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Wicker Park & West Town Lit Fest – On & Off Site!
Quimby’s is proud to be participating in the Wicker Park and West Town Lit Fest! This year it runs September 15th-18th. And it kicks off at Quimby’s on Thurs, September 15th, which is our 25th anniversary! Founder Steven Svymbersky will be here with slides and video to talk about the mayhem that was the beginning of Quimby’s two and a half decades ago. And we’ve got surprise commemorative swag we’re rolling out! More details about the Quimby’s event here.
Lit Fest last year was only one day. Perhaps you recall that we celebrated it by giving people a free mini-comic and Chicago-based food puns then served them shots of Chicago-based Malort, demanding we post pictures on our Instagram of their face afterwards?:
Well guess what? Now Lit Fest is FOUR DAYS!
So now…
Wicker Park & West Town Lit Fest’s Second Year Celebrates Neighborhoods’ Literary Past and Present
Join partners from the West Town and Wicker Park neighborhoods for a weekend of programming that will entertain and educate all ages. The weekend has a full calendar of activities planned. Highlights of the weekend include our celebration to kick it off…
…and there’s stuff elsewhere too, besides Quimby’s! Check out this stuff elsewhere (see www.wwlitfest.com for the details of when and where):
*a tribute to Chicago literary legend Nelson Algren
*a community book swap at the Wicker Park farmer’s market
*a special edition of Chicago Story Slam at Subterranean music hall
*workshops, author readings, comic book signings, children’s story time and much more!
A calendar of events for each day is available on the official fest website www.wwlitfest.com.
Weekend updates and photos will be available on the official Facebook Page facebook.com/wpwtlitfest
Follow the fest with the hashtag #wwlitfestParticipating member’s locations:
826CHI, 1276 N Milwaukee Ave 826chi.org
BookClub, 1211 N. Wood St bookclubchicago.net
Chicago Publishers Resource Center, 858 N. Ashland Ave chiprc.org
Guild Literary Complex, guildcomplex.org
Impossible Industries, 1750 W North Ave impossibleInd.com
Myopic Books, 1564 N Milwaukee Ave myopicbookstore.com
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave quimbys.com
Volumes Bookcafe, 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave www.volumesbooks.com
Young Chicago Authors, 1180 N Milwaukee Ave youngchicagoauthors.orgLit Fest planning partners include: Quimby’s Bookstore, Volumes Bookcafe, Chicago Publishers Resource Center, Young Chicago Authors, BookClub, 826CHI, Impossible Industries, Myopic Books, and Guild Literary Complex. Other neighborhood partners include Reckless Records, Subterranean, Wicker Park Farmer’s Market, and Chicago Public Library.
Read Local & Shop Small! Help us fight the big box on-line stores!
Event flyer designed by Susie Kirkwood
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New Stuff This Week
Seven Inches to Freedom #13 by Joe Lachut $3.00
*ZINES*
Cometbus #57 by Aaron Cometbus $5.00 – This issue: Comics in New York. In this special 35 year Cometbus anniversary issue Aaron talks with a bunch of cartoonists, comics scholars, publishers, shopkeepers (Gabe Fowler at Desert Island!), and librarians. Check out that list of artists and authors tagged on this, yo! He asks nitty gritty questions about process, personal philosophy, longevity, personal history and quirks — all the juicy stuff. Awesome artist portraits by Nate Powell and a rockin’ Jeffrey Lewis cover. -LM
Veneers: A Book of Short Stories by Dan Gleason, with illustrations by Luke Smarto $3.00 – Oh Dan Gleason, you dirty, dirty boy, we love you. One of our favorite local weirdos is back with the 58th book of his short stories, with awesome hilarious drawings by the great Luke Smarto. He knows life wasn’t going to be one big, long, wacky roller-skating video game pizza party (he even says so). He declares his shortcomings to his own flawless crush with such sentiments as “I’m a man of low character – a morally bankrupt soul. That underhanded chap who taught tai chi classes to folks who weren’t smart enough to know that he was faking tai chi.” He declares his dislike for those moving to the City of Angels: “No, I’m not going to trip with you…snorting cocaine in the bathroom…You know, there is an age when drug abuse is no longer fashionable. I believe that age to be eleven.” Sidenote: If you’re lucky enough to be at Quimby’s at the right time, you will see Mr. Gleason drop off his zines and you’ll think to yourself, “That man has a golden voice and should at all times be on all radio stations.” -LM
Summer Skin Comics and Poems by Rosie Accola $6.00
Restroom by Mosser $5.00
Mood Board #1 A Zine by Lise Freitas $6.00
Heaven in the Palm of Your Hand: A Crystal Users Guide by Luke Simon $10.00
*COMICS & MINIS*
Road of Serpents by Luis Colindres $11.00
Tales from the Mart #1 Cross Pollinated Chlorokill $2.99
Superfuckers Forever #1 by James Kochalka and Jake Lawrence $3.99
Cowboy by Gabe Howell $4.00
Pill Popper Sneak Peek by Mosser $1.00
Line and Hook by Ben Nadler and Alyssa Berg $10.00
*GRAPHIC NOVELS*
Friends is Friends by Greg Cook (First Second) $19.99
Kelly: The Cartoonist America Turns To, From the Pages of The Onion by Stan Kelly, ed. by Ward Sutton (IDW/Top Shelf) $19.99
Western Voyeur #1 by Nathan Cowdry $5.00
*ART, DESIGN & PHOTO BOOKS*
Darin Mickey: Death Takes a Holiday (JandL) ed. by Jason Fulford $40.00 – Photos of independent record shops that opened in the 1960s-80s in NY, NJ and Pennsylvania, many of which are now on their last legs, or have recently been shuttered, showing a community of beautiful recluses brought together by obsession and compulsion.
Russian Alphabet Colouring Book, Illustrated by “Amanita” Alexander Erashov., ed. by Damon Murray & Stephen Sorrell (Fuel) $18.95
*FICTION*
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh $16.00 – A lonely young woman working in a boys’ prison outside Boston in the early 60s is pulled into a very strange crime.
Gentleman: A Novel by Forrest Leo $26.00 – In the spirit of Wodehouse and Monty Python, about a famous poet in Victorian London poet who inadvertently sells his wife to the devil (the polite “Gentleman” of the title ) — then recruits a band of adventurers to rescue her. Now with more anarchist-fearing bobbies!
*FOOD BOOKS*
Foraging and Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook by Dina Falconi with illustrations by Wendy Hollender (Botanical Arts Press) $40.00
*FILM & MUSIC BOOKS*
Belladonna of Sadness: A Companion Book to the 1973 Cult Japanese Anime Film by JC Gabel and Jessica Hundley (Hat & Beard Press) $60.00 – The final film in the adult-oriented Animerama trilogy, a visual spectacle of the film, loosely inspired by La Sorcière, Jules Michelet’s 1862 history of witchcraft and the occult, this book tells the story of a young woman who makes a pact with the devil to exact revenge after being raped and driven from her home. Spectacular watercolor paintings by Kuni Fukai marry the art nouveau artifice of artists like Aubrey Beardsley to ’60s psychedelia; the film’s North American distributor, Cinelicious Pics, describes it as “equal parts J.R.R. Tolkien and gorgeous, explicit Gustav Klimt-influenced eroticism.” This first printing of the book will include a Blu-ray disc of the 4k restored version of the feature film (!), with bonus features including interviews with the director, composer and illustrator of the film, original trailer and more. Once the first printing of the book is sold out, the Blu-ray will not be included with any future printings!
Stray Cat Struts: My Life as a Rockabilly Rebel by Slim Jim Phantom $25.99
Uproot: Travels in 21st Century Music and Digital Culture by Jace Clayton $16.00
*POLITICS & REVOLUTION BOOKS*
End of Tsarist Russia: The March to World War I and Revolution by Dominic Lieven $18.00
*MAGAZINES*
Maximumrocknroll #400 Sep 16 $4.99
Frankie #72 $14.95
Smith Journal #19 $17.99
Wire #390 Aug 16 $9.99
Cannabis Now #21 the Art Issue $7.999
Harpers Magazine Sep 16 $6.99
Raw Vision #90 Summer 16 $14.00
THC the Hemp Connoisseur Sum 16 $6.99
Shindig #57 Beach Boys Pet Sounds $12.99
Tattoo Energy #102 $.99
Weed USA 2016 Special Newsweek Edition: Is America Ready For a Cannabis Revolution? $10.99
Archer #6 16 Australian Journal of Sexual Diversity $14.95
Mous Magazine #1 Live/Inform/Design/Create/Fornicate $22.95
Artdependence Magazine #3 $11.90
*LIT JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS*
N+1 Dirty Work #26 Worst Election Year Ever $14.95
Overtime Hour 41 At the Wheel of the Western World by Dave Barrett $2.00
Birds Eye by Adina K. Burke $5.50
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Quimby's 25th Anniversary Celebration With Founder Steven Svymbersky 9/15!
Don’t miss the Quimby’s Bookstore 25th Anniversary Event 9/15: Founder Steven Svymbersky Shares the Mayhem of Underground Press and the Beginnings of Quimby’s Bookstore!
Quimby’s Bookstore opened on September 15th, 1991, a tiny store at Damen and Evergreen, serving up weird, saucy and aberrant DIY zines, books and comics to a Wicker Park that was a very different place than it is now. Two and a half decades later, the store continues to offer subversive printed matter in an environment that fosters a creative artistic community that employees jokingly call, “a tourist destination for cool people” as well as events, all with an inclusive yet snarky DIY punk aesthetic.
Quimby’s is proud to welcome back founder Steven Svymbersky to the store on the occasion of the store’s 25th anniversary. Svymbersky will present a history of zines and underground comics as well as sharing memories of his years as a zine publisher and the beginnings of Quimby’s Bookstore.
Quimby’s has a variety of things planned to celebrate our silver jubilee, including: an exclusive Chris Ware print celebrating our anniversary, the release of an printed store history with stories and graphics, a commemorative t-shirt by artist Gabby Schulz, an artisanal Marz Community Brewing Quimby’s beer with a specially designed label by Chicago artist Laura Park and more surprises.
This event also kicks off Wicker Park & West Town Lit Fest’s second year, which celebrates the neighborhoods’ literary past and present. Events around Wicker Park and West Town include a story slam, book swap, workshops, author readings and signings and more.
For more info: info(at)quimbys(dot)com
Invite your friends with the Facebook invite!
Thurs, Sep 15th, 7pm Quimby’s Bookstore Chicago, IL quimbys.com
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New Stuff This Week
Alamo Igloo by Keith Herzik, issues #24 Manipulative Dig ($5.00) & #25 Herzoc ($7.00)
*ZINES*
Library Excavations #2 The ABC’s of the Chicagos Reader Touring Musicians Publicity Photos Collection by Marc Fischer $6.00
Heaven in the Palm of Your Hand: A Crystal Users Guide by Luke Simon $10.00
Bath Manager #1 by Morgan Vessel $3.00
Judas Goat Quarterly #70 Late Sum 16 by Grant Schreiber $1.50
Sixth Mass Extinction by Ines Estrada (Perfectly Acceptable Press) $15.00
Thrill by Leanna Perry $6.00
Zisk #27 Sum 16 $2.00
Grassroots Media Zine #2 $5.00 and #3 $10.00
Critical Theory Cocktails #3 Powerful drinks that will make you think differently by Aggie Toppins $8.00
*COMICS & MINIS*
comics by Chloe Perkis, $5.00 each:
Hard Thoughts
Goodbye CorpsesKitty’s Guide to Chicago Coffee by Patrick Cheng $2.00
Line and Hook by Ben Nadler and Alyssa Berg $10.00
Mirror Cave by Erik Ruin and Spires that in the Sunset Rise $10.00
Annihilate by Brandon Daniels and Sam Boven $8.00
Airplane Food #1 by Tyler Callich $5.00
Sec by Sarah Ferrick $5.00
Study Group Magazine #4 ed by Zack Soto & Milo George $15.95 – Adventure calls in this massive tribute to all things fearless and fantastic! Featuring work by Farel Dalrymple, Ed Wheelan, Lark Pien, Noah Van Sciver, Adrea Kalfas, Benjamin Marra, Ian Chachere, Dylan Horrocks, and many more! Includes comics, art, articles, interviews, and a playable board game! Cover art by Levon Jihanian.
Nincompoop #1 by Christoph Mueller $8.00
Laskimooses #30 Helahtaa Kuminen Kannel $7.00
comics by Jesse Hedman:
AFC Special: Legend of Skullfucker Prequel $5.00
High Fantasy $2.00
AFC Special 2016 24-Hour comic $2.00Circulus by Rupert Bottenberg $7.00
*GRAPHIC NOVELS*
Hellbound Lifestyle by Alabaster Pizzo and Kaeleigh Forsyth (Retrofit) $10.00 – Belly laugh funny. Pizzo and Forsyth met when they realized they’d been dating the same person. For a year. And neither of them knew. Now they’re besties. And they make hilarious comics.
Y THE LAST MAN BOOK 5 by Brian K. Vaughan & friends $19.99
Injection TPB vol 2 by Warren Ellis & friends $14.99
CHRONICLES OF HATE vol 2 by Adrian Smith $29.99
HELLBOY AND THE BPRD 1953 by Mike Mignola $19.99
books by Stanley Wany, $15.00 each:
Dreamcave
AgalmaSilent Worlds by Carlos Santos $15.00
*ART & DESIGN*
So You Want to Publish A Magazine by Angharad Lewis $24.95
*FICTION*
Last Days of New Paris by China Mieville $25.00
When Watched: Stories by Leopoldine Core $16.00 – 19 stories in or around NY, populated by sex workers and artists, lovers and friends.
Girls: A Novel by Emma Cline $27.00
Underground Railroad: A Novel by Colson Whitehead $26.95
*MUSIC BOOKS*
Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died by Dave Hoekstra, Steve Dahl, with a foreward by Bob Odenkirk (Curbside Splendor) $34.95 – To boost attendance at Comiskey Park, the White Sox and Chicago DJ legend Steve Dahl collaborated to host Disco Demolition on July 12, 1979. Admission to the park was ninety-eight cents and a disco record. Records were destroyed on the field between games, declaring absolutely how rock fans felt about disco. Attendance exceeded fifty thousand, far beyond anyone s estimations, and when fans stormed the field for the demolition, chaos ensued.
Reckless: My Life as a Pretender by Chrissie Hynde $16.00 – Now in soft cover.
Morrissey and Marr: The Severed Alliance, The 25th Anniversary Edition by Johnny Rogan (Overlook) $21.95
*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*
The Selected Works Of Voltairine De Cleyre: Poems, Essays, Sketches And Stories, 1885-1911 ed. by Alexander Berkman (AK Press) $16.95 – Writings from a pioneer of women’s liberation and American anarchism.
Chicago Is Not Broke: Funding the City We Deserve by Tom Tresser $12.00
*MAYHEM*
A Brief History of Vice: How Bad Behavior Built Civilization by Robert Evans $16.00
*SCIENCE!*
Venomous: How Earths Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry by Christie Wilcox $26.00
*MAGAZINES*
Lucky Peach #20 Fall 16 Cooks and Chefs Three Fine Dining $12.00
Skin Art #166 $7.99
*LIT JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS*
Oyez Review #43 Spr 16 $6.50
Tisty Tosty by Two Tone Jumbo and Freekyboi $2.00
Traveler Livre 1 Le Labyrinthe Cosmique $15.00
*OTHER STUFF*
No Mercy Sticker by Corinne Halbert $3.00
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New Stuff This Week
Cards Against Humanity & friends shelf! The fine folks at CAH said that they were getting inundated with requests to visit their office. They regretted that they were not able to accomodate and thought it might help if they sent people here to Quimby’s to see their offerings as well as things written, created and published by the folks that work there. Come check out their display here to check out their offerings. You’ll find not just the game itself and all six expansion packs but also such readables as: Your Emails Are Bad and You Should Feel Bad $5.00 – Hilarious e-mails CAH has received. Fisticuffs: A Card Game by the Nerdologues $20.00. Themed CAH expansion packs with such themes as: Fantasy, Geek, 90s Nostalgia ($5.00 each). Handbook by Kevin Budnik $20.00 – A recent offering from the talented and local comics artist. Descartes’ Meditations, Bro: A Retelling of Meditations on First Philosophy by Tommy Maranges $15.00 – If Cliff Notes were hilarious and fun, this would be them. Maxistentialism issues #1-#3 by Max Temkin $5.00 – Exactly what you want it to be. Here’s a thoughtful dude!
*ZINES & ZINE-RELATED*East Village Inky #57 by Ayun Halliday $3.00
Library Excavations Correctional Advertising 1979-1989 by Marc Fischer (Temporary Services) $6.00 – These are all ads featured in magazines for the correctional institute trade. People who work in prisons, this is their magazine. And it is for real. And also, surreal.
Living Southerners #4 July 16 by J Wu $2.00
Ultimate Guide to the Chicago Public Library You Media Teens by W. Mack $2.00
Calling For Zine Doantions by Claire $2.00
Grub #2 Jun 16 Food and More $4.00
Stressed and Overwhelmed Good Habits for the Exhausted Overachiever by Elly Blue $3.00
Xerography Debt #38 & #39 $4.00 each
Sprouts: Live Well with Living Foods by Ian Giesbrecht $9.95
Letters I’ll Never Send #1 A Personal Study by Brittany Meyer $6.00
Young Thug, John Cage and Other Musical Visionaries by Mia $2.00
Slash: A Punk Magazine from Los Angeles 1977-1980 edited by Brian Roettinger and JC Gabel (Hat & Beard Press) $60.00
*COMICS & MINIS*
Trash City #1 $6.00 – With work from such mini-comics luminaries as Samuel Nigrosh, Clay Hickson, Carrie Vinarsky and more!
Fridge Zone by Bobby Sims $6.00
Elsewhere #1 by Lindsay Mathers $5.00
Save Our Souls Magazine #2 by David Ziggy Greene $9.25
Forty Eight Hour Lies by Adrienne Bazir $5.00
Mini Kus issues! $5.00 each:
#38 Three Sisters by Ingrida Pickane
#39 Unwell by Tara Booth
#40 1944 by Hanneriina Moisseinen
#41 Eyez by Aisha Franz
#42 Alien Beings by Laura KeninsS #24 Baltic Comics Magazine Feb 16 & S #25 Baltic Comics Magazine Jul 16, $12.00 each
Shh by Ellissa Jane $12.00
Murder by the Pound #1 Shadow the Dog Detective by Scott Lee Sharp $8.00
This issues #1 & #2 by Evil Nemec $4.00 each
Kaan and the Heavy Metal Lords of War by Victor Puchalski $2.99
Island #9 Story by Matt Sheean, art by Brandon Graham $7.99
*GRAPHIC NOVELS*
Cosplayers Perfect Collection by Dash Shaw (Fantagraphics) $22.99
She’s Not into Poetry: Mini Comics 1991 through 1996 by Tom Hart $14.95
Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire $29.99
March Book 3 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (Top Shelf) $19.99
Otherworld Barbara vol 1 by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics) $39.99
Growing Up in Public by Ezequiel Garcia (Fantagraphics) $22.99
End of A Fence by Roman Muradov $12.00
Miss US of Heya by Menorah Horwitz (Floating World) $12.00
*OUTER LIMITS & MAYHEM*
Presidents and UFOs: A Secret History from FDR to Obama $16.99
Man in the Monster: Inside the Mind of A Serial Killer by Martha Elliott $17.00
Vile: Peeking Under the Skin of Murderers by Benjamin S. Jeffries (Schiffer) $24.99
UFOs Over America by Joseph Flammer (Schiffer) $19.99
*FICTION*
Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers $28.95
This Might Hurt A Bit by Steve Silver $12.95
Dahlia Cassandra: A Novel by Nathaniel Kressen $16.00
Dying Grass by William T. Vollmann $35.00
Descending Memphis by Robert R. Moss $12.99
City On Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg $17.00
*MUSIC, TV & FILM BOOKS*
Sick on You: The Disastrous Story of the Hollywood Brats, The Greatest Band You’ve Never Heard of by Andrew Matheson (Blue Rider Press) $16.00
Rocky Horror Picture Show FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Campy Cult Classic by Dave Thompson $19.99
Twin Peaks FAQ: All Thats Left to Know About a Place Both Wonderful and Strange by David Bushman and Arthur Smith $19.99
*ESSAYS*
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson $16.00 – Now in soft cover!
I’m Supposed to Protect You from All This: A Memoir by Nadja Spiegelman $27.00 – By the daughter of Art and Françoise Spiegelman.
*SCIENCE!*
Women in Science: Fifty Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky $16.99
*FOOD*
The Seitanic Spellbook: Recipes and Rantings of the Vegan Black Metal Chef by Brian Manowitz, illustrated by Jenny Ashford (L’Age D’Homme) $25.00
*MAGAZINES*
Razorcake #93 $4.00
Juxtapoz #188 Sept 16 $6.99
Tattoo Life #101 $9.99
Atlantis Rising #119 Egypts Obelisk Mystery $6.95
Ghetto Blaster #44 $4.50
AdBusters #127 vol 24 #5 Sep Oct Year of Living Dangerously $14.99
Mojo #273 The Smiths 50 Greatest Songs $10.99
*OTHER STUFF*
stickers by Corinne Halbert, $3.00 each:
Green Skull
Hail MaryThrive 2017 Nikki Mcclure Calendar $18.00
& yeah, yeah, yeah, more Moleskinne planners and notebooks.
OH! WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. Just sayin’.
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New Stuff This Week
The Meatcake Bible by Dame Darcy (Fantagraphics) $49.99*ZINES*
Folrath Part One by Zak Sally (Lamano) $8.00
Hey Lady #5 Sister Rosetta Tharpe by Regina Schilling $10.00
We Are Sometimes Virgin Cocktails But Most of the Time Not by Oorn $8.00
Homocats Fuck the Internet by J. Morrison $5.00
You Have to Deal with Me Breathing #1 by Colette Arrand $5.00
Red and Blue by Thayer Bray $5.00
Red Wedge #2 Sprine 2016 Art Against Global Apartheid by Alexander Billet $12.00
Ghost Pine #13 Boys by Jeff Miller $3.00
Where Have all the Flowers Gone? The Women of Folk Music by Bijou Karman $7.00
Great and Terrible Golden Age Movies of the 1930’s by Emily Alden Foster $5.00
Bonk by Rachel Kinbar & friends $5.50
Beeline #1 Reptilian Brain, ed. by Ben Regozin and Kit Fraser $4.00
Dirt Stacks Like Pyramids photo zine $7.77
Under the Skin Fanzine & Midwest Leafletting Tour by Karl Noyes (Roosterhouse Ideas) $2.00 each
They Take Care of Their Own by Stan Theis $2.00
*COMICS & MINIS*
A Guide to Life Compact by Corinne Mucha $4.00
This is How I Roll by Oorn $8.00
Anything that Can Go Wrong Mini: I was a Mexican Child $.25
Tales of the Night Watchman Presents The Mad Mind of Anton Sebaum by Dave Kelly & Lara Antal $5.00
Blown Away #3 by Alyssa Jo Varner $5.00
Harriman a Mini Comic by Kit Fraser $6.00
Wimpy Rambler #1 Hitchhiking Journal by Ben $3.00
*GRAPHIC NOVELS*
Geis: A Matter of Life and Death by Alexis Deacon (Nobrow) $18.95
Wrinkles by Paco Roca (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Watching by Winston Rowntree $19.99
Cousin Joseph by Jules Feiffer $25.95
Len, A Lawyer in History: A Graphic Biography of Radical Attorney Leonard Weinglass by Michael Steven Smith and Paul Buhle, illustrated by Seth Tobocman (AK Press) $19.00 – Biography of the attorney called for the likes of the SDS, the Chicago Seven, Daniel Ellsberg, Abbie Hoffman, and Mumia Abu-Jamal, among many others.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl & the Great Lakes Avengers by Steve Ditko and Will Murray $29.99
Plutona by Jeff Lemire & friends $16.99
Miami Vice Remix by Joe Casey & Jim Mahfood $12.99
Complete Chis Sweet Home Part 3 by Konami Kanata $24.95
*ART & DESIGN*
The Inborn Absolute: The Artwork of Robert Ryan by Tim Kinsella and Ben Fasman (Featherproof) $60.00 – Two decades of stunning paintings & tattoos with this celebrated artist, as well as interviews, revealing a deep mastery of the American tattooing tradition while creating a mystical and fantastic world full of unique takes on Eastern religious iconography.
Chris Dyer’s Kick-Ass Coloring Book: For Rad ‘Adults’ and Cool ‘Kids’ by Chris Dyer (Last Gasp) $12.95 – Most of these graphics were produced for the skateboard industry, clothing designs, event posters and beyond. He hopes that it serves as a gateway to good times, as you make these pieces your own. Enjoy!
Crites’ Coloring Book by Tom Crites (Headpress) $17.95 – Work from the late artist and publisher of Paniscus Review, Malefact, and Jesus Pinata.
Stay At Home, Scarface: A Coloring and Activity Book for Gangster Parents by Kenny Keil (Devastator) $10.00
Conspiracy The Coloring Book, Dumpster Diamond $8.00
*MAYHEM & OUTER LIMITS*
Theatre of Fear & Horror: The Grisly Spectacle of the Grand Guignol of Paris, 1897-1962 by Mel Gordon (Feral House) $24.95 – Here is the expanded edition of classic outré book, The Grand Guignol, first published in 1988 and now long out of print. Like the original anthology, it includes an illustrated introduction to the theater of Paris and abroad, a breakdown of its stage tricks, a summary of one hundred plots, extensive photo documentation, André de Lord’s essay, “Fear in Literature,” and two originally produced Grand Guignol scripts. The expanded edition also contains additional graphic and textual material including a color insert of Grand Guignol posters; the 1938 autobiographical account of Maxa, the company’s leading female performer entitled “I Am the Maddest Woman in the World”; and the controversial playscript Orgy in the Lighthouse.
The Omniverse: Transdimensional Intelligence, Time Travel, the Afterlife, and the Secret Colony on Mars by Alfred Lambremont Webre $16.00
Legend Tripping: The Ultimate Adventure by Robert C. Robinson (Adv Unlmtd Press) $14.95
Hidden Finance, Rogue Networks and Secret Sorcery by Joseph P. Farrell (Adv Unlmtd Press) $19.95
The Polka Dot File on the Robert F. Kennedy Killing: The Paris Peace Talks Connection by Fernando Faura (Trine Day) $24.95 – The chase for the mystery woman in the polka-dot dress. The book comments on but does not dwell on the police investigation, and reads like a detective thriller instead of an academic analysis of the investigation.
*SCIENCE!*
Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells by Helen Scales $17.00
*FICTION*
Mickey by Chelsea Martin (Curbside Splendor) $14.95
The Tennessee Highway Death Chant by Keegan Jennings Goodman (Featherproof) $13.95
Californium: A Novel of Punk Rock, Growing Up, and Other Dangerous Things by R. Dean Johnson $15.00
Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra $15.00
*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*
Home from the Dark Side of Utopia: A Journey through American Revolutions by Clifton Ross (AK Press) $17.95
Rebellion In Patagonia by Osvaldo Bayer (AK Press) $21.95 – A moving and nuanced study of strikes led by the powerful anarcho-syndicalist labor union FORA against the despotic landowners and industrialists of Argentina’s Patagonia region in 1921– 1922.
*ESSAYS*
Like Night and Day by John M. O’Donnell $14.99
*SEX GUIDES & CULTURE*
Closer: Notes from the Orgasmic Frontier of Female Sexuality by Sarah Barmak $13.95
Glamour Girls Of Paris vol 1 Erotic Photography from Classic French Pin-Up Magazines by Stephen Pentacoste (Deicide Press) $26.95
*MAGAZINES*
Bust #100 Aug Sep 16 $6.99
Tape Op #114 Jul Aug 16 $4.95
True Crime Jul 16 Handyman from Hell $9.99
Harpers Magazine Aug 16 $6.99
Escapist #4 from the Monocle Special Edition 2016 $18.00
Fuel #22 $14.95
Rollacoaster #20 2.0 Utopia Fall Win 16 $20.50
*POETRY*
Rare Air/Aire Raro, Bilingual Poetry Collection by 826 Michigan & friends $12.00 – Bilingual poetry written by fourth grade students at Roberto Clemente Learning Academy in Detroit, MI.
*FOR THE KIDDIES*
Smart About Sharks by Owen Davey (Flying Eye) $19.95
*OTHER STUFF*
Writing Maps from Shaun Levin, $6.99 each:
Description Writing Map: An Inspiration Workout for Writers
How to Turn Food into Words: A Writing Map of Magical Eating -
New Stuff This Week
Stuff from Gatosaurio. Stickers! Patches! By artists such as Karissa Sakumoto, Inechi, Koyamori, Simon Hanselmann & Repoghost!
*ZINES*
Doris #32 by Cindy Crabb $3.00
Mistaken Wedding vol 1 by Diana Bowden $8.00
What Are You Raising Them For? Tim Devin Tells You All About 70s Hippie Parenting $8.50
Building: A DIY Guide to Creating Spaces Hosting Events and Fostering Radical Communities by Neil Campau $5.00
*COMICS & MINIS*
Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream #5 (Uncivilized) $5.00 – The fifth installment features slices of life beautifully illustrated by prolific Chicago cartoonist, Laura Park.
Tendril Wild by Tomas Moniz and Alicia Dornadic $5.00
New comics by Ashley Ronning:
Tachiyomi $6.00
Closest Approach $6.00
Weft $3.00Magic Whistle vol 3 #2 I Created Him You Know by Sam Henderson (Alternative Comics) $5.99 – The newly revamped Magic Whistle makes a strident return with its second issue as a humor anthology. Sam Henderson once again leads a crack team of tremendous talent featuring contributions from Seth Cooper (Paper Rodeo), Brigid Deacon, Jesi the Elder (Vanilla White), Amy Lockhart, and Tom Van Deusen (Scorched Earth).
Hello Birdman #0 by Heather Pickett $1.00
Stripburger #67 $8.00
Sketchbook vol 1 by Bae Cutler $5.00
Fuzzy Princess #1 by Charles Brubaker $4.99 & #2 $5.00
*GRAPHIC NOVELS*
Art & Beauty Magazine: Drawings by R. Crumb, Numbers 1, 2 & 3 (David Zwirner Books) $35.00 – Drawings from the 90s to the present. Some of the material in here has never been published before!
Time Clock: An Eye of the Majestic Creature Book by Leslie Stein (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Springtime in Chicago by Cathy Hannah $10.00
HIP HOP FAMILY TREE TPB vol 4 by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics) $27.99
Hip Hop Family Tree Box Set vol 3 and 4 1983-1985 by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics) $49.99
The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime by Toshio Ban & Tezuka Productions (Stone Bridge Press) $29.95
Ohio Is For Sale by Jon Allen $19.99
Weirdy by AP Quach $14.95
Love Addict: Confessions of A Serial Dater by Koren Shadmi (Top Shelf) $24.99
I Am Legion: by Fabien Nury and John Cassaday (Humanoids) $19.95
Monstress TPB vol 1 Awakening by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda $9.99
Virus Tropical by Powerpaola (2d Cloud) $24.95
Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists by Santiago Garcia (Fantagraphics) $29.99
*ART & DESIGN*
Marcel Dzama: The Book of Ballet Text by Hans Christian Andersen (David Zwirner Books) $20.00 – Dzama collaborated with choreographer Justin Peck and musician Bryce Dessner at the New York City Ballet. This book documents the genesis of all aspects of the project.
Eye of the Sixties: Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art by Judith E. Stein $28.00
*FICTION*
Dying to be Beautiful vols 1 & 2 Without a Head by M. Glend Rosen $14.95 each
Neon Green: A Novel by Margaret Wappler (The Unnamed Press) $16.00
American Candide by Mahendra Singh (Rosarium Publishing) $12.95 – Illuminati global warmers, insurance cults, sex-crazed illegal aliens and even the Senate Sub-Committee on Homeland Furnishings provides sufficient belly laughs.
Invoice by Jonas Karlsson (Hogarth Publishing) $24.00
*MAYHEM*
Sex and Horror: The Art of Alessandro Biffignandi by Mark Alfrey (Korero) $32.95
Wicked Boy: The Mystery of A Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale $28.00
*HUMOR*
You Drive Me Crazy by Josh Bergman $12.00
*SCIENCE!*
Invisible Rainbow: A Physicist’s Introduction to the Science Behind Classical Chinese Medicine by Changlin Zhang, Jonathan Heaney (North Atlantic Books) $24.95
Wild Sex: The Science Behind Mating In the Animal Kingdom by Carin Bondar (Pegasus) $27.95
Sex On Earth: A Journey Through Nature’s Most Intimate Moments by Jules Howard $17.00
*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*
Wildcat Anarchist Comics by Donald Rooum & Jayne Clementson (PM Press) $14.95 – Collects the drawings of Donald Rooum, mostly (but by no means entirely) from the long-running “Wildcat” cartoon series that has been published in the Freedom newspaper since 1980.
Bias of Temperment In American Politics by William Kreml $15.00
Ideas for Action: Relevant Theory for Radical Change by Cynthia Kaufman (PM Press) $22.95
Maoism and the Chinese Revolution: A Critical Introduction by Elliott Liu (PM Press) $14.95
*MAGAZINES*
Skeptical Inquirer vol 40 #4 Does Astrology Need to be True $5.99
ASR #67 Sum 16 Anarcho Syndicalist Review $5.00
Maximumrocknroll #399 Aug 16 $4.99
Shindig #56 $12.99
Wire #389 July 16 $9.99
Make vol 52 Aug Sep 16 $9.99
Dissent Sum 16 $10.00
2600 The Hacker Quarterly vol 33 #2 Sum 16 $6.95
Magnet #133 $4.99
Uppercase #30 A Magazine for the Creative and Curious $18.00
Vive Le Rock #36 Devo $10.99
True Crime Special Sum 16 20 Crime Stories $12.99
*FOR THE KIDS*
Musnet: The Mouse of Monet by Kickliy (ODOD) $19.95
Ogres Awake by James Sturm and friends (First Second) $14.99
*OTHER STUFF*
Field Notes Byline Reporter’s Notebook With Receipt Pocket $12.95 – Long skinny reporter style!
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New Stuff This Week
We got a bunch o’new gifty stuff! Cat tiki mugs, inflatable cat wizard hats, plague doctor air fresheners, squirrel coffee cups, and more!
*ZINES*
People in the Backseat by Bobby Burg $5.00
Loose Ends and Loneliness: A Zine About Transition Times by Allison Felus $3.00
*COMICS & MINIS*
comics by Shin Yin Khor (Sawdust Press):
Desert $4.00
Beast Darling $4.00
Tiny Adventure Journal Goes To Petrified Forest $8.00American Spirits Freelance Ghostbusters #1 by Andi Santagata $7.00
Sorry Youre Ill by Inbal Amit $3.00
Wage Slaves vol 3 by John Bailey $8.00
Secrets by Jasmin Mejia $3.00
*GRAPHIC NOVELS*
Chicken: A Comic Cat Memoir by Terese Jungle $17.99
Robusto by Wostok and Friends $12.00
*ART & DESIGN*
Outlaw Bible of American Art by Alan Kaufman (Last Gasp) $39.95
Uptown and Downtown: Old Skool Paintings on NYC Subway Maps by Alan Bortman $34.99
Ferragosto Book 1 by Jonathan David Lange $25.00
*FICTION*
You Are Having a Good Time by Amie Barrodale $14.00
Angels of Detroit by Christopher Hebert $27.00
Year Two Hundred by Agustin de Rojas (Restless) $18.99
*ESSAYS*
Oh Florida: How Americas Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country by Craig Pittman $26.99
*MAYHEM*
Witchcraft: A Handbook of Magic Spells and Potions by Anastasia Greywolf (Wellfleet Press) $16.99
Supernatural Serial Killers: Chilling Cases of Paranormal Bloodlust and Deranged Fantasy by Samantha Lyon & Daphne Tan (Arcturus Publishing Limited) $9.95
Gangster Women and the Criminals They Loved by Susan McNicoll (Arcturus Publishing Limited) $9.95
*DRUUUUGS*
Steven Cerio’s ABC Book: A Drug Primer by Steven Cerio $12.95
*SEXY*
Elska #6 Istanbul Turkey $18.50
BDSM FAQ Your Antidote to Fifty Shades of Grey by Faith G. Harper $4.00
Good Girls Rot Bad Girls Too by M Zinkovitch $5.00
*MAGAZINES*
Juxtapoz #187 Aug 16 $6.99
Fader #104 $6.99
Furore #21 $15.00
Wicked Vision Magazine vol #1 $18.00
Puss Puss #4 $24.95
Sneaker Freaker #35 $12.95
Sick Muse #3 Jun 16 $5.00
Tom Tom Magazine #26 Roots $6.00
*LIT JOURNALS*
After Hours #32 and #33 Sum 16 Journal of Chicago Writing and Art Afterhours $15.00
Monocle vol 10 #95 Jul 16 $12.00
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July is International Zine Month!
Need it in text form? Here it is!
1 – Make a Top 10 list of reasons why your love zines
2 – Re-read your favorite zines
3 – Zine Distro Appreciation Day! Order from a zine distro
4 – Read a zine from a country other than your own
5 – Organize your zine collection
6 – Add your zine to or update your ZineWiki.org
7 – Make some envelopes or postcards for postal week
8 – Make a flyer for your zine to send with trades
9 – Write a letter to a zine maker that you don’t know
10 – Send a care package to a zine friend
11 – Make some mail art!
12 – Send your zine out to be reviewed
13 – Zine Trade Day! Ask someone to trade zines with you
14 – ValenZINE’s Day! Write to ZineCrush.com (or your zine crush!)
15 – Leave a zine in public for someone else to find
16 – Send your zine to a distro for consideration
17 – Review a zine online or write a review to share
18 – Order from a different zine distro than normal
19 – Zine Shop appreciation day!
20 – Free Zine Day! Give away a copy of your zine
21 – International Zine Library Day! Visit your local zine library (and bring your favorite zine librarian a pastry!)
22 – Send your zine to a zine library
23 – Make a one page zine
24 – Teach yourself a new zine skill
25 – Organize a zine event! Any size! big or small!
26 – Teach a friend or family member about zines
27 – Submit something to a compilation zine
28 – Cook with a recipe from a zine or cook zine!
29 – Post photo of you with your zine or zine collection.
30 – Read some zines!
31 – HallowZINE Remember zines and zinesters that are no longer with us.
EXTRA CREDIT
- -Read a zine everyday
- -Attend a zine event
- -do a 24 hour zine: sign up at 24hourzines.com
- -post your progress on your blog or on WeMakeZines.ning.com
- -Drawa comic a day then release a comic zine
- -Write about your progress daily online
When posting online about International Zine Month use the #IZM2016
More info at : stolensharpierevolution.org
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New Stuff This Week
*ZINES*The Match #115 Sum 16 by Fred Woodworth $3.00
Punk Rock Glee Club #2, ed. by Liz Mason $5.00 – The zine that started out about Chicago-based a capella punk band Blue Ribbon Glee Club that does covers of bands like Fugazi and the Misfits expands into covering other a capella punk bands (!) and also features awesome pieces from amazing Chicago writers regarding specific punk rock songs. Contributors include: Ben Tanzer on “The World’s a Mess It’s In My Kiss” by X, Shay DeGrandis on “Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)” by the Buzzcocks, Mike “McBeardo” McPadden on “Kiss Me Deadly” by Generation X, Celia Forrest on “Black and White” by the dB’s, Paul Durica on “Children of the Revolution” by T-Rex & Dan Kelly on “X-Offender” by Blondie. For those who love punk (we salute you).
On the Way by Hart Ginsburg $20.00
2 photo zines from by Alexander Swilley, $5.00 each:
Filth Zine #2
Pipedream*COMICS & MINIS*
Crass Sophisticate #36 by Josh Reinwald & Justin Rosenberg $3.00
What Is a Witch by Pam Grossman (Tin Can Forest) $20.00
Town Hall Lawn by Marissa Falco $1.00
Resurrection by Carmen Johns $5.00
Vulture City Stories by Sam Spina (Kilgore) $5.00
Vile #1 Cowards Hole by Tyler Landry $7.95
Titan #3 by Francois Vigneault $4.95
Danger Country the Role Playing Game by Levon Jihanian $5.00
*GRAPHIC NOVELS*
Maakies: Drinky Crow Drinks Again by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics) $29.99 – Booze-soaked high-seas adventures with Drinky Crow, Uncle Gabby and co.
A Horse, A Crow, and a Hippo Walk Into a Bar: A Collection of Stories by Lauren Barnett
Crying In Front Of Your Dog by Phil McAndrew (Grimalkin Press) $15.00
Saga vol 6 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples $14.99
Beyond Paper Walls by Adam Fotos $19.99
Fantasy Sports 2 The Bandit of Barbel Bay by Sam Bosma (Nobrow) $19.95
Thousand Faces by Philippe Thirault & friends (Humanoids) $29.95
*ART & DESIGN BOOKS*
The Chicago “L” by Greg Borzo $24.99 – Photo book.
*OUTER LIMITS*
Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal by Erin Gilbert, Abby L. Yates & Andrew Schaffer $15.00 – Reprinted with perspective gained through time. And Ghostbusters.
*FICTION*
How to Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball $24.95
Where the Bird Sings Best by Alejandro Jodorowsky (Restless) $19.99 – Mythic proportions! Now in soft cover!
Slade House by David Mitchell $16.00 – Now in soft cover.
Tales of the Bagman vol 3 Bagman vs the Butcher by BC Bell $15.00
*MUSIC & FILM BOOKS*
Incantations of Daniel Johnston: A Graphic Novel by Ricardo Cavolo and Scott McClanahan (Two Dollar Radio) $17.95 – A spirited, eye-popping collaborationg between New York Times-bestselling Spanish artist Ricardo Cavolo and award-winning author Scott McClanahan. Long a fan of Daniel Johnston, the man and his music, Cavolo illustrates Johnston’s colorful life, from his humble beginnings as a carnival employee to folk musician in Austin, to his rise to MTV popularity and persistent struggle with personal demons.
Small Town Talk: Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Friends in the Wild Years of Woodstock by Barney Hoskyns $26.99Vention: Star Wars Collection by Vincent S. Egolf Esq. $19.99 – A collection of all the patents George Lucas filed for Star Wars properties.
On Bowie by Rob Sheffield $19.99
Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs by Dave Holmes $26.00
The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman $29.99
*FOOD*
Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes by Robin Ha $19.99
*MAGAZINES*
Tom Tom Magazine #26 Roots $6.00
Posture Magazine #2 16 The Ornamentation Issue $20.00
Cleaver Quarterly #7 $17.00
Internationalist #43 May Jun 16 $.50
True Crime Jun 16 $9.99
Frankie #71 $14.95
Backwoodsman vol 37 #4 Jul Aug 16 $5.50
*POETRY & CHAP BOOKS*
2 E.E. Greer chap books:
Montage Repercussion $8.00
Regarding the Stacks $7.00Wait Till You See the Full Picture by Mark McCoy $24.99
2 Jon Dambacher poetry books:
Green Poems by Jon Dambacher $8.00
Silent Scenario Directed by Buster $8.00*SEX GUIDES, CULTURE & EROTICA*
The Ultimate Guide to Sex Through Pregnancy and Motherhood: Passionate Practical Advice for Moms by Madison Young (Cleis) $18.95
Begging for It: Erotic Fantasies for Women ed. by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Cleis) $15.95
Meat: The Paris Issue $20.00
Chunky Bear and his Naughty Adventures by Mighty Tony $5.00
