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  • Quimby's, one of Chicago's 10 best bookstores

    An article in Friday’s Chicago Tribune calls Quimby’s one of of Chicago’s 10 best bookstores, but please folks, don’t hold it against us. Kidding. I kid! Between Greg Kot, Metromix and the Red Eye, the Chicago Tribune is a regular wild and crazy guy. Anyway, it’s a nice piece that focuses on independently-owned, neighborhood bookstores, such as Quimby’s, Women and Children First, Seminary Co-op and others. Link (bound to expire.)

    In other news, New City‘s biannual “Lit 50” list of Chicago’s literary pimps and players puts Quimby’s very own Col. McCormick, Eric Kirsammer, at number 40. It’s a full two spot improvement from their 2005 list! Lookout, Oprah!

  • Weekend Getaways: The Creation Museum, KY

    Sheep is scared.
    IMG_3308.JPG, from a photoset originally uploaded by Dr JonboyG.

     

    “The Creation Museum presents a “walk through history.” Designed by a former Universal Studios exhibit director, this state-of-the-art 60,000 square foot museum brings the pages of the Bible to life… [With] over fifty exotic animals, life-sized people and dinosaur animatronics, and a special-effects theater complete with misty sea breezes and rumbling seats.”

  • Fletcher Hanks Dropin’ A-Bombs

    Destroy the World

    Wow just got the word that the new book of Fletcher Hanks comics is set to land this week. For most of us our first taste of this undercover genius was from the few pages reprinted in the awesome book Art Out of Time, and even with that books steller line up of underground and obscure weirdness from bygone days. Fletcher Hanks was easily the best thing in there.

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  • Fletcher Hanks Dropin' A-Bombs

    Destroy the World

    Wow just got the word that the new book of Fletcher Hanks comics is set to land this week. For most of us our first taste of this undercover genius was from the few pages reprinted in the awesome book Art Out of Time, and even with that books steller line up of underground and obscure weirdness from bygone days. Fletcher Hanks was easily the best thing in there.

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  • Chris Nieratko, author of SKINEMA

    After a hit column in VICE Magazine about his past seven years of drug-induced exploits, Chris Nieratko and VICE Books have published Skinema. A detailed account of his life as the editor of Big Brother skateboard magazine, VICE columnist and a co-founder of the legendary Jackass crew, Skinema is the ultimate tell-all of a life of great excess.

    Chris is a remarkably charismatic guy, and can tell stories that will captivate anyone. Along with signing books, expect Chris to answer some questions and tell a few tales. You can check his website out at www.chrisnieratko.com. There is new footage of him on www.vbs.tv, as well as information on www.viceland.com.

  • New Stuff 6/2/07

    Wow, new issue of Ugly Things and a new book by Daniel Higgs with art and an Audio CD put out by Thrill Jockey, and thats just the tip of this weeks iceberg.

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  • Cool goings on

    A few weeks ago we had some cool visitors, Esther Pearl Watson and Mark Todd, comics artists (“Unlovable”) and authors of the fantastic book Whatcha Mean Whats a Zine. They talked about stuff and showed us their amazing paper mache photocopier!

    EPW and MT

    Paper Mache Photocopier

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  • New Stuff 5/26/07

    comedy?

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  • 2NDHAND & Tao Lin reading, reviewed

    Literago’s Nick Osdick has an excellent review (as well as some photos) of the last THE2NDHAND event at Quimby’s, which featured an “Inside The Actors Studio” Q&A with hip-lit dreamboat, Tao Lin.