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  • In the Big Apple? See Jenna Citrus Release Party at Quimby's Bookstore NYC 4/8

    Quimby’s Bookstore NYC is at 536 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, (718) 384-1215. @quimbysnyc

    Jenna Citrus is traveling to Quimby’s in Brooklyn, New York to release two new books: The Hand Painting Series and An Opened Book End on Sat, April 8th at 2pm.

    According to the artist:

    “The Hand Painting Series showcases a selection of the best images from my hand paintings. I worked with a variety of individuals to create three finished pieces: a photograph of their hand, a completed 11×14 canvas painting, then a digitally created pattern for use on clothing or other surface design pieces. These images are exhibited in this full color book with over 40 images from the series.”


    An Opened Book End weaves a fabric of dreamlike streams into fragmented realities. Pursuing memories from the past and turning experience into verse, Jenna Citrus recounts her years from 15 to 22. Allusive references are made to relationships, trust, heartbreak, family, technology, women, art, culture, creativity, society, inner being, sexuality, and culture’s influence on current existence through internal thought and reflection.

    Jenna Citrus has always been a hands-on type of painter. When she first started creating her painted designs in 2007, she rarely used brushes. Instead she used her fingers, palms, and sometimes pallet knives. As her work progressed, she found herself pulled toward splattering paint from the paint that pooled in the palm of her hands, creating mixes of colors that were pure and bold. Citrus has worked in a variety of media including graphic art, photography, and portraiture. Jenna wanted to find a way to incorporate the process of how the hands could sometimes be more of a masterpiece than the canvas they were working on. She created a series of images utilizing hands as her canvas. From the age of 10, Jenna enjoyed writing short stories, around 14 her interests shifted to poetry and painting, in a few years she added photography to her craft. She graduated from the University of Southern Indiana in 2015 then was awarded the Efroymson Bridge Year Fellowship in 2016. She is currently working as a full time creator.


    To see a preview of the books, check out her Kickstarter.

    Here’s the link for the Facebook invite for this event!

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  • New Stuff This Week

    2016 Dollhouse Gig Posters (Starshaped Press) $85.00 – Tiny gig posters for dollhouses! The idea stems from Starshaped Press wanting to create tiny works of art from the smallest pieces in their metal type collection as well as their longtime passion for music. Operating like an old school record club, subscribers received a new 2×3″ poster each month for a year featuring a different musical style (12 in all). Here’s the reel-shaped box which houses all of the posters.
    But wait… there’s more! It includes a flexi disk from John and Mark of The Coctails, temp tatts from Dan Grzeca, and a retro futuristic letterpress print from P22 Analog!

    New stuff this week. #newstuff #quimbys #quimbysbookstorechicago #books

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    Brick Through the Window: An Oral History of Punk Rock New Wave and Noise in Milwaukee 1964-1984 by Steve Nodine, Eric Beaumont, Clancy Carroll, & Dave Luhrssen $20.00. Other Russias by Victoria Lomasko (N+1) $20.00 – A fixture at Moscow’s protests and political trials, Lomasko illuminates the inequality and injustice at the heart of contemporary Russian society and gives voice to Russia’s many voiceless citizens. Not content to remain in the capital, she travels the country, visiting schools in dying villages; interviewing sex workers in foundering industrial towns; teaching children at juvenile prisons to draw, all while drawing their stories. Eartha by Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics) $29.99

    *ZINES*

    Light Is a Better God #7 & #8 by Alex Norelli $10.00 each

    House of Nicoletti by Franziska Andonopoulos and Michael Morrill $12.00

    *COMICS*

    Death In Oaxaca #3 Sex and Death in Oaxaca by Steve Lafler $4.99

    Tan N Loose Press stuff:
    We Are the Cosmos by Gabriel Alcala $10.00
    Happy by Jeffrey Cheung $15.00
    Fruit Hoops by Leesh Adamerovich $10.00
    Vignettes by Clay Hickson $8.00
    These Are the Ways in Which I Have Tried to Tell You by Nathaniel Russell $10.00
    Lozlifstyle by Lawrence Slater $10.00
    Los Angeles Drawings by Liana Jegers $10.00

    Chaos Theory by JJ McLuckie $17.00

    *ESSAYS*

    American Junkie by Tom Hansen (Soft Skull) $16.95 – Should be subtitled Selling Drugs in Seattle. “Heavy like the dark stuff itself.” – Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees.

    The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon $17.00

    *FICTION*

    Mrs. Houdini: A Novel by Victoria Kelly $16.00

    *DIY*

    Collecting Ourselves: A Cooperative Entrepreneurship Curriculum $20.00

    *MAGAZINES*

    Tape Op #118 Mar Apr 17 $4.95

    RFD #169 Spr 17 Mark Thompson $9.95

    Make vol 56 Apr May 17 Don’t Try This At Home $9.99

    Shots #135 $7.25

    *POETRY & LIT JOURNALS*

    A People’s History of Chicago by Kevin Coval (Haymarket) $17.00 – Seventy-seven poems (for the city’s seventy-seven neighborhoods) honoring the everyday lives and enduring resistance of the city’s workers, poor people, and people of color, whose cultural and political revolutions continue to shape the social landscape.

    Midwestern Gothic #24 Win 17 $12.00

    *SEXXXY*

    For Your Eyes Only #1 $15.00

  • New Stuff This Week

    Feminist Advice From the City of Big Shoulders. Yessssss. #quimbysbookstorechicago #quimbys #chicago #feminist

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    Feminist Advice From the City of Broad Shoulders ed. by Jessica Caponigro $20.00 – A collection of essays from Chicago that address feminism and equality. With Essays from Meredith Adams-Smart, Soheila Azadi, Charlene Carruthers, Jessica Caponigro, Leslie Deckard, Sarah Frier, Chiara Galimberti, Scott Hunter, Tanuja Jagernauth, Sharlene King, Stephanie Graham and Maya Mackrandilal, Jennifer Reeder, Jes Skolnik, Vanessa Sheridan, Sydney Stoudmire, Christen Thomas, Benita Ulisano, and Latham Zearfross.

    *ZINES*

    KerBloom #124 Jan Feb 17 by Artnoose $2.00

    Double Exposures Womens March $2.00

    I Think There Is a Human City Growing In My Stomach by Duncan Figurski $2.50

    Good Days Gone Cold Days by Sarah LaPonte and Helen Jones $12.00

    Incandescent #10 & #11 A Color Film Zine $14.00 each

    Happy Tapir #2 A Summer of Five Almost Deaths by Johnny Masiulewicz $3.00

    *COMICS & MINIS*

    Too Much Fun Too by Logan Kruidenier $10.00 – Thanks to everybody that came out for this raucous event!

    Thanks, Logan Kruidenier, for a freaky time! #quimbys #quimbysbookstorechicago #logankruidenier #toomuchfun

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    Comics by Inechi Ines Estrada Gatosaurio:
    Southwest Roadtrip $6.00
    Alienation #2 & #3 $10.00 each

    Fae Archaic #5 To My Dear Lucifene by Kurt Burdick $4.00

    Wait It Gets Worse #1 & #2 by Gideon Kendall and Doug Latino $5.00 each

    Laskimooses #34 Sytykkeiden Kokoaminen $7.00

    Goddamn Motherfuckers by Hans Nissen $3.00

    Well #2 by Martin Kralovec $2.00

    *GRAPHIC NOVELS*

    Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero by Micheal Deforge (D&Q) $21.95 – Sticks has escaped her heritage for the refuge of the woods and through her story, DeForge delivers another deeply humane work, one that subtly questions the integrity of the political state and contemporary journalism, all while investigating our relationship to the natural world. Don’t miss Michael DeForge here on 3/25 with Sadie Dupuis to celebrate the release of this graphic novel with a celebratory lo-fi comics night!

    Terms and Conditions by R. Sikoryak (D&Q) $14.99 – I-Tunes terms and conditions but as comics parodies. Started as a mini and is now a book. Each page features an avatar of Apple cofounder and legendary visionary Steve Jobs juxtaposed with a different classic strip such as Mort Walker’s Beatle Bailey, or a contemporary graphic novel such as Craig Thompson’s Blankets or Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. Totally unauthorized. Totally hilarious.

    Impatience by Inechi Ines Estrada $24.00

    California Dreamin’: Cass Elliot Before the Mamas and the Papas by Pénélope Bagieu $24.99

    *POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

    Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? by Thomas Frank $17.00 – From founding editor of The Baffler, about how the American Democratic Party has changed to support elitism in the form of a professional class instead of the working class.

    Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era by Daniel Levitin $16.00

    *FICTION*

    Chicago: A Novel by Brian Doyle $16.00

    Hourglass Factory: A Novel by Lucy Ribchester (Pegasus Books) $15.95 – Tomboy Frankie George is sent to interview trapeze artist Ebony Diamond, who disappears. Frankie is drawn into a world of tricks, society columnists, corset fetishists, suffragettes and circus freaks. How did Ebony vanish, who was she afraid of, and what goes on behind the doors of the mysterious Hourglass Factory?

    *OUTER LIMITS*

    The Chaos Protocols: Magical Techniques for Navigating the New Economic Reality by Gordon White $17.99 – The years since the financial crash have seen the realization dawn that the great promise of modern civilization will go unfulfilled. From sigil magic to working with spiritual allies, The Chaos Protocols helps you act on the unwavering belief that your life should matter and you’re not going to let something as trifling as the apocalypse get in the way of it.

    Spiritual Alchemy: Scrying, Spirit Communication, and Alchemical Wisdom by Donald Tyson and Jenny Tyson $19.99

    *ESSAYS*

    All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World by Zora O’Neill $25.00

    *FOOD*

    Food Fights & Culture Wars: A Secret History of Taste by Tom Nealo $30.00 – Revolution! Gluttony! Cannibalism! The gloriously illustrated (120 full color illustrations, many from the collection of the British Library) history of food, including mythical origin stories, unusual recipes and more!

    Iconic Chicago Dishes, Drinks and Desserts by Amy Bizzarri (History Press) $21.99

    *MAGAZINES*

    VMan #37 Spr Sum 17 $6.95

    Monocle #101 Mar 17 10th Anniversary Special $12.00

    Wire #397 March 17 Aine O’Dwyer $10.99

    *LIT JOURNALS*

    Sheriff Nottingham’s Holiday Herald #9 vol 3 #1 Fat Tuesday $10.00

    *OTHER STUFF*

    Gatosaurio & friends stickers! by Ines Estrada, Heather Benjamin, Wakana Yamazaki, Koyamori, Simon Hanselmann & more $9.00 each – New and restocks! And did we mention we got some patches too? $6.00 each.

  • RIP Underground Comics Legend Jay Lynch

    Quimby’s gives best wishes to the survivors, fans, friends and family of underground comics legend Jay Lynch, who passed away at age 72. His legacy includes such titles as Bijou Funnies, Nard ‘n’ Pat, Phoebe & the Pigeon People, Arcade, as well as illustration for Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids, but he also did illustrations for The Realist, as he reminisced about in the zine we published about Quimby’s (Ever Evolving Bastion of Freakdom: A Quimby’s Bookstore History In Words and Pictures):

    “Paul Krassner, who founded The Realist in 1958, was doing a book signing in the store. I stopped by to say hello, since I did many a cartoon for The Realist in the early 60s. I saw Paul staring in awe at the shelves stacked with every “alternative” publication that exists. All of these zines in one place isn’t something that you see every day-and Krassner was nonplussed at the sight. “What have we begat?” he said to me in a concerned tone.”

    Jay’s presence at signings at Quimby’s, as well as his contribution to the world of underground comics and his legacy as contributor to the origins of the store will be missed.

  • New Stuff This Week


    S #27 Baltic Comics Magazine Jan 17 (kus) $12.00. Also, issues of Mini Kus $5.00: #47 Sutrama by Daniel Lima, #48 by Olive Booger, #49 Call Of Cthulhu by Martin Lacko and H.P. Lovecraft, #50 by Mathilde Van Gheluwe, Brume by Amanda Baeza $18.00

    *ZINES*

    New Territory #4 Coexisting by Tina Casagrand $15.00

    How to Quantum Leap $5.00

    Surviving: Getting Through the Shit Life Throws at You by Faith G. Harper $3.00

    Great and Terrible Golden Age #3 Movies of the 1930s by Emily Alden Foster $5.00

    Why I Got My Breast Reduction $3.00

    Okay Fine, Here’s What To Do Zine: A Guide for Post 2016 Election $2.00

    Black Lives Matter: A Guide for White People Who Want to Help Dismantle White Supremacy by Spiderweb Salon $2.00

    Fight Normalization $2.00

    Heavy Whisper #2 by Corinne Halbert $5.00 – Illustrated vintage erotica, the second installment of Halbert’s bondage drawing zine.

    Composite Internet Boyfriend by Jaime Raybin $5.00

    Indestructible: Growing Up Queer, Cuban, and Punk in Miami by Cristy C. Road $9.95 – Back in print!

    How To Recognize Voter Suppression by Bronwyn Mauldin $7.00

    Homeworld #2 by Elora Powell $1.00

    *COMICS & MINIS*

    Warpwish Comix #1 Very Special Inaugural Issue by Nathan Ward $5.00 – Filled to the brim with deep-space and earth-based tales of gummy-terraforming, dog-stabbing, wormhole-diving, hair-follicle-lumberjacking, junkyard-tresspassing, amateur-radio-violating, smegma-rioting, and much much more.

    All Time Comics Crime Destroyer #1 by Josh Bayer, Benjamin Marra and Herb Trimpe (Fantagraphics) $4.99 – Blind Justice! Bullwhip! Crime Destroyer! Each issue of ALL TIME COMICS features a mash up of new cartoonists and classic comic book creators collaborating with writer Josh Bayer to unleash superhero stories that no other publisher would dare to publish.

    *GRAPHIC NOVELS*

    Simply Samuel by Tommi Musturi (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – Next adventure of Samuel, a pale ghost-like character who wanders through a colorful world from this Finnish artist and co-founder of Huuda Huuda comics.

    *ART BOOKS*

    Limestone by Matt Christy $22.00

    *MUSIC BOOKS*

    The Prodigal Rogerson: The Tragic, Hilarious, and Possibly Apocryphal Story of Circle Jerks Bassist Roger Rogerson in the Golden Age of LA Punk, 1979-1996 (Scene History) by J. Hunter Bennett (Microcosm) $7.95

    Electri_City: The Dusseldorf School of Electronic Music by Rudie Esch $27.95 – The myths and realities of the bands emerging from the artistic backdrop of a wealthy German post WWII modernistic city, and explores the emergence of the electronic scene that spawned bands like Kraftwerk, NEU!, DAF, and Die Krupps.

    There Is No Substitute: A Tribute to Keith Moon by Ian Snowball $40.00

    *OUTER LIMITS*

    Secret Societies: The Complete Guide to Histories, Rites, and Rituals by Nick Redfern (Visible Ink) $19.95

    Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses by John Dvorak $27.95

    Scab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist by Jonathan Shaw $21.95 – If truth is indeed stranger than fiction, then, as Shaw’s friend and literary mentor Charles Bukowski once told him, much of this book would have to be lived before it could be written.

    *MAGAZINES*

    The Baffler #34 Spr 17 Snare of Preparation $14.00

    Juxtapoz #195 Apr 17 $6.99

    Vive Le Rock #42 Punk’s Unsung Heroes $11.99

    Fader #108 Mar Apr 17 Sex Issue $6.99

    Bitch #74 Spr 17 $6.95

    Mojo #280 Mar 17 Ray Davies $10.99

    *SEXXXY*

    Elska #10 Mumbai India $18.50

  • New Stuff This Week


    *ZINES*

    The Utter Failure of Dan Gleason $3.00

    Club Night Club by Leanna Perry $9.00

    Half Cup by Emily Schulert $5.00

    Schmalz: Writing About Jewish Food and Diaspora by Isaac Brosilow $3.00

    Airplane Food #3 by Tyler Callich $5.00

    *COMICS*

    Lazy Diana #1 A Punk Pagan Zine by Kelci Crawford $3.00

    Hi There by JJ McLuckie $5.00

    *GRAPHIC NOVELS*

    Literally Everything Is Outside of my Comfort Zone vol 1 by Tony Breed $12.00

    Snotgirl vol 1 by Bryan Lee O’Malley $9.99

    Long Term Pariah by Yewon Kwon $20.00

    *POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

    Against the Fascist Creep by Alexander Reid Ross (AK Press) $16.95 – As the election of Donald Trump shows, fascism in all its white nationalist and “alt-right” permutations is alive and well in the United States. A terrifying tour of the history and influence of the forces that helped bring the forty-fifth president to power, Against the Fascist Creep maps the connections and names the names. It traces today’s often-disguised forms of rightwing extremism through the decades and across the globe to show how infiltration is a conscious and clandestine program for neofascist groups that seek to co-opt and undermine both mainstream and left-wing institutions in order to win elections, take political power, and create a new racist and authoritarian society.

    The Mother of All Questions: Further Feminisms by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket) $14.95 – Essays From the Author of Men Explain Things to Me.

    *MUSIC*

    Smoke Snort Swallow Shoot: Legendary Binges, Lost Weekends, and Other Feats of Rock ‘n’ Roll Incoherence by Jacob Hoye (Lesser Gods) $18.00

    Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen In the Age of Plenty by Ben Ratliff $16.00

    *MAGAZINES*

    Lucky Peach #22 Spr 17 The Chicken Issue $12.00

    True Crime Feb 17 How Many More Victims $9.99

    Wicked Vision Magazine vol 4 Jan Mar 17 $18.00

    Uncut Ultimate Music Guide #1 2017 Leonard Cohen $14.95

    *LIT JOURNALS*

    Make X Literary Magazine A Decade of Literary Art $30.00

    Girls Our Age #2 2017 $12.00

  • New Stuff This Week

    Thanks to everybody that came out for the Black Eye #3 release event!

    *ZINES & ZINE-RELATED*

    Hey Lady #7 Sylvia Rivera by Regina Schilling $12.00 – Issue 7 of HEY LADY features Sylvia Rivera (1951-2002). She was a crucial voice for PoC, transgender and low income communities throughout her life. With her best friend and fellow activist, Marsha P. Johnson, she founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) providing shleter to young homeless trans women of color. A veteran of the Stonewall Uprising, she consistently participated in protests, riots, and marches. With her determination to fight for visibility, she brought transgender people to the forefront of the LGBTQ community.

    Things That Help: Healing Our Lives Through Feminism, Anarchism, Punk, & Adventure by Cindy Crabb $16.95

    Suckdog: A Ruckus by Lisa Carver $24.95 – Richly detailed historical account including interviews, personal notes, photographs, song lyrics and ephemera of Lisa Carver’s notorious underground band Suckdog, 1987-2017. Fascinating stories are abounding involving GG Allin, El Duce of the Mentors and a slew of other infamous rock and roll icons. Other key players include Psycodrama, Jean-Louis Costes, Fantagraphics cartoonist Dame Darcy and Bill Callahan. A must read for those obsessed with abrasive underground music, performance art, fanzines or the 90’s. ~CH

    Zine Pack Made At CHIPRC 3rd Anniversary July 16 $2.00 – When the Chicago Publishers Resource Center turned 3 there was a karaoke and zine-making party. Reading this is like being there.

    Airplane Food #3 Unfold It and Read the Marks by Tyler Callich $5.00

    Pops Parents on Parenting #2 by Jonas $2.00

    Confessions Zine by Charlene Herrera $1.00

    Fucking Ocean Part 2 by Leah Willbaum $10.00

    Light Is a Better God #4-6 by Alex Norelli $10.00 each

    New Morality Zine #0 by Nick Acosta $5.00

    Beginning of End Of by John D Whitlock $10.00

    Fuck You Pay Me a Quick and Dirty Instruction Manual $5.00

    Shadowself-Nothing Matters-Everything Matters More split by Matthew Scherer & Claire Mesesan $9.00

    Dual Individual by Joseph J. Mora $2.00

    Zeromile #10 by Peter Bergman $12.00

    Impractical Mushroom Foragers Handbook by Joe DeGeorge $4.00

    Hot Sex On a Friday by Aaron Manczyk $2.50

    Trump Reminds Me of My Rape $5.00

    zines by Joseph Carlough:
    Orchard Found Poems and Articles on Apples and the History of the Carlough Surname $1.00
    Georgia the Cat by Joseph Carlough $7.00
    …& more!

    zines by Sage Liskey:
    Surviving Collapse of Society Skills to Know and Careers to Pursue $4
    Community How To (Fifth Year Edition)$4
    Truthagandist Primer Effective Information Distribution for Activists $3
    You Are a Great and Powerful Wizard An Overview of Human Magic and Spell Casting $4

    *COMICS & MINIS*

    No Limits Allowed: Based on a Story by Robert Anton Wilson by Al Burian and Oska Wald $5.00 – Based on a story by Robert Anton Wilson, this Risographed mini will have you pondering whether bestiality is AOK. Go on a mystical journey as Dr. Dashwood explains the mysteries of the universe filled with tantric and taboo sex acts that can lead to veritable super hero man gods. ~CH

    Sharkman #2 vs. the Illuminati by Leo Mancini $5.00 – Conspiracies! Cryptids! Radioactive mutants! This comic serves up your favorite genre tropes with offbeat wit and charming art. Featuring a cameo appearance by Edward Snowden.

    Beasts Of Heaven Collection #1 & #2 by Samuel Locke Ward $6.00 each

    John John and Georgie by Veronica Englund $10.00

    Where Could I Go by Robert Zertuche $6.00

    Wac Donald’s: The Golden Tits of America $4.00

    Tat Rat #7 by Cameron Forsley $5.00

    2 Frogs On A Log by Alex Ross Williams $6.00 – Two strangers become fast friends in this fun pastoral adventure. Rendered in lovely yellows, blues, and greens. Created for the 2016 Comics Workbook Composition Competition.

    Posion Circus: A Nerd Jams Story by Olivier Wilkie $5.00

    That Time I Met Bill Clinton and He Stole My Favorite Pen by Rachel Scheer $4.00

    Yoga Diary One by Rachel Scheer $3.00

    Beguiling Bunnies by Rachel Bard $5.00

    Ley Lines Poems the Letting Go by Kevin Czap $6.00

    *GRAPHIC NOVELS*

    My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book One by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics) $39.99 – Don’t miss Emil Ferris here at Quimby’s March 4th!

    Wilson by Daniel Clowes (D&Q) $15.95 – Now in soft cover!

    Pretending Is Lying by Dominique Goblet $24.95

    Spaniel Rage by Vanessa Davis (D&Q) $16.95

    Excavation by Max Andersson (Fantagraphics) $29.99

    Epilogue Diary by Kevin Budnik (1% Press) $10.00

    Starseeds by Charles Glaubitz (Fantagraphics) $29.99

    The Can Opener’s Daughter by Rob Davis $19.95

    Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie by Nejib $22.95

    Demon vol 2 by Jason Shiga $19.99

    Isnana Were Spider Werespider vol 1 Forgotten Stories $19.95

    Chester Five Thousand 5000 XYV Book Two Isabelle and George $14.95

    Not Waving But Drawing Dark Thoughts Lightly Rendered by John Cuneo (Fantagraphics) $25.00

    Farmer Neds Comics Barn by Gerald Jablonski (Fantagraphics Underground) $30.00

    You Might Be An Artist If by Lauren Purje $19.99

    *POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

    Direct Action: A Short History of a Catastrophe by L.A. Kauffman (Verso) $17.95 – As Americans take to the streets in record numbers to resist the presidency of Donald Trump, L.A. Kauffman’s timely, trenchant history of protest offers unique insights into how past movements have won victories in times of crisis and backlash and how they can be most effective today. This deeply researched account, twenty-five years in the making, traces the evolution of disruptive protest since the Sixties to tell a larger story about the reshaping of the American left. Kauffman, a longtime grassroots organizer, examines how movements from ACT UP to Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter have used disruptive tactics to catalyze change despite long odds.

    We the People: Stories From the Community Rights Movement in the United States by Thomas Linzey and Anneke Campbell (PM Press) $14.95

    We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism In Twenty First Century America by Martinez, Meyer & Carter $29.95

    Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy by Sheldon Whitehouse and Melanie Wachtell Stinnett $27.95

    *MAYHEM & OUTER LIMITS BOOKS*

    Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nations Leaders by Brady Carlson $15.95

    Killing God’s Enemies: The Crazy War Against Jews, African-Americans and the U.S. Government by John Lee Brook (Trine Day) $19.95

    Ancient Gods: Lost Histories, Hidden Truths, and the Conspiracy of Silence by William Willis (VISIBLE INK PRESS) $19.95

    Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth’s Lost Civilisation by Graham Hancock $17.99 – Sequel to Fingerprints of the Gods, bringing new evidence supporting Hancock’s thesis that a global cataclysm wiped out a great global civilization.

    Sex in the Sea: Our Intimate Connection with Sex-Changing Fish, Romantic Lobsters, Kinky Squid, and Other Salty Erotica of the Deep by Marah J. Hardt $16.99

    *MUSIC BOOKS*

    Jaguar Ride: Memoirs of an Electric Eel by Brian McMahon $34.99 – Founding member of the Cleveland proto punk legends the ELECTRIC EELS, BRIAN MCMAHON has unleashed his story, finally available in print. The very first BOOK covering the synthesis of these cretins of the pre-punk underworld is now available, written by founding guitarist and author of such acerbic classics as “Accident,” “Cold Meat,” “Splitterty Splat,” “Sewercide,” “Safety Week,” “Jaguar Ride,” and last but not least, “Agitated.”

    Field Recordings from the Inside: Essays by Joe Bonomo (Soft Skull Press) $16.95

    Substance: Inside New Order by Peter Hook $35.00

    *FICTION*

    Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman $25.95 – Gaiman’s take!

    Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales: An Anthology ed. by Ellen Datlow $25.95 – Avian-themed fiction guaranteed to frighten and delight, edited by one of the most acclaimed horror anthologists.

    Zodiac: A Novel by Sam Wilson $25.95 – A series of uniquely brutal murders targets victims from totally different walks of life. In a society divided according to Zodiac signs, those differences are cast at birth and binding for life. All eyes are on detective Jerome Burton and astrological profiler Lindi Childs?divided in their beliefs over whether the answer is written in the stars, but united in their conviction that there is an ingenious serial killer executing a grand plan.

    4 3 2 1: A Novel by Paul Auster $32.50

    Bricks That Built Houses: A Novel by Kate Tempest $16.00 – From British poet and rapper. Now in soft cover.

    I’m Fine, But You Appear to Be Sinking by Leyna Krow (Featherproof Press) $15.95

    *MAGAZINES*

    Juxtapoz #194 Mar 17 $6.99

    Bust #103 Feb Mar 17 $6.99

    Maximumrocknroll #406 Mar 17 $4.99

    AdBusters #130 vol 25 #2 Mar Apr 17 $14.95

    Cinema Retro vol 13 #37 2017 $11.99

    Raw Vision #92 Win 16 17 $14.00

    Razorcake #96 Pedal Strike $4.00

    Cannabis Now #24 100 Best Dispensaries $7.99

    Shindig #63 The Kinks $12.99

    DOA #8 Ultimate Death Metal Magazine $6.66

    Jacobin #24 Win 17 $12.95

    Monocle vol 10 #100 Feb 17 $12.00

    Frankie #75 $17.50

    Atlantis Rising #122 Mar Apr 17 $6.95

    Cabinet #61 Calendars $12.00

    *LIT JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS*

    Feel Better Poems by Rosie Accola $10.00

    Overtime Hour 43 Still Wet With Dishwaster by Tom Fitts $2.00

    Paper Darts vol 6 $15.00

  • Jillian Tamaki Launches Boundless at Quimby’s, In Conversation With Jessica Campbell 6/23

    In Jillian Tamaki’s new book Boundless (Drawn & Quarterly), Jenny becomes obsessed with a strange “mirror Facebook,” which presents an alternate, possibly better, version of herself. Helen finds her clothes growing baggy, her shoes looser, and as she drinks away to nothingness, the world around her recedes as well. The animals of the city briefly open their minds to us, and we see the world as they do. A mysterious music file surfaces on the internet and forms the basis of a utopian society—or is it a cult? Boundless is at once fantastical and realist, playfully hinting at possible transcendence: from one’s culture, one’s relationship, oneself. This collection of short stories is a showcase for the masterful blend of emotion and humor of award-winning cartoonist Jillian Tamaki.

      “Jillian Tamaki seems capable of drawing anything, in any style, and making it appear effortless. Her writing could be described in the same way, and it’s thrilling to see those twin skills of hers united in service of these daring, unpredictable, and quietly strange stories.”—Adrian Tomine, cartoonist of Killing and Dying

    Jillian Tamaki is an illustrator and cartoonist based in Toronto. She is the co-creator along with her cousin Mariko Tamaki of the graphic novel Skim, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and a finalist for the Governor General’s Award. Their second graphic novel This One Summer earned a Governor General’s Award and a Caldecott Honor. Tamaki’s first collection of her own comics was the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller and Eisner Award-winning, SuperMutant Magic Academy.

    This event will feature Jillian Tamaki in conversation with Jessica Campbell, the artist of Hot or Not: 20th-Century Male Artists!

    Jessica Campbell is from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and is an enthusiast of jokes, painting and comics. She completed her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she was the recipient of the Edward L. Ryerson Fellowship, and also a comics instructor. She has exhibited work in Canada, the United States, Australia, and Greece, and was selected as one of NewCity’s 2015 breakout artists. She is a member of the Chicago-based comics collective Trubble Club and has published comics with micro press Oily Comics, and contributed to Drawn & Quarterly: Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels.

    Invite your friends with the Facebook invite here!

    For more info:
    jilliantamaki.com/illustration
    Contact JULIA POHL-MIRANDA and SRUTI ISLAM
    publicity(at)drawnandquarterly(dot)com / 514.279.2221 ext 225

    Friday, June 23rd, 7pm. Free event!

     

  • “Too Much Fun Too” Comic Release with Logan Kruidenier and Live Musical Performance 3/10

    Logan Kruidenier’s experimental comic “Too Much Fun Too,” continues the mythological story of a tree-thing’s attempts to befriend and spend meaningful time with a turnip that it dug up. This work considers the nature of masochistic, repetitive routines, envious desperation and a scattered mentality.  Kruidenier loves creating work that deals with the universal, yet extremely personal theme of relationships between living beings, objects and media. TMFT also features a great poem by New York based writer and performer Connor Bush.  Logan Kruidenier has drawn major influence from artists such as Michael DeForge, Taiyo Matsumoto, Olivier Schrauwen, and video games such as Bioshock and the Super Smash Bros series.

    “Niiiiiccccceeeee.” – Connor Bush, writer and performer.

    The work of Logan Kruidenier has been featured in such places as: The Chicago Publisher’s Resource Center, Meathaus, Quimby’s Bookstore, the Mott St. Restaurant, the Beguiling, The Toronto Alternative Comics Festival, Ada Books and Desert Island Comics. 

    For more info visit: logankruidenier.com

    Invite your friends with the Facebook invite here.

    Friday, March 10th  7pm      Free Event

  • New Stuff This Week

    Mineshaft #34 $9.00 – 52 page anthology from the depths with beautiful front cover art & design by Robert Crumb! Excerpts from R. Crumb’s Dream Diary and R. Crumb’s Sketchbook art! Billy Childish poetry Special Centerfold section “if theyve got what you want theyve got you”! “Springtime for Hitler in America” by J.R. Helton! Bill Griffith’s Romance 6 “ZIPPY” Comics! John Porcellino! Jim Blanchard! Noah Van Sciver! Nina Bunjevac! Mary Fleener! David Collier! And more!

    *Zines*

    Library Excavations #5 A Handbook of Library Ideas by Dale E. Schaffer (Half Letter Press) $6.00

    Egoist #1 On Sexual Assault by Olive Panter $4.00 – Heart Breakingly Compelling.

    La Croix Water zine by Russell Jaffe $10.00

    *Comics & Minis*

    Love and Rockets Magazine #1 by Gilbert and Jamie Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $4.99 – The new Love and Rockets marks Gilbert and Jaime’s return to the “floppy” format for the first time in a decade. 32 pgs! On Jaime’s side: What do you do when none of your old punk friends want to be punk any more? And just who does the evil Princess Animus think she is? (Hint: She doesn’t know, she has amnesia.) On Gilbert’s side: Family drama takes center stage when a Fritz discovers a grandchild she didn’t know existed! Old fans and new fans are sure to enjoy the most diverse cast of characters in comics, including Maggie, Hopey, Pipo, Fritz, Tonta, Baby, and many more! Plus other surprises! Grrrowl!

    You Don’t Get There From Here #41 by Carrie McNinch $3.00 – More awesome and compelling journal comics from long time mini-comicser.

    Work In Progress #2 by August LeRoi $7.00

    Center For Otherworld Science #4 by Shing Yin Khor (Sawdust Press) $8.00

    Faraway Beach by Nathan Cowdry $5.00 – This mini-comic ages like a fine wine with a full pervy base accompanied by notes of complex emotion, lolz and fragile egos. The author seems sexually obsessed and much of the story revolves around the male gaze, however the objects of desire are much more than just that. There’s a possible dog murder, rejection of pubic grooming and several sexy ladies holding large guns, giving them a feminist touch. Gorgeous drawings and solid story telling make this gem a must read. NSFW. ~CH

    *Graphic Novels*

    Yours by Sarah Ferrick (2dCloud) $23.95 – A lyrical, sensual collection of work that plays with comics’ conventions of repetition and pattern. From a Chicago local.

    Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Shane Oakley & Nick Filardi (Dark Horse Comics) $17.99 – Somewhere in the night, a raven caws, an author’s pen scratches, and thunder claps. The author wants to write fiction: stories about frail women in white nightgowns, mysterious bumps in the night, and the undead rising to collect old debts. But he keeps getting interrupted by the everyday annoyances of talking ravens, duels to the death, and his sinister butler.

    Extended Play by Jake Terrell (2dCloud) $18.95 – Comics with a loose, confident line, often focusing on a youth-centric cast of characters written into magical realist or measured fantastical narratives. From Brooklyn-based artist.

    *Art & Design Books*

    See Red Women’s Workshop: Feminist Posters 1974-1990 by by Prudence Stevenson etc. (Four Corners Books) $45.99 – A feminist silkscreen poster collective founded in London in 1974 by three former art students, the See Red Women’s Workshop grew out of a shared desire to combat sexist images of women and to create positive and challenging alternatives. Details the group’s history up until the closure of the workshop in 1990, and with a foreword by celebrated feminist historian Sheila Rowbotham.


    *Fiction*

    Eisentein’s Monster by AV Bach $18.00

    *Essays*

    All Tomorrow’s Parties A Memoir: by Rob Spillman $16.00 – Now in soft cover! A colorful, music-filled coming-of-age portrait of an artist’s life that is also a cultural exploration of a shifting Berlin.

    *Magazines*

    MaximumRocknRoll #405 Feb 17 $4.99

    Mojo #279 Black Sabbath $10.99

    True Crime Jan 17 $9.99

    Inked #82 Pinup Issue Feb 17 $6.99

    Under the Radar #59 Dec 16 $5.99

    Dissent Win 17 $10.00

    THC the Hemp Connoisseur Win 17 $6.99

    ASR #69 Win 17 Trumpocalypse $5.00

    Rethinking Schools vol 31 #2 Win 16 17 $5.95

    *Poetry*

    Wait Till I’m Dead: Uncollected Poems by Allen Ginsberg, edited by Bill Morgan $16.00

    *SeXXXY*

    Spunk #11 $10.00