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Zines

Porch Goose: A History and Case Study of a Midwestern Icon by Violet B. Fox $5

Street Gallery vol 1 Photographs with Street Art from Southern California and Baja California by John Dishwasher (Six Fires Press) $15

Root Cause: Championing Beets, Turnips, Rutabagas, and Other Unfairly Maligned Vegetables by Andy Boynton (Reciwee Press) $8

Urban Wildlife Guide by Vanessa Zucker $7

From Content Queen: Employee Picks Movies by Phyllis Rosen $4, Employee Picks Movies by Eric Leibrock $4, The Secret Language of Birth Order – Your Complete Personality Guide to Any Relationship With Anyone Even Only Children by Natalia Fisher and Molly Rosen Marriner $8

About Bricks by Brittny Meredith $8

Zines by Key Bridge It Daly: Catalog issues #1 & #2 $3 each, Comp Book Companion vol 1 Something That Can Grow $12 and more.

Comics

Comics by Jude Bettridge $8 each: Visiting Cryptid, Love Letter to Myself

Globar Versus Togar: Chillness Contest Vote for Who Is the Coolest $2

Stone Guk by Sophie Delay $20

Comics by Aiden Guerette $8-$10: Bedroom Imps as Lovingly Manifested by the Prism in My Window, Cricket – A Ringrealm Story, Ring Realm Mini Comics #1 Love Letters

Comics by Tor War $5-$16: The King of the Thieves, Aasimar Dreams, War Casualty & more.

Art Books

Tomer Hanuka: Unknown Pleasures (Gingko Press) $35

Politics & Revolution Books

A Short History of Trans Misogny by Jules Gill-Peterson (Verso) $24.95

The Case for Open Borders by John Washington (Haymarket) $19.95

Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence edited by Mizue Aizeki, Matt Mahmoudi, and Coline Schupfer (Haymarket) $22.95

The Hands That Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist by Josh Fernandez (PM Press) $22.95

Essays

The Weird Sister Collection: Writing at the Intersections of Feminism Literature and Pop Culture edited by Marisa Crawford (Feminist Press) $26.95

Music Books

A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Rebirth of Afrofuturism by Paul Youngquist $24.95

Fiction

Skin of Dreams by Raymond Queneau $16.95

Magazines

Cut Me Up #12 $18

Sexxxy

Elska #45 Glasgow Scotland $20

Chap Books

From Blue Cubicle Press: The First Line vol 25 #4 $6, The Last Line #9 $4

 

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Zines

Horror Decor by Marc Fischer (Public Collectors) $9

On the Move by Manda Conti (Wiggle Bird Mailing Club) $6

Fuck It: A Zine for Letting Myself Be Imperfect #8 $8

Associations #1 Nov 23 by Danielle Goshay and Darian Razdar $9

Conversation With Daniel Arnold: An Improvised Discussion on Life’s Journey Lessons and Insights From a Professional Fine Art Photographer by Connor Satterlee $8.34

Comics

The New Yerby Spring 2023 by Liz Yerby $10

I Hope This Finds You #11 Diary Comics by Kevin Budnik $6

Moral Fiber #19 by Chris Pernula $2

Push Up Bras by Chana Goldbloom $15

Comics by Drew Swartz, $5 each: Racket, Play Something Snappy: Tales of CTA Busking

Graphic Novels

In Search of Gil Scott-Heron: The Godfather of Rap by Thomas Mauceri and Seb Piquet $29.99

Art Books

Felinity: An Anthology of Illustrated Cats from Around the World edited by Victionary $45

Politics & Revolution Books

Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War by Andrew Lee (AK Press) $17

Abolition vol 1 Politics, Practices, Promises by Angela Y. Davis (Haymarket) $19.95

Music Books

Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters by Allyson McCabe $24.95

Food Books

Vegan Chinese Food by Yang Liu $32.99

Fiction

Dirt in Our Skin: A Novel by J.J. Anselmi (Rare Bird) $20

Music Books

She’s a Badass: Women in Rock Shaping Feminism by Katherine Yeske Taylor $34.95

Magazines & Newspapers

Tape Op #159 $5.99

Workers Vanguard #1180 $.50

Chap Books

The Wildflower Collective Presents: First Words $12

Chap Books by Darien Razdar: Morning Poems $24, Eye of Water $9

 

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Vichcraft + Quimby’s Bookplate Sticker – Now available as a single sheet! $2
Wanna buy it in bulk and get a sweet deal? Get 5 for $6 here!

Zines

Proof I Exist #44 Presents Orange Drink by Billy McCall and Drew Prusko $5

Lennon McCrea Zine #27 (Stacks #4) $3

Reflections by Michelle G $8

Chicago Really Loves Skeletons: A Photo Zine of Skeleton Displays $4

How Do I Know What I Want $2

Recommendations #1 Zines That I Love by Cesca $2

Make Your First Video Game Bitsy $4

Late to the Party Fall 2023 Get Hep to the Jive by Erik Jacobson $3

Papercore #10 Win 23 International DIY Punk Zine $4

Look Book by Chris Uphues $15

Data Digest #0002 Soc Motss $12

Fear of Being Alone issue #s 1 & #3 by Nathan Pearce + friends $8 each

Shot in the Dark: A Found Photo Slide Zine #2 $5

Comics

Fox Foxerson In Crazy Fox Tales: Therapy Shopping by Christi Furnas $15

Doof #2 Thinks They Are Soooooo Funny by RW Fantastic $5

Graphic Novels

Parasyte Full Color Collection vol 1 by Hitoshi Iwaaki $19.99

Books by Shayna Marchese, $20 each: White Oaks, Pieces: Short Comics

Music Books

Underground: The Illustrated Bible of Cursed Rockers and High Priestesses of Sound by Arnaud Le Gouefflec and Nicolas Moog $29.99

Fiction

Beautyland: A Novel Marie-Helene Bertino $28

Druuuuuuugs

Healing Adaptogens: The Definitive Guide to Using Super Herbs and Mushrooms for Your Body’s Restoration Defense and Performance by Tero Isokauppila and Danielle Ryan Broida $17.99

Magazines & Newspapers

Uppercase #60 $24

The County Highway #4 $8.50

Chap Books & Lit Journals

Border Crossings #163 $15

Recollecting Girlhood and Other Lost Things by Michelle and Astrid $8

Poetry Books

Placing Bets on a Paradox by Michael Santana $8

Commando by E’Mon Lauren (Haymarket) $10

 

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Zines

Postcards from Irving #6 by Tyler $3

Hallogallo #10 by Kai Slater $5

Unresolved #8 5by Eli Schmitt $

Nitroglycerine #1 by Otis Johnson $5

For the Love of Holly Woodlawn, For the Love of Little Joe $12

Comics

Tod Am Klavier by Jude R. Bettridge $8

Pleasure Hex #5 Apr 25, 2021-Oct 28, 2021 by Sir Lyra Hill $9

Graphic Novels

Alphabets for Grievers (In Three Parts): A Book of Long Words and Their Meanings by Kristin Taylor $12

First There Was Chaos: Hesiod’s Story of Creation by Joel Priddy (Uncivilized) $34.95

Art + Culture

The Lumpen Times: 30+ Years of Radical Media and Building Communities of the Future edited by Ed Marszewski and Jeremiah Chiu (Hat & Beard Press) $60

DIY Books

Riding More with Less: A Future for Bike Repair by Sam Tracy (PM Press) $24.95

Music Books

Hardcore: The Cinematic World of PULP by Paul Burgess and Louise Colbourne $50

Essay Books

Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time by Sheila Liming $19.99

Fiction

Your Driver Is Waiting: A Novel by Priya Guns $17

Kindling: Stories by Kathleen Jennings $18

 

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Zines

KerBloom #165 $2

Zines by Mel Watkin $5-$20: Pocket Road Atlas, Leaves of Revolving, Francesca Her Tail

Comics

Killed Off Queer’s Concet Diaries by JJ Cital with art by Ellie Compton and friends $20

Comics by A. Kozlowski (Paper City Publishing) $8-$12: Yesterday Today Tomorrow, Wax and Wane, Sketchbook As Textbook, Shapes, Dream Job: A Collection of Comics About Teaching

Graphic Novels

Life In a Day: A Book by Nick Freeman $15

Politics, Revolution & Essay Books

Environmentalism From Below: How Global Peoples Movements Are Leading the Fight for Our Planet by Ashley Dawson $22.95

The Worker’s Way to Freedom & Other Council Communist Writings 1935-1954 by Anton Pannekoek, edited by Robyn K. Winters (PM Press) $24.95

All In: Cancer, Near Death, New Life by Caitlin Breedlove (AK Press) $18

Mayhem & Outer Limits Books

Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place by Justin McHenry (Feral House) $24.95

Music Books

NoMeansNo: From Obscurity to Oblivion: An Oral History by Jason Lamb with Paul Prescott (PM Press) $29.95

Fiction

2 books by David Hauptschein $20: Alchemy of Flesh and Other Plays, When the Walls Have Ears and Other Plays

 

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Zines

Roctober #53 and #54 by Jake Austen $6

Peel a Zine by Chloe O’Neill $10

Shop Talk #1 A Literary Directory by Bex Ya Yolk $16

Zines by Amanda Smithivas: 15 of My Favorite Songs (That You Might Like Too), Graphic Score Based on “Need Your Love” by Tennis, Color Red

For the Love of Julius Eastman $12

Lennon McCrea Zine $4, various issues and prices: #18 Remnants a Handful of Poetry From My High School Poetry Journal, Stacks, Getting the Story: A Very Casual Analysis of 1975s Tommy #1 and more.

X Kool Kids issues #5 + #6 $5 each

Zines by Dayna $1-$6: Catmothcrow #1, Hag Witch, Cocozine

Enigmatic Audio a Collection of Musical Musings by Adel Souto $8

This Zine Is Illegal In the United Kingdom $1

Hot Cicada Summer by Haleigh $11

Lichen Growth Farms by Wide Eyed Outside $6

Forage issues #1-#3 $14 each

Comics

Friends Forever Everything Sucks by Michael Sweater (Silver Sprocket) $7.99

Comics by Jam $2 each: Brain School #3 The Re-Entry, Spoilers – Three Scary Movies

Comics by Lily Christou $10-$15: Am I Aging Rapidly? and Other Silly Questions an Elbow Soup Collection, Dungeon Elf, Cat Will Eat Us When Were Gone

Comics by Marcus Emdanat $5-$8: Into the Light, Tuning in the Conversations We Have In Passing

Comics by Xin Rui $23 each: Sleuth Hound and the Mystery of the Doll House, It Lives Within

Comics by Mae Lyne $5-$15: Alter Ego Golden Hour, Revolver Detox

Other Strangeness #2 Harvest Moon $5

Outer Limits & Mayhem

Monster Midway by William Lindsay Gresham $16.95

The Satanic Scriptures by Peter H. Gilmore $16.95

Essays

Encyclopedia Obscurum: Tales From the Know-It-All Asshole Jerk for the Asshole That Thinks They Know It All by Adel Souto $20

Lit Journals, Magazines, Newspapers

McSweeney’s #72 Manifesto: A Collection of Manifestos $

RFD #196 $11.95

Spartacist #42 Edicion En Espanol $3

For the Young at Heart

Soren’s Seventh Song by Dave Eggers, illustrated by Mark Hoffmann $19.99

Mama Mabel the Duck of Ten Eggs by Jo Fredell Higgins

 

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Zines

Cathode Ray Mission issues #1 + #2 by K Ratticus $2 each

Modern Day Alpha Males by Olivia Munoz $13

Brain Graffiti by Matt Brady and Jess Kotlarz $10

Tooth Mouth Nail 23 by Chris Kim $6

Astrology Signs as Food $5.80

I’m Standing Right Where I Belong by Harrison Wyrick $15

Receipt Printer RPG: A Choose Your Own Adventure Style Zine That Spans Paper Pen and Screen by Vrk $4

Zines from Venadito Press: Venadito #3 $10, Trans Communication Magic $7

Jay Walker $24.99

Angry Mag #1 by Nell McKeon $8

Comics

Bubbles #18 An Independent Fanzine About Comics and Manga $8

Shit Dates: Comics Based on True Stories Submitted by Readers Created by Mel Stringer $10

Pen Fella Episode issues #3 and #4 Villian Arc by Jude R. Bettridge $2 each

Campfire Comics and Stories 2022 Indoors Outdoors + 2023 Distant Lands, edited by Kyle Harabedian and Dennis Madamba $10 each

Dead Giveaway: A Tale of Horror by Peter Moorman $7

2 titles by Julia McDonald: CeCe Celery Root Sells Leggings + Snowball Cauliflower and the Magical Dried Up Vegetable Bits $10 each

Politics, Revolution, Essay(ish) Books

Brave and Beautiful Spirit: Dora Marsden 1882-1960 by Les Garner $19.95

Radical Book Shop of Chicago by Kevin I. Slaughter $16.95

Friends of Friends of Friends: How Do We Find Connection Despite Isolation, Defining and Building Community by Lee Fearnside $15.99

Music & Film Books

Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground by Dylan Jones $30

Manchester Unspun: How a City Got High on Music by Andy Spinoza $18.95

Accidental Genius: An Oral History of the Room by Andrew J. Rausch $18.95

Outer Limits + Mayhem

Hakim Bey: Real and Unreal by Th Metzger $17.95

Poetry, Chap Books + Lit Journals

Hymn to Satan and Other Translated Poems by Giosue Carducci, with Introductory Essays by R. Merciless and G.L. Bickersteth (Underworld Amusements) $14.95

Mad by Vincenzo Anastasia $10

Fiilthy Glo #1 $22

Magazines

Hellebore – Yuletide Hauntings December 2023 A Summoning of Seasonal Terrors $16.50

Other Stuff

Shadow Banshee Micro Notebook $5

 

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QuimBurger Snappy Meal WEBSITE Version! $12.99

Zines

Hey So You Want to Know What’s Up With Trans Folks #2 by Jude R. Bettridge

Lennon McCrea Zine various issues, $3-$4

Brogan Room $.25

Potluck #1 $12

Water Column by Colleen Corcoran $10

Split Seconds #1 Genoa Italy Photographs by Michael Jarecki $8

I Am Here to F Up the System: A Personal Essay on Being Autistic in a Capitalist World by Anna $5

Izimbra the Zine #1 Covers Edition by Isabel Steffes $10

Zine of Texts to Myself Zine of the Texts I Send Myself $5

Collected #1 2023 edited by by Meri Brin (Fixated Press) $6

Edwin Perry Manchester’s Human Issue #1 the Parted Flesh Yielding Its Fruit $5

Photo zines by DeVontez, $11 each: Best View of an Angel, Logan Barbie the Equalizer 3 Bottoms Gran Turismo, We Think Too Much Photographs

My Little Corner of the World #1 by Grace Bradley $7

Comics

You Don’t Get There From Here #60 by Carrie McNinch $4

Micro Comic by H. Jones: Way of the World #2 $3, Shark Village Slopocalypse $2

SMFGS presents Crust Diary Comics 2023 by Lainey Williams $5

Comics from Toxic Metal Press: Cabaris #1 by Michael Kay, Oh Deanna by Ari S. Mulch, Melty World Matrix #1 by Lane Lincecum, Coward Discourses by Morty C. Pictures, Melty World Matrix #1 by Lane Lincecum

Graphic Novels

Mimi’s Tales of Terror illustrated by Junji Ito, written by Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama $24

In the City Parts 1 & 2 by Karl Christian Krumpholz, $12 each

Hard Switch by Owen D. Pomery (Avery Hill) $20.99

Art Books

Collective Repository of Nostalgia and Sadness $20

Vowel Study Meter Study 2023 by Kelsey Henke $15

Mayhem & Outer Limits

I Am the Dark Tourist: Messenger of Remembrance by H. E. Sawyer (Headpress) $31.95

Earth’s Galactic History and Its Extraterrestrial Connection by Constance Victoria Briggs $22

Film & TV

Satanic Shadows: Depictions Of Hell and the Devil in Classic Cinema edited by G.H. Janus (Deicide Press) $22.95

The Book of Beasts: Folklore, Popular Culture and Nigel Kneale’s ATV TV Series by Andrew Screen (Headpress) $29.95

Fiction Books

Play by Colleen Corcoran $18

DIY Books

Yes You Can: How to Make a Movie For Almost No Money by Courtney Daniels $24.99

Magazines

The Believer #144 Winter 2023 The 2023 Music Issue $16

Lit Journals

Overtime #66 Social Distance by Conor Hogan (Blue Cubicle Press) $2

The Bennington Review #12 $15

Moss Piglet Dec 2023 $12

Sins Seance Soul $5