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Zine Club Chicago Online: Cheap Copies! Edition with Special Guest Rich Dana, Aug. 16th!
Zine Club Chicago Online: Cheap Copies! Edition
with Special Guest Rich Dana
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, August 16 on Zoom
Free!This month, Zine Club Chicago is really excited to welcome special guest Rich Dana, a stencil artist, zinemaker, and founder of Obsolete Press. Rich will be joining us on Zoom to discuss his recent release, Cheap Copies!: The Obsolete Press Guide to DIY Hectography, Mimeography & Spirit Duplication, and demonstrate one of the no-cost/low-cost analog printing techniques featured in the book.
Bring your questions for Rich and your favorite zines that were printed using cheap, cool, and tactile DIY techniques! We want to hear about the non-digital ways that zines in your collection (and that you’ve made yourself!) were reproduced, including hecto, ditto, mimeo, block printing, letterpress, screen printing, and copying by hand.
Grab your stack of analog-printed zines, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Cheap Copies! Edition with Special Guest Rich Dana at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, August 16!
** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, August 15 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, August 16.
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.
More info at quimbys.com and on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago. Facebook event is here.
Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer featuring a photo of zinemaker Rich Dana demonstrating an analog printing technique and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Cheap Copies! Edition with Special Guest Rich Dana; Online! Free! Zoom info on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, August 16”
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New Stuff This Week
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Stormy Husky Brawling Laughing Prompts for Your Chicago Stories by Cynthia E. Hanifin $2
Greg and Fake Sketchbook 2021 by Greg and Fake $15
Flowers In The Dark by Sam Paakkonen $10
Last Night at the Casino vol 1 by Billy McCall $12
If I Were A Store What Would You Steal From Me by Jessica Dzielinski $6
Midnight Magazine & Midnight Tales, various issues
Hail America Radically Poetic Zine $5
Zisk #33 Sum 22 Bartolo Colon Hall of Famer by Mike Faloon & friends $3
Moss Piglet the Food Issue July 22 John Bloner Jr. $12
Headrumor #1 the Space Between a First and Last Name by C M Pancoast $3
Pocket Histories #1-#4 by Johnnie B. Baker $2 each
Papercore #7 DIY International Punk Zine $4
Last Night at the Casino vol 1 by Billy McCall (Bunny Ears Press) $12
Comics & Minis
Flowery #41 by Mel Stringer $7.50
New stuff from Jam Doughty: Illustrated Collage and Natural History a Zine-ified Workshop $4, Garden Sketches Spring 2021 $7
New Wave Comics Presents #22 by David Soileau $2
Back In Time by Christopher Williams $5
Delightful Garden by Miles Davitt $12
Turtle Boy #3 #4 by Kota and Gen $4 each
Subjectivity Existence Is Suffering LOL Mortality by Nayef Nebhan $10
Meatball Sub by Kelly Wang $3
E. Joy Comix by Emily Joy Mehr $6
Comics by Drew B. Hall: Small Town $2, Comfort Dungeon $5
Reading Gaze My Comics by Domingos Isabelinho $25
Graphic Novels
As a Cartoonist by Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Bones by Christopher Williams $20
Art Books
Void If Removed a Book of Compiled Artwork and Design $20
Help
Secrets of Santa Muerte: A Guide to the Prayers Spells, Rituals & Hexes by Cressida Stone $18.95
Consciousness Expansion
This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan $18
Fiction Books
Noor by NNedi Okorafor $18
For Work For TV by Fee Griffin $16
Alice by Gary Gautier $14.50
Magazines
Synth History #1 by Danz CM $20
Fantastic Man #35 Spr Sum 22 Directed by Luca Guadagnino $20
Cut Me Up #9 $18
Chap Books & Poetry
Overtime Hour 62 Soft Places by Paul Cioe $2
Rhymes and Reason – Facets of a Life by Claire Fluff Llewellyn $10.99
Stickers and Stuff
Hands Off My Uterus Sticker $5
Decompose Yourself Sticker by Chris Adams and Sporelust $4.50
Emotional Creature Patch $8.50
My Other Ride Is a Goth Club $10
Totebags by Julie Halpern $14
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New Stuff This Week
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Sans Visage Street Photo Zine by Whymark Austen $10
Zines by April Malig: April’s Eating Zine issues #1 & #2 $12, Rotten Roses #2 $8, I Didn’t Write Enough Postcards $8
Journey With Purpose #1 $12 by Randy Plemel $12
Trickfilm #1 by Charles Brubaker $5
I Was A Fish Professor by Miles Davitt $3
Manifest #8 Endemic $8
Comics
Haunted Francis and the Pumpkin Eaters by John F. Malta $8
Audra Show #6 by Audra Stang $8
Yo Home Boy #1 by N. Pizana $5
Performance of the Love Note by Angela Fanche $8
Graphic Novels
Barely Human by Johnny Ryan $49.99
Comfort Zone by Sio Gallagher $12
Haunted Francis vol 2 by John F. Malta $12
Big Scoop of Ice Cream by Conxita Herrero Delfa $17.99
Art Books
Blackbook Sessions vol 5 Sketches, Scribbles, Full-color Styles $29.95
Mayhem Books
The Dark History of the Occult: Magic, Madness and Murder by Paul Roland $12.99
Killer Collections: Dark Artifacts From True Crime by Paul Gambino $30
You Bet Your Life: Your Guide to Deadly Risk by Sheila and Joe Buff $35
Dracula: The Origins and Influence of the Legendary Vampire Count by Giles Morgan $14.95
Politics & Revolution Books
Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago Seven by Lee Weiner (Belt Publishing) $16.95
Essays
Crying In the Bathroom: A Memoir by Erika L. Sanchez $27
Shader: 99 Notes on Car Washes, Making Out in Church, Grief, and Other Unlearnable Subjects Shader by Daniel Nester $16
Gender Euphoria: Stories of Joy from Trans, Non-binary and Intersex Writers edited by Laura Kate Dale $15.95
Music Books
Bowie Odyssey 72 by Simon Goddard $24.99
How to Be a Rock Star by Shaun Ryder $16.95
Pride, Pop and Politics: Music, Theatre and LGBT Activism, 1970-2022 by Darryl W. Bullock $28.99
Fiction
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher $19.99
Magazines
Illustoria #18 $16
VegNews #131 $9.99
In These Times vol 46 #7 $4.95
Wire #459 $12.75
Skeptical Inquirer vol 46 #4 $5.99
Gentlewoman #25 $20
Lit Journals & Poetry
Sinister Wisdom #125 $14
The First Line vol 24 #2 $6
Harsh Realm: My 1990s – Poems by Daniel Nester $18
Evidence of Flossing – What We Leave Behind Poems by Jennifer Payne $21.99
Cacophony #1 by Hunter Hodkinson $4
For the Young at Heart
Supposing…by Alastair Reid and JooHee Yoon $18.95
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New Stuff This Week
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Papercuts Library #8 Fragmenting Your Exposure to Big Tech $5.99
Zine of the Hill issues #1 and #2 $$6, $8
No Bad Dream Fuckers Gonna Boss Me Around by Maira (Flood of Feelings Press) $4
Tiger Year 2022 Jilly Foo $5
Somnambulist #37 Year in Troutdale by Martha Grover $5
WA 22 by Jam $2
Midnight on Sundays by Nestor Kok $10
Girls, On Film issues #1- #16 The Zine That’s Hopelessly Devoted to ’80s Movies, founded and edited by Stephanie McDevitt & Janene Scelza $10 each
Comics & Minis
Words and Smiles Comics by Don Unger $5
Ape Men of the Apocalypse Chapter Seven $5
Airbag #1 by Brian Canini $6
Plenty of Girls lyrics by MGMT illustrated by Nestor Kok $20
Two Love written and illustrated by EJ Oakley $20
Graphic Novels
Be Kind Neighbor by Yugo Limbo (Silver Sprocket) $39.99
Changeling vol 1 Tia N. Lugo (Silver Sprocket) $13.99
Less Than Secret Cryptid Comic Anthology $15
Things We Create by Axel Brechensbauer (Fantagraphics) $24.99
Keeping Two by Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Art Books
Apocalypse Ready: The Manual of Manuals; a Century of Panic Prevention by Taras Young $35
Outer Limits
Cults: Inside the World’s Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them by Paracast’s Max Cutler with Kevin Conley $29.99
Magazines
Uppercase #54 A Magazine for the Creative and Curious $20
Mojo #344 $12.50
Mother Jones Aug 2022 $8.99
Monocle #155 $14
Lit Journals, Poetry & Chap Books
The Paris Review #240 $20
Vade Mecum of Tesa by Tesa Taboo $20
Cavity by Madeline Zuzevich $8.88
Sexxxy
Elska #38 Athens, Greece $20
The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga vol 1 (Fantagraphics) $29.99
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Zine Club Chicago Online: The Great Outdoors Edition, July 19th!
Zine Club Chicago Online: The Great Outdoors Edition
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, July 19 on Zoom
Free!This month, Zine Club Chicago is celebrating summer with an expansive view of zines about the great outdoors! We want to hear all about your fave titles focused on the natural world, al fresco explorations, camping experiences, flâneur adventures, gardening and growing, and more.
Grab your favorite zines about life en plein air, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: The Great Outdoors Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, July 19!
In July, Zine Club Chicago also will be teaming up with Zine Party to host an in-person outdoor meetup called Zine Camp! If you’d like to trade zines and eat s’mores with your fellow zine enthusiasts in Chicago on Sunday, July 17, check out all the details at https://zine.camp/
** RSVP required ** To help make sure that online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, the Zoom link won’t be released publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, July 18 (the evening before our event). You’ll receive the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, July 19.
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.
More info at quimbys.com and on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago. Facebook event is here.
Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with the image of a tent that is lit from within, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: The Great Outdoors Edition; Online! Free! Zoom info on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, July 19”
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You're invited to Zine Camp on July 17th!
Zine Camp
3-5 p.m. Central Time
Sunday, July 17, 2022
Humboldt Park, Chicago
Free!++ PLEASE NOTE: This is an off-site event! ++
Pack up your long-arm stapler, grab your sunscreen, and meet up with your fellow zine enthusiasts at Zine Camp! If you love zines, you’re invited to this in-person, outdoor summer hangout.
Join the fun at 3-5 p.m. CT on Sunday, July 17 in Chicago’s Humboldt Park.* There will be s’mores, snacks, and some fun surprises … feel free to drop in anytime and stay for as long as you like.
Where to go in Humboldt Park:
Zine Camp will be held on the park side of North Avenue between Mozart Street and Francisco Avenue (just west of the intersection of California Avenue and North Avenue). **
Look for the Zine Camp flying proudly!
What to bring to camp (if you choose):
- Zines to trade (your own or your faves by other zinemakers)
- Snacks to share
- A beverage (we recommend bug juice)
- Sunscreen and bug spray if you need it
- Something to sit on (blanket, camp chair, etc.)
- A face mask if you want to wear one
Zine newbies and longtime fans alike are welcome at Zine Camp! This free event is brought to you by Zine Club Chicago + Zine Party.
More info at zine.camp. Facebook event here.
* Post-event gathering + BAD WEATHER LOCATION info: After Zine Camp wraps up in the park at 5 p.m., a group of folks will head over to the outdoor patio at the Hi-Lo (1110 N. California Ave.) to continue the revelry! The Hi-Lo patio (which has tables covered with umbrellas) also will be the alternate Zine Camp gathering spot in case of rain — please keep an eye on the Zine Club Chicago social media accounts (@zineclubchicago) for updates if the weather is not conducive to a park gathering.
** Please note that the closest public restrooms that will be open during our event are just across North Avenue at Burger King (2840 W. North Ave.; purchase may be required to use facilities) and a few blocks down North Avenue at Cermak Produce (2701 W. North Ave.; purchase not required to use facilities). This isn’t ideal, of course, but the event organizers could not confirm that any public restrooms within the park will be open.
++ This event will NOT be held at Quimby’s ++
Image description: A light green, black, and white flyer with a collaged background of vintage camping advertisements and the following text: Zine Camp; Join us for an in-person summer hangout for folks who love zines! Sunday, July 17, 2022; 3-5 p.m. Central Time; Humboldt Park, Chicago; Free! For more info, go to zine.camp; Hosted by Zine Club Chicago + Zine Party
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New Stuff This Week
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KerBloom #156 by Artnoose $2
Bookshelf Voyeur #3 Rooms and Secret Spaces by Lucinda J. Williams $10
Materiel #4 $10
Border Crossings Human Nature #159 $13.95
Undictionary Institute For Conspiracy Theory Analysis $8
Do You Recognize Me? Self Portraiture vol 1 by Sunlight Oracle $11
I’ll Have an “E” Please, Bob (Gendercide Zine Presents) by Milo $5
Livin Outta Bins #1 by Rachel $3
Proof I Exist #39 A Dream Come True by Billy McCall $3
Zines by Catdrool: Things People Have Said To Me, Missed Connections, etc.
Zines by Materia Mundus: Mini Print Gallery #1 and #2 Esoteric Artes, Let Them Fall #2 etc.
My Dog Only Listens to the Mountain Goats by Erin J Watson $1
Comics
Zero Point Routine by Quinn Thomson $5
Shifting #0 by Irem Cataltepe $9
Graphic Novels
Freak Buck (Pig Rost Publishing) $35
Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition $24.99
Art Books
Pennies In a Stream: Great Moments In Printed Advertising 1918-1984 by Michael P. Daley (First to Knock) $20
Witchy Shit
2023 Witch’s Diary – Northern Hemisphere by Flavia Kate Peters $14.95
Lunar and Seasonal Diary 2023 Northern Hemisphere by Stacey DeMarco $19.95
Essay Books
Adventures in Athletics On and Off the Bench by Markell R. West $12
Local Books
Chicago’s Maxwell Street by Lori Grove and Laura Kamedulski $19.99
Lit Journals & Chap Books
Popshot Quarterly #36 $12.99
Beyond Cardboard by Jonathan Cardew $10
Magazines
Heavy Metal #317 $13.99
The Monthly Review June 2022 $6
Breathe #47 $15.99
Skeptic vol 27 #2 $6.95
Shindig #127 $14.25
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New Stuff This Week
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Mutations #3 by Corinne Halbert $12
From Staple To Spine Compendium of Zine Related Books by AJ Michel $2
Good Manners by Lily Cozzens $15
Dave Zine #17 Thirty Years Into This Thing by David G. Cookson $5
Stapled Spine #11 & #12 $5
New stuff from by Charles Brubaker: Dress Em Up, Royal Merkats $3 each
Messy Misfits Club #2 $10
zines from Amerikana Studio: Simple Sabotage Field Manual $7, Narrative Department of Communication Publication $5, Obsolescence Amerikana Studio $7
Sad Girl Riot #8 $2.50
Towards A Self Sustaining Publishing Model Manifesto by Marc Fischer $1
Seen #1 & #2 by Hannah Sellers $24.99 each
Mending by Heather Anacker $3.33
2021 Movie Watchlist by Johnny Misfit $3
Day on Devon a Zine by Aao Mil $5
Anima Animus Art Series Zines, $7 each: Guaranteed Healers by Tim McGrath #10, Secret Knowledge by Leonardo Casas #9
Comics & Minis
Smut Witch by Corinne Halbert and Shea Cahill $15
Perry Midlife by S.R. Arnold $12
Comics by Kevin Budnik: It’s Okay To Be Sad July 2020 $4, I Hope This Finds You (various issues) $6 each
Death Forever in Freedom Bright $5
Vandalism Release by Mikie Poland $5
Blat #1 and #2 by Mat Greaves $4
Fishing Out Toons by Charles Brubaker $5
I Don’t Belong Here by Matt Lock $6
Scentagons by Stefan Gruber $5
Pixie Lice by Amanda Vahamaki $5
Terminal Discount by Leomi Sadler $5
Graphic Novels
Benjamin Marra’s Disciples (Fantagraphics) $24.99
Fiction
Punk Called Rock Book by James Hippie $10
Chap Books
Dark Materia Mundus #6 + #7 $12
Sexy stuff
Unfuck Your Blow Jobs: How to Give and Receive Glorious Head by Faith G. Harper PhD (Microcosm) $9.95
Unfuck Your Cunnilingus: How to Give and Receive Tongue-Twisting Oral Sex by Faith G. Harper PhD (Microcosm) $9.95
