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Laydeez Do Comics Chicago April Edition With Jeffrey Brown
The monthly focus on lady comics and friends of lady comics artists returns. Come hear comics creators speak about their work, their process, their plans, and whatever else they want to share with us. For more info: laydeezdocomics.blogspot.com
This month’s guest is artist Jeffrey Brown, author of Clumsy, and his new book is Vader’s Little Princess.
About Jeffrey Brown:
After growing up in Michigan, a 25-year-old Jeffrey Brown moved to Chicago in 2000 to pursue an MFA at the School of the Art Institute. By the time he completed his studies, he had abandoned painting and started drawing comics seriously. His first self-published book, Clumsy, appeared seemingly out of nowhere to grab attention from both cartoonists and comics fans. Established as an overly sensitive chronicler of bittersweet adolescent romance and nonsense superhero parody, Brown’s current direction remains split between more autobiography examining the minutiae of everyday life and whatever humorous fiction he feels in the mood for. His most popular works include Clumsy, Unlikely, AEIOU, and Every Girl is the End of the World For Me, comprising the so-called “Girlfriend Trilogy” and its epilogue. More recently his autobiographical work has included Little Things and Funny Misshapen Body. His parody The Incredible Change-Bots, the Ignatz Award winning I am going to be small and humorous cat book Cat Getting Out Of A Bag all stand out amongst his humor work, while his Sulk series continues to take on a variety of subjects with satire. Jeffrey’s work has appeared in a host of anthologies from McSweeney’s to The Best American Comics, as well as mainstream books like The Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror and Marvel’s Strange Tales. His original artwork has been exhibited in New York, Paris, and Chicago. Brown has been featured on NPR’s This American Life and even created a short animated music video for the band Death Cab For Cutie. He lives in Chicago with his wife and son. More info: jeffreybrowncomics.com
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Off-Site Event: Pop Up Book Fair at the Empty Bottle
Curbside Splendor Publishing and The Chicago Writer’s House are pleased to announce the 2nd installment in their seasonal series of POP UP BOOK FAIRS. Quimby’s joins 40 independent publishers, presses, and booksellers will be on hand at The Empty Bottle hocking their goods. Grab a cocktail and listen to live music as you satiate your bibliophiliac needs! And best of all the book fair is FREE if you RSVP by CLICKING HERE! Otherwise admission is $5 at the door. 21+ unless minors accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Live music by: Mr. Mayor & the Highballers, Warm Bones (a new project by Russ Woods of Tiny Folk) and If Trees Could Write.Sunday, April 14th, 1:30pm-6:30pmNOT AT QUIMBY’s, at the Empty Bottle 1035 N. Western Ave. -
Off-Site: OUTSIDERS: Zines, Samizdat, and Alternative Publishing
Off-Site Event:
Caxton Club/Newberry Library Symposium presents
OUTSIDERS: Zines, Samizdat, and Alternative Publishing
Sat, April 6th (various times)
The Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610This symposium explores the world of the alternative press with experts from around the country, featuring speakers such as Jenna Freedman (Lower East Side Librarian Winter Solstice Shout Out zine), Davida Breier (Xerography Debt) Anne Elizabeth Moore (independent publisher, activist, writer and teacher). And Quimby’s will be there selling zines! For more info: caxtonclub.org/events/2013-symposium
Please note, this event is NOT at Quimby’s. It’s at the Newberry Library at 60 West Walton St.
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New Stuff This Week
Kate Beaton Sketchbook $10.00 – Of Hark a Vagrant fame.
Grantland Quarterly vol 5 (McSweeneys) $25.00 – Sports journals from the McSwee empire. Work from Bill Simmons, Brian Phillips, Jane Leavy, Chuck Klosterman, Rembert Browne, Katie Bak, Molly Lambert $25.00
Zines & Zine-Related Books
Junk Drawer #7 Landscape Part 2 From the Drawer to the Streets, Tracing the Origins of Odds and Ends by Eric Bartholomew $3.50
If Nothing Else the Sky by Dave Roche #5.00
Regional #7 Wisconsin $8.50
Shitty Birds #1 Golden Flow $1.00
issues of Piltdown Lad by Kelly Dessaint
Xerography Debt #32 $4.00
Celebrated Rubber Chicken of Dingo and Dizmal Ms Olive Rootbeer Coloring Book $5.00
HB and Other Stories Part 1 by Tanner Ballengee $2.00
Brooklyn to Mars #3 $8.00
Dirty Hands #3 by David Alvarado $5.00
I Know Someone I Can Hurt #1 by Paul McGrew $3.00
Judas Goat Quarterly #57 by Grant Schreiber $1.50
Records as Portable Exhibitions and Interactive Participatory Objects by Temporary Services $4.00Comics & Comix
Monster Dudes #2 by Dave Scheidt & Matt Fagan $3.99
Demon Dust issues #15 & #16 Feb 13 by Bernie McGovern $2.00 each
Black Sheep Coat by Krystal DiFronzo $4.00
Phase 7 #017 by Alec Longstreth $4.00 – Based on Weezer’s Blue Album.
Distance Mover #8 & #9 by Kyle Patrick $5.00 each
Jade vol 1 by Fiona Avocado $8.00
Super Aids Zine #1 $3.00
Owls Make Lousy People by Carl Antonowicz $1.00Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Black Paths by David B. (Self-Made Hero) $24.95
Massive vol 1 Black Pacific TPB by Brian Wood et al. (Dark Horse) $19.99
Crossed vol 5 by Daivd Lapham et Al. $24.99
Rough House vol 1 by William Kauber et al. $12.00
Our Ever Improving Living Room Daily Diary Comic Collected Color Cover by Kevin Budnik $20.00Art & Design
Decadence and Dissolution: Tattoo and Kabuki Art (Ukiyo E Master Series vol 4) by Kunichika (Shinbaku) $39.95
a variety of arty titles from Idiots Books: Sex to the Third Power Idiots Books vol 38 and more.
Crap Graffiti by Adam Elliott et al. (Ebury Press) $13.95
A Is For Anchor: A Tattoo Alphabet by Paul Slifer (Schiffer) $19.99Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
End Times and 2019 End of the Mayan Calendar and Countdown to Judgement Day by David Montaigne (Adv Unlmtd) $19.95
Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women In Extreme Religions by Susan Tive (Seal) $16.00
Deserts of Heaven by MG Meile $13.00
Official Truth 101 Proof: The Inside Story of Pantera by Rex Brown and Mark Eglinton $26.00Politics & Revolution
Homos and Hebrew Live Long and Prosper by MG Meile $8.00Fiction
Sea Is My Brother SC by Jack Kerouac $18.99 – The lost novel!
Book of My Lives by Aleksander Hemon $25.00
Magic Words: The Tale of a Jewish Boy-Interpreter: The Worlds Most Estimable Magician, a Murderous Harlot, and America’s Greatest Indian Chief by Gerald Kolpan $15.95 – Now in soft cover.
Everyone Says That at the End of the World by Owen Egerton (Soft Skull) $15.95
Names of Silence by MG Meile $13.00
Bear Season by Bernie Hafeli $14.95
War Is Language: 101 Short Works by Nath Jones $4.99Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
Strangest of Theatres: Poets Writing Across Borders by Jared Hawkley, Susan Rich, Brian Turner (McSweeneys) $16.00
X by Dan Chelotti (McSweeneys) $20.00
The First Line vol 15 #1 Spr 13 $3.00
Conium Review vol 2 #1 Spr 13 $12.00
Straight Line Shaped Like a Knot by Ari Feld & Amanda Huff $4.00
Expotition Where In by Edwin R. Perry $3.00Magazines
Bust Apr May 13 $5.99
Cabinet #48 Trees $12.00
Paper Apr 13 vol 29 #6 $4.00
Gentlewoman #7 Spr Sum 13 $14.99
Hunter Fashion Magazine #22 $24.99
Highsnobiety Win 13 #6 $22.00
Tape Op #94 Mar Apr 13 $4.95
Razorcake #73 $4.00
Wire Mar 13 #349 $9.99
SSLM vol 17 Mar 13 Same Sex Life Magazine $5.00
Harpers Magazine Apr 13 $6.99
RFD #153 Spr 13 $9.95Sex & Sexy
Fukitor #8 by Jason Karns $10.00
Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy by Ophira Eisenberg (Seal) $16.00
Meat #9 $20.00Other Stuff
The Door is Always Open, Gary Baseman Journal (Dark Horse) $9.99
Garbage Pail Kids Series 2 Card Pack $3.75 – 10 Sticker Cards, Brand New Series -
New Stuff This Week
Arthur #34 Apr 13 $5.00 – Nance Klehm on better home brewing, Austin Grossman considers the video game, ecstatic cartographer David Chaim Smith, Melvins’ finest half-hour, anarcho-occultism explained, comics, and more.
Zines & Zine-Related (TONS OF STUFF FROM CHICAGO ZINE FEST LAST WEEKEND!)
Pieces #8 On Twelve Years of Running by Nichole $2.00
Well Worn Very Used $1.50
Plump Up For Hibernation: A Vegan Bears Baking Guide by Kara Comegys $5.00
Discomfort #5 $2.00
Kurt Cobain Was a Feminist #1 $.50 – One side in English, the other in French. Oui!
issues of Memento Mori by Gina
Bacterial Turned Viral #5 by Johnny Animal $3.00
Triumph of Our Tired Eyes #1 by Amber Dearest $1.00
Monster Mash #1 by Rosy Phinick $2.00
Jacobsville by Sarah Darnell $6.00
Like Kickies Like Bruises by Tomas Moniz $5.00
Stink Eye #1 and #2: Comprhensive Report on Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About $2.00 each
Three Stories Three by John Wawrzaszek $1.00
Alamo Igloo #2 Chicago 2013 by Keitch Herzik $5.00
Loop Detail #1 by Jon Marchione $8.00
Little Acorns #6 a 24hour Zine Thing Sunday July 29th, 2012 by Maranda Elizabeth $1.00
Daddy Issues – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About How to Screw Up Fatherhood… by Mia Beatrice $2.00
Cheer the Eff Up #4 by Jonas $3.00
Hoax #8 Feminisms and Mythologies $3.00
Visitor In Myself #1 by Nichole $1.00
Ninetyseven to Three $20.00
You’ve Got a Friend In Pennsylvania #7 On Queerness Introversion and Friendship Theory by Sari $2.50
Sassyfrass Circus #8 the Sinew That Shrinks by Jenna Brager $2.00
Doykeit #1 $2.00
Zine Crush – Confessions of Like issues #1 and #2 $2.00
Quickest Flipest – Pictures and Words Magazine issues #1 through #3
Broiling For Columbine – Two Kids, One School, Cinnamon Rolls $2.00
Let It Sink Accident Journal by Jim $.50
Read Once and Destroy – A Compilation, Ouija Yes No by Julia Eff $3.00
Gross and Disappointing #1 by Zo Watt $2.00
Obsesser #4 At Some Point and Obsesser #5 Botanical Endeavors by Jessica Bublitz $2.00 each
Font By Any Other Name by Nicki Yowell $4.00
Collage Zine – a SPOC (Self Publishers of Chicago) Publication $7.00
My Little Friend #6 by Eryca $1.00
Mezzanine MetaZine $2.00
Zine Libs #1 and #2 by Erick Lyle and Caroline Paquita (Pegacorn Press) $5.00
Delineatas Magicae Mysticum Cacas vol 2 by Suuimord Ecnad $6.20
issues of Georgi and the Haunted Minivan
Erik Satie Was a Punk by Georgi Johnston $2.00
Goth Night #1 by Jeff Griffin $5.00Comics & Comix
CAKE 2013 Digest ed. Max Morris $5.00 – With comics by favorite humans Lale Westvind, Andy Burkholder, Otto Splotch, Jo Dery, Ben Bertin, Krystal Elisa DiFronzo, and Grant Reynolds.
You Don’t Get There From Here #25 by Carrie McNinch $2.00
Man In the Trees #1 by Max Morris $6.00
Cuentitos a Collection of Short Stories by Peregrine Angthius $10.00
Metalheads vol 1 by Scott Wygmans $6.66
BC x FU vol 3 Another Black and White Nightmare Monsters and Misery Comics by Scott Wygmans $10.00
Animal Kingdom #1 by Eric Rivera et al. $5.00
Prizon Food Part 2 $6.00
End of the Fucking World #16 by Charles Forsman $1.00 – Final issue!
Word and Voice #4 Dec 12 by Aaron Cockle $1.00
Lou #11 by Melissa Mendes $1.00
Duh Studge In Real Rap #2 1 Rhyme 4 Every Occasion yo yo $1.00
Outside #1 of 3 by Marc Geddes and Warren Craghead $1.00
I Want to Eat Everything #2 Food Comics by Jessi Zabarsky $3.00
Late Era Clash #25 by Mike Taylor $5.00
Salad Days by JP Coovert $6.00
Immovable Objects by James Hindle $6.00Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Puppy Teeth #3 by Kevin Czapiewski and Liz Suburbia $20.00
Caffeinated Toothpaste vol 2 by Josh Bauman $25.00
Hair Shirt by Patrick McEown $24.95
Treasury of 20th Century Murder by Rick Geary $15.99
Hand Drying in America and Other Stories by Ben Katchor $29.95
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Library Edition HC vol 4 by Joss Whedon et al. $29.99
When David Lost His Voice by Judith Vanistendael $24.95
Cyanide Milkshake #4 by Liz Suburbia $2.00
How I Get By #1 by Jonathan Marchione $5.00
Grow Up #1 A Homage to Pseudo Adulthood by Sara Baier $2.00
Grin and Bear It by Sara Baier $3.00Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Hot Wind by Adam Wolpa $20.00
Frankensteins Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotechs Brave New Beasts by Emily Anthes $26.00
Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the Worlds Wildest Places by Bernie Krause $15.99
Lets Bring Back the Lost Language Edition: A Collection of Forgotten Yet Delightful Words, Phrases, Praises, Insults, Idioms by Lesley Blume $19.95DIY
Vegan Secret: Supper Bold and Elegant Menues from a Rogue Kitchen by Merida Anderson (Arsenal Pulp Press) $26.95Politics & Revolution
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer for Freedom, Letters from Prison, Songs, Poems, Courtroom Statements – Tributes to the Punk Band That Shook the World (Feminist Press) $12.95
Value of Radical Theory: An Anarchist Introduction to Marx’s Critique of Political Economy (AK Press) $12.95
Take Back the Land: Land Gentrification and the Umoja Village Shantytown by Max Rameau (AK Press) $14.95
Dictionary of Operations: Deep Politics and Cultural Intelligence by Operative Cultural Intelligence and Konrad Becker (AUtonomedia) $14.95Sex & Sexy
Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influence Sex and Love by Marina Adshade $24.95Magazines
Dwell Apr 13 $5.99
Juxtapoz #147 Apr 13 $5.99
Shots #119 Spr 13 Creatures $6.95
Ain’t Bad Magazine #5 Win 13 $18.00
Wilder Quarterly vol 1 #5 Win 13 $18.95
Diffusion #4 2012 $15.00
Skeptical Inquirer Mar Apr 13 vol 37 #2 $4.95
High Times May 13 $5.99
Gastronomica vol 13 #1 $12.99
Laphams Quarterly vol 6 #2 Spr 13 $16.00
Taproot #5 $9.00
Mojo #232 Mar 13 $9.99
NME Special 50 Albums That Built Punk $12.99
Filter Good Music Guide Mar Apr 13 $2.99
Ghetto Blaster #34 $3.95
Shindig #31 $12.99
Monocle vol 7 #61 Mar 13 $12.00
Against the Current #163 March April 13 $5.00
ASR #59 Win 13 Anarcho Syndicalist Review $5.00
GLQ vol 19 #2 Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies $12.00
In These Times Mar 13 $3.50Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
Criminal Class Review vol 6 $12.00
Six By Six #28 Sir Lizard Threw a Party (Ugly Duckling Press) $5.00
After Hours #1 Spr 13 by Matt Questionmark and Lauren B. $3.00Fiction
Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman $25.00
Hair Lit vol 1 ed. by Nick Ostdick (Orange Alert Press) $13.00 – Stories inspired by various hair metal songs. Various authors including Megan Stielstra, Lindsay Hunter, Susannah Felts, Ben Tanzer and more.Kids Books
Barrys Best Buddy by Renee French $12.95
Fannie and Freddie by various $12.00Other Stuff
French Fry Lip Balm $3.00
Bacon Frosting Artifical Decorating Frosting $5.00
Fish Head Lollipop $4.50
Edgar Allan Poe Metal Lunch Box $15.00
Savory Bacon Bread Sticks with Free Tattoo $3.00
Butter Flavored Lollipop $3.50
T-Bone Steak Noteblock $8.95
Doctors Choice Candy Cigarettes: Sweet and Mild Quality Blend $2.00 -
Yes, We're Open!
Perhaps you heard the news? The restaurant next door to Quimby’s had a fire. We’ve received a lot of concerned phone calls and e-mails from folks. Thanks for showin’ the love! Thanksfully, it has not affected Quimby’s and everything is safe here in the zine stacks!
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Oyez Review Celebrates 40th Anniversary 4/12
Don’t miss The Oyez Review celebrating its fortieth issue with Katherine May Copenhaver and other Contributors.
Oyez Review, Roosevelt University’s award-winning literary magazine, is edited and produced by MFA candidates in the Literary Magazine Internship course. Each issue includes poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction from the best writers across the nation. Oyez Review’s most recent issue marks forty years of continuous publication. Oyez Review has featured work by such writers as Charles Bukowski, James McManus, Carla Panciera, Michael Onofrey, Tim Foley, John N. Miller, Gary Fincke, and Barry Silesky, and visual artists Thomas C. Jackson, Steve Harp, Vivian Nunley, C. Taylor, Jennifer Troyer, and Frank Spidale.
Oyez Review’s fortieth anniversary issue includes for the first time ever color artwork by acclaimed Chicago artist Chuck Jones.
Katherine May Copenhaver has lived in the Chicago area most of her life. She holds a BA in English from University of Iowa and an MFA in creative writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She makes a living as a writer, editor, and teacher of writing.
For more info: oyezreview.wordpress.com
Or contact Janet Wondra at jwondra@roosevelt.edu
Friday, April 12th, 7pm – Free Event
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March Quimby's Newsletter
Here’s a link to our March e-newsletter! Info about events, new stuff, announcements, etc. Want to receive it in your inbox every month? Sign up at quimbys.com
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Laydeez Do Comics Chicago March Edition with John Porcellino (King-Cat) and Riva Lehrer 3/28
The Laydeez Do Comics March Edition will feature John Porcellino (King-Cat) and Riva Lehrer.
The monthly focus on lady comics and friends of lady comics artists returns. The first two meetings were smashing successes and this one hopes to be as amazing! Come hear comics creators speak about their work, their process, their plans, and whatever else they want to share with us.Laydeez Do Comics, London’s monthly comics salon founded by Nicola Streeten (Billy, Me, and You) and Sarah Lightman (The Book of Sarah, Graphic Details) is adding to branches in Leeds and San Francisco, and has started a branch in Chicago.For more info: laydeezdocomics.blogspot.com
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Off-Site Event: Chicago Zine Fest
Quimby’s is proud to co-sponsor Chicago Zine Fest is an independent event creating an outlet for small press and independent publishers to showcase their work. Their goal is to make DIY zine-making accessible, highlight the talents of self-published artists, and give independent artists a chance to interact, and swap skills through tabling, community events, and workshops. The 2013 Chicago Zine Fest will take place on March 8th and 9th at various places around the city.
Friday, March 8, 2013:
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Writing about Health, Disability, and Accessibility in Zines: A Panel with Kerri Radley, Maranda Elizabeth, and Dave Roche at the Conaway Center, Columbia College, 1104 S. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60605
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Youth Reading at 826 CHI
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Exhibitor Reading at 826 CHI
9:00 pm: Quimby’s will be the site to unveil the recipient of this year’s Long Arm Stapler Award for Awesomeness in Zineness, as well as Zine Win Lose or Draw, hosted by our own Neil Brideau (editor of The Plan).
Saturday, March 9, 2013
11:00 am – 6:00 pm: Zine Exhibition featuring over 200 tablers, workshops, and panels at the Conaway Center, Columbia College. Quimby’s will be tabling there. Stop by and say hi!
For more info such as workshops and panels etc. on Saturday, see : chicagozinefest.org
