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  • New Stuff This Week

    Zines

    Now What? The Story of My Life by Luke Tauber $10

    Coffee People Zine #10 $15

    Como No Hacer El Amor $7

    zines by Jesus Cossio $6

    Comics & Minis

    Rabbit Who Fights #5 by Tim Hamilton $6

    Le Musee de la Tortue by Sammy Stein $22

    Peering Through by Patrick Kyle $8

    Lonesome Hollow #1 $8

    Pornito #1-#2 $10

    Canon De Aguacate by Alejandra Tilano $10

    Teusaquillo by Icinori $12

    Fulgores Secretos by Jesus Cossio $7

    Dr Fausto #11 and #12 $15

    Lo Oculto $15

    Graphic Novels

    Maids by Katie Skelly $19.99

    The Comics Journal #306 summer fall $14.99

    Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder: The Complete Noir of Jean-Patrick Manchette and Jacques Tardi vol 2 (Fantagraphics) $29.99

    Revolutionary Girl Utena: After the Revolution by Chiho Saito $12.99

    Barbarie Comics Sobre Violencia Politica by Jesus Cossio $20

    Multitudes by Edwardo Yaguas $20

    Art Books

    Vibrant Mood Swings by Scott Lewis $20

    Essays

    Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel M. Lavery $17

    Fiction

    Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense, edited by Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger $15.95

    Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz $18.99

    Magazines

    Fool #8 The Japanese Issue $39.99

    Monthly Review october $6

    RFD #183 $11.95

    Lit Journals

    The First Line vol 22 #3 fall $6

  • #MWPZF2020 Programming Announcement!

    Quimby’s is proud to co-sponsor The Midwest Perzine Fest. Here’s the most recent announcement from the founders of #MWPZF2020:

    We’re so excited to announce our digital events for #MWPZF2020! Please join us on Saturday, October 10 for the inaugural Midwest Perzine Fest, coming to you globally from Chicago.

    Panel Discussion! Telling Our Stories, Claiming Our Power, a panel discussion moderated by Midwest Perzine Fest founder Jonas and featuring longtime perzine makers, artists, and activists Julia Eff, Dawn Graham, Jessie Lynn McMains, and Monica Trinidad, will debut at 3 p.m. Central Time Oct. 10 on our YouTube channel:  tiny.cc/mwpzfyoutube

    Hashtag! All day long on Oct. 10, perzine makers in the Midwest and around the world are invited to share their perzines and check out the work of others on social media using our hashtag #MWPZF2020. We’ll be reposting as much as we can to our Midwest Perzine Fest accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

    Perzine Swap! We’re hosting a perzine swap through the mail. If you’d like to participate, we’ll pair you with a perzine pal! Just fill out this Google form by 11:59 p.m. Central Time Sunday, Oct. 11: tiny.cc/mwpzfswap

    For more info: linktr.ee/mwpzf

    #MWPZF2020 art by Alex Wrekk.

  • Zine Club Chicago ONLINE: FEAR Edition 10/27

     Zine Club Chicago ONLINE: FEAR Edition

    7:30 p.m. Central Time Tuesday, October 27 on Zoom

    Free!

    What keeps you awake at night? This year, the specters that haunt Halloween time are competing with more palpable frights. At Zine Club Chicago Online: FEAR Edition, we’ll be discussing zines about what scares us, from ghouls and goblins to stolen elections and rampant viruses. We’ll also have some fun surprises for you all during our annual Hallowzine celebration! Costumes are highly encouraged for you and your zine pets.

    Grab your favorite titles, BYOT(reats and/or Tricks) and join us on Zoom for a spooky good time!

    ** Zoom info ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link and password publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27th. You’ll receive an e-mail from Zine Club Chicago with the Zoom link and password one hour before the event begins.

    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 Chicago Zine Fest/Midwest Perzine Fest organizer Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and also made this awesome Zine Club Shoutout database of zines people talk about at Zine Club!

    More info: @zineclubchicago

    Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/823491645062999/

  • New Stuff This Week

    Zines

    Women In Print #5 by Jennifer Trontz $8

    Basic Paper Airplane #13 The Cassette Tape Issue by Joshua James Amberson and Friends $5

    Is It Just Me Or Are We Nailing This? Essays on Bojack Horseman edited by Joshua James Amberson $5

    Christian New Age Quarterly vol 24 #4 by Catherine Groves $3.50

    These Are All Inadequate #1 $3

    The Match #121 Fall 2020 by Fred Woodworth $3

    Comics & Minis

    Ninja Guy #1-#5 by Micah Liesenfeld $2 each

    Kids With Guns #3 and #4 by Alex Nall $8 each

    a whole mass of AMAZING Mel Stringer mini-comics

    Graphic Novels

    Zebedee and the Valentines by Abs Bailey (Avery Hill Publishing) $15.95

    Victory Point by Owen D. Pomery (Avery Hill Publishing) $18.95

    Nineteen by Ancco (D+Q) $21.95

    Politics & Revolution

    Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition by Debt Collective (Haymarket) $15

    GenderFail: An Anthology on Failure vol 2 Building on our Failed States by Be Oakley $25

    Art & Photo Books

    Button Power: 125 Years of Saying It with Buttons by Christen Carter and Ted Hake (Princeton Architectural Press) $24.95 – Did you miss the livestream of last night’s virtual event with the authors at our YouTube channel? Watch it here.

    Chernobyl: A Stalkers’ Guide edited by Darmon Richter (Fuel) $34.95

    Physible Universe by Mark G. Taber $20

    Outer Limits & Mayhem

    My Favourite Dictators: The Strange Lives of Tyrants by Chris Mikul (Headpress) $25.95

    Fiction

    Love after the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead (Arsenal Pulp) $18.95

    Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda (Soft Skull) $16.95

    TV Books

    X-Files: The Official Archives: Cryptids, Biological Anomalies, and Parapsychic Phenomena by Paul Terry $50

    Magazines

    Flat Out #4 Architecture Magazine $20

    Monocle #136 Sep 20 $14

  • October Quimby’s Newsletter Out Now!

    October Quimby’s Newsletter Out Now!

  • New Stuff This Week

    Zines

    Tips, Gags & Jokes For Girls In Captivity: A Pressing Concerns Book Mark by Anne Elizabeth Moore (Pressing Concern) $7

    Zines by Karina Killjoy:
    Little Book of Affirmations for Survivors
    Surviving to Thriving: A Trauma Survival Toolkit
    Femme Filth #1 & #4

    The Wonder of It All #4 Kidding Yourself to Live $3

    Late to the Party summer 2020 by Erik Jacobson $3

    Consume #2 Fanzine by Caleb $6

    Not Like You 80s Skate Photos $8

    Not Like You Zine #8 $8

    New zines by Kuwa Jasiri Indomela:
    Wild Wisdom
    Sacred Land

    George Floyd by Jesse Greene $20

    Spells to Kill Your Boss by Julia Arredondo $8

    Excuse Me #3 Stories Art Angst by RW Spryszak & friends $5

    zines by Mick Moran:
    LOL Dying Stuff: A Zine About Planning End of Life
    Disability Manifesto: Thoughts on Crip Value

    Skeletor’s Guide to Self-Quarantine by Skeletor (Eternia Press) $6

    I Am A Unicorn and I Like to Fight: A Kids Guide to Standing Up to Fascism and Bullies (Eternia Press) $5

    Bow Low Ho Bo $1

    Comics & Minis

    Blood of the Lamb #1 by Sara Guzman and Nevyets $10

    New comics by David Soileau and Reginald Soileau

    Dame Darcy Meat Cake Calendar 2021 $16

    Graphic Novels

    Translator Without Talent by Ryan Holmberg (Bubbles Books) $20

    Post Apocalyptico by Tenacious D (Fantagraphics) $29.99

    Theater of Terror! Revenge of the Queers by Justin Hall and William O. Tyler (Northwest Comics) $29.99

    Politics & Revolution

    Black Power Afterlives: The Enduring Significance of the Black Panther Party edited by Diane Carol Fujino & Matef Harmachis (Haymarket) $26.95

    The Brother You Choose: Panthers, Politics, and Revoltuion by Susie Day (Haymarket) $16.95

    Music Books

    This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy Division: The Oral History by Jon Savage

    Humor

    How to Be an Investigative Journalist by Brian Thompson $9.99

    Outer Limits

    The Temple and the Lodge: The Strange and Fascinating History of the Knights Templar and the Freemasons by Michael Baigent & Richard Leigh (Skyhorse) $17.99

    Mindshaft by Steve Finbow (Amphetamine Sulphate) $20

    Blackthorn’s Botanical Brews: Herbal Potions, Magical Teas, and Spirited Libations by Amy Blackthorn (Weiser Books) $18.95

    The Witches’ Almanac: 50 Year Anniversary Edition: An Anthology of Half a Century of Collected Magical Lore by Andrew Theitic (Witches Almanac, Ltd) $15.95

    Magazines & Lit Journals

    Tape Op #139 $5.99

    The Baffler #53 $14

    The Believer #132 $12

    In These Times october $4.95

    HorrorHound #84 $6.99

    VegNews #124 $9.99

    Skeptic vol 25 winter $6.95

    Elska #30 Sydney Australia $20

    Sinister Wisdom #118 $14

  • New Quimby's Patch!

    Our 29th birthday present to ourselves: new Quimby’s patches!

    Flaunt your Chicago love with the most recent iteration of the Quimby’s Bookstore logo patch, inspired by Chris Ware’s iconic art. This most recent patch is outlined with the same salmon color featured inside. Our Quimby’s logo patches are 5-color, 3″ round, heat sealed beauties and crafted by our friends at Patches4Less.

    $6

    Order them in our webstore here!

  • New Stuff This Week


    Zines

    Chicago Gets 4 Stars History Zine #2 by Joe Mason $1

    Republican Hair August 2019 by Michael Lee Nirenberg $6

    The Matrix: A Fanzine by Heather Anacker $4.44

    Comics & Minis

    Comics from Josh Simmons! Micky $4, Ghouls #1 $1

    Bearplane by Ally Shwed $10

    Back Piece by Gerardo Alba $10

    Burn: A Tale of Ilunea by Zak Kinsella $7

    Future #5 by Tommi Musturi (Boing Being) $6

    No Pants Revolution #5 Silly Sticker Magic Fun Time by Andrea Pearson $10

    Graphic Novels

    William Softkey and the Purple Spider by CF (Anthology Editions) $20

    Votes for Women: A Comics Anthology, edited by Ally Shwed  (Little Bird Press) $25

    Manga Yokai Stories: Ghostly Tales from Japan $14.99

    WOODS by Mike Freiheit (Birdcage Bottom Books) $15

    Politics, Revolution & Essay Books

    Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago 7 by Lee Weiner (Belt Publishing) $26

    Black In the Middle: An Anthology of the Black Midwest, edited by Terrion L. Williamson (Belt Publishing) $20

    The Gary Anthology, edited by Samuel A. Love (Belt Publishing) $20

    Unflattering Photos of Fascists: Authoritarianism in Trump’s America edited by Christopher Ketcham, photographs by Jeff Schwilk (AK Press) $18

    Art Books

    Fashion illustration: Outfit of the Day $29.95

    Fiction

    Black Card: A Novel by Chris L. Terry (Catapult) $16.95

    There Is a Graveyard That Dwells In Man: More Strange Fiction and Hallucinatory Tales by David Tibet & Mark Valentine (Strange Attractor Press) $21.95

    Card Catalog by Alistair Ian Blyth (Dalkey Archive) $14.95

    Rise of Midnight vol 1 by Sara A. Freites $16.99

    Outer Limits

    The Day It Finally Happens: Alien Contact, Dinosaur Parks, Immortal Humans and Other Possible Phenomena by Mike Pearl $18

    Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies by Caitlin Doughty, illustrated by Dianné Ruz $15.95

    Food

    The Psilocybin Chef Cookbook by Dr. K. Mandrake PhD & Virginia Haze (Green Candy Press) $20

    Comestible Seven Day Meal Plan Food as Text by Pat Badani $24.99

    Comestible Seven Day Meal Plan Food For Thought $24.99

    Magazines

    Wire #439 september $12.50

    Harpers Magazine october – Self Storage $7.99

    The Monthly Review vol 72 #4 september – Working Class Revolt $6

  • New Stuff This Week

    Zines

    Slutcake #9 July 2020 by Jolie Ruin $2

    Midnight Service: A This and That Tapes Benefit For Mutter Museum $10

    Reglar Wiglar #26 $6

    Four Anecdotes About David Bowie From My Own Life by Joseph Carlough $3

    Comics & Minis

    You Don’t Get There From Here #55 by Carrie McNinch $4

    Freaky #4 Go Fourth edited by Andrew Goldfarb $5

    Comics by Sean Mac

    Streetview by Jam $10

    Kenny Vs the Dark Web: A Prologue by David Cohn $8

    comics and zines by Miss Jacuzzi

    Graphic Novels

    Contradictions by Sophie Yanow (D+Q) $24.95

    Aquatlantic by Giorgio Carpinteri (Fantagraphics) $19.99

    Art Books

    Ruin Book by Jolie Ruin (Riot Grrrl Press) $15

    Music Books

    Red Wave: An American in the Soviet Music Underground by Joanna Stingray and Madison Stingray (DoppelHouse) $26.95

    Sexxxy

    Drip issues #3 and #4 $15 each

    DIY

    Out and About: Joe and Katie Walk Around Philly by Joseph Carlough & Katie Haegle $12

    You Are an Artist by Bob and Roberta Smith $19.95

  • Tea Krulos Talks American Madness: The Story of the Phantom Patriot and How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness VIRTUAL EVENT 10/20

     

    Q-Anon. Fake News. Bohemian Grove. False flag attacks. Deep state. Crisis actors. Whatever Gate. Is any conspiracy worth the life of a believer?

    The mainstream news media struggles to understand the power of social media while conspiracy advocates, malicious political movements, and even foreign governments have long understood how to harness the power of fear and the fear of power into lucrative outlets for outrage and money. But what happens when the harbingers of “inside knowledge” go too far?

    In American Madness: The Story of the Phantom Patriot and How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness (Feral House), author Tea Krulos tells the story of one man, Richard McCaslin, who’s fractured thinking made him the ideal consumer of even the most arcane of conspiracy theories. Acting on the daily rants of Alex Jones and his ilk, McCaslin takes matters into his own hands to stop the unseen powers behind the world’s disasters who congregate at conspiracy world’s Mecca- The Bohemian Grove. It all goes wrong with terrible consequences for the man who styled himself-The Phantom Patriot.

    McCaslin is not alone, as conspiracy-driven political action has bubbled its way up from the margins of society to the White House. It’s no longer a lone deranged kook convinced of getting secret messages from a cereal box, now its slick videos and well-funded outrage campaigns ready to peddle the latest innuendos and lies in hopes of harnessing the chaos for political gain. What is the long term effect on people who believe these barely believable stories? Who benefits, and who pays the price?

    Krulos investigates and explains the power of conspiracy and the resulting shared madness on the American psyche.

    Tea Krulos is a Milwaukee-based writer who documents the underground world of fringe sub-cultures. His previous books, Apocalypse Any Day Now-Deep Underground with America’s Doomsday Preppers and Heroes in the Night-Inside the Real Life Super Hero Movement explored the driving beliefs and lives of the people who choose to reject accepted reality and substitute their own.

    Join Tea Krulos on Quimby’s Bookstore’s You Tube Channel for an evening of discussion about this book, trivia, weird swag and more!

    NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME: FOLKS WHO BUY THE BOOK WILL GET A LIMITED EDITION SUPPLEMENTAL ZINE AND SIGNED AUTHOR BOOKPLATE. WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. GET YOUR COPY HERE.

    Watch this preview we did with Tea on Youtube!:


    More info:

    Teakrulos.com

    Facebook Event Post if you get into that kind of thing.

    Feral House

    Tea Krulos Talks American Madness
    Tues, October 20th, 7:30PM CST
    Youtube.com/QuimbysBookstore