Don’t forget!
Tomorrow is our monthly creative get-together, Work In Progress.
It’s a great event to come to if you’re interested in working on a project in a social atmosphere, or if you need advice on something you’re working on, or you want to eat our free snacks.
It starts at 7pm, and runs until 8:30-ish. Hope you can make it, bring whatever you want to work on!
Work In Progress happens the last Wednesday of every month!
So a teacher was teaching a class about David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, and the winning essay received a Quimby’s gift certificate. With footnotes. Three footnotes.
This week’s top 10:
1. Henry And Glenn Forever by Tornado Igloo (Tom Neely, Scot Nobles, Gin Stevens ) (Microcosm) $4.00
2. Is It THE FUTURE Yet? by Corrine Mucha $3.00 – AVAILABLE ONLY AT QUIMBY’S!
3. Kinship Structure of Ferns by Lee Relvas $10.00
4. Arty Party by Sara Drake and James Payne $4.00 – Art history yuks and guffaws! 24pp, b&w, 8.5″x11″
5. Big Questions #14 Title and Deed by Anders Nilsen (D+Q) $7.95
6. Bike Snob: Systematically & Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling by Bike Snob NYC (Chronicle) $16.95
7. Bust Jun Jul 10 $4.99
8. Ovulation Awareness, Sex Ed and Social Commentary, 2nd ed. by Sam $4.00 – If you or someone you know ovulates you should probably read this fertile feminist DIY health zine.
9. Birthday Bees by Rylan Thompson $10.00
10. Weathercraft by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Down the wormhole we go with Manhog, spiraling through the vaguely Midieval worldspheres of the Unifactor. This new volume is a full force onslaught of Woodring’s glorious geography of constantly shifting torments and delights and its effects are longer lasting than most psychedelic drugs I could compare it to. -EF
Quimby’s is proud to team up with the organizers of Learnapalooza, a free, day-long neighborhood festival happening on June 19, 2010 in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago where community members, both businesses and residents, will exchange skills with one another. Anyone who has anything to share – and basically we all do – can offer a workshop. The idea is to provide a fun and free way for neighbors to share their passions and for everyone to learn new skills. The organizers of the festival hope that all attendees will realize how much they have to teach and learn from others.
Of course Quimby’s is participating! We’re offering three workshops about how to get involved in independent publishing, since that’s of course what we’re known for. Each of our workshops are 45 minutes long, and they’re at 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00 that day. There are workshops in a variety of places, and we hope that you’ll stop in to Quimby’s to attend our portion of the ‘palooza! You are of course welcome to come in on the day of as a walk-in, but if you RSVP to tell us ya think you might make it, we’d appreciate it so we know how many people to expect.
For more info or to sign up to teach a class, learn something new, or be a volunteer the day of: Learnapalooza
Quimby’s Workshops: Sat., June 19th, 2:00pm, 3:00pm and 4:00pm
This graphic novel brings to life William Ayers’s bestselling memoir To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher. These illustrated stories begin with Ayers’s early days teaching kindergarten and follow this renowned educational theorist on his “voyage of discovery and surprise.” Readers meet fellow travelers from schools across the country and watch as students grow across a year and a lifetime.
On the surface, To Teach is primarily the story of William Ayers and his class as they navigate the kindergarten year from introductions to graduation. In the process, we see how Bill Ayers engages with the children as individuals, translates their questions and concerns into fun and educational projects and handles the “weird” people with clipboards who stop by to check his actions against the Regional and National Curriculum.
Fans of scholarly graphic works such as Studs Terkel’s Working: A Graphic Adaptation and A People’s History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation will appreciate this pioneering work from Ayers and Alexander-Tanner, while fans of graphic novel memoirs will find much to love in To Teach’s powerful and progressive message.
To Teach: The Journey, In Comics is also a landmark work of collaboration. Ryan Alexander-Tanner lived with William Ayers for over 6 months, at his home in Chicago. This includes the period of time during the 2008 presidential election. The result of a fruitful partnership, To Teach is not just Ayers’ story – the authors also show how other teachers have found ways to engage with, and learn from students. To Teach is a timeless work that challenges the student/teacher dichotomy and opens up a world in which the hard questions aren’t avoided, and it is acceptable for a teacher to say, “Let’s learn this together.
“This fascinating and, yes, educational book will certainly be of interest to teachers, but it will also teach, inspire, and entertain anyone else who picks it up.” —Publishers Weekly
“It’s profoundly charming…part autobiography, part education reform tract, and entirely enjoyable to read.” — The Huffington Post
“A serious book, but laced with humor… a novel approach. Required reading for all educators.” —Harvey Pekar, American Splendor series
“This book is a treasure chest of insight. It represents what dedicated, imaginative teaching is all about and is a blueprint for everyone who wants to explore the intimate connection between teaching and learning.” —Peter Kuper, Diario De Oaxaca
For more info: http://store.tcpress.com/080775062X.shtml
Is It the Future Yet by Corinne Mucha $3.00 – What does the future hold for you? Well, I predict you will fall madly in love with Corinne’s amazing new mini-comic, Is It the Future Yet?, which she made ‘specially for Quimby’s! I see you laughing out loud at the fresh psychic hijinx and time-travel schemes that grace every delightful page. I can see your love for this comic growing rich, deep, and strong and you will find it brings you much good luck and happiness as years go by…Yes, my friend, the future looks very bright indeed! 20p, b&w, 5.5″x8.5″, AVAILABLE ONLY AT QUIMBY’S! -EF
Firebrands: Portraits From the Americas by the Justseeds Artsts Collective, ed. by Shaun Shifer and Bec Young (Microcosm) $10.00
Henry And Glenn Forever by Igloo Tornado (aka Tom Neely, Scot Nobles, Gin Stevens (Microcosm) $4.00
Michael Jackson Buttons by Nathan McKee $5.00 per set
Swimming With Shoes On Short Stories by David Ziggy Greene $10.00
Monsoon #1 by Nick Rohr (mini comic) $2.00
Rosario Dawson Loves Me #3 Or I Want to Die Right Now Please by John Valmassoi (zine) $3.00
Sneaker Coloring Book by var.(LawrenceKi) $19.95
Marina City Bertrand Goldbergs Urban Vision by var. (Princeton Arch) $35.00
Flaunt #109 $8.95
Understanding the Crash by Seth Tobocman and var. (Soft Skull) $15.95
Marijuana Growers Handbook: Official Course Book Oaksterdam University by Ed Rosenthal (Quick) $29.95
Forever Changes: Arthur Lee and the Book of Love by John Einarson (Jawbone) $19.95
God Says No by James Hannaham (Grove) $14.00
Animals by Don LePan (Soft Skull) $13.95
Presidential Confidential: Sex, Scandal, Murder and Mayhem in the Oval Office by John Boertlein (Clerisy) $15.95
Please Maam: Eroitc Stories of Male Submission by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Cleis) $14.95
ZYXT by Joseph Clayton Mills $12.00
Executor by Jon Evans and Andrea Mutti (Vertigo) $19.99
Fangoria #294 $8.99
Bust Jun Jul 10 $4.99
Memoir And vol 3 #1 2010 (lit mag) $12.00
Total Tattoo #67 May 10 $10.99
Radical Philosophy #161 $13.00
IdN vol 17 #2 $17.50
Juxtapoz #113 Jun 10 $5.99
Sovereign #12 Jun 10 $3.95
Extra vol 23 #5 May 10 $4.95
Ready Made #47 Jun Jul 10 $4.99
Shock Cinema #38 $5.00
Harpers Magazine Jun 10 $6.95
Dwell Jun 10 $5.99
Sweets Magazine vol 3 #13 (sexy mag)
Bitch #47 $5.99
Maximumrocknroll #325 Jun 10 $4.00
Cinema Retro vol 6 #17 $11.99
Imbibe: From Absinthe Cocktail To Whiskey Smash, A Salute In Stories And Drinks by David Windrich (Perigree) $23.95
Best American Comics Criticism by Ben Schwartz (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Smart talkin’ on those little picture books you’ve taken to wastin’ yer allowance on. -EF
Graffiti Blasters #3 $6.00
Covert Operations Alpha by Eugene Nelson $15.00
Funniest Man In The World (mini comic) $2.00
All The Horrible Things We Do To Ourselves $1.00
Wallpaper Jun 10 $9.50
Fortean Times #262 Jun 10 $11.99
BlackBook #76 May 10 $4.50
Leches by Lamb (zine) $1.00
Blue Yodel No 8 mm by Lamb (zine) $2.00
Zeromile #4 – Zero Mile (art magazine) $5.00
Cathexis #1 by Ellis Anderson (mini comic) $2.00
Tape Op #77 $4.95
After Everything Thats Happened by Tom Howes (zine) $10.00
Five Fatal Fingersby Tom Howes (zine) $10.00
Eyes Closed by Isabella Rotman (comic) $4.00
Shitheads In Love by William Cleveland (mini comic) $2.00
Rose Alley by Jeremy M Davies (fiction) $15.95
MIOK by Ben Bertin (mini comic) $4.00 – Well, U L B O K F U read this comic! -EF
Telephone & Me #1 by Mel Stringer (mini comic) $6.00
Thought Fish #1 by Ruan Wright (chap book) $6.95
St Catherine Street by Michael Brehm (comic) $7.00
Little Town Circus by Michael Brehm (comic) $10.00
Bitter Ends Tender Buds Drawings 2007-2010 (art book) by Michael Brehm (Albatross) $15.00 – A nice full color sketchbook of dancer, dogs, gnarled roots and other objet d’interest. -EF
Sonja Ahlers has been described as a pioneer of a new genre of print material fusing collage, found images, original drawings, poetry and prose and her work has been included in university teachings. Ahlers was influenced by the early 90s autobiographical comics and zines, the do-it-yourself movement, music of the Pacific Northwest and fine art.
The Selves (Drawn & Quarterly), her third book, is a 96-page color feminist scrapbook and collective biography, that which Kathleen Hanna said was “seductive, familiar and very funny.” It tells the story of different selves in a lifetime starting from baby to lady. The ‘character’ grows up throughout the pages. The cast includes: Hollie Hobbie, Drew Barrymore, the Olsen twins, Camille Claudel, Alice Munro, Degrassi kids, Angelina Jolie, and Stevie Nicks and Judy Chicago. These selves appear by way of collage, illustration and poetry.
Sonja Ahlers’ very first book was Temper, Temper (Insomniac Press, 1998) which now sells for $200 online and Fatal Distraction (Insomniac Press, 2004). Born and bred in Victoria, BC, she has been making angora bunnies since 1995. This craft item supports her bookmaking and art practice. She has exhibited her installation work internationally and has received numerous awards.
Appropriately, this evening filled with childhood nostalgia, pop culture and feminine power would not be complete without staunch critic of consumerism and media activist Anne Elizabeth Moore. Her Operation: Pocket Full of Wishes project was originally a series of eight cards that mimicked the shopping aides found in American Girl Place. Moore is also the author of Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity, founding editor of the Best American Comics series, and former editor of now-defunct Punk Planet. Recently, Moore went to Cambodia to teach the first generation of feminists in the country self publishing as a way of combating governmental oppression and self-censorship. She travels throughout the globe to lecture on corporate and governmental oppression and freedom of expression.
For more info: www.sonjaahlers.blogspot.com or www.sonjaahlers.com or www.anneelizabethmoore.com
1. Big Questions #14 Title and Deed by Anders Nilsen
2. Butt #28 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90
3. O Fallen Angel by Kate Zambreno
4. Craphound #4 Clowns Devils and Bait $12.00
5. Weathercraft by Jim Woodring $19.99
6. Youre a Horrible Person But I Like You Believer Book of Advice by var.
7. Bad World Small Things by William Cleveland
8. Gaylord Phoenix #2 by Edie Fake
9. Lose #2 by Michael Deforge
10. How To Make Soap Without Burning your Face Off by Raleigh Briggs
What does the future hold for you? Well, I predict you will fall madly in love with Corinne Mucha’s amazing new mini-comic, Is It the Future Yet?, which she made ‘specially for Quimby’s! I see you laughing out loud at the fresh psychic hijinx and time-travel schemes that grace every delightful page. I can see your love for this comic quickly growing rich, deep, and strong and you will find it brings you much good luck and happiness as years go by…Yes, my friend, the future looks very bright indeed….
This is, by the way, the launch of our first exclusive minicomics edition- you can only get these pages of wit and wonder at Quimby’s- so slither on in and pick one up!
Sure, we have a whole lotta new stuff this week, but what we really enjoyed was Jason Young’s envelope, which he sent us his mini comics in, which are Veggie Dog Saturn #3 ($3.00) & Veggie Dog Saturn #4 ($2.00).
In case you can’t read it, the mouse on the left is saying “Ha! This comic’s great!” The mouse on the right is saying “Hurry up! I wanna get my drink on!”
Highlights this week:
Weathercraft by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – It’s a Frank comic! In a beautiful hard cover book!
Hopes and Prospects SC by Noam Chomsky (Haymarket) $16.00
Craphound #4 Clowns Devils and Bait $12.00 – Did we tell you about this one last week? Worth repeating!
Wally Gropius by Tim Hensley (Fantagraphics) $18.99 – Hilarious. There is at least one referance to Huey Lewis.
Very Kraftwerk Summer by Christopher Hutsul $7.00 – A memoir comic about an adolescent posse influenced by the band. But looking at the art, it almost looks a bit like one of Archer Prewitt’s Coctails posters. Cool! If only me and my friends were this cool at that age. -LM
And other stuff that’s new this week:
Wilding #3 $5.00
Wunderkammer #1 by Nicholas DiGenova $8.00
Black Mass Pleasure Pack by Patrick Kyle $10.00
This Is Art Now Poster by Thomas Garman $10.00
Oubliette Drought by Kenan Rubenstein $1.00
Write Back Soon by Stephanie Tardy $6.00
Moonlight by Kira Mardikes $4.00
What Have You Been Up TWO #2 by var. $1.75
Advanced Genius Theory by Jason Hartley (Scribner) $15.00
Effigy #7 by Matt Whispers $3.00
Dinosaur Vs Bedtime by Bob Shea (Hyperion) $15.99
Crooked Little Vein SC by Warren Ellis (Harper) $13.99
Shitbeams On the Loose #2 (Revival House) $12.00
Trigger #1 by Mike Bertino (Revial House) $5.00
Sideburn #5 (Motorsport) $8.99
Print Jun 10 $15.95
XLR8R #133 $4.99
High Times Jul 10 $5.99
Color Skateboards vol 8 #2 $7.99
Artforum May 10 $10.00
Nature of Human Brain Work An Introduction to Dialectics by Joseph Dietzgen (PM) $20.00
Wormfood SC by Jeff Jacobson (Medallion) $14.95
Little Lulu vol 1 Giant Size by John Stanley & Irving Tripp (Dark Horse) $24.99
Sweet Tooth TPB vol 1 Out of the Deep Woods by Jeff Lemire (Vertigo) $9.99
Nobody TPB by Jeff Lemire (Vertigo) $14.99
Ex Machina vol 9 Ring Out the Old by Brian K. Vaughan (Vertigo) $14.99
The Muppet Show Comic Book: On the Road by Roger Langridge (Boom) $9.99
Catland Empire by Keith James (D&Q) $29.95
Roy Cranes Captain Easy vol 1 1933-1935 by Roy Crane (Fantagraphics) $39.99
What We See Advancing The Observations of Jane Jacobs HC by var. (New Village) $26.95
How to Catch a Falling Knife by Daniel Johnson (Alice James Books) $15.95 – No, that’s Daniel JohnSTON that you’re thinking of. This is a different guy. Poetry.
Low Spark 1913 1938 1973 201 by Ian McDuffie $4.00
Class Struggle #66 $3.00
Crestfallen #3 Sad Girl Face Pack and Crestfallen #4 Purple Cat Pack by Sandra Sierra $3.00 each – The 3rd volume of Crestfallen has 3 micro-minicomics is maybe the most sinister one yet- it’s like finding a fancy handbag with a dried-up lizard in it- even if you can’t distinguish if it’s cursed, charmed or just weirdly interesting, you’re going to take it home with you. And #4 gives Dame Darcy a run for her money with that potent combination of smart, whimsical girls and gnarly, toadish mayhem, with 5 minicomics. Both packs come in glittery pouches and are 2.75″x4.5″ in size. -EF
Falling is Like This by Kate Rockland (Thomas Dunne) $13.99
KerBloom #83 Rhinovirus Challenge by ArtNoose $2.00
Clash #49 $7.99
Uncut Jun 10 #157 $9.99
Bizarre #162 May 10 $10.50
Fantastic Man #11 Spr Sum 10 $10.95
International DJ May 10 #125 IDJ $10.95
Man About Town #6 Spr Sum 10 $15.99
True Crime May 10 Detective Monthly $8.99
Wire May 10 #315 $10.99
Colors #77 Spr 10 $8.95
Fortean Times #261 $11.99
Monocle vol 4 #33 May 10 $10.00
Mojo #199 Jun 10 $9.99
Feminist Promise 1792 to the Present by Christine Stansell (Modern Library) $35.00
Other Peoples Rejection Letters by Bill Shapiro (Clarkson) $22.50
Lowside of the Road A Life of Tom Waits by Barney Hoskyns (Broadway) $19.99
How to Survive Working in Retail #2 by var. $2.00
Good Porn: A Womans Guide by Erika Lust (Seal) $17.95
Telephone & Me #1 by Mel Stringer $6.00
Thought Fish #1 by Ruen Wright $6.95
St Catherine Street by Michael Brehm $7.00
Little Town Circus by Michael Brehm $10.00
Bitter Ends Tender Buds Drawings 2007-2010 by Mike Brehm $15.00
We received a really wonderful e-mail from someone carrying on the zine vibes out in CA. And why, just today, one of our customers lamented that they didn’t have a zine source in LA. So here you are!
> From: Meredith False Start <falsestartdistro@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 09:41:35 -0700
> To: <info@quimbys.com>
> Subject: False Start Independent Books & Zines!!!
>
> Hey there!
> I’ve unfortunately never had the pleasure of visiting Chicago (and therefore
> Quimby’s!), but Quimby’s has been a bit of an icon for me ever since I got
> into zines, about 10 years ago. I’m trying to bring some sort of zine
> culture to Los Angeles, where I currently live, but the goings been tough,
> so I thought perhaps I’d write you a little note and see if you could help
> me out with a blog mention or a link!
>
> I am a recent graduate of the UCLA School of Art and started my own small
> distro, False Start Independent Books & Zines (www.false-start.com), selling
> small press publications. The titles I carry range from literary zines to
> punk how-to guides to comics and art zines. The main thread that ties all of
> these works together is aesthetics and a DIY attitude about art and culture.
> Too often people feel excluded from the world of art — whether it’s because
> they think they need a formal education to create it or don’t have enough
> money to buy it. False Start wants to put an end to that!
>
> I recently had a table at Unique LA, a great art, craft & design show in
> downtown Los Angeles. I was the only person there selling zines and I
> received a great response. Zine culture isn’t entirely dead in LA, just
> hibernating, and I’m hoping that perhaps you could give a little shout out
> to False Start and help wake the world up to small press!
> Either way, I hope you enjoy looking at the site as much as I enjoy yours!
> Take care,
> Meredith Wallace
> False Start: independent books & zines
> PO Box 641154
> Los Angeles, CA 90064
