Quimby’s Bookstore founder Steven Svymbersky is visiting from Quimby’s Bookstore NYC! He’ll hang out all day with us on Thurs, May 26th from noon to 6pm, perhaps regaling us in the City of the Big Shoulders with stories of bookselling in the Big Apple, or perhaps reminiscing about Wicker Park in the 90s. Who’s to say? Come, say hi and have a bitch session about how much cooler this neighborhood used to be.
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Zines
Ker-Bloom #155 Mar Apr 2022 $2
Chickfactor #19 $15
2 issues of Smash the Skatriarchy by Amelia Bjesse Puffin $6.95 each: #2 Sweden, #3 BIPOC Skaters
Secret Self by Elisa $3
De Sorore Mystica by Brian Cotnoir $10
Stone Fruit #5 Epistles $12
Comics
Doing Easy by Shea Cahill $7
Clusterfux Comix #4 by Cameron Hatheaway and Drew B. Hall $10
Mayhem
The Stranger Beside Me: The Shocking Inside Story of Serial Killer Ted Bundy by Ann Rule $19.95
More Stuff from The British Library Tales of the Weird Series $15.95-$16.95
Phantom Lover and Other Dark Tales by Vernon Lee edited by Mike Ashley
Weird Woods Tales from the Haunted Forests of Britain edited by John Miller
Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson edited by Xavier Aldana Reyes
The Philosophy of Whisky by Billy Abbott
Music Books
Kraftwerk’s Computer World (33 1/3 vol 63) by Steve Tupai Francis $14.95
Fiction
We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman $17
Stuff From GenderFail:
GenderFail Reader 1-3 by Be Oakley and Noah LeBien 2021 $20
Radical Accountability Radical Transparency Radical Action 2022 by Be Oakley $12
GenderFail Two Anthologies on Failure 2022 edited by Be Oakley $22
First 100 Google Image Search Results of TWINK by Be Oakley 2014 $18
GenderFail Anthology of Queer Typography vol 1 2022 edited by Be Oakley with Paul Soulellis
Empathic Intimacies A Touch That You Can Really Feelllll April 2022 $20
Magazines
Afterall Journal #52 $15
Document Journal #18 winter $25
Heavy Metal #316 $13.99
Cinema Scope #90 $5.95
Skeptical Inquirer vol 46 #3 $5.99
ID Magazine #367 spring $18.50
Lit Journals & Chap Books
Granta #159 $19.99
Soft Mouth by MAP $8
Sexxxy
We all have those zines in our collections … the ones that represent some sort of mystery. Perhaps we can’t remember where we picked up a particular title, or we wish we could find out more about an enigmatic zinemaker. Or maybe the zine’s content explores a puzzling subject. This month, Zine Club Chicago will revel in (any possibly even unravel) the questions posed by the most intriguing zines we own.
Grab your favorite cryptic zines, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Cut-and-Paste Conundrums Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, May 24!
** 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, May 23 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, May 24.
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 on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago
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Zine
Everyday Magic #4 Place by Finn Oakes $6
To Rectify A book by Ruby Sumners $24.99
Alphistia Zine #1 by Anthony Skaggs $4
Controlled Burn: An Oak Openings Story 2022 by Lee Fearnside $2
Jazz/Salsa Theme Music Plays by Eileen Chavez $4
Lark Ascending by George Meredith, illustrations by J.G. Foliveli $7
Fiddlers Green Peculiar Parish Magazine #8 Idyl Hearts$16
Comics
Everything Sucks by Michael Sweater (Silver Sprocket) $5.99
Comics by Alexander Laird: Oubliette, Guaranteed Spooky Stories
Mama Mojo #1 by Ethan Pope $15
Pigeon Spotting for the Earth Dweller by Sorin S. $10
Fruit Endeavor by Teddie Bernard $7
Alert: An Abundance of Love In a Happy Home by Paulina Zamarripa $12
Freaky #7 Seventh Heavin’ by Andrew Goldfarb & friends $5
Stripburger #78 $12
Graphic Novel
Kisses For Jet: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Joris Bas Backer (Nobrow Press) $19.99
What is Home, Mum?: A Memoir (Street Noise) by Sabba Khan
The Third Person by Emma Grove $39.95
Politics & Revolution
200 Words to Help you Talk about Sexuality & Gender by Kate Sloan $12.99
Essays
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib $18
Fiction
Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance – A Novel by John Waters $26
Sinkhole by Davida G. Breier $18.95
Music Books
Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste by Nolan Gasser $21.99
Witchy Shit
Urban Magick : A Guide for the City Witch by Diana Rajchel $17.99
DIY
Living Green in the City: 50 Actions to Make Your Surroundings Greener by Ophelie Damblé $22.99
Magazines
Drift vol 12 Paris $24
Dazed and Confused spring $13.45
Harpers may $7.99
Mojo #342 $12.50
Vive Le Rock #90 $13.99
Sexxxy
Butt Magazine Spr 22 #30 $15
The Art of Arousal: Revised Edition (Revised) by Ruth K. Westheimer $24.95
Extra Extra Magazine #18 spring $22
Lit Journals & Chap Books
Offerings $8
N+1 #42 spring $14.95
Humor Stuff
If Animals Could Talk: A Children’s Book for Adults by Carla Butwin and Josh Cassidy (Microcosm) $12.95
Food Stuff
2 food books by Joshua Ploeg and illustrated by Automne Zingg from Microcosm Publishing, $14.95 each: Enter Sandwich: Some Kind of Vegan Cooking With No Connection to Metallica, Hey Ho Let’s Dough! : 1! 2! 3! 40 Vegan Pizza Recipes Unrelated to the Ramones
Plus! More stickers and patches from Silver Sprocket!
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Zines
(I Could) Eat #11 Win Spr 22 by Dan Varenka $7
Truth In Faces by Youth for a Better Future, Jacob and Haley Pesci $10
Soles of Men #1 by Arthur Sangster $6
Zines by Birch Rosen: Boobless $10, T and A $7.50, Trans Restroom Rants #1-#2 $5
Little Book of Serial Killers by Davidt Dunlop $4
Not Like You 80s Skate Photos vol 2 $10
New zines by Jam: You Gotta Let Me Come Back Inside! A 28 The Things Later Zine $1, Paper Garden $1
Gina and Joe Talk About Wintry Horrors $5
No War With Iran #1 Feb 5 2020 by Rick Majewski $15
Exuvia #4 & #5 $6
Sweet Broken: Navigating Polyamory at the Intersection of Mad and Black vol 1 by Tiara Dee $10
Anima Animus Art Series Zine Issue #8 Full Circle by Dan Gorostiaga $7
2 by M0n0: Streetlight, Bird $8 each
One Punks Guide to Standup Comedy by Tyler Sonnichsen $2
Horror Macaroni #1 and #2 $5 each
zines by Sara Laureano: For When You Feel Low, Constant Itch in My Brain
Void Space Nudge Me Into Chaos by @Elizabethallenberry $6
Tiny Literature #1 Shimmering Beneath Happiness the Obsession by George Hahn-Sittig $2
Comics & Minis
Flowery #35 by Mel Stringer $7.50 – Plus a bunch of new stickers from Mel!
Smear Girl #2 Tourist by Chance T. $2
Comics by S Holiday: Hands Matters of the Heart, various issues of Oneironauts
Azadouhi and Azad Idolize Fylysteen by Aram Ronaldo $5
Nervous Energy by Chris Resnick $8
Death of the Sun by Magdelene Ma $8
Town and County Homespun Stories #1 by Alex Nall $8
Pisstopia #2 by Pat Rooks $4
Tall Nancy Sticker by Tony Recktenwald $3
Syncing issues #1-#5 various issues by Quinn C. Amacher $9.50 each
Comics by Ari Ganahl: Spooky Nova, Queer Halloween Zine, This Is the Full Story of My Top Surgery As Far As I Know, Inked
Syd Taylor In the Modern Man by Mae Lyne $12
Ms Thingummy 2020 $10
Vomito Issue #2 $1
Moral Fiber #18 by Chris Pernula $2
Fanny and Friends #1 by M. Akers $3
Graphic Novels
Skyvein vol 1 by Sen Holiday $24.99
Quiet Thoughts by Karen Shangguan (Avery Hill) $16.95
Heavens Door: Extra Works by Keiichi Koike (Last Gasp) $19.95
Politics & Revolution
Pedagogy of Resistance: Against Manufactured Ignorance by Henry A. Giroux $26.95
Yippie Girl: Exploits in Protest and Defeating the FBI by Judy Gumbo $18
Art & Design
Together We Make the Dream Real – Picture Plane by Travis Egedy $24.99
You Are Not Too Late by Nikki McClure $29.99
In Transit FWD Museums 2021 edited by Therese Quinn and Ximena Mora y Olivan $24
Essays
A Punkhouse in the Deep South: The Oral History of 309 by Aaron Cometbus & Scott Satterwhite $19.95
Fiction
Merch Table Blues by Peter Conners $16.95
Food
The Poorcraft Cookbook by Nero Villagallos O’Reilly
Sexxxy
Meat Icons: A Pictoral On Modern Masculinity #2 Christos and #3 P!nto $15 each
Magazines
Bitch #93 spring $12.95
Uppercase #53 $18
Shindig #125 $14.25
Adbusters #160 vol 30 #2 march april $14.95
Poetry & Chap Books
Wildcat Dreams In the Death Light by Reagan M. Sova (First to Knock) $17
A Twenty First Century Yankee in the American Revolution by George Kotlik $5
50 Things Kate Bush Taught Me About the Multiverse by Karyna McGlynn (Sarabanda Books) $15.95
Chap books by Connie Boje: Americana, Lady Jean and more.
For the Young at Heart
How Do Animals See by Marie Kotasova Adamkova and Tomas Kopecky $14.95
Story of the Snow Children a Mini Sibylle von Olfers $9.95
Story of the Root Children a Mini Sibylle von Olfers Book $9.95
Elsa Beskow Alphabet Book $19.95
Amazing Plants of the World by Zuzana Dreadka Kruta $16.95
Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda and Illustrated by Paloma Valdivia $22.95
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Zines
Strange Tapes #11 VHS Oddities Unearthed by Scott R. Miller $7
Fanciest of Feelings by Kpolly $8
Photo zines by Liz Potamites, $10 each
Comics & Minis
Moving in Place by Tori Holder $6
Grixly #55 + #56 by Nate McDonough $3 each
Pisstopia #1 by Pat Rooks $4
Bounty Bot by Brian Judge $10
Scoundrels Dont Get Caught by Hannibal Gerald $6
Comics by Brian Judge: Drink Slujj $2, Grublins Lord of Ashes $6, Leftovers #1 (with Chris Cordon) $6, Diary Digest #1 by Brian Judge $10
Graphic Novel
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers: The Idiots Abroad and Other Follies by Gilbert Shelton and Paul Mavrides (Fantagraphics) $22.99
The Projector and Elephant by Martin Vaughn-James $49.95
Let There Be Light : The Real Story of Her Creation by Liana Finck $28.99
Politics & Revolution
For Antifascist Futures : Against the Violence of Imperial Crisis edited by Alyosha Goldstein & Simón Ventura Trujillo (Common Notions) $24
The German Ideology: A New Abridgement by Marx & Engels, edited by Tom Whyman (Repeater) $16.95
Music Books
Paint My Name in Black and Gold: The Rise of the Sisters of Mercy by Mark Andrews (Unbound) $26.95
A to Z of Record Shop Bags 1940s to 1990s by Jonny Trunk (Fuel) $34.95
Essays
Decolonize Hipsters by Grégory Pierrot, edited by Bhakti Shringarpure (OR Books) $17.95
Blow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason by Gina Frangello $16.95
Photo Books
Wherever by Cooper Fox $24.99
Fiction
Revenge of the Scapegoat by Caren Beilin $16
Magazines
The Believer #139 $12
Shock Cinema #61 $5
Mojo #341 April $12.50
New Noise Magazine #61 $5.99
Breathe #45 $14.25
VegNews #130 $9.99
Monocle #152 $14
The Progressive Apr May $5.95
Taproot #50 $12
Empire april $11.75
The Monthly Review march $6
Wire #457 march $12.50
In These Times april $4.95
Lit Journals
Allium – A Journal of Poetry and Prose winter $10
Popshot Quarterly #35 spring $12.99
The First Line vol 24 #1 spring $6
Sinister Wisdom #124 A Multicultural Lesbian Literary and Art Journal $14
Happy Saturday! Did you know that April 9 is National Unicorn Day? While we don’t have any mythical creatures in stock right now, we do have a TON of fun new stuff in the form of zines, comics, and books. Check out this fantastic list of fresh arrivals!
Zines
My Favorite Actor is a Dog by Aim Ren $2
Women in Print #8 $8
Razorblades and Aspirin #14 $8
Dealing with COVID: Hopefully Helpful Tips by Lost Fillings $1
Time’s Up: No More Rape Culture in Our Skate Culture by Smash the Skatriarchy $3.95
How It Felt to Me: The Further Writings of Annie Howard $11
Gothic Lyric Book by Karina Song and Blaketheman1000 $5
I Miss You by Karina $1
Cut Me Up #8: Guided by Instinct $18
Something Rather Than Nothing Zine #1 $4
Bad Year by Nick Greer $5
Comics & Minis
Ghouls by Jenn Woodall $12
Future #8 by Tommi Musturi $6
Teeni Bop #1 $4
Annual Eternia Bodybuilding Contest #1 $2
Forms Saint George and the Dragon by Ryan Shipman $5
Eschew #5 by Robert Sergel $8
Smear Girl of Clay #1 $2
Heavy Metal #315 $13.99
Reptile House #9 by Nick Bunch $5
Scoundrels Don’t Get Caught by Hannibal Gerald $6
Graphic Novels
Rave by Jessica Campbell $22.95
Hell Phone: Book One by Benji Nate $14.99
One Hundred Columns for Razorcake: The Complete Comics 2003-2020 by Ben Snakepit $11.99
Book Tour by Andi Watson $24.99
Mr. Lightbulb by Wojtek Wawszczyk $29.99
Squeak the Mouse by Massimo Mattioli $29.99
Fiction
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker Martin $17.99
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan $28
Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer $18
The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers $21
DIY Books
Creative Not Famous the Small Potato Manifesto by Ayun Halliday $14.95
Stolen Sharpie Revolution: A DIY Resource For Zines and Zine Culture vol 6 by Alex Wrekk $15 – In fancy hardcover!
Everything Depends on Me: A Book About OCD by Alice DuBois $24
A Quick and Easy Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon and Will Hernandez $7.99
Pure Magic: A Complete Course in Spellcasting by Julia Illes $18.95
From Big Idea to Book: Create a Writing Practice That Brings You Joy by Jessie L Kwak $14.95
Music Books
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran $18.99
Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records by Jim Ruland $30
Mudhoney: The Sound and the Fury From Seattle by Keith Cameron $24.99
Essay & Culture & Memoir
Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage by Rachel E. Gross $30
Stalking the Atomic City by Markiyan Kamysh $22
Mayhem & Outer Limits Books
Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways edited by Mike Ashley $15.95
Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy edited by Mike Ashley $15.95
Tales of the Tattooed: An Anthology of Ink by John Miller $15.95
Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer by Christopher Berry Dee $16.95
Food & Drug Books
The Microdosing Guidebook: A Step-by-Step Manual by CJ Spotswood $19.95
Sexxy
Fantasy Lewds Erotic Anthology by Andy Hood $15
Experience Points: Illustrated Queer Smutty Stories by N.A. Melamed $12.95
Magazines
Little White Lies #92 $16.99
032c #40 $24.95
Chap Books & Lit Journals
Granta #158: In the Family $19.99
Kids Stuff
Illustoria #17 $16
Other Stuff
What A Time to Be Gay and Alive Bumper Sticker by Archie Bongiovanni $3
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Yet again, Chicagoland proves itself to be the dream destination for book lovers and readers of all ages! Quimby’s joins more than two dozen independent bookstores in the greater Chicago area — from Lake Forest to Beverly, and Naperville to the Loop — in collaborating on a third annual Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl, which encourages book lovers to indulge in bookstore tourism by visiting 10 or more stores in a single day.
The annual challenge is being held again on Independent Bookstore Day (IBD), which is a one-day national party celebrating indie book stores on the last Saturday in April. Each store creates its own unique events—including guest authors, special kids’ story times, readings, contests, giveaways, and special sales.
How to Participate…
Take photos at each participating independent bookstore you visit on Independent Bookstore Day. Share your photos on social media with the hashtag #ChiLoveBooks
• Visit TEN stores in one day and get 10% off at all participating bookstores for an ENTIRE YEAR!
• Visit FIFTEEN stores in one day and get 15% off at all participating bookstores for an ENTIRE YEAR!
On your last bookstore visit share your bookstore photos to verify your visits.
Readers are encouraged to post a snapshot of themselves and their Independent Bookstore Day haul on social media with the hashtag #ChiLoveBooks
Fore more info, see chilovebooks.com.
Zine Club Chicago Online: Poetry Zines Edition
7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, April 26 on Zoom
Free!
Shall we compare zines to a summer’s day? April is National Poetry Month, which is the perfect time for us to celebrate zines and chapbooks focused on verse. Whether the poetry in your collection is serious, humorous, rhyming, or free verse — get out your favorite chapbooks! And if you self-publish your own poetry, we would love for you to read from your work, too.
Grab the poetry zines that make your heart sing, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Poetry Zines Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, April 26!
** 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, April 25 (the event before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, April 26.
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: https://zineclubchicagoshoutouts.spread.name/
More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago
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