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  • New Stuff This Week


    Grantland Quarterly vol 2 (McSweeneys) $25.00 – Issue 2 has a dust jacket that unfolds to reveal a double-sided poster with an intricate, gorgeous piece of original art on one side, and, on the reverse, a reprint of the rare 1970s poster of George “The Ice Man” Gervin. Issue 2 also includes: Bill Simmons writing about the career of Eddie Murphy, an interview with Don DeLillo about Underworld on the 60th anniversary of the Shot Heard ‘Round the World, and more.

    Zines
    Kriss Stress cranks out zines a mile a minute! And they’re always awesome. Where does he find the time? Two new titles: Paper Houses #3: Southern Subcultural Snippets and Horror Rock Rookies Pt II $3.00 and Margin Walker #1 $2.00 – Stay tuned, Kriss will probably be here in the next three minutes with another zine.
    Junk Drawer #6 Landscape by Eric Bartholomew $3.00 – Eric is a Chicago gem on the independent publishing circuit, and he’s often seen slithering into zine readings and events. His zine is like Cabinet meets Infiltration. This issue (sub)subtitled “Parts of Old Buildings Abandoned Train Lines and Other Odds and Ends in the City.”
    Moon Tour Zine #1 2012 by Brad Westcott & Jeremy Tubbs, with Moontour DVD Mark It Dude $15.00
    Vitals – Feast of Violet by Allen Taylor $5.00
    Bookstores and Baseball 3rd Inning $4.00 -From the folks who publish The First Line.
    Alamo Igloo #3 by Keith Herzik $5.00 – Keith H. is one of the energizer bunnies of the local screenprinting scene, still cranking out his zine-comic fountains of weirdo-ness.
    Childhood Consent and Commercial Sex – Straddling the Line, White Slaves, Trafficked Women and Other Victims Border by Robin Hustle $2.00

    Comics and Comix
    Suspect Device #2 by Josh Bayer and Edwin Vazquez $13.00 – Where do you go once you’ve riffed Nancy into oblivion? How about grafting on some early era-Garfield to your frankenstein monster? That’s what Suspect Device has done and, trust me, the carnage is extreme. Two or three times as big as issue #1, with color and hella roidal muscles, this is one drawing game that’s developed rabies and is having babies. -EF

    Reset #1 of 4 by Peter Baggue (Dark Horse) $3.50
    Castle Waiting #16 by Linda Medley (Fantagraphics) $3.95
    Dogcrime by Belxbolex (Nobrow) $11.00
    I Wanna Be Your Dog by Cassie J. Sneider $1.50 – Cassie has a pug! And she made a hilarious comic about it!
    Boyfriend Comics #1 the Movie Issue and #2 The Issues Issue by Thom Jay $2.00 each

    Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
    Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle) $14.95 – Don’t miss Jeffrey Brown here at Quimby’s on Free Comic Book Day, May 5th!
    Cleveland by Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant (Top Shelf) $21.99
    Folly: The Consequences of Indiscretion by Hans Rickheit (Fantagraphics) $18.99 – Hans’ Giger-esque weirdo mini-comics are compiled here. Some in black and white, some in color. All biotechfreaky, and sort of Victorian. What time is tea? With the robots? -LM

    Cruisin’ With the Hound the Life and Times of Fred Toote by Spain Rodriguez (Fantagraphics) $19.99
    Popeye vol 5 Me Lil Sweepea by EC Segar (Fantagraphics) $29.99
    Dunwich Horror TPB by HP Lovecraft (IDW) $17.99

    DIY
    Heart of Darkness: Underground Botanists Outlaw Farmers and the Race for the Cannabis Cup by Mark Haskell Smith (Broadway) $14.00 – “Witty, civilized and intelligent narcotourism.” -Kirkus Reviews
    Get Your Pitchfork On: The Real Dirt on Country Living by Kristy Athens $19.95 – The next book in the Process Self-Reliance Series.
    Tiny World Terrariums: Step by Step Guide to Easily Contained Life by Michelle Inciarrano et al. $19.95
    How to Reimagine the World: A Pocket Guide for Practicle Visionaries by Anthony Weston (New Society) $11.95

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs & Misc
    Dads Are the Original Hipsters by Brad Getty (Chronicle) $12.95
    This Means War! A Zombies Vs Robots Anthology $17.99 – Bolts Bullets Brains! This anthology takes IDW’s splatterific Zombie vs Robots comic book series, created by writer Chris Ryall and artist Ashley Wood, and expands it in ways that will redefine both zombie and robot fiction. A shambling cohort of top horror and fantasy writers including Jesse Bullington, Nancy Collins, Lincoln Crisler, Brea Grant and more. For fans of WW Z and Robopocalypse.
    Steampunk Coloring and Activity Book by Phoebe Longhi (Manic D) $11.95 – With a distinctly manga-angle. Includes a word search too. Can you find the monocle? Har.
    Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation, ed. by Alfred F. Young et al. (Vintage) $16.95 – Stories of individuals and groups who exemplified the radical ideals of the American Revolution more in keeping with our own values today.
    Young Lovecraft vol 2 by Jose Oliver and Bartolo Torres (Kettle Drummer) $19.95 – The web comic that took Spain by storm makes its English language debut in this hilarious graphic novel. Oliver and Torres explore the childhood of H.P. Lovecraft, the great genius of literary terror who gave us the cycle of the Myths of Cthulu, and forever changed the landscape modern horror. Join the young Lovecraft on his macabre and comical adventures.

    Music Books
    Letters to Kurt by Eric Erlandson (Akashic) $17.95 – A poetic elegy for Kurt Cobain from a guy that was in Hole. I’m curious to hear from someone who reads this to tell me this: shall I read this cynically or not? -LM
    Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJ by Mark Katz (Oxford U) $24.95 – Based on extensive interviews with practicing DJs, historical research, and his own personal experience, Katz presents a history of hip-hop from the point of view of the people who invented the genre. Here, DJs step up to discuss a wide range of topics, including the transformation of the turntable from a playback device to an instrument in its own right, the highly charged competitive DJ battles, the game-changing introduction of digital technology, and the complex politics of race and gender in the DJ scene.

    Fiction
    Finding the Moon in Sugar by Gint Aras $14.95
    2 JG Ballard titles: High Rise and Drought
    Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson (Vintage) $15.95 – Now in soft cover.
    Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson $9.99 – Now in cheaper mass market paperback.
    Titles by Helen Bradley Hall: Baby Robbers, Chocolate Mama

    Literary Journals, Poetry & Chap Books
    Snowflake New Poems Different Streets Newer Poems by Eileen Myles (Wave) $20.00
    Iowa Review vol 42 #1 Spr 12 $9.95
    Distance #1 Concerns Beginnings $20.00
    Criminal Class Review vol 5 $12.00 – Work by Flynn O’Brien, Hugh Fox, Ryan Mattern, Joseph M. Gant, Brett Spencer, George Moore and more.

    Sex & Sexy
    Tom Poulton: Secret Art of an English Gentleman by Dian Hanson (Taschen) $17.99 – 25 Anniversary Edition with Reversible Panic Jacket

    Politics & Revolution
    The Case For Sanctions Against Israel ed. by Audrea Lim. (Verso) $14.95 – With contributions from Naomi Klein, Slavoj Žižek, Rebecca O’Brien and more.
    Mobilizing the Green Imagination: An Exuberant Manifesto by Weston Anthony (New Society) $14.95
    Remembering Che: My Life with Che Guevara, The Story of a Great Legend and Love by Aleida March (Ocean) $18.95 – by Che’s widow.
    Time to Die: The Attica Prison Revolt by Tom Wicker (Haymarket) $18.00

    Magazines
    Dwell May 12 $5.99
    True Crime Apr 12 $8.99
    Make vol 30 $14.99
    Another Man #14 Spr Sum 12 $14.99
    High Times Jun 12 $5.99
    Dazed & Confused vol 3 #8 Apr12 $9.99
    Big Cheese #142 Jan 12 $7.99
    Magnet #86 $4.99
    Wire #338 Apr 12 $9.99
    Black Velvet #72 $7.00
    Signal to Noise #63 Spr 12 $4.95
    Adbusters May Jun 12 #101 vol 20 #3 $8.95
    Harpers Magazine May 12 $6.99
    Inked May 12 #45 $6.99

    Childrens Books
    Shark King by R. Kikuo Johnson (Toon) $12.95
    Seriously Just Go To Sleep by Adam Mansbach et al. (Akashic) $15.95 – The clean version of the parody of the, oh whatever. It’s meta.

    Other Stuff
    Black Metal Greeting Cards (Dark Somber Greetings) $3.00 – To be seen to be believed.

    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

  • Weekly Top 10

    Michael Deforge rules the Top 10 this week! And a new issue of Burn Collector!

    1. Burn Collector #16 by Al Burian (Paquita Press) $5.00

    2.   The Chicagoan #1 $19.95 – Joining the literary-minded ranks of n+1, The Paris Review, The Believer and Lapham’s Quarterly, and doing it with Midwestern flair, The Chicagoan ressurects a long defunct jazz-age magazine and focuses in on non-profit production, local distribution and general excellence in writing and design. The debut issue is a stunner, a cohesive and relevant blend of fiction, history, innovation, interviews and a 50-page oral history of Siskel and Ebert. -EF

    3. Hoody #1 A Hip Hop Comic Graph Novel by Joel CRAVE Maxime Jr $5.00 – Bouncing through a chromosplash cityscape of graffitipsychedelia, Hoody’s an all-blue Vaughn Bodian anti-hero on a trail of pig roasting secret clues. Wild motions that sometimes remind me of Bernie McGovern’s “Army of Lovers” comics. -EF

    4.  Thickness #2 by Angie Wang et al. $10.00 – Hot ‘n slimey crypto-beast on humanoid-beast action. Eagerly anticipated sophmore release for this sexy anthological comic. Works from Lisa Hanawalt, Michael DeForge, Jilian Tamaki and more.
    5. Proximity #9 Grassroots Planning and Placemaking Objects Spr 12 vol 4 #1 $11.99
    6. Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek The Next Generation Season Three by Joshua Chapman $1.00 – Although the “school project” alibi is wearing a little thin on this educational zine series, the nerdery aboard this enterprise holds strong and is remarkably entertaining. Makes me wish I knew more Star Trek things to crack puns about.-EF
    7. Colors #83 Win 12 $8.95
    8. Incinerator by Michael Deforge (Secret Headquarters) $5.00

    9. Kid Mafia #1 by Michael Deforge $3.00 – “That special time between the end of high school and the beginning of college… depicted by Michael DeForge, so it’s a complete fucking nightmare, OK?! With bonus skateboard action. Part one of an ongoing series. Features 2 bonus “Military Prison” strips.” – from wowcool.com

    10. Open Country #2 by Michael Deforge $3.00

  • New Stuff This Week

    Typeforce 2 The Annual Show of Emerging Typographic Allstars $20.00 – A veritable font of design wizardry -EF

    Miss me last week? Well that’s because I went out of town. But now I’m back, to tell you about TWO WEEKS worth of new stuff! Spend your tax refund here, perhaps on -LM

    Zines
    Burn Collector #16 by Al Burian (Paquita Press) $5.00 – It’s always a joy to see another installment of Al’s adventures, especially since we see him less and less in Chicago due to his relocation in Berlin. There’s plenty of flash rant-style review pieces (an Iron Maiden concert for one), books he’s read (a YA novel!), and also his comics. Like the last issue of BC there’s also some interviews too, like Tim Remis from Sweet Cobra (and of lesser-known Soviet folk singer fame), as well as Sascha Scatter of The Icarus Project. Published by Caroline Pequita’s art-freaker publishing house Pegacorn Press in Brooklyn.
    Zines 101 An Intro to Zines by Carrie $1.00 – As in the Carrie of My Aim Is True and Brilliant Mistake. Carrie is also responsible for getting a variety of her students to sell their zines here. Passing it along to the next zinester generation!
    The Match #110 Spr 12 $3.00
    Roam #3 2012 for the Life of Little Things $1.00
    9 to 5 #1 by Tom Callahan $8.00
    Infect With Intellect #1 Apr 12 $2.00
    Anarchist Panther vol 1 #3 Good Readings Zine Spring into Summer 01 by Firestarter Press $3.00
    Skulk #1 by Your Secretary $1.00 – Made during the Quimby’s 24 Hour Zine Challenge this past January.
    Interview Clothes a Paper Doll Zine by Jami Sailor and Jenna B. $1.00
    These Boots by KE Bleier $3.00
    Seesaw Fidgets by Evah Fan $5.00
    Ugly  No 1 #4 Apr 12 a Collection of Stuff and Stuff by Matt Soria $4.00
    Gems #1 Interview Zine Featuring Sic Alps Kraftwerk and Geneva Jacuzzi by Mike S and Byron Browne $4.00
    Cloud Factory #2 by Ryan Homsley and Laura Walker $3.00
    Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek The Next Generation, Season Three by Joshua Chapman $1.00
    Collection of Jars #1 by Zach Hamilton et al. $4.00
    Railroad Semantics #1 Eugene Protland Pocatello and Back by Aaron Dactyl $7.95
    Anarchism Marxism and Hope for the Future by Noam Chomsky and the Red and Black Revolution (Microcosm) $1.65
    Taking the Lane vol  5 Our Bodies Our Bikes by Elly Blue (Microcosm) $3.00
    Hurt Notes on Torture in a Modern Democracy by Kristian Williams (Microcosm) $6.95
    Fireweed: A Zine of Grassroots Radical Herbalism and Wild Foods Connecting with Kids and Family Life by Jess (Microcosm) $3.80
    KerBloom #95 Mar Apr 12 by Artnoose $2.00 – Comepelling reading about the author’s story to finding the right baby daddy for her fading fertility.
    Number 4 Privet Drive by Paul Schwartz $1.00
    Fag School #4 New Fiction Johnny, Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger, Join the Professionals by Brontez (Pegacorn Press) $5.00 – One half fiction, the other half interviews with activists, photographers, Michelle Tea, Tobi Vail, the DJ Robot Hustle and more.

    Comics and Comix
    Wigstaff by Ruby Thorkelson $2.00 – Hairy trickster born of bakers!

    Spitting Anorexic by Eamon Espey and Andrew Liang $2.00
    SF Supplementary File #2C by Ryan Cecil Smith $6.00
    Has Anyone Ever Told You That You Look Like Buddy Holly? by Lee Bretschneider $4.00
    More Comics by Michael Deforge, various prices: Kid Mafia #1 (of moles and bullies!), Incinerator (a beagle’s offspring!), Open Country #1 and #2 (psychic travel!).
    Sky In Stereo by Mardou $5.00
    Archer by Nate Doyle $5.00
    Bicycle Propaganda by Tom Lechner $2.00
    Tales of Inertia #1-#3 by Tom Lechner $4.00 each
    Wuvable Oaf Gory Details – Official Handbook to the Oafiverse by Ed Luce $6.00
    Mad Soul #1 by Bobby Madness (Sparkplug) $3.50
    Crass Sophisticate #28 by Josh Reinwald and Justin Rosenberg $2.00
    Xerox Candy Bar #19 XCB Newspaper Edition Mar 12 $3.00
    Reeds In The Wind Cambodian Life Under the Khmer Rouge by Danielle Chenette $4.00
    Spinadoodles #2 The Second Year May 1 2010 to June 24 2011 Daily Sketchbook comic by Sam Spina $7.00
    Grandma Stories a sort of 24 Hour Comic by Sam Spina $3.00
    Stranger Two Stranger #3 Apr 12 – Actual Stories of Craigslist Missed Connections by R. Hendricks $2.00
    Natural World #3 by Damien Jay $4.00
    Teenaged Terror issues #4-#6 $4.00 each
    Here Comic by Eroyn Franklin (Sparkplug) $7.00
    Survivalist by Box Brown $7.99
    1999  by Box Brown $5.00
    Bellanova Redstar Space Girl 4199 #379 at the Edge of the Universe by Lee Bretchneider et al. $3.99
    Howdy Pardner Small Activity Comic by Andrew Brandou (Robot) $2.00
    Grump Toast #1 and #2 by Ben Horak $5.00 each
    End of The Fucking World Parts 4 and 5 by Charles Forsman $1.00 each
    Eat To Survive Spr 12 by Jeff Mahannah $3.00
    Lou #1 by Melissa Mendes $1.00
    Bonnie N Collide Nine to Five #1-#5 Even Rollergrils Have Day Jobs by Monica Gallagher (various different prices)
    Fugue #1 and #2 a Family in Three Parts by Beth Hetland $6.00 each
    Comics by Nils Balls: Now Playing In Hell $1.50, Sketchbook Drawings Sketchball $4.00, Joseph UPMC a Production of SkeletonBalls Comics $6.00

    Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
    Unterzakhn by Leela Corman (Schocken) $24.95
    Books by Monica Gallagher: Gods and Undergrads Books 1 and 2 and Boobage (various prices)
    Fight a Chapter Book by San Spina $5.00
    Curse of the Masking Tape Mummy Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer (Dark Horse) $14.95
    Joe Golem and the Drowning City – An Illustrated Novel by Mike Mignola et al. (SMP) $25.99
    Saga of the Swamp Thing Book 1 TPB by Alan Moore et al. (Vertigo) $19.99
    American Barbarian HC by Tom Scioli (Adhouse) $19.95
    100 Bullets HC Book 2 by Brian Azzarello (Vertigo) $49.99
    Pete and Miriam and Rich Tommaso (Boom) $14.99
    Lovecraft Anthology vol 1 Graphic Collection of Short Stories by HP Lovecraft (Self Made Hero) $19.95
    Holiday Funeral by Nick Mullins $10.95

    Art & Design Books
    Mark Whalen: Human Development (Zero) $45.00
    Amalgamate: The Art Design and Exploration of Blaine Fontana (Zero) $45.00
    Now and Then: The Cabinet Card Paintings by Alex Gross (Gingko) $14.95
    De Nada: The Art of Jeral Tidwell (Presto) $34.99
    Physical Impossibility of Remembering Last New Years for Ross Turning Us…by Gregg Evans $5.00
    Abstract City HC by Christoph Niemann (Abrams) $24.95
    Fuse Collection #1 through 20 From Invention to Antimatter Twenty Years of Fuse by Neville Brody et al. (Taschen) $59.99
    Making Wet the Magazine of Gourmet Bathing by Leonard Koren (Imperfect) $39.00

    Fiction
    Kingdom Come by JG Ballard (Norton) $24.95
    Cambridge Street by John Michael Manship $8.99
    Ataraxia Boom Boom by Michael Nolan $12.00

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs & Misc
    How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants by David Rees (Melville) $19.95 – Remember Get Your War On and My Fighting Technique is Unstoppable? This is his new John-Hodgmanish book, about sharpening pencils.

    All My Friends Are Still Dead by Avery Monsen et al. (Chronicle) $9.95 – Second book  in the series of a top selling humor book about punnishly showing angst over dead comrads.
    Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (Knopf) $25.95
    Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure (Riverhead) $16.00 – Now in soft cover.
    New Literary History of America ed by Greil Marcus et al. (Harvard) $24.95 – Now in soft cover.
    So You Created a Wormhole: The Time Travelers Guide to Time Travel by Phil Hornshaw et al. (Berkley) $15.00 – All wibbly wobbly timey wimey.

    Magazines
    Proximity #9 Grassroots Planning and Placemaking Objects Spr 12 vol 4 #1 $11.99
    Juxtapoz #136 May 12 $5.99
    ArtForum Apr 12 $10.00
    Koshka #2 Homesick and Hungry by Kaitlin Kostus $4.00
    True Crime Mar 12 $8.99
    True Crime Spring Special 12 20 All True Murder Stories $6.99
    Dot Connector #15 $7.95
    2600 Hacker Quarterly vol 29 #1 $6.25
    Pinstriping #31 Kustom Graphics Magazine $9.95
    various older Lumpens!
    BlackBook #90 Mar 12 $4.95
    Acne Paper Spr 12 $17.99
    Tiki Magazine vol 8 #1 Spr Sum 12 $6.99
    Ghetto Blaster #31 $7.00
    Tattoo Flash #113 May 12 $7.99
    Make Shift #11 Spr Sum 12 $6.95
    Makeshift #2 Win 12 Journal of Hidden Creativity $10.00 (2 different mags with the same name, for real. When thinking up a name for your mag, how about do a simple google search? Just musing…)
    Paleo Magazine Apr May 12 $5.99 – For those leading a paleo lifestyle. Are you into digesting your food with rocks in a gizzard? Perhaps this is the magazine for you.

    Literary Journals, Poetry & Chap Books
    Pageboy Magazine 4 12 $10.00
    Ecotone #13 $12.95
    Slake Los Angeles #4 2012 Dirt $18.00
    Ghetto Blaster #31 $3.95
    Pocho Love by Pablo Ramirez $10.00
    D: A Novella Deluxe Collectors Edition by Ronald Jones $19.95

    Childrens & Radical Parenting Books
    Monster Within: The Hidden Side of Motherhood by Barbara Almond (U of Calif) $19.95
    Piranha Pancakes: A Buncha Silly Comics and Stories by Ray Fresen $9.95
    Adventures of Tintin Young Readers Editions by Herge: Shooting Star (with 20 extra bonus pages), Crab with the Golden Claws $8.99 each

    Sex & Sexy
    Thickness #2 by Angie Wang et al. $10.00 – Hot ‘n slimey crypto-beast on humanoid-beast action. Eagerly anticipated sophmore release for this sexy anthological comic. Works from Lisa Hanawalt, Michael DeForge, Jilian Tamaki and more.
    Fukitor #7 $10.00
    OP Original Plumbing #9 Trans Male Quarterly $8.00 – The Entertainment Issue. Features with Silas Howard, trans on film, Black Cracker, Schmekel, Geo Wyeth and more.
    Handbook vol 6 #2 2012 $6.00 – Starring three previously featured nude guys from past issues.

    DIY
    Homesweet Homegrown How to Grow Make and Store Food No Matter Where You Live by Robyn Jasko et al. (Microcosm) $9.95
    Cannibal Kitchen: A Horror Lovers Cookbook Over 90 Amazing Recipes Each With a Horrific Twist by Shannon Rullo $25.00
    Cats Claw Herbal #1 DIY Medicinal Skin Care Stories Instructions…(Micorcosm) $1.10

    Other Stuff
    Skate Boarding Coloring Book by Magnus Frederiksen (Dokument) $9.95
    Steampunk Tarot Card Set by Barbara Moore (Llewellyn) $28.95

  • Weekly Top 10

    Proximity #9 is at #3 this week.

    1. The Chicagoan #1 $19.95 – Joining the literary-minded ranks of n+1, The Paris Review, The Believer and Lapham’s Quarterly, and doing it with Midwestern flair, The Chicagoan ressurects a long defunct jazz-age magazine and focuses in on non-profit production, local distribution and general excellence in writing and design. The debut issue is a stunner, a cohesive and relevant blend of fiction, history, innovation, interviews and a 50-page oral history of Siskel and Ebert. -EF

    2. Hi-Fructose #23 $6.95 – Showcasing an eclectic mix of underground artists, pop surrealists, emerging and rediscovered counter cultures, and awe inspiring art.

    3. Proximity #9 Grassroots Planning and Placemaking Objects Spr 12 vol 4 #1 $11.99

    4. Lucky Peach #3 Cooks and Chefs Issue (McSweeney’s) $12.00 – Dave Chang of the Momofuku restaurant empire alternates between griping about everything being done already and the kids having no motivation these days in this new issue which I thought was themed “The Death of Integrity” but instead seems to be about, uh, “Cooks and Chefs”. I’m still up in the air about how self-referential this magazine is – it’s sort of like a chef perzine with a big magazine budget, which sometimes makes it’s cavalier attitude feel like chef crony-ism and empty trash talk. All the same, I’m interested in eating and the Matt Furie centerfold is sooper cute. Food is dead, long live food. -EF

    5. Cave Girl by Ireal $1.00 Unfoldable stories of Cave Girl living, a lot about mushroom hunting, musings on bears and beasts, spiders too. -EF

    6. Trubble Club #5 by Everybody – Mi Familia! The cartoonist cabal is back for more with this deluxxx edition full color comics offering, silkscreen print and possibly stickers (Thanks Post Family!)! Trubble from: Nate Beaty, Grant Reynolds, Laura Park, Jeremy Tinder, Aaron Renier, Rachel Niffenegger, Bernie McGovern, Lilli Carré, Corinne Mucha, Jeffrey Brown, Lucy Knisley, Becca Taylor, Jose Garibaldi, Joshua Cotter, Joe Tallarico, Onsmith, Lyra Hill, Sam Sharpe and Carrie Vinarsky with assists from Ezra Claytan Daniels, Craig Thompson, Thorne Brandt, Erika Moen, Antoine Dode and Alec Longstreth. KAPOW! -EF
    (P.S. Edie is far too modest to write that he himself is also in it! -LM)

    7. Judas Goat #53 by Grant Schreiber $1.50

    8. My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf (Abrams ComicArts) $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. My Friend Dahmer is a compelling read in the way it maps the social environment and reflects on Dahmer’s self-awareness. Backderf focuses in with a too-close-for-comfort look at Dahmer’s disturbed adolescence and also his humanity, and this is the most shocking and intriguing part of this book, the separation -for a minute- of the man from the monster. It doesn’t attempt to tackle the truly gruesome part of Dahmer’s biography, the part we all know, and so the portrait the book produces is both intimate and casual – a bit like Gus VanSant’s Elephant, a character study where we are looking at some trecherous moral precipices, and trying to understand what makes someone leap from them. -EF

    9. Lucky Peach #2 The Sweet Spot $12.00

    10. Cat & Gnome by Graham Roumieu (Blue Q) $7.99

  • Weekly Top 10

    1. The Chicagoan #1 $19.95 – Joining the literary-minded ranks of n+1, The Paris Review, The Believer and Lapham’s Quarterly, and doing it with Midwestern flair, The Chicagoan ressurects a long defunct jazz-age magazine and focuses in on non-profit production, local distribution and general excellence in writing and design. The debut issue is a stunner, a cohesive and relevant blend of fiction, history, innovation, interviews and a 50-page oral history of Siskel and Ebert. -EF

    2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins $8.99

    3. Roctober #50 $5.00 – Roctober is 20 years old! This is issue #50! I love this magazine!!!!! LOVE THIS MAGAZINE! Let’s have a party.  -EF P.S. Thanks to everybody that came out for this event last week.

    4. The Avocado #1 by Mellie Manfredi- Winter writing about feelin’ chilly and eating chili! -EF

    5. Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace (33 1/3 Series) by Aaron Cohen (Continuum) $12.95

    6. Doris #29 by Cindy Crabb $2.00 – More mini horse adventures(!), tales of life, grandparents and Girls Rock Camp plus half the issue devoted to a longer personal essay, charmingly titled “How I learned to stop worrying and love being queer.” It’s a new issue of Doris, of course you should read it. -EF

    7. DIY Magic (Floating World Comics) $13.95 – Magical practice for the roving tripper, sloppy scrapper, intuitive lifesprout, beligerent believer, permanent vacationer and dirty weirdo. Illustrated by a dream team of visual power – Ron Rege, Pippi Zornoza, Aiden Koch, Tommi Musturi, Inés Estrada, Dunja Jankovic, Christian DiFilippo and Lala Albert amongst much others! Call these corners, pronto! -EF

    8. The Baffler #19 $10.00 – What?! A new issue of THE BAFFLER?! For reals.

    9. Crap Hound #8 Superstition by Sean Tejaratchi (Show & Tell Press) $12.00 – A new issue of Crap Hound! This issue meditates on such things as black cats, butterflies, knots, candles…All with a wonderful “Fair Use” collage-y awesomeness. “One of my favorite zines of all time” –Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing

    10. Bust Apr May 12 $5.99

  • New Stuff This Week

    The Baffler #19 $10.00 – WHAT? A new Baffler? For reals! Features include Thomas Frank on making a career out of mistakes, Barbara Ehrenreich on animal spirits, David Graeber on flying cars, Rick Perlstein on Ronald Reagan, and more.

    Zines
    xXXXx vol 1 Straight Edge Erotic Fiction by Artnoose $5.00 – I’m going to repeat myself and re-state that the title of this zine is straight-up brilliant. Smut’s not half bad either. -EF

    World’s First Anarchist Manifesto by Anselme Bellegarrigue $4.00
    Judas Goat #53 by Grant Schreiber $1.50
    Funny Animal Stories by Anne Elizabeth Moore $1.00
    Waves by Kriss Stress $4.00
    Zines by Rachel Swanson: 42 Percent is not Passing or How Sex Ed in America is Failing $2.00, Masturbation A Guide to Female Pleasure its not just for boys $2.00, Twilight the Greatest Accidental Horror Story of our Times $3.00
    Not Invented Here #1 by Alexander Stewart $4.00
    Give ’em Hell/Oblivion Split Zine by Michael Heck, Melissa Kagerer  $7.00
    No Loot No Job Portrait Collection by Michael Heck $6.00
    High and Low: Daniel Meet Santa Claus $1.50
    Kurt Mitchell zines: Tao of Stubbie Pencil, Surreal Tao of Stubbie Pencil $9.95 each
    Expect Anything Fear Nothing the Situationist Movement in Scandinavia… $30.00

    Comics and Comix
    Trubble Club #5 $8.00 – On newsprint! And it’s beauoooootiful, by the local based T-Club all stars. Pump up the comics jam. -LM…And from Edie: Mi Familia! The cartoonist cabal is back for more with this deluxxx edition full color comics offering, silkscreen print and possibly stickers (Thanks Post Family!)! Trubble from: Nate Beaty, Grant Reynolds, Laura Park, Jeremy Tinder, Aaron Renier, Rachel Niffenegger, Bernie McGovern, Lilli Carré, Corinne Mucha, Jeffery Brown, Lucy Knisley, Becca Taylor, Jose Garibaldi, Joshua Cotter, Joe Tallarico, Onsmith, Lyra Hill, Sam Sharpe and Carrie Vinarsky with assists from Ezra Clayton Daniels, Craig Thompson, Thorne Brandt, Erika Moen, Antoine Dode and Alec Longstreth. KAPOW! -EF
    Spot of Noir by Lilli Carre $4.00
    Hipster Holocaust #2 Two Fisted Tales of Urban Edgyness by Ernest J. Ramon, Sarah Howell Morton, Leda Zawacki et al. $7.00
    Laskimooses #1 and #2 Maailman Kirkas Aamunkoitto by Herra Matti Hagelbergin $7.00 each
    Happiness Machines a New Comic From the Chronicle of Fortune by Caroline Picard $4.00
    various Familiar Faces Comics by Maggy Rozycki Hiltner $5.00 each
    various comics by Rachel N. Swanson: Oregon Trail Zombie Edition  $3.00, Thunder Snow issues #1-#4 $2.00 each
    6 In a Rut – philanthropy is so rewarding by Frank Aggro $3.00

    Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
    Krazy and Ignatz 1922-1924 At Last My Drim of Life Has Come True by George Herriman (Fantagraphics) $24.99
    Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller  by Jospeh Lambert (Hyperion) $17.99
    DMZ vol 11 Free States Rising TPB by Brian Wood et al. (Vertigo) $19.99
    Rachel Rising vol 1 Shadow of Death TPB by Terry Moore (Abstract) $16.99
    Black Charity by Bal Speer (Archaia) $19.95

    Art & Design Books
    Portrait of a Young Man Trying to Draw by William Schaff (Lamano 21) $30.00
    Ryan Trecartin Any (Rizzoli) $45.00
    Susie Says by Gina Garan and Justin vivian Bond (PowerHouse) $19.95
    Pen and Ink: A Collection of Editorial Illustrations by Kurt Mitchell $9.95
    Capturing Beauty With Your Camera: 10 Tips To Taking Better Photographs by James K. Kropp $25.00
    Alice in Wonderland Giant Poster and Coloring Book: 12 Prints to Frame to Color by Sir John Tenniel and Lewis Caroll (Abrams) $12.95

    Fiction
    Suddenly a Knock on the Door by Etgar Keret (FSG) $14.00
    Distrust That Particular Flavor by William Gibson $26.95
    Golem by Gustav Meyrink (Dedalus) $11.99
    Scratched From Dreams: A Collection of Short Stories by Kurt Mitchell et al. $9.95

    Literary Journals, Poetry & Chap Books
    Another Chicago Magazine #50.2 $12.00
    Oyez Review #39 $5.00
    Paris Review #200 $15.00
    Bomb #119 Spr 12 $7.95
    Foxglove by Erica Schreiner $3.00

    DIY
    Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook More Than 50 Irresistible Recipes…by The Editors of High Times Magazine et al. (Chronicle) $18.95
    Marijuana: Let’s Grow a Pound: A Day by Day Guide to Growing More Than You Can Smoke by SeeMoreBuds (Quick) $19.95
    Tasting Beer: An Insiders Guide to the Worlds Greatest Drink by Randy Mosher (Storey) $16.95 – From the author of Radical Brewing.

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs & Misc
    William S. Burroughs vs. The Qur’an by Michael Muhammad Knight (Soft Skull) $15.95 – When Michael Muhammad Knight sets out to write the definitive biography of his “Anarcho-Sufi” hero and mentor, writer Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey), he makes a startling discovery that changes everything. At the same time that he grows disillusioned with his idol, Knight finds that his own books have led to American Muslim youths making a countercultural idol of him, placing him on the same pedestal that he had given Wilson. In an attempt to forge his own path, Knight pledges himself to an Iranian Sufi order that Wilson had almost joined, attempts to write the Great American Queer Islamo-Futurist Novel, and even creates his own mosque in the wilderness of West Virginia. He also employs the “cut-up” writing method of Bey’s friend, the late William S. Burroughs, to the Qur’an, subjecting Islam’s holiest scripture to literary experimentation. William S. Burroughs vs. the Qur’an is the struggle of a hero-worshiper without heroes and the meeting of religious and artistic paths, the quest of a writer as spiritual seeker.
    Body Art 3 from the makers of Bizarre Magazine (Titan) $16.95

    Music Books
    Seeing the Light: Inside the Velvet Underground by Rob Jovanovic $26.99
    Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone (Abrams) $24.95
    Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives, and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form by Anna Anthropy $14.95 -“Anna Anthropy is an independent videogame designer and critic, and a key personality in the ongoing paradigm shift that is slowly changing the way videogames are understood, by creators and players, and by the wider culture.” —Patrick Alexander, Eegra.com

    Magazines
    Hi Fructose #23 $6.95
    Bust Apr May 12 $5.99
    Bizarre #186 Mar 12 $10.50
    Fortean Times #286 May 12 $11.99
    Wallpaper Apr 12 $10.00
    IdN vol 19 #1 $19.95
    World Explorer vol 6 #3 $8.95
    Open Minds Apr May 12 $6.95
    Flaunt #120 $10.95
    Sneaker Freaker #23 $14.50
    Skunk vol 7 #7 $5.99
    Skateboarder vol 22 #2 $5.99
    Paper Apr 12 $4.00
    Fangoria #312 $9.99
    Meatpaper #17 Spr 12 $7.95
    Decibel #91 May 12 $4.95
    Mojo #221 Apr 12 $9.99
    Harpers Magazine Apr 12 $6.99
    In These Times Apr 12 $3.50
    Z Magazine Apr 12 $4.95
    Inked Apr 12 #44 $6.99
    Skin and Ink Jun Jul 12 #136 $8.99
    Rebel Ink Magazine May Jun 12 $5.99
    Tattoo Revolution Apr 12 $11.75

    Sex & Sexy
    Heroes With Hardons: Big Book of Class Comics ed. by Patrick Fillion (Bruno Gmunder) $43.99

    Other Stuff
    Eyeball Lunch Bag $13.50 – Probably this bag is what the Residents take their lunch in.
    Steampunk Sleep Mask $4.50 – Brass goggles for brass giggling.
    Roller Girl Candy Cigarettes $2.00 – Orange flavored. For your fave derby grrrl.
    Crime Scene Sandwich Bags $4.50 – Ziplocked. To quarantine your lunch from greedy co-workers.

    Meat Fancy Foil Decorative Aluminum Wrap, Butchers Choice  $4.00

    Cola Flavored Mustache Lollipop $3.00
    More Moleskine journals, various permutations and prices: lined, unlined, red, black, soft cover, hard cover, date books, etc.
    Inflatable Unicorn Horn $6.99
    Inflatable Tentacle Arm $12.00
    Roctober #50 Skateboard Deck $65.00 – Thanks to everybody that came out to the event for the release of Roctober #50 last night!

    Everything we list on our blog is available at our brick and mortar store. But not everything we sell at the brick and mortar store is available from our webstore. Go to  quimbys.com/store to see what is new in our webstore!

  • Weekly Top 10

    What Is This? A Poster. A Book enters the top 10 at #8 this week.

    1. The Chicagoan #1 $19.95 – Joining the literary-minded ranks of n+1, The Paris Review, The Believer and Lapham’s Quarterly, and doing it with Midwestern flair, The Chicagoan ressurects a long defunct jazz-age magazine and focuses in on non-profit production, local distribution and general excellence in writing and design. The debut issue is a stunner, a cohesive and relevant blend of fiction, history, innovation, interviews and a 50-page oral history of Siskel and Ebert. -EF

    2. The Believer #88 2012 Film Issue $12.00

    3. Lucky Peach #3 $12.00 – Dave Chang of the Momofuku restaurant empire alternates between griping about everything being done already and the kids having no motivation these days in this new issue which I thought was themed “The Death of Integrity” but instead seems to be about, uh, “Cooks and Chefs”. I’m still up in the air about how self-referential this magazine is – it’s sort of like a chef perzine with a big magazine budget, which sometimes makes it’s cavalier attitude feel like chef crony-ism and empty trash talk. All the same, I’m interested in eating and the Matt Furie centerfold is sooper cute. Food is dead, long live food. -EF

    4.   Lucid Coma #2 Spr 12 by Kottie Paloma, Jaina Bee & Matt Krefting $12.00

    5. Doris #29 by Cindy Crabb $2.00 – More mini horse adventures(!), tales of life, grandparents and Girls Rock Camp plus half the issue devoted to a longer personal essay, charmingly titled “How I learned to stop worrying and love being queer.” It’s a new issue of Doris, of course you should read it. -EF

    6. Sammy The Mouse Book 1 TPB by Zak Sally (Lamano 21) $14.00 – Zak Sally collects his curmudgeon mouse comics and prints a beautiful 2-color graphic novel-collection-thwarted spirit quest. A labor of love that fears neither the grotesque nor the unstable, to be held and dug. -EF Thanks to everybody that came out to this awesome event last week!

    7.   Snot Rocket City #1 by Margot, Taylor, Cory & Jeff $2.00

    8. What Is This? A Poster. A Book. by Dan Evans and Carol Sogard $4.00 – (see above for picture.) Is it a graphic design group project about book layout and printing that is also interesting and legible as a zine and poster also about book layout and printing? Why, yes, I think it is. -EF

    9. Birthday Boy Comics #1 by Matthew Koerber and Eric Scheidt $6.00 – These harbringers of fun give you a  carnal comics tag team repleat with multiple costume changes and plenty of saliva close-ups. -EF

    10. Kramers Ergot #8 by Sammy Harkham and Dan Nadel (Picturebox) $32.95 – This latest Kramer’s anthology feels a little bit like cocaine and a reptile tank. The contemporary comics contributions are bookended by Robert Beatty’s retro-digital airbrush wizardry and bisected by higloss cgi still lives by Takeshi Murata. Then there’s a mouthwash Preface by Ian Svenonius’ space cowboy essay “Notes On Camp, Part 2”. Followed by some great cartoonists paring it down and playing it cinematic and cool – CF’s Hunger-ish scenario, Harkham’s Kubrick’s cube, Ben Jones gives us a long yarn in a dental floss line, Frank Santoro and Dash Shaw do a foggy bit about sexual predator entrapment hued in Cold Heat pervert-purples…

  • New Stuff This Week

    Tonight is going to be great! We’re having an event with Zak Sally (Sammy the Mouse), Dale “Tooth” Flattum and John Porcellino (King-Cat Comics). It starts at 7pm. Click here for more info.


    Anyway, New Stuff This Week!
    The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist by Alvin Buenaventura (Abrams) $40.00 – Don’t miss Dan Clowes and Alvin Buenaventura signing this book here on May 17th!

    Zines & Zine-Related Books
    Roctober #50 $5.00 – Don’t miss the release event for this zine (this year makes its 20th anniversary!) here on March 30th.
    Enchante – Short Stories by Dan Gleason $2.00
    Strictly 228 the Old New York Zine $12.00
    My Aim Is True #5 Pieces #6.5 by Carrie $2.00
    Hawklog Green Pamphlet by Leon Sadler et al. (Picturebox) $5.00
    Zine World: A Readers Guide to the Underground #30.5 $1.50 – Supplement between #30 and #31 of this popular zine review resource.
    Going All City a Coloring Book by Cat Action $15.00
    Snot Rocket City #1 by Margot, Taylor, Cory & Jeff $2.00
    Eat Zine #4 by Jazz Robinson & Dan Varenka $6.50
    Dirty Hands #2 by David Alvarado $4.00
    19 Keep Hoping Machine Running #3 $5.00
    Dear Shane I Tried to Kill Myself by Jazz $5.00
    Kathleen by Ben Austin et al. $2.00

    Comics & Comix
    Comics by Juliacks: Invisible Forces Nakymattomia Voimia $15.00, Swell Part One Openfaced Sandwich $10.00
    Birthday Boy Comics #1 Harbringers of Fun by Eric Scheidt & Matthew Koerber $6.00
    Broken Hearts Comic by Kathryn Keister $2.00
    Backed Up Comics – Notes Lists Comics Observations by Ryan Ehresman $5.00
    Backed Up Comics – Portraits of Mohamed Illustrations 2009-2012 $4.00
    Travel Drawings 2010 by T. Grabil $3.00
    Comics by Alex Schubert: Blobby Boys #1 July $7.00, Dudes: Kansas City Mo $3.00
    Comics by Jackie Barry: This is The Sea $5.00, In His Time: A Quick Visual Biography of Ernie Hemingway $20.00, Lesbian Sex $5.00, Dogs I’ve Loved $5.00

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Dolls Weekly and the Crawlee Things by Rory Hayes (Picturebox) $30.00
    Simon Collection 2001-2011 by Tyrell Cannon $22.00
    The Sincerest Form of Parody: Best 1950s Mad Inspired Satirical Comics by Jay Lynch, John Benson (Fantagraphics) $24.99
    Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson by Will Bingley et al. (Abrams) $17.95
    Ichiro by Ryan Inzana (Houghton) $19.99
    Astonishing X-Men: Ultimate Collection vol 2 by Joss Whedon et al. (Marvel) $29.99

    Art & Design
    Garbage Pail Kids by The Topps Company Inc. (Abrams) $19.95 – This exciting follow up to Wacky Packages includes spectacular artwork and over-the-top satire, featuring inspired collaborations between avant-garde cartoonists and humorists including Art Spiegelman (who wrote the intro), Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk, and Jay Lynch. All 206 rare and hard-to-find images from Series 1 through 5 are collected in an innovative package, along with a special set of four limited-edition, previously unreleased bonus stickers.

    Fiction
    Heretic by Miguel Conner $9.99

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs & Misc
    DIY Magic by Anthony Alvarado (Floating World) $13.95
    Black Wings of Cthulhu: Twenty One Tales of Lovecraftian Horror by ST Joshi (Titan) $14.95
    Seeking Truth While Sifting Through: A Global Practice by HermanSJr. $7.99
    Voices of Gnosticism by Miguel Conner $17.95

    Music Books
    The One: The Life and Music of James Brown by RJ Smith (Gotham) $27.50
    Megadeth: Another Time A Different Place by Bill Hale (PowerHouse) $19.95

    Magazines
    Girls and Corpses #6 Spr 12 $8.95
    Dapper Dan #5 Spr Sum 12 $10.99
    Chicago IRL #3 Spr 12 $11.00
    Razorcake #67 $4.00

    Everything we list on our blog is available at our brick and mortar store. But not everything we sell at the brick and mortar store is available from our webstore. Click here to see what is new in our webstore!

  • Weekly Top 10

    Upset Cats #1 (above) is at #9 this week.

    1. Chicagoan #1 $19.95 – Joining the literary-minded ranks of n+1, The Paris Review, The Believer and Lapham’s Quarterly, and doing it with Midwestern flair, The Chicagoan ressurects a long defunct jazz-age magazine and focuses in on non-profit production, local distribution and general excellence in writing and design. The debut issue is a stunner, a cohesive and relevant blend of fiction, history, innovation, interviews and a 50-page oral history of Siskel and Ebert. -EF

    2. Lucky Peach #3 $12.00 – Dave Chang of the Momofuku restaurant empire alternates between griping about everything being done already and the kids having no motivation these days in this new issue which I thought was themed “The Death of Integrity” but instead seems to be about, uh, “Cooks and Chefs”. I’m still up in the air about how self-referential this magazine is – it’s sort of like a chef perzine with a big magazine budget, which sometimes makes it’s cavalier attitude feel like chef crony-ism and empty trash talk. All the same, I’m interested in eating and the Matt Furie centerfold is sooper cute. Food is dead, long live food. -EF

    3. Hot Pink by Adam Levin (McSweeneys) $22.00 – Thanks to everybody that came to the release event for this short story collection last week. “Adam Levin’s debut novel The Instructions was one of the most buzzed-about books of 2010, a sprawling universe of “death-defying sentences, manic wit, exciting provocations and simple human warmth” (Rolling Stone).

    4. Bitch #54 $5.95

    5. Nobrow #6 $24.00 – “…Top-notch illustration look books in the most insanely beautiful color designing ever. -EF

    6. Boneshaker Magazine #8 $10.00 – A trend! We have 4 different items for sale with Boneshaker in the title!

    7. Cinema Sewer #25 by Robin Bougie et al. $4.00

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

    9. Upset Cats #1 by Shen Zejian $10.00 – Mad Sad Bad Color Catface Bratastrophe. -EF

    10. Maximumrocknroll #347 Apr 12 $4.00

  • New Stuff This Week (and Last Week)

    Look what happens when we skip a week of posting new stuff! We come back stronger the next week. On top of that, Chicago hosted both the AWP writers conference and also Chicago Zine Fest, both events one weekend apart,  so that means tons of people brought in their zines, comics and lit journals to consign while they were here. That’s 304 new items, and no, we’re not listing them ALL here. Just come in and check it out for yourself! What you say, you were here a couple weeks ago? Well guess what? It’s almost a brand new store since then.

    Cinema Sewer #25 $4.00 – highlights (and lowlights) of the Nazispoitation movies, daredevil documentaries of the 1970s, The Legend of the Orgasm Bike, illustrated reviews and more.

    Zines & Zine-Related Books
    Syndicate Product #19 Detritus Fragments and Scraps by AJ Michel $3.00 – Somehow hot on the heels of issue #20, Syndicate Product #19 collects a hodge podge of reviews and miscellany from Bacon Bits to Military Surplus Stores. Plus a really amazing picture of a sign at a so-called dollar store. -EF

    Alamo Igloo #1 by Keith Herzik $5.00 – Keep your eyes Iglooed to these tubes – this baked alaska comes Alamo-ed and Herzik’s on fire. -EF

    Draw It With Your Eyes Closed: The Art of the Art Assignment by Paper Monument/Project Projects $15.00
    Make Your Own Zine Kit – Sweater Vest Not Included by Don $2.00
    Mend My Dress: Collected Zines 2005-2007 by Neely Bat Chestnut & Colleen Weber Borst $13.00
    Butch Nor Femme #3 Curioddity #4 by Lynn Monsoon/Curiouser Jane $3.00
    Piscean Footnotes #01 by Lynne $2.50
    Curioddity #3 Curiouser Jane $2.00
    Wish You Were Me by Myriam Gurba (Future Tense Books) $5.00 – bizarre and uproarious follow-up to her award-winning first novella and story collection, Dahlia Season.

    Ventriloquism by Prathna Lor $5.00
    What Is This? A Poster. A Book: About Impostition & Pagination, About Type Rules and Typefaces by Carol Sogard and Dan Evans $4.00 – A perfect gift for someone starting art school or someone needing a quick and easy design primer. Help with learning about gutter area, creep allowance, trim area and more. Folds out into a poster suitable for hanging (and looking awesome).
    Kramer Sutra by Chelsea Martin $5.00 – NOT the Karma Sutra. The KRAMER Sutra. As in Kramer from Seinfeld.
    Spartan Holiday #1 Shanghai Pictorial by DB Dowd $12.95
    Ugly  No 1 #3 Mar 12 a Collection of Visual Crap by Matt Soria $4.00
    Culture Slut #25 by Amber Forrester Nov 11 $2.00
    As Boredom Sets In Win 12 Interviews with Sucked Dry and Birth Deformities $2.50
    Lil Cat Willow $10.00
    Little Otsu Living Things vol 7 featuring the work of Liam Stevens (Little Otsu) $6.95
    Night Home by Becca Stadtlander (Little Otsu) $6.00
    Hook Ups by Dan Boulton $3.00
    Over and Out #2 by Brad Westcott $5.00
    Tropical History $4.00
    Whoosh Zine For Whale Lovers #3 by Katherina $3.00
    Our Moon Field Guide and Audio Companion by Ethan Krause $5.00
    Seven Sexual Things That Everyone Failed to Mention by Leah Scotia Thomas $2.00
    Tiger Girl Photo Zine $4.00
    Proof I Exist #14 Learning to Deal by Billy $1.00 and #15 $3.00 – See pictures CZF as well as of Billy hosting the Zine Fest Olympics on Flickr last weekend.
    Last Night at the Casino #2 Mar 12: Ever Wonder Wha Its Like to be a Casino Dealer Here Let me Tell Ya by Billy $2.00
    Cops – The Good The Bad and the Unintentionally Hilarious by Billy et al. $1.00
    All I Want Is Everything #2 by Caitlin $2.50, #3 $3.00, I Was a Teenage Mormon $3.00
    Adita #20 Zine Library $1.00
    Guide to Dating Gangsters vol 1 by Vice Versa $3.50
    Insubordination Fest Zine 11 by Danny Nuthin $2.00
    Travel On #3 Year In Minnesota by David Solomon $2.00
    Words One Hundred Stories #1 by Re Harris $2.50
    Feel Better #1 a Zine About Self Love by Marlee Grace $6.00
    Great Stuff with Lilli and Alexander by S. Morean $6.00
    xXXXx vol 2 Straight Edge Erotic Fiction by Artnoose $5.00
    Empty Orchestra #1 $2.00
    Miss Sequential #3 by Marissa Falco $4.00
    List #15 On My Own by Ramsey Everydaypants $4.00
    Shit Progressives Dont Want To Hear #1  Journal of Unpopular Opinions by var. $1.50
    Not Queer as in Radical but Lesbian as in Fuck You by Rachel $1.00
    Motor City Kitty #15 by Bri $1.00
    Nailbiter #2 An Anxiety Zine $17.00
    Scabs and Other Hurts by Marta Chudolinska $4.00
    Obsesser #2 Motel by Jessica Bublitz $2.00
    Teach These Kids a Lesson #1 Tales of Inner City Education  by Corey Plagiatist $2.00
    Art Zine Chicago vol 1 #1 Mar 12 by Daniel Teafoe $20.00
    Cheer the Eff Up #2 by Jonas $3.00
    Upskirt Dirty Unfeminist Secrets $5.00
    Feeling Words a Pocket Zine of Emotions by Teresa Cheng $3.00
    Craft Leftovers vol 4 #1 by Kristin Roach $5.00
    Brainscan #29 No More Coffee #4 by Alex Wrekk and Ben Spies $3.00
    Clothing I’ve Accidentally Accumulated by Sarah Creagen $1.00
    Notes and Bolts #2.5 Scribbles and Scratches vol 1 by Kris Stress $2.50
    Paper Houses #2 Southern Subcultural Snippets and Horror Rock Rookies by Kris Stress $3.00
    Discomfort #1 by Davegunn $1.50
    Pigeon Life: A Discomfort Guide to Hitchhiking and Recreational Homelessness by Dave Gunn $3.00
    Bake and Destroy Everyone Around You by Kara $1.50
    Smash the Pastryarcy by Kara Comegys $1.50
    Cutty Kings vol 1 BEL $6.00
    We Are Confused – Ghosts Talk Love by Georgi $1.00
    Cave Girl $1.00
    Girls Who Like Girls a Miniscule Zine of Epic Proportions #3 by Bill Stenross $1.00

    Comics & Comix
    Corporeal Breach #1 by Chris Day $7.00 – Much like Terrence Hannum’s gothic artists’ zines, Chris Day is tackling comics with a leather glove and pared-down pungency. Mixing some of the experimental flavors that Jason Overby dishes out with a cinematic peek through the budoir keyhole, Day has Sex and Death riding high on the tight crop, page after page. -EF

    Wolfman Chicago Dreams of Dirt by Nate Beaty $3.00 – Nate is awesome, and his work is really great! Also, do you like our website? Because he redid it and it’s the greatest ever.
    Army of Lovers Will Be Beaten Book 6 by Bernie McGovern $6.00
    All About Crystals by Chris Hatherill et al. (Landfill Editions) $8.50
    Yule Bringer #1 by Adam Higton (Landfill Editions) $6.00
    Yule Bringer Foxgloves Christmas by Adam Higton (Landfill Editions) $8.50
    Puppy Teeth #2 by Kevin Czapiewski and Liz Suburbia $10.00
    Nog Nu: The Protector of the Pyramides, The T. Monster Cometh by Onli, Woods and St. Pierre (Onli) $5.00
    Vajazzlin #1 by Molly Colleen O’Connell $4.00
    Violence Valley #1 by Jesse McManus (Floating World) $8.00
    4 Square #3 by var. $1.50
    Roxie and Moxie #1 Tummy Trouble by J. Wisneski $1.00
    Unusual Adventure #2 by Robert Calzone $4.00
    Gehenna #1  $3.00
    various issues of Our Ever Improving Living Room by Kevin Budnik
    Mister Bear #1 by Gaby Billings $2.00
    Sy Loady titles: Pretty Glitti Ponies, Track Ponies and more.
    Rainbow in the Dark #1 $3.00
    Flat Mountain Chronicles vol 3 and vol 4 (Drawings and Comics Press) $3.00 each
    Comics For Something #1 by Drew Damron $2.00
    various AWESOME things from Marissa Falco: Miss Sequential #4: Outgoing My Life In Mail $4.00, Miss Sequential #5 Sketchbook etc.
    Mia Protasi by Matt Czap $1.00
    various Liz Suburbia titles: Cyanide Milkshake #2 and #3 etc.
    Waffle: A Sexy Little Comic For Girls and Boys  by Kevin Czapiewski $5.00
    Peehole #8 by Jim Donaldson $3.00
    Toasty Cats #1-#6 by Magda Boreysza various prices
    various Christopher Green titles including Undermind #1, Multitudes of Me What He Saw One Minute Prior to Birth, etc.
    Behold #1 CAL: Cavalier About Love, Behold #2 Live a Wasted Life by Alex Major $3.00 each
    One Less Lonely Girl by Gina Wynbrandt $3.00
    Fifty Flip Experiment #15 Mar 12 $4.00
    Nick Meccia titles: One of Only Two Such Occasions, Sleep Is For The Dead etc.
    Nothing Lasts Forever by Bill Stenross $1.00
    Festival of Demons #1 by Melinda Andrea $3.00

    Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
    Sammy The Mouse Book 1 TPB by Zak Sally (Lamano 21) $14.00 – Don’t miss Zak Sally here at 7pm on Fri, March 23rd with John Porcellino and Dale Flattum!

    Our Ever Improving Living Room Book Diary Comic 2010-2011  by Kevin Budnik $15.00
    King City Cat Master Comix by Brandon Graham (Image) $19.99
    Hellboy vol 12 Storm and the Fury by Mike Mignola et al. (Dark Horse) $19.99
    Blue by Pat Grant (Top Shelf) $14.95
    Complete Crumb Comics vol 1 Early Years of Bitter Struggle by R. Crumb (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – Back in print, and in affordable soft cover.
    EmiTown a Sketch Diary vol 2 by Emi Lenox (Image) $24.99
    At the Mountains of Madness, Illustrated Graphic Novel by HP Lovecraft et al. (Sterling) $14.95
    Birthday Surprise by Kevin Czapiewski $10.00
    Lucy the Dreamer by John Akre $10.00
    Back and Forth Linocuts Graphic Novel by Marta Chudolinska $20.00
    Womanthology Heroic, Created by Over 150 Women (IDW) $50.00
    Crossed vol 3 Psychopath by David Lapham (Avatar) $19.99

    Art & Design Books?
    Bunny In the Moon: The Art of Tara McPherson vol 3 (Dark Horse) $23.99
    Object 5 by Kilian Eng (Floating World) $20.00
    Art As Politics: The Future of Art and Community by Adam Krause (New Compass) $14.95
    Buzzwords: Interviews With Buzz Spector (Sara Ranchouse Publishing) $35.00
    Reduce Waste #1: Don’t Design Waste by Carol Sogard $5.00

    Fiction
    Get Real by Spencer Compton $10.00
    Fifteen Views of Orlando by Nathan Holic et al. $15.00
    To Build a Fire by Jack London, with illustration by Michael C. Hsiung (Scout) $4.00
    Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, with illustration by Tom Neely (Scout) $4.00
    Young Goodman Brown and the Hollow of the Three Hills by Nathaniel Hawthorne and illustration by Zack Soto (Scout) $4.00
    Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, with illustration by Aaron Renier (Scout) $4.00
    Eves Diary by Mark Twain, with illustration by Meg Hunt (Scout) $4.00
    Gift of the Magi and Other Stories by O. Henry and illustration by Burt Kate Bingaman (Scout) $4.00
    Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and a Horseman in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce and illustration by Francois Vigneault (Scout) $4.00
    Game of Groans: A Sonnet of Slush and Soot by George RR Washington $9.99 – Don’t miss the author event for this book here on 3/27 at 7pm.

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs & Misc
    I Remember by Shane Allison (Future Tense Books) $12.00 – “Shane Allison taps directly into memory, like a faucet pushed into a maple tree to procure the sweet syrup. Sexy things, embarrassing things, the ugly and the fraught, the things of the child and the things of the man, all pour out in profusion. His testimony–of bullying, racism, and casual homophobia, but also the best rimjob he ever had–has the power to dismantle centuries of chains, the crippling superego.” –Kevin Killian

    Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell (Riverhead) $16.00 – Now in soft cover.
    Tales From Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made by David Hughes (Titan) $15.95
    Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi by Bob Woodward (Simon) $16.00
    American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare the Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott (Random) $17.00 – Now in soft cover.
    Everything Was Fine Until Whatever by Chelsea Martin $11.00
    Legs Get Led Astray by Chloe Caldwell (Future Tense Books) $13.50 – provocative collection of essays that vividly rockets the reader through one young woman’s life.
    Grey Album on the Blackness of Blackness by  Kevin Young (Graywolf) $25.00
    How to Piss In Public: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood by Gavin McInnes (Scribner) $24.00
    Care to Make Love In That Gross Little Space Between Cars?: The Believer Book of Advice by various (Vintage) $14.95

    Politics & Revolution
    Making The Future: Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance by Noam Chomsky (Citylights) $16.95
    Love and Struggle: My Life in the SDS the Weather Underground and Beyond by David Gilbert and Riley Boots (PM) $22.00
    Arab Melancholia by Abdellah Taia (Semiotexte) $14.95

    Literary Journals, Poetry & Chap Books
    Panic Kit by Laura A. Lionello $13.00
    Love Poem for the Everyday by Michael Haeflinger $7.00
    Fire is Breathing on Me by Mat Gould $7.00
    Watching it Burn by Mike Meraz $7.00
    Skinning the Hero – Amongst Barbarians and Degenerates by Justin Reynolds $7.00
    This Just This by Justin Reynolds $7.00
    It Will Be The Lion by Mat Gould $7.00
    Things I Say To Pirates on Nights When I Miss You by Keely Hyslop $12.00
    Ninth Letter vol 8 #2 $14.95
    The Chicago Review vol 56 #4 $10.00
    Deadline Annualis #2  $14.00
    The Believer #88 2012 Film Issue $12.00 – As usual, the film edition comes with a DVD.
    Fjords vol 1 #3 $10.00
    Sinister Wisdom #85 Win 12 $6.00
    Charting the Interstate by Alfred Planco $2.00

    Music Books
    Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture by Simon Reynolds (Soft Skull) $21.95
    Panic On the Streets: The Smiths and Morrissey Location Guide by P. Gatenby (Titan) $12.95

    Childrens Books
    Steampunk: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories, ed. by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant (Candlewick) $22.99 – A young adult anthology, perhaps for middle school kids who have considering adding gears to their bikes?

    Central Park Peacock by Alfred Planco and Olivia Pettengill $8.00
    The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man, With Moskowitz the Awesome Dog by Michael Chabon (Harper) $17.99

    Magazines
    Lucky Peach #3 Cooks and Chefs Issue $12.00
    Juxtapoz #135 Apr 12 $5.99
    Nobrow #6 $24.00
    Tape Op #88 Mar Apr 12 $4.95
    Fortean Times #285 $11.99
    ID Magazine Pre Spr 12 #317 $12.00
    High Times May 12 $5.99
    Wire #337 Mar 12 $9.99
    Creative Review Feb 12 $14.99
    Dwell Apr 12 $5.99
    ArtForum Mar 12 $10.00
    Shots #115 Spr 12 $6.50
    Pin Up America Mar Apr 12 #8 $5.99
    Blood and Thunder #19, Womens Roller Derby Magazine $5.99
    Gastronomica vol 12 #1 $12.99
    Laphams Quarterly vol 5 #2 Spr 12 $15.00
    Dazed & Confused vol 3 #7 Mar 12 $9.99
    Decibel #90 Apr 12 $4.95
    Filter Good Music Guide Mar Apr 12 $2.99
    Under the Radar #40 $5.99
    Maximumrocknroll #347 Apr 12 $4.00
    Chips and Beer #2 $7.00
    Magnet #85 $4.99
    Z Magazine Mar 12 $4.95
    Class Struggle #73 $3.00
    Radical Philosophy #172 $13.00
    Against the Current #157 Mar Apr 12 $5.00
    Tattoo Revolution Mar 12 $11.75
    Tabu Tattoo #47 $7.99

    ?Sex & Sexy
    Bottoms Up – Spanking Good Stories ed. by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Cleis) $15.95
    Some Handy Tips From From Your Friendly Sex Toy Consultant – Kiss N Tell, We Have Everything You Need For a Hot Night Out Here I Am Down Here $10.00
    Meat #6 by Adrian Lourie $18.00

    Other Stuff
    Copy Scams Tape $3.00 – Brainscan zine and Stolen Sharpie Revolution writer/publisher Alex Wrekk and friends started a band. And they sing about zines. What’s not to love about that? Low-fi analog technology (read: cassette tape) to appeal to your old school aesthetic.

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