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Off-Site: POP-UP BOOK FAIR, Sunday, July 7th at The Empty Bottle
Sunday (July 7th) at The Empty Bottle is POP-UP BOOK FAIR! Beginning at 12:30pm and going until 5pm, join Curbside Splendor Publishing as they play host to 40+ small indie presses and publishers. The event is FREE with RSVP if you click here, and it’s $5 at the door. It is a 21+ event, so all minors must be accompanied. There will be live music provided by Nagasaki, DJ Goldie Bear, DJ “2nd Cousin, Twice Removed”, DJ Kale Party, DJ Heavy Inspinuation, KRUBREDNUF, and DJ DG.Featured purveyors include:
2nd Story
7 Vientos
826chi
Another Chicago Magazine
Artifice Mag
Black Ocean
Burial Day Books
Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (CCLaP)
Chicago Zine Fest
chicagopoetry.com
co•im•press
Convulsive Editions
Criminal Class Press
Curbside Splendor Publishing
Dream of Things
Fifth Star Press
Haymarket Books
Kenning Editions
Knee Jerk Magazine
Labletter
Love Symbol Press
Mid American Review
Miss Nyet
Monsters & Dust
Moon City Review
New American Press
Orange Alert
Quimby’s
READ/WRITE
Rhino Poetry
Richochet Review
Rose Metal Press
Soberscove
Solace in So Many Words
South Loop Review
Switchback Books
THE 2ND HAND
Tortoise Books
& MOREPlease note this event IS NOT at Quimby’s. It is at The Empty Bottle which is at 1035 N. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60647.
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Steve Miller Talks Detroit Rock City Book and Punk Rock Provocateur Tesco Vee Squawks Touch and Go
Michigan madmen Steve Miller and Tesco Vee, veterans of the unbridled musical sounds that made the Midwest famous, appear together July 26 to talk about Miller’s new oral history, Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Five Decades of Rock ‘N Roll in America’s Loudest City (Da Capo). The two will also discuss the classic punk rock tome Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine ’79-’83 (Bazillion Points), the 576-page monsterpiece written by TV and edited by Miller.
Steve Miller is a noted true crime author, award-winning investigative journalist, and former singer of hardcore punk legends the Fix. In Detroit Rock City, Miller spins a tale of rust belt rebellion culled from hundreds of hours spent interviewing a litany of rock titans, from Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop to Jack White and John Brannon. Miller does the walkin’ and lets the principals do the talkin’ as he creeps through 50 years of hard rockin’ magnificence from the “Mitten.”
Tesco Vee is the irascible, ageless, iconic punk rock impresario, renaissance man, and founder of Touch and Go. His band The Meatmen continue to amaze and astound. His rapier wit will be on full display Friday.
Detroit Rock City is …A sharply edited oral history that nails most of the major players and includes the inherent contradictions in each person’s account of how history went down, it offers up that singular Detroit attitude that somehow fuses an inferiority/superiority complex into something loud, aggressive, and delightfully unique. Not to be crude, but– holy crap. – Dave DiMartino, former editor, Creem magazine
“Creem may have taught me how to piss, but Touch and Go taught me how to shit. I owe my career to that magazine.”—John Brannon, Negative Approach
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New Stuff This Week
Mash Tun #3 Craft Beer Journal: 2013 We Heart Love Beer $8.00Zines & Zine-Related
Majik Gurlz by Brett Manning $6.00 – Beautifully rendered drawings of cosmic ladeez ready to sweep you up in their curls and claws. Also there’s a Majik Boys.
Semen Leather #2 Trainwreck by Timm Mettler $5.00
Werewolf by Andy Hood $3.00
Docs #4 Spr 13 $3.00
Judas Goat Quarterly #58 by Grant Schreiber $1.50
I Heart Twin Peaks vol 1 by Jessixa $5.00 – Full color character sketches, one-pager gag strip-style. Hilarious. And there’s a volume 2. Diane, send those earplugs. P.S. This same artist dropped off “Jessixas Portable Quotable 80s” vols 1 and 2. Which is, of course, equally hilarious.
Hoi Polloi Haikus by A. Bagley $5.00
Paint on Paint on Paint $5.00
Fluke Fanzine #11 $3.00Comics & Comix
Trubble Club vols 6 and 7 $5.00 each
Wolfman Chicago Eats Pants Pie by Nate Beaty $2.00
Jeremy Tinder comics:
Amsterdam Sketchbook $3.00
Transformerman $7.00
Viewotron #2 by Sam Sharpe $6.00
All Rumors Are True by Laurel Lynn Leake $10.00 – Leake’s comics have a badass snarl, crafty pop draftsmanship and bionic take-no-shit pacing that fits right in with the likes of Hellen Jo and Liz Suburbia. All Rumors Are True is about a cult reality drag porn star, and the blur of the spotlight – catchy.
Piece Meal #3 by Nate Beaty $4.00
Sea Cow by Seamous O. Hames $5.00
Beth Dean #2 Pregnant With Desire by Beth Dean $5.00
Linework #4 SPECIAL EDITION $40.00 – Comes with a plethora of stickers and originaldrawings and zines! Ooo la la.
Brass City Stories by B. Cremins $3.00
Misper #3 by Anthony Melero $3.00
I Will Eat Your Heart by Andy Glass $3.00
Robot Versus Ghost by Drew Alderfrer $6.00
Hole Show #3 Gnartoons by James Stanton $4.00
You Text Your Mama With That Font by Steve Keiser $1.00
Yellow Zine #3 by Roman Muradov $6.00Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Eye of the Majestic Creature 2 by Leslie Stein (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Green Eggs and Maakies by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Destination X by John Martz (Nobrow) $15.95
Stink Helmet by Otto Splotch $15.00
Digbys Sweater by Ben East $6.00
The Gettysburg Address: A Graphic Adaptation, Using Lincolns Words to Tell The Whole Story of Americas Civil War 1776-Present by Jonathan Hennessey and Aaron McConnell $15.99
Locke and Key TPB vol 4 Keys to the Kingdom by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez $19.99
Bread and Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York by Samuel R. Delany and Mia Wolff (Fantagraphics) $14.99
Before Watchmen – Deluxe Editions, $29.99 each:
Silk Spectre by Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner
Ozymandias Crimson Corsair by Lein Wein, Jae Lee, John HigginsFiction
Lexicon by Max Barry $26.95
How Should a Person Be by Sheila Heti $16.00Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No Bullshit Guide to World Mythology by Cory O’Brien and Sarah E. Melville $14.00
Moondog: The Viking of 6th Avenue, Authorized Biography by Robert Scotto (Process) $22.95 – Now in soft cover.
Man from Mars: Ray Palmer’s Amazing Pulp Astonishing But True Journey by Fred Nadis $28.95
Free Radicals: The Secret Anarchy of Science by Micahel Brooks (Overlook) $16.95
President and the Provocateur: The Parallel Lives of JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald by Alex Cox (Feral House) $15.95Politics & Revolution
Anarchists Against the Wall: Anarchist Interventions 05 by Uri Gordon and Ohal Grietzer by Uri Gordon (AK Press) $12.00
Cartography of Revolutionary Anarchism by Michael Schmidt (AK Press) $12.00Druuuuuuuuugs
The Marijuana Chronicles ed. by Jonathan Santloffer (Akashic) $15.95Magazines
SSLM vol 19 Jun 13 Same Sex Life Magazine: Say I Do Wedding Expo Special Edition $5.00
Backwoodsman vol 34 #4 Jul Aug 13 $4.95
Dazed and Confused vol 3 #22 Jun 13 $$9.99
Empire Jul 13 $9.99
Fader #86 Jun Jul 13 $5.99
Decibel #106 Aug 13 $4.95
Nobrow #8 Hysteria $24.00
Tom Tom Magazine #14 Magazine For Female Drummers $6.00Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
The Believer #100 Jul Aug 13 Music Issue $12.00
Rusted Radishes #1 Beirut Literary and Art Journal $10.00
Ricochet Review #1 Spr 13 $10.00
Last American Poet by Nicholas Conlon $20.00
Mirrors for Princes by Lesley Dixon $8.00Notable Restocks
More Moleskines! Various colors and sizes.
Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever #2 $5.00
Unstuck: A Little Zine Full of Ideas for Writing by Carrie Colpitts $1.00
Journal by Julie Delporte (Koyama) $20.00
Saga TPB vol 1 by Brian. K. Vaughan $9.99
Railroad Semantics #1 Eugene Portland Pocatello and Back $7.95 -
Fan Interference: The Best of Zisk Zine Release Event with Mike Faloon, Steve Reynolds and Jake Austen 7/19
Intending to cover baseball from a fan’s perspective, the first issue of Zisk was published in the summer of 1999 and is now published twice a season. Named for the former “South Side Hitman” Richie Zisk, the zine is for those who love the charm, history and quirks of America’s pastime. The publication is edited by New York-based writers Mike Faloon and Steve Reynolds and is touted as “the Baseball Magazine For People Who Hate Baseball Magazines.” FAN INTERFERENCE: A COLLECTION OF BASEBALL RANTS AND REFLECTIONS (Blue Cubicle Press, 2013) is an anthology of the best musings culled from over 15 years of Zisk. Edited by MIKE FALOON (Go Metric, Egghead.) and STEVE REYNOLDS (Trouser Press, Party Like It’s 1999) and featuring contributions from academics to punk rockers, comedians to fans with an ax to grind, FAN INTERFERENCE examines the intersection of baseball, lifestyle and music — all colored with bit of nostalgia, a great deal of humor and, often, a tongue planted firmly in cheek.
In addition to Faloon and Reynolds, contributors to the anthology include JAKE AUSTEN (author, TV-A-Go-Go: Rock Music on Television from American Bandstand to American Idol), SEAN CARSWELL (college professor, co-founder of the independent music magazine Razorcake and the independent book publisher Gorsky Press), KEVIN CHANEL (Punk Rock Confidential), BRIAN COGAN (The Encyclopedia of Punk), DR. NANCY GOLDEN (writer; wildlife toxicologist), JOHN SHIFFERT (author, Base Ball in Philadelphia), TODD TAYLOR (founder and executive director of Razorcake/Gorsky Press Inc.), CHARLIE VASCELLARO (journalist, Washington Post, Chicago Sun Times, Los Angeles Times), ARI VOUKYDIS (comedian/writer, BuzzFeed, GQ, Grantland, etc) and REV NORB (musician; inventor of Sick Teen magazine, former writer for Maximum Rocknroll).
FAN INTERFERENCE: A COLLECTION OF BASEBALL RANTS AND REFLECTIONS (Blue Cubicle Press, 2013)
Anthology – Paperback
238 pages Print – $22.95
ISBN: 978-1-938583-04-9
“…For those who love baseball for its charm, history and eccentricities and not merely as something to play a fantasy league around. It’s for the true fans who populate the upper deck, not the party animals in the bleachers.” – Chicago Tribune
“Baseball is the most important thing in the world. It’s also completely meaningless in the grand scheme of life. These guys recognize that those two philosophies can co-exist in the human brain, which makes their writing a truly electric, and all too rare, jolt to the synapses.” – Variety
Fri, July 19th, 7pm
For more info:
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New Stuff This Week
Food Stamp Foodie #3 by Virginia Paine $3.00
Because of CAKE, last week’s huge comics fest, we got in so much amazing new stuff (almost 200 new items!!) that this is but just a tiny sample. Come in to the store to see more!
Zines & Zine-Related
People of Coloring Book by Hazel Newlevant $6.00
And Now 200 Years Later We Are Still Waiting For Interested Buyers: Stories and Observations by the Students of 826CHI $5.00
Systems Soft by Brian Hochberger $8.00
T and A #1 $12.00
Hex Zine by Caroll Gilligan Wheeler $4.00
Mish Libs #2 Karaoke Party $2.00
Word About Seeing Words Anything by Sergej Vutuc $8.00
Disposable Outcast by Hybachi Lemar $2.00Comics & Comix
Womanimalistic #3 by Caroline Paquita $5.00
Leif Goldberg zines: National Waste #8 Hand America ($7.00), Free Will ($12.00), Horse Sheet $5.00
Xmas Comic #1 2013 by Mickey Z., Michael DeForge, Patrick Kyle $4.50 – Also by those 3 artists: Pixars Cars #1 ($4.50)
Window Washer by Mickey Zacchilli and CF $5.00
Express Less #1 by Lale Westvind $8.00
Buddies Shelter Raiders by Anna Haifisch $1.00
Stitching Together Special Edition by Annie Mok $5.00
New Comics #1 by Patrick Kyle $10.00
Heads Collider by Mat Brinkman (Picturebox) $23.00
Alternative Comics #4 $5.99
Occupy Comics #2 by Alan Moore and friends $3.50
Stonewall Mark #1 by Sasha Steinberg $10.00
A variety of Providence Comics Consortium comics (see also: The Providene Car Crash Consortium zines)
Scorched Earth #1 and Other Stories by T. Van Deusen $5.00
Laskimooses #11 $7.00
Monkey Vision circa 13 by Mike Taylor $20.00
Inflated Head Zone #1 MMXIII Necrotic Meat Planet by Zach Hazard Vaupen $10.00
Conan the Barbarian Is My Spirit Guide By Crom $17.00
PSA Public Service Announcement by G. Blekkenhorst $2.00
Monkey Chef vol 1 by Mike Freiheit $7.00
Mark of Aeacus #1 by Charles Zan Christiansen $9.00
Beth Dean #1 Loose in San Francisco $5.00
more issues of Ed Luce’s Wuvable Oaf
Victus #1 by Tyrell Cannon $8.00
Seeing Stars: Your Time Irrelevant Guide to the Universe Questio Your Habits and
Creator #1 by James Turek $8.00
Personal Space: Dating Tips From First Year Galaxy Patrol Recruits by Jamie Lee $3.00
Clinically Rad by Mike Taylor $5.00
Butch Pony Tail by Harvath O. $3.00
Conditions on the Ground #4 Aug by Kevin Hooyman $4.00
Dumb #2 by Georgia Webber $6.00
Photosynthesis – Botany Utopia by Adrian Pijoan $4.00
Cashing Capital by Conor Stechschulte $5.00
Hello Adios by Dawn K. Wing $5.00
Morgo by Laurie Pina $4.00
Equilibristics by Ian McDuffie $4.00
Sliders: Paradise Lost – A Comics Anthology by Ian MacDuffie and friends $10.00 – All devoted to Sliders. The show. Not the food. Duh!
Illogical Comics #8 Nemesis Assemble Ensemble by T. Toye $20.00
I Don’t Get It by Kimball Anderson $8.00
Deep Forest #1 by Laurel Lynn Leake $10.00
Text Great Moments in Western Civilization vol 4 #2 $2.00
Index #2 The Library Caitlin Cass $3.50
Cartoon Clouds #1 by Joseph Remnant $5.00
Matter of Life or Death by Tom Van Deusen $4.00
Pride of God Island by Curtis Tinsley $1.00
RL #2 Rosalie Lightning Comic by Tom Hart $4.00
Redbird #2 Midsouthwest Travelogue Bridges Museums Chickens More by D. Zettwoch $3.00
Be Here Meow #1 by Nacho Nova $3.50
Halfmen by Kevin Huizenga $4.00
Silent Energy by John Karnes $2.00
Palms of Her Hands #1 by JD Lee $3.00
Where Eden Once Stood: Veteren Stories From Iraq and Afghanistan by Jess Ruliffson $10.00
Me: Welcome to My World by Fitz $4.00
Meat and Bone #1 by Katherine Verhoeven $6.00
Henry Basil’s Short Fall by Christian Keller $5.00
Lovf New York Destination Crisis by Jesse Reklawn et al. $9.00
Mamapants Ashcan #1 by Tyler Cohen $3.00
Ms Bean’s Art Class #1 b Cara Bean $5.00
Milkyboots #14 MB by Virginia Paine $4.00
Curlo vol 2 Galactic Romance Issue by Hazel Newlvalent $3.00
It Sucks to Be A Vampire #1 by Cory Amons $5.00Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
The End by Anders Nilsen (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Collects The End #1, Mome You Were Born and So Your Free, It’s Okay You Have Everything You Need, How Can I Prepare You For What’s To Follow, plus Sonnenzimmer Print!
A Matter of Life by Jeffrey BRown (Top Shelf) $14.95
Crater XV (Far Arden) by Kevin Cannon (Top Shelf) $19.95
Zippy: Dingburg Diaries by Bill Griffith (Fantagraphics) $29.99 – Zippy the Pinhead returns.
Wake Up, Percy Gloom by Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics) $28.99
New School by Dash Shaw (Fantagraphics) $39.99
Paul Joins the Scouts by Michael Rabagliati $20.00
Science Fiction by Joe Ollman $18.00
Adventure Time TPB vol 3 by P. Ward et al. $14.99
Heck by Zander Cannon (Top Shelf) $19.95
Saga TPB vol 2 by Brian K. Vaughan et al. $14.99
Sweet Tooth TPB vol 6 Wild Game by Jeff Lemire $16.99
Daybreak by Brian Ralph (D&Q) $16.95
Complete Deep Girl by Ariel Bordeaux $20.00
In The Beginning: Great Moments in Western Civilization Cooperative Comics, From the First Five Years by Caitlin Cass $18.00Art & Design Books
Animals With Sharpies by Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber (D&Q) $16.95
Nicola Verlato: From Verona With Rage (Gingko) $34.95
William S. Burroughs: Cut the Future of the Past vol 2 $39.95
Craftydermy by Tracy Benton $14.95
Pinstripe Planet 3 More Fine Lines From the Worlds Best $39.95
John Van Hamersveld 50 Years of Graphic Design $49.95
It’s a Stick Up: 20 Real Wheat Pasteups from the Worlds Greatest Street Artists by Ollystudio $29.95
States of Decay by Daniel Barter and Daniel Marbaix $34.95
Wear Your Dreams: My Life in Tattoos by Ed Hardy $26.99Drugs
Growing Marijuana Indoors a Foolproof Guide by Jay Carter Brown $14.95Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jorgensen $26.99
Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of RocknRoll in Americas Loudest City by Steve Miller $16.99
This Ain’t No Holiday Inn: Down and Out at the Chelsea Hotel 1980-1995 by James Lough $16.95 – An oral history of the famed NY hotel where many a monets in rock and punk history were made (and died).
Cosplay: Made in Japan $39.95
Best Film You’ve Never Seen: 35 Directors Chapion the Forgotten or Critically Savaged Movies They Love by Rob K. Elder $16.95
That’s Not Funny Thats Sick: National Lampoon and the Comedy Insurgents Who Captured the Mainstream by Ellin Stein (Fantagraphics) $27.95
Queen of the Air: The True Story of Love and Tragedy at the Circus by Dean Jensen $26.00
Queens of Noise: The Real Story of the Runaways by Evelyn McDonnell $25.99
Left of the Dial: Conversations with Punk Icons by David Ensminger (PM Press) $20.00
The Mammoth Book of Black Magic $13.95Politics & Revolution
Red Army Faction a Documentary History vol 2 Dancing with Imperialism by J. Smith et al. (PM Press) $26.95Fiction
Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman $25.99
New Taboos by John Shirley (PM Press) $12.00Magazines
Kill Screen #7 The Great Outdoors $15.00
Dwell Jul Aug 13 $5.99
Wilder Quarterly vol 1 #6 Spr 13 $18.95
True Crime Jun 13 $8.99
Dossier #11 $15.00
Brownbook #39 $14.99
Hole and Corner #1 $21.99
Gothic and Lolita Bible #46 $35.00
Local #2 A Quarterly of People and Places $12.00
Harpers Magazine Jul 13 $6.99Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
The Ninth Letter vol 10 #1 Spr Sum 13 $14.95
The First Line vol 15 #2 Sum 13 $3.00
Uncut #194 Jul 13 $9.99
Wire Jun 13 #352 $11.25
Hyphen #27 Sum 13 $7.95Other Stuff
“Absolutely No Drum Circles” Sticker $1.50 -
Thai Comic Horrors Vol. 2 Release Event with visits to Buddhist Hell, Tropical Ghosts and Other Strangeness 7/23
Join Quimby’s for the release of Thai Comic Horrors Vol.2, a compilation of overlooked pulp horror comics from the Kingdom of Thailand. Translated into English for the first time these stories offer a glimpse into folklore and superstition often unseen by outsiders. The new issue of Thai Comic Horrors is themed around body horror and showcase stories involving Thai ghosts that share an unquenchable desire to consume fresh human intestines! For this event Logan Bay will present a slide show and lecture reflecting on the four years spent abroad. Lecture topics will include visiting Buddhist Hell parks and an introduction to Thai ghosts & superstitions.
Artist (and former Quimby employee!) Logan Bay has created a diverse body of work over his artistic career. Past projects have included: publications, audiovisual performance, installation, graphic design and illustration. Active as a curator and organizer Logan has produced shows in New York, Chicago, & Bangkok. He is currently enrolled at Rangsit University, Thailand working towards a MFA in design.
For more info visit: loganbay.com or loganbaybay@gmail.com
Click here for the Facebook event invite.
Tues, July 23rd, 7pm – Free Event
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New Stuff This Week
Hot Doug’s: The Book by Doug Sohn (Agate Midway) $24.95 – When it comes to hot dogs, Hot Doug’s head chef Doug Sohn is the master of the craft. His introduction of gourmet ingredients and professionally trained culinary flair to the world of encased meats has earned him national recognition and praise. In Hot Doug’s: The Book, Sohn takes the reader on a fun, irreverent trip through the history of hot dogs, his restaurant, and the many patrons — both famous and average Joe — who have declared Sohn the king of dogs. As told through Sohn’s own stories, this book will combine photos, favorite anecdotes, lessons learned, and lists ranging from general restaurant etiquette to most-repeated sausage double-entendres (Doug’s heard ’em all). Stories included will reveal fact from the folklore of the restaurant’s founding, retell the tale of Hot Doug’s infamous 2006 run-in with Chicago City Hall, and even provide accounts of Hot Doug’s-inspired tattoos, which if presented upon order privilege the bearer to free hot dogs for life. Contributions from some of Hot Doug’s biggest fans will be spread throughout the book, with raves from Paul Kahan, Steve Albini, Dan Sinker, Mindy Segal, Homaro Cantu, Aziz Ansari, many other local and national figures, and an introduction from Graham Elliot.Zines & Zine-Related Books
Zisk Presents Fan Interference: A Collection of Baseball Rants and Reflections co-edited by by Mike Faloon & Steve Reynolds $22.95 – Don’t miss Mike Faloon & Steve Reynolds here at Quimby’s on July 19th.
Crazy But Not Insane #1 by Allison Farn $2.00
Rochester Teenset Outsider #24 I Hate the 90’s by W. Carroll $1.00 – Sucking in the 90s, with a special feature interview of Ren and Stimpy voice-ologist Billy West!!!
So You Want To Go To College by EMS $2.95
Taking the Lane vol 9 Disaster by Elly Blue (Microcosm) $5.50
Surface Area #2 $5.00
Offline #3 by $7.00
Moral Fiber issues #7 and #8 by Chris Pernula $2.00 each
Forever Falling Sideways #1 a Zine on Mental Health by Sascha Altman DuBrul (Pioneers Press) $5.00
One Way Ticket #7.5 (Pioneers Press) $3.00
What’s Their Name: More Adventures WO Gender by Julia Eff (Pioneers Press) $5.00
Head Space #1 2013 $3.00
Tater Totter #2 a Periodical Publication for Kids $5.00
Rain Crow Rain Crow Sing Us A Shower $3.00 – New from Sean of Thoughtworm zine.
Dream Whip #15 The Pedal Powered Movie Tour by Bill Brown (Microcosm) $9.25 – Bill Brown embarks upon a bicycle ride across the country he was born in but that he’s not sure he recognizes anymore. During this, his 15th adventure, he pedals through 2,000 miles of meth heads and road rage, Mississippi River murder, psychic waitresses, anarchists, haunted Unitarian churches, GMO soybeans, farm dogs with bad attitudes, and coconut cream pie.
Comics & Comix
Lou #14 by Melissa Mendes (Oily) $1.00 – Runaway kids and pizza parlor intrigue.
Middleground by Andy Burkholder (Oily) $1.00
Not a Horse Girl #1 by Marian Runk (Oily) $1.00
Outside #2 of 3 by Marc Geddes (Oily) $1.00
Training by Josh Simmons (Oily) $1.00
Captcha #7 by Jo Jo Sherrow $6.00
Dope Mouthfeel #4 $4.00
Reptile Museum vols 1 #1 and vol 1 #2 and by Cody Pickrodt
Coin Op You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know by Peter and Maria Hoey $6.00
Coin Op Your Smile at the Top of the Dial by Peter and Maria Hoey $6.00
Blammo #8 by Noah Van Sciver (Kilgore Books) $5.00 – VanSciver’s fantastic floppy returns! Charles the Chicken! Punks vs. Lizards! Begrudged humans! Odd toys! My favorite part of this new issue is a beautifully drawn Grimm fairy story that seems a direct tribute to Valery Carrick’s terrific and emotive illustrations for Russian folk tales. -EF
Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall Dian Fossey and Birute Galdikas by Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks (First Second) $19.99
Pietrolino by Jorodowsky and Boiscommun (Humanoids) $29.95
Preacher Book One TPB by Garth Ennis et al. $19.99Art & Design
Acorn by Yoko One (OR Books) $16.00
The Steampunk Alphabet by Nathanael Iwata $14.95Sex & Sexy
Bi – Notes for a Bisexual Revolution by Shiri Eisner $16.00Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
George Kuchar: Interviews and Conversations (re/Search) $9.99 – As in the legendary underground filmmaker/educator whose campy films inspired John Waters and David Lynch.
You Don’t Know Me But You Dont Like Me: Phish Insane Clown Posse and My Misadventures With Two of Musics Most Maligned Tribes by Nathan Rabin $16.00
Cemetery Gates: Saints and Survivors of the Heavy Metal Scene by mick O’Shea (Plexus) $19.95
Autopilot The Art and Science of Doing Nothing by Andrew Smith (OR Books) $16.00Politics & Revolution
Bamboozled: An Incarcerated Boxer Goes Undercover for John McCain’s Boxing Bill by Joe Biel (Microcosm) $9.95
Lynch Law In Georgia and Other Writings by Ida B. Wells $20.00
The Labor Movement in Japan by Sen Katayama (Prism Key Press) $15.00DIY
Grow: How to Take Your DIY Project and Passion to the Next Level and Quit Your Job by Eleanor C. Whitney (Cantankerous Titles) $13.95 – Don’t miss Eleanor C. Whitney here at Quimby’s on July 12th, discussing success and sustainability as an independent writer, publisher and creative business owner. The panel will feature Chicago-based creatives Selena Fragassi (Boxx Magazine), Rebecca Ann Rakstad (Rarrar Press), and Bradley Adita (PopPunk.com).Fiction
Skagboys by Irvine Welsh $16.95 – Now in soft cover.
In a Corner Darkly: Short Stories to Horrify Shock and Disturb by Sue Rovens $12.00
White Feathered Octopus by Jason Robert Bell $20.00 – From the artist of Caveman Robot.
Keep Your Enemies Closer by Mark O’Neal $10.00
I Know Very Well How I Got My Name by Elliott DeLine $12.00Magazines
Kinfolk vol 8 A Guide For Small Gatherings $18.00
Under the Influence #12 Spr Sum 13 Coming of Age Issue $24.99
White Fungus #13 $10.00
True Detective Summer Special 2013 $10.99
Bizarre #202 $10.50
Uncut Nick Cave Ultimate Music Guide #5 $13.99
Fifth Estate vol 48 #1 Sum 13 $4.00
AdBusters Jul Aug 13 $12.95
RFD #154 Sum 13 $9.95
Paper Sum 13 vol 29 #8 $4.00
Grantland Quarterly vol 6 (McSweeneys) $25.00 – Chuck Klosterman explains how he got involved in a conspiracy theory about Gen. David Petraeus, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills postcards, a fully illustrated breakdown of Claire Danes’s Homeland cry faces, Ke$ha’s shining moment with her new album and more.
Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
This Super Doom I Aver by Russell Jaffe (Poets Democracy) $10.00 – Poetry Mad Libs!
Mystery & Adventure Series Review #47 by Fred Woodworth $3.00
Brick #91 Sum 13 A Literary Journal $15.00
Expatlitj #1 Mar 13 $7.00
The American Reader vol 1 #5 #6 May Jun 13 $10.00
I’m So Into You by Dolly Lemke (Plumberries Press) $4.00
Mr Ivy by Brenna York (Plumberries Press) $4.00
Five Years In and Americorps Quarterly Report #3 Split by Michael Stoneberg and Alex Friedman (Plumberries Press) $3.00
Mercy Mercy Mercy by Cynthia Spencer $4.00
All I Wanna Do by Bethany Price (Pitymilk Press) $4.00 -
Grow Author Eleanor C. Whitney Moderates DIY Success Panel with Selena Fragasi, Rebecca Ann Rakstad & Bradley Adita
Eleanor C. Whitney’s new book Grow: How to Take Your Do It Yourself Project and Passion to the Next Level and Quit Your Job (Microcosm Publishing), is a practical field guide for creative people who want to achieve success with their ideas for independent projects. Author Eleanor Whitney enables readers to clarify their vision, set goals, create a plan, fundraise, publicize, and manage their “do-it-yourself” endeavor. Whitney will discuss achieving success and sustainability as an independent writer, publisher and creative business owner with Chicago-based creatives Selena Fragassi (Boxx Magazine), Rebecca Ann Rakstad (Rarrar Press), and Bradley Adita (PopPunk.com).
“The ultimate creative person’s companion- for anyone who’s thought of, attempted to, or has already made some steps to turning their vision into a viable product, this practical and personal how-to is like a business-savvy mentor.” – Cathy Erway, author of The Art of Eating In: How I learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove and editor of Not Eating Out in New York
Eleanor Whitney is a Brooklyn-based writer, musician and arts professional. She has written for publications such as Venus Zine and Remedy Quarterly and contributes regularly to Idealist.org and Artsfwd.org. She has spoken about creative success and sustainability at national conferences such as South by Southwest and the Creative Chicago Expo.
For more info: growdiy.com
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Quimby’s Welcomes Dan Gleason and Friends 7/6
It’s a celebratory event for the release of Dan Gleason’s 50th zine, ‘A Book Of Themes!’ Skip all of those 6th of July firework-filled galas, which inevitably end in the emergency room, and take heed to the words of a cavalcade of weirdos at your favorite local bookstore. This night’s roster of readers includes the great Rachel McPadden, former lead singer of the hardcore punk band Shit Ass, the artists behind the early 90’s hit ‘Playground.’ She has contributed to Mr. Skin’s website and is the only person ever to have claimed a crush on film actor George C. Scott. Mike McPadden – he’s head writer at Mr. Skin and author of the books ‘Heavy Metal Movies: From Anvil to Zardoz, the 666 Most Headbanging Movies of All Time’ and ‘If You Like Metallica.’ He also briefly replaced Bowzer in Sha Na Na back in ’83 after that artist’s split from the group. Gregory Jacobsen is lead singer of the band Lovely Little Girls, the Fatty Jubbo behind Fatty Jubbo’s Cake and Polka Parade podcast, brought to you by WFMU, and the finest painter in all of Chicagolandia. For a time he danced with a box on his head on the Chic-A-Go-Go! show, too. Jenny Inzerillo writes, paints, molds the minds of the youth and is the only thing worth two shakes any more in that stinking Logan Square neighborhood. She aspires to leave this planet one day soon on Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo. Gabriel Wallace is Jeffrey-Elaine Shotzenberger, and host of the Pamela monthly reading series, and Dan Gleason is a hirsute hermit who has produced fifty of those little fold up zine/books that you (hopefully) enjoy.
Come try their words on for size, evolve, and then leave the premises with a much more promising outlook on life, which should include a sudden longing to work with wicker, the ability to make your own gillie suit with only a half dozen discarded hairnets and five feet of twine, a won’t for knowledge of the ‘inner algorithms,’ a potential subscription to the H&R Block monthly newsletter, a lust for vice, a turning out, a tuning in, a tuna rolling, and a rin-tin-tin-atuding. GET DOWN FOR THE UPSTROKE! ’88 was great, ’99 was fine, but damn do I miss the music of GENUWINE! LOVE LIVING- AND BE THERE!
Dan Gleason has at least 25 books on the market for your pleasure, here are the titles of just a few of them: The Unexpected Gratification I Received From Taking In The Sexual Act With A Homeless Person And Other Less Contemplative Thoughts Rendered In Short Story Form By Dan Gleason, The NCA’s Introductory Book To Your Newest Saints, Fairy Tales With Important Morals For Children And Other Unambitious Writings By Dan Gleason, The Great American Novella, Stories Of Life Minus Context And Sense Plus Other Little Ditties By Dan Gleason, I Married A White Woman, Satansbraten: Stories For The Season Of The Witch, The Gospel According To Dan Gleason, All Of Those Happier Thoughts I Was Too Afraid To Express Before (AKA My Big Bland Book Of Feelings) By Dan Gleason, Memoirs Of A Guy In The Band, and Interludes. He is a Quimby’s favorite.
For more info: stopgostop.com/dangleason/
Saturday, July 6th, 7pm – Free Event
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New Stuff This Week
The Riot Grrrl Collection by Lisa Darms and Johanna Fateman (Feminist Press) $34.95 – The Riot Grrrl Collection is an attempt to document the evolution of the Riot Grrrl movement, particularly in the years between 1989 and 1996. Because Riot Grrrl was (and is) both a political and a cultural movement, its output was diverse, including writing, music, performance, film, activism, photography, video, and original art, as well as documentation of activism and performance. This research collection will provide primary resources for scholars who are interested in feminism, punk activism, queer theory, gender theory, DIY culture, and music history.Zines & Zine-Related
Book of Themes Book #50 by Dan Gleason $3.00 – Don’t miss Dan Gleason and friends here at Quimby’s on July 6th.
My Aim Is True #8 by Carrie $1.00
Tongueswell #1 by Jen T. $1.00
Roethlisberger Castration Society #1 by Jen T. $2.00
This Page is Intentionally Left Blank $5.00
Blotch: Thoughts on Diversity From Middle School Thinkers $1.00
Tributaries #4 $2.00
zines from The Awkward Ladies Club, all $3.00:
Never Date Dudes From the Internet #1 A Response to a Craigslist F4M Ad
Never Finish Grad School #1 Excerpts From My Livejournal 2004-2006
Paper Radio: A Media and Radio Zine issues #11.2 and #12.2 by DJ Frederick $3.00 each
Think About the Bubbles #5 Fears Loves by Joyce Hatton $5.00
Suitable 4 Framin #10 Win 12 $5.00
Silkscreened in Pittsburgh Jan 13 by Georgi $.50
Chomp #3 by Mitsu Sucks $9.00
Alamo Igloo #13 by Herzik $5.00
Sloan Simone Szucs #1 $2.00
The The House of Crosses $4.50 – Mingling of narrative memory, urban history and design nerdery, a intro to a former hausterpiece of visionary art in Chicago, the Szewczyk House of Crosses.Comics & Comix
Scum TV #1 Fall 12 BY Joren Cull $15.00 – Sexy parodies of Thomas the Tank engine etc.
Dubble Trouble vol 1 by Ted Gudlat $15.00
Supermag #1 by Jim Rugg (Adhouse) $9.95
Turtie Needs Work by Steve Woldhard (Koyama Press) $3.00
Crushable: Mary Tyler Moore by Janice Shapiro $5.00
Crushable John Doe: I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts by Janice Shapiro $5.00
Day One by Drew Panckeri $2.00
Hello There How Are You – The Beginning by Tony Rabit $3.00
Fiesta en Piyama by Ines Estrada $4.00
Nervous Tic #1 A Comic Book of Stories with a Manly Theme by Kathryn Newman $5.00
Piss N Shit by Aiden Cook $5.50Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
User’s Guide to Neglectful Parenting by Guy Delisle (D&Q) $12.95
I Watered Everything by Aaron Demuth $8.00
500 Years of Resistance Comic Book by Gord Hill $12.95
Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book by Gord Hill $12.95
Everybody Gets it Wrong and Other Stories: David Chelsea’s 24 Hour Comics vol 1 $19.99
Hellboy vol 6 by Mike Mignola $49.99
Walking Dead TPB vol 18 What Comes After by Robert Kirkman $14.99Art & Design
Awake in the Dream World: The Art of Audrey Niffenegger (PowerHouse) $29.95
Cruel: Bearing Witness To Animal Exploitation by Sue Coe (OR Books) $40.00Fiction
Taipei by Tao Lin $14.95
Hologram For the King by Dave Eggers $15.95 – Now in soft cover.Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
The Big Book of Magic 1400s-1950s by Noel Daniel (Taschen) $69.99
Big Star: The Story of Rocks Forgotten Band by Rob Jovanovic (Jawbone Press) $19.95 – The Revised and Updated Edition.
Ascent of the A Word: Assholism the First Sixty Years by Geoffrey Nunberg $14.99
Freeloading: How Our Insatiable Hunger for Free Content Starves Creativity by Chris Ruen (OR Books) $20.00
End of the World by Reverend Billy (aka Bill Talen) (OR Books) $12.00 – The founder of the Church of Stop Shopping muses on the apocalypse.
Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet by Julian Assange et al. (OR Books) $16.00 – Founder of WikiLeaks and peers discuss the future of the internet.
How to Build an Android: The True Story of Philip K Dick’s Robotic Resurrection by David F. Dufty $16.00 – In this remarkable behind-the-scenes narrative, David F. Dufty follows a group of scientists on their mission to create “Phil,” a life-size android of famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. We witness the obstacles the scientists encounter and the innovative solutions they apply to overcome them. The fact that the subject Phil was built to mimic was a man notoriously paranoid and fascinated by artificial intelligence colors the story all the way to its unforgettable end, when the robot’s head goes missing, never to be seen again. A riveting story that will capture science enthusiasts and general readers alike, How to Build An Android traces the line where artificial intelligence and humans collide. Now in soft cover.
Politics & Revolution
Beautiful Trouble: The Toolbox For Revolution From the People Who Brought You the Yes Men and Billionaires For Bush by Andrew Boyd and Dave Oswald Mitchell (OR Books) $13.00 – New Pocket Edition.DIY
Lust for Leaf: Veggie Crowd Pleasers to Fuel Your Picnics Potlucks and Ragers by Alex Brown and Evan George $19.99Sex Guides & Culture
Guide For the Modern Bear: Field Study of Bears in the Wild by Travis Smith (Modern Bear) $19.99Magazines
Bitch #59 $5.95
Juxtapoz #150 Jul 13 $5.99
Shots #120 Sum 13 $6.95
ArtForum Sum 13 $10.00
Creative Review May 13 Annual Special Issue $14.99
Cemetery Dance #69 $9.95
Paleo Magazine Jun Jul 13 $5.99
Maps vol 23 #1 $8.95
Skunk vol 9 #1 $5.99
High Times Aug 13 $5.99
Taproot #6 $9.00
Cinema Retro vol 9 #26 $11.99
Horror Hound #41 May Jun 13 $6.99
Shock Cinema #44 $5.00
Camera Obscura #82 Feminism Culture and Media Studies $12.00
Big Takeover #72 $5.99
Maximumrocknroll #361 Jun 13 $4.00
Filter #52 $5.95
Radical History Review Spr Sum 13 $9.95
Wax Poetics #55 $11.99
Gather #3 Spr Sum 13 $19.99 – Gather is a lushly photographed and deleriously appetizing food magazine (phood fotography?)- their Spring/Summer film issue is no exception with a slew of cinematicly inspired original recipes.
Monocle vol 7 #64 Jun 13 $12.00
In These Times Jun 13 $3.50
Radical History Review Spr 13 $14.00
Tattoo Venus Special #9 From Tattoo Life $9.99
Inked Jun Jul 13 #56 $6.99Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
Fourteen Hills vol 19 #2 2013 $9.00
Public Space #18 $12.00Other Stuff
Gary Baseman Coasters 4 Coaster Set $9.99
Giggle and Pop Magnet Set by Gary Baseman $8.99
More Moleskine planners. varying prices, sizes, formats and colors.
