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New Stuff This Week
Zines
Letters From My Exes #1 by Tiffany $2 – You’d publish letters from your ex you met at the three-day Phish festival if they were shitty enough, wouldn’t you? Or if they detailed a personal drug history? Tiffany would. The best part: the e-mail that shuts down the correspondence with “This is Mauro’s wife..we have two kids and live in brooklyn..do you know this?” A peek inside something I feel like I shouldn’t be spying on but I can’t resist. -LM
You Must Always Have a Secret Plan #8 $3
Homesick #1 by Amy Madden $3
Smudge vol 2 #1 by Clay Hickson & friends (Tan n Loose) $5 – In this issue: Buttons for a Reasonable Tax Code by Christen Carter, Hockey With Horsepower by Ryan Filchak, On The Grid with Joe Winer, Dilute Your Brand by Eva Claycomb, In Praise Of: Breakfast by Liana Jegers and much more!
Hey Lady #8 Vandana Shiva by Regina Schilling & friends $5 – A zine where every issue collects original art by different artists devoted to a particular woman. This issue is about environmental activist and thinker Vandana Shiva. Comes with a button! Cardboard cover, color xerox inside. -LM
Comics & Minis
And I Shall Sing Beautifully by Krystal DiFronzo $12 – An awesome collection of drawings and collages featuring a cut-out wraparound cover. Merges ancient art motifs with diaristic reflections. A really engaging art object! -Lane
Pallor Pink Anthology vol 4 Cheers Celebration of Artists of Color $15 – An anthology of comics, art, and writing by young artists of color. Moving and personal material with an emphasis on memoir. Features a full-page foldout comic strip: “Drag But Make it About Race”. Beautifully printed in two-color risograph by Perfectly Acceptable Press. -Lane
Cherry Slimeade #1 $5
Graphic Novels
The Lie and How We Told It by Tommi Parrish (Fantagraphics) $24.99
Kitaro The Vampire Slayer by Shigeru Mizuki (D&Q) $12.95
Politics & Revolution
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Asha Bandele and Patrisse Cullors $24.99 – With a foreword by Angela Davis.
Art Books
Sad Stuff On the Street by Greg Larson and Sloane Crosley (ammo) $14.99 – A sometimes humorous, yet often sad tribute to the untold stories of detritus found on the streets of cities around the world. Featuring photographs and short essays from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Amy Sedaris, Salman Rushdie, Miranda July, Michael Chabon, Ben Gibbard, Jesse Eisenberg, and by other sad stuff spotters across the globe, this collection chronicles the cast-offs of our daily lives and speculates on their origin and on their demise.
Space Colonies: A Galactic Freeman’s Journal by Fabian Reimann (Spector Books) $15 – A visionary assemblage of historical, present-day and speculative material on space colonies, inspired by the culture of the Whole Earth Catalog.
Health
Mine! A Planned Parenthood Comics Anthology (ComicMix) $24.95 – A celebration of liberty and freedom for all benefitting Planned Parenthood.
When Walls Become Bridges: A Journey of Discovery to Heal and Conquer Hatred by Stuart Lewis $16.99
Book for Hard Times: Meditations and Comfort $1
Sage Liskey stuff: How to Trim Weed Fast $12, Your Highest Form One Minute Happiness $2.50, Soulular Potential the Order Radical Cats $2.50
Millennial’s Guide to Fighting Fascism $4
Organizing Without Organizations: Guide for People Taking Action Without Institutions $4
Humor
Trump’s ABC by Ann Telnaes (Fantagraphics) $12.99
Mags
Video Game Art Reader #1 $20 – The VGA Reader is a peer-reviewed journal for video game audiences and video game practitioners interested in the history, theory, and criticism of video games, explored through the lens of art history and visual culture. Its primary aim is to facilitate conversation and exploration of video game art, documenting and disseminating discourse about the far-reaching influence of video games on history, society, and culture.
The Exhibist Magazine: Contemporary Art From Turkey, issues #12 & #13, $10 each
Frankie #80 $15.95
Tape Op #123 $6.95
Mojo Feb 2018 $10.99
Lit Journals, Chap Books & Poetry
Slightly Foxed: The Real Readers Quarterly Winter 2017 $18
Tethers by The Broken Nose Collective $15
The Doctor Series by Sean Flaherty $20 – A series of poems about a late poet’s experience with cancer.
Lantern #1 Jan 2018 (Entropic Press) $4 – New local lit journal with a zine format.
Other
More stickers by Corinne “Hate Baby” Halbert $3
Cinema Sewer Enamel Pin $8
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New Stuff This Week
The F***ing History of Swearing by Anna Maria Kiosse (Bis) $22.50 – Stylish, beautifully illustrated book recounts the complete history of swearing, detailing extraordinary and interesting information on this beautifully offensive topic.
Zines
Dry Spells by Veronica Graham by VA Graham $15
Living Southerners #6 by J Wu $3
Delta Dawn #1 by Erin Quinlan $3.25
Ugly Girl Gang #4 by Tuesday Bassen $10
Lost Cat Please Call Me $8
Comics & Minis
Forever and Everything #2 by Kyle $7
Grixly #42 Lil Puppy Dog by Nate McDonough $2
Lighthouse by Rohan McDonald $12
Super Old School Trolls vol 3 by Ben Marcus & friends $13
Ashcan Arcana: An Illustrated Essay on Working In the Service Industry and Living in America…by Jason Lee $5
Wolverton Thief of Impossible Objects by Michael Stark & friends $4.99
Tales From the Hyperverse by William Cardini (Retrofit) $8
Worms With Eyes and a Mouth #1 by Jarad Solomon $5
Graphic Novels
Today Will be Better by David Alvarado $10
Someone More Powerful by Rohan McDonald $20
Politics, Revolution & Current Events
Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (City Lights Open Media) $16.95
New Territory #5 Brave New World $15
The Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff $30
Fiction
Infinite Future: A Novel by Tim Wirkus $28
Timing the Infinite by Nathaniel Schmeling $15
Afterlives: A Novel by Thomas Pierce $27
Palaces by Simon Jacobs (Two Dollar Radio) $15.99
Recipe for Hate (The X Gang) by Warren Kinsella $14.99 – Coming of age novel by bass player from SFH and editor of the blog The War Room.
Humor
Love Voltaire Us Apart: A Philosopher’s Guide to Relationships by Julia Edelman, illustrations by Hallie Bateman $12.95 – What would Kant’s sexts look like? How would Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir break up? What would Confucius think of Tinder?
Food
Chocolatology: Chocolate’s Fantastical Lore, Bittersweet History, & Delicious (Vegan) Recipes by Darin Wick & Angel York, illustrations by Cat Callaway (Microcosm) $16.95
Sexxxy
Elska #15 Bogota Colombia $18.50
Big Girls by Dan Dandrea $2 – 50 Foot woman erotica comic!
Mags
Reflekt Style Anthology #15 Realness $13
Pine Magazine #2 Love $24
Uppercase #36 A Magazine for the Creative and Curious $18
Wire #407 $10.99
Fortean Times Jan 2018 $12.50
Man About Town #21 $29.99
True Detective Jan 2018 $9.99Lit Journals & Chap Books
Sinister Wisdom #107 A Multicultural Lesbian Literary and Art Journal by JP Howard & friends $14
Bring Back Myspace by Elyse Fischground $4
The Chicago Review vol 60 #4 $15
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New Stuff This Week
Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt $16.95
ZINES
Xerography Debt #42: The Review Zine With Perzine Tendencies by Davida Breier & friends $4 – By zinesters for zinesters! And those with zine interests!
Owning the Means of Production: Pocket Lessons for Your Own Worker Co-op! by Allen Killian-Moore $6 – If you are interested in starting a worker-cooperative, the blue-prints are laid out here by the creator of Jefferson People’s House.
“A” is for Aspergers: A Personal Glossary of a Spectrumy Life by Partly Robot $3
To Ruin & Redeem: How To Build a Constructive Mindset in Prison by Justin M. Curtis $4
A Friendly Felon’s Guide to Life After a Felony by Aza Enigma $4
Ghost Glove Effect at the Spidecky Roadhouse by Sam Weiss $8
Purplizer by John Cates $20
Moment In Time: A Photozine Calendar by Nick Acosta New Morality Zine $12
COMICS & MINIS
So Much to Do by Will Hockstein $5
Grid #1 & #2 by Kelsey Short $5 each
Floor Troll by MS Harkness $4 – Hilarious auto-bio account about being the owner of a particularly grumpy purebred Persian Cat. ~CH
Go Fuck Myself Part 2 The Fuckening by Mke Freiheit $6
Garbage Can Faerie by Wure (Bred Press) $10 – Crude digital drawings of an adorable and mischievous kewpie baby who is soaking wet and has messy hair. ~CH
GRAPHIC NOVELS
R. Crumb: Bible of Filth $35 – Originally published in France in 1986, the first edition of this book was never distributed in the states, because it was too dirty. This revised and expanded English edition has an added 100+ pages including work since the original. Printed to look like a bible, bound in leather, with gold debossing and edging.
Prize Fighter by MS Harkness $13 – A collection of the mini comics by Harkness from May 2015, August 2015, and October 2015.
The Battle of Churubusco: American Rebels in the Mexican-American War by Andrea Ferraris (Fantagraphics) $22.99 – A soldier under fire faces a crisis of conscience in this remarkable work of historical graphic fiction.
POLITICS, REVOLUTION & RESISTANCE
Take Back the Fight: Resisting Sexual Violence from the Ground Up by Interference Archive $15
ART & DESIGN BOOKS
The Propaganda Front: Postcards From the Era of World Wars by Anna Jozefacka, Lynda Klich, Juliana Kreinik & Benjamin Weiss $45 – Persuasion on a postcard: propaganda from all sides of the 20th century’s world wars. The more than 350 cards reproduced in full color in this book advocate for political causes and celebrate war efforts on all sides of the major conflicts of their time.
ESSAYS
Canon/Archive: Studies in Quantitative Formalism from the Stanford Literary Lab by Franco Moretti $21.20 – Scholars used computers to map out two centuries of books and it led to witty and profound results about things like the “loudness” of thousands of novels, the geographic distribution of emotions, the nature of a sentence and a paragraph, the evolution of bureaucratic doublespeak & other nerdy but interesting points of literary scholarship.
MAGS
The Believer #117 $12
Tom Tom Magazine #32 Sex and Love $10
Flat Out Architecture Magazine issues #1 & #2 $20 eachLIT JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS
The First Line vol 19 #4 $4
The Last Line #4 $3
Rusted Radishes #6 Underground Beirut $15
Diary of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Kathryn Wlak $5
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New Stuff This Week
Tonight we close at 10. We also close the vents at 10.
Tomorrow (New Years Eve) we close at 5pm and will be closed on New Years Day the entire day. So will the vents.
New stuff here now!:
*ZINES*
KerBloom #129 Nov Dec 17 by Artnoose $2
Sentientmoss #1 by Mosser $15
Jean and Kate Get Busy by Jesse Harrod $10
*COMICS*
Comics by by Al “Burn Collector” Burian: Utopia: A Tribute to Jack Chick $1, Draw Yourself Drawing $8
Kutul Magazine #6 by Joos Halbertsma & friends $10
Comics Skool USA by Kevin Huizenga, various issues $5 each
Infinite Wheat Paste #3 by Pidse Carlisle $5
Frowny Frown by Aaron Novik $8
Full Moon by Rebecca Baruc $3
Comics by Crippa Almquist, $5 each: Splat, You Can Do What You Want, and more
*GRAPHIC NOVELS*
Now 2: The New Comics Anthology (Fantagraphics) $9.99 – Showcases a cover by painter Christian Rex Van Minnen, as well as 120 pages of all new short fiction by international talent, including: South American cartoonists Ariel Lopez V. and Fabio Zimbres; Spanish cartoonist Conxita Herrero; acclaimed cartoonist and filmmaker Dash Shaw; Canadian artist and musician Nick Thorburn (of the bands Unicorns and Islands); Finnish cartoonist Tommi Musturi; plus new work by Sammy Harkham (Crickets), Joshua Cotter (Skyscrapers of the Midwest, Nod Away), Graham Chaffee (Good Dog, To Have and To Hold), Anuj Strestha, Andrice Arp, Joseph Remnant, and other surprises!
Slasher by Charles Forsman (Floating World) $14.95
It Don’t Come Easy by Charles Berberian and Philippe Dupuy (D&Q) $22.95
Saga vol 8 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples $14.99
R. CRUMB: From the Underground to GENESIS by R. Crumb $49.99 – Show catalog from The Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris retrospective exhibition, including Crumb’s comics and sketchbook drawings spanning nearly five decades.
*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*
Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981 by Philip S. Foner (Haymarket) $22
*MAYHEM n OUTER LIMITS*
Psychedelia and Other Colours by Rob Chapman $24.95 – A seminal book on Psychedelia, that explores in crystalline detail the history, precedents and cultural impact of LSD.
*MAGS*
Hi Fructose #46 $7.95
Offscreen #18 $20
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January Newsletter Out Now!
The Quimby’s Bookstore Newsletter for January 2018 is available for viewing: Announcements, Events, New Stuff & more! Click here to see it, and don’t forget to sign up to get it in your inbox every month!
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New Stuff This Week
Holiday Hours!
Sat 12/23: open until 10pm
Sun 12/24: noon to 7pm
12/25: CLOSED
Sun, 12/31: noon-5pm
Mon 1/1: CLOSED—
Here’s New Stuff!
Deviant Desires: A Tour of the Erotic Edge, Incredibly Strange Sex, Expanded Edition by Katharine Gates (PowerHouse Books) $29.95 – Yale-trained gonzo anthropologist Katharine Gates has now fully updated and revised her pioneering 2000 work, Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex, into this expanded edition which features over a thousand illustrations (mostly in color, new for this edition), interviews from around the world, both fun and serious discussion, and even some tips and suggestions. And what a tour! Within these pages Gates proves there’s ALWAYS new information about sex and desire, because human adaptability and creativity ever combine to discover new frontiers of pleasure, whether by imagining ourselves superheroes or tiny or giants, or simply stuffing party balloons down our pants. Now with more trample and crush, cannibal play, quicksand and male pregnancy!
*ZINES*
Eat #8 by Dan Varenka $6
Learn Arabic in 25 Years #3 The Alphabet by Zora O’Neill $4
Apex Nocturne Dream Journal Entries by Brian Uhl $18
David Bowie Color Your Own Poster Set by Lauren B. $20
Bad Poetry #1 by Kayson Spinazzola $2
*COMICS & MINIS*
Devil Stole a Shooting Star by Michaela Washington $6.66
Somersault by Thayer Nicholas Granstorm Bray $15
Feels Better Here by Candice Ploy Goodman $10
Doodlr by Siu Lee $8
Wonderful World of Tank Girl #2 The Importance of Being Tank Girl $3.99
Two Rivers by Kayson Spinazzola $4
*GRAPHIC NOVELS*
Perfect Discipline and Unbending Loyalty by Tommi Parrish (Perfectly Acceptable Press) $20 – A stunning lyrical meditation on love and family in our real life dystopian present. Featuring a small 12-page book-within-the-book, it’s a stunning collaboration between rising star Tommi Parrish and the reliably great Perfectly Acceptable Press. -Lane
Senses by Dr Matteo Farinella (Nobrow) $22.95
*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*
Subversive: Interviews with Radicals By Brian Whitney (Headpress) $21.99
*ART & DESIGN BOOKS*
Cafe Avatar by Sonnenzimmer (Perfectly Acceptable Press) $25 – This lovely volume presents an essay interleaved with gorgeous illustrations from writer/artist team Sonnenzimmer. The text likens humanity’s relationship to images and graphics to the use of camouflage and pattern in the natural world. Published by Perfectly Acceptable Press. -Lane
*LOCAL INTEREST*
Stories of a Chicago Police Officer by Murphy $20.99 – Sex or lunch, what would you do, six days in a row? If you don’t find the baby soon, will she freeze to death? It appears to be a single gunshot wound directly under the chin; should we assume suicide or possibly foul play? It appears the grandfather had a heart attack and fell through the glass storm window. Do we remove the body before the young grandkids show up? It’s against rules but we can’t allow the children’s last memory of grandpa to be crumpled and bleeding. Is that a gun in his hand or is that a cell phone? It’s too dark, but the call was a man with a gun! If you’re right you’re a hero. If you’re wrong you go to the morgue. These decisions are made on a daily basis if you are a Chicago Police Officer.
*MAGS*
Forecast #7 2018 $18
Tapas 2017 $30
Fortean Times Dec 2017 $12.50
Plant Based #3 $9.99
Murder Most Foul #106 $10.99
True Crime Winter Special Win 2018 $12.99
Anorak #44 $12.25
Dazed and Confused Win 2017 $12.99
Mojo Jan 18 $10.99
Harpers Jan 18 $6.99*LIT JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS*
McSweeneys #51 $26
Lady Parts #4 by Amelia Hruby $3
Brain Fever #3 Fall 17 Edited by Mike Goodman $12*SEXXXY*
Meat #25 $22
*OTHER STUFF*
Blank journals of varying sizes, shapes, styles and colors by Red Shorts Bindery!
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New Stuff This Week
2 new Johnny Sampson thingies! Christmastime: A Love Story Greeting Card $4, Sticker: Lance from his “Creative Differences” strip $3
*ZINES*
Crap Hound #9 Sex and Kitchen Gadgets by Sean Tejaratchi $15 – “Fair Use” collage-y awesomeness!
Against Amazon: Seven Arguments One Manifesto by Jorge Carrion $5
I Had My Time of the Month on Your Face and Made America Great Again $2
Did I Wake Up With a Headache or Wake up Because of My Headache? by Madeline Veitch $4
Abandoned Signs by Temporary Services $7 – A melancholic tale of ruin and neglect. Happy holidays!
stuff from Megan Kirby:
Every Time Mini $1
issues Meanwhile: #1 Apartments, #2 Beach, #3 Internet $5 each*COMICS & MINIS*
Love and Rockets Comics vol 4 #4 $4.99
Anna Sellheim comics, various prices, including There For Us with Tillie Walden $5
Barely Legal #3 Holiday Edition by Hannah Chavez $3
*ART & DESIGN*
Madman’s Eye: The Art of Mac Blackout (Hozac Books) $32 – Around Chicago, his art has become inescapable, always peeking out from a storefront, a doorway, an alley, or one of his beloved garbage cans, his aesthetic has become an unofficial pock mark on the face of the city. As his direction has drifted across so many projects over the years, he’s gone from respected graffiti artist, into the world of fine art, and into pen & ink, collage, & multi-media painting. Not to mention his numerous world-renowned punk bands, Functional Blackouts, Daily Void, Mickey, New Rose Alliance, and his solo material with Mac Blackout Band, Mac has always been at the center of a rogue nervous system that needed to come to life on it’s own in the form of his art.
*MUSIC BOOKS*
Punk Women vols 1 and 2 by David Ensminger (Left of the Dial Books) $10 each – Get volume 2 here! — An incredible array of powerful, potent, and and particularly inventive women, from off-the-radar local acts to legacy bands of all stripes, from first wave punk to melodicore and garage rock. It includes profiles of many, but it also features several women discussing their own lives, histories, and band anecdotes.
*MUCKRAKING*
Who Killed Hunter S. Thompson: An Inquiry into the Life & Death of the Master of Gonzo by Warren Hinckle & friends (Last Gasp) $39.95 – Candid memories and appreciations by many of his closest friends and co-conspirators. Contains: transcripts of his rants and idiosyncratic phone messages, The Gonzo Master’s Midnight Faxes, The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved, and a humungous introduction (a book in itself!) by Warren Hinckle III.
*FICTION*
The Brunist Day of Wrath by Robert Coover (Dzanc) $18.95
*MAGS*
Wire #406 $10.99
Shock Cinema #53 $5
Modern Farmer #18 $7.99
Little White Lies #72 $12.99*OTHER STUFF*
Various Field Notes restocks and some new stuff, including the “Haxley” Jay Ryan edition $12.95
Ball Gag Nun Enamel Pin by Corinne Halbert $8
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New Stuff This Week
Moetorhead Patch $6 & Black Coffee Enamel Pin $4
KAPOW! Poetry & Comix by Juliette Torrez (Manic D Press) $15.95 – In the final days of the ’90s, poetry activist Juliette Torrez paired underground writers with up-and-coming comix artists, publishing their works in twenty-seven hand-stapled mini-zines brimming with gritty urban stories and comedic poetry, accompanied by quirky comic art. Yes, we sold them here. Excerpts from each mini-zine feature early works from Shappy (who worked at Quimby’s!), Greg Gilliam (friend of Quimby’s!), Sam Henderson, Jordan Crane, Ivan Brunetti, and many others.
*ZINES*
Hope That Clears Things Up by Jim Joyce $3
Dance Dance Party Party Zine Zine: Appreciating Ten Years of DDPP Chicago by Liz Mason $2 – Remember jumping up and down on the bed to your favorite music, or dancing with your friends when you were a kid to your favorite song? That’s what Dance Dance Party Party is. Read about it in this artifact that’s part cultural preservation of a culture, part description of a successful autonomous zone, and ALL DANCE PARTY.
Sick Muse #9 $5
Chronicles of Roo #1 Anxious Thoughts $5
Fairy Tales for Cynical Girls vol 2 by K8 $2
National Teenset Outsider #33 $1
Hall Pass #2 $5
*COMICS & MINIS*
Sewer Cats by Jess $5
Tales of the Night Watchman vol 1 #7 It Came From the Gowanus Canal by Dave Kelly $8
Rabbit Who Fights #1 & 2 by Tim Hamilton $6 each
Fifty Flip Experiment #21 by Dan Hill $5
Eat to Survive Fall 17 by Jeff Mahannah $5
Issues of Laskimooses, $7 each: #36 by Kullan Kirkastuminen, #37 by Sisimmassa Sisimmyydessa + #38 by Haarautuva Risteys
Rollerblade Dan and the Puddle by Jillian Sander $5
Avoid Situations: An Autobiographical Collection by Lily Reeves $4
various mini-comics by Kirt Burdick, various prices
Cankor Calamity of Challenge #3 by Matthew Allison $5
various comics & zines by Billy Bridwell, various prices
Free Fantasy #2 by Kane Shirley $10
*GRAPHIC NOVELS*
Why Comics?: From Underground to Everywhere by Hillary Chute $40 – An indispensable guide revealing the history of comics with analysis, as well as fascinating portraits of the fearless creators behind them. Focusing on ten major themes—disaster, superheroes, sex, the suburbs, cities, punk, illness and disability, girls, war, and queerness—Chute explains how comics gets its messages across more effectively than any other form.
World War 3 Illustrated Presents Fight Fascism! $12 – Founded by Seth Tobocman and Peter Kuper in 1979, WW3 Illustrated has been publishing cutting-edge, political comics. Now it’s a book series. Contributors include: Erik Drooker, Sue Coe, Isabella Bannerman, Kevin Pyle, and more.
Angels and Magpies: The Love and Rockets Library vol 3 by Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Various stores from L&R New Stories and Jaime’s NYT serial.
Satania by Fabien Vehlmann & Kerascoet $24.99 – Charlie searches for her missing scientist in the underground of Hell, which hides another world that exists beyond anyone’s expectations.
Blocked: Stories From the World of Online Dating by Ally Shwed & friends $25
2001 by Blaise Larmee (2dcloud) $24.95
Cats on Cats on Cats by Ally Shwed $15
Lady Killer vol 2 by Joelle Jones &? Laura Allred $17.99 – She’s a homemaker, wife, and mother–but she’s also a ruthless, efficient killer!
Acedia by Andre Coelho $10
*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*
Undocu-Ally: A Guide on How To Be a Good Ally for Undocumented Immigrants $5 – Pointers, tips and resources. Folds out into a ledger sized poster with emergency numbers, contact info and a big “Protection for ALL” Sign.
Global Discontents: Conversations On the Rising Threats to Democracy $18 – Noam Chomsky in convo with David Barsamian.
The Age of Jihad: Islamic State and the Great War for the Middle East by Patrick Cockburn $19.95
*LOCAL INTEREST*
Chicago Yippie ’68 by Justin O’Brien $15 – A self-published, personal account of the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention riots, when the author was just 17, caught up in the anti-war protests in the streets and parks of Chicago. Plus, words from other participants, 3 original maps and more than 150 photos.
*ART & DESIGN*
The Dark Book by Kuang Chu (Gingko Press) $35 – A survey of 30 international artists working in a variety of mediums, portraying our darkest fears, that of pernicious scenes of life gone wrong and graphic images of inhuman monstrosity.
2 crazy, fantastical, made-up flora and fauna art books from Chilean artist Claudio Romo (from Ginko Press, $24.95 each): The Book of Imprudent Flora & A Journey in the Phantasmagorical Garden of Apparitio Albinus
Drew Friedman’s Chosen People (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – People chosen to be rendered by the man BoingBoing calls “The greatest living portrait artist.” Cartoonists, comedians, musicians and more.
Vintage Modern: Design with a Past (Sandu Publishing) $45 – A look at designers who blend vintage retro clip art influence and period colors. Logos, packaging & more!
Mix & Match: Exploring Contemporary Collage (Sandu Publishing) $45 – Featuring selected works from over 30 leading artists in the field, including Lola Dupre, Boris Peianov, Kris Tate and more!
Sword of Whatever: Stories and Artwork for and Inspired by Payton Leonard $24.99
The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog, illustrated by Mark Andresen, based on the poem by Eugene O’Neill (Gingko Press) $12.95 – This illustrated eulogy is a balm for anyone whos recently lost their dog, or a perfect gift for a friend in their time of loss.
*DIY, SELF-CARE & ACTIVITY*
How Not to Kill Yourself: A Survival Guide for Imaginative Pessimists (Good Life) by Set Sytes and Faith G. Harper (Microcosm) $9.95
Protest Knits: Got needles? Get Knitting by Geraldine Warner $16 – From pussy hats to yarn bombing, knitting and handicrafts have a long history in protesting. Here are 15 projects for some crafty therapy revolution.
Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times by Carla Bergman (AK Press) $16
Elements of Healing: A Self-Care Primer and Workbook by Mender $5
*MAYHEM & OUTER LIMITS*
Psychopaths: Up Close and Personal: Inside the Minds of Sociopaths, Serial Killers and Deranged Murderers by Christopher Berry-Dee $15.95
Hollywood Obscura: Death, Murder, and the Paranormal Aftermath by Brian Clune $16.99
The New Sirian Revelations: Galactic Prophecies for the Ascending Human Collective by Patricia Cori $18.95 – Cori traveled intergalactically outside of her body. Twenty years later, the transmissions she received affirm the prophecies these beings communicated.
*FICTION*
Homesick for Another World: Stories by Ottessa Moshfegh $16
*MUSIC, FILM & PERFORMANCE BOOKS*
Untypical Girls: Styles and sounds of the transatlantic indie revolution by Sam Knee (Cicada Books) $29.95
The Unsinkable Bambi Lake: A Fairy Tale Containing the Dish on Cockettes, Punks, and Angles by Bambi Lake (Manic D Press) $15.95
Evil Dead 2 Adult Coloring and Activity Book by various $14.99
Gumby Imagined: The Story of Art Clokey and His Creations by Joan Rock and Joe Clokey $34.99
*MAGS*
The Baffler #37 $14
Gather Journal #12 $19.99
AdBusters #135 #14.95
ID Magazine #350 $18.50
Corridor Journal #1 Bridgeport, Connecticut $15
Soft Magazine #3 Creative People and Their Day Jobs $16*CHAP BOOKS, POETRY & LIT JOURNALS*
Blue Ivy Carter: A Little Big Story by Tes Mekonnen $7
Fifty Feminist Mantras: A Yearlong Mantra Practice For Cultivating Feminist Consciousness by Amelia Hruby $15
Zizobotchi Papers vol 2 $13
Brick #100 $16
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December Newsletter Ready!
The December Quimby’s Newsletter is available for viewing: Announcements, Events, New Stuff & more! Click here to see it, and don’t forget to sign up to get it in your inbox every month!
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New Stuff This Week
Alternative Scouting Patch For Boys and Girls by Luke Drozd $5 – So many kinds! Bribery, Grave Robbery, Money Laundering, Necromancy, Immortality & more!
More stuff from Breakdown Press! Various issues & prices: Beserker #1, Conditioner by Liam Cobb, Windowpane by Joe Kessler, Joyride by Zoe Taylor, Klaus, Generous Bossom #1 by Conor Stechschulte, Mumu and the Silky Road by Brie Moreno, Escape to the Unfinished by Dash Shaw, Palace by Antoine Cosse, Klaus & more!
*ZINES*
Stoked by Anneli Sanaye Henriksson $15
Red Sun by Kaelyn Becker $10
Delayed Journey by Ariel Pedatzur $12
Album of Lost Moments by Eric Bartholomew $6
Sikh Ladies in Sick Fashion $10 – A beautifully printed drawing zine filled with illustrations of bad-ass ladies of the Sikh persuasion donning some pretty dope threads. Jasyot Singh Hans’ line is delicate, yet confident and his printing skills aren’t too bad either. This mini is deftly risograph printed in a limited black, red, and white palette, and it’s a real delight to the senses. -M.C.
Genevieve and the Hydra Anti Fascist Fairytale $15
Lurkin Hard #4 $10
*COMICS & MINIS*
You Don’t Get There From Here #44 by Carrie McNinch/split with Snakepit by Ben Snakepit $7 – This issue of You Don’t Get There from Here is a split with Ben Snakepit as two worlds of diary comics collide in a most auto-bio fashion. Double your content and get twice the bang for your buck from these two diary comics pioneers. M.C.
Life Defining Moments by JJ McLuckie $10 – Through a series of diverse vignettes J.J tells us about memories and situations that made him who he is today. Through his reflective, lyrical yet clinical narration, patterns start to form, and a picture of the author is effectively painted by the end. Printed in bright pink and federal blue, it’s a treat for your mini-comics shelf. – M.C.
Happy Slappin Dancin’ by Max Morris $2 – Max Morris uses his expressive gestural drawing to bring to life some real happy, slappy dancin’ An exercise in movement, I like to imagine Max had to do some extensive dancing himself in studying for this mini. One of my favorite final panels in recent history. – M.C.
Comix Skool USA #9 by Kevin Huizenga $5 – A new entry in the “Comix Skool USA” from the brain of Mr. Kevin Huizenga himself (Ganges, The Wild Kingdom.) Based off the syllabi designed while teaching at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, he shares tips on narrative, pacing, panel composition, and more! Get a peek into the process of one of the more interesting cartoonists working today, and maybe you’ll pick up a thing or two. – M.C.
University of Octypero to a Degree #1 by Puck Saint $5
Wet Ghost Country #4 by Tom McHenry $5
Santa Cruz Comics Manga #1 Fall 2017 Fairy and Troll $7.99
Caroline Paquita 2018 Calendar (Pegacorn Press) $12.00
*GRAPHIC NOVELS*
I am Not Okay With This by Charles Forsman (Fantagraphics) $14.99
The Big Book of Bisexual Trials and Errors by Elizabeth Beier $24.99 – Elizabeth Beier chronicles true-life romantic tales as she breaks up with a long-term boyfriend and navigates a brave new world: dating women.
Street Fighting Men vol 1 by Spain Rodriguez (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Geis II: A Game Without Rules by Alexis Deacon (Nobrow) $18.95
Moomin and the Brigands by Tove Jansson (D&Q) $9.95
*ART BOOKS*
Fetish of Pain by Marcos Raya $25
*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*
Fascism Today: What it is and How to End it by Shane Burley (AK Press) $15.95
*OUTER LIMITS*
Aleister Crowley in America: Art, Espionage, and Sex Magick in the New World by Tobias Churton $40
*MUSIC-RELATED*
The Speed of Sound: Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir by Thomas Dolby $16.99 – No in soft cover!
*LOCAL INTEREST*
Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology edited by Martha Bayne $20 – Fiction, essays, poetry, journalism and more from over fifty writers about the city of big shoulders and its near neighbors.
*HUMOR*
Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art by Sam Wasson $28
*LIT JOURNALS & POETRY*
Taddle Creek #40 $6.95
Subject to Change: Trans Poetry & Conversation edited by H. Melt $17
*MAGS*
Bitch Win 18 $7.95
Kitchen Toke vol 1 #1 Cooking with Cannabis $16.95
Juxtapoz Win 18 $9.99
Mojo Dec 17 $10.99
Drift vol 5 Melbourne & vol 6 Mexico City $24 each – Every issue devoted to coffee in a different city.
Apartamento #20 $24*GIFTY SHIT*
Mornings Are Grim Coffee Mug $12 – From Dark & Somber Greetings who make those black metal greeting cards — mre of those in stock too!
Chili Lix Suckers in 3 different spicy flavors! $2
Efrutti Hot Dog Gummi Candy $.50