like to discuss at our events, zine organization tops the list. So in February, we’re bringing back our popular Show Us Your Stacks theme for the third year in a row!
This month, we’ll be meeting on Zoom so y’all can show off how you organize the zines you choose to bring home with you. Whether you meticulously catalogue your zines, toss them in random piles, or something in between, we want to know about the ways you arrange, display, and categorize your personal collection.
Get your self-published stash in order (or leave it messy), BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Show Us Your Stacks Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, February 21 on Zoom!
** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, February 20 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, February 21.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.
More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago. Facebook event here.
Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with the image of mini zines tucked into plastic sleeves inside a binder, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Show Us Your Stacks Edition; Online! Free! Zoom info on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, February 21”
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New Stuff This Week
View this post on InstagramZines
Brand Names written by Billy McCall & illustrated by Sully Kaiju $4
Fish-Ins & Black Native Solidarity In the 1960s by Mariame Kaba (Half Letter Press) $7
Multiple issues of Coffee People Zine
Baphometta and the Fortune Teller by Davidt Dunlop $8
Dungeons and Dragons Ability Checks and Their Meanings by Smol Cynic $4
Drawn to History vol 1 #1 Jan 2023 $4.50
Ripped Head vol 2 $15
Student Planner: A Reflection On My Four Years at Art School and Educational Institutions $15
Unresolved #5 by Eli Schmitt $5
Figure Drawing Companion: 100 Plus Poses to Sketch On the Go by Maria B Cosenza $21.99
Collector by Jessica Hoofnagle (Fluke Publishing) $5
zines by Karis: New Beat Generation $24.99, 2022 $15, Butterfly Shit $5
Comics & Minis
King-Cat #82 by John Porcellino $5
Shadow Banshee Head Full of Clouds by Nadia Stodder $2
New Comics by Mae Lyne: Boys $15, Alter Ego The Neon City $4
Comics by Douglas Cueva, $1 each: Tiny Comix #1 Call Me Asmael by Doug Cueva, Vomito #3 Im Not an NFT Comics Anthology
Comics by Michaela Chan: Flood #1 $5, Lab Rat #1 & #2 $4 each
Our Grand Station 2nd edition by Kelly Wang $23
comics by Daimon Drew This/Daimon Hampton: Gold $5.00, Stoopin’ A Bronzeville Twitter Project $13, Paper Wings $3, Punx: An X Men Art Book $10
comics by Juan Lara: Jalapeno Business Comics Inspired by Text Messages and Mexican Food $5, Space Foo #1 $5, Odd Goblins #1 by Juan Lara $6
comics by Kapka: Missing by Kapka $20, Doobie Diary $15
Falke by JD Riley and Kradeelav $16
Wiggle Bird Comix #51 Tales 4 Tomorrow by Mergo Petrichor (Wiggle Bird Mailing Club) $5
Bong Verse #1 and 2 by Ari Gomez $15
Comic Book Millionaires – Parody Issue by Eric Gordon and Jeremy Rosenstein $6.99
Hacks for Hacks by Jude Bettridge $4
Graphic Novels
The Day the Cat Got Shot by Ben Dudley $17
Esther’s Notebooks by Riad Sattouf $30
Post York by James Romberger $17.99
Theth: Tomorrow Forever by Josh Bayer $24.99
Music & Film Books
101 Films You Could See Before You Die: A Film Guide for the Disenchanted by Billups Allen (Goner Records) $18.99
Busking Blues: Recollections of a Chicago Street Musician and Squatter by Westley Heine $20
Magazines
Geez #67 Win 23 Craft at the End of the World $15
Lit Journals
Moss Piglet Jan 2023 Seventh Anniversary Issue $12
The First Line vol 24 #4 $6
The Last Line #8 $3
Other Stuff
The Magickal Botanical Journal: Plants from the Witch’s Garden by Maxine Miller & Christopher Penczak (Llewellyn) $19.95
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Naked Raygun Signs Limited Edition Comic Book/Broken Things 7" + WAX TRAX! Naked Raygun Pop-Up on Feb 4th
Naked Raygun Signs Broken Things 7″ With Comic
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WAX TRAX! Naked Raygun Pop-Up on Feb 4th
at Quimby’s Bookstore
Saturday, Feb 4th, 3pmQuimby’s welcomes Chicago punk legends Naked Raygun for an in-store signing of their limited edition 7″ Broken Things that comes with a comic insert (and etched B side) by indie comics artists James Romberger (who will also be joining us!) & Josh Bayer.
In addition to the band’s attendance, famed vinyl titans WAX TRAX! will be on hand to offer additional NR merch in a pop-up store that fits right in with Quimby’s.
Broken Things is from NR’s first album in 30 years, Over the Overlords. This 7″ is brought to you courtesy of Xylophone, and Quimby’s is the only store in Chicago / Illinois / The Midwest / the 49 states (that are not New York) that has this!
Excited to see you at our free event!
Want to buy Broken Things in advance so it doesn’t run out before you get here? Get it at quimbys.com here.
Dig that flyer! Art by James Romberger and Josh Bayer, with art direction by Jason Mojica.
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And!
•There may be some FREE SHIT.
•There will be silkscreened event posters for sale featuring new James Romberger & Josh Bayers art.
•We will have a limited amount of blue vinyl of the comic + 7″ that you can only get AT THE EVENT!
•There is an official unofficial afterparty in the works.
•We should add that the date of this event is also the birthday of Quimby’s manager Liz.
•You have no excuse not to attend.
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P.S. You saw Quimby’s in the background of the NR documentary, right?
P.P.S. Can you count how many past and present Quimby’s employees are in the NR video for “Living the Good Times”?
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***The Fine Print That You Should Most Positively, Definitely, Indubitably Read***
Please adhere to these rules and don’t drive Quimby’s employees bananas:
Due to small print run, purchase of this item is limited to 2 per customer at both quimbys.com and in store.
Band will only be signing copies at our event on 2/4/23. Customer must be present at event to get their item signed.
Quimby’s will not get this item signed for you, nor will we hold or ship signed copies.
Due to time constraints, we respectfully customers to limit signing requests to 3 items or less per person.
No swimming without lifeguard on duty.
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January Newsletter Out Now!
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Zine Club Chicago IN PERSON: No Sleep 'Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout, Jan. 21st!
Zine Club Chicago IN PERSON: No Sleep ’Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout!
7-11 p.m. CT Saturday, January 21
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue
Free!Is making progress on your zine projects one of your new year’s resolutions? Then kick off 2023 with Zine Club Chicago at the No Sleep ’Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout!
Bring your work-in-progress, create a new zine on the spot, or just catch up with other zine folks at our 4-hour Saturday night event here at the shop. (This gathering will channel the chill hangout vibe of Quimby’s Zlumber Parties of yore.)
We’ll have zinemaking supplies, creative prompts, and snacks on hand. Zinemakers are encouraged to bring their zines to swap with others! We’ll keep the party rolling from 7 to 11 p.m.; feel free to drop in anytime during the evening. (Bonus points if you wear your cutest pjs.)
Out-of-town friends, Zine Club Chicago will be back on Zoom with y’all in February for a special event that could only happen online! If you’d like to get together virtually with zine pals this month, check out Zine Party!, hosted as always by Michael Verdi, at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, January 10. For more info and the Zoom link, visit zine.party.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.
More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago. Facebook event here.
Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with the image of a table full of people making zines, hanging out, and eating snacks, with text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: No Sleep ‘Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout! In Person! Free!;Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue in Wicker Park; 7-11 p.m. CT Saturday, January 21”
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December Newsletter Out Now
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Happy Holidays from Quimby's!
Step into the wintery wonderland that is the Quimby’s holiday window display! Designed by our Artist-in-Residence Ashley Wilfong* (an actual position here that is totally not made up) and assisted by employee-and-artiste Echo Elise Gonzalez (check out her Dream Bindery notebooks!), the window features staff favorite books, zines, and gifts peppered among miniature buildings and festooned trees. Don’t miss the Chicago skyline in the background, the garland of colorful zines, and the tree hanging with mini-zine ornaments. Stop by anytime from 12-6 Th-M and peruse our collection of books, zines, comics, and curiosities. The store is filled with perfect gift options of every size–come in and grab something for your friends, family, maybe even yourself? We won’t tell.
* Ashley relocated this year from West Virginia to Chicago, where she is constantly reminded of the magic of our city. This is her first time making a public display and she designed it to be a place where a tiny two-headed mouse would like to live. Check out her neighborhood favorite cocktail bar Nighthawk in Albany Park.
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New Stuff This Week
View this post on InstagramZines & Zine-Related
I Love Horror Films by Bianca Brandolino $15
Shotgun Seamstress: The Complete Zine Collection by Osa Atoe $40
Miscreant #0 by Eric Williamson and NXOEED $2
I Love You Josh Baker $12
Ruckus Photos by Patrick Gibbons $5.00
The Coldest #1
Maximalist Home a Museum of You by Lily Gregoire $5
From Oblique Press/darkage:
Born of the Cursed Sex $8
Future Queer by KC $3
Dissection $5
Light of Nothing $13
Borderline $17
WYRD Magazine #1 $20Comics
Freaky #8 by Andrew Goldfarb & friends $5
Muddlers Beat Mini #1 & #2 by Tony Breed $7 each
President of the Zoo $20
Flamingo #1 by Casey Roonan $7
Pattie Doublewall: A Comix Collection by Henry Fuguitt $5
Graphic Novels
Kwandur by Cole Pauls (Conundrum Press) $25
Winsor McCay: The Complete Little Nemo by Winsor McCay and Alexander Braun (Taschen) $80
Art Books
Women Street Artists: Twenty Four Contemporary Graffiti and Mural Artists From Around the World by Alessandra Mattanza $39.95
Jean Michael Basquiat $55
Politics & Revolution
Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post ADA World by Ben Mattlin $29.95
The Shattering: America in the 1960s by Kevin Boyle $22
Music & Film Books
Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom: Lessons from a Dissolute Life by Simon Napier-Bell $29.95
Halsted Plays Himself: Expanded Edition by William E. Jones (Semiotexte) $27.95
Mayhem & Outer Limits
2 Feral House reprints about The Process Church:
Propaganda and the Holy Writ of The Process Church of The Final Judgment: Process Sex Issue•Fear Issue•Death Issue by Timothy Wyllie $34.95
Love Sex Fear Death: The Inside Story of the Process Church of the Final Judgment — Expanded Edition by Timothy Wyllie and Adam Parfrey $29.95Plant Magick: The Library of Esoterica by Jessica Hundley (Taschen) $40
The End Is At Hand: An Illustrated History of the Apocalypse by Darrel Perkins (Feral House) $32.95
Essays
Scream: Object Lessons Michael J. Seidlinger $14.95
What I Was Arrested For by Keith Lowell Jensen $16.95
Drugs
Cannabis Cooking 42 CBD Infused Recipes by ERTH $24.99
Fiction
Zinester Manifesto: A Novel of the Underground by John Dishwasher $17
Poetry & Chap Books
Poems Sneaking Through a Sieve by Riley Cavanaugh (Have a Nice Day Press) $20
Where the Men Come From by NW Downs $10
Narcissism Is the Sincerest Form of Self Love by Taylor Powers $15
Blooming from a Bleeding Heart vol 1 $3
Magazines
Border Crossings Human Nature vol 41 #2 #160 $13.95
Antigravity Nov 22 vol 20 #8 $10
For the Young at Heart
Toxic: The World’s Deadliest Creatures by Ico Romero Reyes and Tania Garcia $16.95
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Zine Club Chicago Online: Winter Lodge Edition Co-hosted by Zine Party, Dec. 13th!
Zine Club Chicago Online: Winter Lodge Edition Co-hosted by Zine Party!
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, December 13 on Zoom
Free!This month, Zine Club Chicago is teaming up again with Zine Party! to ring out 2022 with a festive online gathering! Let’s get cozy, make mini zines together, and discuss our highlights of the year in self-publishing. Zine Club Chicago will set up a swap by mail after the event for folks who’d like to share the mini zine they made, too.
Grab your zinemaking supplies*, BYOH(ot)C(ocoa), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Winter Lodge Edition Co-hosted by Zine Party! at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, December 13.
** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday Dec. 12 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT Tuesday, Dec. 13.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.
Zine Party!, a monthly Zoom hangout for folks who make zines, is hosted by Michael Verdi on the second Tuesday of each month. Find out more at zine.party
More info at quimbys.com and on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago. Facebook event is here.
* You’ll need a few sheets of 8.5×11” paper, a pair of scissors, whichever implements you prefer for writing/drawing/etc., and your creativity! If you’ve never made a mini zine before, here’s a quick video tutorial (and we can provide any assistance you need at the event, too): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiUzo41dh5Q
Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with the image of a pair of feet clad in cozy socks, propped up on a table next to a stack of books with a mug set on top and a roaring fire in the background, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Winter Lodge Edition Co-hosted by Zine Party!; Online! Free!; Zoom info on quimbys.com and zine.party; 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022”
