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Zine Club Chicago Hosts a Post-CZF2023 Hangout, May 21st!
12-2 p.m. Sunday, May 21
Quimby’s Bookstore
1854 W. North Ave.
Free!Going to Chicago Zine Fest?* Let’s keep the fun fest vibe going all weekend! Zine Club Chicago is hosting a meetup (with snacks, of course) from 12 to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 21 here at the shop. Spend time with your zine pals and make new ones, eat some cookies, browse fresh arrivals in the shop, and drop off your consignment items.**Free! Masks encouraged. More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago. Facebook event here.* We’ll be there! Look for the Quimby’s and Zine Club Chicago tables at #CZF2023.** Please note that we have moved to an email-only consignment check-in system and will not be able to make consignment payouts or check current stock levels of your consignment items during the hangout.Image description: A black-and-white, cut-and-paste event flyer that reads: “Join Zine Club Chicago for a Post-Chicago Zine Fest Hangout! 12-2 p.m. Sunday, May 21 at Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave. in Wicker Park; Free!: Meet up with zine friends and make new ones!; Drop off consignment items!; Eat cookies!; Masks encouraged; More info: quimbys.com” -
New Stuff This Week
View this post on InstagramZines
Reglar Wiglar #29 by Chris Auman $7.00
Unresolved #6 $5
Things I Considered Risking My Life For by Elisa Peterson $7.00
Urban Combat Tactics by Usma and Pizana $5
Raw Meat Chainsaw issues #1 & #2 by Aiden Workman $5,$10
Aries $5
Zines from Late Night Copies Press: Queer Materials issues #1-#3 $15 each, Notes on Libraries: Lesbians and Pulp $5 & more.
Comics
Comics Blogger #3 by Thomas $5
ET Stoned at Home issues #1 & #2 by N. Khan $6 each
Yo Home Boy #2 by Nick Pizana $5
Bog Magic by Jared Baker $5
Sugar Booger #4 by Kevin Scalzo $12
Riot Comics: Tompkins Square Park, NYC 1988 by Johnny Damm $8
Deng #2 by Donny Walsh $10
New stuff from Liz Yerby: New Yerby Fall 2022 $10, Klaus Nomi a Graphic Biography and Collaborative Anthology (with friends) $15
Ghouls #4 by Josh Simmons $4
Graphic Novels
Hot Dog Diary by Nathan Tolzmann (Boatwhistle Books) $34
Art & Design Books
Are You Free From Saturday From 4-7 P.M. – NYC Street Poets and Visionaries edited by Kenneth Goldsmith $50
Temporary Pleasure: Nightclub Architecture, Design and Culture From the 1960s to Today by John Leo Gillen $50.00
2 Soccer Club Club books from Drag City: Projectile $15, PFFR $36.98
Politics & Revolution Books
It Did Happen Here: An Antifascist Peoples History by Julie Perini, Moe Bowstern & Mic Crenshaw (PM Press) $21.95
Intolerable Present: The Urgency of Revolution Minorities and Classes by Maurizio Lazzarato (Semiotexte) $16.95
Waiting to Inhale: Cannabis Legalization and the Fight For Racial Justice by Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Tahira Rehmatullah $22.95
Film & Music Books
The Making of Creepshow 2 by Lee Karr (Plexus) $29.95
Gabba Gabba Hey: A Conversation with the Ramones by Carl Cafarelli (Rare Bird Books) $25
A Year With Swollen Appendices SC Brian Enos Diary 1995 by Brian Eno $17.95
Don’t Call It Hair Metal: Art In the Excess of 80s Rock by Sean Kelly $21.95
Brandan Kearney’s Official On Cinema at the Cinema Reader vol 1 2010-2018 by Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington (Drag City) $39.98
Essays
We Peaked at Paper: An Oral History of British Zines by Gavin Hogg and Hamish Ironside (Boatwhistle Books) $27.99
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer $28
Analog by Robert Hassan $16.95
Fiction
The Book of Eve by Carmen Boullosa (Deep Vellum) $17.95
The Girls by Edna Ferbe (Belt Publishing) $24
Don’t Worry We’re Okay by Khloe Janel $15.99
Parade (2nd ed.) by Emiliana Helfeld $15
Hard to Categorize Exactly
Lucky Leaf Handbook by T. E. P. Noodle (Boatwhistle Books) $11.99
Lit Journals, Chap Books & Poetry
Lists by Vahnaree $5
New stuff From Porkbelly Press: Haunted #1 $13, Rites of Passing by Verna Zafra Kasala $9, Closeted Diaries by Grace Ge Gilbert $13, Grant Me the Tooth by Michelle Seaman $13 and more.
Satirist Prose Poems by Caleb Bouchard $8
McSweeney’s #70 $28
Magazines
Geez #68 $15
For the Young at Heart
Shorty’s Ark by Will Oldham and Illustrations by Lori Damiano (Drag City) $17.98
Sexxxy
How to Fuck Like a Girl: Vera Blossom’s Sex Diary (Wiggle Bird Mailing Club) $5
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New Stuff This Week
View this post on InstagramPeePee PooPoo #420 by Caroline Cash (Silver Sprocket) $9.99
Zines
Ornery Cuss by K. Ratticus $4
OneMan NoName: A Record of Experience issues #1-3 by Lyndon Johnson $10 each
Bunny Year by grousygirl and Jilly Foo $5
Apple Girls by Brenna Brash $5
Zines by Molly Rosen Marriner: Enter the Menstagram $4, Memories of Fat Camp $5, (with Jane Justice Leibrock) Content Queen issues #1-4 $2 each & more.
Bohemia Coloring Book #2 April 2023 Mixed by Floor Supervisor $5
Comics
Bubbles #16 by Brian Baynes & friends $8
When We Were Trekkies #4 & #5 by Joe Sikoryak $4 each
Dazzle #0 & #1 For Your Pleasure by Andrew Villone & friends $10 each
Mayhem Books
Tarot Goblinko: Dark Fantasy Medieval Punk Tarot by Sean Aaberg (Goblinko) $29.95
Essays
Staring Contest: Essays About Eyes by Joshua James Amberson $15
Is It Hot in Here (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth)? by Zach Zimmerman (Chronicle) $16.95
Fiction
Pure Colour: A Novel by Shelia Heti $17
Chap Book & Poetry
Poem I Wrote After I Learned My Roommates Drank All the White Claws by Bethany and Brenna $5
It Made a Sound: Poetry and Art by Kyle Brandt-Lubart and Bobby Stevens $20
Sexxxy
Super Edco Presents: Excerpts from the Ars Daemonica #1 by Eric Desantis $10
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New Stuff This Week
View this post on InstagramZines
Women in Print #10 by Jennifer Trontz $8
Mean Muggin Art Comix and Interviews #1 by Nick Lawler $5
Comics & Minis
Shadow Banshee by Nadia, multiple issues $3 each
Luv In a Void vols 1 & 2 by Mae N. Lyne $12
Comics by Sam Szabo: Girl Hell #1 & #2, Fear and What to Do With It
Graphic Novels
Escape From the Great American Novel: A Snake Creek Book by Drew Lerman (Radiator Comics) $20
Agency by Katie Skelly (Fantagraphics) $24.99
We Are On Our Own: A Memoir by Miriam Katin (D+Q) $22.95
Work Life Balance by Aisha Franz (D+Q) $24.95
On Earth They Called Him Blue Jay #1 by Perez Romeu Ramirez $5
Magazines & Newspapers
Uppercase #57 $24
The Believer #141 $16
Antigravity April 23 vol 21 #4 $10
Border Crossings #161 $13.95
Sexxxy
Butt Magazine Spring 2023 $17
Chap Books, Lit Journals & Poetry
The First Line vol 25 #1 Spring 2023 $6
Baleen a Poem in Twelve Days by Cea $15
Chap Books from Reflective Zines ($5 each): Daddy Issues #1, Letters Never Sent, Living True to Myself & more.
Multiple Stories Happening at Once by Brooks Harris $15
Notable Restock:
Johnny Sampson’s “Chicago Love” Poster $35
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New Stuff This Week
View this post on InstagramZines
We’ll Never Have Paris #20 1023 True Stories by Andria Alefhi $10
Pigs Coloring Book by Bart Laube $2
Once Upon a Future In a Deadly Wasteland: A Biologist Meets a Poet Through a Small Gap In a Wall by Sarah Newman $3.50
Brief History of Sidewalks $2.50
Half Letter Press zines by Marc Fischer: Survival Success $6 & Provisional Costumes $7
Bernadette by Dave Hankins $1
Revolutionary Insecticide by Junko Okada and Em Keenan $10
Porch Beers #5 Radically and Unapologetically Queer by Elliott Stewart – various issues
Many Gods, No Masters by Elliott Stewart $5
Locals Only #1 Win 23 Covering Heavy Chicago Music by Nikki Roberts $8
Comics & Minis
North American Health Care by Anna Vo $6
Pearls #2 by Sara Fetherolf and Joshua Boehm $8
Crow Funeral by Joshua Boehm $5
Nut #1 & 2 by Brandon John $5 each
Cloven by Joseph McColgan $13
Junction Box edited by James Tonra $24
Graphic Novels
Night Terror by John Kenn Mortensen (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Music Books
Art of Noise: Destruction of Music by Futuristic Machines by Luigi Russolo and Balilla Pratella and F.T. Marinetti (Deicide Press) $15.95
Politics & Revolution Books
Rainbow History Class: Your Guide Through Queer and Trans History by Hannah McElhinney $24.99
Essays
Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung $29.99
Fiction
Veniss Underground by Jeff Vandermeer $19
Haunted Junk Drawer: 13 Tales of Objects and Strange Occurrences by Eric Bartholomew $12
DIY Books
Trauma X Holding Space Radically by Vo Vo $24.99
Lit Journals, Chap Books & Poetry
Moss Piglet April 2023 $12
From Your Heart to My Hand by Ava Butera $6
Flaws Poetic Advocacy for the Vulnerable by Anja Wuolu $14.99
HyperTouch by Em $5
Blank Books
One Line a Day: A Five Year Memory Book Blank Journal by Dana Tanamachi $16.95
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Quimby's April 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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Spring Window Display Has Sprung
View this post on InstagramCheck out our new window display!
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Independent Bookstore Day Indie Bookstore Crawl – Saturday, April 29, 2023
Stop at Quimby’s during the annual Indie Bookstore Crawl (IBD) on Saturday, April 29th, the one-day national party celebrating Chicagoland indie bookstores. Use the map at ChiLoveBooks.com to learn about how to participate and plan your itinerary.
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Quimby's Offsite: Chicago Zine Fest, May 19th + 20th
Chicago Zine Fest 2023 is back in person! Quimby’s is proud to be a sponsor for Chicago’s annual celebration of independent publishers in the Chicago area and beyond. This two-day festival includes an online panel discussion and youth reading on Friday, May 19th and an in-person exhibition day featuring 100+ exhibitors and interactive workshops on Saturday, May 20th.
Friday May 19: two online events starting at 7pm: CZF YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/chicagozinefest
Online Zinester Panel Discussion: “Quaranzines: How Zine Culture Has Survived and Thrived Since 2020” featuring Julia Arredondo, Oscar Arriola, Brian Baynes, Anna Jo Beck, Jonas Cannon, CHema Skandal, Billy Smith, and Liz Yerby. Moderated by Quimby’s own Cynthia E. Hanifin. Sponsored by the University of Chicago Library.
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Online Zinester Reading featuring members of the Illustration Student Group at Columbia College.Saturday May 20: Zine Exhibition Day
11:00 am-6:00 pm
Plumbers Union Hall (1340 W Washington Blvd) in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. Come visit the Quimby’s table!And join us the day after CZF here at Quimby’s: Zine Club Chicago informal hang on Sunday, May 21st from noon-2pm at Quimby’s. Info about that here.
For more info see chicagozinefest.org.
Poster art by Andrea Bell.
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New Stuff This Week
View this post on InstagramZines
Shouting at Seagulls by Jonas and Alex Wrekk $4
Homagetoblkmadonnas #1 by Alkebuluan Merriweather $12
Caboose #14 My Canadian Boyfriend by Liz Mason $9
North Grand High School Students Talk to Marc and Ms. Jung about Creativity, Life and Covid (Half Leter Press) $5
Lazer Attack #2 $2
End of Man’s Country by H Melt $5
City Inverts #4 The Bugs Keep Comin’ by Jam $2
Pickle Jar #5 & #6 $20 each
Nine Days With Lihua by Brad Ford Smith $8
Comics & Minis
My Mixed Hair by Andrea Pearson $2
Be Wary the River by Kit Fraser $8
Comics by Blake A. Chamness (various titles)
So Buttons #12 Pairs edited by Jonathan Baylis $8
Hoggett’s Notion #1 by Dylan Ward $6
Art Books
Kathy Acker: Get Rid of Meaning edited by Anja Casser & Matias Viegener $45
Heads Together: Weed and the Underground Press Syndicate 1965-1973 edited by David Jacob Kramer $55
War and Peace in the Global Village (reprint) by Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore (Gingko Press) $13.95
70s House: A bold homage to the most daring decade in design by Estelle Bilson (Kyle Books) $22.99
Wildlife Anatomy: The Curious Lives & Features of Wild Animals around the World by Julia Rothman $18.99
Death In the Family (Mechanical Soft Press) $24.99
Graphic Novels
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers: Grass Roots and Other Follies by Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides & Dave Sheridan (Fantagraphics) $22.99
Black Phoenix Comics and Illustrations vol 1 by Rich Tommaso (Floating World Comics) $14.95
Film Books
Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate, and the Price of a Vision by Charles Elton $18
Fiction Books
Make It Stop: A Novel by Jim Ruland (Rare Bird Books) $20
Karl Marx Private Eye by Jim Feast (PM Press) $16.95
Mayhem & Outer Limits Books
Weed Witch: The Essential Guide to Cannabis for Magic and Wellness by Sophie Saint Thomas $21
Politics, Revolution & Essay
Camgirl: A Memoir by Isa Mazzei (Rare Bird) $20
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown $17.95
Magazines
Tape Op #154 $5.99
Illustoria #20 $16
Poetry
Love Me With the Fierce Horse of Your Heart by Gabrielle Grace Hogan $15
Other Stuff
What Poor Gods We Do Make: The Story and Music Behind Naked Raygun DVD+CD Set $10
New stuff and restocks from Field Notes.
