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  • New Stuff This Week

     

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    Zines

    Stapled Spine #10 $5

    NXOEED #2 $5

    Sharp Needles Mutilate Your Lips by Luke Ipsum $5

    Loving Stranger by TJ Walker $15

    Comics & Minis

    Bubbles #13 Independent Fanzine About Comics and Manga edited by Brian Baynes $8

    Crickets #7 by Sammy Harkham $12

    Paul Byerly’s 55th Birthday in a Comic Book by His Daughter $5

    Skyline Issue #1 by Chris Resnick $7

    Car Fire by Teddie Bernard $8

    Midwest Gothic by Margo DeVaughn $15

    Barrage by Nicolas Nade $5

    Prison by Liva Kandevica $7

    Beast by Danielle Chenette $8

    Sixty Five Bugs by Dean Sudarsky $5

    Musical Pretext for Gestural Adventure by Pia Melissa Laroche $8

    Graphic Novels

    Mr. Colostomy by Matthew Thurber (D+Q) $24.95

    Walk Me to the Corner by Anneli Furmark (Drawn & Quarterly) $29.95

    Music Books

    Record Store Day: The Most Improbable Comeback of the 21st Century by Larry Jaffee $20

    Japanthem: Counter-Cultural Experiences, Cross-Cultural Remixes by Jillian Marshall $16

    Essay & Humor & Memoir

    Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby $28

    Save Yourself by Cameron Esposito $17.99

    Sicker in the Head by Judd Apatow $28.99

    Sexxxy

    Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage by Rachel E. Gross $30

    Magazines

    Broken Pencil #94 $7.95

    Tape Op #148 $5.99

    Kinfolk #43 $18

    Mojo #340 $11.99

    Harpers Magazine april $7.99

    Breathe #44 $13.99

    Wire #456 $12.50

    Aperture #246 $24.95

    Chap Books & Lit Journals

    Overtime Hour 61 Soft Places by Michael Snyder (Blue Cubicle Press) $2

    The Paris Review #239 $20

    Other Stuff

    Office Supply-like goodness by Tuesday Bassen: Kickin’ Ass & Takin’ Notes $17.95, Two-Faced Pencils: 10 Graphite & Red Bicolored Pencils $14.95, Bad Dogs Bad Girls Erasers $12.95

  • RIP Shappy

    Fond farewell, dear friend.

     

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  • Midwest Perzine Fest Online Perzine Reading on April 8!

    This spring, Midwest Perzine Fest is celebrating perzines — and the friendships they help forge — with a virtual event featuring some amazing zinemakers! The Midwest Perzine Fest Online Perzine Reading will be streamed live on Friday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. Central Time on the MWPZF YouTube channel: tiny.cc/mwpzfyoutube

    The readers for the event, who all will be sharing work on the theme of friendship, are Heather Anacker, Nichole Bael, Julie Halpern & Liz Mason, Jessie Lynn McMains, Lynne Monsoon, Red Schulte, and Alisha Walker. The evening’s moderator will be MWPZF founder Jonas.

    This event is free! PayPal donations to support MWPZF (which is planning its first in-person Exhibition Day here in Chicago!) are greatly appreciated: midwestperzinefest@gmail.com

    This event is sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Poster designed by our Cartoonist-in-Residence Caroline Cash.

    Facebook event listing here.

  • New Stuff This Week

     

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    Zine Stuff

    Sidewalk Surfin’ by Jamie Goodsell $15

    For Myself – An Egoist Credo by Juno Huxley $5

    Zines by Despy Boutris: Self-Portrait as Childhood Photos Missing $6, Poems Abt Lesbian Sex $8

    The Great Chicago Fire by Mateo Lee Diaz $.10 (you saw that right, ten cents)

    Books about zines, $24.99-$36.99 each: Punkzines by Eddie Piller and Steve Rowland, Modzines: Fanzine Culture Form the Mod Revival by Eddie Piller & Steve Rowland, Best of Jamming: Selections and Stories From the Fanzine that Grew Up by Tony Fletcher, Ripped and Torn 1976-1979: The Loudest Punk Fanzine in the UK by Tony Drayton

    zines by Johnny Gamber, $5 each: Pencil Revolution #26 The Love Issue, Pen Post #7

    Play With Me a Puppet Kit by Laurie Berenhaus $10

    Means of Otherworldly Communication Telephone Zine by Jakob Vanlammeren $3

    Comics & Minis

    Ultrasound edited by Rob Schroeder & Conor Stechschulte (Secret Headquarters) $7

    Soul Searching by Jade Lejack $24.99

    Ghoulish Inspector vols 1-4 by Forbes Crawford Richardsons $6 each

    Ghost of Pengerswick Forest by Howard Q. Prysock $5

    New issues of It’s Okay to Be Sad (2021-2022) by Kevin Budnik $4-$5

    Graphic Novels

    My Badly Drawn Life by Gipi $22.99

    Now Fantagraphics Comics Anthology vol 11 $12.99

    Beta Testing the Ongoing Apocalypse (New expanded edition) by Tom Kaczynski (Fantagraphics) $24.99

    Art & Design Books

    Flip the Script: Guidebook for Aspiring Vandals and Typographers by Christian P. Acker (Gingko Press) $45

    Everything Must Go edited by Jason Fulford $15

    Music Books

    What I See: The Black Flag Photographs of Glen E. Friedman (Akashic Books) $40

    From Manchester with Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson by Paul Morley $27.95

    Scene In Between: Tripping Through the Fashions of UK Indie Music 1980-1988 updated edition by Sam Knee $29.95

    Beefheart: Through the Eyes of Magic by John Drumbo French (Last Music Co) $24.99

    Bowie Odyssey: 71 by Simon Goddard $19.99

    Teenage Kicks: My Life as an Undertone by Michael Bradley $23.99

    Politics & Revolution Books

    Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives by Donna Murch $18.95

    Witchy Shit

    The Witch’s Book of Spellcraft: A Practical Guide to Connecting with the Magick of Candles, Crystals, Plants & Herbs by Jason Mankey & friends $24.99

    Psychic Skills for Magic & Witchcraft: Developing Your Spirit, Intuition & Clairvoyance $16.99

    Essays

    The Sunny Nihilist: A Declaration of the Pleasure of Pointlessness by Wendy Syfret $24.95

    Fiction

    Black Village by Lutz Bassmann $14.95

    Devil, Everywhere I Look by Gabriel Chad Boyer $11.95

    Magazines

    Monocle #151 $14

    The Baffler #62 $14

    Raw Vision #109 $16

    RFD #189 $11.95

    Chap Books

    from Connie Boje: No Name #27, Pay the Drone

    New York by Spot $5

  • New Stuff This Week

     

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    Zine

    Sad Girl Riot – A Zine Diary #3-#5 $3 each

    From Billy McCall: Behind the Zines #13 March 22 A Zine About Zines $3, Proof I Exist #38 A Year’s Worth of Movies $3, $2

    Freaky 4 Farley #2 The Many Moods of Motern Quarterly – The Dark Years by Leor Galil $7

    Pandemic Bird Log Finding Joy in Nature by Linda Suzu Kawano $5

    Lil Buddy #2 by Alli Davis $10

    Zines by Ahmd Coltrain: Zondr Daily, Welcome to Razland $15/$1

    Albuquerque Graffiti #2 $3

    Proof I Exist #38 by Billy McCall $2

    TEXAN by Clementine Vale $10

    Can We Take A Walk? Zine About Mental Health by Arden Allman $4

    Sacred Pussy #1 & #2 by Howl Stephens & Ben Joffe $10 each

    Guide to Zine Distros Winter 22 by Nonmachinable & Jam Doughty $3

    Zines by Bianca Brandolino: Good Omens, Kintsugi by Bianca Brandolino $12 each

    Invisible Eye #1 $5

    Comics & Minis

    Pee Pee Poo Poo #69.5 Secret Thank You Issue by Caroline Cash $2

    Trouble Down South by Andrew Oh $8

    Comics by H. Jones: Raccoonie, Beak Hell, Way of the World $2-$5

    Comics by Lost Fillings: Over the Hill, Things to Remember When Donning PPE for Contract Droplet Isolation, $1 each

    Graphic Novels

    Tops: The Complete Collection of Charles Biro’s Visionary 1949 Comic Book Series edited by Michael T. Gilbert (Fantagraphics) $49.99

    Memories From Limon by Edo Brenes (Nobrow) $19.99

    Life of Che: An Impressionistic Biography by Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Alberto Breccia & Enrique Breccia (Fantagraphics) $19.99

    Animal Stories by Peter & Maria Hoey $19.99

    Our Little Secret by Emily Carrington (D+Q) $29.95

    Politics & Revolution

    The Weight of the Stars: The Life of Anarchist Octavio Alberola by Agustín Comotto (AK Press) $22

    Music Books

    Bet My Soul on Rock ‘n’ Roll: Diary of a Black Punk Icon by Jean Beauvoir with John Ostrosky $27.99

    Nothin’ But a Good Time: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Hair Metal by Justin Quirk (Unbound) $17.95

    Essays & Stuff Like That

    Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir by Bob Odenkirk $28

    White Magic by Elissa Washuta $17.95

    Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020 by Rachel Kushner $17.99

    How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain by Ryan North $28

    Sexxxy

    Elska #36 vols 1 & 2 Montreal $20 each

    Food n Drugs

    Stoner’s Delight: Space Cakes, Pot Brownies and other Tasty Cannabis Creations by Dane Noon & Lex Lucid $12.99

    $ Showing the Moneying $

    Money Magic: Practical Wisdom and Empowering Rituals to Heal Your Finances by The Money Witch (Jessica Susannah Karnatz), illustrated by Broobs $19.95

    Magazines

    Heavy Metal #314 $13.99

    Shindig #123 $13.99

    Poetry

    Montage Through My Eyes Book 1 by ASB $7.99

    Other Stuff

    Let’s Summon Demons: A Creepy Coloring and Activity Book by Steven Rhodes $12.95

    Uzumaki Coloring Book: Selected Art From the Manga by Junji Ito $14.99

    Ghoul Power Sticker by Allan Graves $7.50

    Last Call Cats Blank Journal $10.95

  • New Bookmarks!!

     

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    THIS NEW QUIMBY’S BOOKMARK is by longtime consignor and cartoonist Gabe Howell @snowglobeenthusiast !!!! We are over the moon to have this gothy Little Nemo In Slumberland-esque bookmark by Gabe for the shop. Come in and get a free bookmark anytime or place a mail order with us and we’ll throw one in there!

  • New Stuff This Week

     

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    Zines

    Directory by Heather McShane $2

    Not Lost by Steve Busch $6

    KerBloom #154 by Artnoose $2

    Be Here Meow 2021 A Year in Review by Heather Andhercats Anacker $4.44

    I Know About the Beaver $3

    zines by Kristen Jamerson: Open Mail I’m Looking Forward To $4, It’s Pumpkin Spice Season Witches $3, Grass is Greener $2

    Some Thoughts on Various Things Issue #18 Valentines Day Mini Zine by Anna Shalla (and various other issues) $2

    Ungrabbable by Annie Hex $11.10

    Comics & Minis

    King Cat #81 by John Porcellino (Spit and a Half) $5

    Comics by by Audra Stang: Audra Show #1-#5 $6 each, Pale Sick and Magic $5

    Comics by George Olsen: Postage Collected Comics $4 + Clamp #3 Feb 2022 (with Andrew Alexander & Gerald Hannibal) $10

    Vomito Issue #1 by ItsisDouglas $1

    Comics by Max Huffman: Whisnant #1 $6, Hypermutt #2 $4, Funky Dianetics #3 $8

    Horserer #1-#3 by Jared Baker and Ajay Kaakarni $5

    How to Beat Up Annabelle by Mary Miller $5

    Comics by Kevin Huizenga: Rumbling Collection issues #1 through #3 $15, F #2 Comic $8

    Mono #3 $8

    Art & Design

    The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel edited by Rainer Willmann & Julia Voss (Taschen 40th Anniversary Edition) $25

    Politics & Revolution

    Heaven in Disorder by Slavoj Žižek (O/R) $17.95

    Essays

    Missing Time by Ari Brostoff (N+1) $16

    Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha LaPointe (Counterpoint) $25

    Doing Stuff

    Everyday Play: A Campaign Against Boredom by edited by Julian Rothenstein $24.95

    Creative Interventions Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence (AK Press) $40

    Cheap Copies: The OBSOLETE! Press Guide to DIY Hectography, Mimeography & Spirit Duplication by Rich Dana $30

    Food

    Alex Eats: A Collection of Clean Recipes by Alexander Lindemann $10

    Fiction

    This Band Will Save Your Life by Willis Adler $12.99

    Gentlemen Callers by Corinne Hoex (Dalkey Press) $14.95

    Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before Stories (Six Gallery Press) by Brandon Getz $14

    Poetry

    The Patron Saint of Making Curfew by Tim Stafford (Haymarket) $10

    Cilantro y Cafe $15

    Music Books

    Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll by Lenny Kaye (Ecco) $35

    Magazines

    Bust #128 spring $7.99

    ID Magazine #366 $18.50

    Juxtapoz #221 spring $9.99

    Harpers Magazine march $7.99

    In These Times march $4.95

    The Monthly Review $6

    Jacobin #44 winter $12.95

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    Zines

    Eleven by Seventeen Issues 1 – 8 by Marc Fischer & Friends (Public Collectors) $14

    You Start Missin’ It The Moment You Notice It by Tom Orr $4

    ABCs of 2020 by Rita Muses $15

    Meowtown Journal of Happy Cats vols 1 & #2 $1 each

    The Papercuts Library #7 It Is Time For Moderate America to Speak Up $5.99

    Malak Looks for a New Home $8

    Comics & Minis

    Pee Pee Poo Poo #69 by Caroline Cash $15

    Acid Nun #3 by Corinne Halbert $12 – Plus a few new stickers from Corinne.

    Comics by Victoria Douglas: Deviled Egg Dominoes and Other Comic Shorts $8, Templar Vitae $5

    Chinchillustrator by Rachel Bard $8

    Things I Found In the Street #2 by Jam $1

    Spaceburger Comix #2 by Brooke Lord $15

    Graphic Novels

    Olympia by Jérôme Mulot, Florent Ruppert & Bastien Vivès (Fantagraphics) $24.99

    Wildwood Days of Doo Wop by Michael Jasorka $24.99

    To Drink and To Eat by Guillaume Long vol 3 Treats and Tribulations from a French Kitchen $24.99

    Art & Design Books

    I Got Something to Say – Poster Inventory 2013-2021 (Draw Down Books) by Christopher & Kathleen Sleboda & friends $29.95

    Banksy by Alessandra Mattanza $40

    Politics & Revolution Books

    Stories From Suffragette City edited by M.J. Rose and Fiona Davis $17.99

    Essays

    The Nineties, a Book by Chuck Klosterman $28

    The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars by Meghan Daum $17.99

    The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and Our Place In the Middle by Sarah Krasnostein $27.95

    Fiction

    Dead Collections: A Novel by Isaaac Fellman $17

    Cowboy Graves: Three Novellas by Roberto Bolaño $16

    Food

    Vegan Geographies: Spaces Beyond Violence, Ethics Beyond Speciesism by Paul Hodge and friends $35

    Magazines

    The Monthly Review vol 73 #8 $6

    Vive Le Rock #88 $13.99

    Monocle #150 february $14

    Mother Jones april $8.99

    Taproot #49 $12

    Adbusters #159 january february $14.95

    Other Stuff

    More Decomposition Books $6-$10

  • Zine Club Chicago Online: Show Us Your Stacks II Edition on March 22!

    Zine Club Chicago Online: Show Us Your Stacks II Edition
    7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, March 22 on Zoom
    Free!

    We had such a great time last year getting a peek at how y’all organize your zines at home that we’re bringing back this theme! And this time around, Ed from The Word Distro will be giving us an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of the stacks at his distro HQ.

    Some people meticulously catalogue their zines, while others toss them in random piles; for many of us, the ways we keep our zines fall someplace in between. In March, we’ll be discussing how we live with the zines we choose to bring home with us. Some of our favorite collectors will be showing us their stacks, and you’re invited to show off — or just talk about — your personal zine organizing system, too.

    Get your collection in order (or leave it messy), BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Show Us Your Stacks II Edition at 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, March 22!

    ** 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. CST Monday, March 21 (the event before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CST on Tuesday, March 22.

    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 the group’s monthly flyers, created its logo, and made the Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines.

    More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

    Facebook event is here.

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    Zines

    Zines from Honey Boy Press: This Tornado Loves You #3 and #4 by Macho Queen $7, AWZ Annotated Wrestling Zine issues #1 and #2

    What Is Britain? by Simon Moreton $6

    Enduring Change In Dead Systems #4 Path to Etiolqa by Will Dee $6

    Bookshelf Voyeur #2 The New York City Books by Lucinda J. Williams $10

    Link Photo Zine by Malik Alhasan $20

    No Bad Whores Just Bad Laws Support Hose (sxhx) Year Five 5 $12

    Comics & Minis

    Nerves: The Basement Show by Lain Peraza $15

    Eyeland #1 by Nick Forker $5

    50 Flip Experiment #26 & #27 $5 each

    New stuff from Paradise Systems (and restocks too!): Lost Things by fenta $8, Only by Diane Zhou $18, Think I’ve Still Got It by Wang XX $24.95

    Venomyths #1-#3 by Joshua Ray Stephens $10

    New Wave Comics Thor #1 + New Wave Comics Presents #21 by David Soileau $2 each

    2 comics by Holly English: Dad Comic $20, Jesus Guy $14

    Eyeland #1 by Nick Forker $5

    Graphic Novels

    Big Cats by Liz Yerby $20

    Severed Limbs by Joshua Stephens $25

    Fiction

    Against Nature: A Novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans $18

    The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft & edited by Leslie S. Klinger $18

    Essays

    Why Am I Here? by Clifford F. Gant $22

    Magazine

    Portable Gray vol 4 #1 and #2 $15 each

    Zigoto Apocalypto #3 Monochromalignant 2021 $12

    Sexxxy

    Spread Love Comix Fanzine issues #2-#6 $7 each

    Flosshammer #2 Woodworms and Gin Enter – A Miasma of Psychedelic Malaise by Chew Hair $7