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  • New Stuff This Week

    2013 SLINGSHOT ORGANIZERS ARE HERE! $6.00 small, $12.00 large. Click on the image above to order yours now.

    We Got Power!: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980s Southern California by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz (Bazillion Points) $39.95 – As teenagers in 1981, David Markey and his best friend Jordan Schwartz founded We Got Power!, a fanzine dedicated to the first-generation hardcore punk music community in their native Los Angeles. Their text captured the early punk spirit of Black Flag, the Minutemen, Social Distortion, Suicidal Tendencies, and Hüsker Dü at the height of their powers. Meanwhile, their amazing photographs captured the dilapidated houses, abandoned storefronts, and disaffected youth culture of the early Reagan era. Never before seen, except in crude fanzine form, these detailed and richly narrative photos are now collected to present an intimate document a uniquely fertile creative moments.

    Zines & Zine-Related Books

    Found Magazine #8 $5.00 – The latest and greatest issue of FOUND.
    Miranda #21 by Kate Haas $3.00 – Motherhood and other adventures, in well-crafted, lively essays and reviews, covering books, life with small boys, Peace Corps Morocco, lost companions, and whatever else is on the mind of an ex-English teacher turned at-home mother/writer. Tasty recipes, too.

    Everydaypants #1 by Ramsey $3.00
    various zines from Providence Comics Consortium
    The Simple History Series: Collection One  by J. Gerlach (Microcosm) $19.95 – Included in this seven-zine, 336-page, sleeve-bound boxset is Simple History author J. Gerlach’s Nez Perce Indians, Hawaii (1778-1959) From Western Discovery to Statehood, The Spanish Civil War, Crusades: Christian Attempts to Liberate the Holy Land (1095-1229), Christopher Columbus & His Expeditions to America, The Congo: A European Invention, and The Cold War!! The Simple History zine series is an ongoing attempt to bring unrecognized or otherwise mis-told histories to a modern audience of all ages. By presenting its facts objectively, Simple History’s goal is to share history without marring the facts by editorializing.

    25 Chicagoans vol 1 by Oscar Arriola $6.00 – Quimby’s store regular Oscar asked a bunch o’ people out and about to photoboothify themselves and design the back of the back. He prints both the pictures front and back, and this first volume reads like a visual Terkelian journal of a moment in Chicago history.
    Night of the Fandom #5 She Was Made for Me But She Hates Me $6.00
    Fragmented #1 $18.00
    Lonely Inspector by Tiina Lehikoinen $7.50
    Matthew Murray Oblast scifi punk bike perzines
    D Tuned #2 Sep 12 $2.00
    Exploitation Retrospect #51 Journal of Junk Culture and Fringe Media $4.00
    Best Breakfast #2 In Town Plus Breakfast Sandwich Inside Thou Sucks Because You $2.00
    Sound Record #1 Fall 12 In Facts for the Out Crowd: The truth about Louise Bourgeois Skate Parks Accordian Puffin $2.00

    Comics & Comix
    Clutch #24 Invincible Summer #21 by Clutch McBastard and Nicole J. Georges (Tugboat Press) $2.00 – Every year old friends Nicole and Clutch team up to produce an autobiographical split zine that traces their overlapping lives as they deal with the trials and tribulations of the modern world. This year Nicole focuses on the ups and downs of her job teaching children and the struggles of caring for her two aging dogs. Clutch travels to Toronto, works on his upcoming graphic novel and sings a song about glucose meters. A sublime look at life, friendship and taking one day at time.
    Demon Dust #11 Oct 12 by Bernie McGovern $2.00
    Troll On #2 The Skin of the Slarbarian and Troll On #3 by Benjamin Bergman $7.50 each
    Mary Shelley vs Dracula by JP Tervamaki $7.50
    Star Sounds Tahtien Aania by Amanda Vahamaki $5.00
    Strata #1 Hidden in the Mountain by Bill Rusk $2.00

    Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
    Spit and Passion by Cristy C. Road (Feminist Press) $15.95
    Finnish comics ultimate overload!: Finnish Comics Annual 2011 and 2012, Koiran Kakkaa Champ Poo by Roope Eronen, Samuelin Matkassa and Second and Third Books of Hope by Tommi Musturi, Kuti Kuti Guide to Finland and more!
    Crossed vol 4 by Garth Ennis and friends $24.99
    Saga TPB vol 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples $9.99
    Lovecraft Anthology vol 2 Graphic Collection of Short Stories by HP Lovecraft et al. $19.95
    Mattias Unfiltered: The Sketchbook Art of Mattias Adolfsson $16.99
    Once Upon a Time Machine by Andrew Carl et al. $24.99
    Graphic Canon vol 2 Worlds Great Literature as Comics and Visuals by Russ Kick (Seven Stories Press) $34.95 – From Kubla Khan to Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray.
    Escape to Gold Mountain:A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America by David HT Wong (Arsenal Pulp Press) $19.95
    Gary book 3 by Tyrell Cannon $7.00

    Art, Design and Photo Books
    Stencil Republic by aiko $29.95
    Hello Cutie: Adventures in Cute Culture by Pamela Klaffke (Arsenal Pulp Press) $19.95
    Raskols: The Gangs of Papua New Guinea by Stephen Dupont (PowerHouse) $30.00
    Hall of Fame New York City $19.95 – Yes, there is a graffiti Hall of Fame. Guess where it is?

    DIY

    Let’s Bring Back: The Cocktail Edition: A Compendium of Impish, Romantic, Amusing, and Occasionally Appalling Potations from Bygone Eras by Lesley M. M. Blume and Grady McFerrin $18.95
    Gorilla Food: Living and Eating Organic, Vegan and Raw by Aaron Ash (Arsenal Pulp) $24.95
    Boneshaker #43-300 A Bicycling Almanac $8.00

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
    Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth by Sasha Lilley et al. (PM Press) $16.00
    Transhumanism Grimoire of Alchemical Agendas by Dr. Joseph P. Farrell and Dr. Scott D. Hart (Feral House) $19.95
    Steampunk III Steampunk Revolution ed. by Ann Vandermeer $15.95
    Insincerely Yours: Letters From a Prankster by Bernard Radfar $13.95
    Heroines by Kate Zambreno (Semiotexte) $17.95
    Instant: The Story of Polaroid by Christopher Bonanos $24.95
    Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative by Lawrence Weschler (Counterpoint) $16.95
    Republic Lost How Money Corrupts Congress and a Plan to Stop It by Lawrence Lessig $15.99

    Politics & Revolution
    Hot and Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls On Life, Love and Fashion by Virgie Tovar (Seal) $16.00
    Anarchy!: An Anthology of Emma Goldman’s Mother Earth (Counterpoint) $22.95 – In March 1906, Emma Goldman published the first issue of Mother Earth, a “Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature.” Conceived as a forum for anarchists of every school and variety, Mother Earth laid the groundwork for American radical thought. Culled by Peter Glassgold.
    Magazines
    Juxtapoz #142 Nov 12 $5.99
    Hi Fructose #25 $6.95
    Fortean Times #293 Nov 12 $11.99
    Student Publication vol 35 Transformation New Persepctives on Design Methods and Processes by the NC State Univeristy College of Design $15.00
    Dwell Nov 12 $5.99
    Pinstriping #34 Kustom Graphics Magazine $9.95
    Dazed & Confused vol 3 #14 Oct 12 $9.99

    Poetry, Lit Mags and Lit Journals
    Gigantic Sequins vol 3 #2 $5.00
    Monday Night #11 $5.00
    WomenArts Quartery Journal vol 2 #4 Fall 12 $10.00
    The Believer #93 $8.00
    Horse Ballast by Patrick Culliton $7.00

    Sex & Sexy
    Never Easy by Natty Soletz et al. $9.99 – Queer young cowboys.
    Cheeky Spanking Stories byRachel Kramer Bussel (Cleis) $15.95
    Seductress Erotic Tales of Immortal Desire by DL King (Cleis) $15.95
    Lips Like Sugar Womens Erotic Fantasies by Violet Blue (Cleis) $15.95
    Simultaneous O: A Couples Guide to Achieving the Ultimate Climax $13.95
    Hot and Fast: Sexy Spontaneous Quickies for Passionate Orgasms $14.95
    Adult Movie Superstars vol 1 Golden Age Photos by Jack Hunter $24.95

    Other Stuff
    Hamburger Pocket Pouch and Keyring Combo $9.50
    More Blank Moleskine journals in a variety of styles, including ones with cassettes on the cover.
    U-Fizz Carbonate Anything in Minutes From Flat to Fizzy $8.00 – OK vegans, don’t miss your chance to carbonate your broccoli juice.

  • New Stuff This Week & A Link to Our October News


    May We Shed These Human Bodies
    (Curbside Splendor) by Amber Sparks $12.00 – One of today’s freshest fiction voices.

    Click here for the Oct newsletter. If you don’t get it delivered to your e-mail in box, you can subscribe to it to get it regularly here.

    Some new stuff this week…

    Zines & Zine-Related
    Clearance Catalogue #1 $2.00
    Real Fake Clouds Field Guide and Audio Companion by Ethan Krause and friends $5.00
    Happy Crotch vol 1 #2 by Alicia Obermeyer and Lindsay Evans $1.50
    On Struggling Identity #1 by Monica Trinidad $6.00
    Whistle #2 Modern Pin Up Magazine Jodie by Eddy Price and Danielle Avery $10.00
    14 S East Street Dollar Stories #4 by Peter Cavanaugh $1.00
    Dogs of the City Dollar Stories #9 by Sarahana Shrestha $1.00
    Real Americans Dollar Stories #6 by Joe Koplowitz $1.00

    Comics & Comix
    White Clay by Thomas Herpich (Adhouse) $4.95
    Everybody Loves Tank Girl #3 by Jim Mahfood and Alan C. Martin $3.99
    Mini Mouths Sum 12 by Jason Young $3.00
    Ugly on Both Sides #1 by Colin Coyle $2.00
    Autobiographic Fanfiction by Erik Schneider $2.00
    Nice Tat by Erik Schneider $2.00
    Over Here #1 by Andrea Tsurumi $9.00
    Index #2 Otlet by Caitlin Cass $3.50
    Alas vols 1 and 2 by Cathy Hannah $4.00 each
    Cartoon Picayune #4 Fall 12 $4.00

    Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
    Building Stories $50.00 version by Chris Ware – Don’t miss Chris here to sign this book on 10/14! We also have the even fancier $79.95 version.
    Understanding Monster Book 1 by Theo Ellsworth (Secret Acres) $21.95
    Best American Comics 2012 guest ed. by Francoise Mouly $25.00
    New York Drawings: A Decade of Covers, Comics, Illustrations and Sketches from the Pages of the New Yorker and Beyond by Adrian Tomine (D&Q) $29.95
    Ralph Azham vol 1 Why Would You Lie to Someone You Love by Lewis Trondheim et al. (Fantagraphics) $14.99
    Cycles TPB by Kyle O’Connell $10.00
    Walking Dead Compendium vol 2 by Robert Kirkman et al. $59.99
    Death Deluxe Edition by Neil Gaiman $29.99
    The Carter Family: Don’t Forget This Song by Frank M. Young and David Lasky $24.95

    Art & Design
    Reaching Out With No Hands: Reconsidereing Yoko Ono by Lisa “Rollerderby” Carver $18.99

    Fiction
    Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012 ed. by Dave Eggers $14.95
    At Dawn by Jobie Hughes (Soft Skull) $15.95 – Jobie Hughes made national headlines as “Pittacus Lore,” the mysterious co-author of the bestsellers I Am Number Four  and The Power of Six (co-written with James Frey). Don’t miss Jobie Highes here to talk about this book. It’s set against the background of the recent American recession, where a former high school wrestling champion escapes a dark past in his small Ohio hometown for a new beginning in Chicago.
    Mr. Penumbras 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan $25.00 – Global conspiracy, complex code-breaking, high-tech data visualization, young love, rollicking adventure, and the secret to eternal life.

    Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story by Lorin Stein and Sadie Stein $16.00 – Twenty masters of the medium to choose their favorite short stories from the sixty-year archive of the Paris Review, and write an introduction. The result is a series of “object lessons” in the art of short fiction.
    Tumbling After Through Jills Eyes by E. Ternity $18.00
    Fat Duck Book No 1 and Other Animals Almost Never Born by Peter Bowman $20.00
    Assorted Fire Events Stories by David Means $15.00

    DIY
    Getting Your Shit Together: A Professional Practices Manual for Artists by Karen Atkinson et al. $29.00 – Taxes! Marketing! Publicity! All that business-y stuff artists hate dealing with — well now it’s all here for you! Recommeded.
    The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home – The Happy Luddites Guide to Domestic Self-Sufficiency by Ken Albala et al. $23.00

    Childrens
    He Was There From the Day We Moved In by Rhoda Levine and Edward Gorey $14.95
    Moomin’s Winter Follies, Moominvalley Turns Jungle (D&Q) $9.95 each
    Moomin vol & $19.95
    Hereville How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch (D&Q) $9.95
    Last Night I Swam With A Mermaid by Kimberly and Michael Muller $24.99

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
    Reel Terror: The Scary Bloody Gory Hundred Year History of Classic Horror Films by David Konow $18.99 – From The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to Paranormal Activity, Konow explores its all-time highs and lows, why the genre has been overlooked, and how horror films just might help us overcome fear. His on-set stories and insights delve into each movie and its effect on American culture.

    Mobile Phenomena by Temporary Services (Half Letter Press) $8.00
    Steampunk Gazette vol 1 by Major Tinker $24.99
    The Lost Civilization Enigma: A New Inquiry into the Existence of Ancient Cities, Cultures, and Peoples Who Pre-Date Recorded History by Philip Coppens $19.99
    American Vampires – Their True Bloody History From New York to California by Dr. Bob Curran $15.99
    Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo Interviews, Faux Lectures, Quasi Letters, Found Texts and Other Fraudulent Artifacts by David Shields and Matthew Vollmer $18.95
    The Raven by Lou Reed and Mattotti (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Now in soft cover.

    Politics & Revolution
    Bolsheviks and Workers Control 1917-1921 The State and Counter Revolution by Maurice Brinton $20.00

    Magazines
    Adbusters Nov Dec 12 vol 20 #6 $8.95
    2600 Hacker Quarterly vol 29 #3 $6.25
    Ladygunn #5  $9.99
    AnOther Magazine #23 Fall Win 12 a New Dimension $14.99
    Skunk vol 8 #3 $5.99
    High Times Dec 12 $5.99
    Mother Earth Living Nov Dec 12 $4.99
    Paper Oct 12 vol 29 #2 $4.00
    Cinefantastique Fall Win 12 3D Zombie Special Issue $9.99
    Fangoria #317 $9.99
    Diabolique #12 Sep Oct 12 $9.98
    Canteen #8 State of Creation $12.00
    Wallpaper Oct 12 $10.00
    3×3 vol 7 #1 #19 the Magazine of Contemporary Illustration $22.00
    Frieze #149 Sep 12 $10.00
    Witches and Pagans #25 $6.95
    Fader #82 Oct Nov 12 $5.99
    Monocle vol 6 #57 Oct 12 $12.00
    Radical Philosophy #175 $13.00

    Sex & Sexy
    Transformation #80 $12.50

    Other Stuff
    2013 SLINGSHOT ORGANIZERS ARE HERE! $6.00 small, $12.00 large
    Sock Monster Button Pack by Neil Brideau $6.00
    Carl Panzaram DVD The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance by John Borowski $20.00

  • Weekly Top 10


    Local Quimby’s fave Corrine Mucha’s new comic is at #4
    1. Lose #4 by Michael Deforge (Koyama Press) $8.00 – Tremendous! DeForge’s well-oiled line skates through the Stud File, each story shedding it’s snakeskinnery onto the next. From leather terror to royal lace to Stacyface, this issue is an ode to the body as a husk and an assault on the idea of corpus control. Flesh, rendered alternately as vampirically smooth and bacterially roccoco is bound up in narratives of contemporary methods of “information sharing” and “social networking” and the effect is straight up cut-to-the-bone sci fi plastic surgery. Witty, sly and lovely to hold exuding a warm Canadian glow. -EF

    2. By This Shall You Know Him by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press) $15.00

    3. King Cat #73 by John Pocellino $3.00 – Porcellino goes cuckoo for cuckoo birds, plus cats at the movies, plus a South Beloit Top 36, plus a recurring spermophile theme.

    4. Buzz #4 Joke Comics by Corrine Mucha $3.00 – Funnyuns! Buzz #4 is a new collection of hilarity unleashed from Mucha’s potent joke arsenal: crazy 8-balls, breakfast shorthand, bad dates, beauty tips and ideas, all special for you.

    5. The Infinite Wait and Other Stories by Julia Wertz (Koyama) $15.00 – Three short stories or graphic novellas from the artist of Fart Party and Drinking at the movies. Filled with the sometimes messy, heartbreaking and hilarious moments that make up a life.

    6. My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf $17.95 – Backderf puts together a memoir of high school in the washed out suburban seventies when he was classmates and comrades with grisly serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

    7. Lucky Peach #4 Sum 12 American Food Issue $12.00 – The McSweeney’s food rag rampages on. Less cranky then issue 3, this round has a sprawling Tex-Mex choose your own adventure, plenty of odes to diners and, unsurprisingly, the movie Diner, Cambodian American doughnut culture, Harold McGee being typically delightful and loads of recipes looking that scrummy kinda yummy you know tastes fine. -EF

    8. Paper Oct 12 vol 29 #2 $4.00

    9. Real Life: A Magical Guide to Getting Off the Internet by Dave Cave and Maranda Elizabeth $3.00 – Be ironic! Buy it on our website!

    10. Fag School #4 New Fiction – Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger by Brontez (Pegacorn Press) $5.00 – Fag School is in session and I suggest you try to handle the full course load. This zine is fucking brilliant and amazing – always has been, and I think it might always will be. -EF

  • New Stuff This Week

    Lose #4 by Michael Deforge (Koyama Press) $8.00 – Tremendous! DeForge’s well-oiled line skates through the Stud File, each story shedding it’s snakeskinnery onto the next. From leather terror to royal lace to Stacyface, this issue is an ode to the body as a husk and an assault on the idea of corpus control. Flesh, rendered alternately as vampirically smooth and bacterially roccoco is bound up in narratives of contemporary methods of “information sharing” and “social networking” and the effect is straight up cut-to-the-bone sci fi plastic surgery. Witty, sly and lovely to hold exuding a warm Canadian glow. -EF

    Zines & Zine-Related Books
    Zines 101 Apr 12 How to Copy on Your Own Paper $2.00
    Monsters Rock – various issues $2.50 each
    Jesse Wars Here by Jesse Harris (Koyama Press) $10.00 – Harris throws down on the Old School New School – spot color popaganda harkening back to when graphic design required exacto blades and you did your halftones with mesh.
    Ilse Content Anthology by Alexis Wolf $14.99
    Brooklyn to Mars #2 $8.00
    How I Quit School #3  by Julie $3.00
    Rad Dad #22 Riot Parent by Tomas Moniz $4.00
    Make Your Own Ginger Ale $1.00
    Permanent Vacation #2 Simulacra a Zine About the Thrilling World We Live In by Kerry Ann Lee $20.00
    Slut, ed. by Jonas, Nichole and Carrie $5.00 – Zine anthology in support of Slutwalk 2012. Contributions about sexual harassment, assault and other relevant topics.
    Clearance Catalogue #1 $2.00 – Stuff on clearance. For real.

    Comics & Çomix
    Building Stories Deluxe Edition: Everything You Need to Erect Your Very Own Multi Story Building by Chris Ware (D&Q) $79.95 – Only 1000 copies of this version of the hotly anticipated Building Stories. It’s huge, expensive and awesome. Prints can be made into models. Don’t miss Chris Ware signing here at Quimby’s on Oct 14th!
    Wayward Girls #2 by Michiel Budel (Secret Acres) $6.00 – It’s like the aftermath of great wars of The Realms of the Unreal plus a little more Charisma, Uniqueness Nerve and Talent if you catch my drift. -EF

    Comics by Leah Wishnia: Happiness Comix #1 and #2, etc.
    I Just Want to Walk Around Naked and do Whatever I Want #1 by Mary Beth Brennan $5.00

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Drawn Together: Complete Works from Aline Cominsky Crumb and R. Crumb $29.95 – Rumored for years, Drawn Together finally charts the daily exploits and erotic craziness of this “First Couple” of comics.

    Koyama Press graphic novels: Big Team Society League Book of Answers by The Team Society League (A. Costain, J. Martz, S. Wolfhard, Z. Worton), Infinite Wait and Other Stories by Julia Wertz
    Stupid Dreams: The Complete Five Minute Comics Collection by Joey Alison Sayers (1984) $12.00
    Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman (Fantagraphics) $22.99
    Naked Cartoonists by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics) $22.99
    Buz Sawyer vol 2 Sultrys Tiger (Fantagraphics) $35.00
    Adventures of Leeroy and Popo Louis Roskosch (Nobrow) $13.95
    Little Death by Thomas Kriebaum $14.99
    Hipster Hitler by James Carr & Archana Kumar (Feral House) $16.95
    Saga of the Swamp Thing Book 2 TPB by Alan Moore et al. $19.99
    Walking Dead Book Eight HC by Robert Kirkman et al. $34.99

    Art, Design & Photography
    Where the Why and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science ed. by Jenny Volvovski, Julia Rothman and Matt Lamothe $24.95
    Hip Hop Apsara Ghosts Past And Present by Anne Elizabeth Moore (Green Lantern Press) $20.00 – Following on the heels of Cambodian Grrrl: Self-Publishing in Phnom Penh, Anne Elizabeth Moore compiled photographs that document Cambodia’s bustling nightlife, the nation’s emerging middle class, and the ongoing struggle for social justice in the beautiful, war-ravaged land. Thanks to everybody that came out for this wonderful event last night, for a night of slides, discussion and Cambodian electronic bleepblops from Peter and Jessica Speer.

    Fiction
    Narrows by M. Craig $12.00
    Mexico in the Rearview Mirror: A Psychedelic Travelogue by Michael Tassone $14.99
    Lava in My Bones by Barry Webster (Arsenal Pulp) $16.95
    When the Drumming Stops by Steven Wishnia (Manic D Press) $15.00
    Inside The Whale: A Novel in Verse by Jospeh G. Peterson, with illustrations by Michael Brehm (Wicker Park Press) $16.00

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs & Misc
    I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution by Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks $20.00 – Revised with new Interviews and in soft cover. Wubba wubba wubba.
    Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America by Jeff Ryan $16.00
    Dead Roam the Earth: True Stories of the Paranormal From Around the World by Alasdair Wickham  $15.00
    Several Ways to Die In Mexico City: An Autobiography by Kurt Hollander (Feral House) $22.95
    Let Me Clear My Throat by Elana Passarello $15.95 – From Farinelli, the eighteenth century castrato who brought down opera houses with his high C, to the recording of “Johnny B. Goode” affixed to the Voyager spacecraft, Let Me Clear My Throat dissects the whys and hows of popular voices, making them hum with significance and emotion. There are murders of punk rock crows, impressionists, and rebel yells; Howard Dean’s “BYAH!” and Marlon Brando’s “Stella!” and a stock film yawp that has made cameos in movies from A Star is Born to Spaceballs. The voice is thought’s incarnating instrument and Elena Passarello’s essays are a riotous deconstruction of the ways the sounds we make both express and shape who we are—the annotated soundtrack of us giving voice to ourselves.
    Anxiety is a Rambling Dagger by Ian Kahl $10.99
    Never Leave Your Block Adventures in Urban Living by Scott Jacobs (Wicker Park Press) $14.95 –  In this intimate portrait of his neighbors, Jacobs weaves his own experiences with a bright, funny look at how urban communities like Bucktown are shaping the future of Americas cities. Don’t miss author Scott Jacobs here at Quimby’s on Nov 15th!

    Politics & Revolution
    We Are Many: Critical Reflections on Movement Strategy from Occupation to Liberation by Kate Khatib, Margaret Killjoy, Mike McGuire and David Graeber (AK Press) $21.00
    Revolt and Cirsis In Greece Between a Present Yet to Pass and a Future Still to Come by Antonis Vradis and Dimitris Dalakoglou (AK) $18.00
    19 & 20: Notes for a New Social Protagonism: An 18th Brumaire for the 21st Century, Translated by Nate Holdren & Sebastián Touza (Autonomedia) – On December 19th and 20th, 2001, when in the heat of an economic and political crisis, people in Argentina took to the streets shouting “¡Qué se vayan todos!” These words – “All of them out!” – hurled by thousands banging pots and pans, struck at every politician, economist, and journalist. These events opened a period of intense social unrest and political creativity that led to the collapse of government after government.
    Justice Justice Shall You Pursue: A History of New Jewish Agenda by Ezra Berkley Nepon $13.00
    My People Are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain by Aaron Dixon (Haymarket) $17.95
    Message to the Movement by Jamal Mumia Abu (Zuccotti Park Press) $7.00 – part of the Occupied Media Pamphlet Series.

    Sex Guides, Culture & Gender Theory
    On Being Different: What It Means to be a Homosexual by Merle Miller $13.00

    Magazines
    Maximumrocknroll #353 Oct 12 $4.00
    Bust Oct Nov 12 $5.99
    Kinfolk vol 5 A Guide For Small Gatherings $18.00
    IdN vol 19 #4 $17.50
    ArtForum Oct 12 $10.00
    Creative Review Sep 12 $14.99
    Paranoia #53 $7.00
    Bizarre #193 Oct 12 $10.50
    Hunter Fashion Magazine #21 $24.99
    Little White Lies #43 $9.99
    Camera Obscura #80 Feminism Culture and Media Studies $12.00
    Camera Obscura vol 5 Fall 12 $12.95 – Yes, there are 2 different magazines called Camera Obscura.
    Cinema Retro vol 8 #24 $11.99
    Empire Oct 12 $9.99
    Uncut Paul Weller Ultimate Music Guide $13.99
    Signal to Noise #64 Fall 12 $4.95
    Decibel #97 Nov 12 $4.95
    Mojo #227 Oct 12 $9.99
    Wire Sep 12 #343 $9.99
    In These Times Oct 12
    Z Magazine Oct 12 $4.95

    Poetry, Lit Mags and Lit Journals
    2 Sonnet Youth chap books by Jeffrey Lewis. As in sonnets about Sonic Youth albums. One is about Confusion Is Sex Plus Kill Yr Idols and the other is Goo. Bizarre and hilarious. $1.00 each

    Pank #7 $15.00
    Matrix #93 $8.00
    The Paris Review #202 $15.00
    Fourteen Hills vol 18 #2 2012 $9.00
    Zoetrope All Story Fall 12 vol 16 #3 $8.00
    Poetry Oct 12 $3.75

    Childrens
    Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse by Frank Viva $12.95

    Other Stuff
    “Prepare” 2013 Nikki McClure Calendar $16.00
    A whole mess o’crazy novelties!:
    Dashboard Eyeball Wiggler $6.00 – Yes, it has a fez. It’s like if the Residents joined the shriners. On your dashboard!
    Snake Oil Soap $6.00
    Bendable Party Mustache $2.50
    Bigfoot Air Freshener $2.00
    Tipsy Squirrel Old Fashioned Moonshine Thermos $12.00
    Emergency Google Eyes Stick On Adhesive $7.50
    Octopus Porcelain Mug $9.50
    Little Otsu Annual Weekly Planner vol 7 $18.00 – Fill in your own dates!

    Notable Restocks
    Blank cards and Planners from Buy Olympia and Little Otsu.
    Charles H. Kerr titles like Memoirs of a Wobbly Haymarket Scrapbook, etc.
    Crap Hound #5 Hands Hearts Eyes $12.00
    Reading Is Sexy stickers and buttons
    Zombie and Monster Finger Toys $.75 each
    finger tentacles $2.00
    Punkademics The Basement Show In the Ivory Tower by Zack Furness $20.00
    CrimethInc titles like Work Capitalism Economics Resistance, Expect Resistance etc.
    The Baffler #19 and #20
    Love and Rockets New Stories vol 5 $14.99
    ‘Za The Pizza Zine by Nicki Yowell $4.00
    …and more!

    The things listed in this list are at our brick and mortar store at 1854 W. North Ave. Occassionally we make some of it available for mail order on our website, but we curate what we put up there. To see which new items are on our website, see quimbys.com/store and mail order them for prompt home delivery.

  • Weekly Top 10

    Jessica Campbell’s My Sincerest Apologies is at #5 this week.

    1. Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln by Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – The debut graphic novel from Noah Van Sciver follows the twentysomething Abraham Lincoln as he loses everything, long before becoming our most beloved president.

    2. King Cat #73 by John Pocellino $3.00 – Porcellino goes cuckoo for cuckoo birds, plus cats at the movies, plus a South Beloit Top 36, plus a recurring spermophile theme.

    3. Juxtapoz #141 Oct 12 $5.99

    4. Neil Hamburger Comics Digest by Gregg Turkington $6.00

    5. My Sincerest Apologies by Jessica Campbell (Oily Comics) $1.00 – You’ll be truly sorry if you miss this lil’ gem!

    6. OK Cupid Messages I Have Not Responded To by Delphine Beidient $4.00 – Oh-kay OK Cupid…these unresponded messages are like forensic evidence to reverse engineer Bedient’s dating profile. There’s a lot here, and it’s all pretty much different angles on goofy and polite. I hope this gets followed up by a zine of things Bedient has written on the OKC – I think therein may lay the meat of the matter. -EF

    7. No Better Than Apples #8 $3.00 – Health, pinecones, rock camp, singularity, and self-knowledge.

    8. I Swallowed the Key to My Heart #2 by Liz Prince $6.00 – How do you outfox the fox? This Liz Prince series is all about players gettin’ played, Boston style.

    9. Bitch #56 $5.95

    10. Laphams Quarterly vol 5 #4 Fall 12 $15.00

  • New Stuff This Week


    Temporary Services 7 Offset Poster Booklets:Set includes 7  11″ X 17″ color offset poster booklets from 2005-2012 that includes Prisoners’ Inventions (2005), Product Placements (2005), Supermax Subscriptions (2012) and more. $7.00

    Zines
    Black Thorns in the White Cube Catalogue, curated by Amelia Ishmael $20.00 – Exhibition catalog from an exhibit of the same name, demonstrating the instersection of contemporary artists who are bilingual, speaking both Black Metal and Art History fluently. Features nine artists from four countries, including Alexander Binder, Vincent Como, Chicago’s own Terence Hannum and more.
    This Is A Sketchbook #1 by Peregrine Angthius $10.00
    (Subculture Clash Presents) Storylings: Short, Short Fiction, Essays and Things $1.50
    Nazi Knife #8 $23.00

    Comics & Comix
    The Plot #2 Your Curiosity Will Get You Killed by Neil Brideau $4.00 – Shhhhh don’t tell Neil we told you this, but if you come in and buy this comic, maybe if you ask him all nice-like he’ll sign it for you, because he’s going to be super duper famous because his comics are awesome and then you’ll be really glad you had him sign it.
    King Cat #73 by John Porcellino (Spit and a Half) $3.00 – John’s cuckoo for cuckoo birds in this issue, among other topics. Thanks to everybody who came out for the release event here earlier this week for KC #73, along with Noah Van Sciver and his graphic novel Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln!
    Buzz #4 Joke Comics by Corrine Mucha $3.00 – Charming and hilarious pieces from local Quimby’s fave.
    Red Rum #0 Black and White Nightmare by Scott Wygmans $10.00
    Ocean Marauders by Alejandro Rosado $5.00
    Fatima #4 of 4 the Blood Spinners by Gilbert Hernandez $3.99
    Dope Mouthfeel #3 by Steve Schaberg $4.00
    Heyday Comics #1-#4 by Daniel Elissi $3.00 each
    Subculture Clash Black White and Grey All Over $2.00
    Seasonal vol 2 by Bobbi Parry and Sarah Morton $5.00
    JRH Jr. A Young Man in Japan – Tales of an LDS Mission 1961-1963 by Jim Howell and Sarah Morton $3.00

    Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
    Everything Together Collected Stories by Sammy Harkham (Picturebox) $19.95 – Collected short fiction pieces.
    Neil Hamburger Comics Digest by Gregg Turkington $6.00
    Mark Twain Was Right: The 2001 Cincinnati Riots by Dan P. Moore (Microcosm) $8.95
    Dark Country by Thomas Ott, Tab Murphy and Thomas Jane (Raw Studio) $24.99
    100 Bullets HC Book 3 by Brian Azzarello et al. $49.99
    Blonde Woman by Aidan Koch $18.00

    Art & Design
    Cut-ups, Cut-ins, Cut-outs. The Art of William S. Burroughs $60.00 – Exhibition catalog in both German and English that featured countercultural icon Burroughs’s cut-ups in such different media as text-image collages, photo-montages, audio-tape experiments and film, together with the legendary shotgun paintings.
    Negron by jonny negron (Picturebox) $19.95

    Fiction
    Books published by The Chicago Center For Literature and Photography: Solo Down by Lauryn Allison Lewis,Get Up Tim by Sally Weigel, Have You Seen Me by Katherine Scott Nelson, all books $20.00 each
    2 Davis Schneiderman books: Drain ($15.00) and Blank ($10.00)
    Knitting Circle Rapist Annihilation Squad by Derrick Jemsen and Stephanie McMillan (PM Press) $14.95
    Return by Roberto Bolano $14.95 – Now in soft cover.

    DIY
    Action Professor Know It All’s Illustrated Guide to Film and Video Making by Bill Brown (Microcosm) $11.95 – by Bill “Dream Whip” Brown.
    Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, and More Dynamite Devices by William Gurstelle $16.95 – Expanded and Even More Explosive 2nd Edition. THANK GOD.
    You Are Awesome: 21 Crafts to Make You Happy by Abbey Hendrickson (Cicada) $15.95 – Vintage inspired pennants!Valentine medals! Ribbon chalkboards! Obligatory bird craft!
    Unsinkable: How to Build Plywood Pontoons & Longtail Boat Motors Out of Scrap by Robnoxious (Microcosm) $7.95

    Music Books
    I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons $27.99
    Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk by Sam Sutherland $22.95
    Punk: An Aesthetic by Johan Kugelberg, Jon Savage and William Gibson $55.00

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs & Misc
    Ghosts of Northern Illinois by Stephen Osborne (Schiffer) $16.99 – There are a host of ghostly tales and legends surrounding Chicago, Rockford, Dekalb, Dixon, Byron, and other cities in towns in the Prairie State! In Ghosts of Northern Illinois, meet the spirit of a woman who was brutally murdered in the 1940s. Shiver as you learn about a blue figure that runs down the alley adjacent to the Biograph Theater, then falls to the ground and disappears. Encounter a phantom jogger, the Madonna of Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery, and the mysterious scent of perfume at the Coronado Theater. Come and visit Willow Creek Farm, one of the top-ten haunted houses in Illinois, where over 30 spirits have been detected! Think Illinois looks calm and peaceful? Think again!

    Politics & Revolution
    It’s Not About Religion by Gregory Harms (Perceval) $11.00 – When the Middle East is covered on the news or depicted in film, what is shown is a region defined almost exclusively by violence, chaos, and extremism, and a common question often arises in response: Does religion have anything to do with it? This book is a constellation of history and culture that will hopefully help move the conversation of the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy in a more grounded and precise direction. Thanks to everybody that came out for this event with Mr. Harms last week!
    Pity the Billionaire by Thomas Frank $16.00 – Now in soft cover. Don’t miss Thomas “The Baffler” Frank here at Quimby’s on October 23rd.
    Revolution of Everyday Life by Raoul Vaneigem (PM Press) $20.00 – Now in soft cover.
    Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women by Victoria Law (PM Press) $20.00
    Basics From the Talks and Writings of Bob Avakian $10.00

    Children, Radical Parenting and Allies
    Adventures In Cartooning Christmas Special by James Sturm et al. (First Second) $9.99
    Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities by Victoria Law and China Martens (PM Press) $17.95 – Collection of concrete tips, suggestions, and narratives on ways that non-parents can support parents, children, and caregivers in their communities, social movements, and collective processes. It focuses on issues affecting children and caregivers within the larger framework of social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation. Contributors include: Ramsey “List” Beyer, Jessica Hoffman, Heather Jackson, Rahula Janowski, London Pro-Feminist Men’s Group, Tomas “Rad Dad” Moniz, Coleen Murphy and more.

    Magazines
    Subconscious Restaurant by Ron Hanson $10.00 – New publication produced by White Fungus and The Physics Room, connecting New Zealand artists working in sound, and Taiwan.
    True Crime Sep 12 $8.99
    Purple Fashion vol 3 #18 $50.00
    Dossier #10 $15.00
    Mother Earth News #254 Oct Nov 12 $5.99
    Razorcake #70 $4.00
    Magnet #91 $4.99
    If If If Magazine #1 $6.00 – Swarming collage and prose, rich color, nice layout, cool reaches but also deeply pixelated on the visual end and my eyes just wanna focus. Work from Matthew Koons, Stephana Tyler, Colin Wynnette, Shane Wright, Jarrett Hayman, PW Hofstad, Isabel Borczuch. -EF

    Class Struggle #75 Aug Sep 12 by Spark $3.00
    Harpers Magazine Oct 12 $6.99
    Inked Oct 12 #49 $6.99

    Literary Journals, Poetry & Chap Books
    The First Line vol 14 #3 Fall 12 $3.00 – The first line of all the offerings in this issue is “A light snow was falling as Charlie Reardon left the diner and made his way down Madison Street.”

    Sex & Sexy
    Catalog #1 by Goodyn Green $20.00
    Bend Over Magazine #7 Sum/Fall 2012 $12.00 – Feminism sexuality and queer art.

    Other Stuff
    Snail Watering Can $11.00 – Waaaaaaaateeeeeeeer yooooooooour plaaaaaaaaants reaaaaaaaaalllly slowwwwwwwwllllllly.
    Slingshot Ballpoint Pen $5.00 – Use this catapult pen with a built in rubberband for annoying fellow classmates, co-workers or family members. Also! Pair it with the Slingshot Planners which will be coming in in October. Insert joke here!
    Best Love Song Ever Cassette Tape Coin Purse $6.00
    Jack the Ripper Lavatory Mist $12.00
    “Yummy Pharmaceuticals That Will Please You” Petite Cigar Box $11.00
    Poison “Danger – Toxic” Pocket Cigarette Box $6.00
    Bicycles Messenger Bag $19.00
    Peregrine Angthius Sticker Pack $5.00
    Cycling Shorts DVD Short Documentaries About Bicycles $14.95

    Noteworthy Restocks
    Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon $27.99
    Adventures of Venus by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $9.99
    Archiving the Underground #1 by Jenna Brager and Jami Sailor $2.00
    Cheer the Eff Up issues #1-#3 by Jonas
    Hark a Vagrant by Kate Beaton $19.95
    Scenes From an Impending Marriage by Adrian Tomine $9.95
    Seth by Christopher Schulz $10.00

    The things listed in this list are at our brick and mortar store at 1854 W. North Ave. Occassionally we make some of it available for mail order on our website, but we curate what we put up there. To see which new items are on our website, see quimbys.com/store and mail order them for prompt home delivery.

  • New Stuff This Week

     

    Burgermancer #1 The Burger Lovers Magazine Aug Sep 12 by Jason Fischer $4.00 – With comics, interviews and more. Now that’s a tasty burger.

    Zines & Zine-Related Books
    Zisk #21 Fall 12 by Mike Faloon and friends $2.00 – The Baseball Magazine for Poeple Who Hate Baseball Magazines.
    Rookie Yearbook One ed. by Tavi Gevinson (D&Q) $29.95 – Collection from rookiemag.com. You know who’s cool? Teenage Girls, that’s who. Tavi “Style Rookie” Gevinson and her online magazine Rookie embody this radness to a T -written largely by and for girls it’s fun, critical, smart, shameless, pretty and goofy while being wholeheartedly feminist and deleriously stylish. Very awesome. -EF
    Three Sites by Emily Kozik $2.50
    Ugly No 1 #8 Aug 12 a Collection of Drawings and Ideas by Matt Soria $2.00
    PRISM Index #2 $25.00

    Comics and Comix
    You Dont Get There From Here #23 by Carrie McNinch $2.00
    Demon Dust #10 Sep 12 by Bernie McGovern $2.00 – I think this issue is about particles of dust being made from broken down cells of dead people and things, but I could be wrong here….McGovern’s prodding some sort of atomic obscurity, in any case. -EF
    Captcha #5 and #6 by Jojo Sheroow $5.00 each
    Flocks Chapter 1 A Paradox of Faith by L. Nichols $5.00
    Marvel Comics Presents #6 Rom and Friends by Josh Bayer and friends (DrippyBone Books) $8.00
    Marvel Premiere #28 The Legion of Monsters (DrippyBone Books) $2.00
    Cosmic Bummer Funnies #1 $8.00
    Line Land #1 $8.00
    Zebratron #3 $3.00
    Black Mansion #1 by Christopher Graybill $2.00
    Casualty of Tour #1 by Aaron Amodt $3.00
    Infinite Jest Tijuana Bible by Drawdoer Jones $3.00
    2005 a Fragment of the Larger Work by Sean ABT Christensen (Sparkplug) $5.00
    Small Noises by Sarah Glidden (Sparkplug) $3.00
    Dear Dear by Eroyn Franklin (Sparkplug) $6.00
    Party Plans #1 by Zejian Shen $8.00
    You Are Destined For Darker Things #1 by Nick Wortham $2.00
    Habitat #2 by Dunja Jankovic $9.00
    Bye Bye A True Story Told In Allegory by JM Hanson $6.00

    Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
    Year One by Ramsey Beyer $14.00 – Ramsey of “List” zine and “Everydaypants” comic unleashes her first book – diary comics detailing the her move from Chicago to Philadelphia, filled with reconnection, introspection and romantic complication.

    Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln by Noah Van Scriver (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – Don’t miss Noah here with John Porcellino on Wednesday! (Sept 19th)
    Unfamiliar Path by Brian and Roger Boss $15.00
    Illustrated Press Chicago by Darryl Holliday and EN Rodriguez $12.00
    Bulletproof Coffin vol 2 TPB Disinterred by David Hine and Shaky Kane $17.99
    The Cavalier Mr. Thompson: A Sam Hill Novel: Sams Early Days 1924 by Rich Tommaso $16.99
    Crossed Wish You Were Here vol 1 TPB by Simon Spurrier and Javier Barreno $19.99
    Is That All There Is by Joost Swarte (Fantagraphics) $25.00
    Love and Rockets New Stories vol 5 by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $14.99
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Library Edition HC vol 2 by Joss Whedon et al. (Dark Horse) $29.99
    Detained by Eroyn Franklin (Sparkplug) $16.00

    Art & Design
    Sticker Bomb Monsters 250 Peelable Stickers Inside by Studio Rarekwai $17.95 – Created by artists, illustrators and graffiti writers from around the world, including: Vladimir Stankovic, Alex Young, Iain Burke, Johnny Ryan, Ronzo and Sunil Pawar.

    Pop Psychedelic Designed & edited by BigBros Workshop $39.95 – A massive, comprehensive graphic design collection exploding with a blend of psychedelic and pop imagery. This is a fantastic sourcebook featuring dozens of contemporary artists, illustrators & designers.

    You Are So Loved $12.95 – Optimism from a mix of artists, including Enormouschampion, Katie Daisy, Jen Renninger, Dallas Clayton, Lisa Congdon, and Jessica Hische.

    2 Mike Perry books (th guy who does a lot of those handwrite-y font books): Coloring Book By Mike Perry and You $9.95 and Type Wall Decals 200 Peel and Stick Letters $24.95

    Fiction
    Telegraph Ave by Michael Chabon $27.99
    This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz  $26.95
    Laura Lamont’s Life In Pictures by Emma Straub $26.95

    Sex and Sexy
    Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf $27.99
    Chomp #2 by Mitsu Sucks $9.00 – Queer skater art rag ships out from Japan. Portfolios from Ken Kagami, Artrash Graphic, Ai Ezaki and Mitsuru Saigusa, interviews and a secret sealed smut compartment.
    Pinups #16 Jeff by Christopher Schulz $14.00 – Fun in the sun, Jeff on the rocks. Although it sounds excessive I will always advocate that you pick up two copies of this fine publication: one to keep intact and another one to dissassemble and properly reconstitute as a giant wall-sized nude poster.

    Travel Naturally #84 $9.95
    Wild Boys: Gay Erotic Fiction ed. by Richard Labonte $15.95
    RFD #151 Fall 12  $9.95

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs & Misc
    F for Effort: More of the Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers by Richard Benson $9.95
    Tokyo Grindhouse vol 1 $24.95 – Between 1970 and 1974, numerous Japanese film companies – in particular Nikkatsu and Toei – produced dozens of films in a new sub-genre which combined action, sex, violence and crime, and was dominated by ruthless and deadly delinquent females. This sub-genre, which Toei would eventually dominate and define, is now known as pinky violence. With such series as Girl Boss, Girls’ High School Terror, and Female Prisoner: Scorpion, as well as individual films like Ranking Boss Rock and Criminal Women: Killing Melody, Toei created a cinematic world filled with nudity, sex, cat-fights, torture, rape and revenge, and peopled by very, very bad girls – renegade cops, girl gang leaders, rebel highschool girls, female convicts – who stripped off their clothes as readily as they pulled out a gun or a knife. TOKYO GRINDHOUSE Volume One is the first English-language book publication devoted to this brief but highly influential 70s movie craze for sexy bad girl action, whose themes have more recently been echoed and revived in films such as Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill and Death Proof. The book contains an extensive introductory history by Jack Hunter, as well as illustrated sections on all the main pinky violence series and one-offs. It is printed in full-colour throughout, with over 140 rare images of film posters and publicity shots, plus nude glamour galleries of leading pinky violence stars Reiko Ike and Miki Sugimoto.

    Politics & Revolution
    The Year of Dreaming Dangerously by Slavoj Zizek  $14.95

    DIY
    Indie Rock Button Factory: Everything You Need to Create 25 Fabric Covered Pins by the Yellow Bird Project $18.95

    Childrens Books
    Stella’s Big Wish by Leslie Perrine $7.00 – Leslie’s first book is a big-sized version of a kinship story for small folk. Illustrated ulta-cute style with extra twinkle twinkle. -EF

    Secret of the Stone Frog: A Toon Graphic Novel by David Nytra $14.95

    Magazines
    ArtForum International Sep 12 $10.00
    Shots #117 $6.95
    Raw Vision #76 $14.00
    Headmaster #4 $20.00
    Skeptic vol 17 #3 $6.95
    Fortean Times #292 $11.99
    Many of Them #2 Days of Being Wild $45.00
    Flaunt #123 $10.95
    Treating Yourself #36 $7.99
    Color Skateboards vol 10 #3 $7.99
    BlackBook Oct Nov 12 $4.95
    Taproot #3 $9.00
    Laphams Quarterly vol 5 #4 Fall 12 $15.00
    Dazed & Confused vol 3 #13 Sep 12 $9.99
    Horror Hound #37 Sep Oct 12 $6.99
    Bomb #121 Fall 12 $7.95
    The Cure and The Story of Alternative 80s Metal Hammer Classic Rock Special Fall  Win 12 $14.99
    Tape Op #91 Sep Oct 12 $4.95
    Against the Current #160 Sep Oct 12 $5.00
    GLQ vol 18 #4 Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies $12.00
    Tattoo Collection #52 $6.99

    Literary Journals, Poetry & Chap Books
    The Believer #92 $8.00

    Other Stuff
    Aleister Crowley 2012 Commemorative Coin Set $10.00 – The front of the coin features the embossed AC2012 design with the bust of Aleister Crowley. The reverse is stamped with the Mark of the Beast and the traditional greetings of Thelemites, “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law,” and “Love is the law, love under will.” These are verses from the principal holy book of Thelema, Liber AL vel Legis: The Book of the Law. “A handsomely minted set of coins that I shall look forward to spending whenever the age of Horus finally arrives. Wonderful little things that would adorn anyone’s altar.” –Alan Moore. Sold in sets of 10 for $10.00 or singularly for $1.00 each. Front and back as pictured below.

    Floating Eyeballs! Only $1.50 each! Cheap!
    Balloons that say “Happy Fucking Birthday”!
    “Silence of the Lambs” in Your Pocket Key Chain, comes with Hannibal Lecter quotes from the movie. Freak the people the fuck out with your tiny crazy noise machine. Having a friend for dinner? Fava beans anyone? $10.00, just in time for freaky Halloweenness!
    Get your Moomin on with these Moomin-themed items: Journal $9.95, Notecard Set $14.95, Sticky Notes $9.95
    Pop Out Snake in Mixed Nuts Can $3.30 – Fancy some nuts? Or a snake?

    Notable Restocks
    Cinema Sewer vol 3 by Robin Bougie $19.95
    Hot Dog Beach #1 by Lale Westvind $7.00
    various issues of Weirdo and Zap!

     

  • Weekly Top 10

    Nobrow #7 is at #3 this week.

    1. OK Cupid Messages I Have Not Responded To by Delphine Bedient $4.00

    2. Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek the Next Generation, Seasons #6 and #7 by Joshua Chapman $2.00

    3. Nobrow #7 (NoBrow Press) $24.00 – “Is this our ‘Brave New World’? Have we yet to enter into it? Or are we on the brink of discovering a world entirely separate from ours: alien, parallel, internal? Inspired by the eponymous dystopian novel written by Aldous Huxley in 1931, Nobrow 7 asks 15 internationally renowned cartoonists, each contributing 4 page visual narratives, and 30 star illustrators to interpret the theme ‘Brave New World’. 45 Creative visionaries take on the theme to produce cutting edge comics and illustration in this fantastic large format anthology that has taken the illustration and comics world by storm.

    4. Gangsta Rap Posse #2 by Benjamin Marra (American Tradition Comics) $2.00

    5. King City Cat Master Comix by Brandon Graham $19.99

    6. Womanimalistic #2 Coochie Party by Caroline Paquita (Pegacorn Press) $3.00 – Vaginal dreamsicles dancing on the labial plane. Paquita makes you wild for the cooch style- as if you weren’t already- this new comic/zine/suitetreat has itself seriously plugged into the feminist power grid. -EF

    7. Baffler #20 – Contributors include Thomas Frank, Jed Perl, Steve Almond, Chris Lehmann, Jim Newell, Eugenia Williamson, Heather Havrilesky, Kim Phillips-Fein, Emma Garman, Chris Bray, Matt Hinton, Will Boisvert, Seth Colter Walls, Tod Mesirow, David D’Arcy, and The Homeless Economist, who has a timely suggestion: “Green Gallows for the Wall Street Bankers.

    8. S #9 Baltic Comics Magazine $10.00

    9. Even the Giants by Jesse Jacobs (Adhouse) $9.95

    10. Fuck Yeah I Can Be Sentmental: Foster James’ Little Book of I Love Yous by Patrick Gill $1.00 – A love letter to the love letter.

  • New Stuff This Week

    Best Game Ever Card Game $8.00 – It’s a card game about zines! By Billy “Proof I Exist” the Bunny and and AJ Hermz. Also this week we received Billy’s Last Night at the Casino #3 Jun 12.
    I Don’t Know Anything About This But $3.00

    Zines & Zine-Related Books
    Unapologetic #3 The Journal of Irresponsible Gender by Anne Tagonist $2.00 – From a transsexual punk persepctive.
    Bound to Struggle vol 3 Language Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet $3.00
    Suitable 4 Framin #9 Sum 12 $5.00
    Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek: The Next Generation Seasons #6 and #7 by Joshua Chapman $2.00
    Fakeizm #1 by Tone $10.00
    Backstage Past #1-#3: True Stories of Rock Encounters by MC Orly $3.00 each
    No Better Than Apples #8 $3.00
    Happy and Crotch vol 1 #1 by Alicia Obermeyer $1.50
    Wenn Man Den Kleinen Finger Dem Teufel Zeigt So Nimmt Double Zine $12.00
    Offline #2 by Emily Haasch and Darrin Higgins $5.00
    Printed Blog #8 Deja Vu Issue $3.00
    Cherrypepper #5 Marc Calvary $20.00 – Remember that zine from the early oughts about pin-up style porny pictures of girls in Eugene, Oregon? Lucky you, now there’s this box set contains 6 zines a polaroid and a sticker.

    Comics & Comix
    Lou #6 by Melissa Mendes $1.00
    Moose #9 and #10 by Max deRadigues $1.00 each
    All sorts of awesomeness from Oily Comics, including:
    Malichi Ward In Conversation with Sean Ford Jun Jul 12 by Sean Ford, Malichi Ward and Melissa Mendes, Word and Voice #1 July 2012 by Aaron Cockle, Close Your Eyes When You Let Go #1 (of 3) by James Hindle, End of the Fucking World #10 by Charles Forsman, Dont Stop Me Now #1 and #2 by Gariet Cowin
    Daucus Carota #2 $5.00
    Laskimooses #5 Alustavia Tieoja & Laskimooses #6 Eksytyksen Tiella by Herra Matti Hagelbergin $6.00 each – Hagelberg’s game-changing scratch builds the world and his sick/stick story stagger makes it a punker place to be.-EF

    Graphic Novels and Tradepaperbacks
    Crackle of the Frost by Lorenzo Mattotti and Jorge Zentner (Fantagraphics) $19.99
    Comics Sketchbooks: Private Worlds of Todays Most Creative Talents by Steven Heller $44.95
    Aya: Life In Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie (D&Q) $24.95 – Collects three books in the Aya series.
    Scalped vol 8 You Gotta Sin to Get Saved TPB by Jason Aaron et al. $17.99
    Prince of Cats by Ron Wimberly $16.99
    Hugo Tate by Nick Abadzis $19.99

    Art & Design
    Pataphysics: A Useless Guide by Andrew Hugill (Semiotexte) $24.95

    Fiction
    Skagboys by Irvine Welsh $26.95

    Music Books
    Will Oldham on Bonnie Prince Billy by Will Oldham and Alan Licht $16.95

    Politics & Revolution
    Bauxite Strike and the Old Politics by Eusi Kwayana $20.00
    Occupy Nation: The Roots the Spirit and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street by Todd Gitlin $12.99
    Making of the Indebted Man (Semiotexte intervention series #13) by Maurizio Lazzarato $13.95

    Magazines
    Juxtapoz #141 Oct 12 $5.99
    Pop Magazine #27 Fall Win 12 $14.99
    High Times Nov 12 $5.99
    Gastronomica vol 12 #3 $12.99
    Wax Poetics #52 $11.99
    SSLM vol 14 Aug 12 Same Sex Life Magazine $5.00

    Other Stuff
    Little Pack of Scraps by Echo $3.00 – Twelve pieces of mostly vintage ephemera. Might I suggest pairing up a package with one of our fine grab bags that you can only purchase in the store and not on our website? A fine choice. -LM
    Magic Guillotines and Magic Drawers $5.00 each – Startle and stun or baffle and bamboozle with simple step-by-step instructions to help you master the magic in minutes!
    Vintage replicas of winding tin toys in various shapes and sizes and prices. A pecking chicken! A monkey on a tricycle! A robot on a bike! UFOs!

    Tricerachops Meat Chart Mug by Jay Jay Burridge $10.00
    Wild Bunch Woodland Paper Clips $6.00

    Restocks!
    The usual whole mass of Vertigo graphic novels (Watchmen, Sandman, Transmetropolitan, 100 Bullets, Grant Morrison titles), Dal Tokyo by Gary Panter, Ubik by PK Dick, One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry, issues of Ganges by Kevin Huizenga, Housewives at Play: Original Recipe, Walking Dead graphic novels, Monologues For Calculating The Density Of Black Holes by Anders Nilsen, issues of Papercutter, Pictures For Sad Children by John Campbell, Complete Ouija Interviews by Sarah Becan, Liz Prince minis, Meat Cake collected by Dame Darcy, issues of Berlin by Jason Lutes, OP Original Plumbing issues #5-#8, Green River Killer: A True Detective Story, Love and Rockets New Stories vol 4 by Jaime Hernandez, Milk and Cheese Dairy Products Gone Bad by Evan Dorkin and more!

    The things listed in this list are at our brick and mortar store at 1854 W. North Ave. Occassionally we make some of it available for mail order on our website, but we curate what we put up there. To see which new items are on our website, see quimbys.com/store and mail order them for prompt home delivery.

  • Weekly Top 10

    1. By This You Shall Know Him by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press) $15.00 – So outrageously good I just can’t hardly stand it. -EF (I agree. -LM)

    2. Fix Your Clothes by Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm Publishing) $5.00 – Briggs’ latest zine is a practical guide to mending and maintaining fabric, covering the basics of sewing, patching, darning, buttons and zippers, hemming and waterproofing. Like “How to Make Soap Without Burning Your Face Off” and “Make Your Place” the writing is clear, concise, scrappy and handy. -EF

    3. How to Be a Good Zine Citizen by Carrie and Liz $1.00 – Where’s your Emily Post? Upstanding citi-zines My Aim Is True’s Carrie and Caboose’s Liz Mason sit down and try to teach you kids some manners with their self-publisher’s ettiquette guide. Please? Thank you.

    4. Tales of Woodsman Pete With Full Particulars by Lille Carré (Top Shelf) $7.00

    5. Juxtapoz #140 Sep 12 $5.99

    6. Paper Sep 12 $4.00

    7. Bust Aug/Sep 12 $5.99

    8. Publick Occurances #13 by Danny Martin $2.00

    9. Sex Gender Identity Orientation and Discrimination by Dan Copulsky $.25

    10. Fuck Yeah I Can Be Sentmental: Foster James Little Book of I Love Yous by Patrick Gill $1.00 – A love letter to the love letter.