Category: zines

  • Zine Club Chicago Online: Cheap Copies! Edition with Special Guest Rich Dana, Aug. 16th!

    Zine Club Chicago Online: Cheap Copies! Edition
    with Special Guest Rich Dana
    7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, August 16 on Zoom
    Free!

    This month, Zine Club Chicago is really excited to welcome special guest Rich Dana, a stencil artist, zinemaker, and founder of Obsolete Press. Rich will be joining us on Zoom to discuss his recent release, Cheap Copies!: The Obsolete Press Guide to DIY Hectography, Mimeography & Spirit Duplication, and demonstrate one of the no-cost/low-cost analog printing techniques featured in the book.

    Bring your questions for Rich and your favorite zines that were printed using cheap, cool, and tactile DIY techniques! We want to hear about the non-digital ways that zines in your collection (and that you’ve made yourself!) were reproduced, including hecto, ditto, mimeo, block printing, letterpress, screen printing, and copying by hand.

    Grab your stack of analog-printed zines, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Cheap Copies! Edition with Special Guest Rich Dana at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, August 16!

    ** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, August 15 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, August 16.

    Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.

    More info at quimbys.com and on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago. Facebook event is here.

    Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer featuring a photo of zinemaker Rich Dana demonstrating an analog printing technique and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Cheap Copies! Edition with Special Guest Rich Dana; Online! Free! Zoom info on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, August 16”

  • Zine Club Chicago Online: The Great Outdoors Edition, July 19th!

    Zine Club Chicago Online: The Great Outdoors Edition
    7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, July 19 on Zoom
    Free!

    This month, Zine Club Chicago is celebrating summer with an expansive view of zines about the great outdoors! We want to hear all about your fave titles focused on the natural world, al fresco explorations, camping experiences, flâneur adventures, gardening and growing, and more.

    Grab your favorite zines about life en plein air, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: The Great Outdoors Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, July 19!

    In July, Zine Club Chicago also will be teaming up with Zine Party to host an in-person outdoor meetup called Zine Camp! If you’d like to trade zines and eat s’mores with your fellow zine enthusiasts in Chicago on Sunday, July 17, check out all the details at https://zine.camp/

    ** RSVP required ** To help make sure that online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, the Zoom link won’t be released publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, July 18 (the evening before our event). You’ll receive the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, July 19.

    Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.

    More info at quimbys.com and on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago. Facebook event is here.

    Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with the image of a tent that is lit from within, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: The Great Outdoors Edition; Online! Free! Zoom info on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, July 19”

  • You're invited to Zine Camp on July 17th!


    Zine Camp
    3-5 p.m. Central Time
    Sunday, July 17, 2022
    Humboldt Park, Chicago
    Free!

    ++ PLEASE NOTE: This is an off-site event! ++

    Pack up your long-arm stapler, grab your sunscreen, and meet up with your fellow zine enthusiasts at Zine Camp! If you love zines, you’re invited to this in-person, outdoor summer hangout.

    Join the fun at 3-5 p.m. CT on Sunday, July 17 in Chicago’s Humboldt Park.* There will be s’mores, snacks, and some fun surprises … feel free to drop in anytime and stay for as long as you like.

    Where to go in Humboldt Park:

    Zine Camp will be held on the park side of North Avenue between Mozart Street and Francisco Avenue (just west of the intersection of California Avenue and North Avenue). **

    Look for the Zine Camp flying proudly!

    What to bring to camp (if you choose):

    • Zines to trade (your own or your faves by other zinemakers)
    • Snacks to share
    • A beverage (we recommend bug juice)
    • Sunscreen and bug spray if you need it
    • Something to sit on (blanket, camp chair, etc.)
    • A face mask if you want to wear one

    Zine newbies and longtime fans alike are welcome at Zine Camp! This free event is brought to you by Zine Club Chicago + Zine Party.

    More info at zine.camp. Facebook event here.

    * Post-event gathering + BAD WEATHER LOCATION info:  After Zine Camp wraps up in the park at 5 p.m., a group of folks will head over to the outdoor patio at the Hi-Lo (1110 N. California Ave.) to continue the revelry! The Hi-Lo patio (which has tables covered with umbrellas) also will be the alternate Zine Camp gathering spot in case of rain — please keep an eye on the Zine Club Chicago social media accounts (@zineclubchicago) for updates if the weather is not conducive to a park gathering.

    ** Please note that the closest public restrooms that will be open during our event are just across North Avenue at Burger King (2840 W. North Ave.; purchase may be required to use facilities) and a few blocks down North Avenue at Cermak Produce (2701 W. North Ave.; purchase not required to use facilities). This isn’t ideal, of course, but the event organizers could not confirm that any public restrooms within the park will be open.

    ++ This event will NOT be held at Quimby’s ++

    Image description: A light green, black, and white flyer with a collaged background of vintage camping advertisements and the following text: Zine Camp; Join us for an in-person summer hangout for folks who love zines! Sunday, July 17, 2022; 3-5 p.m. Central Time; Humboldt Park, Chicago; Free! For more info, go to zine.camp; Hosted by Zine Club Chicago + Zine Party

  • Zine Club Chicago SNAX Collab Zine Call for Submissions!

    SNAX
    A Zine Club Chicago collab zine
    Call for Submissions

    The members of Zine Club Chicago love snacks (almost) as much as they love zines, so the group is celebrating their collective snackiness with a collab zine. Send in your writing, lists, comics, drawing, collage & more all about SNACKS!

    Updated food pyramids made up only of snacks, an essay about discovering Zapp’s chips on your first trip to New Orleans, a renaissance-style still life of your favorite noshes, a power ranking of the most coveted sleepover snacks of 2000, a poem about your first experience of the munchies . . . if it pertains to the realm of the edible, Zine Club Chicago wants to know about it!

    Submission guidelines: 500 words max for writing; 4.5” x 7.5” max, black & white + 300 dpi for artwork. (One submission per contributor, please; you’re welcome to submit images to accompany a written submission, or text to accompany a visual art submission.) Due to space limitations, please limit visual submissions to 2 pages max.

    SUBMISSION LINK HERE: bit.ly/snackzine

    Deadline: July 31, 2022

    All contributors will receive a free copy of the zine! Zine Club Chicago is planning for an autumn 2022 release, and will keep everyone updated via the email address you provide.

    Co-edited by Rachel Hyman, Liz Mason, and Cynthia E. Hanifin

    Questions? Email zineclubchicago(at)gmail(dot)com

    You don’t need to be a Zine Club Chicago member to submit, but all are welcome at the monthly Zoom meetups!

    Want to know more about Zine Club Chicago? Check out their social media channels: @zineclubchicago

    Please note that Zine Club Chicago reserves the right to reject any submissions that do not meet their guidelines.

    Image #1 description: A purple illustration, accented with green on a peach background, of a bag of potato chips, with this text: SNAX; A Zine Club Chicago collab zine; bit.ly/snackzine

    Image #2 description: An illustration of 2 green cake pops on a peach background, with this text: Send us your writing, lists, comics, drawing, collage & more all about SNACKS! Writing: 500 words max; Artwork: 4.5 in x 7.5 in max, black & white, 300 dpi; Submission deadline: July 31, 2022; Co-edited by Rachel Hyman, Liz Mason & Cynthia E. Hanifin; zineclubchicago@gmail.com; bit.ly/snackzine“

  • Zine Club Chicago Online: Food Zines Edition, June 21st!

    Zine Club Chicago Online: Food Zines Edition
    7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, June 21 on Zoom
    Free! 

    This month, Zine Club Chicago will be serving up a theme that many of you have requested: Zines about food! Y’all are cordially invited to share samples of your fave titles featuring recipes, reviews, and deep-dish dives into all things edible. We’ll also be announcing a call for submissions to the Zine Club Chicago snack zine!

    Grab your favorite zines about noshes, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Food Zines Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, June 21! 

    ** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, June 20 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, June 21.

    Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.

    Facebook event is here.

    More info at quimbys.com and on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

    Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with images of a vintage-style food buffet, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Food Zines Edition Online! Free! Zoom info on quimbys.com 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, June 21”

  • Zine Club Chicago Online: Cut-and-Paste Conundrums Edition, May 24th!

    Zine Club Chicago Online: Cut-and-Paste Conundrums Edition
    7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, May 24 on Zoom
    Free!

    We all have those zines in our collections … the ones that represent some sort of mystery. Perhaps we can’t remember where we picked up a particular title, or we wish we could find out more about an enigmatic zinemaker. Or maybe the zine’s content explores a puzzling subject. This month, Zine Club Chicago will revel in (any possibly even unravel) the questions posed by the most intriguing zines we own. 

    Grab your favorite cryptic zines, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Cut-and-Paste Conundrums Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, May 24!

    ** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, May 23 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, May 24.

    Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.

    Facebook event is here.

    More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

    Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with images of two people dressed as old-time detectives with magnifying glasses, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Cut-and-Paste Conundrums Edition Online! Free! Zoom info on quimbys.com 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, May 24”

  • New Stuff This Week

    Happy Saturday! Did you know that April 9 is National Unicorn Day? While we don’t have any mythical creatures in stock right now, we do have a TON of fun new stuff in the form of zines, comics, and books. Check out this fantastic list of fresh arrivals!

    Zines

    My Favorite Actor is a Dog by Aim Ren $2

    Women in Print #8 $8

    Razorblades and Aspirin #14 $8

    Dealing with COVID: Hopefully Helpful Tips by Lost Fillings $1

    Time’s Up: No More Rape Culture in Our Skate Culture by Smash the Skatriarchy $3.95

    How It Felt to Me: The Further Writings of Annie Howard $11

    Gothic Lyric Book by Karina Song and Blaketheman1000 $5

    I Miss You by Karina $1

    Cut Me Up #8: Guided by Instinct $18

    Something Rather Than Nothing Zine #1 $4

    Bad Year by Nick Greer $5

    Comics & Minis

    Ghouls by Jenn Woodall $12

    Future #8 by Tommi Musturi $6

    Teeni Bop #1 $4

    Annual Eternia Bodybuilding Contest #1 $2

    Forms Saint George and the Dragon by Ryan Shipman $5

    Eschew #5 by Robert Sergel $8

    Smear Girl of Clay #1 $2

    Heavy Metal #315 $13.99

    Reptile House #9 by Nick Bunch $5

    Scoundrels Don’t Get Caught by Hannibal Gerald $6

    Graphic Novels

    Rave by Jessica Campbell $22.95

    Hell Phone: Book One by Benji Nate $14.99

    One Hundred Columns for Razorcake: The Complete Comics 2003-2020 by Ben Snakepit $11.99

    Book Tour by Andi Watson $24.99

    Mr. Lightbulb by Wojtek Wawszczyk $29.99

    Squeak the Mouse by Massimo Mattioli $29.99

    Fiction

    Manhunt by Gretchen Felker Martin $17.99

    The Candy House by Jennifer Egan $28

    Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer $18

    The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers $21

    DIY Books

    Creative Not Famous the Small Potato Manifesto by Ayun Halliday $14.95

    Stolen Sharpie Revolution: A DIY Resource For Zines and Zine Culture vol 6 by Alex Wrekk $15 – In fancy hardcover!

    Everything Depends on Me: A Book About OCD by Alice DuBois $24

    A Quick and Easy Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon and Will Hernandez $7.99

    Pure Magic: A Complete Course in Spellcasting by Julia Illes $18.95

    From Big Idea to Book: Create a Writing Practice That Brings You Joy by Jessie L Kwak $14.95

    Music Books

    Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran $18.99

    Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records by Jim  Ruland $30

    Mudhoney: The Sound and the Fury From Seattle by Keith Cameron $24.99

    Essay & Culture & Memoir

    Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage by Rachel E. Gross $30

    Stalking the Atomic City by Markiyan Kamysh $22

    Mayhem & Outer Limits Books

    Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways edited by Mike Ashley $15.95

    Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy edited by Mike Ashley $15.95

    Tales of the Tattooed: An Anthology of Ink by John Miller $15.95

    Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer by Christopher Berry Dee $16.95

    Food & Drug Books

    The Microdosing Guidebook: A Step-by-Step Manual by CJ Spotswood $19.95

    Sexxy

    Fantasy Lewds Erotic Anthology by Andy Hood $15

    Experience Points: Illustrated Queer Smutty Stories by N.A. Melamed $12.95

    Magazines

    Little White Lies #92 $16.99

    032c #40 $24.95

    Chap Books & Lit Journals

    Granta #158: In the Family $19.99

    Kids Stuff

    Illustoria #17 $16

    Other Stuff

    What A Time to Be Gay and Alive Bumper Sticker by Archie Bongiovanni $3

  • Zine Club Chicago Online: Poetry Zines Edition, April 26th

    Zine Club Chicago Online: Poetry Zines Edition
    7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, April 26 on Zoom
    Free!

     

    Shall we compare zines to a summer’s day? April is National Poetry Month, which is the perfect time for us to celebrate zines and chapbooks focused on verse. Whether the poetry in your collection is serious, humorous, rhyming, or free verse  — get out your favorite chapbooks! And if you self-publish your own poetry, we would love for you to read from your work, too.

     

    Grab the poetry zines that make your heart sing, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Poetry Zines Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, April 26!

     

    ** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, April 25 (the event before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, April 26.

     

    Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events: https://zineclubchicagoshoutouts.spread.name/

    More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

    Facebook link here.

     

    Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with an image of a typewriter and a handwritten “Poetry” sign, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Poetry Zines Edition Online! Free! Zoom info on quimbys.com 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, April 26”

  • Midwest Perzine Fest Online Perzine Reading on April 8!

    This spring, Midwest Perzine Fest is celebrating perzines — and the friendships they help forge — with a virtual event featuring some amazing zinemakers! The Midwest Perzine Fest Online Perzine Reading will be streamed live on Friday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. Central Time on the MWPZF YouTube channel: tiny.cc/mwpzfyoutube

    The readers for the event, who all will be sharing work on the theme of friendship, are Heather Anacker, Nichole Bael, Julie Halpern & Liz Mason, Jessie Lynn McMains, Lynne Monsoon, Red Schulte, and Alisha Walker. The evening’s moderator will be MWPZF founder Jonas.

    This event is free! PayPal donations to support MWPZF (which is planning its first in-person Exhibition Day here in Chicago!) are greatly appreciated: midwestperzinefest@gmail.com

    This event is sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Poster designed by our Cartoonist-in-Residence Caroline Cash.

    Facebook event listing here.

  • Zine Club Chicago Online: Pandemic Zines Edition on Feb. 22!

    Zine Club Chicago Online: Pandemic Zines Edition
    7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, February 22 on Zoom
    Free!

    Two years ago, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a global health emergency, forever changing the world as we knew it. During these pandemic times, many people have turned to zinemaking as a way to share their experiences, their knowledge, their fears, and their resilience.
     
    This month, we’ll be discussing zines that focus on life in the era of COVID-19, including perzines, mini-comics, how-to guides and more. Grab your faves, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Pandemic Zines Edition at 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, February 22! 
     
    ** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CST Monday, Feb. 21 (the day before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CST on Tuesday, Feb. 22.

    Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs the group’s monthly flyers, created its logo, and made the Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines.

    More info at quimbys.com and on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

    Facebook event is here.