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Independence Day Hours Today! Open til 5pm!
We took your keys because you were in NO state to drive. They are outside our door.
And fyi, we’ll be celebrating our independence (with independent publishing) by being open til 5pm today.
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International Zine Month Day 3: Rep Your Fave Distros
Have you heard the good news? July is International Zine Month! Celebrate every day with a fun zine-centric activity.
More about International Zine Month at stolensharpierevolution.org.
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International Zine Month Day 2: Re-read Your Faves!
Have you heard the good news? July is International Zine Month! Celebrate every day with a fun zine-centric activity.
More about International Zine Month at stolensharpierevolution.org.
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Guest Blog post from CHIPRC (Chicago Independent Resource Center) Celebrates ONE YEAR!
July marks International Zine Month, so Quimby’s is teaming up with our friends The Chicago Independent Resource Center (CHIPRC) to bring you zine-y activity. CHIPRC will be hosting zine events during the month! Here’s a post from Johnny, the Executive Director!
Celebrate Independent Publishing on Independence Day Weekend with Chicago Publishers Resource Center.
Chicago Publishers Resource Center, the city’s newest edition to the local publishing community, celebrates its first anniversary on Saturday, July 5, 2014, with programming scheduled throughout the weekend.On Saturday, July 5, CHIPRC hosts a zine reading featuring performers from the local self-publishing community including Jim Joyce (Let it Sink zine), Colin Brennan (Continental Interlude zine), Jonas Cannon (Cheer the Eff Up zine), and Ben Spies (No More Coffee zine). Cartoonist Alex Nall will provide a one-off comic strip on the CHIPRC chalkboard. There will be door prize giveaways from self-publishing organizations Chicago Zine Fest, Quimby’s Bookstore, Journal of Artists Books and Stranger Danger zine distro. The even begins at 4pm, $5 donation, all ages.
Then on Sunday, July 6, at 1pm during CHIPRC’s Open Hours (each Sunday from 12-5), join button maker Amy Gooch as she hosts a workshop on how to create a collectors’ series with buttons (using two sizes of buttons, 1 inch and 1 ½ inch). Everyone will take away the buttons they make. Great for all ages, $5 donation at the door.
For more info go to chiprc.org
July marks International Zine Month. CHIPRC will be hosting zine events during the month with our friends from Quimby’s Bookstore!
Zines 101, Sunday, July 13th, 1pm, w/ host Liz Mason, manager at Quimby’s Bookstore.
In this is a monthly hands-on workshop offered by CHIPRC, learn a bit about zines and the local self- publishing community with special guest instructor Liz Mason. Liz will lead a discussion, show you how to make a zine and talk about selling it. $3 donation. All skill levels and ages welcome!Zine ZINE Club, Thursday, 24th, 7pm
Zine book club? No! Zine ZINE Club! This is our first trial at a zine book club. For the inaugural event, we will be reading the titles Doris #31 by Cindy Crabb and You Don’t Get there from Here #29 by Carrie McNinch. Get both of these issues from Quimby’s Bookstore. Then come share with others who read them too. As a bonus, bring in a zine of your choosing to share with others. There will be a $3 donation asked at the door. -
Celebrate International Zine Month all July long with Quimby's!
Have you heard the good news? July is International Zine Month! Thanks to Alex Wrekk of Stolen Sharpie Revolution and Brainscan fame, you can celebrate every day with a fun zine-centric activity. Peruse our blog for daily suggestions from the crew at Quimbys too! Stay tuned for awesomeness. And thus, we commence International Zine Month, (a ribbon to cut and a horn to toot, if you will), with a top ten list courtesy Liz Mason, Quimby’s Manager, Zine Maven and all-around Jill of all trades. David Letterman, watch your back.
July 1st’s activity is “Make a Top 10 list of reasons why your love zines!”
Well OK then! In no particular order:
1. Zines are not usually done for financial profit, so there isn’t a lot of advertising.
2. Since zines aren’t published by big fancy magazine publishers, the writer is usually also the editor and publisher, so that means there is less interference from someone with a mainstreamy agenda.
3. Everything looks cool when laid out in scrappy black and white cut-and-paste style.
4. Zines are usually less expensive then magazines.
5. Zines can focus on charmingly specialized topics, like dishwashing, pirate radio, or how to make a haunted house.
6. When you meet other people who are into reading or publishing zines, they are usually really cool people.
7. As a zine publisher, you can publish as often or as little as you like, which I like to think of as the “I’ll put out another issue when I’m damn good and ready” publishing schedule.
8. When you meet someone new you can school them in everything they need to know about you if you just hand them your zines and say, “Read these.”
9. There is no intermediary editor! What you say goes!
10. If you publish a zine you can trade with other zine publishers for theirs, and it’s a great way to make friends.More about International Zine Month at stolensharpierevolution.org.
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Offsite at CHIPRC: Zines 101, Sunday, July 13th
July marks International Zine Month, so Quimby’s is teaming up with our friends The Chicago Independent Resource Center (CHIPRC) to bring you zine-y activity. CHIPRC will be hosting zine events during the month!Zines 101, Sunday, July 13th, 1pm, w/ host Liz Mason, manager at Quimby’s
In this is a monthly hands-on workshop offered by CHIPRC, learn a bit about zines and the local self- publishing community with special guest instructor Liz Mason. Liz will lead a discussion, show you how to make a zine and talk about selling it. $3 donation. All skill levels and ages welcome! This event is NOT at Quimby’s; it’s at CHIPRC.The Chicago Publishers Resource Center (CHIPRC), at 858 N. Ashland Avenue, strives to build community and foster creativity by providing access to the space, education, and resources necessary to create and self-publish literary and visual work. And of course, if you make a zine there, you can always come consign it at Quimby’s! Join and support the center, and as a member you will receive discounts for using equipment, workshop registration and more. Or become a CHIPRC volunteer and give back even more. Their summer calendar features drawing activities, discussion, open studio and more! More info at chiprc.org.
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Off-site: Zine Book Club? Zine ZINE Club! at the CHIPRC 7/24, 7pm
Zine ZINE Club, Thursday, 24th, 7pm.
This is our first trial at a zine book club. For the inaugural event, we will be reading the titles Doris #31 by Cindy Crabb and You Don’t Get There From Here #29 by Carrie McNinch. Get both of these issues from Quimby’s Bookstore, read ’em, then come share your thoughts with other folks who read them too. As a bonus, bring in a zine of your choosing to share with others. There will be a $3 donation asked at the door. This event is NOT at Quimby’s; it’s at CHIPRC.The Chicago Publishers Resource Center (CHIPRC), at 858 N. Ashland Avenue, strives to build community and foster creativity by providing access to the space, education, and resources necessary to create and self-publish literary and visual work. And of course, if you make a zine there, you can always come consign it at Quimby’s! Join and support the center, and as a member you will receive discounts for using equipment, workshop registration and more. Or become a CHIPRC volunteer and give back even more. Their summer calendar features drawing activities, discussion, open studio and more! More info at chiprc.org.
July marks International Zine Month, so Quimby’s is teaming up with our friends The Chicago Independent Resource Center (CHIPRC) to bring you zine-y activity. CHIPRC will be hosting zine events during the month!
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New Stuff This Week
Bartkira (Floating World) $15.00 – A fan tribute to Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira and The Simpsons. That is, Akira as fed through a Simpsons filter. Featuring contributions by 19 artists: James Harvey, Danny Hynes, Marcel O’Leary, Michael Kim, Erica Henderson, Jacob Chabot, Cameron Stewart, Ben Ommundson, Brenton Barnes, Luke Novel, Richie Pope, Jon Huddleston, Jason Rainey, Cory Tran, Bodie Chewning, Alchemichael, Frans Boukas, Tyler Patrick Boss, and Ben Jelter. The full color gallery section includes illustrations by Wyatt Carroll, Jeremy Arambulo, Areil Vergez, Jaime Munoz, Alexandre Ghostthead, Rawn Gandy, Nick Sumida, and Ryan Humphrey.Zines
Towards a Poetics of Man Bat by Brian Cremins, Allison Felus, Jake Austen, Tony Trigilio $3.00
Gondwanaland #1 by Aaron Willson $2.00
Finally Friday by Lily $4.00
Everyday Art #1 Life on Film by Rudas Priest $20.00
Stuck In Place Some Thoughts On Belonging by Claire Urbanski $4.00
Everyday Magic #1 by Finn $3.00
Analog #2 Dispatches on DIY Anorexia Recovery by Ponyboy Violet $3.00
Peanut Gallery Chicago June 2014 by Kelly Reaves $5.00
Judas Goat Quarterly #62 by Grant Schreiber $1.50
Doris #31
Comics & Comix
Magic Whistle #14 by Sam Henderson $4.99
How I Made the World by Liz Plourde and Randy Michaels $2.95
Daygloayhole #2 by Ben Passmore $6.00
Dont Be Afraid of the Dark by Anne Collet $25.00
Rom #2 Prison Riot by Josh Bayer $5.50
Suspect Device #4 by Josh Bayer $8.00
Believed Behavior #2 by Andy Burkholder, Michael DeForge, Anya Davidson, Lale Westvind, Lyra Hill, Sophia Foster Dimino $5.00
Baby Town #3 Mimi Chrzanowski $5.00
Smoo Comics #7 by Simon Moreton $6.00
Saints Love by Krystal DiFronzo $8.00
No Funnies #11 Music and Comics by Jason Walter $3.00
Powdered Milk #13 by Keiler Roberts $2.00
Family Portrait by Anne Collet $4.00
various issues of Coin Op by Peter & Maria Hoey $6-$10 each
Have Two Eyes by Rx Burns $2.00
Watching Dustys Trail by Andy Rench $4.00Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Luba and Her Family by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $18.99
Twelve Gems by Lane Milburn (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Chus First Day of School by Neil Gaiman and Adam Rex $17.99
Youth Is Wasted: A Collection of Comics by Noah Van Sciver (Adhouse) $14.95
Before Watchmen: Ozymandias Crimson Corsair TPB $19.99
Eyes of the Cat (Yellow Edition) by Moebius and Jodorowsky (Humanoids) $34.95Fiction
I am Warhol by Laura Postma $7.00
Echo Lake by Letitia Trent (Dark House) $15.95
Whisperers: The Secret History of the Spirit World by J H Brennan $16.95
Crystal Eaters by Shane Jones (Two Dollar Radio) $16.00Ha Ha Funny
Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writers, ed. by Mike Sacks $18.00Outer Limits
Chaos and Cyber Culture by Timothy Leary $29.95Essays
Universe in the Rearview Mirror: How Hidden Symmetries Shape Reality by Dave Goldberg $17.00Kids Books
Lil Merl and the Dastardly Dragon: A Story Activity Book by Liam Barrett (Nobrow/Flying Eye) $13.95Magazines
Hi Fructose #32 $7.95
Skeptic vol 19 #2 14 $6.95
Skeptical Inquirer vol 38 #4 Jul Aug 14 $4.95
Company High Street Edit Sum 14 $7.99
Juice #72 $3.99
Monster Children #43 $9.99
Video Watchdog #177 $8.95
Fangoria #334 Jul 14 $10.99
King Brown #9 $28.00
Art Diary International 2014/2015 $19.90
Maximumrocknroll #374 Jul 14 $4.99
Decibel #118 Aug 14 $5.99
RFD #158 Sum 14 $9.95
Tattoo Society #44 $7.99Lit Journals
Paris Review #209 $20.00Sexy
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Corinne Mucha Reads from “Get Over It!” 7/25
Corinne Mucha’s new graphic novel, Get Over It! (Secret Acres), details the true-life story of a messy breakup. Through a series of comic vignettes, the story follows the author as she deals with a serious relationship’s end, and eventually learns the tough lessons of letting go. “Get Over It!” is a hilarious tale about a subject every decent person can relate to: getting BURNED BY LOVE.“Corinne Mucha’s Get Over It! is a balm for the heart broken… We’re bombarded with romance all the time; rarer is the tale that gets you to root for the life-giving joys of letting go.”- Kevin Tang, Buzzfeed
“(In Get Over It!) Mucha maintains the auto-biographical sweet-spot, maintaining a balance between the personal and involved, without descending into narcissism, whilst hilariously dredging through the universal impulses and emotions of the post break-up period.” –Zainab Ahktar, Publisher’s Weekly
Corinne Mucha is a Chicago based cartoonist, illustrator, and teaching artist. Her comics work includes the Xeric funded My Alaskan Summer, the Ignatz award winning The Monkey in the Basement and Other Delusions (Retrofit Comics) and the YA graphic novel Freshman: Tales of 9th Grade Obsessions, Revelations, and Other Nonsense. Her work has appeared in publications such as Chicago Magazine, Cicada, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Truthout.
For more info: web or contact info: www.maidenhousefly.com
Friday, July 25th, 7pm – Free Event
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New Stuff This Week
Lumpen #122 vol 23 #2 Spr 14 $10.00 – The annual Comics Issue. Contributors to Lumpen Magazine issue 122 include: David Alvarado, Max Bare, Nate Beaty, Ben Bertin, Michiel Budel, Kevin Budnik, Andy Burkholder, Jessica Campbell, Danielle Chenette, Ryan Travis Christian, Jo Dery, Krystal Difronzo, Nick Drnaso, Edie Fake, Leif Goldberg, Anna Haifisch, Sean Hernandez, Keith Herzik, Juliacks, Bret Koontz, Blaise Larmee, Sara Lietten, Ben Marcus & Nicole Ginelli, Marieke McClendon, Ian Mcduffie, Bernie McGovern, Lane Milburn, Jason T Miles, Max Morris, Onsmith, Paul Nudd, George Porteus, Eric Rivera, Otto Splotch, Joe Tallarico, Mike Taylor, Jeremy Tinder, Carrie Vinarsky, Leslie Weibeler, Lale Westvind. This edition of Lumpen is very limited!
Zines
Deafula #7 by Kerri $2.00
Smells Fingers vol 1 #6 Wonders $2.00
Thandi and the Importance of People 2012-2014 by Sema and Agatha $3.00
Margin Creep #3 $6.00
Star Spangled Angel #1 by Scott Roberts $7.00Comics & Comix
Speed Guru of Acid Mother’s Temple Vs. Plastic Crimewave by Plastic Crimewave and Makoto Kawabata (Prophase) $13.00 – A Comic book and record set (45) modelled on the 70s “Power” comic/45 sets, it is the cosmic tale of the meeting and subsequent superheroey/mystical rock n roll battle between these cross-continental psychedelic enemies! Written/plotted by Makoto/Crimewave and drawn by PCW!
Ritual Three Vile Decay by Malachi Ward (Revival House) $6.95
Laskimooses #17 Kehkeytyva Kirjoitus & Laskimooses #18 Vankkumaton Keinulauta $7.00 each
Spider House by Nathan Veach $13.00
Famous Friends Comic Club vol #1 by Ben Crouse and Jacob Sluke $5.00Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Poop Boobs Poo by Sam Sharpe $8.00
Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives vol 1 by Blake Bell (Fantagraphics) $28.99
Escapo by Paul Pope and Shay Plummer $24.99
Pirates In the Heartland vol 1 The Mythology of S. Clay Wilson by Patrick Rosenkranz (Fantagraphics) $34.99
Before Watchmen books in soft cover: Minutemen/Silk Spectre, Nite Owl/Dr Manhattan, Comedian/Rorschach $19.99 each
Judgement Day and Other Stories by Joe Orlando (EC Library, Fantagraphics) $29.99
Well Come by Erik Nebel $20.00
Bird Witch by Kat Leyh $20.00
Bad Ventures of Bobo Backslack by Jon Chadurjian (Adhouse) $14.95Art Books
Death is Not The End: The Work of Alexander Heir (Sacred Bones/Circadian Press) $25.00 -Heir has been so prominently involved in designing, printing and producing for countless artists that over the years his work has become one of the defining aesthetics in the contemporary underground punk scene. Previously, these illustrations have only adorned 7-inch record jackets and Xeroxed flyers across the international punk underground, but now Sacred Bones Records is offering a new collection of the artist’s finest illustrations. 164 pages. Housed in a deluxe 9.5 x 7.75-inch foil-pressed slipcase.
Outer Limits & Mayhem
Wear Your Dreams: My Life in Tattoos by Ed Hardy $15.99
Grimoire Of the Thorn: Blooded Witch Mastering the Five Arts Of Old World Witchery by Raven Grimassi $19.95
Gentlemen Bootleggers: The True Story of Templeton Rye Prohibition and a Small Town In Cahoots by Bryce T. Bauer (Chicago Review Press) $27.95Music Books
Cowboys and Indies – Epic History of the Record Industry by Gareth Murphy $27.99
Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, The Early Years by Alex Ogg, illustrations by Winston Smith and photographs by Rudy Ray (PM Press) $17.95
DIY
Think, Act, Eat – A Sea Shepherd Chef’s Vegan Recipes by Raffaella Tolicetti (Microcosm) $19.95
Veggienomics: Thrifty Meat Free Cooking At Its Best by Nicola Graimes $24.95Politics & Revolution
New Forms of Worker Organization: The Syndicalist and Autonomist Restoration of Class Struggle Unionism by Immanuel Ness (PM Press) $24.95Fiction
Raising Hell Plus by Norman Spinrad (PM Press) $12.00
Night Burger by Jason Sarna $15.00
Assault Rifles and Pedophiles: an American Love Story by Brian Krans $14.99
Jesus Was a Vampire by E. Val Lynn Doll $18.00
King Shit by Brian Alan Ellis $6.00
Concrete Fever by Nathaniel Kressen $16.00Magazines
VNA #26 $13.50
Harpers Magazine Jul 14 $6.99Poetry & Lit Journals
First Line vol 16 #2 Sum 14 $3.00
Uncut Ultimate Music Guide: The Cure $14.99
Vodka Orange Sunday by Tony Nesca $12.00Reminder Announcement! VERSION 14: THE PLACEMAKERS starts today! The festival highlights projects and people that engage the public interest and promote the cultural use of public space. This year’s fest will be a journey through a variety of places around town, including mini markets, festivals, artist warehouses, exhibition platforms, public art projects, bar-b-qs, tours and communal activities that highlight the best practices of a range of projects seeking to radically change the fabric of our cities. For more info, see versionfest.org.
