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Grant Reynolds Signs Comic Diorama
Grant Reynolds has been making and self-publishing comics for the better part of his life. By the time you see him at this event he will have turned thirty years old only a few weeks prior. You might wanna wish him a happy birthday (belated) when you see him sitting at the table signing copies of his new book published by Top Shelf entitled Comic Diorama, or even ask how his summer was. If you’re thinking to yourself, “Grant Reynolds, where have I heard that name before?” …well, it might have been from The Skeleton News or Trubble Club, or you may have read one of his books, like Smaller Parts or To the Mouth of the Source…or maybe you both just talked about movies in someone’s kitchen at a party. In any case, if he owes you money, never returned that book he borrowed, or you’ve just got some personal score you’ve been waiting to settle, you’ll know where to find him on October 6th at 7pm.
“Chicagoan mini-comics mastermind.” — Al Burian, Burn Collector
For more info: http://www.myspace.com/grantreynolds
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Hans Rickheit Presents The Squirrel Machine
WHAT IS THE SQUIRREL MACHINE? A rodent ensnarement device? A mechanism for concealing one’s guarded harvest? An anachronistic fable for the convulsive elite? A nugatory diversion for the subliterate? The answer to that question can be obtained in the form of an unusual new graphic novel in a book-signing tour ploughing its way through the northeast coast this Autumn.
THE SQUIRREL MACHINE is the brainchild of HANS RICKHEIT, who will be making appearances to autograph books, make sketches and speak personally to curious readers.
The Plot: Situated in a fictive 19th Century New England town, two brothers, Edmund and William Torpor confront public scorn when they reveal their musical creations built from strange technologies and scavenged animal carcasses. Driven to seek a concealment for their aberrant activities, they make a startling discovery. Will they divine the mystery of THE SQUIRREL MACHINE?
This book is a meticulously-rendered creation that defies all known genres. It can best be described as “PROTO-SURREALIST” or “RETRO-FUTURIST” Disregarding labels and buzz-phrases, it is ultimately an immutably strange and haunting narrative that transcends known logics and presumptive dream-barriers. A distillation of subconscious beauty and madness. A dangerous object for the incautious. A revelation for the undernourished crypto-seeker .
HANS RICKHEIT was born in 1973 and grew up in New England, lived in the basement of an eccentric art gallery/performance space called the Zeitgeist Gallery from 1997-2002, and currently resides in Philadelphia. Aside from his many self-published efforts, he has appeared in many anthologies, including PAPER RODEO, HOAX and KRAMERS ERGOT.
“Rickheit is a vastly under-seen talent.” – Tom Spurgeon, THE COMICS REPORTER
www.squirrelmachine.org, www.thesquirrelmachine.blogspot.com www.chromefetuscomics.com
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The Week Behind Celebrates 17 Years on the Internet
On October 7, The Week Behind will celebrate its 17th anniversary as the oldest online magazine in America. Before Slate, before Salon, and almost 10 years before the invention of blogs, The Week Behind was entertaining Chicago audiences with its lively coverage of the arts, culture, politics and technology.
Join original founders Scott Jacobs, Marilyn Wulff and Bob Brink discuss how The Week Behind evolved from the in-house newsletter of IPA, The Editing House into an Internet sensation (Cool Site of The Day on December 31, 1992.) Meet current contributors and find out how you can write for today’s magazine.
On hand for this special celebration will be Stump Connolly, chief political correspondent of The Week Behind, reading and signing his recently released book about the 2008 Campaign The Long Slog: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The White House.
The Long Slog is Connolly’s irreverent account of his 20 months following the presidential campaign. Read his first hand reports from New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio, see how he sneaks into the Republican and Democratic conventions, and join him for Barack Obama’s triumphant Election Night rally in Chicago.
Rick Kogan calls Stump “as clear-eyed and sharp-eared a reporter as there is in the land.” Tom Geoghagen says he is “a modern day Poor Richard, a witness of uncommon good sense to the nonsense of our presidential elections . . . an American Original.”
“I don’t think anyone had more fun covering the campaign than Stump, or reading him than me,” adds Bill Kurtis. “You laugh and learn at the same time.”
For a lively evening of fun, politics and surprise guests, don’t miss The Week Behind Birthday Bash at Quimby’s. The first 20 people in the door are eligible to purchase the last 20 original copies of the 1992 classic “The Week Behind: A Year in the Life of Small Business.”
For more info: www.theweekbehind.com
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Twitter Updates for 2009-09-10
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PUNCHBUGGY BOOK TOUR 2009
Don’t miss this comics extravaganza, featuring Liz Baillie, MK Reed and Ken Dahl!
Join acclaimed cartoonists Liz Baillie (My Brain Hurts, Freewheel), MK Reed (Cross Country, Americus) and Ken Dahl (Welcome to the Dahl House, Monsters) as they each celebrate the debut of new graphic novels! All three will be reading selections from their latest works and will be available after the event to sign books, babies, and body parts.For more info: www.punchbuggytour.com
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Top 10
Look, this guy likes The Coop.
Quimby’s Top 10 For the Week of 8/30/09-9/5/09
1. Juxtapoz #104 Sep 09 $5.99
2. No by Boyd Rice (Heartworm) $14.95
3. Hi-Fructose #12 $6.95
4. Cometbus #52 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00
5. Urb Sum 09 $4.99
6. Capacity by Theo Ellsworth (Secret Acres) $15.00
7. Multiforce by Mat Brinkman (Picturebox) $15.00
8. Beautiful Decay vol 1 Supernaturalism $20.00
9. Art By Tattooists Beyond Flash by Jo Waterhouse ( Laurence King) $19.95
10. Batman Haunted Knight TPB by Loeb & Sale (DC) $14.99 -
New Stuff this Week
The Current #1 Spr 09 $3.00 – New Chicago-based occult periodical. Read what thou wilt.Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave (Faber) $25.00 – New fiction from the sideburned musician.
Down the Block: An Anthology of City Life From Metrolingua (Metrolingua) $12.00 – Chicago-related essays from locals.
North Georgia Gazette of 1821 (Green Lantern) $30.00 – Reprint of a winter chronicle from local press faves Green Lantern. Now with more art!
Roctober #47 $4.00
You’re a Genius All the Time Belief and Technique For Modern Prose by Jack Kerouac (Chronicle) $12.95 – Tiny hardcover reprint with photos. The price is right!
Whats My Pee Telling Me by Josh Richman and Dr. Anish Sheth (Chronicle) $9.95 – For lovers of What’s Your Poo Telling You.
Fuck a History of the World in 65 Unfortunate Incidents by Martin Rowson (Universe) $14.95
Occult America The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped our Nation by Mitch Horowitz (Bantam) $27.00
A whole slab of show catalogs from the local Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery including but not limited to:
Joseph Goto: Iron Man Paintings and Sculpture 1950-65 $20.00
Robert Donley: Red Sun Black Moon The LA Paintings 1959-64 $12.00
Rebecca Shore: AEIOU And Sometimes Y $12.00
Harold Haydon: Binocular Vision Paintings 1930-60 $12.00
Philip Hanson: Etymology Recent Paintings and Their Roots $10.00
And many, many more!
2666 by Roberto Bolano (Picador) $18.00 – Yes! Back in print!
Bitch #44 $5.95
Hotshoe Aug Sep 09 $9.50
Nude and Natural Fall 09 $9.00
Z Magazine Sep 09 $4.95
Skeptical Inquirer Sep Oct 09 $4.95
True Detective vol 2 #18 $4.49
N Plus 1 #8 Fall 09 $13.95
Bob’s World: The Life and Boys of A.M.G.’s Bob Mizer by Dian Hanson (Taschen) $59.99 – An overview of Bob Mizer’s 48 years making photos and films for his Athletic Model Guild, and 41 years publishing Physique Pictorial, America’s first, and most explicitly gay, physique magazine.
Cat Burglar Black by Richard Sala (First Sec) $16.99 – New graphic novel from the artist of Evil Eye fame.
The Adderall Diaries A Memoir of Moods Masochism and Murder by Stephen Elliott (Graywolf) $23.00 – Don’t miss Stephen Elliott here at Quimby’s on Nov 1st with Joe Meno! More details TBA!
Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern (Squarefish) $8.99 – Fiction about being committed to a mental hospital.
Invisible Dragon Essays on Beauty Revised and Expanded by Dave Hickey (University of Chicago) $22.00 – From the author of Air Guitar.
Our Noise: The Story Of Merge Records by var. (Algonquin) $18.95
Day After Roswell by Philip J. Corso (Pocket) $6.99
AM PM A Book by Amelia Gray (Featherproof) $12.95 – Fiction published by local press faves.
The Believer #65 $8.00
DMZ vol 7 War Powers TPB by Brian Wood etc. (Vertigo) $14.99
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep #3 $3.99 – Comics based on the PK Dick story, now with added awesomeness!
Strange Tales #1 (Marvel) $4.99 – With contributions from Peter Bagge, James Kochalka, Johnny Ryan and more!
Lynnee Breedloves One Freak Show by Lynnee Breedlove (Manic D) $14.95
Women Who Kill by ann Jones (Feminst Press) $15.95
College Without High School: A Teenagers Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College by Blake Boles (NSP) $16.95
Bang Ditto by Amber Tamblyn (Manic D) $16.00
Book of Jokes by Momus (Dalkey) $13.95
Comics Journal #299 Aug 09 $11.95
Complete Stories of JG Ballard (Norton) $35.00 – For real! One fat hardcover mutha!
Reheated Cabbage Tales of Chemical Degeneration by Irvine Welsh (Norton) $14.95
Stitches by David Small (Norton) $24.95
Dot Dot Dot 18 (Princeton) $16.95
Mojo Oct 09 #191 $9.99
Art By Tattooists Beyond Flash by Jo Waterhouse (Laurence) $19.95
Sleeper Car by Theo Ellsworth (Secret Acres) $6.00 – Beautiful comic from the most recent artist of our bookmarks! Ya gotta come in to see ’em, is the thing. Or order stuff from our website!
Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Ruined Government Enriched Themselves and Beggared the Nation by Thomas Frank (Holt) $16.00 – As in yes, Thomas Frank of The Baffler.
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Top 10
This is the Top 10 Bestsellers for Quimby’s Bookstore During the Week of 8/23/09-8/29/09:
1. Naked Lunch the Restored Text SC by William S. Burroughs (Grove) $14.00 – Click on the above picture to see photographs from the off-site event we sold books at to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Naked Lunch!
2. Cometbus #52 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00
3. CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #5: Things You May Not Know About Iran Contra (Microcosm) $1.50
4. My Father by Yasmin $6.00
5. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami (Vintage ) $14.00
6. Hamburger Eyes #13 $10.00
7. Swoon NYC Music Issue $5.00
8. I’d Start a Revolution But I Don’t Have Time by Jolie $1.00
9. Transition Transportation by Joey Jacks $1.75
10. Acme Novelty Library #19 by Chris Ware (Drawn+Quarterly) $15.95