Steven Svmbersky of Quimby’s Bookstore NYC sent a nice box of stuff: Codex Extinct Animalia by Dr Spencer Black ($8), Dance of Death by Hans Holbein ($12), Artist of Death by Dr Frederick Ruysch ($8), Liber Al the Book of the Law zine by Aleister Crowley ($4), issues of Says Who ($2 each): Annie Sprinkle, Vivienne Westwood, Zora Neale Hurston, Hannah Arendt, Simone de Beauvoir, Paul Krassner, Snoop Dogg & more!
Zines
Punks Around #9 Drugs Use…In Russia $3
Lions Teeth by Kit Sylvester $3
Sunburned in the Punky Meadow by Matthew Green $6
Meanwhile #10 Fashion Show $5
Nothing Act 1 A Voice Off $5
Mirror Images Part 1 by Jordyn Fairbanks $5
Comics & Minis
Teenage Condition Lizard Daddies by Abby Jame (Silver Sprocket) $3
Crystal Magick for Health and Divinity by Rebecca Schoenecker $15
Horror Vacui by TM Schurr $10
I Am Only Sad When Flying by Zachary Green $8.50
Americans Love Mexicans by Diego Cruz $3.50
In My Head by SK $5
Everywhere You Go by Edie Roberts $6
Princess Diana by Chelsea Tadeyeske $6
Impact of Air Pollution $3
Comics & Minis
Comics from Colorama! Code 3;5 by Lale Westvind $14, I Can’t Find My Shoes by Anna Haifisch $17, Seminar by Marie Weber $17, Jazz Night by Max Baitinger $12, Sunday Part 2 by Olivier Schrauwen $17
Big Punk by Janelle Hessig (Silver Sprocket) $5
Oska Wald Dean Street Parts #4 & #5 by Al Burian $4 each
Pass the Baton by Hana Chatani (Shortbox) $10
Boggun by Jeff Pusateri $7
At the Edge of the Stream at Dusk by Jen Lee (Shortbox) $11
Spiky Girlfriends Hedge and Pine by Grace Kraft $10
Dreams I Don’t Remember by Robert Zant $7
Two of Us by Jessi Zabarsky (Shortbox) $10
Wine Ghost, various issues $4 each
Homespun Holler Dec 19 by Grant $2
Graphic Novels
Sweaty Palms vol 2 An Anthology About Anxiety $25
Sleep Gas by Chris Cajero Cilla (Fantagraphics Underground) $19.99
310,310 by Mushbuh (Peow) $17
DUI by Tara Booth (Colorama) $22
GLEEM by Freddy Carrasco (Peow) $21
Art & Design Books
Tender an Artbook by Choo (Shortbox) $22
Essay
I Love Myself When I am Laughing by Zora Neale Hurston $19.95
Outer Limits & Mayhem
Depraved Indifference by Gary Indiana $15.95
City of Hermes: Articles and Essays on Occultism by John Michael Greer (Aeon Books) $24.95
The Constitution Illustrated Sampler by R. Sikoryak $3
Tongues Chapter 3 by Anders Nilsen $15
Infinity Wretch #0 + #1 $7 each
HIV AIDS $5
Couple by Daniel Welch $6
Minotaur’s Daughter by Ian Holman $5
Grace Jerry Jessica and Me #3 by Derek Marks $6
Graphic Novels
No Longer Human by Junji Ito $34.99
The Drifting Classroom Book 1: The Perfect Edit by Kazuo Umezz $34.99
In Search of Lost Time: Swann’s Way: A Graphic Novel Paperback by Marcel Proust, illustrated by Stephanie Heut $19.95
Art & Design Books
Vintage Graphic Design: Type, Typography, Monograms & Decorative Design from the Late 19th & Early 20th Centuries by Steven Heller & Louise Fili $19.99
Music Books
Foreground Music: A Life In Fifteen Gigs by Graham Diff (Strange Attractor Press) $19.95
One Smashed Window by Aaron Hammes and Marten Katze $15
Outer Limits
Books by Ronald H. Blumer: Wiped: The Curious History of Toilet Paper $15, The Shocking History of Pee $15, The Secret Life of Sweat $12, A Navel History of the World $12
The Devils by New Juche (Amphetamine Sulphate) $23
Shameless Feminists by Isabella Bannerman & friends (AK Press) $15 – aka as World War 3 Illustrated #50, the venerable comics anthology. Snippet from Monica Johnson’s “Riding For Two.”
Zines
Misery of Spirit #1-#6 by Stephen Reilly $5 each
Zines by Noelle Richard: Two by Four by Noelle Richard $10, Your Nifty Guide to Sort of Understanding Gender $4, White Guys Named Nick $4
Lost Stories From the Junk Drawer by Eric Bartholomew & friends from Zine Club Chicago $3
zines by Joseph Wilcox: Teaching Artist $10, Surprise Well Sort Of $3, Thirteen Dolphin Mailboxes $12
Sequence Of Spaces by Cristopher Kardambikis $20
Enclosed Expanse by Errol F. Richardson $12
Comics & Minis
Simon and the Melody of the Mask by Griffin Price and JJ McLuckie $10
Homespun Holler Nov 19 by Grant $2
In Flight Safety #3 by Jarad Solomon $20
Toadally the Best by Rachel Bard $5
Checkout Counter by Athena Naylor $15
I Dont Like You #2 by Kevin Scalzo $8
Volcanoes Reach Fumarole Imbroglio #14 by Rodger Binyone $15
Chowdy and Elvis Eel by Daniel Mata $2
Casual Zines A Sleep Deprived Art Studemt $5
Aga and the Wyrm by AnneMarie Rogers $10
Shoot the Odd One Out by Dena Springer $10
Graphic Novels
Nothing to See Here by Howard Chackowicz (Conundrum) $18
The Lonesome Era by Jon Allen (Iron Circus) $30
QJay Comix Book by Georgil Elaev $20
Two Dead by Van Jensen and Nate Powell $19.99
Devil’s Dictionary (The Fantagraphics Underground Series) by Ambrose Bierce, illustrated by Keith Bendis $20
Now #7: The New Comics Anthology edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) $9.99
After the Spring: A Story of Tunisian Youth by Helene Aldeguer $21.99
Photo Books
Polar Bears by Jochen Raib $24.95
Politics & Revolution
Despite It All We Never Learn by Kenny Karpov $20
Food Books
Mixtape Potluck Cookbook by Questlove $29.99
Music Books
Acid for the Children: A Memoir by Flea $30
Outer Limits
O Relentless Death: Celebrity, Loss and Mourning: A Collection of Images and Essays by Andrew and Lee Fearnside $20
Fiction
Serotonin: A Novel by Michel Houellebecq $27
Magazines
Tape Op #134 dec jan $5.99
Bust #119 winter $6.99
Adbusters #147 $14.95
Raw Vision #103 fall $16
Lit Journals & Poetry
The Rialto Books Review vol #005 $6
Saturday Night Sage by Noah C. Lekas (Blind Owl Records) $15
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave. in Wicker Park
Free!
It’s almost time to flip the calendar to a brand-new decade. 2019 has been a great year for Zine Club Chicago, so let’s get together to celebrate with a snack potluck and Paper Elephant zine exchange. Feel free to bring one of your favorite snacks to share (and we’ll also provide treats to go around, as always). We’ll be playing a fun, zinecentric twist on the classic White Elephant gift swapping game, so please bring a wrapped zine if you’d like to participate. (Bonus points for amazing, unusual, or astounding zines!)
We’re starting the party a bit earlier than usual – 6:30 p.m. – to make sure we have enough time for all our festivities. Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome to join us 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 hosted by Quimby’s Bookstore.
Meanwhile #9 Minimum Wage by Megan Kirby & friends $5
Lost Houses of Lyndale Fragments of Chicago Street History #3 by Matt Bergstrom $3
zines by Mattieleighx: Winter Preparedness Guide $1.50, Who Is Eleanor Calder $2.50
I’m Not Ready: Examining the Care, Complications, and Contradictions of Having an Abortion by Elie Katzenson (Microcosm) $2.95
Quit Your Job and Eat Pizza Anthology #1-4 $8
Please Notice Me Street Art $2.50
zines by Amy Burek, $6 each: Japan 2009, Very Basic Guide to Low Tech Risograph, 4th ed.
Proud to be Retarded #4 Autistic People Interacting with Authority by Joe Biel (Microcosm) $4.95
KY by C. Klockner $18
Reckless Chants #24.5 A Foggy Night in Lakeview $1
Heart Shaped Box by Jessie Lynn McMains $1
Rumpy Pumpy #7 by Milo $3
Chidrink and Cadrawgo Present zines, $3 each: Hallozeen 2019 #2 I Was a Teenage Zeenwolf & I Like Portals
Shit I’ve Cried About by Sarah Meyer (Meekling Press) $15
Wonder of It All #1 $3
KerBloom #140 september october by Artnoose $2
How to Restring Your Guitar by Jason McInnes $2
Mystery and Adventure Series Review #54 Win 19 by Fred Woodworth $3
Make It Count by Tim Nagle $20
Escapist Artist by Jolie Ruin #57 $1.50 & #58 $2
Pound the Pavement #22 Free Leonard Peltier $8
Songs From My Divorce by Sarah Morean $7
Comics & Minis
You Don’t Get There From Here #51 by Carrie McNinch $4
The Collapsing Woman by Heather Benjamin $10
L Word Fancomic by Caroline Cash $5
comics by Nicole Del Rio, $10 each: Bottom Feeder, Go Outside
Serpent Quest by Maria Sofia Ramirez $5
IT Girls 2020 by Flannery Cashill $12
comics by Dane Georges: X Ray #1 Webcomics $5 & Doom Skull #1 & #2 $4
Crackle vol 1.5 by Phillip Maira $3.50
Graphic Novels
Mimi And The Wolves vol 1 by Alabaster Pizzo (Avery Hill) $19.95
The Cursed Hermit (Hobtown Mystery Stories) by Kris Bertin & Alexander Forbes (Conundrum Press) $20
La Casa (Spanish Edition) by Paco Roca (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Multo by Andrew Lorenzi (Retrofit) $14
Art & Design Books
Heather Benjamin Zines 2009-2019 $30
The Other World: Illustrations from Asian Myth and Folklore, edited by Sandu Publications (Gingko Press) $39.95
Hell Ladies: Junko Mizuno’s Early Works 1998-2001 $29.99
Till Death Glue Us Art Visual Art Collage by Robert Pomerhn $15
Politics & Revolution
Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter by Kerri K. Greenidge $35
The Life & Times of Butch Dykes: Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed the World by Eloisa Aquino (Microcosm) $19.95
Living in a World that Can’t Be Fixed: Reimagining Counterculture Today by Curtis White $24.99
Fiction
Scry For Help: A Novella of Grief by by Aaron Eischeid $10
Dragon Bike: Fantastical Stories of Bicycling, Feminism, & Dragons by Elly Blue (Microcosm) $11.95
Essays (kind of, sort of)
Soviet Stamps by Dmitry Samarov $20
Beautiful Aliens: A Steve Abbott Reader by Steve Abbott, edited by Jamie Townsend (Nightboat) $20
Rough Road to the North: A Vagabond on the Great Northern Highway (Tramp Lit Series) by Jim Christy (Feral House) $17.95
Essays One by Lydia Davis $30
Humor (sort of, kind of)
Is This The Right Color To Prove I Dont Have A Shitty Life by Jon-Michael Frank (Floating World) $15
The Detroit Printing Co-op: The Politics of the Joy of Printing by Danielle Aubert $29.99
Picture Cycle by Masha Tupitsyn (Semiotext(e) / Active Agents) $17.95
Mayhem, Outer Limits, Cosmic
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris $17
Queer Cosmos: The Astrology of Queer Identities & Relationships by Colin Bedell $18.95
Food & Drink
Taco Tales: Recipe Stories from Mexico by Ivette Perez de Wenkel and Anne Wenkel (Gingko Press) $29.95
On Drinking by Charles Bukowski $16.99
The Dreamers: A Novel by Karen Thompson Walker $17
Self-Help
Unfuck Your Boundaries: Build Better Relationships Through Consent, Communication, and Expressing Your Needs (5-minute Therapy) by Faith G. Harper (Microcosm), book version: $14.95, workbook version: $9.95
Friending: Creating Meaningful, Lasting Adult Friendships (Good Life) by Gina Handley Schmitt MA LMHC (Microcosm) $14.95
If You’re Freaking Out, Read This: A Coping Workbook for Building Good Habits, Behaviors, and Hope for the Future (Good Life) by Simone DeAngelis and Faith G. Harper (Microcosm) $12.95
Music Books
Forever Words: The Unknown Poems by Johnny Cash $18
Sympathy for the Drummer by Mike Edison $22
An Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels by Josh MacPhee (Common Notions) $24.95
Sexxxy
Elska #26 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania $20
Magazines
Wire #429 november $12.50
The Baffler #48 november december $14
Monocle #128 november $14
Skeptical Inquirer vol 43 #6 november december $5.99
The Believer #128 december january $12
The Internationalist #57 september october $1
Another Man #28 spring summer $14.99
Vive Le Rock #67 The Damned $12.75
Chap Books, Lit Journals & Poetry
chap books by Jessie Lynn McMains $8 each: Girl With the Most Cake: Poems About Courtney Love, Forget the Fuck Away From Me: Poems
Lyrics as Poetry #3 Journal of Songwriting and Prose $15
Tape Worm Salad With Olive Oil For Extra Flavor by Vittorio Carli $6.66
This Movement Speaks by Brad Seidman $6.66
For the Kiddies
Plantimals by Robert Henry Stevenson $20
Illustoria #10 Color For Creative Kids and Their Grownups $16
