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New this week! Night Watch Studios stuff! Patches $6 Stickers $3 Pins $5 #quimbys #patches #nightwatchstudios

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Stuff from Night Watch Studios! Patches, stickers, buttons!

*ZINES*

Infinite Wheat Paste #2 $5.00

Survival Guide, Spring Fever $3.00

Night Watch #13 Psychedelic Issue $8.00

Derived From Matter $5.00

Dream Machine #1 Roots Growth $8.00

Razorblades and Aspirin #2 $8.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

Comics by Bianca Xunise, $10 each: Diary Comics & Say Her Name

My Son Falcon Girl by Marky Starr & friends $3.00

Shiner by Nathan Cowdry $10.00

Lost Little Dog #1 Sphinx by Swinnea $3.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Robert Crumb: Sketchbook, Vol. 2: Sept. 1968-Jan. 1975, edited by Dian Hanson (Taschen) $39.99

Present by Leslie Stein (D+Q) $21.95

Dark Knight III: The Master Race Frank Miller & friends $29.99 – Batman and his friends have retreated for years but a new war is beginning. An army of unimaginable power led by Superman’s own daughter is preparing to claim Earth as their new world. The only force that can stop this master race—Batman—is dead. Long live the new Batman…Collects all 9 issues of the series.

Short Con by Pete Toms (Study Group) $9.95

*ART & DESIGN*

27 Exposures: A Disposable Scavenger Hunt by Alison Hunt $15.00

Green Lantern Press books:
Imperceptibly and Slowly Opening $30 – Artists and writers reflect upon plant life as it troubles both physical and ideological human spaces.
Notes On by Magalie Guerin $20 – An artist documenting her process in a, well, super arty way.
The New [New] Corpse $30 – Exhibition catalog from the Sector 2337 group show.
& more!

*MUSIC & FILM BOOKS*

Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace and Dan Ozzi $16.99 – Soft cover version of memoir by the lead singer from Against Me!

Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski $32.95 – Don’t miss author Ed Godziszewski (and publisher of JAPANESE GIANTS magazine) here at Quimby’s talking about the book on Oct 13th about the director behind the original GODZILLA and many of its beloved sequels and spin-offs of the 1950s and ‘60s!

*OUTER LIMITS*

Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ’70s and ’80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix $24.99 – A celebration of plotlines of devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate with book covers showcasing well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, and more!

*DRUUUUUUGS*

Grow Your Own: Understanding, Cultivating, and Enjoying Cannabis by David Stein, Liz Crain, Micah Sherman, and Nichole Graf $26.95

*MAGS*
Hello Mr #9 About Men Who Date Men $20.00
Bust #107 Oct Nov 17 $6.99
Four Two Nine #11 Fall 17 $12.99
Tape Op #121 Sep Oct 17 $4.95

*LIT JOURNALS*
McSweeneys #50 $30.00
The First Line vol 19 #3 Fall 17 $4.00
The Literary Review vol 60 #2 Sum 17 Physics: The Fiction Issue $10.00

*SEXXXY*

Meat #24 $20.00

And yes! WE ARE OPEN Mon, Sept 4th, noon to 9pm!

*ZINES*

Cul de Sac #7 The Adult Geek Issue by Liz Mason and Julie Halpern $3.00 – True to the zinester “When I’m Damn Good and Ready” publishing schedule, Gen Xers and lifelong friends Liz Mason and Julie Halpern have published a new issue of Cul-de-sac 20 years after the last issue. This time around they’re looking at what it’s like to navigate the world of their beloved pop culture experiences as adults (Carrie Fischer! Ancient Aliens! Out of Order from Don’t Just Sit There), but with the perspective of adults with adult responsibilities asking the big questions: what does an adult do when her D&D group breaks up? What do you do when you’re old enough to realize that no subculture you gain access to will ever feel like home? How does one navigate the horror of fertility issues at a horror convention? How do you get your significant other to dress up like the Tenth Doctor? CDS #7 proves that life actually gets better the more complicated it becomes.

Conversations with Dan Gleason $3.00 – More tales of weirdness from beloved Chicago weirdo & Quimby’s fave, Mr. Gleason.

Pussweek #4 by Bexy McFly $11.99 – The magazine for cats by cats! You thought they took over the internet but they’ve taken over print too apparently. This issue: hard-hitting topics such as balls, flaps, worms, what really happens when you vote for clump, and the heart-wrenching story of a cat and his gender identity crisis. There’s also a litterbox-load full of new segments, fleatures, and lots of prizes to be won! Me-wow! Printed on high quality paper that’s great to chew and/or sit on when you’re done.

Art of the Bedtime by Ethan Jones $12.00

Kilter Magazine #12 2017 $5.00

Shit I’ve Cried About #3 A Highly Sensitive Person Spring 2017 $4.00

Inkgoober by Anna Lisa Schneider $6.00

Public Service Announcements by Tiffany Johnson and Anja Morell $4.00

Terca vol 1 $2.50

*COMICS & MINIS*

Tongues Chapter 1 by Anders Nilsen $15.00 – Nilsen’s first long-form comic since 2011’s Big Questions follows the story of a minor god chained to a mountainside and his friendship with the eagle who comes everyday to eat his liver. Also: a young girl on a mission and a boy with a teddy bear strapped to his back. Adventure. Revenge. Human evolution. A talking chicken. The fate of the world.

Vixtopher Comics anthologies (various issues) $16.00-$20.00

Mister Stranges Monster Mansion #1 Egg by Dan Wolff $4.99

Gwar Orgasmageddon #3 $3.99

Hot Bread by Bridget Bilbo $12.00

comics from Ian McDuffie:
Bodies of Work $8.00
Lazarus $5.00
Two Stories $5.00

Comics by by Kriota Willberg:
Hoorabies For Rabies vol 1 A Pathology Laffs Minicomic $1.00 – An illustrated evaluative essay on the efficacy, tropes, and merits of humor in the creation of gaga cartoons concerning rabies and its place in suburban east coast modern culture starring Princess, the Rabid Poodle.
An Exploration Through Cartooning, of the Genesis of France’s Most Famous Musical Rendition of a Lithotomy. -or-. The INSPIRATION of MARIN MARAIS $2.00
Pictorial Anatomy of the Cute $3.00

Comics from by R. Sikoryak:
Masterpiece Mini-Comics $5.00 – Work from Homer, Euripides, The Bard, Melville & Dickens.
House of Dickinson #1 $3.00 – Combines the poetry of Emily Dickinson with the atmosphere of 1950’s horror comics.
Cartoonist Mugged – My Life Is a Comic Strip Says New York Victim Artist $3.50
Whitman #1 Song of Myself $4.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

I’m Not Here by GG (Koyama) $12.00 – A young, second-generation immigrant wanders through her city and memories, encountering the world through a camera’s lens, her independence pulled by the gravity of familial responsibility. She drifts until she encounters what could possibly be her potential self.

Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and Me by Lorina Mapa (Conundrum) $18.00

Everywhere Disappeared by Patrick Kyle (Koyama) $15.00 – New stuff from the artist of Black Mass, Distance Mover & Don’t Come In Here.

Johnny Appleseed by Noah Van Sciver (illustrator) and Paul Buhle (author) (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Bio of John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, the green dreamer of the American Frontier. Ilustrated by Van Sciver and written by Buhle.

Grosz by Lars Fiske (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Short nearly wordless comics, arranged chronologically, that form a biography of the caricaturist best known for his visualization of the Weimar Republic.

Sex Fantasy by Sophia Foster-Dimino (Koyama) $18.00 – Elegantly-drawn collected mini-comics from this SF-based RISD grad.

Anti-Gone by Connor Willumsen (Koyama) $18.00 – A VR world gone cray-cray. Like Joyce with a joystick.

Spinning by Tillie Walden $17.99

Bloody Cardinal by Richard Sala (Fantagraphics) $16.99

Sartre by Mathilde Ramadier & Anaïs Depommier (NBM) $27.99

Providence Act 3 by Alan Moore $21.99

Marx, Freud, Einstein: Heroes of the Mind by Anne Simon and Corinne Maier (Nobrow Press) $18.95

Moonhead and the Music Machine by Andrew Rae (Nobrow) $15.95

How to Survive in the North by Luke Healy (Nobrow) $15.95

Old Ground by Noel Freibert (Koyama) $18.00 – A cemetery so old that the names on the graves have eroded into nothing and no one remembers the dead is razed to make room for a retirement home for folks who’ve also been forgotten. Did we mention there’s also slapstick?

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

Upping The Anti #19 Journal of Theory and Action $13.00

Feminist Fight Club: A Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace by Jessica Bennett $15.99

Futures of Black Radicalism by Gaye Theresa Johnson and Alex Lubin (Verso) $29.95

*ART & DESIGN*

The Book of Black by Faye Dowling $15.99 – Just the names of the chapters should tell you everything you need to know about this bad ass anthology: Gods & Monsters, The Kingdom of Darkness, and Dark Arts/Higher Power. Amen!

*MUSIC BOOKS*

33 1/3 Books, $14.95 each:
Angelo Badalamenti’s Soundtrack from Twin Peaks by Clare Nina Norelli
The Raincoats’ The Raincoats by Jenn Pelly
Young Marble Giants’ Colossal Youth by Joe Bucciero and Michael Blair
Björk’s Homogenic by Emily Mackay
The Pharcyde’s Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde by Andrew Barker

*OUTER LIMITS*

Clockwork Futures: The Science of Steampunk and the Reinvention of the Modern World by Brandy Schillace $28.95 – “Schillace presents a history of physical science as viewed through a steampunk lens. It’s a thoroughly literary work that offers the reader education, inspiration and perspective.” -Joe Mason. Read more about this book at steampunkchicago.com.

The Retro Future: Looking to the Past to Reinvent the Future by John Michael Greer (New Society) $19.99 – On the importance of deliberate technological regression. Save the world! Go back to a flip phone!

Time Travel: A History by James Gleick $17.00 – Now in soft cover! A mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself. From H. G. Wells to Doctor Who to Borges to Woody Allen an investigation of the inevitable looping paradoxes and examines the porous boundary between pulp fiction and modern physics.

Basic Witches: How to Summon Success, Banish Drama, and Raise Hell with Your Coven by Jaya Saxena & Jess Zimmerman $15.99

*FICTION*

Mammother by Zachary Schomburg (Featherproof) $17.95 – The story of what happens in the wake of a mysterious plague that leaves its victims dead with a random consumer product in their chest.

Swing Time: A Novel by Zadie Smith $17.00

A Gambler’s Anatomy: A Novel by Jonathan Lethem $16.95

*LOCAL INTEREST*

Beermiscuous Field Guide Chicago 2017/2018 The Ultimate Adventurer’s Guide to Craft Brewery Taproom + Brewpubs $14.95

Buzz Ride: Driven to Disruption: Memoirs of an Uber Driver by P.M. White (Lake Claremont Press) $12.95 – Come along for the bumpy ride as this sharp-tongued observer shares the always wild, sometimes dark, often humorous, and surprisingly touching side of Chicago nightlife in the smart-phone generation.

*MAGAZINES*

Bitch #76 Fall 17 The Facts Issue $7.95
The Baffler #36 Fall 17 A Crack in Everything $14.00
Maximumrocknroll #412 Sep 17 Elixr Sacrificio $4.99
Juxtapoz #201 Oct 17 $6.99
Ugly Things #45 Outsiders $9.95
Jacobin #26 Sum 17 Earth Wind and Fire $12.95
Skeptical Inquirer vol 41 #5 Sep Oct 17 $5.99

*POETRY & LIT JOURNALS*

Electric Arches by Eve Ewing (Haymarket) $16.00 – Exploration of Black girlhood and womanhood through poetry, visual art, and narrative prose.

Granta #140 Sum 17 Best of American Young Novelists $16.99

Feel Better Poems by Rosie Accola $12.00

Wired Aug 17 $7.99

N+1 Deep End #29 Fall 17 Bottoms Up $14.95

*FOR THE KIDDIES*

The World’s Biggest Fart by Rafael Ordonez Cuadrado (NubeOcho) $16.95 – You’ll never guess who dealt it!

Vehicles: Hide and Sneak by Bastien Contraire $9.95

GOOD NIGHT, PLANET: TOON Level 2 (Toon Books) by Liniers $12.95

What Is Hip-Hop? by Eric Morse and Nelson George $15.95

*OTHER STUFF*

Iron On Patches and stickers from local occult artist Jay Krevens!

New stuff this week! #quimbys #quimbysbookstorechicago #newstuff

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Last issue of Lucky Peach. #rip #luckypeach #quimbys #quimbysbookstore #quimbysbookstorechicago

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Lucky Peach #24 and #25 Fall Win 17 RIP Issue $12.00

*ZINES*

Public Service Announcements by Tiffany Johnson and Anja Morell $4.00

Let’s Talk About Your Uterus and Introduction to Fertility Awareness by Ashley Hartman Annis $3.00

Struggle Is Not for Martyrdom But for Life: A Critical Discussion About Armed Struggle With Anarchist Guerrillas In Rojava by Crimethinc $3.00

Thirsty by Lazy Mom Fall 2016 $13.00

Japan Jaunt vol 2 #1 August 2017 $1.00

Scores on the Go By Joseph J. Mora $2.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

from Latvia!:
š! #29 Baltic Comics Magazine Aug 17 Celebration $12.00
&
Issues of Mini kuš! $5.00 each:
#55 Valley by GG, #56 A Friend by Andres Magan, #57 Eviction by Evangelos Androutsopoulos, #58 Night Door by Patrick Kyle

Fae Archaic #7 Two Fold Preview by Kurt Burdick $4.00

Tin Crown #2 Walking Interference by Bobby Sims $8.00

Grixly #40 by Nate McDonough $2.00

Performance by Simon Hanselmann (Floating World) $8.00 – Megg, Mogg, Owl, Werewolf Jones and Booger in moments of anxiety, debauchery and slack repose. All in a big newsprint foldout!

Pest by Zach Buli and Robert Rusch $10.00

Trash City #2 Cyber Issues by Samuel Nigrosh $6.00

Lucifer’s Losers #1 & #2 by Steve Emmons $6.66 each

Dreaming of Johnny by Sophie McMahan $15.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Michael Dormer and the Legend of Hot Curl, edited by Michael Powers & Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) $39.99 – Collects the ’60s–’70s surf cartoons?and more?of artist Dormer, synonymous with the California surf counterculture of the era, best known for his Shrimpenstein TV show. This retrospective collects all of his character Hot Curl’s comic strips for the magazine SurfToons, designs for his TV show, fine art and more!

Cosplayers: Perfect Collection by Dash Shaw (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Two friends combine their love of cosplaying with their love of social media and deepen their relationship with the pop culture. This expanded edition of the titular graphic novel now includes over 30 pages of new material, including the original story that inspired the film, which stars Reggie Watts, Lena Dunham, Jason Schwartzman and more.

The Dark Horse Book of Horror (Dark Horse) $19.99 – Collects 4 anthologies of work about witchcraft, hauntings, and occult-related from creators like Mike Mignola, Jill Thompson, Evan Dorkin and more.

*PHOTO BOOKS*

Nice to See You by Lauren Zallo and Joe Librandi Cowan $12.00

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook by Mark Bray $16.99

A Brief History of Feminism by Patu and Schrupp (MIT Press) $14.95 – The story so far of 2,300 years, a history that is still being written, told in text and comics form.

*FICTION*

The Expanse Between by Lee L. Krecklow $14.00

Reincarnation Blues: A Novel by Michael Poore $27.00 – The oldest soul in history falls in love with the woman who incarnates death. They follow each other in a variety of chronologies and it’s epic and compelling.

Waiting to Go Blind by Kirsten Vail Aguilar and Julie Yeagle $12.00

Sex and Death by Ben Tanzer (Sunnyoutside Press) $13.00 – Pithy hilarities and thoughtfulness from local author of Be Cool and mind behind This Blog Will Change Your Life.

*MEMOIR-ISH*

Autumn by Karl Ove “My Struggle” Knausgaard $27.00 – New autobio series based on the 4 seasons.

*OUTER LIMTIS*

Anne Bonny: The Infamous Female Pirate by Phillip Thomas Tucker (Feral House) $22.00 – The story of the most famous female pirate in history.

The 10 Worst Serial Killers: Monsters Whose Crimes Shocked the World by Victor McQueen (Sirius) $9.99

Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths by Darren Naish (Sirius) $9.99

Serial Killers: Inside the Minds of the Most Monstrous Murderers by Charlotte Greig (Sirius) $12.99

*HUMOR*

The Difference Between by Bill McCall $6.00 – A book that collects pieces from the zine of the same name, explaining the difference between various similar topics, like the difference between baking soda/baking powder, Wild Bill/Buffalo Bill and more. With contributions from Liz Mason of Caboose zine.

*SEXXXY*

Danger Close Issue #1 $10.00 – A collection of erotic photos presented in full color. Features models and photographers from around the world.

Welcome to the Pornograzine $6.50

*MAGAZINES*

Mojo #286 Sep 17 $10.99

*LIT JOURNALS & POETRY*

The Believer #114 The 2017 Music Issue $12.00

Aviary by Seth Berg and Bradford Wolfenden II $15.95

Overtime Hour 45 Big Julie by Brett Busang $2.00

Lovely Faze by Owen Patterson $9.95

Garfield Solves a Rubiks Cube While Bob, Jon and Homer Have an Orgy by Wizardskull $10.00 – Make your Monday better with this hilarious lasagna platter full of different artists realizing Wizardskull’s dirty, dirty vision!

*ZINES*

Brainscan #33 DIY Witchery by Alex Wrekk $5.00

Burrs and the Beans #2 A Cherry Plucked Coffee Shop Erotica by BJ Hillis $5.00

zines by Sage Liskey (Rad Cat Press):
The Motivation to Write $5.00 – With an abridged history of advancements in writing.
The Happiest Choice: Condensed Edition $7.00 – Activities to do, foods to eat, thoughts to think, nutrients to fortify.
Do You See Any Fucks Growing In My Garden? A Poem $2.50

Bohzine #1 $20.00 – The LGBTQA creative arts quarterly zine.

Australian Ugliness by Woytek Mocko $6.00 – Photos!

Free Ass Mag #4 $15.00 – As in “Free Association,” pervos. This issue: Home.

Feel Good by Nicole Jakus $2.00

119 Replies by Mike Bremmer $3.00

Death Fight by John Maggie $6.00

Sara McHenry zines, $3.00 each (These are hilarious. Don’t miss ’em!)
Listless #1 & #2
Hard to Love #1 & #2

Tom McHenry comics, $5.00 each:
Luxury #1 by
Unchecked Economics #2 by Tom McHenry $5.00

Tiny Splendor zines/comics:
Kewpiedex Anthology Drawing Zine $8.00 – Kewpie illustrations by 30 artists including Cynthia Navarro, Never Brush My Teeth, Niña Piña Por Vida, Adrian Rotzscher & more!
B.I. BUKE by Michael Olivo $12.00
Old Grudge by Sanaa Khan $8.00
I Don’t Need Eyes Lindsay Anne Watson $12.00
Punks and Portraits San Francisco 1979 by John Roberts $15.00
Hunk by Lindsay Anne Watson $10.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

New Comics #10 by Patrick Kyle $5.00

BGOK #1 Foodge is the Fututre by City of Giants $6.00

Casino Knights by Enrique Guerra $5.00

Dale by Kyle Howard Couture $2.00

Comics from Johnny Sampson (Slow Leak Press):
Slow Leak $20.00
Truly MADly $10.00

Mini-Comics from Gabriel Martinez, $5.00 each:
Soledad
Maybe Tomorrow
Bottomed Out Brake Line Smashed Flat

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

My Pretty Vampire by Katie Skelly (Fantagraphics) $19.99

The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat by R. Crumb (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Comics that made Crumb famous ? against his will. First time in hardcover!

The End of The Fucking World by Charles Forsman (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Fancy hardback version. Y’know, so you can say you’re cool and that you read TEOTFW before the Netflix series came out!

Ladies In Waiting by Santiago Garcia and Javier Olivares (Fantagraphics) $24.99

Fantasy Sports 3: The King in Green by Sam Bosma $19.95 – Wiz and Mug are back for another magical adventure as they continue their quests for the mighty Order of Mages!

Close Enough for the Angels by Paul Madonna (Petty Curse Books) $34.99 – Emit Hopper was a one-hit wonder—twice. First as a rock and roller in the 80s, then as a literary darling in the 90s. Now it’s twenty years later, and despite his desire to remain a simple laundromat owner, stardom has found him once again. Paired with over a hundred lush and haunting drawings from Thailand to Japan.

Unreal City by D.J. Bryant (Fantagraphics) $16.99

MOONSHOT vol 2: The Indigenous Comics Collection ed. by Hope Nicholson (Alternate History Comics) $17.99 – More original comic book stories, written by Indigenous authors from across North America.

Behaving Madly: Zany, Loco, Cockeyed, Rip-off, Satire Magazines, ed. by Craig Yoe and Ger Apeldoorn (Yoe Books) $34.99 – 200 pages of never reprinted material from MAD Mag from Al Jaffee, Joe Kubert, Basil Wolverton, Steve Ditko & more!

*ART & DESIGN BOOKS*

Art Forms in Nature Coloring Book by Ernst Haeckel $16.95 Also new!: Ernst Haeckel: Art Forms in Nature Sticker Book! $7.95 – Get yr flora n fauna on!

Edward Gorey Coloring Book $14.95

Tony Fitzpatrick: The Secret Birds Boxed Notecard Assortment $15.95 – Also in stock! Tony Fitzpatrick box of Thank You cards $8.95

Figure Artists Book of Anatomical Landscapes $24.00

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION BOOKS*

Optimism over Despair: On Capitalism, Empire, and Social Change by Noam Chomsky, interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou (Haymarket/TruthOut) $16.95

Sinister Wisdom A Multicultural Lesbian Literary and Art Journal by Julie R. Enszer $12.00

Mental Health Inc: How Corruption, Lax Oversight and Failed Reforms Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Citizens by Art Levine $30.00

Why Don’t the Poor Rise Up?: Organizing the Twenty-First Century Resistance, edited by Ajamu Nangwaya and Michael Truscello (AK Press) $18.95

The Fidel Castro Reader, edited by David Deutschmann $21.95

*ESSAYS*

After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography by Chris Kraus (Semiotext(e) / Active Agents) $24.95 – The first fully authorized biography about the late iconic experimental novelist, punk poet, playwright, essayist, postmodernist and sex-positive feminist writer. Uses exhaustive archival research and ongoing conversations with colleagues and friends.

Little Boxes: 12 Writers on Television by Caroline Casey (Coffee House Press) $16.95 – What happens when television is part of your cultural DNA? Twelve writers talk about their influences, and they’re more Magnum PI that Marcel Proust.

Against Everything: Essays by Mark Grief $17.00 – Now in soft cover.

*MUSIC & MOVIE BOOKS*

Devotion by Patti Smith (Yale U Press) $18.00 – Part of Why I Write series. An inspired exploration of the nature of creative invention.

My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory by Roger Miret with Jon Wiederhorn (Lesser Gods) $26.00

The Mudd Club by Richard Bock (Feral House) $24.95 – Artist, writer and lifelong New Yorker Richard Boch was the Mudd Club’s longtime alpha doorman, the club that served as an incubator for talent. Everyone made an appearance, from Basquiat & Johnny Rotten to The Hell’s Angels, passing through, passing out, and some, passing on. Marianne Faithful and Talking Heads, Frank Zappa, William Burroughs, and even Kenneth Anger? just a few of the names that stepped on stage.

I Am the Wolf: Lyrics and Writings by Mark Lanegan $27.00 – A collection of lyrics and autobiographical commentary by former Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age vocalist Mark Lanegan, with a preface by John Cale.

Hail to the Chin: Further Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell $27.99 – Evil Dead-famed actor’s follow up to If Chin’s Could Kill.

Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America by Janet Borgerson & Jonathan Schroeder (MIT Press) $34.95 – A discussion of nearly 150 vintage album covers such as Cocktail Time, The Perfect Background Music for Your Home Movies and Strings for a Space Age.

It’s Alive!: Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Movie Posters by Daniel Finamore and Joseph E. LeDoux $30.00

*OUTER LIMITS*

The Voynich Manuscript: The Complete Edition of the World’s Most Mysterious and Esoteric Codex by Dr. Stephen Skinner (Watkins Publishing) $25.95 – An extensively illustrated codex featuring cosmological and astrological diagrams interwoven with detailed herbal illustration, relating both to the magical and alchemic view of the universe, written in a strangely beautiful cryptographic script.

Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud by Elizabeth Greenwood $16.00

*FICTION*

Dig by Emma Wong $8.00

*HUMOR*

Sh*t My President Says: The Illustrated Tweets of Donald J. Trump by Shannon Wheeler (Top Shelf) $14.99

Inherited Disorders: Stories, Parables & Problems by Adam Ehrlich Sachs $12.99 – 100+ hilarious variations of vexing relationships between fathers and sons: a famous medium becomes possessed by the spirit of his skeptical father. A pianist amputates his fingers one by one to thwart his father, who will not stop composing concertos for him. A nobleman wills his ill-conceived flying contraption–incapable of actual flight–to his newborn son. A witty look at a most serious subject.

Navel Gazing: True Tales of Bodies, Mostly Mine (but also my mom’s, which I know sounds weird) by Michael Ian Black $16.00

Through a Glass Lightly: Confession of a Reluctant Water Drinker by various $9.95 – A drinker’s crown of sorrow is remembering wetter days! Part of London Library’s ‘Found on the Shelves’ series that reprints weirdly (ir)relevant tracts of quaint days past.

*MAGAZINES*

Fortean Times #356 Aug 17 Featuring the Cottingley Faries $12.50

Frankie #78 $14.95

Wire #402 Aug 17 Circle $10.99

AdBusters #133 vol 25 #5 Sep Oct 17 $14.95

Cabinet #63 The Desert $12.00

*LIT JOURNALS, CHAP BOOKS & POETRY*

The Point #14 Sum 17 Darkness Enlightened $14.99

Escape From the Hood IV by Lita $3.00

Having Given Up Poems by Emily Hutchings $5.00

Flowers of Anti Martyrdom by Dorian Geisler (McSweeneys) $22.00

Chatter Box, various issues by Pulp Labs $5.00 each

Bushwick Review #7 $10.00

*CALENDARS*

Rally 2018 Nikki Mcclure Calendar $18.00

Moleskine 2018 planners! Different variations, sizes, colors and prices!

*STICKERS*

Skull Romance Sticker by Corinne Halbert $3.00

Mike Diana: RIP by Mike Diana (Divus Adventure) $44.00 – A new book of horror, fun, unexpected adventure and disaster from Mike Diana?an internationally known underground cartoonist, and the only artist in America to have received a criminal conviction for artistic obscenity. His run-ins with the law have seemed to have the opposite of the intended effect; since first arriving on the scene in the 1990s with his (in)famous Boiled Angel magazine, Diana has only refined and expanded his vision of a culture engorged and overloaded on greed and violence.

*ZINES*

Xerography Debt #41 $4.00 – The review zine with perzine tendencies!

If You See Something Sketch Something #1 by Jason Das $10.00 – 56 pages of beautiful sketchbooking in a variety of media. Featuring images from life drawing class, the Chicago L, cafes, restaurants, the woods, and the beach. -Lane

Spirit House #3 by Rylan Thompson $10.00

Anything that Can Go Wrong #3 by Mia Cruz $3.00

My Fav Comics: A drawing zine by CHIPRC $1.00

What Had They Done by Baillie Vensel $5.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

Slasher #3 by Charles Forsman $4.99

Love and Rockets Magazine #3 by Gilbert and Jamie Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $4.99

Comic School USA, various issues, by Kevin Huizenga and his comics classes, $5.00 each

Blind Justice #1 All Time Comics by Josh Bayer and Benjamin Marra (Fantagraphics) $3.99

Stripburger #69 $8.00 – The latest issue of this Slovenian anthology delivers 96 pages of comics from fascinating creators around the globe! Spanish and Brazilian artists are featured most prominently in this issue, plus a 12-page miniature fold-in zine with an in-depth interview with Kus! Much of the text in this issue is in Slovenian, but the comics and the Kus! interview are in English. -Lane

Gas Water Nothing, various issues by Jason Das, $2.00-$4.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Not My Small Diary #19 Unexplained Events by Delaine Derry Green $7.00 – Comics anthology with 43 artists on UFOs, ghosts, curses, superstitions, coincidences too strange to believe, and more! Work from Carrie McNinch, Liz Prince, J.T. Yost, John Porcellino, MariNaomi & more!

The Customer Is Always Wrong by Mimi Pond (D+Q) $29.95 – A young woman’s art career begins to lift off as those around her succumb to addiction and alcoholism, in the confines of restaurant culture composed of charming drunks, junkies, thieves, and creeps of Oakland in the late 70s.

Education by John Hankiewicz (Fantagraphics Underground) $30.00 – A father and son road trip as depicted in a surreal and experimental graphic novel.

A Castle in England by Jamie Rhodes (Nobrow) $19.95 – Inspired by Scotney Castle in Kent, this is a collaboration between writer Jamie Rhodes and five different artists (Isaac Lenkiewicz, Briony May Smith, William Exley, Becky Palmer, and Isabel Greenberg).

Paper Girls vol 3 by Brian K. Vaughan & friends $12.99 – Now in paperback!

Otherworld Barbara vol 2 by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics) $39.99 – Conclusion of the shojo manga pioneer’s sci-fi mystery.

*ART & DESIGN*

Just to Cover the Cost of Printing: My First Coloring Book by Aaron Romaine $15.00

Metal Cats Coloring Book by Alexandra Crockett $9.99

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION BOOKS*

Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea Ritchie $21.00

Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults by Laurie Penny $27.00

*ESSAYS*

I’m Supposed to Protect You from All This by Nadja Spiegelman $16.00 – From the daughter of Francoise Mouly (and Art Spiegelman).

*FICTION*

Eat Only When You’re Hungry: A Novel by Lindsay Hunter $25.00

Grip of It: A Novel by Jac Jemc $15.00

One Night by Deanna Cabinian (Timpi Publishing) $12.99

*MUSIC BOOKS*

From the Inside by John Henry Timmis IV (Featherproof) $14.95 – Writings about his time in the famed Menninger Foundation psych clinic, from the late troubled Drag City musician (of J.T. IV) and filmmaker. With a foreward by Steve “Plastic Crimewave” Krakow.

*DIY*

How to Change the World Pocket Guide $4.00

Power of the Seed: Your Guide to Oils for Health & Beauty by Susan M Parker (Process) $19.95

*SEXXXY*

Phile #1 The International Journal of Desire and Curiosity $20.00

Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger by Brontez Purnell (Feminist Press) $17.95 – He’s a slut. He’s a nerd. He’s a waiter, bored at work. This is his diary. A dirty cult-classic!

*FOLKLORE n GHOST STORIES*

Sea Girl: Feminist Folktales from Around the World, edited by Ethel Johnston Phelps & illustrated by Suki Boynton (Feminist Press) $14.95

Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Deities by Hamish Steele (Nobrow Press) $22.95 – Incest! Decapitation! Suspicious salad! Fighting hippos! All illustrated!

Ghostly Tales: Spine-Chilling Stories of the Victorian Age by Various $22.95

*MAGAZINES*

Maximumrocknroll #410 Aug 17 $4.99

Juxtapoz #200 Sep 17 $6.99

Razorcake #99 Bad Sports $4.00

So What If It’s True – from the notebooks of Lorri Jackson. Work by the late icon of Chicago’s post-punk, poetry Slam scene. Perhaps you saw her at Lower Links, Gasper’s, the Green Mill in the 80s. Available here now ($10.95) from Thrice Publishing. #quimbys #poetry #lorriejackson #thricepublishing

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So What If It’s True from the Notebooks of Lorri Jackson (Thrice Publishing) $10.95

*ZINES*

PWF Pro Wrestling Feelings #5 by Ed Blair $5.00 – A fanzine devoted to articulating and unpacking the emotional resonance of the greatest sport of all time.

Drome #1 Win 16 $15.00

Lady holistic healing zines:
Queen Anne’s Lace as Herbal Fertility Management $6.00
Holistic Healing After a Miscarriage by Samantha Zipporah and Molly Dutton-Kenny $9.00
Holistic Healing after Abortion $9.00

Sick Muse #8 Jul 17 by Noah Jones $5.00

At Work with Thomas Kong by Dan Miller with Illustrations by Ruby T (Half Letter Press/Temporary Services/Self-Reliance Library) $8.00 – Visual display, documentation and writing about back room of a food stuff in Chicago that houses the many projects of collaborative artists. Collages of business cards, shopping baskets and more!

*COMICS & MINIS*

Mutations #3 by Elsa Trash $5.00

Trick by Burn Bjoern $2.00

In This by Marie Vermont $5.00

Hang On by Perk Up $5.00

Nachste Seite by Max Freuno (Soybot) $4.00

Frankie Comics #4 by Rachel Dukes $3.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Upgrade Soul #3 by Ezra Claytan Daniels $15.00

Sharkman vol 1 Sharkman Vs the Illuminati by Leo Mancini $14.00

*ESSAYS*

Cursed in Cairo by Chris Clavin $13.00

*SEXXXY*

Re Marks Remarks by Dutes Miller $8.00

*MAGAZINES*

Lula #24 Sum Fall 17 Girl of My Dreams $18.99

Mojo #285 Aug 17 Jimi Hendrix $10.99

Offscreen #17 The Human Side of Technology $20.00

True Crime Detective Monthly Jul 17 $9.99

*POETRY & CHAP BOOKS*

Gold Leafing by Hannah Aenene $10.00

Sea Shells Soulful Journeys by Archita Buch $10.00

Omen Amen by Morgan Eldridge (Monster House Press) $12.00

Golden Wedding Whiskey by Suzanna Zak $15.00

Loving the series of art books Deicide Press is putting out. Here’s the latest installment, Infernal Grotesque Classical Paintings of Hell, Demons, Witchcraft and Death. Fresh on our new table! #deicidepress #artbook #paintings #classicalpaintings #bosch

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Infernal Grotesque: Classical Paintings Of Hell, Demons, Witchcraft & Death by Gianfranco Sodoma (Deicide Press) $34.95 – From the Illuminated Masters series that collects images from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, steeped in beautiful horror, swirling with bizarre and hallucinatory nightmare. These images from 1400-1700 feature landscapes of Hell populated by demons, twisted monsters and the bloody tortures of the damned; saints tormented by infernal visions of devils, sin and the corruption of the flesh; witches’ sabbats of baby-eating, corpse resurrection and bestial fornication; and, finally, grim evocations of death, scattered with skulls, as a warning against earthly avarice and pride.

*ZINES*

Library Excavations #6 Notice to the Trade $6.00

East Village Inky #58 Harlem by Ayun Halliday $3.00

Kaleidoscope of Flies #1 $10.00

Momlove by Matan Oren $8.00

Purple Myrtle Squeegy, various issues, $1.50 each

Absurdly Yours #3 $1.00

Urban Guerrilla #19 $10.00

Razorblades and Aspirin #1 $8.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

Comics by Rachel Bard $5.00 each: Burning Out, Changelings

Sweaty vol 2 by Caroline Cash $12.00 – The second collection of hilarious short comics from local favorite Caroline Cash. Come for the examination of shoujo manga tropes, stay for the hilarious misuse of Hulu’s one-month free trial policy (a helpful takeaway!). Also features cool exploded anatomical renderings and creepy-cute corgis. -Lane

Comics by Conor Stechschulte: Fence $5.00, Tintering $8.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Hey there quimberoos! Check out some of the new stuff grazing our shelves this week! A father/son team tackle the birth of modern philosophy in “Heretics”, Gary Panter has some more of his goodness in oversized format, and so much more from other local phenoms! So come on in, and take a look for yourself!

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Heretics!: The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy by Steven & Ben Nadler (Princeton University Press) $22.95 – Delightful intro to 16th-century philosophy by local father-son duo!

Architecture of an Atom by Juliacks (2dcloud) $44.95

Demon vol 3 by Jason Shiga $19.99 – The continuing adventures of Jimmy Yee, who finds immortality is dull.

Black Science TPB vol 6 Forbidden Realms and Hidden Truths by Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera $16.99

*ART & DESIGN BOOKS*

Feeling is Mutual by Rebecca Memoli $15.00

*FICTION*

The Empty Ones: A Novel by Robert Brockway $14.99 – In The Vicious Circuit series about mysterious angel-like creatures and cult activity.

*OUTER LIMITS*

Ancient Alien Ancestors: Advanced Technologies That Terraformed Our World by Will Hart $20.00 – Explores evidence for the theory of directed panspermia–that life on Earth and the landscape of Earth itself was engineered by extraterrestrials.

The Noble English Art of Self-Defence by Ned Donnelly (Pushkin Press) $9.95 – From The London Library series that reprints hilarious older books with outdated preposterousness. This one: 19th century boxing instructor with charming illustrations of a slightly paunchy boxer.

*MAGAZINES*

Bust #106 Aug Sep 17 Gina Rodriguez $6.99

Offscreen #17 The Human Side of Technology $20.00

Make vol 58 Aug Sep 17 The Community Issue $12.95

Fortean Times #355 Jul 17 $12.50

Fader #110 July Aug 17 Summer Music Issue $6.99

*CHAP BOOKS*

Golden Wedding Whiskey by Suzanna Zak $15.00

I Miss You With All 8000 Nerves of my Clitoris by Kay Kron $3.00

Songy of Paradise by Gary Panter (Fantagraphics) $34.99 – An inspired interpretation of John Milton’s retelling of the story of Jesus being tempted by Satan after being baptized by John the Baptist and fasting for forty days and nights in the Judaean Desert. Panter’s version doesn’t rely on Milton’s words, but faithfully follows the structure of Milton’s Paradise Regained, with one notable exception: Jesus has been replaced by a hillbilly, Songy, who is on a vision quest before being tempted by a chimeric Satan figure.

*ZINES*

My Aim Is True #12 by Carrie $2.00

Running Ivy #1 Day Shrooming $13.00 $13.00

Mitsu Zine #1 $10.00

Preoccupied With the History Department #1 PWTHD

*COMICS & MINIS*

Elsewhere #2 by Lindsay Mathers $5.00

Pods by Julia Gootzeit $5.00

Middle Planet #1 $5.00

(No) Pain: A Guide to Injury Prevention For Cartoonists by Kriota Willberg $7.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Palookaville #23 Keeps the Heat Away by Seth $22.95 – The conclusion of Clyde Fans, the iconic cartoonist’s most famous storyline.

Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home by Nicole J. Georges $17.95

The Airship Adventures of Little Nemo by Winsor McCay (Taschen) $15.00 – Gathers all of Little Nemo’s colorful airship adventures in Slumberland, totaling 69 installments, first published between January 1910 and April 1911.

Shit and Piss by Tyler Landry (Retrofit) $10.00

Adventure Time Original Graphic Novel vol 10: The Ooorient Express $14.99

*ART & DESIGN*

Femina and Fauna by Camilla D’Errico (Dark Horse) $24.99 – Improved and updated 2nd edition, showcasing the captivating artwork of superstar artist Camilla d’Errico, whose singular passion and extraordinary creative talents have taken her career into the heights of such diverse realms as comic book and manga art, pop surrealist painting, fashion, toy design, video games, feature films, and more!

From the Platform 2: More NYC Subway Graffiti, 1983–1989 by Paul & Kenny Cavalieri (Schiffer) $34.99

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

Regretting Motherhood: A Study by Orna Donath (North Atlantic Books) $15.95 – Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true—that women who have children might regret it. Drawing on years of research interviewing women from a variety of socioeconomic, educational, and professional backgrounds, sociologist Orna Donath treats regret as a feminist issue: as regret marks the road not taken, we need to consider whether alternative paths for women currently are blocked off. She asks that we pay attention to what is forbidden by rules governing motherhood, time, and emotion, including the cultural assumption that motherhood is a “natural” role for women—for the sake of all women, not just those who regret becoming mothers.

Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions, Edited by Matt Meyer & déqui kioni-sadiki (PM Press) $26.95 – In 1969 the FBI and New York Police Department rounded up the Black Panther 21 in order to disrupt and destroy the organization that was attracting young people around the world interested in Black liberation. Involving charges of conspiracy to commit violent acts, the Panther 21 trial revealed the illegal government activities which led to exile, imprisonment on false charges, and assassination of Black liberation leaders. Solidarity for the 21 also extended well beyond “movement” circles and included mainstream publication of this, their collective autobiography, which is reprinted here for the first time.

Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment by Angela J. Davis $27.95

Rad American Women A-Z Postcards by by Kate Schatz & Miriam Klein Stahl $12.99

*FICTION*

The Forensic Records Society by Magnus Mills $26.00 – Two vinyl geeks create a weekly society for the appreciation of records at their local pub. It rises! It schisms! It gets surreal!

My Best Friend’s Exorcism: A Novel by Grady Hendrix $14.99 – Unholy supernatural thriller hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist with angst, horror & 80s pop songs.

*ESSAYS*

Ars Botanica by Tim Taranto (Curbside Splendor) $14.95 – Hybrid memoir-poetry-illustration examinations of the ways in which various cultures and religions carry grief, written as letters to his unborn child.

*MUSIC & FILM BOOKS*

Freedom, Rhythm & Sound: Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965–83, Edited by Gilles Peterson, Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Publications) $34.95

Once Upon a Time in Shaolin: The Untold Story of Wu-Tang Clan’s Million-Dollar Secret Album, the Devaluation of Music, and America’s New Public Enemy No. 1 by Cyrus Bozorgmehr $26.99

Revenge of the Nerd by Curtis Armstrong $26.99 – I’m no dummy. I’ve been in high school for six years, and I say that you should read this memoir from the guy who played Booger.

*MAGAZINES*

Juxtapoz #199 Aug 17 $6.99

Tape Op #120 Jul Aug 17 $4.95

Tom Tom Magazine #30 Nepotism $10.00

2600 the Hacker Quarterly vol 34 #2 Sum 17 $6.95

Uppercase #34 A Magazine for the Creative and Curious $18.00

Dissent Sum 17 $12.00

Record Collector #467 $11.50

Atlantis Rising Special Collectors Edition Fall Win 17 $9.99

True Crime Summer Special 17 $12.99

Horror Hound #66 Jul Aug 17 $6.99

Witches and Pagans #34 $6.95

Victory Journal #13 $16.00

Fate #731 $5.95

Rethinking Schools vol 31 #4 Sum 17 $5.95

The Monthly Review vol 69 #3 Jun 17 Revolution and Counterrevolution 1917-2017 $14.00

*LIT JOURNALS*

The First Line vol 19 #2 Sum 17 $4.00

After Hours #34 $10.00