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  • New Stuff This Week

    talesconcretehighwayZines & Zine-Related Books
    My Week In Catcalls: A Diary of Douchebags by Molly B. $1.50
    Tales from the Concrete Highway $10.00 – The ninth issue in the Workers Write! literary journal series. This issue contains stories and poems from the driver’s point of view. Edited by David LaBounty with a variety of contributors.
    2 zines from high school classes, both $3.00, one about food and one about The Unknown.
    Plaid Will Mask the Bloodstains #1 $1.00
    Cutting Corners #2 Graff Zine Featuring Serch Kmart Perp $2.00
    Ego #3 Turbulence by Danja Jankovic $6.00
    Prison Girls Deterred #1 by M. Comeau $5.00
    Sweet Dreams/How to be a Lady Split Zine by Carolee Gilligan Wheeler and Marissa Falco $4.00

    Comic & Comix
    Eschew #3 by Robert Sergel (Sparkplug) $6.00
    Cid Hansonn Let Me Uhh Explain by Cristian Hurtado $6.66
    Starship Gospel by Abe Lampert $5.00
    Capacity #8 by Theo Ellsworth (Secret Acres) $7.00
    S #13 Baltic Comics Magazine  $12.00
    Mini Kus #11 All You Need Is Love by Emmi Valve $4.00
    Mini Kus #12 Historyjki by Maciej Sienczyk $4.00
    Mini Kus #10 Otso by Mari Ahokoivu $4.00
    Mini Kus #13 Our Library by Amanda Baeza $4.00
    Sale Temps by Laureline Mattiussi (Mille Putois) $5.00
    Dont Tell Mom #1 Poetry Unlimited Message Accepted by Molly Colleen O’Connell $5.00
    Lapsos #2 by Ines Estrada $5.00
    Proto Punk #1 by Brendan Wells $2.00

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Odd Duck by Cecil Castellucci and Sara Varon (First Sec) $15.99
    Property by Rutu Modan (D&Q) $24.95
    Journalism by Joe Sacco $22.00
    The From Hell Companion by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell (Top Shelf) $29.95
    Authority HC vol 1 by Warren Ellis et al. $29.99
    Adventure Time Playing With Fire by Danielle Corsetto et al. $11.99
    Adventure Time Presents Marceline and the Scream Queens by Meredith Gran $19.99
    Tetes De Mickey by Simon Bosse (Mille Putois) $25.00
    W the Whore Makes Her Tracks by Anke Feuhrenberger $30.00
    Dark Shine vol 1 by Aleksandar Opacic $16.00

    Art & Design
    Firma 2004 2009 Skecbok by Igor Hofbauer $16.00
    Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman $12.99 – In May 2012, bestselling author Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts, in which he shared his thoughts about creativity, bravery, and strength. He encouraged the fledgling painters, musicians, writers, and dreamers to break rules and think outside the box. Most of all, he encouraged them to make good art. The book Make Good Art, designed by renowned graphic artist Chip Kidd, contains the full text of Gaiman’s inspiring speech.

    DIY
    EAT UP: The Inside Scoop on Rooftop Agriculture by Lauren Mandel (New Society) $29.95

    Fiction
    Fall Out by Susan Daitch (Madras Press) $8.00
    The Murder of Monty Woolley by Alfred Hitchcock (Madras Press) $8.00
    Madhouse Fog by Sean Caswell (Manic D) $15.95

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
    Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert “Believe It Or Not” Ripley by Neal Thompson $26.00
    Sex Lies and the Dirty by Nik Richie (Feral House) $16.95 – Confessions of the mind behind TheDirty.com, a heavily trafficked online gossip sheet.
    The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years by Greil Marcus (Public Affairs) $13.99 –  In his latest book—The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years—Marcus dissects the songs of the Jim Morrison-led band, drawing such unlikely connections with their work as Charles Manson, pop art, Thomas Pynchon, and the Christian Slater film Pump Up the Volume.
    Jazz. New York in the Roaring Twenties (Taschen) $49.99 – Designed, illustrated, and edited by Robert Nippoldt, this award-winning book pays homage to this exceptional era, via an entertaining blend of illustrations, facts, and amusing anecdotes presenting 24 leading lights of New York’s jazz scene in the 1920s, complete with a CD containing some of their best tunes. The texts, contributed by Hans-Jürgen Schaal, give a vivid account of the club scene and the “band battles,” as well as the legendary recording sessions. A splendid read, a groovy CD—and not strictly for jazz fans only!

    Politics & Revolution
    The Martin Duberman Reader: The Essential Historical, Biographical, and Autobiographical Writings (New Press) $21.95
    In the Shadow of the Sabertooth: A Renegade Naturalist Considers Global Warming, the First Americans and the Terrible Beasts of the Pleistocene by Doug Peacock (AK Press) $15.00
    Digital Revolutions: Activism in the Inernet Age by Symon Hill (World Changing) $16.95 – Focused on the real-life experiences of activists rather than theory or abstract statistics, Digital Revolutions asks how the internet has affected activism, how it has allowed movements to go global more quickly and what the future holds for corporations and social movements that are doing battle online.

    Magazines
    Headmaster #5 $20.00
    Arena Homme Plus #39 Spr Sum 13 $17.99

    Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
    Literary Review vol 56 #1 Early Spr 13 Invisible Cities
    Overtime Hour 28 Inspection by Randy Simons $2.00

    Sex & Sexy
    Housewives at Play: Wheres Your Mother by Rebecca $9.99
    Drawn to New York by Peter Kuper (PM Press) $29.95

    Other Stuff
    Friendly the Poodle by Ginette Lapalme $10.00 – A paper poodle in a bag. You put it togeter. So cute.

  • Jason Robert Bell Brings The White Feathered Octopus to Quimby’s 6/11

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    Jason Robert Bell, Mystical Rebel Outlaw Baddasss, whose Advance Thothic Practice in Theatomix will one day rule the world, is releasing a limited paperback first edition of his new book The White Feathered Octopus (Tetragrammatron Press, 2012). This book talks about the gritty hard realties of growing up a blinded street beggar in Cairo, 1937, as if a mutant midwifed counterclockwise to the distant Jauntpads of Rocketcityutopia. It is a science fiction novel, written from one giant cryptographic anagram of Herman Melville’s Moby DIck. Not for the faint of heart! Read it if you dare. An erotic sexperiment in Philikdicking ones own mind back from the brink of madness and disability  a biography of lowdown heights, back alley knife fights, and cold uptown delights, the whole while you have the sinking feeling that this all might not actually be happen, as if you are a chess piece on a scrabble board.

    In other words, prepared to have your MindPenis Blown!

    Mr. Bell will have a limited edition of 12 artist proof unedited copied of his 365 page unreadable sci fi sex, steampimp, one giant anagram of moby dick novel. They will be for sale for $17.766 cents Lumarian, $20 usd. The books come with a digital portfolio of images and the text in complete iPad friendly PDF.

    Robin Dluzen, editor in chief of Chicago Art Magazine is having nightmares about:

    The White Feathered Octopus – The cornerstone of Jason Robert Bell‘s “One Man Army Corpse” exhibition at Thomas Robertello Gallery is The White Feathered Octopus, a 300-page book written by the artist during a three-month, pharmaceutically laden, bedridden recovery from a medical injury, available for viewers to peruse on a shelf in the gallery.

    Not since my adolescent discovery of William S. Burroughs’s Naked Lunch have I felt the same heavy, sinking feeling in my stomach from a work of art, visual, written, or otherwise. The artist is the author, protagonist, and narrator of this digitally composed, fragmented, stream-of-consciousness piece, fluctuating between seemingly autobiographical reality and fantastical nightmares.

    Like Naked LunchThe White Feathered Octopus is difficult to read in both structure and the nature of its content, and it is capable of giving a reader actual nightmares (as it did for me). But also like Burroughs’s masterpiece, it absolutely must be read for its courageous and frightening sincerity.

    Jason Robert Bell is a Brooklyn-based experimental artist and mystic, who produces paintings, drawings, comics, sculpture, experimental films, outdoor installations, performances, and now text, that are the by-products of a mystical journey, conjuring a highly charged, alternative reality. His work has been exhibited at Postmasters Gallery, New York and Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago. Bell received a BFA in Painting from the School of the Art Institute Chicago and an MFA from the Yale School of fArt.

    For more info: http://www.tetragrammatron.com/ or cavemanrobot@gmail.com

    June 11th, 2013, 7pm – Free Event

     

  • Graham Kolbeins Presents The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame 6/7

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    Celebrate the release of legendary Japanese gay erotic artist Gengoroh Tagame’s first English-language collection of manga at Quimby’s! The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga features seven of Tagame’s dazzlingly brutal and sumptuously sexy S&M-influenced tales, exclusive sketches, author commentary and essays by Chip Kidd and Edmund White. Come explore Tagame’s oeuvre, background and artistic impact with the book’s editor, Graham Kolbeins. Plus, take part in an audience-facilitated performance of one of the book’s stories!

    “The reader can’t help but feel they’ve been granted a delectable sneak peek into the debauched world of impossibly virile, nasty-as-hell alpha males.” – Ed Luce, creator of Wuvable Oaf

    Gengoroh Tagame (born 1964) is a legend in gay comics throughout the world and in the American underground, where loyal fans have quietly shared foreign-language editions of his groundbreaking work in the outermost edges of bondage and pornography. Beyond the comic book format, Tagame’s original artwork has been exhibited internationally and paired with the works of Tom of Finland. Tagame was also the founding Editor and Art Director of Japan’s most widely circulated gay journal, G-Men.

    For more info: gaymanga.tumblr.com

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    Friday, June 7th, 7pm – Free Event

  • New Stuff This Week

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    Chicago by Day and Night: The Pleasure Seeker’s Guide to the Paris of America by Paul Durica and Bill Savage (NW University) $16.95 – The first time they did the World’s Fair in Chicago, Chicago tried to out-Paris with their crappy Eiffel Tower and made a Ferris Wheel. And PBR! Yes! True! And oh yeah, crazy electricity and exhibits from around the world. Can’t forget THAT. Local Prof and activist Paul “Ben Reitman” Durica, proprietor of the Pocket Guide to Hell, teamed up with author and fellow prof Bill Savage to take us back 120 years, in the greatest city of the world (Chicago! Not Paris! Get real!) – LM

    Zines & Zine-Related
    Blighted Blighter a Perennial Art Book by Love Macdonald $2.00
    Worlds Most Dangerous Zine #1 a Comedy Zine Apr 13 by Billy Florio et al. $2.00
    Wilderness by Carson Davis Brown $18.00
    Graze #3 Spr 13 $10.00
    Considerate Coworker and Considerate Roommate: A Collaboration by Ashley Elander $8.00
    Big and White #1 by Ashley Elander $4.00
    Derelict vol 1 #1 Aug 12 by Widgett Walls $3.00
    Us & Them #2 by Matt Average $6.00
    Stay Cool in the Evil Zone by Kevin $2.00
    Deafula #1 $1.00
    Deafula #5 Interview With My Mother $2.00
    Sirvival in the Second City Transqueer Chicago Poems by H Melt $7.00
    Burn Sunburn #4 $5.00
    Spartan Holiday #2 Five Pagodas $12.95
    All Things Wes Anderson $2.00
    Unstuck: A Little Zine Full of Ideas for Writing by Carrie Colpitts $1.00
    Lil’ Buddies Magazine #1 by Edie Fake $4.00 – New anthropomorphic friendship magazine: Ecstatic Pants, Cute Fruit, Yams in Bikinis…..
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    Comics & Comix
    Comics by Clint Basinger: Mummynaut #1 Origin Issue and Johnnysaurus Rex #1 $4.50 each
    Borg Tron #12 by Jyrki Nissinen $12.10
    Keitto Kirja The Sauce Book by Lauri Makimurto $12.10
    The Breakers Anthology of Comics – From Atlantic Center For the Arts Residency #147 by Lara Antal and Dave Kelly $15.00
    Coup #2 by Carter Lodwick and Conor Eifler $5.00
    Punch Out Express #1 1st Punch by David Scheier $2.50
    Insecurities 21 Page Poetry Comic by David Scheier $2.00
    In Salt by Alexander Rocine $3.00
    Astonishing Adventures of the Bloomer #1 by Alexander Rocine $5.00
    Himzal #1 by Anthony Meloro $3.00
    Famous Hairdos of Popular Music #8 Elvis Presley by Ethan Krause $3.00
    Mudd Butt – I Believe in Nuszine $1.00
    Loverboy in Gotta Light $1.00
    RAV #8 by Mickey Zacchilli $7.00 Double dog dare you to delve back into the twists and turns of the Meat Cave,- this issue builds up to some serious unleashing of forces-shit gets opened up like an uncapped blender and Smoothie Season’s just begun. -EF
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    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Everything Takes Forever by Victor Kerlow (Koyama Press) $10.00
    You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack by Tom Gauld (D+Q) $19.95
    Isa Father by Hanneriina Moisseinen $36.70
    Beating by Tommi Masturi $41.70 – All the colors in the world as orchestrated by Finland’s most versatile master of drip. This hardcover giant of an art trippp bumped to the brim with obscene density and killer graffix. Make time for it! -EF
    We Can Fix It: A Time Travel Memoir by Jess Fink (Top Shelf) $14.95
    Sand Castle by Frederik Peeters and Pierre Oscar Levy (Self Made Hero) $19.95
    Complete Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes and Rob Davis (Self Made Hero) $27.50
    Good Riddance: An Illustrated Memoir of Divorce by Cynthia Copeland $17.95
    Batman Incorporated vol 1 Demon Star by Grant Morrison et al. $24.99
    Paying For It: A  Comic Strip Memoir About Being a John by Chester Brown (D+Q) $19.95 – Now in soft cover!
    Bazooka Joe and His Gang 60th Anniversary Collection $19.95 – Includes Bonus Topps Trading Cards!
    Batman: Death by Design by Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor $14.99 – Now in soft cover.
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9 vol 3 Guarded by Joss Whedon et al. (Dark Horse) $17.99
    Freaks Amour by Dana Marie, Phil Hester and Ande Parks (Dark Horse) $17.99 -Based on Novel by Tom De Haven and with a cover by Charles Burns.
    Adult Babysitting vols 1 and 2 by MarYannaHoggatt $6.00 each
    Parecomic: The Story of Michael Albert and Participatory Economics by Sean Michael Wilson and Carl Thompson (Seven Stories) $18.95
    Journal by Julie Delporte (Koyama Press) $20.00 – Bright, waxy tones craft Delporte’s Journal, her color choices mirroring a palate once described to me as synesthetic. The spectrum feeds the intuition of the work- a diary that chronicles moving through a breakup and moving through the world- and develops her interior spaces while portraying the everyday with subtle flourishes. -EF
    Very Casual: Some Stories by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press) $15.00 – Time to start flipping your shit my little sex pets: Very Casual scoops up some of DeForge’s best odds and ends from minis, anthologies and auxillery projects the past several years including “Queen” “Incinerator” “SM” and “The Spotting Deer.”
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    Art & Design
    Adhocism: The Case for Improvisation by Charles Jencks (MIT Press) $24.95

    DIY
    Hop in the Saddle: A Guide to Portland’s Craft Beer Scene, by Bike by Lucy Burningham, Ellee Thalheimer and Laura Cary (Into Action) $9.95
    An Illustrated Guide to Cocktails: 50 Classic Cocktail Recipes, Tips, and Tales by Orr Shtuhl and Elizabeth Graeber $20.00 – An intoxicating tribute to cocktails, featuring colorful histories, charming illustrations, and delectable recipes.

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
    The Mammoth Book of Unexplained Phenomena: Astonishing Anomalies, Unkown Dimensions, Panic & Paranoia by Roy Bainton $13.95
    Chicago’s Unsovled Crimes and Mysteries by Bryan W. Alapsa (Schiffer) $16.99
    Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music by Burt Bacharach and Robert Greenfield $27.99
    Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris $27.00 – Essays Etc.
    Sun Ra and Aye Aton: Space Interiors and Exteriors 1972 (Picturebox) $27.50
    Rest In Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses by Bess Lovejoy $22.00
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    Fiction or Relevant to Fiction
    Butterfly In the Typewriter: The Tragic Life of John Jennedy Toole: The Remarkable Story of Confederacy of Dunces by Cory MacLauchlin $16.99
    Try Not to Burn by Michael David Matula $15.00
    Sorry Please Thank You by Charles Yu $15.00

    Sex & Sexy
    B Magazine #3 $9.99

    Magazines
    Juxtapoz #149 Jun 13 $5.99
    Raw Vision #78 $14.00
    Bizarre #201 $10.50
    Witches and Pagans #26 $6.95
    Open Minds Jun Jul 13 $6.50
    High Times Jul 13 $5.99
    Treating Yourself #40 $7.99
    Skunk vol 8 #8 $5.99
    Iron and Air #8 Mar Apr 13 $15.00
    Blood and Thunder #22 $5.99
    Laika Magazine #1 $9.50
    Classic Rock Presents #35 Prog May 13 $14.99
    Shindig #32 $12.99
    Fader #85 Apr May 13 $5.99
    Monocle vol 7 #63 May 13 $12.00
    Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide May Jun 13 $4.95
    In These Times May 13 $3.50
    Rebel Ink #23 $5.99
    Against the Current #164 May Jun 13 $5.00
    Hello Mr #1 About Men Who Date Men $25.00
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    Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
    WomenArts Quartery Journal vol 3 #2 $5.95
    Creative Nonfiction #48 Spr 13 $10.00
    Normal School vol 6 #1 $5.00
    Slice Spr Sum 13 #12 $8.00
    Peeping Tom Digest #2 $22.00
    Matrix #95 $8.00
    Rituals by Jennifer Beth Larson $2.00

    Kids Stuff
    Faeryland: The Secret World of the Hidden Ones by John Matthews and Matt Dangler $27.50

  • Quimby's Hosts Comic Art Battle with Ezra Claytan Daniels CAKE Edition!

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    Quimby’s is excited to host Ezra Claytan Daniels’ Comic Art Battle as part of official festivities surrounding the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo!

    The Comic Art Battle pits teams of ferocious comics artists against each other in a knock-out, drag-down frenzy of improvised gags, comics strips and chaos. Hosted by its founder, Ezra Claytan Daniels, this battle will feature a match-up between Chicago’s favorite comic book sons and daughters against an all-star coalition of visiting comics makers. It’s Chicago vs. the world! You wont want to miss it! This event is preceded by a signing by Michael DeForge, Lisa Hanawalt and Patrick Kyle.

    EZRA CLAYTAN DANIELS is a writer and illustrator based in Chicago, IL. His critically acclaimed graphic novel series, The Changers, began a unique comics career peppered with a number of collaborative multimedia projects ranging from video games to animation to feature documentaries. Ezra is also the creator of the popular live art spectacle, The Comic Art Battle, and Loaded Blanks Greetings, a line of fill-in-the-blanks comic-art greeting cards featuring both established as well as up and coming comics artists. Ezra recently collaborated with Chicago-based chamber group Fifth House Ensemble on the narrative concert series, Black Violet, which the Chicago Sun-Times called “a modern classic”. Ezra is currently working on Upgrade Soul, a science fiction graphic novel about an elderly couple and their malformed clones. Upgrade Soul will be released in 2012 from Opertoon. http://dream-chocolate.com

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    The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo [CAKE] is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago’s rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics’ most talented artists– past, present and future. Featuring comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more, CAKE is dedicated to fostering community and dialogue amongst independent artists, small presses, publishers and readers.

    Quimby’s is a proud sponsor of the CAKE which will take place Saturday and Sunday, June 15 & 16th, 11am – 6pm at the Center on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted.

  • New Stuff This Week

    doris30_lgDoris #30 Highest Standard of Living $3.50 – Doris continues to be a zine-form stronghold of bold and astute essays on dealing, healing and the art of living. This issue is a big deal: about half of it is a critique on underdeveloped accountability processes and what can be envisioned in their stead, including an interview with members of Support N.Y. Community formation and fluctuation seems to be the other strong thread running throughout – tour comics, bee hives, study groups and the way the term itself can break down or expand. Great issue.

    Zines & Zine-Related
    Dames on Frames: A Feminist Bike Zine (Pioneers Press) $1.50
    Let Gluten Freedom Ring: Vegan Gluten Free Recipe Zine by Adam Gnade & Friends $3.00
    Kicks #1 ed. by Billy Miller et al. (Desert Island Books) $10.00 – Reprinted material from the classic punk zine from 1979.
    More issues of Drop Target by Jon Chad and Alec Longstreth.
    Shifting Premjestanje by Sergej Vutuc $12.00
    Analog #1 Dispatches on DIY Anorexia Recovery by Ponyboy Violet $4.00
    New to Everything #9 by Leanne $1.00
    When Language Runs Dry #3 by Claire and Meredith $4.00
    My New York by J. Frank $3.00
    Ink Drawings By Keef $6.00
    Permanent Record by Jospeh Wilcox $20.00
    issues of Show and Tell by Carman Rachel Lee $2.00
    Think Tank DIY by Reggie Martinez (Pioneers Press) $2.50
    Drinking with Boileryard Clarke Dayn Perry Celebrates Baseball and Himself by Dayn Perry $10.00
    Bohemian Apr 13 Salures 2013 Graduates $1.00
    Hard Fifty Farm by Jessie Duke and Adam Gnade (Pioneers Press) $4.00

    Comics & Comix
    Demon Dust #17 Apr 13 by Bernie McGovern $2.00
    Messy Fast: A Sock Monster Collection by Neil Brideau $4.00
    Three New Stories by Dash Shaw (Fantagraphics) $3.99
    Wicked Vibes #1 by Dillon Hallen $4.00
    Mineshaft #29 by Everett Rand and Gina Palmieri $9.00 – With work by Crumb and more!
    Spiros Greek Myths #4 by Spiro Dousias $5.00
    Hand Of Blood by J. Bayer $2.00
    Falling Rock National Park #1 Feb 13 by Josh Shalek $4.00

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Aesthetics: A Memoir by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press) $25.00
    Legends of the Blues by William Sout and R. Crumb $19.95
    Raven Girl HC by Audrey Niffenegger $19.95
    Art of the Candy Gang Book by Chet Pickens (CG Comics) $9.99
    Feynman by Jim Ottaviani et al. $19.99
    Superman Action Comics vols 1 & 2 by Grant Morrison et al.
    Red Handed: Fine Art of Strange Crimes, How To Commit the Perfect Crime by Matt Kindt $26.99

    Art & Design
    Typeforce 3 The Annual Show of Emerging Typographic Allstars $20.00 – The book to go along with the show at the Co-Prosperity Sphere.
    Living as Form Socially Engaged Art 1991-2011 by Nato Thompson (MIT Press) $39.95

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
    Attempting Normal by Marc Maron $26.00
    Read and Burn: A Book About Wire by Wilson Neate (Jawbone Press) $19.95
    Carrot Is As Close As a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond: Captain Beefheart Interviews and Texts 1966-2001 (Desert Island Books) $15.00
    Short History of Nuclear Folly: Mad Scientists Dithering Nazis Lost Nukes and Catastrophic Cover Ups by Rudolph Herzog $26.00
    Yes Is The Answer and Other Prog Rock Tales by Marc Weingarten et al. $24.00
    Sparks Tastic Twenty One Nights With Sparks In London by Tosh Berman (Rare Bird Press) $14.00
    VJ The Unplugged Adventures of MTVs First Wave ed. by Gavin Edwards $25.00 – As in Nina Blackwood Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn.
    What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses by Daniel Chamovitz $14.00
    Farther Away by Jonathan Franzen $16.00
    New books from the Chicago Center For Literature and Photography, including
    Famous Drownings In Literary History Essays About 21st Century Jewishness by Kevin Haworth

    DIY
    The Stoner’s Guide to Munching by Mary Sells $18.95

    Fiction
    Invisible Monsters Remix SC by Chuck Palahniuk $15.95
    Hello America by JG Ballard $15.95
    Unlimited Dream Company JG Ballard $15.95
    Drowned World by JG Ballard $15.95
    Gothic Blue Book: The Revenge Edition or The Haunted Edition by Cynthia & Gerardo Pelayo et al. $7.00 each
    Loteria by Cynthia Pelayo $12.00
    Railsea by China Mieville $10.99 – Now in soft cover.
    Year Zero by Rob Reid $15.00 – Now in soft cover.
    Iris Has Free Time by Iris Smyles (Soft Skull) $15.95
    The Guide To Being Born by Ramona Ausubel $26.95

    Sex & Sexy
    Show Offs Gay Erotic Stories by Richard Labonte (Cleis) $15.95
    Safe Word Erotic an SM Novel Alvarados Pin Up Nudes by Robert Alvarado $34.99
    Handbook vol 7 #2 2013 by Darren Ankenbauer $6.00

    Poltics & Revolution
    Stay Solid Radical Handbook for Youth by Matt Hern et al. (AK Press) $20.00

    Magazines
    Frankie #52 Mar Apr 13 $13.95
    True Crime Apr 13 $8.99
    Backwoodsman vol 34 #3 May Jun 13 $4.95
    Fantastic Man #17 Spr Sum 13 $14.99
    Flamingo Magazine Future Craft Issue $16.99
    Specimen Magazine #5 $6.00
    Black Velvet #76 $9.00
    Signal to Noise #65 Spr 13 $4.95
    Decibel #104 Jun 13 $4.95
    Barcode Version Magazine vol 1 2013 Wedding in Wonderland $12.00 – From SSLM Same Sex Life Magazine.
    Tattoo Society #38 $7.99

    Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
    Artifice Magazine #5 $8.00
    Iowa Review vol 43 #1 Spr 13 $9.95
    Death In A Rifle Garden by John Vincent Greco (Pioneers) $4.00
    Human is a Donut by Shaina Hoffman $2.00

    Kids Stuff
    Mermaid In Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea (McSweeneys) $19.95
    Anywhere at Once by the Students of 826CHI, illustrated by Laura Park and Aaron Renier $15.00
    There I Am Looking at You With a Hungry Face: Stories and Observations  by the Students of 826CHI $5.00

    Other Stuff
    Keep Track Pocket Calendar by Cindy Crabb $4.00 – Fill in your own dates, made by Cindy “Doris” Crabb.
    Gary Baseman Playing Cards $4.99

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  • Laydeez Do Comics in June, CAKE-Inspired Edition: Mita Mahato & Zan Christensen 6/13

    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 special June CAKE-inspired edition will feature Seattle visitors:

    Cartoonist and academic Mita Mahato is an associate professor of English at University of Puget Sound. Her academic work often incorporates graphic novels, specifically those around illness. She is currently working on her own graphic novel in collage about grief and the loss of her mother. View her work in progress on her blog, theseframesarehidingplaces.com

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    LGBT comics writer and activist Charles ‘Zan’ Christensen founded Seattle’s Northwest Press in 2010. It’s a book publisher dedicated to publishing the best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender comics collections and graphic novels and celebrating the LGBT comics community. He travels the country promoting and supporting his award winning creators. northwestpress.com

    Peruse NW Press titles at http://northwestpress.com.

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    For more info: laydeezdocomics.com and  comicnurse@mac.com

  • On & Off-Site: {CAKE} The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo 6/15-6/16

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    Quimby’s is proud to help sponsor The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo [CAKE], which is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago’s rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics’ most talented artists– past, present and future. Featuring comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more, CAKE is dedicated to fostering community and dialogue amongst independent artists, small presses, publishers and readers.

    Special guests this year include Collective Stench, Michael DeForge, Kim Deitch, Phoebe Gloeckner, Oily Comics, Charles Forsman, Melissa Mendes, Jason Shiga and more!

    Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE)
    Saturday and Sunday, June 15 & 16, 2013
    11 am – 6pm
    Center on Halsted
    3656 N Halsted
    FREE and open to the public!
    http://cakechicago.com

    Don’t miss other things going on ON THE 14th though, around the city! We’re particularly excited about DERF (My Friend Dahmer, The City) being at Quimby’s on Friday, June 14th at 9pm as well as a Comic Art Battle led by Ezra Claytan Daniels (Upgrade Soul, The Changers)!

    Also find CAKE on twitterfacebook, and tumblr.

  • Quimby's welcomes Annie Mok with Sam Sharpe 5/25

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    Annie Mok reads recent comics from Frank Santoro’s online magazine Comics Workbook and elsewhere that touch on themes of childhood trauma, resilience, sexuality, and trans identity. She will sell Risograph-printed comics and digital prints, such as the Jim Henson bio comic Stitching Together, and the American Illustration 2012 ‘Archive’ selection Annie Mok Draws James Joyce. She lived in Chicago from 2009-2011. A Q&A and signing follow the reading. Annie & Sam Sharpe collaborated on “Roosterlegs” for the 2012 2DCloud anthology, Little Heart.

    “Annie Mok is bursting with ideas… ‘Roosterlegs’ is by far the best-looking strip in [Little Heart] thanks to the bold, confident lines, clever character design, and interesting use of spot color.”
    Rob Clough, The Comics Journal / High-Low

    Annie Mok’s minicomics have been chosen to be archived for the Library of Congress’s Small Press Expo Collection. She has been featured on the podcast Inkstuds. She was awarded the Xeric Grant to self-publish the 2009 anthology she edited and contributed to, Ghost Comics. Her work has appeared in anthologies such as The Graphic Canon Volume 3 from Seven Stories Press. She collaborated on a story with Emily Carroll for DC/Vertigo’s fall 2013 anthology The Witching Hour.

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    @HeyAnnieMok on twitter & InstagramAnnie will be joined by Sam Sharpe, who has self-published over a dozen comics with such names as Koolosaurus, Poop, Return Me to the Sea and These Yams Are Delicious. His work has made the Best American Comics’s “Notable Comics” list. He was born and raised in Madison Wisconsin, attended college at the Rhode Island School of Design, and now lives in Chicago. The first collection of his work will be published next year by Carpet-Bugle Press.
    http://www.sambsharpe.com/Annie & Sam collaborated on “Roosterlegs” for the 2012 2DCloud anthology, “Little Heart.”

    “Annie Mok is bursting with ideas… ‘Roosterlegs’ is by far the best-looking strip in [the ‘Little Heart’ anthology] thanks to the bold, confident lines, clever character design, and interesting use of spot color.” – Rob Clough, The Comics Journal / High-Low

    Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/367416030043049/