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  • Laydeez Do Comics Chicago February Edition 2/28

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    Laydeez Do Comics, London’s monthly comics salon founded by Nicola Streeten (Billy, Me, and You) and Sarah Lightman (The Book of Sarah, Graphic Details) has added to branches in Leeds and San Francisco by starting a branch in Chicago.

    The first meeting was a smashing success and this one hopes to be as amazing!

    Come hear comics creators speak about their work, their process, their plans, and whatever else they want to share with us.

    February speakers will be:

    Laura Szumowski (zoo-mouse-key.com)
    David Mitchell (realityenginecomic.com)
    and MK Czerwiec (comicnurse.com)

    For more info: laydeezdocomics.blogspot.com
    and/or
    comicnurse (at) mac (dot) com
    As always, this event at Quimby’s is free.

  • A Quimby's Commercial!

    Austin Sheaffer & Jack Martind from Peace and Fjord made a Quimby’s commercial that debuted at the 30 Seconds Over Chicago Competition, and IT IS AWESOME AND HILARIOUS. What are they reading in the video? Why it’s Our Inalienable Rights by Dan Gleason and Theresa Currie, which yes, is available for purchase both here at the store and on quimbys.com.

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  • Zine, Lose, or Draw!: A Chicago Zine Fest Game Show Hosted by Neil Brideau, at Quimby's 3/8

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    “Zine, Lose, or Draw!” is CZF’s own take on beloved gameshow “Win, Lose, or Draw!” Teams will compete in this Pictionary-style game with a self-publishing theme. Be a part of the action by joining a team or cheer from the audience. Fun for everyone!

     

    “Zine, Lose, or Draw!” will be hosted by Quimby’s very own Neil Brideau, co-organizr of Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) and creator of Oh Boy! Comics.

     

    “Zine, Lose, or Draw!” is a part of Chicago Zine Fest 2013 taking place March 8-9 at various Chicago locations. CZF is an independent event creating an outlet for small press and independent publishers to showcase their work.

     

    For more info: chicagozinefest.org

  • New Stuff This Week

    sugarbooger3_lgSugar Booger #3 by Kevin Scalzo (Busybody Books) $8.95 – WHAT, a new Sugar Booger? Quimby’s favorite big blue purveyor of sweet snot returns! S.B. stumbles into the big city and gets mixed up in an onslaught of hapless Sof’ Boy-esque hijinx and laffs. -EF

    Zines (also see DIY section below his week for DIY zines)
    zines from Carrie: Transphobia: Lets Stop It and My Aim Is True #7 Crushing ($1.00 each)
    What a Beautiful Face: A Neutral Milk Hotel Fanzine by K. Johnson $4.00
    One Way Ticket #7 Lucky Number Seven by J $4.00
    Interstate Highway System (Simple History Series #11) by J. Gerlach $4.00
    Atomic Elbow #4 $5.00
    D Tuned #3 Nov 12 Nevermind by Danica Favorito $2.50
    Last Night at the Casino #4 Jan 13 by Billy $3.00
    Incandescent #2 Magic Hour a Color Film Zine by Michael Cardiello et al. $14.00
    Cowans Gap #4 Sum 12 by Nate East $4.00
    Elizabeth Rust #1 $3.00
    Debris #1 by Claire Mirocha $4.00 – Swatches of lovely vintage fabric frame Mirocha’s fine twine-line drawings. A real eye-warmer. -EF
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    Din #1 A Line Up by Claire Mirocha $3.00 – An inquiry into a certain batch of essays with accompanying drawings of bright plastic. -EF
    Think About the Bubbles #1 and #2 by Joyce Hatton
    Super Trooper #4-6 by Angela Robert

    Comics & Comix
    Fantastic Four by Sam Spina $5.00
    Fugue #3 a Family in Three Parts by Beth Hetland $6.00
    Monday Suicide #1 by Gabriel Corbera $6.00
    Extinction 65 Mya a Musical Saga by Zandra Vlahakis $1.00
    Crust Dog #3 by Andrew Sorge $4.50
    Spinadoodles #3 The Third Year by Sam Spina $7.00 – Hilarious. For lovers of Julia Wertz and sometimes JK’s American Elf comics.
    Drawdoers Best American Comics 2013 by Jon Drawdoer $2.00
    Jerrys Journal vol 2 by Neil Jam $5.00
    Reich #9 by Elijah J. Brubaker (Sparkplug) $5.00
    Mr Wolf #1 by Aron Nels Steinke $5.00

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Dear Beloved Stranger by Dino Pai (Top Shelf) $19.95
    Aya Love in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie (D&Q) $24.95
    Hellraisers: A Graphic Biography of Richard Burton, Peter O’Toole, Richard Harris and Oliver Reed by Robert Sellers and Jake (Self Made Hero) $22.95
    Global Frequency by Warren Ellis et al. $19.99
    Treasury of Victorian Murder Compendium by Rick Geary $24.99 – Includes Jack the Ripper, Fatal Bullet and Beast of Chicago.
    Big Plans: The Collected Mini Comics and More by Aron Nels Steinke $18.00

    Art & Design
    The Art of Punk Illustrated History of Punk Rock Design by Russ Bestley and Alex Ogg $40.00
    Frank R. Paul, The Dean of Science-Fiction Illustration by Jerry Weist et al. $29.99
    Field Studies Book by Aiden Koch (Floating World Comics) $12.00
    Gentle Carmel Into the Black Dumb by Brian Schrank $14.00

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
    The Secret History of the Reptilians:  Pervasive Presence of the Serpent in Human History, Religion and Alien Mythos by Scott Alan Roberts (New Page) $16.99
    No Regrets: A Rock n Roll Memoir by Ace Frehley $16.00
    Awkward Merit Badges Sticker Book by Jeff Wysaski $7.95
    This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl by Paul Brannigan $16.99 – Now in soft cover.
    Poseur: A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the 90s by Marc Spitz $15.99
    Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology by Alexis Madrigal $17.50
    In My Home There Is No More Sorrow: Ten Days In Rwanda by Rick Bass (McSweeneys) $13.00

    Politics & Revolution
    World As It Is Dispatches: On the Myth of Human Progress by Chris Hedges $16.99

    DIY
    Make It Last: Prolonging and Preserving the Things We Love by Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm) $9.95
    How to Make a Zine (For Grade School Kids) by Carrie $2.00
    DIY zines by Rachael McHan:
    Plain Living #1 Making Spoons by Hand, Making Your Own Drinking Glasses, Brewing Kombucha for Beginners
    &
    How To Manual for Wood Burning (Also Known as Pyrography or Fire Needle Emroidery)

    Fiction
    Nabokrossvords: Select Puzzles from the Russian Emigre Newspaper Rul 1924-1926 by Joseph Clayton Mills with Nabokov and friends $18.00 – Nabokov brought crosswords to Russia? Really? Mmmmm…
    The Safety of Objects by AM Homes $15.00
    Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan $14.95

    Magazines
    Spheres #1 In What Spheres Do We Live In? by Melanie Bonajo and Phillippe Karrer  $25.00
    Dwell Mar 13 $5.99
    3×3 vol 7 #2 #20 the Magazine of Contemporary Illustration $22.00
    ArtForum Feb 13 $10.00
    Frieze #152 Jan Feb 13 $10.00
    Creative Review Jan 13 $14.99
    True Crime Jan 13 $8.99
    Ponystep #4 $34.99
    Man About Town #11 Fall 12 Win 13 $15.99
    Man of the World #2 $16.00
    Decibel #101 Mar 13 $4.95
    Little White Lies #45 $12.99
    SSLM vol 16 Dec 12 Jan 13 Same Sex Life Magazine $5.00
    Upping The Anti  #14 Journal of Theory and Action $10.00
    Monocle vol 6 #60 Feb 13 $12.00
    Tattoo Collection #54 $7.75

    Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
    Lady Churchills Rosebud Wristlet #28 Jan 13 (Small Beer Press) $5.00 – The latest issue of LCRW features magic, killing curses, broken lands and broken lands, a wandering octopus, a robot on the run, invisibility, neighbors, and The Book of Judgment.
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    Brick #90 Win 13 A Literary Journal $15.00
    A to Z of the Fantastic City by Hal Duncan (Small Beer Press) $10.00 – An Italo Calvino-style survey of utopic terrains, fabulously illustrated with a Denslow-inspired Victorian flourish by Eric Schaller. -EF
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    Parts of the Passion by Samuel Nathan Breslin $1.00
    chap books from the St. Bernard Collective: Chalk, Churn

    Sexy Sexy
    Sudden Sex 69 Sultry Short Stories by Alison Tyler $15.95
    Housewives at Play Hanky Spanky by Rebecca (Eros) $9.99

    Sex Guides & Culture
    Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure by Charlie Glickman PhD $17.95
    The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure by Tristan Taormino et al. (Feminist Press) $22.95

  • Poet Carrie McGath Reads From Ohio Lonely 3/2

    Ohio Lonely

    In Carrie McGath’s new book, Ohio Lonely, a self-published chapbook of poems and accompanying photo-collge works. “This book is my version of a genealogy including photographs I have collaged to express my memories and impressions of family members I have met or never got to meet.”

    Poet Alexander Long, author of Still Life, writes of Ohio Lonely:

    “Don’t mistake Carrie McGath’s project in Ohio Lonely as nostalgic in a pejoratively clichéd way, a naïve and dishonest looking back where every lost family member is steeped in sugary sepia.  No.  McGath doesn’t just understand what nostalgia, literally, means: the ache for that which is ours.  Her nostalgia is marrow-deep.  “I look for the woman inside of me through photos…”, she writes in one poem.  Nothing more indelible than that manic stasis of the elegiac gaze.  Yes, indeed.  McGath’s poems fade not away.  Thank God.”

    Saturday, March 2nd, 7pm – Free Event

  • Peter Sotos & Publisher Chip Smith Discuss Controversy in Publishing 3/23

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    Marking the roughly simultaneous re-release of Peter Sotos’ Tool  and Mine, Sotos will appear at Quimby’s Bookstore with his publisher Nine-Banded Books founder, Chip Smith, to discuss the continuing role of independent publishers in curating controversial and overlooked literature.

    “Peter Sotos is one of those rare writers who can say, ‘The words I write are me,’ or at least as close as anyone can come to communicating who they are in words.” –Thomas Ligotti, author of The Conspiracy against the Human Race

    “For this latter-day homo sacer, wounds are not to be healed but poked and worried until they bleed. Sotos is literature’s outcast, carrying stigma like a rat carries plague.” –Mikita Brottman, author of Thirteen Girls

    “…among the most important writing being done today.”
    –Dennis Cooper, author of The Marbled Swarm

    Peter Sotos is a Chicago-born writer whose work focuses on criminal psychology, sexual abjection, and the myriad aspects of pornography. (He was also an early member of the noise group Whitehouse.) Noted his unique literary style and his frank and insightful engagement with deeply disturbing subjects, Sotos’ writings are considered by many to stand as oblique social criticism. Sotos is the author of 11 published novels, including Index, Tick, Lordotics, Comfort and Critique, and Selfish, Little: The Annotated Lesley Ann Downey. He is also the editor of the Pure Filth, an annotated collection transcripts culled from the underground pornography of the late Jamie Gillis. Sotos’ writing has appeared in ANSWER Me!, Apocalypse Culture II, Funeral Party, and Ritual Sex.

    And oh yeah, he often comes in to Quimby’s (always wearing a long coat) with records he bought around the corner at Reckless Records. One time it was a greatest hits from The Smiths, prompting us to fun of him.

    For more info: ninebandedbooks.com and quimbys.com

    Sat, March 23rd, 7pm – Free Event

  • February Quimby's Newsletter

    February News

    Store announcements, new stuff, events! To see it in your browser, go to:  http://bit.ly/VzMwvO

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  • Quimby's Podcast Episode #7 With Authors Adam Levin & Tim Kinsella

    Quimby’s Podcast Episode #7 With Authors Adam Levin & Tim Kinsella is now available for your listening pleasure. Adam you might know from his books Hot Pink and The Instructions Tim you might know from his book The Karaoke Singer’s Guide to Self-Defense, or because he’s in bands like Joan of Arc and Cap’n Jazz (among others). Adam and Tim did an event here. Then we conned them into talking to us about their work and each other, while trapped in the mysterious Quimby’s basement. You can listen to the podcast in a variety of places like finding it on I-Tunes, or download it or even stream it, with links at the the Quimby’s podbean site here.

  • New Stuff This Week

    Public Life of Bees by Jessica Campbell (Oily Comics) $1.00 – Honey, hive got a feelin’ the whole town will bee buzzin’ about this new lil zzzzzzzzine from Jessica Campbell! -EF

    Zines & Zine-Related
    Alamo Igloo #11 by Keith G. Herzik $5.00
    I Was Born With a Plastic Spoon in my Mouth by KE Bleier $5.00
    Basic Paper Airplane #6 by Joshua James Amberson $3.00
    Doom Spiral #5 Jan 13 by P. and Spaz $3.00
    Vagina the Zine #7 Win 13 $4.00

    Comics & Comix
    Gray is Not a Color: True Tales From the Basement of the Mutter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by Sally Madden $5.00
    Accidental Salad by Joe Decie $7.99
    RL Rosalie Lightning Comic by Tom Hart $4.00
    86d vol 1 #1 $10.00
    Boots and Pup #1 $2.99
    Lights Please by Budnik $2.00
    Sock by Box Brown $3.00
    Lou #9 by Melissa Mendes (Oily Comics) $1.00
    End of the Fucking World #14 by Charles Forsman $1.00
    Blood Visions Part 1 by Zach Worton $1.00
    Moose #14 by Max De Rodrigues (Oily Comics) $1.00
    Islands #2 Brown Cover by Brendan Monroe $8.00

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Tales Designed to Thrizzle vol 2 by Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics) $24.99
    Grammar of Rock: Art and Artlessness in 20th Century Pop Lyrics by Alexander Theroux (Fantagraphics) $28.99
    Freddie Stories by Lynda Barry (D&Q) $19.95 – Reprinted in gorgeous hardcover.
    Medusa by Kacy McKinney and Milissa Orzolek $17.00
    Books of Magic Deluxe Edition by Neil Gaiman et al. $24.99
    Feminism In the Worlds of Neil Gaiman: Essays On the Comics, Poetry and Prose by Tara Prescott et al. (McFarland) $35.00

    Art & Design Books
    Sheetz by Joe Roarty $20.00
    Black Antoinette: The Work of Olaf Hajek (DGV) $60.00
    Curiosity and Method:Ten Years of Cabinet Magazine $40.00
    Metalheads: The Global Brotherhood by Jorg Bruggeman (DGV) $60.00
    Mati and the Music: 52 Record Covers 1955-2005 A Book About Mati Klarwein $45.00

    Fiction
    Umbrella by Will Self $25.00
    Pharmacists Mate and 8 by Amy Fusselman (McSweeneys) $14.00 – Two books in one!
    Hot Pink by Adam Levin (McSweeneys) $14.00 – Don’t miss Hot Pink author Adam Levin on the most recent episode of the Quimby’s Podcast.
    Last Girlfriend on Earth and Other Love Stories by Simon Rich $19.99 – This author is hilarious. For reals.
    Tenth of December by George Saunders $26.00
    Good Kids by Benjamin Nugent $23.00

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
    Lydia Lunch Interviews (Re/Search) $9.99 – Jump to the top of my winter reading list! -EF
    Henry Rollins Interview (Re/Search) $9.99 – “…he got a Black Flag tattoo and some man who didn’t know who that was at some truck stop said, “Are you covering up your ex-wife’s name?” And he was like, “This is my ex-wife’s name.” And I was like “Oh damn, that’s what I’m talkin’ about.””
    Full Service: My Adventures In Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars by Scotty Bowers and Lionel Friedberg $16.00
    East Hill Farm: Seasons with Allen Ginsberg by Gordon Ball (Counterpoint) $18.95
    Drinking With Men: A Memoir by Rosie Schaap $26.95
    Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures by Edward Ball $29.95
    The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sean Kean $14.99
    Miracles of Life: Shangai to Shepperton: An Autobiography by JG Ballard $25.95
    Kingdom Come by JG Ballard $15.95

    Druuuuuuuuugs
    Cannabis Sativa vol 2 Essential Guide to the Worlds Finest Marijuana Strains by ST Oner and Mel Thomas (Green Candy Press) $20.00
    Entheogens: Myth and Human Consciousness by Carl AP Ruck et al. (Ronin) $16.95

    Magazines
    Black Velvet #75 $9.00
    Razorcake #72 $4.00
    Mojo #231 Feb 13 $9.99
    Hyphen #26 Spr 13 $7.95

    Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
    The Believer #96 $8.00
    Literary Review vol 55 #4 Fall 12 $8.00
    Specimen Magazine #4 $6.00
    Midwestern Gothic #8 Win 13 $12.00
    St Petersburg Review vols 4 and 5 $20.00
    Ninth Letter vol 9 #2 Fall Win 12 13 $14.95
    Flower and the Plough by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright $8.00

    Politics & Revolution
    Lucy Parsons: An American Revolutionary by Carolyn Ashbaugh (Haymarket) $16.00
    Mexican Revolution: A Short History 1910-1920 by Stuart Easterling (Haymarket) $14.00
    Occupy the Future by David B. Grusky et al. (MIT/Boston Review) $14.95
    It’s No Good: poems / essays / actions by Kirill Medvedev (NPlusOne/Ugly Duckling Press) $16.00 – The author is a young Russian poet who in 2003 rejected the Moscow literary world for its corruption and irrelevance. In the years since, he has protested the Putin regime on the streets of Moscow, written long essays about the post-Soviet intelligentsia, and taken his poetry in new directions.
    Adventures of Ed Tuttle, Associate Justice and Other Stories by Jay Wexler $10.00 – Don’t miss author Jay Wexler here at Quimby’s on March 30th! Stay posted to Quimbys.com for info. We also have his book Odd Clauses: Understanding Constitution Through 10 of Its Most Curious Provisions.

    Gender Studies, Sex Guides & Culture
    Queering Anarchism Addressing and Undressing Power And Desire by CB Daring et al. (AK Press) $19.95
    The Feminine Mystique: 50 Years by BEtty Friedan $25.95

    Sexy Sexy
    Candid: How Do You Expose Yourself? by Benji Bright (Queer Young Cowboys) $5.99 – Ten anonymous interviews regarding gays and sex – a compulsive read in a satisfyingly voyeuristic pocket-paperback format.

    Adult Movie Superstars vol 2 Eurozone Photos by Jack Hunter (Wet Angel) $24.95
    The Big Book of Bondage Sexy Tales of Erotic Restraint by Alison Tyler (Cleis) $15.95
    Handbook vol 7 #1 2013 $6.00

    Other Stuff
    Serious Business Celebrity Death Calendar 2013 $20.00

  • Justin Maurer Reads From Seventeen Television with Cassandra Troyan and Dave Roche 2/19

    In Justin Maurer’s new book Seventeen Television (Vol 1 Brooklyn), these mostly true stories ebb, flow and burn through heart breaking and illuminating moments in his life. Seven humor-filled tales delve into family crisis, dead-end jobs and international exploits. Through these lucid stories and their incendiary cast of characters, we follow him into equally dangerous and touching territory.

    The work of Justin Maurer has been featured in such places as: The L.A. Record, Color Magazine, The Rumpus, Faster Times, Vice Spain, Maximumrocknroll, Razorcake and Vol 1. Brooklyn. He has been featured on podcasts and radio shows such as Life Before Wartime (KBOO), Cherry Blossom Clinic (WFMU) and Skid Row Radio. His first book, Don’t Take Your Life (Future Tense Books) received much critical acclaim. He has recorded and toured extensively with his punk bands Clorox Girls, Suspect Parts, LA Drugz and Maniac. He works and lives in Los Angeles.

    Cassandra Troyan is an artist, writer, and filmmaker who is interested in getting blunted. She is the author of THRONE OF BLOOD (Solar Luxuriance 2013), and forthcoming in Fall 2013, The Things We Embody Are The Things We Destroy (Tiny Hardcore Press 2013). She curates the reading and performance series EAR EATER in Chicago, IL where she currently lives and works.

    Dave Roche is the author of On Subbing and the zine About My Disappearance (among other things).

    For more info:

    justin-maurer.com

    cassandratroyan.com

    Tues, Feb 19th, 7pm – Free Event