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  • Gregory Benton Brings B+F to Quimby's 3/22

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    Gregory Benton’s book B+F was awarded the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art’s inaugural Award of Excellence at MoCCAFest 2013. An expanded version of B+F was published in the autumn of 2013 through AdHouse Books (USA) and Editions ça et la (France).

    B+F is a wordless meditation on goodwill, hostility, and isolation. It’s a fable, a meandering tale of two friends that explores an otherworldly forest with a naked woman “F” and a large yellow dog “B” as they encounter its denizens, both benevolent and malicious. The characters are pulled apart by circumstance and the obstacles that they must overcome to find each other again.

    Gregory has embarked on a nation-wide tour in support of B+F. He is excited to add Quimby’s of Chicago to the list of stores he is visiting. He’ll be “dedicating” books to customers, meaning that he’ll spend time with each customer drawing in their books, more common in the European comics festival tradition.

    Gregory Benton has been making comix since 1993. He cut his teeth on the political anthology World War 3, moving on to writing and drawing stories for Nickelodoeon, Vertigo, DC Comics, Disney Adventures, Watson-Guptil, Entertainment Weekly, as well as contributing to numerous alternate-press comix anthologies. A graphic novel, Hummingbird, was published by Slave Labor Graphics in 1996. Gregory has also produced numerous limited-edition mini-comix. Hopefully you have some. His illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice and Fortune, among others.

    Details:
    B+F
    64 4C pages
    10 ” x 15 ” HC
    $24.95 US funds
    ISBN 978-1-935233-25-1

    For more info: gregorybenton.com

    Click here to read an interview with Gregory Benton.

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    (author photo credit to Seth Kushner)

    Saturday, March 22nd, 7pm

    Click here to see the Facebook event post for this event.

  • New Stuff This Week

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    Thanks to everybody that came out to the Trauma Zine release event tonight! And why yes! We are on Instagram!

    Zines
    East Village Inky #54  by Ayun Halliday $3.00
    Ben Matlock Review #1 Win 14 The Premier Matlock Fanzine (Failure of the Free Press) $4.00 – Silly!
    Moire #2 Other Formats by various $10.00 – Sonnenzimmer and friends!
    Live Punk #1 Five Shades of Pop Punk by Jonas $3.00
    Sound of One Hand Flapping by AA Lam $1.00
    Butch Nor Femme #8 by Lynne Monsoon $1.50
    Caveat #1 by Aumaine Gruich & Elizabeth Martin $5.00
    Woodwasp #1 by various $3.00

    Comics & Comix
    Windowpane #2 by Joe Kessler (Breakdown Press) $20.00
    Man I Hate Zits Classics by M. Poland $5.00
    Fred The Mustard Packet, Forty Eight Flavorful Moments, Condimented Cartoons by Tommy Cannnon $2.00
    Big Z a 24Hr Comic by Rick Larsen $2.00

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag by AK Summers (Soft Skull) $17.95
    Perfect Nonsense HC the Chaotic Comics and Goofy Games by George Carlson (Fantagraphics) $49.99
    On Loving Women by DIane Obomsawin (D&Q) $16.95
    Bacon is a Vegetable Coffee Is A Vitamin Diesel Sweeties vol 2 by R. Stevens $19.99

    Art & Design
    Signal 03 A Journal of International Political Graphics and Culture by Alec Dunn and Josh MacPhee (PM Press) $14.95
    Lost Chicago by John Paulett and Judy Floodstrand $18.95
    Isolated Building Studies by David Schalliol $20.00
    Box Girl: My Part Time Job as an Art Installation by L. Snellings $15.95

    Fiction
    Bedrock Faith a Novel by Eric Charles May (Akashic) $16.95

    Outer Limits
    Mafia Court Corruption in Chicago by Dr. John Russell Hughes (Trine Day) $19.95
    TransEvolution: The Coming Age of Human Deconstruction by D. Estulin (Trine Day) $24.95

    Music
    I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography by Richard Hell $14.99 – Now in soft cover.

    Mags
    Lucky Peach #10 Street Food Win 14 $12.00
    Monsters and Dust #4 Pink Punk by Aay Preston Myint and Joe Proulx $25.00
    Kinfolk vol 11 Discovering New Things to Cook Make and Do $18.00
    Mojo #243 Feb 14 $9.99
    Wire Feb 14 #360 $11.25 – Yes! The interview with Jandek is here! Come and get it!
    Harpers Magazine Mar 14 $6.99
    AdBusters Mar Apr 14 $12.95

    Hip Lit & Chap Books
    Best of McSweeneys Internet Tendency ed. by C. Monks and J. Warner $20.00
    Literary Review vol 56 #4 Late Fall 13 Artificial Intelligence $8.00
    O Pioneers Hot In Nebrska by Ian Hubert $4.00
    Mail Man by Michael Paul Lopez $3.00

    Politics & Revolution
    Stop Thief: The Commons Enclosures and Resistance by P. Linebaugh (PM Press) $21.95

  • Hillary Chute Discusses Outside the Box: Interviews with Contemporary Cartoonists 4/19

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    We are living in a golden age of cartoon art. Never before has graphic storytelling been so prominent or garnered such respect: critics and readers alike agree that contemporary cartoonists are creating some of the most innovative and exciting work in all the arts.

    For nearly a decade Hillary L. Chute has been sitting down for extensive interviews with the leading figures in comics, and with Outside the Box: Interviews With Contemporary Cartoonists (University of Chicago | 272 pages | 39 color plates, 31 halftones | 7 x 10) she offers readers a chance to share her ringside seat. Chute’s in-depth discussions with twelve of the most accomplished artists and writers in comics today reveal a creative community that is richly interconnected yet fiercely independent, its members sharing many interests while working with wildly different styles and themes. Chute’s subjects run the gamut of contemporary comics practice, from those of underground pioneers like Art Spiegelman and Lynda Barry, to the analytic work of Scott McCloud, the journalism of Joe Sacco, and the extended narratives of Alison Bechdel and Charles Burns. They reflect on their experience and innovations, the influence of peers and mentors, the reception of their art and the growth of critical attention, and the crucial place of print amid the encroachment of the digital age.

    “This is a book of great interviews with great cartoonists. The interviews are great because Hillary Chute is great. She knows how cartooning works and she intimately knows the work of the artists she’s interviewing. The interviews are smart, insightful, and very readable. This isn’t dry stuff nor is it fluffy. It’s the real stuff. Anyone interested in the minds of today’s cartooning masters will want to read it.” –Seth, author of Palookaville

    Hillary L. Chute is the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of English at the University of Chicago and the author of Graphic Women: Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics.

    For more info:

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    Levi Stahl, promotions director, University of Chicago Press; lstahl(at)press(dot)uchicago.edu or 773 702 0289.

    Sat, Apr 19th, 7pm – Free Event

  • Where's Your Quimby's Temporary Tattoo?

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    Did you get one of our complimentary Quimby’s Tattoos? Send us a photo with your name, the city you’re in, and one fact about yourself to info(at)quimbys(dot)com and we’ll post it here on our blog.

  • New Stuff This Week

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    Cartoon Picayune #6 Win 14 Small Worlds $4.00

    Zines
    Anonymous Chapbook #1 $7.00
    Margin #1 Theme Inspiration $5.00
    Daydreamin #2 $20.00
    Weather or Not (Back to Print) $6.00
    RanDomoCity #1 Fuel For Your Imagination $5.00
    Rochester Teenset Outsider #28 $1.00
    Hey by Liddybiddy $2.00
    I Will Always Love Left as Much as Right by 826CHI $5.00
    Cheer the Eff Up #6 by Jonas $3.00

    Comics & Comix
    Dust Cleaning by R. Burns $2.00
    Mermaid by Isabella Rotman $12.00
    Spiros Greek Myths #6 by Spiro Dousias $5.00
    Falling Rock National Park #3 Jan 14  by Josh Shalek $4.00
    Insect Bath #1 ed. by Jason T. Miles (Profanity Hill) $3.99 – With Eamon Espey, Sammy Harkham, Matthew Thurber and more.

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    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Adventure Time TPB vol 4 (Kaboom) $14.99
    Bravest Warriors TPB vol 2 by Pendleton Ward (Kaboom) $14.99
    Prophet TPB 3 Empire by Brandon Graham et al. (Image) $14.99
    Spaceman  by Brian Azzarello $19.99
    Moomin and the Golden Tail by Tove Jansson (D&Q) $9.95
    Moomin’s Desert Island by Tove Jansson (D&Q) $9.95
    Undertow: Dancing, Drugs, Deceit, All at Coney Island, A Graphic Novel by Ellen Lindner (Soaring) $19.99

    Art & Design
    Rocking Tattoos by Raymond Mosken (Kontur Forlag) $39.95
    Horse Mandalas Coloring and Design Book by Miriam Nieuwe Weme (Hunter House) $14.95

    Outer Limits
    Vimana: Flying Machines of the Ancients by David Hatcher Childress (Adventures Unlimited) $22.95
    Chicago Magic: A History of Stagecraft and Spectacle by David Witter (History Press) $19.99

    Essays
    David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell $29.00

    Politics & Revolution
    Dear Sister: Letters from Survivors of Sexual Violence by Lisa Factora Borchers and Aishah Shahidah Simmons (AK Press) $16.00

    Sex & Sexy
    Lesbian Sex Positions: 100 Passionate Positions from Intimate and Sensual to Wild and Naughty by Shanna Katz (Amorata) $17.95
    In My Bed Magazine vol 4 #3 $9.95

    Magazines
    Rad Dad Spr 14 $6.95
    ASR #61 Win 14 Anarcho Syndicalist Review $5.00
    Amass #50 $4.95
    Monocle vol 7 #70 Feb 14 $12.00
    Rolla Coaster #10 Jan 14 $8.50
    Rock a Rolla #47 Dec 13 Jan 14 $9.95
    Classic Rock Presents #42 Prog 2014 $14.99
    Uncut Lou Reed Ultimate Music Guide $14.99
    Purple Fashion vol 3 #21 Spr Sum 14 $50.00
    Dazed and Confused vol 3 #30 Feb 14 $9.99
    Paper Spr 14 vol 30 #5 $4.00
    Little White Lies #51 $12.99
    Radical History Review Win 14 $14.00
    Diabolique #19 Jan Feb 14 $9.98
    In These Times Feb 14 $3.50
    New Politics Win 14 $7.00
    Tattoo Society #42 $7.99
    Skin and Ink Apr 14 #150 $6.99

    Poetry & Lit Journals
    Overtime Hour 31 Drydock and Other Poems by Tim Applegate (Blue Cubicle Press) $2.00
    Bruit #4 $5.00
    Court Green #11 $10.00
    Dutch Whispers Eight Pieces of Short Fiction by Tyler McGaughey $2.00
    Gakked by Sophia Ege $10.00

    Kids Stuff
    Cats Pajamas by Frances Brundage (Laughing Elephant) $9.95
    A whole bunch of Nobrow/Flying Eye kids books!

  • Have an Exotic, Bizarre & Esoteric Valentine's Day. Luv, Quimby

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    We’re open until 10pm tonight. Load up on chocolate and then come in and look at this rare vintage girly magazine, some steamy mags or some er, uh, special books for your lovey!

  • Off-Site: Chicago Zine Fest 5th Anniversary, March 14th-15th

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    Chicago Zine Fest, an annual celebration of self-publishing efforts, celebrates its 5th anniversary! It’s an independent event creating an outlet for small press and independent publishers to showcase their work with the aim to make DIY zine-making accessible, highlight the talents of self-published artists, and give independent artists a chance to interact and swap skills. Quimby’s is happy to be one of the sponsors!

    Friday, March 14th

    Zine Panel, Columbia College’s Conaway Center (1104 S. Wabash), 1-3pm
    In it for the Long Haul: A Discussion on Longevity in Zines with Cindy Crabb, Tomas Moniz, and Alex Wrekk, moderated by Quimby’s Bookstore manager Liz Mason.

    Youth Zine Reading and an Exhibitor Zine Reading, Hairpin Arts Center (2800 N. Milwaukee), 6-9pm

    Kickoff Celebration Dance Party, Hairpin Arts Center (2800 N. Milwaukee) 9-11:30pm
    Music provided by CHIRP Radio.

    Saturday, March 15th

    Tabling Exhibition, Columbia College’s Conaway Center (1104 S. Wabash), 11am-6pm
    Over 200 zinesters will exhibit their publications, host workshops, and lead panel discussions in the spirit of self-publishing. Saturday’s exhibition will be supported with programming throughout the day. There are workshops on various self-publishing topics, hands-on kid’s zine-making area, button making presented by Busy Beaver Buttons, photo booth by Glitter Guts, an exclusive Brain Frame comics reading, plus demonstrations presented by staff and students from Columbia’s Center for Book and Paper Arts. Come to the Quimby’s table and say hi!

    “We are so excited that enthusiasm has grown for the fest in these first 5 years, and hope it continues to grow!” says Leslie Perrine, an original festival organizer. She adds, “I’m honored to be the only 5th year organizer still involved with the zine fest. I’ve seen it from our very first fundraiser to now an event people tell me they love…It’s really exciting to see the evolution of the fest. Remembering where we have come from has always been important to us as well.”

    An organizing goal for the 2014 fest was to welcome new exhibitors. Over 1/3 of all registered tables are first time festival exhibitors. Registration for the fest sold out in a record two hours, trumping 2013 which took 15 hours to close. “The support that CZF has gotten from zine writers and comic artists throughout the country has been astounding,” said Jaclyn Miller, in her second year as organizer.

    The Chicago Zine Fest is sponsored by the Book and Paper Center at Columbia College Chicago, Quimby’s Bookstore, Chicago Publishers Resource Center, the Hairpin Arts Center, CHIRP Radio and 826CHI. All 2014 artwork is by Chicago artist and illustrator Marnie Galloway.

    For more info and specifics, see chicagozinefest.org.

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  • New Stuff This Week

    pawnworksstickerpackPawn Works Sticker Club Pack $10.00 – Join the Left Handed Wave club! Local sticker gangstas unite!

    Zines
    The Difference Between #2 How Some Things are Similar Yet Different by Billy McCall $1.00 – Hilarious!
    It Is The Awkwardness That Increases my Satiation by MER $5.00
    Pieces #9 Escape Artist #11 Split Zine On Death by Nichole & Jolie $2.00
    I Spent a Month With a Vase I Spent Two Weeks With a Book (August SPARE Residency) by Lu Zhang $10.00
    Historical Failure on Anarchism – Implications for the Future of the Revolutionary by Christopher Day $4.00
    Essential Recipes for All Occasions by Anna Ricklin and Elly Blue $3.00
    Xerography Debt #34 $4.00
    How To Make Cushions Pillows and Bolsters by M. Miller $10.00
    Poolside Beauties $10.00
    Small Monuments by Mark Rospenda $3.50

    Comics & Comix
    Bats #2 Life in the So Called Space Age by Vanessa Capshaw $4.00
    Yo Miss #3 A Graphic Look at High School by Lisa Wilde $3.00
    As You Were #2 A Punk Comix Anthology by Mitch Clem $5.00
    Girl Fuck – An Introduction to Girl on Girl Lovin’ by Erika Moen $5.00

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Alone Forever: The Singles Collection by Liz Prince (Top Shelf) $9.95
    OMGCow vol 1 a Semi Daily Comic Diary August 2009-January 2011 by Sheika Lugtu $15.00
    Jacky’s Diary by Jacky Mendelsohn $39.99
    DMZ Book 1 Deluxe Edition  by Brian Wood et al. $29.99
    JLA vol 4 TPB by Grant Morrison et al. $24.99
    Babys In Black: Astrid Kirchnerr, Stuart Sutclilffe and the Beatles by Arne Bellstorf (First Second) $15.99
    Fables Deluxe Edition Book 8 by Bill Willingham et al. $29.99

    Art & Design Books
    Skull Art Prints – 20 Removable Posters $22.95 – 20 removable posters by trendsetting artists, and fitting into the standard frame 11 x 14 inches. The 20 works featured on the posters are by: French, Patrick Thomas, Carissa Rose, Drew Millward, Dan Stirling, James Joyce, Dominick Rapone, Boo Davies/Quiltsrÿche, Noah Scalin, Noma Bar, Paul Alexander Thornton, Pure Evil, Rich Fairhead, Zeke Clough, Zoe Dorelli, Craig Robson, Megamunden, Sarah King, Sergei Sviatchenko, and Andres Guerrero.

    skullartprintsLove Letter to the City by Stephen Powers $24.95
    Bad Graffiti by Scott Hocking (Black DOg Publishing) $14.95

    DIY
    How to Move by Bike: Tales and Tips to Inspire by Steph Routh (Hopscotch Town Publishing) $9.95

    Essays
    The Disaster Diaries: One Mans Quest to Learn Everything Necessary to Survive the Apocalypse by Sam Sheridan $16.00
    The Science of Monsters: The Origins of the Creatures We Love to Fear by Matt Kaplan $16.00
    The Aftermath of Forever: How I Loved and Lost and Found Myself by Natalye Chiloress (Microcosm) $12.95
    Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell by Phil Lapsley $18.00 – Now in soft cover.
    Tooth Fairy: Parents, Lovers, and Other Wayward Deities by Cliff Chase $24.95

    Film & TV
    Dr. AC Presents: Hidden Horror: A Celebration of 101 Underrated and Overlooked Fright Flicks by Aaron Christensen and William Lustig $15.00

    Sex & Sexy
    Twisted Bondage with an Edge (Cleis) $15.95
    Sexplosion: From Andy Warhol to a Clockwork Orange – How a Generation of Pop Rebels Broke all the Taboos by Robert Hofler $27.99

    Fiction
    The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner $17.00 – Now in soft cover.
    Swan Gondola by Timothy Schaffert $27.95
    Mango Lassie, A Memoir of the Sixties by Dougie MacKenzie $23.00

    Lit Journals
    The Believer #105 Feb 14 $8.00

    Magazines
    Bizarre #210 Mar 14 $10.50
    Frankie #57 $15.95
    Gup #39 $14.99
    GAG #1 Girls Against God $15.00
    Juxtapoz #158 Mar 14 $5.99
    True Crime Jan 14 $8.99
    Smith Journal #9 $17.99
    Sofilm #3 Jan 14 $9.99
    Uncut #201 Feb 14 $9.99
    Tattoo Collection #60 $7.75

    Kids Stuff
    29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy by Lemony Snicket & Lisa Brown (McSweeney’s McMullens) $14.95

    Other Stuff
    Garbage Pail Kids 2014 Series 1 Card Pack 10 Sticker Cards Brand New Series $2.99
    Yo La Tengo Tree DVD and Vinyl Figure Set by Jim Woodring (Press Pop) $45.00

  • New Stuff This Week

    juxtapozpsychedelicJuxtapoz Psychedelic by Hannah Stouffer (Gingko Press) $29.95 –  Psychedelic Art manifested first in literary contexts with Huxley, Rimbaud and then later via Ginsberg and Burroughs. As the movement gained momentum in the 1960s, visual artists became catalyzed and turned on by the psychedelic experience. Juxtapoz Psychedelic bridges the musings these early explorers of the form, to those working in metaphysical and surrealistic modes today. Contemporary practitioners of the form featured in Juxtapoz Psychedelic include Andy Gilmore Jonathan Zawada, Steven Harrington, Oliver Hibert, David d Andrea, Patrick Kyle, Killian Eng, Scott Balmer, Deanne Cheuk, Mark Whalen, Eric Shaw, Roid, Ryan Travis Christian, Karina Eibatova, Maya Hayuk, Skinner, Kelsey Brookes, Hannah Stouffer, Katherine Tromans, Kylea Borges. Classic and traditional proponents of the form include John Van Hamersveld, Alex Grey, Allyson Grey and Keiichi Tanaami.callmeburroughsCall Me Burroughs: A Life by Barry Miles  (Twelve) $32.00 – Written with the full support of the Burroughs estate and drawing from countless interviews with figures like Allen Ginsberg, Lucien Carr, and Burroughs himself, this is the first full-length biography of Burroughs to be published in a quarter century-and the first one to chronicle the last decade of Burroughs’s life and examine his long-term cultural legacy.

    Zines
    *zines from The Transgender Oral History Project Distro: Unapologetic #1 the Journal of Irresponsible Gender by Anne Tagonist $2.00, Every Body Is a Modified Body by Aeryn $2.50, Some Boys Bleed: A Zine of Trans Postcards $1.50, Nashville Transit by Kale $2.00
    Sketch School #2 What Is Sketch School Participating Is Easy by Carol Sogard $4.00
    *Selected back issues of Chickfactor!
    Popcorn Farm #1 by Laura Madeline Wiseman et al. $2.00
    Thug Life Zine $1.00
    Afghan Style $1.00
    Studio Time #1 by Matt Haveron $4.00
    Just Make Pictures Zine #2 Street Photographs Michael Jarecki $4.00
    Travel On #5 a Summer in Montana by David Soloman $2.00
    Wolfman Meets The Bride of Frankenstein by Ethan Krause $3.00
    *2 issues of Remedy Quarterly! #12 Risk $7.50 & #13 Gather $12.00
    Quitter #7 by Trace Ramsey $2.00
    Taking the Cake an Illustrated Primer on Asexuality by Maisha $3.00

    Comics & Comix
    Crass Sophisticate #32 Sports by Josh Reinwald & Justin Rosenberg $5.00
    Thanksgiving in Paris by Erik Schneider $3.00
    Journal of Horizons by Flat Mtn Press $4.00
    Histories of the Village of Crow Hill and Surrounding Areas by Trevor Grabill $4.00
    New Year New Me #1 (Late Nite Draw Presents) $1.00

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Lost at Sea: 10 Year Anniversary Edition by Bryan Lee O’Malley $24.99
    Snow Piercer vol 1 The Escape by Jacques Lob et al. $19.99
    Sucker Bait and Other Stories (EC Library) by Graham Ingels (Fantagraphics) $28.99
    Zero Hour and Other Stories (EC Library) by Jack Kamen (Fantagraphics) $28.99

    Art & Design
    Revok Made in Detroit $29.95
    Oriental Tattoo Sourcebook by Yang Pen $29.95

    Fiction
    Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq by Hassan Blasim $15.00
    Why Are You So Sad by Jason Porter $15.00
    Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma by Kerry Hudson $15.00
    Office of Mercy by Ariel Djanikian $16.00
    Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles by Ron Currie Jr. $16.00
    Changers Book One: Drew by T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper (Black Sheep/Akashic) $11.95
    Apocalypse of Enoch Rapture by Shane Moore $20.00
    Silence Once Begun by Jesse Ball $23.95
    Morlock Night by K.W. Jeter  (Angry Robot) $7.99

    Essay
    Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald by Errol Morris $18.00
    Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America by Ernest Freeberg $17.00
    If I Catch You I Will Kill You: A Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor Redefines Life On Her Own Terms by Judy Ferraro $19.99

    DIY
    Dear Shane: A Mental Health Resource About Staying Alive by Craig Kelly (Pioneers Press) $6.00

    Magazines
    Hand #3 Jan 14 $10.00
    Tipsy Win 13 #3 $20.00
    Razorcake #78 $4.00
    Internationalism #165 Publication of the Interantional Communist Current in the USA Jul-Dec 13 $1.00

  • New Online Literary Journal, Goreyesque, Seeking Submissions

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    Columbia College Chicago’s Department of Creative Writing is launching a new online literary journal, Goreyesque (www.goreyesque.com), now open for submissions. (And no, you don’t have to be a student at Columbia to submit your work).

    Both an homage and showcase of contemporary artists and storytellers inspired by Edward Gorey’s lasting influence across genres, Goreyesque seeks works that are darkly humorous, surreal, playful, and anything in between. Short stories, essays, poems, illustrations, video/animation and other forms of art all welcome. Original work preferred but reprints that fit the project’s scope also appreciated (see submission guidelines). Work can be sent to: goreysubmissions(at)gmail(dot)com.

    The launch of Goreyesque coincides with the Chicago debut of Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey and G is for Gorey—C is for Chicago: The Collection of Thomas Michalak, at the Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), Feb. 15 – Jun. 15. While Elegant Enigmas has traveled the country since 2009, the companion exhibition G is for Gorey provides an even closer in-depth look at Gorey’s legacy, including his illustrations for book jackets and magazine articles, and his life and work on Cape Cod.

    Gorey’s artwork returns to his home town for the first time with this special exhibition and reading/performance showcase, so writers and artists should be sure to send Gorey-inspired work soon! All works submitted before Apr. 14 will be considered for a public reading and showcase at LUMA’s gallery space in Chicago on Apr. 29. Top 5 submissions will also receive the exhibition catalogue Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey.

    Special guest judges for the reading: Sam Weller, author of The Bradbury Chronicles, and Mort Castle, author of Bram Stoker award-winning New Moon on the Water. Both served as co-editors of Stoker award-winning Shadow Show: All New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury.

    For more info, contact Todd Summar at goreysubmissions@gmail.com