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Zine Club Chicago: Bodies on the Page Panel + Zinemaking Workshop, Nov. 19th!
Zine Club Chicago: Bodies on the Page Panel + Zinemaking Workshop
3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave.
Free!This month, Zine Club Chicago is excited to welcome five of our favorite local zinemakers for a panel and zinemaking workshop! Moderator Jamie Kadas and panelists Katie Armentrout, Jude R. Bettridge, Megan Kirby, and Andrea Pearson will discuss how they explore experiences and emotions regarding their own bodies in their work. A generative workshop for folks who’d like to make a zine about their own bodies will follow the panel.
Join us in person for Zine Club Chicago: Bodies on the Page Panel + Zinemaking Workshop, 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19 at our shop. Free!
Zine Club Chicago will supply all the zinemaking materials and provide a list of prompts, and also will have snacks on hand, as always!
Please note that our discussion will include words and images that are appropriate for folks 18 and older only.
Zine Club Chicago is a mask-supportive environment; we’ll have masks available if you’d like to wear one.
Jamie Kadas uses personal experiences to create comics that focus on body image, anxiety, and all her fat girl insecurities. Additionally, she creates curvy pin-ups that reimagine pop culture in a more inclusive light.
Katie Armentrout gives voice to the everyday and spotlights the extraordinary in the lives of fat babes who radiate confidence and charisma. Katie’s work is a testament to the power of embracing one’s own uniqueness and finding beauty in the horror of daily existence.
Jude R. Bettridge is a jack-of-all-trades artist based in Chicago who specializes in zinemaking, fiber arts, and printmaking. Their work is a conglomeration of themes that always touch on mental health and feature soft horror.
Megan Kirby is a writer, illustrator, and zinemaker who likes to make art about bodies, feelings, Chicago, and niche pop culture. She writes lots of fanzines, a long-running perzine called Coffee Spoons, and a graphic memoir called Another Day in Paradise that came out in 2022.
Andrea Pearson is the Chicago cartoonist behind the comic zine series No Pants Revolution. She also runs the small press comic and art zine distro Aquatic Panda.
Online friends, Zine Club Chicago will be back on Zoom with y’all in December for a year-end celebration of zinemaking! More info coming soon.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free monthly event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.
Facebook event link here. More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago
Image description #1: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with a black-and-white drawing by Jude R. Bettridge of front and back views of two people’s nude bodies and lettering that reads “Bodies on the Page,” with flyer text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Panel and Zinemaking Workshop featuring moderator Jamie Kadas + panelists: Katie Armentrout, Jude R. Bettridge, Megan Kirby, and Andrea Pearson; 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023; Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue in Wicker Park. Free! In Person!”
Image description #2: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with an abstract image of a human body, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Bodies on the Page Panel and Zinemaking Workshop featuring moderator Jamie Kadas + panelists: Katie Armentrout, Jude R. Bettridge, Megan Kirby, and Andrea Pearson; 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023; Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue in Wicker Park. Free! In Person!”
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Buy Shit Thursdays at Quimby's!
It’s that time of year again! If you’re looking for gifts that are unique, memorable and just plain cool, we’ve got you. And we’re even staying open late on Thursdays during the holiday season so you can get all your shopping done here, where we promise you a Mariah Carey-free zone.
We’ll be open 12-8 p.m. on these Buy Shit Thursdays:
Nov. 30
Dec 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21We might have some fun surprises, too! So stop in for the kind of BS only Quimby’s can shovel.
(Just as a reminder, our usual hours are 12-6 Thursdays through Mondays, closed on Tues and Wed. So live it up on these Buy Shit Thursdays when we’re open til 8!)
Remember our 2022 holiday window by Ashley Wilfong (as pictured above)? We do!
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New Stuff this Week
View this post on InstagramQuimBurger Snappy Meal $14.99
QuimBurger Bumper Sticker designed by Megan Kirby $5
Zines
Rinds Zine by Nune Gigirassy $5
In Defense of Pseudonymous Organizing and Activism by Nune Gigirass $3
Xerox Personality #5 $5
Comics
Fielder #2 Bona Monarch of Dinosaur Island by Kevin Huizenga $12
Comics by Angela Guyton: Paradoxical #1 (with Jason Chestnut) $14, Bastets Rat Nest (with Ramsey Janini) $13
Reveal by Flex $7
Graphic Novels
Unended by Josh Bayer (Uncivilized) $24.95
Complete Jontar by Bill W Miller (Floating World Comics) $29.99
Pill Hill by Nicholas Breutzman (Uncivilized) $34.95
I Am Only a Foreigner Because You Do Not Understand by L. Nichols (Secret Acres) $15.95
All One Life by Jon Strongbow (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Art Books
Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods: A Victorian Woman’s Illustrated Field Notes by M. F. Lewis $22.95
Music Books
Murder Ballads Old and New: A Dark and Bloody Record by Steven L. Jones (Feral House) $22.95
White Stripes Complete Lyrics 1997-2007 (Third Man Books) $55
Euphoric Recall: A Half Century as a Music Fan, Producer, DJ, Record Executive, and Tastemaker by Peter Jesperson $29.95
Negatives: A Photographic Archive of Emo (1996-2006) by Amy Fleisher Madden $45
Black Punk Now: Fiction, Nonfiction and Comics edited by James Spooner and Chris L. Terry (Soft Skull) $18.95
David Bowie Rainbowman: 1967-1980 by Jérôme Soligny $39.99
Politics & Revolution Books
Deep Care: The Radical Activists Who Provided Abortions, Defied the Law, and Fought to Keep Clinics Open by Angela Hume (AK Press) $24
Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy Care and the Planet and What We Can Do About It by Nancy Fraser $19.95
Essay
Track Changes: A Handbook for Art Criticism ed. by Mira Dayal and Josephine Heston (N+1) $19
Fiction
Ghost Music: A Novel by An Yu $17
Horror
A Christmas Bestiary by John Kenn Mortensen & Benni Bødker (Fantagraphics) $24.99
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QuimBurger Celebration, Oct 28th
Everybody knows if Halloween falls on a weekday you do your partying the Saturday before. 2023 is no exception (especially because we’re closed on Tuesdays anyways). So join us all day on Saturday, October 28th from noon to 6pm while we transform Quimby’s into QuimBurger, with special themed merchandise and activities (and of course, candy).
No, we won’t have hamburgers and fries, but we will be selling a super special secret thing you can only get at Quimby’s, inspired by our newest window display! Chicago artist/writer/Meanwhile reading series organizer/fast food aficionado Megan Kirby transformed our front window into a vision of greasy fast food, inspired by Chris Ware’s store logo. We’re big fans of Megan’s work around these part, from her works like Another Day In Paradise and Coffee Spoons, to her pieces in the Chicago Reader, we are thrilled to have her art in our window! We’ll have some themed things to buy related to the QuimBurger theme we’ll surprise you with that day.
And since it’s the spooky season, we have to pay our tributes to the energies from beyond the veil. And that is why we’ll have tarot readings by Echo from 3-6pm! Echo has been reading tarot cards for decades. She uses tarot as a mind-opening tool, a method for helping us see more, a path illuminator. Find her on the internet at @fraulein_echo + echothehuman.com.
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New Stuff This Week
View this post on InstagramZines
Cemetery Symbols: A Handmade Guide by Allison C. Meier and Bronwyn Hazelwood $10
Anticat Defy Category #3 by Duke Pierce Reade $3
Truth, I Have Only Honey: Two Monologues by Johnny Masiulewicz $5
New stuff and restocks by Nicole Mazzeo (Pleasure Pie Press): Abortion Saves Lives and Other Things You Should Know About Reproductive Justice $8.50, How to Make a Queer Zine $2, So You Want to See a Therapist All Ages Peer DIY Guide $2 & more.
Life of Work #1 Child Labor by David LaBounty (Blue Cubicle Press) $3
Dracula’s Dumpster #2 Hot Dog Horrors $6.75
Where I Was When I Disappeared by Cal Bolster $6
Clementine Magazine #1 by Mur333l $15
Death Zine With Limited Edition Death Cafe Bingo by Heather Anacker and Nicoya Helm $8
Punished – Betrayed Soviets Tovarishchi $5
Words of Wealth Sempleverse $5
Heimweh #1 Love by Jolie Thompson $6
Broken Record by Ruonan Yan $10
Comics & Minis
Coldest Winter by Audrey Avril $10
New titles by Steve Schaberg: Mere Scherzo $15, Chinatown $6, Wormwood $10 & more.
Flowery issues #55 and #56 by Mel Stringer $10 each
Graphic Novels
Satan’s Kingdom by Robert Sergel (Secret Acres) $19.95
Haruki Murakami Manga Stories: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, The Seventh Man, Birthday Girl, Where I’m Likely to Find It by Haruki Murakami, adopted by Jean Christophe Deveney & illustrated by PMGL $19.99
Pittsburgh by Frank Santoro $29.95
Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil $38
Become vol 1 by Cordie Nelson and Daimon Hampton $11.99
Rikochet vol 1 Real Heavy Deal by Dakota Blue $20
Arnold: The Complete Collection vol 1 by Kevin McCormick $19.99
Are You Willing to Die for the Cause? Revolution in 1960s Quebec by Chris Oliveros (D+Q) $24.95
Art & Design Books
Sugary Girls: The Art of Eku Uekura $29.99
Essential Endless by Laz $24.99
Mayhem & Outer Limits
An Alchemical Journey Through the Major Arcana of the Tarot Deck and Guidebook by Nina Bunjevac (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Meditations on Crime by Harper Simon & friends (Hat & Beard Press) $50
We Are Not Alone: The Extraordinary History of UFOs and Aliens Invading Our Hopes, Fears, and Fantasies by Marc Hartzman $23.99
Emergence of I – How the Universe Woke Up by John Payne $12.99
Music Books
Estrus: Shovelin’ The Shit Since ’87 by Chris Alpert Coyle & illustrated by Scott Sugiuchi (Korero Press) $55
The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes on Trial by John Densmore (Akashic) $17.95
Essay Books
With Bloom Upon Them and Also with Blood: A Horror Miscellany by Justin Phillip Reed $17.95
Black Friend: Essays by Ziwe $26
Fiction
Bedlam: A Victorian Horror Story by Duke Pierce Reade $8
You Are My Everything by Nikki Renee $10
Magazines
Past Present #3 $15
Lit Journals & Poetry
The First Line vol 25 #3 Fall 2023 (Blue Cubicle Press) $6
Fieldnotes #5 $18
Ambassador Bridge: Poems by Andre F. Peltier $12.99
Masks Literary Magazine #4 Fall 2023 $15
Room Magazine vol 46 #3 $15
For the Young at Heart
The Magicians by Blexbolex (Enchanted Lion) $34.95
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New Stuff This Week
View this post on InstagramQuimby’s Bookstore x Vichcraft Ex-Libris Bookplate Metallic Riso Print $20
Zines
Empire Monthly – Various back issues of this legendary Chicago zine! $5 each
Hi, I’m Mochi $3
Zine Camp: Dan Ryan Woods, Chicago IL – July 9th 2023 – A Perzine by A-OK $4
No Buy by Dana Amundsen $2
Witchtober: A Very Witchy Collection of Art and Spells by Eric DeSantis $5
Dispatches from the Church of the Unanswered Question #1 A SubGenius Xine by Xenofact $10
Grib Jaanga: The Wickedest Zine in the World #666 A Halloween Special $13
Communicating Vessels #31 $6
Faux Wood Paneling issues #2 & 3 by Wade T. Oberlin $7 each
Panic Soup a la Coronavirus by John Dishwasher $5
Silent Command #4 by Mike Appelstein $5
Prism Person Care Guide by Jone Greaves $5
Zines by Joe Carlough: Displaced Snail’s Scary Little Stories: Three Tales of Pure Terror, Gina and Joe Talk About The Exorcist (with Gina Brandolino), Hit the Decks #3 A Month Spent in the Reykjavik Music Scene
A Pocket Guide to Futhark Runes Divination Decoded by Abbi Clark $5.95
Mere Exposure Effect: Stories From a Lonely Bi Person by Kristen Lee $22
The Substitute Teacher’s Guide to Sex Ed by Hana Silver $6
Comics
2 So Bubbles titles by Jonathan Baylis: #13 Film School with Pekars Pals and Mine, Live from New York
Forgettable Garbage Presents Scumbag Comics: A Collection of Comics and Drawings by Noah Sherbin and Finn Walker $3
Tails From the Cat: Reefer Monster Madness $15
You Carry Your Demons Well by Tori Holder $8
Local Wildlife by Michelle Perez and Phobia Solara (Wiggle Bird Mailing Club) $6
Nervous Lemon: A Collection of Comics, Drawings and Silliness by FM $15
Train Comic: A Comic About a Train That Has a Human Body $5
The Body: A Night Gone Wrong for the Men in Black by Billy Diamond Jr. and Jay Red $8
Wine Club by T. Sean $15
Comics by Keep Hope Services: Days of Procrastionantion, Buffet Mania & more.
Stefany Conejo Wuz Born to Be a Popstar by Oliver Aguilar $3
No Pants #7 The Power to Revolutionize the World by Andrea Pearson $8
New comics by Elias Gonzalez: Kill For You, Baron Von Brainbuster is for the Children
Graphic Novels
Hip Hop Family Tree: The Omnibus by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics) $75
Revenge of Hallowzine vol 5 Horror Comics Anthology $15
Breathers by Justin Madson $29.99
Nejishiki by Yoshiharu Tsuge (D&Q) $29.95
Chromatic Fantasy by HA (Silver Sprocket) $29.99
Melvin Monster by John Stanley (D&Q) $24.95
The Death-Ray by Daniel Clowes $21.95 – New soft cover edition.
Poor Helpless Comics!: The Cartoons (and More) of Ed Subitzky $29.95
Abducted: The Collected Edition by Zach Herring Jay Red Maja Opacic $24
Great Beyond by Lea Murawiec (D&Q) $32.95
Art & Design Books
Underworlds by Stephen Ellcock $35
Spiritbox by Katie Haegele $20
Through the Eyes of the Monster by Darbotz – Behind the Scenes of an Artist From Jakarta (Soi Books) $12
Evidence for Contact by Ken Grimes (Anthology Editions) $45
The Rise and Rise of Banksy: Myths and Legends vol 3 by Marc Leverton (Carpet Bombing Culture) $9.95
Les Echanges Malandreux by Edward Gorey $18.95
Film & Music Books
John Waters: Pope of Trash by John Waters and friends $59.95
Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst $29
Re-Sisters: The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti by Cosey Fanni Tutti $17.95
The Strokes: The First Ten Years by Cody Smyth and Claude R. Franques (Rare Bird Books) $50
A Walk Across Dirty Water and Straight Into Murderer’s Row: A Memoir by Eugene S. Robinson (Feral House) $24.95
Miss Pat: My Reggae Music Journey by Dorothy Patricia Chin $29.95
Dark Carnivals: Modern Horror and the Origins of American Empire by W. Scott Poole (Counterpoint) $18.95
Lou Reed: The King of New York by Will Hermes $25
Absolute Beginner: Memoirs of the World’s Best Least Known Guitarist by Kevin Armstrong $24.95
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone with Ben Greenman $30
We Could Be…Bowie and His Heroes by Tom Hagler $16.99
None of This Rocks: A Memoir by Joe Trohman $18.99
Politics & Revolution Books
In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet $20
New Be Oakley/GenderFail titles: Publishing Now: GenderFail’s Working Class Guide to Making a Living Off Self Publishing, A Publishers Perspective on the Art Book Fair a Critical Perspective and more.
Anti-Oculus: A Philosophy of Escape by Acid Horizon $14.95
Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential of Getting in the Way by Sara Ahmad $30
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (10th Anniversary Edition) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz $28.95
Essays
Transland: Consent, Kink, and Pleasure by Mx. Sly (Arsenal Pulp Press) $21.95
None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary by Travis Alabanza (Feminist Press) $17.95
Outer Limits
The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women by Lisa Perrin $24.95
The Astral Geographic: The Walking Guide to the Occult World by Andy Sharp $27.95
Weird Walk: Wandering and Wonderings Through the British Ritual Year $28.95
Health & DIY Books
Unfuck Your Stress: Using Science to Cope With Distress and Embrace Excitement by Dr. Faith G. Harper (Microcosm) $14.95
I Love My Queer Kid: A Workbook to Affirm and Support Your LGBTQ+ Child or Teen by Marc Campbell (Microcosm) $18.95
Promote Your Book: Spread the Word Find Your Readers, and Build a Literary Community by Eleanor C. Whitney (Microcosm) $14.95
Fiction
Pay As You Go by Eskor David Johnson (McSweeney’s) $28
Illuminations: Stories by Alan Moore $19.99
Idlewild: A Novel by James Frankie Thomas $28
House of Skin by Karina Lickorish Quinn $13
Irregulars by Kerry Trautman $13
Vurt: 30th Anniversary Edition by Jeff Noon $17.99
Lit Journals, Chap Books & Poetry
McSweeney’s #71 Horror Stories $28
Moss Piglet Sept 2023 School Days $12
Sinister Wisdom #130 $14
Titles by KT McMath Some Space: A Collection of Poems, Screenshot Confessions, Mini Guide to Tarot
Poetry titles by Nick Ulanowski: As the Moonlight Shines, American Bug and more.
Stanchion #13 $13
It Skips a Generation by Alison Lubar $13
Moss Piglet Oct 2023 Totems, Tchotchkes and Talismans by John Bloner Jr. & friends $12
Monotony of Being Well: A Collection of Poems and Prose by Sarah Panahi $9
Sexxxy
Sports by Doug Melnyk $6
Magazines
Uppercase #59 $24
Toilet Paper #20 $18
For the Young at Heart
Charley Harper’s Count the Birds by Zoe Burke $10.95
Hello Fungi: A Little Guide to Nature by Nina Chakrabarti $10.99
Other Stuff
Escape From the Evil Garden: An Edward Gorey Board Game $29.95
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Quimby’s October Newsletter Available Now
Read it here and make sure you sign up to get it in your inbox at quimbys.com.
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Zine Club Chicago Online: The Business of DIY — Conversation With Jenna Blazevich of Vichcraft, Tues. Oct 17th
Zine Club Chicago Online: The Business of DIY —
A Conversation with Jenna Blazevich of Vichcraft
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, October 17 on the Quimby’s YouTube channel
Free!
This month, Zine Club Chicago is excited to welcome Jenna Blazevich of Vichcraft for a conversation about the business of DIY! Jenna, a local artist and chainstitcher, has channeled her DIY passions into one of Chicago’s most inventive independent businesses.
Want to know more about the nuts and bolts of making a living with your art while expressing your DIY values, building an indie business from the ground up, and forging successful partnerships with other creative folks? Jenna will discuss all this and more — including how her secondhand risograph printer was a major score — in conversation with Zine Club Chicago producer Cynthia E. Hanifin.
Please join us for Zine Club Chicago Online: The Business of DIY — A Conversation with Jenna Blazevich of Vichcraft at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, Oct. 17 on the Quimby’s Bookstore YouTube channel. No need to RSVP – just head over to YouTube.com/QuimbysBookstore.
Do you have questions for Jenna? Please email them to us in advance at zineclubchicago@gmail.com or join the YouTube chat during the event to take part in the Q&A segment of the discussion.
Vichcraft recently collaborated with us to create some special merch for our 32nd anniversary! You can check out the limited-edition t-shirt and more here: Quimby’s x Vichcraft
Vichcraft is the independent and collaborative, multi-disciplinary studio of Jenna Blazevich.
Since being founded in 2015, Vichcraft has steadily been building a collection of social-issue driven projects made with various tactile handcraft mediums. Currently there is a focus on creating embroidery work using a 100 year old hand-cranked machine, lettering design collaborations with socially-conscious companies, and conceptual stained glass.
Vichcraft strives to work right around the line between art, craft, and design to create historically-informed work that provokes new ways of thinking.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.
Facebook link here. More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago
Image description: A red-blue-and-grey infographic flyer with a photo of Jenna Blazevich of Vichcraft holding one of her birds, a background featuring photos of several of Vichcraft’s designs, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: The Business of DIY Edition — A Conversation With Jenna Blazevich of Vichcraft; Online! Free! More info on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023; YouTube.com/QuimbysBookstore”
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New Stuff This Week
View this post on InstagramQuimby’s 32nd Anniversary T-shirt, designed by Vichcraft $34.99
Set of 5 Vichcraft Quimby’s Bookplates! $10
Zines
2 Crap Hounds, $20 each!!:
Additions 2023
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The Collected Extras & Black Cat Mini IssueBookshelf Voyeur #5 Mini Zines and Me by L J Williams $10
Monsterama #4 Nostalgia Driven Horror Art, Your Retro Horror Zine by Allan Graves $20
Postcards from Irving #5 by Tyler $3
Urges #1 by Erick Freitas and Derick Jones $10
I Used To Be The Sun: A Zine by Sula Found $6
UOWOUGH by Kelly Wang $10
Qwerty Quarterly #2 The Official Publication of Qwertyfest MKE: Chaos at the Clackathon by Molly Snyder and Tea Krulos $5
With or Without You by DeVontez $11
Angels by Veronica Timble $15
Zines by Kaden West: Beelzebub and His Many Appearances, Envy & many more.
Zines by Nick DiLollo: Cats, God’s Voicemail, Pale Ales and Power Rangers and more.
Comics
Gutter Hunter #3 The Adults Only Guide to History’s Wildest Independent Comics by Robin Bougie $14
Ride at Your Own Risk: A Collection of Memoir Comics by S. Maloney $10
I’m Not Really Here #1 by Derick Jones $10
Swan The Vulture #7 by Anna Vo $5
Venomyths #6 & #7 by Joshua Ray Stephens, $20 each
When We Were Trekkies #6 & #7 by Joe Sikoryak, $4 each
Graphic Novels
Monica by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics) $30
Time Under Tension by M.S. Harkness (Fantagraphics) $24.99
Blackward by Lawrence Lindell (D+Q) $22.95
Politics & Revolution Books
Culture Strike: Art and Museums In an Age of Protest by Laura Raicovich $19.95
Essays
Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba $27
Magazines
Tape Op #157 $5.99
Poetry
Coyote’s Song: Collected Poems & Selected Art of Carlos Cortez Koyokuikatl, edited by Carlos Cumpian and David Ranney $20
Witchy Shit
The Beginner Witch’s Handbook: Essential Spells, Folk Traditions, and Lore for Crafting Your Magickal Practice by Leah Middleton $21.99
For the Young at Heart
Paddle Rat by Rex Flodstrom $20
Calendars
Social Justice Kittens 2024 by Liartown USA $20
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Shovelin' USA: The Estrus Records Book Tour Stops at Quimby's, Oct 21st
Korero Press is happy to announce that a hefty slab of punk rock history is coffee-table-ready: Shovelin’ The Sh!t Since ’87 is a 250+ page book of influential artwork, photographs, interviews and text detailing the history of the legendary garage rock label, Estrus Records. For nearly two decades, Dave Crider’s Bellingham, Washington-based operation churned out hundreds of releases from mainstays in garage, trash, surf, and punk — among them, The Mummies, Man or Astroman?, The Makers, Teengenerate, and Crider’s own Mono Men. And because the imagery associated with Estrus’ releases matched the ferocity of the music, this beast is filled with vivid concert posters, iconic album covers and bizzare oddities created by a handful of elite graphic artists — including visionary Art Chantry, who was behind much of the label’s artwork.
Author Chris Alpert Coyle and designer Scott Sugiuchi are taking copies of the new book with them on the Shovelin’ USA Tour. Join them here at Quimby’s Bookstore in Wicker Park on Saturday, October 21st beginning at 1pm. The Q&A session with Chet “The Cheetah” Weise (Quadrajets, Immortal Lee Co. Killers), Alex Wald & Marty Perez will be an opportunity for folks to ask questions about the iconic label’s history — and Coyle and Sugiuchi can give insight on what the multiyear project was like.
The book does not go on sale to the general public until late November, so Quimby’s will be one of the few places people can buy it ahead of time at the event on October 21st!
FREE EVENT!
Bios!
Chris Alpert Coyle is a nomadic music journalist (and serious journalist) whose material has been featured on CBS News, WGN, CBS Radio and The Inlander. As a musician, he has toured much of the United States with two different punk rock combos. As an outside linebacker for the ’79 Pittsburgh Steelers, wait…Different guy, actually. Never mind. Yeah, this guy (above) just writes stuff.
Scott Sugiuchi has been designing for more than 30 years. Highlights include work for Artisan Films (The Blair Witch Project), the American Film Institute and countless bands, record labels and venues. He is the founder of Hidden Volume Records, a boutique record label with more than 50 releases and is currently the Art Director for Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Chet Weise’s poetry and fiction have appeared or been anthologized in publications such as Apocalypse Now: Poems and Prose from the End of Days, Birmingham Poetry Review, Constant Stranger: After Frank Stanford, Copper Nickel, Peach Mag, and the Rough Trade 40th Anniversary Journal. A musician, too, Weise toured and recorded with groups The Quadrajets and ?the Immortal Lee County Killers?. He was banned from Canada during 2008. Weise currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is the editor at Third Man Books and plays guitar in Kings of the Fucking Sea.
Alex Wald: Painter; illustrator for Estrus Records, Wired, Playboy, Hustler, many more; comic artist and colorist, art director, First Comics; kaiju scholar and collector, Astromonster Co., Ltd. designer and proprietor; blues harp player, ex-Dirty Wurds, Sunnyland Slim, Johnny Young and others; still making coffee.
Marty Perez is a Chicago-based photographer who has been documenting the parallels between the worlds of underground rock as well as some of the biggest stars of pop music, from 1976 to the present.
Very important links!
instagram.com/estrus_records_book
facebook.com/estrusrecordsbook
koreropress.com/estrus-shovelin-the-shit-since-87
kickstarter.com/projects/estrus/estrus-shovelin-the-shit-since-87
