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  • Top 10

    Thanks to everybody that’s been coming out to all the events lately, both here and off-site. Check out the Quimby’s Bookstore group on Flickr, including Chicago Zine Fest Karaoke!

    1. Cheetah Chrome: A Dead Boys Tale by Cheetah Chrome (Voyageur Press) $24.00 – Lordy, Lordy: How is Cheetah Chrome even still alive? Punks are apparently related to cockroaches in that they can really take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’. Cheetah makes us grateful he’s survived by unleashing this dishy, druggy and unmodest memoir of his thrashings in the high-trash-era CBGBs New York punk scene. Light a candle for Stiv, crack open a case of beer, and curl up with this one. -EF

    2. I’m In The Band: Backstage Notes from the Chick in White Zombie by Sean Yseult (Soft Skull Press) $22.95 – Come see Sean Yseult DJ and the Metal Shop tonight at Delilah’s!

    3. Diary of a Punk by Mike Hudson (Tuscarora Books) $19.95

    4. Bust apr may 2011 $4.99

    5. Cometbus #54 In China With Green Day by Aaron Cometbus $4.00

    6. OK OK You Smote Me Stories by Al Burian $3.00

    7. Crap Hound #5: Hands , Hearts & Eyes $12.00

    8. Black Cracker by Josh Alan Friedman (New Texture) $19.95

    9. Rough Guide To Bicycle Maintenance $2.5010. Herbal First Aid Assembling a Natural First-Aid Kit DIY by Raleigh (Microcosm) $1.00

  • New Stuff This Week

    A couple years ago we sold books at a fundraiser to help a director with a documentary about William S. Burroughs. Well guess what? The movie is now available on DVD, and we’re excited to be selling it here. The film is William S Burroughs: A Man Within by local filmmaker Yony Leyser. All sorts of folks weigh in about the author of such contemporary classics as Naked Lunch and Junky: Patti Smith, John Waters, Iggy Pop, Jello Biafra, Thurston Moore, Gus Van Sant, Laurie Anderson and more. It comes in a fancy box an the DVD has all sorts of extras. $22.00

    ZINES & ZINE-RELATED BOOKS!
    Apoyo – Support Zine Spanish Espanol (Doris Press) $3.00
    R2K 10 Years Later – Six Former Student Liberation Action Movement Members Reflect On the Mass Direct Actions Against the 2000 Republican National Convention In Philadelphia by SLAM (Doris Press) $2.00
    Love Letters to Monsters #3 Alabama Grrrl #9 Split by Ciara Xyerra and Ailecia Ruscin (Doris Press) $4.00
    Brainscan #26.5 Nine Stories by Alex Wrekk $1.00
    Sigmund Freud I Ams A Graphical by Alfred Planco $4.00
    Fueled By Popcorn by Webly $3.00
    Mostly Do Not Guide to Sex Store Etiquette by Amanda B. $3.00
    Remedy Quarterly #1 Home and Remedy Quarterly #2 Cravings $7.50 each – We got back issues of this zine with the subtitle “Stories of Food Recipes For Feeling Good.” Sounds good to us.
    Writers Block #1 The Voices of Women Inside by Education Beyondmedia (Beyondmedia) $10.00
    Designated Drivers by Temporary Services (Temporary Services) $4.00
    Everything Quantizes #1 by Katherine Brideau $3.00
    Being Gay Is A OK by Megan Speers $4.00
    G20 A Love and Rage Story – Text Adapted From a Craigslist Missed Connection by Megan Speers $3.00
    My Little Friend #4 the Last Two Years in a Nutshell Sick Twisted Wanderlust and My Little Friend #5 Moving Back Treading Forward, both by Eryca and both $1.00
    Alphabetical Compendium – If Demons and Evil Ghosts #1 A Colouring Book by Megan Speers and Amanda Bowles $4.00
    When the Crash Meets Something Solid #6 Organs of Voice and Respiration by Gabrielle Congrave $3.00
    Adorn #20 and Adorn #21 by Bree Chumly $2.00 each
    Kiss off #13 by Chris Kiss $2.00
    Striking Distance #1 by Chris Landry $1.00
    Telegram Maam #18 Oct 09, Telegram Maam #20 Sum 10, Telegram Maam #22 Jan 11 all by Maranda Elizabeth, all $3.00 each
    Culture Slut #22 ($2.00) and Culture Slut #23 ($4.00) by Amber Forrester
    Culture Slut #24/Motor City Kitty #16 Split Zine by Amber Forrester and Bri Z $2.00
    Gutwrench #4 by Max Weinstein Bacal $2.00
    Ask Me About My Tubal Ligation by Sarah Lawrance, Matt McLennan and Eric Drooker (Exile Press) $4.50
    Making Anarchist Revolution Possible by Arthur J. Miller (Zabalaza) $4.00
    Said the Pot to the Kettle – Feminist Theory for Anarchist Men $2.50
    Murdertown $1.67
    Judas Goat Quarterly #49 by Grant Schreiber $1.50
    Neighbor Cats #1 and #2 by The Waterbear Appreciation Society $2.00 each
    Fuck Would I Say What For #2 Apr 11 by Justin Valmassoi $4.00
    Bookstores and Baseball 1st Inning by David LaBounty $4.00

    COMICS & MINI COMIX!
    History of Wibbles #1 by Rachel N. Swanson $5.00
    Goldilocks and the Three Butches by Rachel N. Swanson $10.00
    Write Now by Neil Brideau $1.00 – Look! It’s Neil’s comic! If you come in when he’s working maybe he would sign it for you!
    Excite Bike #1 by OShell $2.00
    Owe Apostrophe #1 by OShell $2.00
    5 Stories by Brian Cremins $3.00
    Ship of Fools #4 by Emilia Frances $2.00
    Comfortable Girl #1 by Lauren Maul $2.00
    No One Will Syndicate Me: How I Didn’t Get My Comic Strip in the Newspaper by Josh Redd Sanchez $3.00
    Army of Lovers Will Be Beaten The Book of Trembling Eardrums – An Interlude on Cosmic Heartbeats by Bernie McGovern $3.50
    Demongun #2 Mar 11 by Bernie McGovern $2.00
    Party Life #1 by Aaron Miller $2.00
    Breathers Book 6 by Justin Madson $4.00
    Booger Factory by Marc Mamolo and Amanda Bowles $3.00
    Wolfman Chicago’s Quest For Real Boots #1 by Nate Beaty $3.00
    Sand Dune Press #1 and #2 by Erik Schneider $2.00 each
    Dog Craps #1 by Sam Spina and Samantha Carantit $.50
    Spinadoodles #1 The First Year April 16, 2009-April 30, 2010 Daily Sketchbook by Sam Spina $6.00
    Sharker The Forgotten – The Story of Sean Kerr by Sam Spina $3.00
    Ghost Ships #1 by Kara Sievewright $7.00
    Moveable Types #1 the Tramp Printers by Kara Sievewright $3.00
    Drift Wood by Kara Sievewright $4.00
    Jinxremoving #13 by Arpad $2.50

    ART & DESIGN BOOKS!
    Trash Humpers by Harmony Korine (JRP) $39.95
    Bye Bye Kitty: Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art (Yale) $35.00
    Artists Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art by Gwen Allen (MIT) $34.95
    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Gallerists But Were Afraid to Ask by Andrea Bellini (JRP) $24.95
    From the End to the Beginning by Nicholas Hefele $12.00

    GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!
    River Jordan A Graphic Novel by Merik Tadros and Greg Houston $14.95
    Wanderlust Graphic Novel by Megan Speers $25.00

    FICTION!
    Stop Requested by Wyatt Doyle and Stanley J. Zappa (New Texture) $14.95 – City stories of the less glamorous side of Tinseltown: bizarre encounters, faded dreams, mental illness and heavy traffic.
    Field Guide To the North American Family: An Illustrated Fiction by Garth Risk Hallberg (MBP) $18.95
    Look Down This Is Where It Must Have Happened by Hal Niedzviecki (Citylights) $15.95
    Oppose and Propose – Anarchist Interventions 02 (AK) by Andrew Cornell $12.00

    CHAP BOOKS & LIT JOURNALS
    Journal of Ordinary Thought Win 11 $10.00
    Austerity Pleasures by James Payne $3.00
    Bleed $8.00

    MAGAZINES!
    Super Market #1 $14.00
    Fortean Times #273 May 11 $11.99
    Blood and Thunder #16 Womens Roller Derby Magazine $5.99
    Paper Apr 11 vol 27 #6 $4.00
    Monocle vol 5 #42 Apr 11 $10.00
    Molotov Rag #3 Fall 09 and Molotov Rag #4 Win 10:Let It All Out $5.00 each
    Z Magazine Apr 11 $4.95
    Fifth Estate vol 46 #1 Spr 10 $4.00

    CHILDRENS BOOKS!
    ABCs of Anarchy by Brian Heagney (AK) $12.99
    Disbelief 101: A Young Persons Guide to Atheism by SC Hitchcock (See Sharp Press) $9.9

    MUCKRACKING, MEMOIRS, MAYHEM, MISCREANTS & MISCELLENOUSNESSESESNESS!
    Handbook of Paranormal Powers – Discover the Secrets of Mind Readers, Mediums and More by Brian Haughton (New Press) $18.95
    Siberian Education: Growing Up in a Criminal Underworld by Nicolai Lilin (Norton) $24.95
    Sweetest Thing: A Boxers Memoir BY Mischa Merz (Seven) $18.95
    Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life In the Void by Mary Roach (Norton) $15.95

    MUSIC BOOKS OR BOOKS WRITTEN BY MUSIC PEOPLE!
    Is This the Real Life: The Untold Story of Queen HC by Mark Blake (Da Capo) $25.00

    SEX & SEXY & SEX CULTURE!
    Neu Sex by Sasha Grey (Vice) $30.00
    Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender Conformity by Mattilda aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore (Seal) $15.95

    POLITICS & REVOLUTION!
    Fast Feminism by Shannon Bell (Autonomedia) $15.95 – FAST FEMINISM is a new-old feminism grounded in politics, performance and philosophy.
    Latin America Diaries by Che Guevara (Ocean) $16.95 – The sequel to The Motorcylce Diaries.
    Living In the End Times SC By Slavoj Zizek (Verso) $22.95 – Now in soft cover. If the end of capitalism seems to many like the end of the world, how is it possible for Western society to face up to the end times? In a major new analysis of our global situation, Slavok Zizek argues that our collective responses to economic Armageddon correspond to the stages of grief: ideological denial, explosions of anger and attempts at bargaining, followed by depression and withdrawal.
    Queer America: A Peoples GLBT History of the United States by Vicki L Eaklor and Howard Zinn (New Press) $17.95
    Kaboom – Embracing The Suck In a Savage Little War by Matt Gallagher (Da Capo) $16.00
    The Work of Love: Unpaid Housework, Poverty and Sexual Violence at the Dawn of the 21st Century by Giovanna Franca Dalla Costa (Autonomedia) $13.95
    Anarchism and Socialism Reformism or Revolution by Wayne Price (AK) $21.95
    Property Is Theft: A Pierre Joseph Prouhon Anthology (AK) $26.95

    OTHER STUFF!
    Grime Time Tshirt $20.00 – In a variety of colors.
    Party Rats – Colorful Rodent Lights for Your Fingers $5.50 – Like a rave. With pestilence.
    Finger Tentacles $2.00 – Guess you’ll just have to come in and see that.
    Cupcake Flavored Toothpaste – Makes Your Breath Frosting Fresh $4.50
    Efferwescent Bacon Drink Tabs – Just Add Water $3.50
    Franks and Beans Bubble Gum – Just Like Grandmas $5.00
    Super Awesome Trading Cards First Series 10 Cards $2.50
    Busker Folk Series #1 6 Profile Cars 1 Stick of Gum by The Waterbear Appreciation Society $2.00

  • Ryan Van Meter Reads From If You Knew Then What I Know Now 4/28

    In fourteen linked essays, If You Knew Then What I Know Now reinvents the memoir with all-encompassing empathy—for bully and bullied alike. A father pitches baseballs at his hapless son, and a grandmother watches with silent forbearance as the same slim, quiet boy sets the table dressed in a blue satin dress. Another essay explores origins of the word “faggot,” and its etymological connection to “flaming queen.” This deft collection maps the unremarkable landscapes of childhood with compassion and precision, allowing awkwardness its own beauty.

    Ryan Van Meter holds an MA in creative writing from DePaul University and an MFA in nonfiction writing from The University of Iowa. His essays have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Gulf Coast, and Fourth Genre, among others, and been selected for anthologies including Best American Essays 2009. In the summer of 2009, he was awarded a residency at the MacDowell Colony. He currently lives in California where he is an assistant professor of creative nonfiction at The University of San Francisco.

    “Ryan Van Meter’s is both a charming and wounding intelligence. To read a book this observant, this fiercely honest, and this effortlessly beautiful is to feel the very pulse of contemporary American essays.”

    —John D’Agata

    For more info: ryanvanmeter.net

    Thursday , April 28th, 7 pm

  • Flint Expat Poets Larry O. Dean and Sarah Carson Read 4/29

    Larry O. Dean reads from his just-released chapbooks, About the Author (Mindmade Books) and abbrev (Beard of Bees), as well as new and collected works. He was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, where he worked with Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Michael Moore. He attended the University of Michigan, where he won three Hopwood Awards in Creative Writing, and Murray State University’s low-residency MFA program. He teaches literature and composition, and is a Poet-in-Residence in the Chicago Public Schools through the Poetry Center of Chicago’s Hands on Stanzas program. Dean was a recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Award for teaching excellence in 2004. Selected magazine publications include Berkeley Poetry Review, Passages North, Big Bridge, Keyhole, OCHO, Dinosaur Bees, and Used Furniture Review. His work has been widely anthologized, and translated into Chinese, Italian, and Spanish.
    “In About the Author, Larry O. Dean’s anti-author’s note poems do what the author’s note never sets out to do, that is tell us what really makes the most sense. These funny and elegant poems about assertion and negation, give us a poet pushing the edges of his own new genre. The reader is in for an enjoyable and revelatory ride.” –Mark Statman, Tourist at a Miracle (poems) and co-translator, Poet in New York (Federico Garcia Lorca)

    “When the author is Larry O. Dean, the odds are the book is very, very good indeed. Like his books that preceded it, About the Author is funny and insightful and has a sneaky way of making serious sense through all the cleverness. Reading this book is smiling with the author while he gives you something new to think about. And, serious though he may be, he never lets you lose the grin. Outstanding!” –Charlie Newman, author of deadmachinecity

    In addition, Dean is a singer-songwriter, working both solo as well as with several ‘hard pop’ bands. His numerous critically-acclaimed albums include Throw the Lions to the Christians (1997) and Sir Slob (2001); Public Displays of Affection (1998) and Fables in Slang (2001), with Post Office; Gentrification Is Theft (2002), with The Me Decade; and Fun with a Purpose (2009), with The Injured Parties. He is currently working with producer, Chris Stamey (of The dB’s) on his third solo album, titled Good Grief. Since 2001 he has hosted and performed at the monthly songwriter showcase he created, Folk You!

    Dean will be joined by fellow Flint expat, Sarah Carson, associate editor at RHINO and the Communications Specialist at Switchback Books. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Barrow Street, Diagram, Epiphany, Limestone, Poet Lore, Strange Machine, and Slipstream, among others. She is the author of two chapbooks: Before Onstar (Etched Press, 2010) and Twenty-Two (Finishing Line Press, 2011).
    Copies of the poets’ most recent works will be available for purchase and for signing at this event.

    For more info: contact larry@larryodean.com or info@mindmadebooks.com

    Fri, Apr 29th, 7PM

  • Fame and Disgrace: Christopher Smit Reads From The Exile of Britney Spears 4/23

    Over the course of her decade-long career in the music industry, Britney Spears has both fascinated and repelled the American public, first as an international pop icon, then as a media spectacle gleefully criticized for her rocky marriage and bizarre actions, including shaving her head. The Exile of Britney Spears A Tale of 21st Century Consumption charts the pop star’s rise and fall (and rise again?), illustrating American popular culture’s thirst for—and complicity in—celebrity disgrace. While there have been many takes on Britney, Chris Smit uncovers the psychological and social aspects of the uniquely American spectacle of fame and disgrace.

    Just in time for her new album.

    Christopher Smit, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Media Studies at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His newest book is The Exile of Britney Spears: A Tale of 21st Century Consumption (Intellect/University of Chicago Press, 2011). His work on disability, aesthetics, culture, and popular music can be found in a variety of texts and journals. He is also an award-winning singer-songwriter and musician who currently fronts the band The New Midwest. For more on his work, to read his blog, and hear/download his music, please visit smitwork.com.

    For more info: University of Chicago Press Books

    Saturday, April 23, 7:00 PM

  • Calling All Nerdy Sluts & Slutty Nerds: Shappy Seasholtz & Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz Read at Quimbys

    Poets Shappy Seasholtz and Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz have had a pretty incredible last few months. In August, they left New York City (their home for the eight years) to move to Philadelphia, where Aptowicz had been awarded the 2010-2011 ArtsEdge Writer-in-Residency at the University of Pennsylvania– the first time that the honor had been given to a slam poet.

    In October 2010, Seasholtz won the slot to represent Philadelphia at the Individual World Poetry Slam Championships, where he competed in December, placing in the top 10 after the first night of competition. In November 2010, it was announced that Aptowicz had been awarded a 2011 National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship for Poetry. And in 2011, a combined total of five books of poetry – covering the couple’s compete back catalogue – are being released on two separate independent presses.

    Shappy Seasholtz’s Spoken Nerd Revolution (Pennmanship Books, 2011) covers Seasholtz’s 20 year history in Performance Poetry. Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz’s Hot Teen Slut – her memoir-in-verse about the year she spent as a writer for porn – is one of four books by Cristin being re-issued in expanded editions by Write Bloody Publishing..

    “Reading Spoken Nerd Revolution was like looking in a fun house mirror, letting us laugh at and relish in our own oddity.  He makes nerd beautiful. Shappy pees on the shoes of the accepted poetic stereotypes.  He’s not writing the verses that will be dissected into eulogies and greeting cards, or blasted atop break beats until the meaning is lost.   These are real words, from a hilariously cynical and sincere person.  Everyone needs a Shappy in their life..” – John Hancock, The Legendary

    “When Aptowicz graduated from college, she got a job as porn editor. Hot Teen Slut are the poems she wrote about that time. The poems are as much about that first foray into the real world as they are about the day-to-day life of a porn editor. They are funny and painful and funny. I understand that what I’m about to say might seem a little nuts to poetry pros, but I’m going to say it anyway: I have found the greatest book of poetry ever written.” – Melissa Lion, Bookslut

    Quimbys is proud to be welcoming Shaptowicz back! Special guests and refreshments will be provided!

    For more info: uncleshappy.com and aptowicz.com

    Sat, Apr 16th, 7pm

  • Weekly Top 10

    Thanks to everybody who planned, attended, ran and supported Chicago Zine Fest last weekend. It was super fun! Tonight Josh Alan Friedman will be here at 7pm to celebrate the release of his book Black Cracker.

    1. OK OK You Smote Me Stories by Al Burian $3.00 – Quimby’s alum and international zine curmudgeon Al Burian has crafted a new zine exclusively for the store, the second in our “Quimby’s Exclusive” line of periodicals. In OK OK You Smote Me, Al takes us around the corner to his mayhem-prone stint on Wicker Park’s Dean Street, unhexing his way-too-hexed apartment and watching the tumult as Old Chicago takes a scraggly, low-level “stand” against encroaching yuppie “neighborhood improvement”. Compelling, humorous and wistful, with that trademark Burn Collector balance of heart and snark. -EF

    2. Burn Collector #15 by Al Burian (Microcosm) $3.00 – With contributions from Anne Elizabeth Moore and Liam Warfield.

    3. Cometbus #54 In China With Green Day by Aaron Cometbus $4.00

    4. Bitch #50 $5.95

    5. Cinema Sewer #24 by Robin Bougie $4.00 – Robin Bougie once again goes in and digs up the dirt behind the sleaze. This issue has a lot of interviews taking on the history and legalization of porn, muderous scandals, scandalous scoundrels and a review of Hausu, perhaps the best Japanese film ever made. Cinema Sewer is pure smut in the butt, the sort of zine that somehow delivers on all of it’s craziest promises. -EF

    6. Filling the Void: Interviews About Quitting Drinking and Using (Doris Press) $4.00 – This zine is so solid it’s like it’s made out of rocks. Cindy from Doris Zine has collected seven interviews here that discuss sobering up from DIY and non-religious perspectives. A great and resourceful thing to have if you or someone you know is trying to clean up their act and is maybe feeling frustrated with traditional modes of support and process. Just a great and resourceful zine to have in general. -EF

    7. Too Far (mini comic) $6.00

    8. Boobs by Sam Sharpe $3.00

    9. Cartooning Philosophy and Practice by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press) $13.00 – Don’t miss Ivan Brunetti at our sister store, Chicago Comics, on 4/1.

    10. Juxtapoz #123 Apr 11 $5.99

  • New Stuff This Week

    With C2E2 last week we were too busy to post new stuff, as the gentleman below would agree. Ah, the  lonely life  of a super hero.

    So here’s the new stuff post this week but a day early, because we won’t have time to post it tomorrow. Lucky you! The weekly Top 10 posts will resume as usual on Tuesday.

    But first, here’s some news:

    Chicago Zine Fest started today! How exciting! Be here at Quimby’s tonight, Fri 3/25 9pm, 1854 W. North Ave for ZINESTER KARAOKE…And the winner of the Long Arm Stapler Award will be announced!

    Don’t miss the rest of Chicago Zine Fest tomorrow at 1104 S. Wabash.
    See chicagozinefest.org for more details!

    New Stuff This Week

    ZINES & ZINE-RELATED BOOKS!
    Doris #28 mini horses by Cindy C. $2.00
    Burn Collector #15 by Al Burian (Microcosm) $3.00 – With contributions from Anne Elizabeth Moore and Liam Warfield
    Archiving the Underground #1 by Jenna Brager and Jami Sailor $2.00
    Sixteen 16 Poems Written By a 16-Year-Old Full of Angst Bad Decisions Arrogance by Mia Beatrice $2.00
    Do You Love a Veteran #1 A Compilation By For and About the People Who Love Vete $7.00
    Secret Beach #3 Use our Drive Thru by Liam Warfield $2.00
    Junk Drawer #5 On The Go Pockets Wallets Backpacks and Odds and Ends That Go by Eric Bartholomew $2.25
    Conspiracy Corner #1 (SKU) Serial Killers Unite $2.00
    Remedy Quarterly #4 Celebration – Stories of Food Recipes For Feeling Good $7.50
    Amazing Women #1 Madame Dangereuse and Amazing Women #2 Dark Moon, both by Devan Bennett, both $2.00 each
    God Save the Zine #4 My First Signing by Harrison Rosenberg $1.00
    Night Visions by MA and ML $8.00
    Thid Land Is Our Land by Alex Lengyel and Mario Martinez $8.00
    Halfsteps and Cloudfang by Daniela Olszewska $4.00
    In What Sequence Will My Parts Exit by Cynthia Spencer $3.00
    Qlix #3 $5.00
    The Match #109 spr 11 $3.00
    Junk Drawer #4 by Eric Bartholomew $2.25
    Running With Pitchforks #1 Spr 11 $4.00
    Wild Tigers I Use To Know Feb 11 by Rae $1.50
    Suburban Gothic #7 Six Years In Limbo Part 1 Jan 11 by Rae Logios $2.00
    Holding On #1 by Kayla Anderson $3.00
    Grandpa and Grandma Two Plays by Eric F Johnson $1.00
    Go For Broke #2 Klimbing Kilimanjaro $2.50

    COMICS & MINI COMIX!
    Kim Gee Comics #2 By Kim Gee $5.00 – Kim Gee gets sticky and sweet in her diary comic about tangling it up with a bevy of boys off the internet, worked out with straightforward Carrie McNinch-style linework and not-so-straightforward Ariel Schrag-style relationship drama. -EF

    Papercutter #15 (Tugboat Press) $4.00 – Latest issue in Tugboat Press’s long running anthology series dedicated to showcasing the best young, underexposed and emerging comic book artists. This issue contains work by Jonas Madden-Connor, Melinda Boyce, MK Reed, Drew Weing, and Nate Beaty.
    Sofa Kingdom #1 the Big Shabang by var. $5.00
    Neonomicon #4 by Alan Moore (Avatar) $3.99

    Jesus Needs Help by David Germain $9.15
    Big Poof Theory by Molly McCandless $2.00
    Magical Quest #1 Dec 08 ($3.00) and Magikal Quest #2 ($3.00), both by Caitlin Drake McKay $3.00 – Caitlin also designs tattoos and is rad.

    That Time I Turned 30 in Greece #1 by J. Tana Ford $5.00

    Veggie Dog Saturn #5 by Jason Young $3.00

    Complex #1 by Chris Kuzma $5.00

    Crass Sophisticate #26 $2.00

    Comics by Edward Juan, all $6.00 each: Werefox, Shepherds Wife, Delivery Man, Black Goose

    Comics by Joseph Lambert: Everyday ($3.00), Tantrum ($3.00), Food Fall ($6.00), Too Far ($6.00)

    Famous Hairdos of Popular Music #6 Jimmy Page $3.00 – I gotta whole lotta love for this drawing zine. Using famous hair as the template for some physical graffiti, 30-odd artists complete pages and pages of Pages. -EF

    H Core Beastiary by Peter Hillstrom $4.00

    ART & DESIGN BOOKS!

    Pop Surrealism What a Wonderfool World (Drago) $34.95
    Letterpress Select Designs From San Francisco and New York by Miki Usui (Pie) $25.00

    To Kick a Wind To by Chris Hipkiss (Picturebox) $30.00

    Subway Sketch Book New York London Berlin Paris Moscow Toronto Rome Stockholm (Dokument) $7.95

    Graffiti Alphabets Street Fonts From Around the World by C. Wade (Arcade) $40.00

    Against the Wall: The Art of Resistance in Palestine by William Parry (Lawrence) $24.95

    GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!

    Cartooning Philosophy and Practice by Ivan Brunetti (Yale) $13.00

    RIP HC Best of 1985 2004 by Thomas Ott (Fantagraphics) $28.99

    Stumptown vol 1 HC by Rucka & Southworth (Oni) $29.99

    21 the Story of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago (Fantagraphics) $22.99

    Comics: The Complete Collection by Brian Walker (Abrams) $40.00

    Do Androids Drean of Electric Sheep Dust to Dust vol 2 by PKD, Roberson and Adler (Boom) $12.99

    Cardboard Valise by Ben Katchor (Pantheon) $25.95

    Dungeon Quest Book 2 by Joe Daly (Fantagraphics) $12.99

    The Arctic Marauder by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics) $16.99

    Demo vol 2 TPB by Wood and Cloonan (Vertigo) $17.99

    Sky Doll Spaceship Collection TPB by Barbucci and Canepa (Marvel) $19.99

    Chimo Colliers Canadian Forces Artists Program Story by David Collier (Continuum) $17.00

    Astonishing XMen TPB Xenogenesis by Warren Ellis etc. (Marvel) $24.99

    DIY

    World of Geekcraft: Step By Step Instructions for 25 Super Cool Craft Projects by var. (Chronicle) $19.95

    Official High Times Field Guide to Marijuana Strains Over 125 Pot Varieties by Danny Darko (HT) $14.95

    Dank 2.0 the Quest for the Very Best Marijuana Continues a Breeders Tale by Subcool (Quick) $24.95

    FICTION!

    Domestic Crusaders by Wajahat Ali (McSweeneys) $9.00

    Arena 2 Anarchists in Fiction by Stuart Christie (PM Press) $14.00

    Dreadfully Ever After Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Steve Hockensmith (Quirk) $12.95

    CHAP BOOKS & LIT JOURNALS

    Curbside Splendor #1 Spr 11 $8.00

    Bomb #115 Spr 11 $7.95

    Knew Revolution vol 1 #1 $3.95

    Tales of Blood and Roses #1 Love Gone Wrong $4.75

    First Line vol 13 #1 $3.00

    Cows Quarternote Chapbook #9 by Lydia Davis (Sarabande) $9.95

    Love and Other Troubles by Ingrid B. Olson $20.00

    Overtime Hour 18 Waiting by B F McCune $2.00

    MAGAZINES!

    Cinema Sewer #24 $4.00

    Maximumrocknroll #335 Apr 11 $4.00

    Bust Apr May 11 $4.99

    Ready Made #52 Apr May 11 $4.99

    IdN vol 18 #1 $17.50

    Frieze #137 Mar 11 $10.00

    Shots #111 Spr 11 $6.50

    Open Minds Apr May 11 $6.50

    Neural #38 $8.00

    Urban Garden #14 Feb Mar $5.95

    World Explorer vol 5 #9 $8.95

    Brutarian #55 $4.95

    True Detective Mar 11 $4.99

    Survivalist #2 $3.95

    True Crime Mar 11 $8.99

    Taps paraMagazine vol 7 #2 Mar Apr $5.95

    Bizarre #173 Mar 11 $10.50

    Art of Mary Jane Apr 11 $6.99

    Skateboarder vol 21 #2 $5.99

    Fangoria #302 $8.99

    Laphams Quarterly vol 4 #2 Spr 11 $15.00

    Signal to Noise #61 Spr 11 $4.95

    Razorcake #61 $4.00

    Tape Op #82 Mar Apr 11 $4.95

    Harpers Magazine Apr 11 $6.99

    Inked Apr 11 $6.99

    CHILDRENS BOOKS!

    Owly and Wormy Friends All Aflutter by Andy Runton (Top Shelf/Simon) $15.99

    I Looooove You Whale by var. (WriteFuzzy) $20.00

    You Never Forget How to Ride a Bike Lessons Learned by Students (826) $15.00

    MUCKRACKING, MEMOIRS, MAYHEM, MISCREANTS & MISCELLENOUSNESSESESNESS!

    If You Knew Then What I Know Now by Ryan Van Meter (Sarabande) $15.95

    DVD Delirium vol 4 by N. Thompson (Fab) $24.95

    Beat Atlas: A State by State Guide to the Beat Generation in America by Bill Morgan (Citylights) $15.95

    Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die by var. (Bearstache) $17.95

    Swedish Sensationsfilms: A Clandestine History of Sex Thrillers and Kicker Cinema by D. Ekeroth (Bazillion Points) $19.95

    Temple and the Lodge by var. (Arcade) $14.95

    Life and Death on Mars: The New Mars Synthesis by John Brandenburg PhD (Adventures Unlimited) $19.95

    Blood Ink The Art of Tattoo by Russ Thorne (Running Press) $18.00

    Tattoed By the Family Business by var. (Pavillion) $39.95

    Handbook of Paranormal Powers – Discover the Secrets of Mind Readers Mediums and More by B. Haughton (New Press) $18.95

    Economics For the Rest of Us: Debunking the Science That Makes Life Dismal by M. Adler (New Press) $17.95

    Neither Sun Nor Death by Peter Sloterdijk (Semiotext[e]) $17.95

    MUSIC BOOKS OR BOOKS WRITTEN BY MUSIC PEOPLE!

    When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison by Greil Marcus (Running Press) $13.99

    Diary of a Punk by Mike Hudson (Tuscarora) $19.95 – From the Pagans.

    University of Strangers by Bob Pfeifer (Power City ) $19.95 – Work by Bob Pfeifer , , former Senior Vice President A&R/Epic/Sony Records and President of Hollywood Records).

    Don’t miss the Cleveland Confidential Book Tour stop with at Quimby’s on April 2nd, featuring the above 2 authors (Mike Hudson and Bob Pfeifer) with (, , Batusis).

    Wont Get Fooled Again the Who From Lifehouse to Quadrophenia by Richie Unterberger (Jawbone) $19.95

    The Exile of Britney Spears: A Tale of 21st Century Consumption by Christopher S. Smit (Intellect) $30.00 – We chew up our pop culture and vomit it back out when we’re done with it. Britney Spears is case and point, a realized representation of our commodification of populr culture. Poor Britney, indeed. Don’t miss author Chris Smit here at Quimby’s in April. Stay tuned for more info about this event.

    Iggy & the Stooges Raw Power by Mick Rock and Iggy Pop (Palazzo) $19.95

    My Dead Dad Was In ZZ Top 100 Percent Real Never Before Seen Documents by Jon Glaser (Harper) $14.99

    SEX & SEXY & SEX CULTURE!

    OP Original Plumbing #6 Schooled Trans Male Quarterly $8.00 – The theme this round is “Schooled”, highlighting a twin commitment to both the “It Gets Better” and the “Make It Better” campaigns targeted at queer youth. Editors Rocco and Amos both come clean about what a difficult experience high school was and then the issue opens up to an awesome spectrum of interviews with trans-masculine educators, students and activists. This issue goes a little bit light on the sexy smut, but really delves into some super-inspiring stories and there’s still a lovely 10-page spread of mischievious school boys to whet yr whistle. -EF

    Carnal Machines Steampunk Erotica ed. by King DL (Cleis) $14.95 – Gives new meaning to “grind those gears.” -LM

    Gotta Have It 69 Stories of Sudden Sex by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Cleis) $15.95

    Sweet Danger Erotic Stories of Forbidden Desire For Couples ed. by Violet Blue (Cleis) $14.95

    Nice Girls Naughty Sex Twenty Erotic Tales When it comes to pleasure good girls by var. (Seal) $16.95

    Slave to Sex Erotic Stories of Bonage and Desire by A. Tyler (Cleis) $14.95

    Tom of Finland by Dian Hanson (Taschen) $14.99

    Lesbian Cops Erotic Investigations by Sacchi Green (Cleis) $14.95

    Surrender Erotic Tales of Female Pleasure and Submission by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Cleis ) $14.95

    Sexy Super Girls by Mike James (Goliath) $29.95

    Glamshots Hot and Naked – Extra Spicy 3D Bonus Image by Tom Veller (Goliath) $39.95

    Big Sex Little Death by Susie Bright (Seal) $24.95

    Oh My Comix #2 A Motley Crew of Perverts True $4.00

    POLITICS & REVOLUTION!

    Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell (Riverhead) $25.95

    Queer America A Peoples GLBT History of the United States by var. (New Press) $17.95

    Capital and Its Discontents – Conversations With Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult by Sasha Lilley (PM Press) $20.00

    Moments of Excess Movements Protest and Everyday Life by The Free Association (PM Press) $14.95

    Orange Is the New Black My Year In a Womens Prison, A Memoir by Piper Kerman (Spiegel) $15.00

  • Call for Proposal for Cambodian Independent Cultural Production

    Anne Elizabeth Moore, activist and writer friend of Quimby’s, is trying to cast as wide a net as possible to get some good proposals by april 15th for an Independent Youth-Driven Cultural Production project in Cambodia. Got any good ideas to work with Anne about? She said that she did get a particular request, from a Cambodian female comic-book artist, to try to get at least one proposal about teaching women comics, so there is need for someone who specializes in that.

    Please apply here! http://iydcpc.wordpress.com/

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