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  • 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

    Druuuuuugs
    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.

  • Off-Site: POP-UP BOOK FAIR, Sunday, July 7th at The Empty Bottle

    POP-UP-BOOKS-624x794Sunday (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
    & MORE

    Please note this event IS NOT at Quimby’s. It is at The Empty Bottle which is at 1035 N. Western Ave.  Chicago, IL 60647.

  • Steve Miller Talks Detroit Rock City Book and Punk Rock Provocateur Tesco Vee Squawks Touch and Go

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    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

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    Mash Tun #3 Craft Beer Journal: 2013 We Heart Love Beer $8.00

    Zines & 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.
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    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 $3.00

    Comics & 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 $6.00

    Graphic 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 Higgins

    Fiction
    Lexicon by Max Barry $26.95
    How Should a Person Be by Sheila Heti $16.00

    Mayhem, 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) $15.95

    Politics & 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) $12.00

    Druuuuuuuuugs
    The Marijuana Chronicles ed. by Jonathan Santloffer (Akashic) $15.95

    Magazines
    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 $6.00

    Poetry, 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 $8.00

    Notable 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

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    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:

    ziskmagazine.com

    facebook.com/ZiskTheBook

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  • New Stuff This Week

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    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 $2.00

    Comics & 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 $5.00

    Graphic 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 $18.00

    Art & 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 $26.99

    Drugs
    Growing Marijuana Indoors a Foolproof Guide by Jay Carter Brown $14.95

    Mayhem, 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 $13.95

    Politics & Revolution
    Red Army Faction a Documentary History vol 2 Dancing with Imperialism by J. Smith et al. (PM Press) $26.95

    Fiction
    Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman $25.99
    New Taboos by John Shirley (PM Press) $12.00

    Magazines
    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 $6.99

    Poetry, 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 $7.95

    Other 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

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    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.

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  • New Stuff This Week

     

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    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!!!
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    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.
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    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
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    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. $19.99

    Art & Design
    Acorn by Yoko One (OR Books) $16.00
    The Steampunk Alphabet by Nathanael Iwata $14.95

    Sex & Sexy
    Bi – Notes for a Bisexual Revolution by Shiri Eisner $16.00

    Mayhem, 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) $16.00

    Politics & 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) $15.00

    DIY
    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 $12.00

    Magazines
    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.
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    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