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  • Elwin Cotman Reads From Hard Times Blues With Patty Templeton 8/23

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    In Elwin Cotman’s new book Hard Times Blues (Six Gallery Press), zombies, elves, hobos, Martians, dragons; musical ghosts and sorcerous retail managers wreak havoc. These five lyrical and satirical fables look at the lives of the alienated and dispossessed through a fabulist lens. Drawing inspiration from the Gothic, pulp fiction, rock’n’roll, the Bible, and anime (to name a few), Cotman writes American fairy tales for a 21st century audience. For more info: http://lookmanoagent.blogspot.com/

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    “Elwin Cotman writes like a brilliant maniac, as if he’s afraid someone will take his pen away too soon.”–Timothy Schaffert, author of The Coffins of Little Hope

    Patty Templeton (below, right) writes hellpunk in a handbasket full of ghosts, freaks and fools. Her work has appeared in PseudopodPodCastleSteam Powered II and Criminal Class Review. She won the first ever Naked Girls Reading Literary Honors Award and has been a runner-up for the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Award. For more info: http://pattytempleton.livejournal.com/

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  • New Stuff This Week

    girlwhowasmostlyThe Girl Who Was Mostly Attracted to Ghosts by Corinne Mucha $5.00 – Samantha just can’t seem to stop dating ghosts. A fictional story about the hazards of a haunted romantic life. Translucent vellum overlay, hand painted cardstock cover.

    Zines
    Unbuilt Skyscrapers by Anne Elizabeth Moore $5.00
    Well Never Have Paris vol 10 2013 X $4.00
    Freewheelin Andy Hood #2 Sum 13 by Andy Hood $4.00
    No Millers #1 $3.00
    Different Thoughts Different People by Ant Oine $3.50
    Put a Egg On It #7 Sum 13 $7.00
    Shameless Spr Sum 13 $6.95
    Two Skunks For Valentines Day: A Trip to Awesome Fest Six by Mike Faloon $2.00

    Comics & Comix
    Mid Nite Tongue by White Swallows (Star Gods Press) $8.00
    Sammiches #1 by Daniel Giantomaso (Star Gods Press) $30.00
    Sequential Vacation #2 $6.00
    Stripburger #61 $8.00
    Tiger Beat Exclusive Jun 13 by Gina Wynbrandt $5.00
    Bitter Sweet #1 by Krystal DiFronzo $5.00
    Raw Power #2 Giant Size Retrofit Iamwar Special Jun 13 by Josh Bayer $6.00
    MS Kingdom  by Gabriel Corbera $3.00
    Making Tide and Other Stories by Eroyn Franklin $4.00
    Rena Rouge vol 37 color edition $10.00
    Gone Anthology by Ryan Burns $10.00

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Brandon Graham: Walrus: Brandon Graham’s All Bum Album (Picturebox) $19.95 – Art book from the artist of King City.
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    The Daniel Clowes Reader/Critical Edition of Ghost World and Other Stories (Fantagraphics) $35.00 – with Essays Interviews and Annotations.
    No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics ed. by Justin Hall (Fantagraphics) $35.00 – Now in soft cover.
    In the Sounds and Seas Book vol 1 by Marnie Galloway $12.95
    Goddamn This War by Tardi and Jean Pierre Verney (Fantagraphics) $24.99
    TEOTFW (The End Of The Fucking World) by Charles Forsman (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Now collected in one book!
    Black Orchid TPB by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean $16.99 – Back in print and back in stock.
    Strange World of Your Dreams: Comics Meet Dali and Freud ed. by Craig Yoe $29.99
    Adventures of Dr. McNinja Omnibus vol 1 by Christopher Hastings et al. $24.99
    Beirut 1990:Snapshots of a Civil War by Sylvain Ricard et al. (Humanoids) $29.95
    Adventure Time Encyclopaedia $19.95

    Art & Design
    The Gay 90s by Mark Ryden $39.95
    Lust for the Devil: The Erotic Satanic Art of Felicien Rops $24.95
    Animation Sketchbooks by Laura Heit $50.00

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
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    Diableries: A Trip To the Underworld 19th Century Images of Satan and Hell ed. by Candice Black (Sun Vision Press) $22.95
    Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present by David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello $16.00 – DFW and Mark Costello were roommates in Cambridge Boston years before DFW’s passing. This book is back in print, exploring the authors’ “distinctively white enthusiasm for a certain music called rap/hip-hop.” Gee, how um, quaint. Or something.

    Politics & Revolution
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    Titles published by Little Black Cart: Defacing the Currancy: Selected Writings 1992-2012 by Bob Black $12.00 – Bob Black’s first book in sixteen years. 350+ pages. Anarchist International $7.00 – Self-titled, from this anarchist collective. Occupy Everything: Anarchists In the Occupy Movement 2009-2011 $15.00
    Anti-Capitalism: A Beginner’s Guide by Simon Torney (One World Classics) $14.95 – The puncture of the great banking bubble has breathed new life into protest movements and brought anti-capitalist values to the forefront. But what does it mean to be anti-capitalist? Tormey introduces us to all the eclectic groups — anarchists, Marxists, autonomists, environmentalists — and thought that make up the anti-capitalist movement. Global and historical context includes the 1994 Zapatista insurrection through the 1999 Seattle protests right up to Occupy Wall Street, the Indignados of Spain and the current Greek uprisings.

    Fiction
    How To Swim by Heather Momyer $12.00

    Sex, Sexy
    Not Your Mothers Meatloaf: A Sex Education Comic Book, ed. by Saiya Miller and Liza Bley (Soft Skull) $15.95 – Comics from a varied group of artists, challening hetero and gender normative practices in sex education. Addresses topics like body image, safer sex, consent, and relationships, from positions that have historically been left out of sex education.
    Subliminally Exposed by Steven Dayan MD $14.95
    In My Bed Magazine vol 4 #1 $9.95
    Handbook vol 7 #3 2013 $6.00

    Gender Identity
    GLQ vol 19 #3 Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies $12.00
    OP Original Plumbing #11 Trans Male Quarterly $9.00
    Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide Jul Aug 13 $4.95
    Transformation #85 $12.50

    Magazines
    Bust Aug Sep 13 $5.99
    2600 Hacker Quarterly vol 30 #2 $6.95
    Skeptical Inquirer Jul Aug 13 vol 37 #4 $4.95
    Make vol 35 $14.99
    Skeptic vol 18 #2 $6.95
    Treating Yourself #41 $7.99
    Cannabis Now Magazine #7 $7.99
    Mass Appeal #52 $9.99
    The Witches Almanac #33 Spr 14 to Spr 15 $12.95
    Gup #37 $14.99
    Design Bureau Jul 13 $8.00
    Dwell Prefab Sourcebook Special Sum 13 $12.99
    IdN vol 20 #2 $19.95
    Girls Like Us vol 2 #4 $12.00
    Makeshift #6 Sum 13 Journal of Hidden Creativity  $10.00
    True Crime Special Sum 13 20 All True Murder Stories $6.99
    Survivalist #11 $7.95
    Laphams Quarterly vol 6 #3 Sum 13 $16.00
    Fangoria #325 $9.99
    Horror Hound #42 Jul Aug 13 $6.99
    Ink Fashion Jul 13 $8.99
    Under the Radar #46 $5.99
    Shindig #33 $12.99
    Ghetto Blaster #35 $3.95
    Maximumrocknroll #362 Jul 13 $4.00
    Dissent Sum 13 $10.00
    Harpers Magazine Aug 13 $6.99
    Radical Philosophy #180 $13.00
    Against the Current #165 Jul Aug 13 $5.00
    In These Times Aug 13 $3.50
    Tabu Tattoo #53 $6.99
    CCI vol 9 Central City Ink Magazine Special Lmited Edition $4.95

    Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
    The Paris Review #205 $15.00
    Willow Springs #72 $10.00
    Jubilat #23 $8.00
    Knock #16 $10.00
    Granta #124 Sum 13 Travel $16.99
    Bomb #124 Sum 13 $7.95
    Brittle Cambria by Ripley Bill $9.00
    That Bird Your Heart by Tasha Cotter $14.00

  • BRAIN FRAME Performative Comix Series Celebrates Second Anniversary at the Co-Prosperity Sphere 7/28

    BF13bradscanBRAIN FRAME is a series of performative comix readings. Every other month for two years, BRAIN FRAME has showcased an eclectic mix of sequential artists interpreting their work via projections, puppetry, music, costumes, props, lectures, and performance. In honor of its 2nd anniversary, BRAIN FRAME 13 will include a raffle, art exhibit, market, and four of the most ambitious performances yet.

    Brain Frame 13 includes gallery show, mini-market, and four extraordinary performances.

    “It’s made me cry tears of joy and laugh food into my nose and I look forward to it every month as if it were Halloween or something.” -The Comics Journal

    On Sunday, July 28th, 5p, at the Co-Prosperity Sphere (3221 S Morgan St) ($8), Lyra Hill’s BRAIN FRAME celebrates its second birthday.

    BRAIN FRAME 13 will feature the comics art collective Trubble Club; Jeremy Tinder; Sara Drake; and a collaboration by BRAIN FRAME accompanist Night Terror (Tyson Torstensen) and Lyra Hill. A limited edition poster co-designed by Hill and Ignatz-Award winning NYC cartoonist Lale Westvind will also be unveiled at the show. Previously, the show has featured high-profile artists like Anne Elizabeth Moore, Edie Fake, and Jim Trainor, as well as up-and-comers like Andy Burkholder, Halle Butler, and Kevin Budnik.

    Hill, a comics artist and experimental filmmaker recently featured on Community Cinema’s Wonderwomen panel at the Cultural Center, doesn’t just curate BRAIN FRAME — she hosts, does tech and promo, and co-designs each poster. At BRAIN FRAME 13, she’ll be performing on stilts in full costume, with a smoke machine and three analog projectors. “I encourage the readers to be as weird and ambitious as possible,” she says, “I try to lead by good example.”

    Trubble Club will debut a similarly zealous performance at BRAIN FRAME 13. The jam-comics collective will begin the show with an interactive presentation of The Infinite Corpse, a revolutionary open-submission online comic with no beginning and no end. Following the adventures of everyman skeleton Corpsey, the path of The Infinite Corpse will be dictated by the audience as Trubble Club members try to keep up.

    Guests at BRAIN FRAME 13 can look forward to a mini-market with comics, zines, and t-shirts from BRAIN FRAME artists; a gallery show; and raffle with prizes like a set of BRAIN FRAME posters, a deer pelt, a certificate to Bang Bang Pie Co., a portrait by Trubble Club, and more.

    BRAIN FRAME has grown steadily since the first show, in scope as well as audience. Saturday, July 27th at 11:30am, a day prior to BRAIN FRAME 13, the MCA will host BRAIN FRAME LIT, a writing-focused comix reading, as part of its Comics Day activities. BRAIN FRAME is “the world’s most exciting comic book reading series,” Edie Fake told The Comics Journal. This coming year, Chicago will export a native gem as Hill tours around the country, hosting one-off shows with local cartoonists.

    Contact: brainframecomix(at)gmail(dot)com

  • Chicago Zine Fest Organizer & Volunteer Opportunities

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    A word from Chicago Zine Fest (which usually happens in the spring):

    “The Chicago Zine Fest is looking for volunteers interested in helping us gear up for CZF 2014! All levels of involvement are available, including full-time organizer positions and new lead volunteer roles created this year to help streamline the organizing process! Please email us at chicagozinefest(at)gmail(dot)com if you’re interested in being involved and having a hand in a great and rewarding event! Thanks!”

  • Donate Your Zine For a Good Cause

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    The Fargo-Moorhead Zine Fest is looking for donations of zines for an upcoming “Free Zine Day” event that will coincide with a 24 hour zine-athon.  The zine scene in Fargo-Moorhead is currently very small, so FMZF has been holding events prior to the zine fest to increase awareness of and interest in zines.

    Here’s what they have in mind:

    Fargo-Moorhead Zine Fest is happening on September 7th, 2013 in Fargo, ND. About a month before the fest, in early August, FMZF Auxiliary Programs will be hosting a 24 hour zine-athon.  To create additional community around this event, there will be a Free Zine Day give away, if they can get some zines donated. That’s where you come in. If you can spare even just one or two copies of your zine to help support the (currently tiny) F-M zine community, please do!  Donations of kid-friendly zines are especially appreciated!

    The goal is for FMZF to be a diverse event, meaning: people of many different races, ethnicities, cultures, religions, genders, sexuality, and classes have knowledge of the event, feel comfortable attending FMZF, and have an opportunity to make a zine prior to and/or during the event so that each person feels zines are accessible to them.  To this end, FMZF Auxiliary Programs has been hosting many community building events leading up to FMZF.

    Send your stuff with your contact info to:

    Free Zine Day, PO Box 374, Moorhead MN 56561

    Note: Do NOT send or bring it to Quimby’s.

    More info:
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    https://www.facebook.com/FargoMoorheadZineFest
    contact: fargomoorheadzinefest(at)gmail(dot)com

    All donors will be listed as supporters at the zine fest, and listed in the fest’s upcoming blog posts.  FMZF thanks you.

  • New Stuff This Week

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    Big Feminist But: Comics about Women Men and the Ifs And and Buts of Feminism by Shannon O’Leary and Joan Rielly $20.00

    Zines
    Mum Is the World by Zanny Begg $6.00
    Sushi Pocket Book by the Sushi Warrior and Hoan Tran $3.00
    Beasys Chilleisure a Image Lifestyle Catalog by Brian Echon $15.00
    Super Trooper #7 Feb 13 by Robert Stanton $3.00
    Indulgence #11 by Eleanor Whitney $4.00

    Comics & Comix
    Under the Sea by Leslie Perrine $6.00
    Hate Baby #3 Spr 13 by Corinne Halbert $8.00
    Lately I’ve Had Trouble Waking Up to My Alarm by Nall $1.00
    Urban Nomad #1 by Alisa Harris $5.00
    Fear of Flowers by Jason Viola (Manatee Power) $4.00
    Tank Girl Solid State #2 by Alan C. Martin et al. $3.99
    Peace Sign #1 Nexus $4.00
    Copra Compendium $12.00
    Invincible Haggard West #101 the Death of Haggard West  by Paul Pope $2.99
    Twelve Reasons to Die: Starring Ghostface Killah (Ghost Variant) Ballistic by A. E. Mortimer and D. Robertson $3.50
    Boy In Question #1 by Michael DeForge (Space Face Books) $7.00

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    The Amazing Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics) $29.99
    Love and Rockets Companion 30 Years and Counting by The Hernandez Bros et al. (Fantagraphics) $29.99
    Templar by  Jordan Mechner, LeUyen Pham, Alex Puvilland $39.99
    Genius by Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen $17.99
    More Deluxe Editions of Before Watchmen, various volumes
    Adventure Time TPB vol 2 $14.99
    Bravest Warriors TPB vol 1 by Pendelton Wars, Joey Comeau et al. $14.99
    Saga of the Swamp Thing Book 4 TPB by Alan Moore et al. $19.99

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
    Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell by Phil Lapsley and Steve Wozniak $26.00
    Hallelujah: The Extrodinary Story of Shaun Ryder and Happy Mondays by John Warburton and Shaun Ryder $16.95
    Why We Drive: The Past, Present and Future of Automobiles in America by Andy Singer (Microcosm) $13.95
    The Death of Cool by Gavin McInnes $15.00 – The soft cover version of what was called in the previous hardcover version How To Piss In Public. By one of the foundors of Vice.

    Politics & Revolution
    Squatting In Europe: Radical Spaces Urban Struggles by The Squatting Europe Kollective (Minor Compositions) $24.00
    Occupy Everything: Reflections On Why Its Kicking Off Everywhere by Alessio Lunghi and Seth Wheeler (Minor Compositions) $18.00

    Fiction
    Timegazer by Moses Solomon $5.99

    Mags
    Cabinet #49 Death $12.00
    Hi Fructose #28 $6.95
    Juxtapoz #151 Aug 13 $5.99
    SteamPunk Magazine #9 Lifestyle Mad Science Theory and Fiction $8.00
    Bizarre #203 Aug 13 $10.50
    High Times Sep 13 $5.99
    Fuel #13 Magazine Timeless $16.99
    Man of the World #4 $20.00
    Dazed and Confused vol 3 #23 Jul 13 $9.99
    Tape Op #96 Jul Aug 13 $4.95
    Wire Jul 13 #353 $11.25

    Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
    Collected 2013 Integumentary $7.00
    Versal #11 $14.95
    Petbooks Books 1 and 2 Collected Stories by Kevin Luna $2.50 each

    Click here to see what new stuff is available in our web store!

  • Queer Literary Showcase All The Writers I Know with Michael Garabedian, ellie navidson, Sam Lowry, and H Melt 8/10

    ATWIKQueer literary salon All The Writers I Know returns Sat, August 10th for their newest showcase, “More Than Alive.” Readers include Michael Garabedian, ellie navidson, Sam Lowry, and H Melt. Based around the idea of storytelling as a community-building act, producer Mar Curran wanted the event to continue ATWIK’s efforts to foster queer-positive space to share written work around the idea of not only surviving obstacles in life but overcoming them to thrive. This topic is something Curran and guest co-producer poet H. Melt felt was important to highlight and celebrate at an event described as “part grown-up story time, part poetry cipher, part cocktail party.”

    “Many people in our community face huge challenges, both related to and independent of their queer identities,” says Curran. “Coming together in a safe space to read work about rising above these challenges is hopefully a way to encourage others in the audience to do so themselves.”

    Created in 2011 by Patrick Gill and Rosy Phinick in Gill’s living room, ATWIK was started with the hopes of creating a safe space for Chicago queer writers to share their work with one another. Two co-producers aimed to create a space that “lets you feel as comfortable as you would in your own living room.”

    For more info: Contact Mar Curran at mcurr7(at)gmail(dot)com or like the All The Writers I Know Facebook page

    Saturday, August 10th, 7pm – Free Event

  • New Stuff This Week

    elvisdiedElvis Died For Somebody’s Sins But Not Mine: A Lifetime’s Collected Writing by Mick Farren (Headpress) $19.95 – A rocking life railing against the machine, in the company of Johnny Cash, Frank Zappa, Chuck Berry, Gore Vidal, Pete Townshend and others. Farren is a commentator, activist, essayist, poet, performer, and rebel with multiple causes and a founding figure in the 1960s underground press.

    Nice Guys Don’t Work in Hollywood: The Adventures of an Aesthete in the Movie Business by Curtis Harrington (Drag City) $19.95 – This memoir chronicles the unusual, multidecade career trajectory of Curtis Harrington, who man who created avant-garde films as part of Kenneth Anger’s inner circle, directed critically acclaimed and cult-adored horror films like Night Tide and Games, and then descended down the “slippery slope” of television work by directing episodes of Charlie’s Angels and Dynasty. Doubling as both a serious study of film aesthetics and a gossipy tell-all, this truly unique look at the Hollywood dream includes an unlikely cast of characters, including Dennis Hopper, Christopher Isherwood, Shelley Winters, Marilyn Monroe, Stanley Kubrick, and Aaron Spelling, as it reveals a portrait of the machinations of the film and television business.

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    Zines
    Epiphanies vol 1 Christian Death: On the Occasion of the 15th Anniversary of The Passing of Rozz Williams by Matthew Moyer $3.00
    The Worst: A Compilation Zine on Grief and Loss, ed. by K. McIntyre, issues #2 and #3 $8.00 each
    Two Fisted Librarians #1 2013 $2.50
    Serial Killers Unite #13 $3.00
    Who Remembers Anyway by David Alvarado $.75

    Comics & Comix
    I Think of Demons/ Sticky Icky Icky by Box Brown $8.00
    Fold and the Creator by Grant Reynolds $4.00
    I Thought You Quit This Place by Kristine Conroy $3.00
    (Kahvillen Comics Presents) Coracle by David C. Mahler, issues #1 and #2 $4.00 each
    Army of Lovers Will Be Beaten Book 7 by Bernie McGovern $6.00
    Word and Voice #6 by Aaron Cockle (Oily Comics) $1.00
    Lou #15 by Melisssa Mendes (Oily Comics) $1.00
    Blood Visions Part 2 by Zach Worton $1.00 (Oily Comics) $1.00
    Habit #1 ed. by Josh Simmons (Oily Comics) $5.00
    Mrs Connie Dutton an Adaption of Spam by Jessica Campbell (Oily Comics) $1.00
    Cut Away #1 Part One of Tree Swallows by Dan Zettwoch (Oily Comics) $1.00
    Odette #1 by Sarah Ferrick $5.00

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Demongunz Minicomic Anthology by Bernie MCGovern $6.00 – Collects Demon Gun and Demon Dust zines #1-11 by this local artist.
    Zero Hour Graphic Novel by Ray Bradbury and the Grand Rapids Comics Society $10.00
    Lost Cat by Jason (Fantagraphics) $24.99
    Graphic Canon vol 3 Worlds Great Literature as Comics and Visuals ed. by Russ Kick (7 Stories) $44.95 – Third volume in this series where the classic literary canon meets comics artists, illustrators, and other artists. This volume includes such artists as Crumb, Dame Darcy, Peter Kuper and more.
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    Leon Trotsky: An Illustrated Introduction by Tariq Ali and Phil Evans (Haymarket) $15.00
    A Cartoon Introduction to Statistics by Gray Klein and Alan Dabney PhD $17.95
    Failure by Karl Stevens $21.95

    Art & Design
    I’m One: 21st Century Mods by Horst A. Friedrichs (Prestel) $19.95 – photos.
    A Map of the World: The World According to Illustrators and Storytellers ed. by Antonis Antoniou et al. (DGV) $60.00 – Publications, the tourism industry, and other commercial parties use contemporary, personal maps to showcase specific regions, to characterize local scenes, to generate moods, and to tell stories beyond sheer navigation. A new generation of designers, illustrators, and mapmakers are currently discovering their passion for various forms of illustrative cartography.
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    Kawaii Japans Culture of Cute by Manami Okazaki et al. $24.95
    Coloring Book Project: Collection by 100 Artists From Around the World of Tattoo Flash Art by Brett Herman $25.00
    Skin Graf Masters of Graffiti Tattoo $34.95

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    Too High To Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution by Doug Fine $16.00

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
    I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains Real and Imagined by Chuck Klosterman $25.00
    Recombo DNA Story of DEVO Or How the 60s Became the 80s $19.95
    Strange Medicine Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages $14.00

    Politics & Revolution
    Anarchism and Workers Self Managemant in Revolutionary Spain $19.00

    Fiction
    Emmaus by Alessandro Baricco (McSweeneys) $13.00
    Million Heavens by John Brandon (McSweeneys) $15.00
    Don’t Miss Me by Lindsay Hunter $14.00 – Stories from local author.

    Magazines
    Frankie #53 May Jun 13 $13.95
    Pinstriping #38 Kustom Graphics Magazine Jun Jul 13 $10.00
    Mother Earth News #259 Aug Sep 13 $5.99
    Monocle vol 7 #65 Jul Aug 13 $12.00

    Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
    After Hours #27 Sum 13 Journal of Chicago Writing and Art Afterhours $8.00
    First Words by Andrew Byrne $12.95
    Sex & Sexy
    Little Fluffy Gigolo Pelu vol 2 by JUnko Mizuno (JaPress) $17.95
    Smokin’ Hot Firemen: Erotic Romance Stories for Women ed. by Delilah Devlin $15.95
    LA Woman Lives in the Fast Lane Stories Told on LA Stages by Anna Metcalf $6.50
    Steam Bath: Sweaty Gay Erotica by Shane Allison $15.95

    Click here to see what new stuff is available in our web store!

  • Laydeez Do Comics July Edition: Gina Wynbrandt & Mat Deflier

    Laydeez Do Comics is London’s monthly comics salon. Quimby’s is host to the Chicago edition. Come hear comics creators speak about their work, their process, their plans, and whatever else they want to share with us.

    The July 2013 meeting will take place on Thursday July 25th, at 7pm.

    The first guest will be Gina Wynbrandt. Gina is a recent graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago who makes comics about celebrity, fashion, and other fun stuff.

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    The second guest will be Mat Deflier. Mat Defiler has been scribbling quirky, political, personal, queer comics at a slow but steady pace for quite some time.  Mat has had work published in the Gay Genius anthology, The Collective Tarot, and over the years in small publications including The Industrial Worker, Arsenal, Bound to Struggle, the 1981 Lusher Elementary School Handbook, and several self published zines.  Mat Defiler currently draws comics about madness, the future, and working as a nurse and is working on releasing them as a tapestry narrative in web comic form as soon as technology cooperates.

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    The meeting is FREE.

  • July Is International Zine Month

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    Need an excuse to finish that zine you’ve been working on? Or um, talking about working on? Well the perfect kick in the pants is here: July is International Zine Month. Get your zine on. On our racks that is. When you’re done making it, you come in and consign it. Give us five copies, fill out a form, and then once it sells you get 60% of your retail price. It’s that easy. More info about consigning here at Quimby’s here.

    More info about International Zine Month at the amazing zine resource site stolensharpierevolution.org.