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New Stuff This Week
The White House by Joel Craig (Green Lantern Press) $15.00 – Craig’s book doesn’t so much demand as much as call out to the reader, in sequence like an all-night deejay party, with time to dance, time to rest, time to go to the bar and get a refill, or outside for a quick cigarette, hitting on someone on the way back in, hoping to strut, step and swing with them. Cover art and book design by Sonnenzimmer.Zines
Under Ice: A Kate Bush Fan Zine $5.00 – Yes, for reals.
KerBloom #98 Sep Oct 12 by Artnoose $2.00
Sophisticated Aggressively Stupid by Dan Gleason $3.00
The Last of the Hippies: An Hysterical Response by Penny Rimbaud $6.00
Denise Marks zines: Mama Oso #1 Nine Months and Mama Oso #2 Birthday $3.00 each
Meat #8 by Adrian Lourie $20.00
Field Guide to Chairs of the Upper Midwest (Lemon O Books) $3.00 – Hilarious.
Overcoming Fitness by Robert Kocik (Autonomedia) $5.00
Sweetmeats #2 by Edie Fake $2.00Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
Prison Pit Book 4 by Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics) $12.99
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me, A Graphic Memoir by Ellen Forney $20.00 – Forney explores her personal experience with being a creative person while also being a manic depressive. Her highs are well, extreme of course, and the lows are well, extreme of course. But whether mental illness has touched your life or not, this book is an excellent read, especially for the venture into creativity, as well as the enlightening nitty gritty specifics like medical expenses that memoirs of the “coping with mental illness” genre tend to omit. A fast and heart read.-LM
Spaceman Deluxe Edition by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso $24.99
Ragemoor by Jan Strnad et al. $17.99
Scott Pilgrim vol 2 Scott Pilgrim vs The World by Bryan Lee O’Malley $24.99 – Now in color!
JLA Earth 2 TPB by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely $14.99
Tank Girl Carioca by Mike McMahon and Alan C. Martin $19.95
Annotated Sandman vol 2 by Neil Gaiman $49.99 – Collects Sandman #21 through #39.Art & Design
Sketch Books: The Hidden Art of Designers Illustrators and Creatives by Richard Brereton $19.95
Silhouettes from Popular Culture by Olly Moss $16.95 – The Prisoner! Cosby! Aliens! And so on.
Generation Ink, Williamsburg Brooklyn by Paul Nathan $29.95
The Lands of Ice and Fire: Maps From Kings Landing to Across the Narrow Sea (A Game of Thrones) by George R.R. Martin $40.00 – This dazzling set of maps transforms the lands of Martin’s epic Song of Ice and Fire series, (which started with A Game of Thrones), into an atlas with pieces that would look great on any castle wall.Fiction
Damned by Chuck Palahniuk $14.95
The Pirates in an Adventure with Romantics by Gideon Defoe $14.95
Birds of a Lesser Paradise by Megan Mayhew Bergman $15.00
Kurt Vonnegut Letters $35.00
The Funny Man by John Warner $14.00 – A midling comic rockets to fame when he comes up with his gimmick. Can’t he get no respect?Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
The McSweeney’s Book of Politics and Musicals by Christopher Monks $14.95 – Fragments from PALIN! THE MUSICAL, Obama’s Undersold 2012 Campaign Slogans, A 1980s Teen Sex Comedy Becomes Politically Uncomfortable…And much more.
Pot Psychology’s How To Be Low Brow Advice from High People by Tracie Eagan Morrissey et al. $14.99 – From the founders of the Jezebel.com video series Pot Psychology, that dispenses advice about stuff relevant to both potheads and sexy style. Also: 101 pictures of animals acting like people. Illustrations by Lindsay Mound.
Chuck Norris: Longer and Harder: The Complete Chronicle of the World’s Deadliest, Sexiest, and Beardiest Man by Ian Spector $18.00 – 1500 (parodied) facts.
Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays From the Classics to Pop Culture by Daniel Mendelsohn $24.95
Forgotten Wisdom vol II by Prof Oddfellow, the Doktor of Forbidden Destower of Wondermint $9.95
My Ideal Bookshelf by Jane Mount and Thessaly La Force $24.99
Mad Science: Einstein’s Fridge, Dewar’s Flask, Mach’s Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries that Made Our World by Randy Alfred $19.99
Both Flesh and Not by David Foster Wallace $26.99 – 15 essays from the 20 years of Wallace’s career.
The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life) by Chris Hardwick $15.00 – Host of The Nerdist podcast/blog/empire shares crucial information needed to come out on top in the current Nerd uprising.
DarkMarket: How Hackers Became the New Mafia by Misha Glenny $16.00 – Alarming and illuminating stories of cybercrime, cyberwarfare and cyberindustrial espionage.
The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, Etc. by Jonathan Lethem $16.95 – An entertaining grab bag that covers everything from great novels to old films to graffiti to cyberculture.
Mad Science: Einstein’s Fridge, Dewar’s Flask, Mach’s Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries That Made Our World by Randy Alfred $19.99 – Wired Magazine’s’s top-flight science-trivia book.Politics & Revolution
Prisons Will Not Protect You by Ryan Conrad and Dean Spade $10.00
Anarchism and Environmental Survival by Graham Purchase (Black Cat) $23.95
Markets Not Capitalism by Gary Chartier et al. (Minor Compositions) $32.00DIY & Food
The Pickled Pantry by Andrea Chesman $19.95
Intoxerated: The Definitive Drinkers Ditionary by Paul Dickson $14.95Kids & Radical Parenting
Geek Mom: Projects, Tips and Adventures for Moms and their 21st Century Families by Natania Barron et al. $19.99
Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal by Karen Falk $29.95
Middle School,The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson, with illustrations by Laura Park $7.99 – With drawings from local comics superstar Laura Park, and now in an affordable soft cover, you can’t lose.Magazines
Juxtapoz #143 Dec 12 $5.99
Randy #3 Stop Calling Me Names by AK Burns et al. $8.00
Design Bureau Nov Dec 12 $8.00
American Athiest 4th Quarter 12 $4.95
True Crime Oct 12 $8.99
Fortean Times #294 Dec 12 $11.99
Ladygunn #6 $9.99
Arena Homme Plus #38 Fall 12 Win 13 $15.50
Treating Yourself #37 $7.99
High Times Jan 13 $5.99
Boneshaker Magazine #10 $12.00
Ghetto Blaster #33 $3.95
Under the Radar #43 $5.99
Hip Mama #53 $5.95
Whistle #3 Modern Pin Up Magazine (Sophie King) $10.00
In These Times Nov 12 $3.50
SSLM vol 15 Oct Nov 12 Same Sex Life Magazine $5.00
Under the Radar #43 $5.99
Bound By Ink vol 1 #11 $7.99
Inked Girls Nov Dec 12 $7.99Poetry, Lit Mags and Lit Journals
Palm Trees by Nick Twemlow (Green Lantern Press) $15.00 – The poems shuttle from airport to boardroom, boardroom to living room, making the kind of foreboding observations that might issue from a drug-addled and paranoid Delphic Oracle. Cover art and book design by Sonnenzimmer.Sex Guides & Culture, Gender Studies
Born This Way: Real Stories of Growing Up Gay by Paul Vitagliano $14.95
Gaytimes Magazine #412 Nov 12 $9.95
SSLM vol 15 Oct Nov 12 Same Sex Life Magazine $5.00For Steampunk Enjoyment
The Right Way to Do Wrong: A Unique Selection of Writings by History’s Greatest Escape Artist by Harry Houdini (Melville House) $15.00 – Published originally in 1906, this masterclass in subversion by conducted by the world’s greatest illusionist is an anti-etiquette guide and proof that things are not always as they seem. With an introduction by Teller, Penn Jillette’s’s usually silent partner!
The Balloonist by MacDonald Harris – This book won awards in ’77 but this reprint is is more relevant than ever to those interested in things steampunk and 90s. The 1890s, that is. Swedish inventor Gustav Crispin and two companions embark on a hydrogen balloon voyage to the north pole, accompanied by a crate of passenger pigeons and a plentiful supply of canned goods, not to mention sexual politics, romance, railway trains and physics.
Steampunk Fashion by Spurgeon Vaughn Ratcliffe $24.95
Steampunk: An Illustrated History of Fantastical Fiction, Fanciful Film, Other Victorian Visions by Brian J. Robb $35.00
Reprints & Restocks
The Hive by Charles Burns $21.95 – Second book in the Xed Out series. Back in stock.
Lucky Peach #5 China Town Issue $12.00
Lost Dimension by Paul Virilio (Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents) $15.95 – Thoughts regarding living in the realm of the lost dimension, where the three-dimensional public square of our urban past has collapsed into the two-dimensional interface of the various screens that function as gateways to home, office, and public spaces. Written in 1983 but still as relevant as ever.
Blast Off: Rockets, Robots, Ray Guns and Rarities From the Golden Age of Space Toys by S. Mark Young et al. (Dark Horse) $24.99
Sleepwalk and Other Stories by Adrian Tomine $17.95
various issues of Doris
Nurse Nurse by Kate Skelly (Sparkplug) $15.00
Mark Twain Was Right the 2001 Cincinnati Riots by Dan P. Moore (Microcosm) $8.95Other Stuff
2013 Justseeds and Eberhardt Press Organizers: Small ($7.00) and Large ($10.00)
The Bottled Wasp Pocket Diary 2013 $10.00 – In purchasing this item you’re supporting the Brighton Anarchist Black Cross’ fundrasing efforts to create a long-term stable income for prisoner support activities.
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Hurricane Sandy Damage Updates – Help Save Printed Matter!
The store Printed Matter in New York reaches out. If you want to support the importance of print, take a look at this e-mail from Printed Matter’s executive director James Jenkin.
Dear Friends of Printed Matter,
On behalf of the whole team here at Printed Matter I wanted to say thanks to the many of you who have reached out over the past few days–the response has been a bit overwhelming. I’m sorry we have been unable to respond directly to everyone, but I wanted to update everyone briefly on the situation here. Like much of Chelsea, our non-profit store was hit rather hard. While thankfully we were spared ground-level flooding, our basement storage facility took on more than 6 feet of water and as a result we have lost a sizeable amount of our inventory, including large quantities of Printed Matter publications, fundraising editions, as well a range of other stock, much of historical interest and value.
Unfortunately, the Printed Matter Archive was also badly damaged, a portion of it irretrievably. Compiled since the organization’s founding in 1976, the archive held important documentation pertaining to the field of artists’ books as well as a record of the non-profit’s own history. This included early ephemera relating to exhibitions and programming that was important to the field, printed catalogs featuring now rare artist books, and correspondence between the organization’s founders. In addition, an extensive collection of slides and photographs providing a visual history of the organization’s programs and activities was also damaged, including, notably, a full record of the window exhibition program organized by Lucy Lippard. About 20 boxes with archive material deemed to be possibly salvageable has since been sent for emergency conservation. While we are hopeful these efforts will be successful, we expect that it will be a difficult and costly process.
And yet, while this has been a difficult week, the overriding feeling at the shop today has been a positive one. During the week we have received a humbling show of support from artists in the community, local gallerists, ex-employees, present and former interns, passersby, our non-profit peers, and other volunteers. Friends and strangers have biked in and walked from Brooklyn and elsewhere to lend a hand with the daunting and rather messy clean up. This has meant so much to us. We would also like to thank those who have sent messages of support from all over the world. It has been of great comfort to hear that our small organization means so much to so many people.
We have also been grateful for the kindness shown by individuals and organizations that have already approached us to offer support in various ways. Many others have asked how they can help. While we are still wading through the mess, getting a full sense of the damage, and planning our next steps, we do know that our first hope is to save what we can from the archive. We would like to see this material digitized, so that it continues to exist in some form, even if the printed version has been lost to water and mold. If anyone would like to contribute towards this urgent initiative, please feel free to reach out to me directly, or contributions are kindly accepted via our website, using the “donate” button on the right hand side.
Rest assured we are working hard to get Printed Matter open as soon as possible and are hopeful this will be soon. You will have to please excuse the mess (which is far worse than our usual).
I hope you are all getting by okay. We know many others in our community have been equally affected and Printed Matter wishes everyone the best getting back on their feet.
Sincerely,
James Jenkin
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New Stuff This Week
Zines
Cyberpunk Apocalypse #2 Pornopticon $3.00
I Hate Mondays #1 $2.00 – Street art sketchbook ‘thology – glorious piles of mad styles from a variety of artistes: Rise UBC ITS, Antonio Martinez, Atlan Arcco, Mark Ernst, Brooks Golden, Naomi Martinez, Ruben Aguirre, Juan Compean, Noshoez, Jose Arceo, and Cesar Ernst.
Judas Goat Quarterly #55 $1.50
Waiting by Tom Callahan $5.00
zines by Henry Miller: Escape #1, Things My Daughter Has Said to Me #1
Women by Anya Kieler (Rachel Uffner Gallery) $10.00
Sob Story #10 by Andrew Martin Scott (Needles & Pens) $5.00
Public Notice Zine by Nathaniel Russell (Needles & Pens) $7.50
Total Bummer #1 by KM $12.00
Post Comments Below vol 2 The Big Fat Gay Cats Issue $12.00
Bookstores and Baseball 4th Inning by David LaBounty $4.00
Ghostly Stories: A SPOC (Self-Publishers of Chicago) Publication $3.00 – SPOC’s spooky zine. With work from a variety of Chicago locals:Jonas, Eric Barthlolomew, Paul Durica, Nicki Yowell, Grant Reynolds and more.
Summer in Pain $2.00
zines from Georgi: Georgi and the Haunted Minivan Episode 1 Before Aug 12, Cursive Is Not Cryptic #2, Cat Island War Dog
Jargon #1 Words and Phrases From All Walks of Life by Billy Da Bunny $2.00
Not Her Bible – Holy Bible Illustrated $4.00Comics & Comix
Moose #12 by Max De Radrigue (Oily Comics) $1.00
Bjornstrand by Renee French (Picturebox) $12.00
Pompeii Book 1 by Frank Santoro (Picturebox) $12.00
Lou #7 by Melissa Mendes (Oily Comics) $1.00 – Mendes brings the suspense in from all angles: Something is up with that pizza parlor.
Elizabeth of Canada #1 by Michael Deforge (Oily Comics) $1.00 – Our introduction to young Elizabeth, perhaps on the way to great things. Wascally wabbits of the open plains.
End of the Fucking World #12 by Charles Forsman (Oily Comics) $1.00
Close Your Eyes When You Let Go #3 by James Hindle (Oily Comics) $1.00
Get Off the Stage by Steve Reeder $3.00
Spiros Greek Myths issues #1-#3 by Spiro Dousias $5.00 each
Siamese Grandson and Other Stories by Daniel Patrick McCloskey $3.00
Bears In Space by Nate McDonough and Danny Mac $2.00
Kindlin Quarterly issues #3-#6 Summer Campy Trip $2.00-$2.50
Wild Child Part 1 Fight or Flight by M. Young $7.00
Grixly #23 $2.50
Be The Comics #1 Nov 12 by Jon Dradoer $2.00
Pope Hats #3 by Ethan Rilly (Adhouse) $6.95
SC issues #3-#5 Simplicity Consistency Comics by Grace Tran, Oscar Booth and Gene Booth $1.00 each
I Know You by Cara Bean $2.00Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
Corpse On the Imjin and Other Stories by Harvey Kurtzman (Fantagraphics) $28.99
The Halloween Treat by Edward Gorey $13.00
Came the Dawn and Other Stories by Wallace Wood (Fantagraphics) $28.99
Don’t Come Back by Nate McDonough $10.00
August Moon by Diana Thung (Top Shelf) $14.95
Sweet Tooth TPB vol 5 Unnatural Habitats byJeff Lemire and Matt Kindt $14.99
Through the Walls by Jean-Luc Cornette and Stéphane Oiry $29.95
Black Lung by Chris Wright (Fantagraphics) $24.99
17×23 Showcase with art by Isaac Lenkiewicz, Henry McCausland, Nick Sheehy and more (Nobrow) $15.95
El Iluminado: A Graphic Novel by Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin $24.99
Shattered: The Asian-American Comics Anthology: A Secret Identities Book by Jeff Yang et al. $21.95Art & Design
Disturbances: Art Technology Activism by The Critical Art Ensemble (Four Corners Books) $40.00
Wayside by Julie Morstad (D&Q) $19.95
Sign Painters by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon $24.99
Art of Storytelling Book vol 1 Under the Influence by Joe Crisafi $24.95Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Samurai Ghost and Monster Wars: Ukiyo-e Master Series vol 1, art by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Shinbaku) $34.95
Eye of Atrocity Superviolent Art Ukiyo e Master Series vol 2, art by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Shinbaku) $29.95
If You Like Quenton Tarantino by Katherine Rife $16.99
Psychedelic Sex Vampires: Jean Rollin Cinema by Jack Hunter (Glitter Books) $24.95
Black Leather Lucifer the Films of Kenneth Anger by Jack Hunter (Glitter Books) $16.95
Chapel of Gore and Psychosis: The Grand Guignol Theatre by Jack Hunter (Creation) $24.95
Reggae Soundsystem: Original Reggae Album Cover Art/Visual History of Jamaican Music from Mento to Dancehall by Steve Barrow et al. (Soul Jazz Books) $49.95
Reggae 45 Soundsystem: The Label Art of Reggae Singles Visual History of Jamaican Reggae Singles 1959-1979 by Steve Barrow et al. (Soul Jazz Books) $49.95DIY, Food, Drugs
Ganja Kitchen: Revolution the Bible of Cannabis Cuisine by Jessica Catalano and Tyler Kittock (Green Candy) $22.00
Cannabis Chassidis: The Ancient and Emerging Torah of Drugs by Yoseph Leib Ibn Mardachya (Autonomedia) $17.95
Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen ed. by Charlotte Druckman $24.95Politics, Revolution & Current Events
Hard Times: An Illustrated Oral History of the Great Depression by Studs Terkel $21.95
From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework For Liberation by Gene Sharp $13.95Sex & Sexy
Teens at Play: Forever Young by Rebecca (Eros) $9.99
Coloring for Grown Ups: The Adult Activity Book by Ryan Hunter and Taige Jensen $10.00
The Mammoth Book of Sex Scandals ed, by Nigel Cawthorne $13.95
Color My Boobs: A Titillating Coloring Book For Adults by DD Stacks, Billy Armstrong and Chad Powers III $9.99
Duty and Desire: Military Erotic Romance ed. by Kristina Wright $15.95
Sexy Sailors: Gay Erotic Stories ed. by Neil Plakcy $15.95Fiction
Skullcrusher vol 1 Selected Weird Fiction by Robert E. Howard (Creation Books) $16.95
Vicky Swanky is a Beauty by Diane Williams (Mcsweeneys) $13.00 – Now in soft cover.
Krampus the Yule Lord by Brom $27.99
Madness: The War of 1812: A Novel by Dennis Byrne $19.99
Lore by TP Louise and Ashley Wood $29.99
Betrayal of Trust: A Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler Mystery by Susan Hill $15.95
Galloping Mountain: A New and Epic Novel by Gunner $6.00
Film About Billy: A Hybrid Novel by Daniel McCloskey $11.95Magazines
Lucky Peach #5 China Town Issue $12.00
ArtForum International Nov 12 $10.00
Wallpaper Nov 12 $10.00
Backwoodsman vol 33 #6 Nov Dec 12 $4.95
Another Man #15 Fall Win 12 $14.99
Paper Nov 12 vol 29 #3 $4.00
Monocle vol 6 #58 Nov 12 $12.00
Z Magazine Nov 12 $4.95Poetry, Lit Mags and Lit Journals
Journal of Ordinary Thought Spr 12 $10.00
No Experiences by Erin J. Watson Poems $10.00
Granta #121 Fall 12 Best of Young Brazilian Novelists $16.99 – Don’t miss the release event for this special issue of Granta here at Quimby’s on Tues, Nov 17th, 7pm!
Childrens
Rule Is to Break: A Child’s Guide to Anarchy by John and Jana (Manic D Press) $14.95
Hungry Monkey: A Food Loving Father’s Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater by Matthew Amster-Burton $14.95Other Stuff
Dr. Dre Sticker Pack 2003-2012 $5.00Click here to see the weekly curated selection available on our webstore.
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November Quimby's Newsletter
Want info about November events, new stuff and news? Click on the picture below.
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New Stuff This Week
Heads or Tails Stories by Lilli Carré (fantagraphics) $22.99 – Poetic short fiction pieces from an artist Chicago is proud to call its own.Zines & Zine-Related
Alamo Igloo #5 2012 by Herzik $5.00
Work Sucks #1 by Snick $1.00
Beyond the Music: How Punks are Saving the World with DIY Ethics, Skills, & Values by Joe Biel (Cantankerous Titles) $15.95
Decrepit Americana #3 by Iowa Joe $3.00
Field Manual for the Human Body by John Wawrzaszek, Jill Summers, Dean Johnson $3.00
Home Brew #2 by Adam J. Kurtz $4.00
Graze #2 Fall 12 $10.00
Drowning on Dry Land by Erik Ruin $12.00Comics & Comix
Ted Mays Injury #4 $6.00
Mimiko in Dreamland by Ginette Lapalme $7.00
Rudderless by Kim Gee $7.00
Plenty of Time by Ben Grisanti, Becka Kinzie and Brandon Pace $3.00
Comics from Tom Davidson: Circle City Tales, DTales
Distance Mover issues #3-#5 by Patrick Kyle $5.00 eachGraphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
Black Mass by Patrick Kyle (Mother Books) $19.99 – The collected Black Mass. chronicles the story of Turdswallo Blackteeft, a curmudgeonly werido with latent magical powers he can’t quite get a handle on. Also featuring an eclectic cast of punk rockers degenerate and generate alike, including Turdswallo’s roomate/best friend/brother/lover, Dingball.
Cartoon Utopia by Ron Rege Jr. (Fantagraphics) $24.99Art & Design
Lowbrow Tarot: An Artistic Collaborative Effort in Honor of Tarot by Aunia Kahn and Russell J. Moon $34.99
Morris Park Crew: The Official History by John F. Lorne (Schiffer) $34.99
Last Vispo Anthology Visual Poetry 1998-2008 (Fantagraphics) $39.99
Seven Years With Banksy by Robert Clarke $14.95
Life and Death in Tattoo Flash by Christopher Norrell $29.99DIY
Vegan Eats World: 300 International Recipes for Savoring the Planet by Terry Hope Romero (Da Capo) $35.00 – From the co-author of the Veganomicon.Drug-Related Books
Ganja Millioaire: Opportunities in the Hemp and Medical Marijuana Industries by Kenwa Jabuki $18.99 – Who says you need a resume to get a well paying job?Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Evidence of the Gods: A Visual Tour of Alien Influence in the Ancient World Erich Von Daniken (New Page) $19.99 – From the author of Chariot of the Gods. You know we evolved from aliens, or at least our technology did, right?
In The Seventies : Adventures in the Counter-Culture by Barry Miles (Serpent Tail) $19.95 – Memoir from the co-owner of the Indica Gallery and helped start the International Times (and wrote the book London Calling). This book challenges modern perceptions of the decade with great anecdotes featuring an extraordinary cast of characters, from Allen Ginsberg to Richard Hell, Leonard Cohen to Brian Eno.Politics & Revolution
Intervention Series 14: Uprising on Poetry and Finance by Franco Bifo Beradi (Semiotext[e]) $13.95Fiction
Keyhole Factory by William Gillespie (Soft Skull) $16.95
2 books from Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet: Ghost Lights and MagnificenceMagazines
Bizarre #194 Nov 12 $10.50
Brownbook #35 $14.99
ID Magazine Fall 12 $12.99
Blood and Thunder #21 $5.99
Inked Nov 12 #50 $6.99Childrens
Hang Glider and Mud Mask by Jason Jagel and Brian McMullen (McSweeneys) $14.95
Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite by Barry Deutsch $16.95
All The Wrong Questions: Who Could That Be at This Hour? by Lemony Snicket and Seth $15.99Poetry, Lit Mags and Lit Journals
Literary Review vol 55 #3 Sum Fall 12 $8.00
Creative Nonfiction #46 Fall 12 $10.00
Black Velvet #74 $9.00
Sup Magazine #25 $17.99
Mojo #228 Nov 12 $9.99
Sex & Sexy
The Contemporary Illustrated Pin-Up $34.99Click here to see the weekly curated selection available on our webstore.
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New Stuff This Week
New Sludge City by Brendan Leach (Retrofit) $5.00 – Body flip sci-fi in an assured pencil line, Leach’s New Sludge City does a lot with layers of implication. Interesting and composed, I think there’s a kinship here to the immediacy and structure of Dash Shaw’s work. -EFZines and Zine-Related Books
Discomfort #4 by Dave Gunn $3.00
Ugly No 1 #9 Sep 12 Seeing Is Eternally Internal by Matt Soria $5.00
Inspirado #1 by Marissa Falco and Megan Mary Creamer $4.00
Communicating Vessels #24 Fall Win 12 13 $3.50
Skyface Sensrmap by Brenna Murphy $5.00
Yakuza Papers by Sloane Leong $8.00
Ad Hoc #1 A Collection of Interviews with Seven Artist Run Spaces $3.00
Shotgun Seamstress Zine Collection: A Zine By and For Punks by Osa Atoe $20.50Comics & Comix
Haiku Revue: Autobiographical Comics by Rachel Foss $5.00
Powdered Milk #7 by Keiler Roberts $2.50
End of the Fucking World #11 by Charles Fors,an $1.00
Flayed Corpse #1 by Josh Simmons $1.00
Dumpling King #1 by Alex king $1.00
Close Your Eyes When You Let Go #2 by James Hindle $1.00
Moose #11 $1.00
Word and Voice #2 by Aaron Cockle $1.00
Where the Mountain Came From: The Chronicles of Fortune Continue by Caroline Picard $4.00
Fur and Trembling by Olivia $3.00
What a Gas: A Howie Doo Book by Nick Thorburn (Secret Headquarters) $5.00
Secret Prison #7 $15.00
Small Dog Other #1 by Brian Blomerth $10.00
Ritual #1 Real Life by Malachi Ward (Revival House Press) $7.00
Everything is Better in Chicago #1 by Meghan Ansbach $4.00
Comics from Anthony Meloro: Ghost Heat Up #4 and Misper #1 and #2
Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
The Hive by Charles Burns (Pantheon) $21.95 – Book 2 in the Xed Out Series!
Important Comics vol 2 by Dina Kelberman $12.00
The Walking Dead: Road to Woodbury by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga $24.99
Father Gaetano’s Puppet Catechism by Mike Mignola et al. $19.99
Youll Never Know Book 3 Soldiers Heart: A Graphic Memoir by C. Tyler (Fantagraphics) $24.99Art & Design Books
The Merlin Years: The Art of Team Macho $29.95
Pass the Spoon: A Sort Of Opera About Cookery by David Shrigley and friends $12.50
Interiors by Jonas Wood (Picturebox) $24.95
Raymond Pettibon: Whuytuyp $35.00 – A rare occassion: a sort of affordable Raymond Pettibon book!
Observed While Falling: Bill Burroughs Ah Pook and Me by Malcolm McNeill (Fantagraphics) $29.99 – Image collaboration with William S. Burroughs
The Lost Art of Ah Pook Is Here: Images From the Graphic Novel (Fantagraphics) $39.99
The Waldorf Panels On Sculpture (1965) $16.00
Scott Burton: Collected Writings On Art and Performance 1965-1975, ed. by David J. Getsy $18.00
Collective Actions: Audience Recollections From the First Five Years 1976-1981 $24.00
The Great Showdowns by Scott C. $14.95 – Thanks to everybody that came out for this wonderful event to see Scott Campbell this evening!
Dreams Toward Reality by Andrew Hem (Zero Plus) $45.00
Beautiful Decay Book 8 The Seven Deadly Sins $20.00 – Experimental, grotesque, and groundbreaking art.
Blow Your Head: A Diplo Zine vol 1 Dancehall by Diplo, Shane McCauley and Mad Decent (Picturebox) $20.00
Burn After Reading by Romany Wg (Carpet Bombing Culture) $16.95 – RomanyWG, compiler of bestselling photography book Beauty in Decay, compiles pictures of mural graffiti.
Sharktoof (Zero Plus) $40.00Fiction
Stir It Up: The CIA Targets Jamaica, Bob Marley and the Progressive Manley Government: A Novel by David Dusty Cupples $14.99
Angel Esmeralda Nine Stories by Don DeLillo $15.00
And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut a Life by Charles J. Sheilds $16.99 – Now in soft cover.Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
You’re Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death and Other Humiliations by Michael ian Black $15.00
ConspiracyGeek: Collected Writings and Interviews by Joan D’Arc $19.95
Coal to Diamonds by Beth Ditto (with Michelle Tea) $22.00 – Memoir from Beth Ditto of The Gossip.
We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy: A Very Oral History by Yael Kohen $27.00
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South Loop Review vol 14 $10.00
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If You Offer A Poet A Drink by The Back to Print Creatives $18.00
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Scott Jacobs on The Once and Future Bucktown 11/15
In Scott Jacobs’ new book Never Leave Your Block (Dead Tree Press), Bucktown is the setting for 33 stories about life in Chicago’s fabled blue collar neighborhood. Jacobs recounts his first years living in Bucktown in 1974 as well as more modern adventures in a fast-gentrifying community. He spends a season with the players in the Holstein Park adult basketball league, goes gambling with the Bucktown Seniors at an Indiana casino, visits Bucktown’s barbershops and Laundromats and delves into the mystery of how Chicago collects its garbage, plows its streets and chooses its St. Patrick’s Day Queen. On this special evening, he will read excerpts from Never Leave Your Block and talk about whether Bucktown’s best days are over.
“A born storyteller . . . What sets this book apart is Jacobs’s sharp and compulsively readable observations of family, friends, neighbors, and even places like Whole Foods . . . How going to the grocery store can captivate a reader for more than a few pages is a testament to Jacobs ability to write what he knows and write it well.” – Chicago Pipeline
“An intriguing study of modern Chicago, very much recommended reading.” – Midwest Book Review
“I’ve covered Chicago for almost 50 years, and every time I want to know what people are really thinking and doing in the neighborhoods, I turn to Scott.” – Bill Kurtis
Scott Jacobs is a Chicago writer and filmmaker whose work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Slate and The Week Behind. Under the pen name Stump Connolly, he has produced three books about the presidential campaigns of 1996, 2004 and 2008. His DVD collections Road to The Presidency: Inside The Clinton Campaign (1992) and True Life Video Stories (2000) are also available at Quimby’s. For more info visit www.deadtreepress.com.
Thursday, November 15, 7pm – Free Event
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Granta’s Best of Young Brazilian Novelists Launches at Quimby’s 11/13
As part of a global event series, Granta is coming to Chicago to launch The Best of Young Brazilian Novelists. Visiting Brazilian authors Cristhiano Aguiar, Miguel del Castillo and current Chicago-local Chico Mattoso will join Granta editor John Freeman to read from and explore their first works translated into English. From the story of a family marked by guerilla resistance to the military dictatorship in Uruguay to the memory of lost love to a man whose ennui drives him to check out of his life by checking into a hotel, these are the bold, cosmopolitan new voices of Brazil. Granta 121: The Best of Young Brazilian Novelists is the English-language edition of the best-selling collection from Granta em portugues, Granta’s Brazilian partner.
‘Here are Jorge Amado’s vibrant offspring; proof that one of the great pleasures of reading is finding the unexpected, the voices we didn’t even know we needed,’ says Freeman.
Chico Mattoso is currently studying screenwriting at Northwestern, is the author of two novels and has worked as a magazine editor and journalist. Writer and essayist Cristhiano Aguiar is a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley and was the editor of two experimental Brazilian literary magazines. Once an architecture student and editor of Noz architecture magazine, Miguel del Castillo is a prize-winning author who also works as an editor at Cosac Naify publishing house.
Tuesday, November 13th, 7pm – Free Event
For more info: granta.com
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All The Writers I Know Series Presents “Things Already Said” 11/17
Queer literary showcase All The Writers I Know will be hosting a night of spoken word performances titled “Things Already Said” about influences in queer art and life on November 17th. Co-produced by Patrick Gill and Mar Curran, ATWIK strives to showcase local queer spoken word talent in an all-ages setting.“Our goal is to bring queer artists together in a space that is safe for them to share their work and also affirming of their queerness,” Gill (pictured) said. Curran added, “We hope that exploring who has influenced their poetry, spoken word, storytelling, or fiction will be a way for our performers to celebrate who they’ve become. We want the audience to see it as both an homage to those before us and a love letter to who they have developed into.”
Hosting the event is Curran, known for performing his poetry at local showcases such as Word Is Out and Homolatte, in addition to writing for In Our Words blog. Featured performers include H. Melt, Ali Scott, and Jayson Brooks; three other performers will be announced before the showcase.
For more info: visit ATWIK’s Facebook page
Saturday, Nov. 17, 7pm – Free Event
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33 1/3 Author Michael Fournier Reads Hidden Wheel With Katie Lattari
Michael T. Fournier’s novel Hidden Wheel (Three Rooms Press) uses the author’s twenty years in and around the Boston punk scene as a springboard for an unflinching look at the difficulties of navigating art, commerce and criticism in the Digital Age. In the fictional town of Freedom Springs, bands and artists alike flock to Hidden Wheel, a DIY art/music space owned by a Chicago transplant intent on profiting from the scene. Rhonda Barrett, a onetime chess prodigy turned dominatrix, rails against the coming Singularity –and the commodification of the town’s nascent scene– with her 60-words-a-day diary paintings.He reads with Maine fiction author Katie Lattari, whose Zembla Vist’s American Vaudville embraces postmodern tradition with a fresh, engaging voice.
“Fournier realizes that scenes are forged by the energy of people involved and remembered by the tomes they leave behind, and nails both perspectives. It’s managed to make me excited about albums both real and fake, which is no small achievement.” Sebastien Stirling, Newartillery.com
Michael T. Fournier is the author of “Double Nickels On The Dime,” the 45th installment of Continuum Press’s “33 1/3” series. His writing has appeared in the Oxford American, Boston Phoenix and Pitchfork. Fournier has read with Richard Hell, Maria Raha, Sam McPheeters and Mike Watt.
He plays drums for punk band Dead Trend, who started as a fictional band in the pages of his novel.
For more info: michaeltfournier.tumblr.com
Saturday, 10th November 7pm – Free Event
