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Jeff Phillips and Jordan Hoisington Read From Zizobotchi Papers vol 1 2/27
Zizobotchi Papers: volume 1, winter, 2015 (Baker & Brady), is the premier issue of a journal dedicated to the novella. Jeff Phillips and Daniel Gerald Mac Rae, who previously collaborated together at Three Leaves Theatre on a variety of stage productions, have teamed up again to launch a publication to highlight one of their favorite forms, the novella. Jeff and Dan are the guinea pigs on volume 1.
The first issue of the Zizobotchi Papers features Proboiotic Hot Sauce by Jeff Phillips, and Chainsaw Guy by Daniel Gerald Mac Rae. Probiotic follows the character Sloan Doan as he returns to Chicago after a falling out with his family to stay with an eccentric dancer, Libby. They attend a warehouse party where a food competition reveals a cast of characters as mysterious as the place itself. Chainsaw makes us witness to a party that escalates into bedlam for Dale, leaving him – and his Honda – vulnerable to the whims of a psychopath.
Jeff Phillips’ short fiction has appeared in Seeding Meat, This Zine Will Change Your Life, Metazen, Chicago Literati and Literary Orphans. has written two full-length plays Magnets and Division & Shame. His first published novella is Chainsaw Guy. Actor Jordan Hoisington has appeared in the play Magnets by Zizobotchi Papers’ featured writer Daniel Gerald Mac Rae, and will read Rae’s work.
Friday, February 27th, 7pm
Free Event
For more info: bakerandbrady.com or bakerandbrady(at)gmail(dot)com
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New Stuff This Week
First Year Healthy by Michael DeForge (D&Q) $14.95
Zines
Infinite Scroll vol 2 by Tim McCool and friends $15.00
Constructed #1-#3 by Laura Woolf $6.00-$7.00
Manifesto: Scribbles Notes and Doodles by Anne Wilkes Taylor $2.00
FYC Zine Jan 15 by Rae Bees and Piya Willwerth $2.00
Disgusting Stories Jan 2015 by Dave $3.00
Arcane Angles #2 Jul 14 by Paul Latour $2.00
zines by Kara Comegys: Clumsy #6 & #7, Plump Up For Hibernation #2 A Vegan Bears Baking Guide ($1.00-$5.00)
Ready to PLUMP YOU UP. #zines at #QuimbysBookstore
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Comics & Minis
Never Forgets by Yumi Sakugawa (Sparkplug) $10.00 – Ellie is a young woman who must reveal to her parents that her physical appearance is now completely different thanks to plastic surgery.
Bird Girl and Fox Girl by Yumi Sakugawa (Sparkplug) $6.00
Comics by by Fiona Avocado: What Is Up With Your Fruity Name: a Twenty Four Hour Comic About Identity Autonomy and Self Determination, Thirty Days in Brooklyn, Past Two Years Part 2 $2.00-$4.00
Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Displacement a Travelogue by Lucy Knisley (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Lucy takes her two 90 year-old grandparents out on a cruise, pondering ageism, mortality and love, bookended by Lucy’s grandfather’s WWII biography journal.
Onslaught : Excessive Space Violence for Girls & Boys by Greg Broadmore $22.99
Sweatshop by Peter Bagge (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Ofelia: A Love and Rockets Book by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $19.99
March Book 2 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (Top Shelf) $19.95
Ex Machina Book 4 by Brian Vaughan and Tony Harris $19.99
Fiction
Rag and Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales be Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt $10.00
Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen $25.99
Tesla: A Portrait With Masks (Graywolf) $18.00
Magazines
Uppercase #24 A Magazine for the Creative and Curious $18.00
Monocle Alpino #10 Win 14 15 $8.00
Razorcake #84 LA Zine Fest $4.00
Chap Books
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New Stuff This Week
New Stuff This Week!
Zines
5000 Stories by Dan Gleason and Theresa Currie $3.00
We Ride Bicycles a Bike Zine By Women For Everybody Spr 14 by Annie Dunkel & Shell Stern $5.50
Xerography Debt #36 $4.00
The Vellum Underground 2014 Year End Zine Review by David LaBounty $3.00
Friends in Low Places #1 Sexuality by Popacop and Peach $5.00
Hey, This is Sarah by Sarah Ferrick $8.00
Comics & Minis
various issues of Mini Kus, $5.00 each:
#29 Remember This by Disa Wallander
#27 Remember This by Jesse Jacobs
#28 Collector by Zane Zlemesa
#22 Lucky by Oskars Pavlovskis
#24 Swimming Pool by Anna Vaivare
#23 Domino by Ruta & Anete Daubure
#26 Little Hilma by Jyrki Heikkinen
#25 Magnetism by Roope Eronen $5.00S! Baltic Comics Magazine issues #18 and #19 $12.00 each
Side Effects #1 by Kellysue Calderon $5.00
Esoteric Dialogue #1 by Scott Bufis $10.00
Capture Creatures #2 by Frank Gibson and Becky Dreistadt $3.99
Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Meaty Yogurt vol 1 Small Town Blues by Megan Rose Gedris $20.00
Michael Jordan: Bull On Parade by Wilford Santiago (Fantagraphics) $24.99 Run
Like Crazy Run Like Hell by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Patrick Manchette (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – An industrialist hires a nanny out of an asylum, planning to use her as a scapegoat; then things go horribly wrong.
Calculus Cat Hunt Emerson $17.99
Secret Service Kingsman by Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons & friends $12.99
Crossed vol 11 Badlands by Justin Jordan and friends $19.99
Art & Design
Coloring Outside the Kitchen: A Woman’s Place Is In this Coloring Book! by Casey Landau $12.00 – A women’s history coloring book created by a reated by a teacher/librarian/artist. Women inside include: Josephine Baker, Nellie Bly, Rachel Carson, Soong Ching-Ling, Hillary Clinton, Claudette Colvin, Marie Curie, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Indira Gandhi, Emma Goldman, Sheikh Hasina, Billie Holiday, Mae Jemison, Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, Frida Kahlo, Billie Jean King, Tina Modotti, Annie Oakley, Michelle Obama, Georgia O’Keeffe, Yoko Ono, Betty Shabazz, and Madame C. J. Walker.
Contemporar American Printmakers (Schiffer) $34.99 – Featuring folks from all over the country including Chicago!Revelations: The Photography of Justice Howard $45.00 – Tattoo photography pioneer Justice Howard documents the American tattoo community with her highly iconic images.
Twenty-three line drawings of powerful women are included in this full-size, 8.5″x11″ coloring book.Music Books
Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone by Marky Ramone, with Richard Herschlag $28.00 – Drummer Marky is the remaining Ramone. Hear what he’s got to say.
Essay‘Com’atized: When Comedy and Drama Collide by Missy C. Luckett $16.95
Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell $16.00 – The women who defined this the Jazz Age—Josephine Baker, Tallulah Bankhead, Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Tamara de Lempicka—would presage the sexual revolution by nearly half a century and would shape the role of women for generations to come.
Fiction
Mysterious Ticking Noise A Failed Novel by The Failed Novelists $1.00
Outer Limits
Campfire Tales: Midwest by Mike Ricksecker (Schiffer) $16.99 – Midwest based history, lore, and legends from around the region. Determine for yourself what is real and what is fiction, as these and other haunting tales paint a landscape rife with creepy paranormal activity.
Sexy
Darlin’ It’s Betta Down Where It’s Wetta by Megan Rose Gedris $20.00 – Sexy salty lady sea comics!!!!!
New York Burlesque Photographs by Roy Kemp (Schiffer) $34.99
Darker Side Of Lust by Abigail Ekue $19.95
XXX A Collection of Nudes by Peregrine Angthius $25.00
Magazines
Tom Tom Magazine #20, A Magazine for Female Drummers, 5th Anniversary Issue $6.00
Fate #726 $5.95
Witches and Pagans #29 $6.95
2600 The Hacker Quarterly vol 31 #4 Win 14 15 $6.95
Make vol 43 $9.99
Flaunt #139 the Frankenstein Issue $15.95 – It’s alive. Or whatever. -NY
Videoscope #93 Win 15 $5.95
Film Comment vol 51 #1 Jan Feb 15 $5.95
Tape Op #105 Jan Feb 15 $4.95
National Green Pages 2015 $9.95
Radical Philosophy #189 Jan Feb 15 $13.00
Tattoo Life #92 $9.99Lit Journals & Chap Books
Weather by Alex Strong $3.00
Salamander #39 Fall Win 14 15 $9.00
Jubilat #26 $8.00
Fourteen Hills vol 21 #1 $10.00
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New Stuff This Week
NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980–1990 by Tony Rettman (Bazillion Points) $29.99
A People’s History of the Peculiar: A Freak Show of Facts, Random Obsessions and Astounding Truths by Nick Belardes (Viva) $14.95 – Historian Nick Belardes delves into historical archives, scientific studies, and libraries the world over to find facts, lists, definitions, and astonishing information guaranteed to provide readers with the best cocktail conversation topics for many years to come! Found here: first-person interviews with people who can explain the unexplained, from the permanently puzzling Mothman conspiracy to secret Star Wars Jedi religious cults and the charmingly eccentric reason why British aerospace engineers sent teddy bears floating out into space. Plus muh more!
Bare-Knuckled Lit: The Best of WRITE CLUB ed. by Ian Belknap and Lindsay Muscato (Hope & Northings) $15.00 – Founded in Chicago in 2010, this monthly literary smackdown pits writers against each other to defend opposing ideas. This collection of essays from the series features essays from Samantha Irby, Daniel Shapiro, Josh Zagoren, Dave Stinton, Nick Tecosky, Myke Johns, Casey Childers, Steven Westdahl and more.Zines & Zine-Related Books
A Brief Guide to Chicagos Smelly Trees by Virgil $.50
KerBloom #111 Nov Dec 14 Birthday Week $2.00
Drupe Fruits #4 Spr 14 $3.00
What Matters by Jonas, Adam Gnade Jim Joyce, Alex Nall and Liz Mason $2.00
Devotion Wound issues #1-#4 by Kevin Oliver $2.00 each
The End of Eve: A Memoir by Ariel Gore (Hawthorne) $16.95 – From the editor of Hip Mama.
Comics & Minis
Deep Clean XXX Split Zine by Ryan Burns and Mike Freiheit $2.00Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
A Treasury of Victorian Murder Compendium II: Including: The Borden Tragedy, The Mystery of Mary Rogers, The Saga of the Bloody Benders, The Case of Madeleine Smith, The Murder of Abraham Lincoln by Rick Geary (NBM) $29.99UR by Eric Haven (Adhouse) $14.95
Art Books & Such
If You’re Reading This, Theres Still Time by Morley $28.00 – LA-based street artist that specializes in bold, typographic posters.Scuzzlegut Sticker Pack $10.00
Fiction
Bad Sex on Speed: A Novel by Jerry Stahl (Rare Bird Press) $13.95Further Joy by John Brandon (McSweeneys) $24.00
Mr. Gwyn by Alessandro Baricco (McSweeneys) $22.00
A German Picturesque: Selected and Introduced by Ben Marcus, Stories by Jason Scwartz (Pharos Editions) $14.00
Cloud Of Unknowing by Mimi Lipson (Green Candy) $14.00
Knights of Virtue: Book One of the Guardians by JA Giunta $14.99
Trolls by JJM Czep $14.99
Mirabella and the Faded Phantom by Sharon Skinner $14.99
Sheriff Nottingham’s Holiday Herald vol 1 #1 by Sheriff Nottingham $10.00
Film
The Making Of George A. Romero’s Day Of the Dead by Lee Karr (Plexus) $24.95Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love and Die at the Movies by Tara Ison (Soft Skull) $15.95 – Novelist and screenwriter Ison (A Child out of Alcatraz, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead) delivers an innovative blend of film criticism and literary memoir in this collection of 10 essays that blend memoir, criticism, and cultural observation.
Music
The Smell of Death by Bruce Duff (Rare Bird Press) $16.95 – Musician, producer, manager, rock journalist, indie label executive: Southern California native Bruce Duff has seen and been a part of more rock and roll fantasies come to life than the average guy with long hair and a penchant for living the dream. From playing with the legendary GG Allin, the Angry Samoans’ Jeff Dahl, and the Dead Boys’ Cheetah Chrome to running Triple X Records and writing for the most acclaimed publications in the genres, Duff remembers things past with The Smell of Death, his ode to the good times and his acceptance of the bad.Yes Is The Answer: (And Other Prog-Rock Tales) ed. by Marc Weingarten & Cornell Tyson (Rare Bird Press) $14.95 – Literary anthology devoted to the sub genre, featuring Rick Moody, Wesley Stace, Seth Greenland, Charles Bock, and Joe Meno, as well as musicians Nathan Larson from Shudder to Think, Peter Case from The Nerves and the Plimsoles and more.
Mayhem
The Curious Case of H.P. Lovecraft by Paul Roland (Plexus) $19.95 – Comprehensive new biography of the man Stephen King called “the 20th century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”Humor
The Zombie Combat Field Guide: A Coloring and Activity Book For Fighting the Living Dead by Roger Ma $9.99Essays, Outer Limits & Mayhem
More Curious by Sean Wilsey (McSweeneys) $22.00 – Essays originally published in places like Vanity Fair, GQ, McSweeney’s, and elsewhere. “Whether Sean Wilsey’s subject is rats, NASA, or a surreal road trip across America, the writing is animated and diverse, dappled with literary oddities and enlivened, always, by his eye for the absurd.” -Jennifer EganEvery Cradle Is a Grave: Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide by Sarah Perry (Nine-Banded Books) $12.00
The Atheist’s History of Belief by Matthew Kneale (Counterpoint) $16.95 – Now in soft cover.
Jesus Never Existed:An Introducion to the Ultimate Heresy by Kenneth Humphreys (Nine-Banded Books) $10.00
Politics & Revolution
Invisible Hands: Voices from the Global Economy (Voice of Witness) $16.00 by Corinne Goria -The men and women in Invisible Hands reveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy. These narrators — including phone manufacturers in China, copper miners in Zambia, garment workers in Bangladesh, and farmers around the world — reveal the secret history of the things we buy, including lives and communities devastated by low wages, environmental degradation, and political repression.Druuuuuugs
Mr Bud’s Pot Smoking Games: 25 Fun Ways to Get Baked with Your Friends $14.95Medical Cannabis Guidebook: The Definitive Guide To Using and Growing Medicinal Marijuana by Jeff Ditchfield and Mel Thomas $22.00
Sex Guides, Sex Culture, Erotica – Start your valentine’s day shopping early!
Insatiable Porn: A Love Story by Asa Akira (Grove) $15.00 – Essays from this well-known adult movie actress.
Women with Handcuffs: Lesbian Cop Erotica ed. by Sacchi Green $15.95
Never Say Never: Tips Tricks and Erotic Inspiration for Lovers by Alison Tyler $15.95
Big Book of Submission by Rachl Kramer Bussel $15.95 – 69 Kinky Tales.
Bound for Trouble: BDSM Erotica for Women by Alison Tyler $15.95
Book Lovers: Sexy Stories From Under the Covers ed. by Shawna Kenney $15.00
Rookies Gay Erotic Fiction by Shane Allison $15.95 – Wet behind the ears. Rar!
Slave Girls: Erotic Stories of Submission by DL King $15.95
Gaysia Adventures In the Queer East by Benjamin Law $16.95
Kids Books
Mermaid In Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea, illustrated by Polan Jason (McSweeney’s) $13.00 – Now in soft cover.DIY/Activity
Notebook of Nothings by Editors of McSweeney’s $9.00 – Pages include pictures of: The World’s Most Nonexistent Animal, Nirvana, The Part of the Donut that Doesn’t Matter, The Lonely Half of Lost and Found, World’s Most Edited Essay, An Unfolded Paper Airplane, A Penguin at an All-White Party, The Spiritual Weight Gained at Burning Man, and so much more!Magazines
Dwell Feb 15 $7.50Hi Fructose #34 $7.95
Juxtapoz #169 Feb 15 $6.99
Bizarre #222 $10.50
High Times Mar 15 $5.99
Fuel #18 Magazine $14.95
Dazed and Confused vol 6 Win 14 $10.99
Mojo #254 Jan 15 $9.99
Decibel #124 Feb 15 $5.95
Lit Journals & Poetry
Maintenant Issue #8: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art ed. by PeterMcSweeneys #48 $26.00
Carlaftes and Kat Georges (Three Rooms Press) $15.00
Saint Friend by Carl Adamshick (McSweeneys) $20.00
Said Beauty to the Blues by Bill Campana $14.99
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Link to Quimby's January Newsletter
The Quimby’s Bookstore January Newsletter is ready for your perusal. If you want to get the newsletter every month in your inbox for announcements, a list of notable new stuff, events and whatever else we’re burning to tell you, sign up here.
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Chicago Zine Fest Karaoke Night Fundraiser 1/23 at Beauty Bar
Check one, check two. Get set to sing the night away Friday, January 23rd, 9pm, at Chicago Zine Fest’s annual karaoke fundraiser at Beauty Bar, 1444 W Chicago Ave.The entertainment will be provided by Shameless Karaoke. Their diverse songbook covers all genres with selections from artists including David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Neil Diamond, Duran Duran, Erasure, Michael Jackson, the Kinks, Madonna, Motley Crue, Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne, Prince, Rolling Stones, Sir Mixalot, Britney Spears and a variety of punk and new wave classics as well.
There is a $5 admission which will benefit the 2015 Chicago Zine Fest. The event beings at 9pm and is 21+. Hosted by Shameless Karaoke KJ, Caboose zinester and Quimby’s manager Liz Mason. Beauty Bar will offer drink specials all night long including a signature martini and a manicure.
Take the stage and own it. Bring friends and sing a duet. Or enjoy from the crowd. Come out and have a good time and support self-publishing in Chicago.
About CZF: The Chicago Zine Fest is an independent event creating an outlet for small press and independent publishers to showcase their work. Our goal is to make DIY zine-making accessible, highlight the talents of self-published artists, and give independent artists a chance to interact, and swap skills through tabling, community events, and workshops. Quimby’s Bookstore is proud to be a sponsor of CZF. For more information visit chicagozinefest.org.
Click here for the Shameless Karaoke Song List.
Please note this event is NOT at Quimby’s, it is at at Beauty Bar, 1444 W Chicago Ave.
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Zine & Comics Events: Making Magic Happen Librarians & Zinesters, at Quimby’s 1/30
Join librarians and zine enthusiasts at Quimby’s Bookstore to discuss running a successful zine or comics event – whether it’s a one-hour DIY workshop for teens or a festival with thousands of attendees. Librarians, zinesters, and comics makers will share stories and tips about developing community through events, and then open the floor to your questions. This workshop to learn about promoting comics and zines from successful planners from the Chicago Zine Fest, Chicago Public Library and more.
Featured speakers include: Johnny from Chicago Zine Fest, Julie Koslowsky (Outreach Coordinator for YOUmedia at the Chicago Public Library and CZF) & Joshua for Mid-Michigan Zine Fest.
Coordinated with the 2015 American Library Association Midwinter Conference, this is your chance to meet and talk about zines with some of the 12,000 librarians who will be in Chicago. After the event (and time for browsing), head around the corner to Dimo’s for vegan-friendly pizza (1615 North Damen Avenue).
This event is free and open to the public – anyone interested in zines or libraries is encouraged to attend!
For more info:
Violet Fox (violetfox(at)gmail(dot)com)
Log in to Facebook for event page here.
Friday, Jan 30th, 7pm – Free Event
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New Stuff This Week
Junk Drawer Calendar 2015 by Eric Bartholomew $2.00
Zines
Temporary Services zines $5 each: Past Lives Found, Risograph Ephemera by George Weitor, WC Gallery A Brief History of A Very Small Place by Stephen Perkins, Red Summer Self Guided Walking Tour Chicago by Melinda FriesMaps Diversion #2 and #3 by K. Brideau $4.00 each
Drop Target #5 by Alec Longstreth and Jon Chad $4.00
Uncertainty Principle vol 6 #1 Snoozing by Charlie Danoff $2.00
Porn for Ladies $6.00
Everything is Fine vol 1 #1 by Nyxia Grey $2.00
Comics & Minis
Mezmer #1 by Jon Chad (Radiator) $5.00Town Without Pity (Moonshot, Part 1) by D.V. Nikt D. Zaritch (Schund Comix) $6.95
Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Valentine for Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz (Fantagraphics) $9.99Mayhem
Beyond the Dark Veil: Post Mortem and Mourning Photography from the Thanatos Archive (Last Gasp) $25.00The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World by Trevor Cox $16.95 – Now in soft cover.
Humor
Load Of Hooey by Bob Odenkirk (McSweeneys) $20.00Kids Books
Mr Tweeds Good Deeds by Jim Stoten (Flying Eye) $19.95Magazines
Glamour Girl vol 1 #1 $15.00IDN vol 21 #5 $19.95
Girls Like Us vol 2 #6 $12.00
Neural #49 $7.99
Makeshift #11 Field Guide to Hidden Creativity Ritual Issue $15.00
Make/Shift #16 Win 14 Spr 15 Feminisms In Motion $6.95
True Crime Dec 14 Dectective Monthly $8.99
Dear Dave Magazine #18 $15.00
Wild Magazine #12 Radiant Issue $9.99
Crop Stories #2 $9.99
City vol 18 #6 Dec 14 Analysis of Urban Trends $14.00
Puss Puss #1 $16.00
Camera Obscura #87 Feminism Culture and Media Studies $12.00
Shindig #44 $12.99
Under the Radar #52 Dec 14 $5.99
Big Up #18 Bass Music Contemporary Art $6.99
Delayed Gratification #16 $20.00
Earth First vol Fall 14 Samhain $6.50
In These Times Jan 15 $3.50
ASR #63 Anarcho Syndicalist Review $5.00
Gay and Lesbian Review Jan Feb 15 $5.95
RFD #160 Win 15 Differently Abled Folk $9.95
Tattoo Tribal Special #12 $9.99
Lit Journals & Chap Books
Conium Review vol 3 – Paperback Edition $12.00 Collectors Edition: $24.00Creative Nonfiction #54 Win 15 $15.00
The Literary Review vol 57 #4 Fall 14 Womens Studies $10.00
Specimen Magazine #9 Certified Orgasmic $9.00
Smashed Cake Review #1 Win 14 $8.00
inot by TC Tolbert $4.50
Ours Mine Yours by Parker Tettleton (Pitymilk Press) $4.00
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Quimby’s 2015 Zlumber Party 1/31 and 2/1!
Hey zinesters and comics artists! Come to our Zine Slumber Party (Zlumber Party, geddit? Gosh we’re clever.) This is the fourth year in a row we’re inviting you to come in and spend the night with us working on your zine, because we’ve had so much fun doing it in the past. The store closes at 10pm on Sat the 31st and then you’re invited to spend the night here (and yes, you can leave whenever you want). So bring yer jammies and a sleeping bag if you wanna take a break to catch a few zzzz, then leave in the morning with what you’ve been workin’ on. Interested in attending? Give us a holler so we have a head count, at either: info(at)quimbys(dot)com or call us at 773-342-0910. PLUS: Snacks! Coffee! Creative weirdos!
And oh yeah, we’ll feed you too.
Sat, Jan 31st 9:30pm – Sun Feb 1st, 8am
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Quimby’s Zlumber Party Helpful Info Update!
Hi Everybody!
In terms of what to bring, definitely whatever project you’re working on, whether it’s a zine, a comic, a book, a magazine, an artist book — independent publishing knows no bounds!
Be here at 9:30pm this saturday, the 31st (the store closes at 10pm). This is NOT a lock in; you can leave whenever you want. You can stay as late as 8am on sunday morning, which is the official end time for the event.
Wear comfy clothes! Don’t forget your sleeping gear! A sleeping bag if you wanna take a break to catch a few zzzz (or just be comfy), a pillow, footie pajamas, a blanket, slippers…whatever makes you comfy.
We’ll provide some snacks and coffee, but you may want to bring some snacks with you if you like. A good way to make new friends is bring food, is all we’re saying. If you have food sensitivities or allergies please bring whatever nourishment you need to bring to sustain you.
We’ll also provide some office supplies (papers, pens, scissors, staplers, that type of thing), chairs and tables.
One final note: Please don’t feel pressured to feel like you have to finish whatever you’re working on before you leave. If you feel excited to work on your project once you’ve been working on it here, that you’ve started your 2015 off jazzed that you got the creative ball rolling, then we’ve done our job (that’s once of the reasons we do this event in January). When you’re all done with your zine and you want to consign it here, we’re excited to sell it for you. More info about consignment here.
See you Saturday at 9:30pm!
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New Stuff This Week
Guess what?! The Damen Blue Line stop IS NOW OPEN AGAIN for reals! That’s on the CTA Blue Line (O’Hare/Forest Park Line). We’re only a few minutes walk from there! Click here for directions.
Treasury of Mini Comics vol 2, ed. by Michael Dowers (Fantagraphics) $29.99 – For everyone interested in the history of underground and alternative comics, Treasury of Mini Comics Volume Two gathers prime examples—more than 800 pages’ worth—from a quintessential self-publishing format in this compact but hefty hardcover. Previously only seen in limited-run pamphlets, these comics are startling, visionary, hilarious, profane, and profound. This volume also takes a look back at the wild 8-page sex comics called “Tijuana Bibles” that sprang from the 1930s underworld, as context for the contemporary comics that compose this book. Editor and mini comics pioneer Michael Dowers provides a historical survey of several decades’ worth of some of the best that DIY comics has to offer, from some of the medium’s most talented independent creators, including: Johnny Ryan, Trina Robbins, R.K. Sloane, Jeffrey Brown, Jim Rugg, Tom Neely, Ellen Forney, Esther Pearl Watson, Renée French, Lisa Hanawalt, J.R. Williams, Pat Moriarity, Souther Salazar, Theo Ellsworth, Nick Bertozzi, Dan Zettwoch, Marc Bell, and many others.
Zines
Girl Talk Zine #14 Let Em Work Let Em Live $5.00Post Teenage Wasteland by Vinny Martin $6.00
Hands Wide Open by Dylan Goettlich $5.00
Eat Zine #6 by Jazz Robinson $7.00
Somnambulist #24 $3.00
The Last Line #1 by David LaBounty $3.00
Propsects by Abby Grenon $7.00
Comics & Minis
Garbage Pail Kids Puketacular #1 by Peter Bagge and friends $3.99Bzzy Lps #2 by Mike Bauer $10.00
Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Everyone is Someones Fetish vol 4 Finn and Charlie are Hitched by Tony Breed $12.00Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen by Dylan Horrocks (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Manhattan Projects TPB vol 5 by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra $14.99
Massive vol 4 Sahara by BRian Wood and friends $19.99
Fiction
Compl?mentary Breakfast Buffet A Novel by Nathan Wilhelm $6.00Essay
Starve the Vulture: A Memoir by Jason Carney (Akashic) $15.95Politics & Revolution
I Belong Only to Myself: The Life and Writings of Leda Rafanelli by Andrea Palieser (AK Press) $16.95Magazines
Perfect Wave vol 3 $25.00ArtForum Jan 15 $10.00
Backwoodsman vol 36 #1 Jan Feb 15 $4.95
Arena Homme Plus #42 Win Spr 14 15 $18.50
Lit Journals & Chap Books
The First Line vol 16 #4 $3.00Six By Six #31 Open door… $6.00
Archives vol 1 Bop Prosody $3.50
Other Stuff
Look Book 2015 Secret Lives of Writers Nudie Ladies Calendar by Flannery Cashill $3.00
