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  • Caseen Gaines Presents Inside Pee-Wee's Playhouse 2/24

    Calling all Pee-wee Herman fans! Caseen Gaines, author of the one-and-only book about the entire Pee-wee Herman phenomenon, will be at Quimby’s Bookstore to discuss and sign copies of his brand-new book, Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse!

    Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse is the first and only behind-the-scenes look behind the hit Emmy Award-winning TV show starring the pop culture icon Pee-wee Herman, complete with over 250 rare and never-before-published full color photos, marking the show’s 25th anniversary last fall. Gaines’ book is based on interviews with over a hundred cast members, writers, producers, network executives, crew members, puppeteers, and animators who contributed to the program TV Guide recently referred to as one of the “top ten cult classics of all time.”

    “Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse is a must for any Pee-wee fan. Gaines unearths a significant moment in pop culture with the care of an archaeologist, and the vibrant humor of Pee-wee himself.” — John Ortved, author of The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History

    “With his inspired, lunatic Pee-wee’s Playhouse, Paul Reubens showed a generation of television viewers that it’s okay to be different. Caseen Gaines has crafted a meticulously researched look at the origin, production, and legacy of this landmark series that is every bit as educational and entertaining as the show it chronicles.” — Jeremy Kinser, Senior Editor, The Advocate

    “Though brutally honest in recounting crew conflicts and the fickle world of show business, Gaines demonstrates the enchantment and broad appeal of the Playhouse, as well as the spontaneity of a show where ‘anything could happen.’” — Publishers Weekly

    For more info: insidetheplayhouse.com     facebook.com/caseengaines

    Feb 24th, 7pm

     

  • Quimby’s Presents Our First 24-Hour Zine Challenge Jan 14th-Jan 15th

     

    Perhaps you were not able to participate in the 2011 Revenge of Print Challenge by getting your zine or comic out. Or perhaps you need some encouragement. Do you work well under deadlines? Perhaps you’re addicted to the adrenal rush of zine crafting?

    Well, you’re in luck.

    The 24-Hour Zine Challenge is for you. Starting Sat, 1/14 at 7pm and going until 7pm on Sun 1/15 here at Quimby’s, we invite you to come in and make your zine within 24 hours. And we’ll let you crash at our pad. By “pad” we mean on our floor.

    We’ll provide: paper, minimal scanner use, zine supplies such as a long arm stapler, some food, power strips, temporary free wifi.

    You provide: sleeping gear, ideas, stamina, your computer or typewriter (if that’s your thing)

    AND THEN! Want to read from your zine here at one of our events? On Sat, Jan 28th we’ll be having the ZINES MADE AT THE QUIMBY’S 24 HOUR ZINE CHALLENGE EVENT.

    Please RSVP to info(at)quimbys(dot)com for the 24 Hour Zine Challenge by Wed, Jan 11th.  because there is limited space available. Only RSVP’d zinesters will be allowed in the store between midnight and 6am. Visitors are welcome at all other times. The store will be open until midnight (usually we close at 10pm on Saturday nights).

    Get your New Year’s zine resolution resolved before the first month of 2012 is over.

     Sat, Jan 14th 7pm to Sun, Jan 15th 7pm

  • Weekly Top 10

    A lot of this stuff is not on our website (ones that are have links). Guess you’ll just have to come in to see ’em.

    1. Lucky Peach #2 The Sweet Spot (McSweeneys) $12.00 – Come n’ get it.

    2. Butt #29 $9.90

    3. Abuela Y Los Dead Mexicans #1 by David Ortega $6.00
    4. Go the Fuck to Sleep by Adam Mansbach & Ricardo Cortes (Akashic) $14.95
    5. Paris Review #199 $12.00
    6. King Cat #72 by John Porcellino $3.00 – Porcellino feels out the fall apart as life unravels…and unravels some more….the first half of this issue travels through some solitudes and stillnesses. An LSD story rustles the banches a little and punctuates a South Beloit diary. Also squirrely letters and bat dancers. Understated, quietly eloquent comics… but you already knew that, right? -EF

    7.  S #9 Baltic Comics Magazine (Kus) $9.50 – As pictured above.

    8. Habibi by Craig Thompson (Pantheon) $35.00 – The hit of the season.

    9. Bitch #53 $5.95

    10. Go For Broke #2 Klimbing Kilimanjaro $2.50

  • Not at Quimby's…But you should go anyway

     

    Tonight: See a rare live appearance of Psychic TV at Reggies Rock Club on Dec 11. This is PTV’s only Midwestern appearance. Show is 17+ with regular and VIP tickets available.

    More info at reggieslive.com/rockclub/
    Tickets at Ticketfly

    This event is NOT at Quimby’s. It is at

    REGGIES ROCK CLUB
    2109 South State Street
    Chicago, Illinois 60616
    (312) 949-0121

  • New Stuff This Week

    Worn #13 Fashion Journal
    Zines
    Curioddity #1 Nov 11 by Curioser Jane $2.00
    With an E #1 by Lynne $1.50
    Johnny America #9 $4.00
    Fashion Illustrations by Jame D et al. (Public Collectors) $2.50
    Tag #1 by Mateo and friends $8.50
    Fashion Statement by Bella Dehm (Drippy Bone Books) $4.00
    Letters In Color Are Better and Life In Color Is Better $15.00 each – From niceomestreetart.com
    Good Fine Okay #2 by Marissa F $2.00
    Hip Mama #50 $5.95
    Thoughts and Other Stuff: What Am I Thinking – A Series of Random Thoughts $2.00 – Best title for a zine EVER.

    Comics & Comix
    Occupy Chicago Investigative Portraits: I Cant Make a Change By Myself But If People Have One Mind We Can Change the World by Sharon Rosenweig $7.00
    Occupy Wall Street: Investigative Portraits, Never Take Off Your Button by Sharon Rosenweig $7.00
    Ballad of Little Monster vol 1 by Herve Largeaud $3.99
    Vacuum Horror #1 by Max Morris $8.00 – With work from Leslie Weibeler, Andy Burkholde, David Alvarado, Edie Fake, Anya Davidson, Nick Drnaso, April Camlin, Brett Koontz, Onsmith, Paul Nudd, Joe Tallarico and Dane Martin.
    Ballad of Little Monster vol 1 by Herve Largeaud $3.99
    Cartoonshow #1 You Will All Die In Pain by Derek M. Ballard (Drippy Bone Books) $4.00
    Go Forth  – A Series of Doodles in Book Form by Bort $2.00
    Shitty Titties #2 by Bort $1.00
    Talamaroo issues #1-3 Hungry by Alabaster $6.00 each
    The Iliad By Homer As Interpreted By Keith Schnell $3.00
    Complex #2 by Chris Kuzma $5.00
    Lizz Hickey comics: Leave Jeremy Alone – Finally Invisible, Carol Verse Carol, Danny Deathbed $2.00 each – Hilarious of course.
    Systems of Metric Matter by Keith Jones $2.00
    Lyra Hill comics: Compiled #1, Dock Ellis, Are You Lonesome Tonight – various prices
    Anchovie #1 by James Turek $6.00
    (ku)š Baltic Comics Magazine, various issues, various prices
    Strawberry Creeps By Joe Schorgl $3.00
    Mad Butcher Kingsbury Run  by Joe Schorgl $3.00
    Purpose of A Million Stars by Alexis Vert $1.00
    Food Stamp Foodie #2 by Virginia Paine $2.00
    various issues of Milkyboots by Virginia $2.00-$3.00

    Art & Design Books
    Beautiful Chickens by Aschwanden & Perris (Thomas Dunne) $19.99 – That’s right. Chickens. They’re SOOOOOOO hot.

    Childrens Books
    Moomin and the Birthday Button by Tove Jansson (FSG) $12.99

    Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
    Sigh by Marjane Satrapi (Archaia) $10.95
    Mush Sled Dogs With Issues by Glenn Eichler & Joe Infurnari (First Sec) $17.99
    Criminal vol 6 Last of the Innocent by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips (Icon) $14.99
    Bad Doings and Big Ideas Deluxe Edition by Bill Willingham et. al (Vertigo) $49.99
    Most Dangerous Game: A Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Collection by Zach Weiner (Breadpig) $18.00
    Fuff #0 Come to my Show Flyer Minicomix 1998 – 2001 by Jeff Lewis $5.00
    Projections: Comics and the History of the Twenty First Century Storytelling by Jared Gardner (Stanford) $24.95

    DIY
    From the Couch to the Kitchen: A Book to Indulge In Food Writing… by The Dorsey High School Students (826) $15.00

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoir, Misc
    Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to Spread Peace Love and Acid to the World by Nicholas Schou (Thomas Dunne) $15.99 – Just days after California became the first state in the union to ban LSD, the Brotherhood formed a legally registered church in its headquarters at Mystic Arts World on Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, where they sold blankets and other countercultural paraphernalia retrieved through surfing safaris and road trips to exotic locales in Asia and South America. Before long, they also began to sell Afghan hashish, Hawaiian pot (the storied “Maui Wowie”), and eventually Colombian cocaine, much of which the Brotherhood smuggled to California in secret compartments inside surfboards and Volkswagen minibuses driven across the border. This book explores how America moved from the era of peace and free love into a darker time of hard drugs and paranoia.
    100 Neo-Futurist Plays From Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind $12.00 – Hilarity, drama, surrealism — the Neo-Futurists are always compelling.
    Learning to Live Finally Last Interview by Jacques Derrida et al. (Melville) $15.95
    Gonzo Republic: Hunter S. Thompson’s America by William Stephenson (Continuum) $27.95

    Lit Journals & Chap Books
    McSweeneys #39 $24.00
    Paris Review #199 $12.00
    Sinister Wisdom #84 Fall 11 $6.00
    New York Tyrant vol 3 #3 $15.00
    Boat Magazine #2 Fall Win 11 $12.00
    Errata by Ingrid Olson $10.00

    Magazines
    Juxtapoz #132 Jan 12 $5.99
    Design Bureau Jan Feb 12 $8.00
    ID Magazine Win 11 $12.00
    High Times Feb 12 $5.99
    Color Skateboards vol 9 #5 $7.99
    Skateboarders Journal vol 1 #1 Win 12 $8.95
    BlackBook #89 Dec 11 $4.95
    Paper Win 11 12 vol 28 #4 $4.00
    Little White Lies #38 $9.99
    Classic Rock #165 Dec 11 $11.99
    Mojo #218 Jan 12 $9.99
    Uncut Jan 12 #176 $9.99
    Wire #334 Dec 11 $10.99
    Fader #77 Dec 11 Jan 12 $5.99
    Monocle vol 5 #49 Dec 11
    GLQ vol 18 #1 Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies $12.00
    In These Times Dec 11 $3.50
    Progressive Dec 11 Jan 12 $4.95
    National Green Pages 2012 $9.95
    Travel Naturally #81 $9.95
    Rebel Ink Magazine Jan 12 $5.99
    Tattoo 1 Tribal #31 $8.50

    Sex & Sexy
    The Sexual History of London: From Roman Londinium to the Swinging City—Lust, Vice, and Desire Across the Ages by Catharine Arnold (SMP) $25.99
    Sad People Sex #10 Drowning In My Own Tears by Heather Benjamin $3.00
    Hatebreed #1: Sexual Menu Fantasy Phone Katebreed by HKB $4.00
    Decathexis #1 by Conor Edmunds $2.00
    Chameleon #1 2011 by Jonny Negron et al. $10.00

    Other Stuff
    Apocalypse Calendar 2012 Wall Calendar $20.00 – Get your Mayan on, with work by a variety of artists, including Jay Ryan.

  • Weekly Top 10

    1. Lucky Peach #2 The Sweet Spot $12.00 – Sweet Spot. Come n’ get it.

    2. Butt #29 Fantastic Magazine $9.90

    3. King Cat #72 by John Porcellino $3.00 – Porcellino feels out the fall apart as life unravels…and unravels some more….the first half of this issue travels through some solitudes and stillnesses. An LSD story rustles the banches a little and punctuates a South Beloit diary. Also squirrely letters and bat dancers. Understated, quietly eloquent comics… but you already knew that, right? -EF

    4. Lose #2 by Michael Deforge $5.00

    5. Book of Whale Insults (Blue Q) $3.99

    6. Notes For A Peoples Atlas: People Making Maps of Their Cities by AREA Chicago $8.00 – This multi-city community mapping project started in Chicago in 2005, and has since expanded to a number of cities ranging from Zagreb to Greencastle, Indiana (USA). The project was initiated by AREA-Chicago, a magazine about art, research, education and activism in Chicago. The book and a website (peoplesatlas.com) document this project by presenting the maps collected in each city along with commentary by leading thinkers dealing with art, urban space, cartography and definitions of place.Featuring Mapping Projects from: Chicago, IL; Zagreb, Croatia; Syracuse, NY; Greencastle, IN; Portland, OR; Granada, Spain; Waterville, ME; Chisinau, Moldova; New York City, NY; Detroit, MI; Boston, MA; Pilsen; Chicago; Santiago, Chile; London, ON, Canada; Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; Ukraine (Uzhgorod, Donetsk, Kherson, Simferopol, Vinnytsia); Gary, IN; and Valparasio, Chile.

    7. Miami You’ve Got Style: A Little Golden Girls Book by Scott and Zach $13.00 – Epic quest through fashion policing every Golden Girls episode ever….it’s a media meltdown in lilac and mauve. -EF

    8. Logan Square Literary Review #5 Win 11 $5.00 – This issue of the Logan Square is full up of milkyfoodyicebox double entendre: soliciting gay refrigerator sperm, simmering dr.pepper for orgasmic cookery, peeky toe crab benedict….and a few other nice things that maybe aren’t like that at all. -EF 9. Habibi by Craig Thompson (Pantheon) $35.00 – 10. Maximumrocknroll #343 Dec 11 $4.00

  • New Stuff This Week

    Butt #29 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90 – Yes it’s here!

     
    Zines
    Last Days of Rosehill by Dan Gleason $2.00 – One of our favorite local weirdos with new stuff. Money fueled mayhem and mayhem fueled money. -EF

    Clutch #23 Invincible Summer #20 by Nicole Georges and Clutch McBastard (Tugboat Press) $2.00
    Will by Nichole and Rachael Voorhees $2.00
    Communicating Vessels #23 fall win 11 12 $3.50
    Peehole #6 by Jim Donaldson $3.00
    Clog #1 by Sam McPheeters $5.00 – Short fiction in a quarter-page sized zine.
    Illinois Michigan Canal Channahon Illinois November 6 2011 by M. Miller $10.00
    Classmantic #1 by Elizabeth Amazing $2.00
    Things That Are Fun $1.00
    Hot Mess #1 Suddenly Single by January Kerry $2.00
    Border Lands by Klayr VF $3.00
    Food Friends $.50
    Little Otsu Living Things vol 5 by Apak (Little Otsu) $6.95
    Little Otsu Living Things vol 6 by Becca Stadtlander (Little Otsu) $6.95
    I Like You So Much a Journey in House Chores by Carrie $1.00
    Brilliantly Mad 2o11 $5.00
    Listen to Your Heart #1 Everyday Life of a Seventh Grade Girl $2.00
    Peut Etre #1 Maybe  $1.50
    Symphony To My Ears a Zine $2.00
    Cest La Vie #1 by Imogen R. Hansen  $1.50
    And Yet We Love #1 $1.50

    Comics & Comix
    King Cat #72 by John Porcellino (Spit and a Half) $3.00 – Porcellino feels out the fall apart as life unravels…and unravels some more….the first half of this issue travels through some solitudes and stillnesses. An LSD story rustles the banches a little and punctuates a South Beloit diary. Also squirrely letters and bat dancers. Understated, quietly eloquent comics… but you already knew that, right? -EF

    Wulf #1 Are the Origins of Man in Question by Simon Allen, Nori Retherford and Eaxwing $7.00
    Kim Gee Comics #5 by Kim Gee $5.00
    World War 3 Illustrated #42 Liberation $7.00
    Bad Breath Comics #4 by Josh Juresko $2.00
    Stranger Two Stranger #2 Dec 11: Actual Stories of CraigsList Missed Connections by R. Hendrics $1.25
    Tank Girl Carioca #2 $5.99
    Comics by Anna Haifisch: Buddies issues #1-#5  $3.00 each, or buy the set of 5 zines with the accompanying postcard for $15.00, also Destroy All Lizardmen (with James Turek) #1 $8.00

    Mineshaft #27 Fall 11 $9.00 – More of what R. Crumb dreams about, some of what Mary Fleener writes about, star-studded letters. A giant portfolio from Jim Blanchard, comic from Pat Moriarity. The major highlight, as always, is another amazing comic from Nina Bunjevac. -EF

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Milk and Cheese – Dairy Products Gone Bad – They Hate What You Hate And They Hate You by Evan Dorkin (Dark Horse) $19.99 –  – This Everything-Milk-and-Cheese lux hardcover collection has even got our resident vegan Neil stoked -EF

    Clutch #19 The Lost Years by Clutch McBastard (Tugboat) $8.00
    Grant Morrison: Combining the Worlds of Conetmporary Comics by Marc Singer (U of Minn) $25.00
    Preacher Book Five HC by Grath Ennis and Steve Dillon (Vertigo) $39.99
    Lovecraft Library: Horror Out of Arkham (IDW) $16.99  – A bunch comics artists graphic novelify HP’s stories.
    RASL TPB vol 3 Romance at the Speed of Light by Jeff Smith (Cartoon) $15.00
    Breathers TPB by Justin Madson $29.95 – Collects the entire series, breathers #0 through #6. Huzzah!
    Things You Carry by VIncent Stall (2dCloud) $10.00
    Motherlover by Nic Breutzman et al. $10.00
    I Thought You Would Be Funnier by Shannon Wheeler (Boom) $17.99 – Gag strips from the artist behind Too Much Coffee Man.

    Art & Design Books
    Juxtapoz Tattoo 2 (Gingko) $29.95
    Bike Art: Bicycles In Art Around the World by Kiriakos Iosifidis (Gingko) $34.95
    I Hate – The Art Todd Bratrud (MBP) $19.95
    Evolutionists Doodlebook by Manvir Singh $11.99
    Street Photography Now Sophie Howarth  and Stephen McLaren (Thames) $29.95
    Herakut After the Laughter (Publikat) $39.95
    Street Art Cook Book – A guide to Techniques and Materials (soft cover version) by B. Carlsson and L. Hop (Dokument) $19.95

    Music Books
    Woolgathering by Patti Smith (ND) $18.95

    Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoir & Misc
    Twilight Man by Boyd Rice and Nina Antonia (Heartworm) $15.00 – A noir memoir about life in 1980’s San Francisco.
    Solace In So Many Words by Ellen Wade Beals $20.00

    Politics & Revolution
    Eyes to the South French Anarchists and Algeria by David Porter (AK) $25.00

    DIY
    Simple Times – Crafts for Poor People by Amy Sedaris $15.99 – Now in soft cover.

    Childrens Books
    Vintage reprints of M. Sasek childrens classics: This Is the Way to the Moon and This Is Israel and (Universe) $17.95  each
    Kings Sixth Finger by Jolby and  Rachel Roellke Coddington (Gingko) $16.95
    Listeners These Train Tracks by Breathe Owl Breathe split book with vinyl record $30.00
    More Tintin books!

    Fiction
    Sudden Flash Youth by Hazuka Christine Perkins , Tom Hazuka and Mark Budman (Persea) $12.95

    Magazines
    Bitch #53 $5.95
    Tape Op #86 Nov Dec 11 $4.95
    Maximumrocknroll #343 Dec 11 $4.00
    Cabinet #43 Forensics $12.00
    IDN Extra 06 Semi Permanent $25.00
    IdN vol 18 #5 $17.50
    ArtForum Dec 11 $10.00
    Girls and Corpses #5 Win 11 $8.95
    Fortean Times #282 Jan 12 $11.99
    Treating Yourself #31 $7.99
    Skunk vol 7 #4 $5.99
    Pinstriping #29 Kustom Graphics Magazine $9.95
    Make Ultimate Kit Guide Special Issue $9.99
    Bespoke Magazine vol 1 $22.95
    Slant Magazine #1 $36.00
    Gastronomica vol 11 #4 $12.99
    Decibel #87 Jan 12 $4.95
    Diabolique #7 Nov Dec 11 $9.98
    Big Takeover #69 $5.99
    Filter #46 $5.95
    Z Magazine Dec 11 $4.95
    Uncut – The Clash Ultimate Music Guide $12.50
    Tattoo Scout #26 $9.60
    Skin and Ink Feb 12 $6.99

    Other Stuff
    Masterpiece Studio Paint By Number Kit by Lisa Hanawalt (Chron) $19.95 – Includes 10 Paints, 5 Ready to Paint Art Boards, Paint Brush, Organizer Tray. From the artist of I Want You.
    Paper Lantern Bees and Keys $9.99
    Knitting Is Knotty Magnet $4.00
    Living the High Life Sticky Notes $9.95 – As in the HIGH life.
    More blank journals and blank cards.
    Santa Advent Calendar by Nick Hefele $3.00 – A very naughty Santa. Operative words: drug induced coma.
    And much more gifty stuff for the holidays!

  • Weekly Top 10

    New Boyd Rice book in the house, debuting at the Top 10 this week. -Cassee Kasem

    1. Slingshot 2012 Small Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $6.00

    2. Slingshot 2012 Large Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $12.00 – The planner with a daily dose of radical history, infoshop contact list, useful essays, menstrual calendar, address book, everything basically.  If you have color preferences, list a couple in your order notes!

    3. Lucky Peach #2 The Sweet Spot (McSweeneys) $12.00

    4. Biggest Mistake of Your Life – Wondering If You Are Making – Love Is Not Constantly by Sarah Miller $5.00 – Brilliantly styled as a Choose Your Own Adventure book.

    5.  Adbusters Jan 2012 $8.95

    6. Regional #3 An Examination of American Cuisine by Cassie Tompkins and Emily Gelsomin $8.50

    7. My Aim Is True by Carrie $1.00

    8. Brilliant Mistake #3 by Carrie $1.00

    9. Proximity #8 Education As Art $12.00

    10. Twilight Man by Boyd Rice and Nina Antonia (Heartworm) $15.00 – “Heartworm Press and 23WLVS are proud to present the new 100-page memoir by Boyd Rice, which follows Rice through San Francisco’s darkest crevices during his time as a responder for the Twilight Alarm Company. Preface by Nina Antonia, author of Johnny Thunders: In Cold Blood.

  • New Stuff This Week

    Yes we are open today, 11am-10pm!

    We just got this. Wouldn’t this make a great gift?

    Miami You’ve Got Style: a Little Golden Girls Book by Scott and Zach $13.00 – Commentary about outfits the Golden Girls wore. For real.

    Anyway…

    Zines
    Field Guide to the Aliens of The Next Generation Season One by Joshua Chapman $2.00 – As in Star Trek. Hilarious. You need this.
    Osama Bloodshirt Hummus Wedding #1 $2.00
    Your Secretary #9 Potty Language #1 Split by Jami Sailor and friends.$2.00 – About nannying. A compelling read.
    I’m Dan Gleason Dildock: More Beautiful Short Stories by Dan Gleason $2.00 – One of our fave local weirdos represent.
    Regional #3 An Examination of American Cuisine by Cassie Tompkins $8.50
    Outsider Mistakes #1 In My Lifetime by Eric Knoll $5.00
    Mind Thoughts Collected by Adam J. Kurtz $10.00
    Look In by JR Davidson $2.00

    Comics & Comix
    RAV #5 by Mickey Zacchilli $6.00
    Greatest #1 by Kelly Froh $4.00
    There Is A Error #1 by Kevin Eckert $2.00
    Truth Dart #1 by Kevin Eckert $3.00
    Good Luck #1 and #2 by Joe DeGeorge $4.00 each
    Night on Alcatraz: Chronicles of Fortune Continue by Caroline PIcard (Green Lantern) $3.00
    You Dont Get There From Here #21 $2.00
    Rumbling Chapter 2 by Kevin Huizenga $3.00
    Fact Parader Amazing Facts and Beyond #2 by Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch $5.00
    Brain Dump Amazing Facts and Beyond vol 4 by Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch $5.00
    Factual Healing Amazing Facts and Learning vol 5 with Leon Beyond by Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch $5.00
    Faded Igloo by Jim Drain (Picturebox) $5.00

    Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
    Sediment Part by C.F. (Picturebox) $29.95

    Art & Design Books
    Frank Peter John Dick by K8 Hardy $25.00
    Yuko Shimizu by Yuko Shimizu (DGV) $30.00
    Iron Beasts Make Great Beauty by Studio on Fire (DGV) $30.00
    Cyclo Id vol 1 by Ryoji Ikeda and Carsten Nicolai (DGV) $60.00
    Everybody Dies a Childrens Book for Grown Ups by Ken Tanaka $10.00

    Sex Guides & Culture
    Normal Life Administrative Violence Critial Trans Politics and the Limits of Law by Dean Spade (South End) $16.00

    Weirdo and Essays
    I Lucifer Exploring the Archetype and Origins of the Devil by Corvis Nocturnum (Schiffer) $19.99
    UFOs Above the Law True Encounters with Law Enforcement by Soriano & James (Schiffer) $19.99

    Fiction
    Biggest Mistake of Your Life: Wondering If You Are Making… by Sarah Miller $5.00
    Amazing Adult Fantasy by AD Jameson $12.00
    Last Incarnation Book One of the Ascension by JA Giunta $17.99
    Slow Fade by Rudolph Wurlitzer (Drag City) $15.95 – We had the audio book. Now there’s the soft cover.
    Dead Souls a Novel by Nikolai Gogol $12.95

    Music Books
    Book of Ice by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid (MBP) $29.95

    Politics & Revolution
    Notes For A Peoples Atlas: People Making Maps of Their Cities by AREA Chicago (AREA) $8.00

    DIY
    Viral Combat Monica Fights the Flu by Clare Rosean et al. $10.00

    Lit Journals
    Chicago IRL #2 Fall 11 $11.00

    Magazines
    Bust Dec 11 Jan 12 $4.99
    Razorcake #65 $4.00
    Wax Poetics #49 $9.99
    Class Struggle #72 by Spark $3.00
    Inked Jan 12 $7.99

    Other Stuff
    Calendario Bestiaro Bestiary Calendar 2011 by Dave Buchen $25.00 – Annual wood cut calendar of Dave Buchen’s Bestiary.
    Switch Pop Working Switchblade Bottle Opener $20.00

  • Weekly Top 10

    But first! A reminder: We’ll be closing tomorrow (Nov 23rd) at 5pm, be closed on Nov 24th and open Nov 25th from noon to 10pm. See you then!

    1. Habibi by Craig Thompson (Pantheon) $35.00

    2. Lucky Peach #2 The Sweet Spot (McSweeneys) $12.00

    3. Slingshot 2012 Large Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $12.00 – The planner with a daily dose of radical history, infoshop contact list, useful essays, menstrual calendar, address book, everything basically.  If you have color preferences, list a couple in your order notes!

    4. Field Guide to the Aliens of The Next Generation – Season One by Joshua Chapman $2.00 – Yes, you read that right. It’s hilarious. As you would expect.

    5. Slingshot 2012 Small Organizer (Slingshot Collective) $6.00

    6. Optic Nerve #12 by Adrian Tomine (D&Q) $5.95

    7. Punk Planet #46 $3.95 – We’ve got lots of back issues of this one. Come in the store and see for yourself.

    9. Railroad Semantics #4 Fall 10 $6.50

    10. Remedy Quarterly #4 Celebration – Stories of Food Recipes For Feeling Good $7.50