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    Miss our “New Stuff This Week” posts? It’s because we got a new system to track all of our items and ring people up. It made everything grind to a halt and now we’re picking up the pieces. And guess what’s back? Our weekly New Stuff Posts! You’re welcome. P.S. This is merely a sample of what came in for the past few weeks! Not everything is listed.

    Zines & Zine-Related Books

    Book of Instructions by Dan Gleason $3.00

    Zines from Ashley Ronning, various prices: Tiny Friends, Satsuma-Imo, DIY Bookbinding, etc.

    KerBloom #114 by Artnoose $2.00

    Shotgun Seamstress #8 Apr 15 $5.50 – Wizard Apprentice, Chicago Black & Brown Punk Shows, Geretta Geretta, “Okada Boys” & more.

    Why I Love Nic Cage and You Should Too Activity and Fun Book & Pages of Cages Activity and Fun Book II $5.00 each

    What Is The Purpose Of Your Journey, Travel, Trip, Visit, All of the Above, Other: An Immigrant Artists Guide to Nowhere $7.00

    Saysome #8 $4.00

    Parents Money by Jay Hyun $2.20

    Not Like You by Mike Delia, various issues, various prices

    Mend My Dress #13 by Neely Bat Chestnut $2.00

    I’m Supposed To Be Me But I’m Not by Ashlee Prewitt $2.00

    Ghost vol 0 by Oscar Arriola $2.00

    Black Cloud: A Morrissey Fanzine by Missy Kulik $5.00

    Alley Connoisseur #3 Horizons by Raf & Sam $3.00

    Comfort Food Zine $15.00

    Works #1 by Brad Rohloff $12.00 – 24 Drawings 24 Stickers.

    Satan is My Father by Allison Felus $3.00 – A Zine about Forgotten Misremembered and Nonexistent Bands.

    My Snow Globe Life #1 by Johnnie B. Baker $1.00

    zines from Bucket Siler (various titles)

    I Belong Here by Kristin Stadium $1.00

    Apricot vol 1 by Christopher Garcia $8.00

    Who Will Police the Police On The Murder of Walter Scott $8.00

    Pizza Eaters Present Hilarious coloring/activity books by such pop culture topics as: Lost, Horror Movies, Dexter, Buffy, X Files, Twin Peaks,The Wire, all $4.00 each

    Acid Man, various issues, $4.00 each

    Witches in the Weird World, various issues
    Comics & Minis

    BERLIN #19 by Jason Lutes (D&Q) $5.95

    CRICKETS #4 by Sammy Markham $8.00

    Collection Of Romantic Heartbreaks Major and Minor, Imagined and Actual by Shing Yin Khor (Sawdust Press) $5.00

    Half Asleep vol 4 by Beth Hetland $8.00

    Jessa Lee Rempel Comics and Illustration #1 $1.00

    You Were Swell #3 by Sophie McMahon $6.00

    Vibration Infection by Otto Splotch $3.00

    Tofu Baby Collection of Favorites by Missy Kulik $2.00

    River North Gold Coast Lyfe by Todd McCafrey $5.00

    Marrs Brothers and the Castle in Kansas #1 by Patrick Collins $3.99

    Linger by Timothy Kozul $3.00

    Laskimooses #23 by Raukeava Liekki $7.00

    IT WILL ALL HURT #2 by Farel Dalrymple $8.00

    Humonculus by Paul Walker $3.00

    Hey Kid Can You Spare a Dream $2.00

    Garden Of Mine #1 by Thais Beltrame $5.00

    Darling Sleeper by Keiler Roberts $8.00

    Dogdream by Scott Roberts $6.00

    Cyber Me by Ivy Atoms $3.00

    CHEER UP ONE SHOT by Noah Van Sciver $5.00

    Vacationland Travel Stories $7.00

    Rat Learns To Be Assertive $7.00

    Collection of Feels by Ian McDuffie $8.00

    A whole bunch of Retrofit titles, including but not limited to: Piggy by Niv Bavarsky, Nature of Nature the Earth Is Square Like You by Disa Wallander and more!

    ISLAND #1 by Brandon Graham $7.99

    Why the Fuck are You Still in Chicago by Ryan Ehresman $2.00

    Breeds of Kitty Ladies $3.00

    various comics from Rebecca Mir Grady, including various issues of She Is Restless.
    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks

    ROBERT CRUMB SEX OBSESSIONS (Taschen) $29.99 – Includes the strips My Troubles With Women, If I Were a King, A Bitchin’ Bod, and How To Have Fun With a Strong Girl, as well as 60 single page drawings.

    POETRY IS USELESS by Anders Nilsen (Fantagraphics) $29.95

    STROPPY by Marc Bell (D&Q) $21.95 – Mishaps and hilarity ensue and Stroppy is forced to go deep into the heart of Schnauzer territory to rescue his poet friend. Stroppy is Marc Bell’s triumphant return to comics; it’s also his first full-length graphic novella, one that thrums with jokes, hashtags, and made-up song lyrics.

    Miseryland by Keilor Roberts $10.00

    Darwin Carmichael Is Going to Hell by Sophie Goldstein & Jenn Jordan $25.00

    Rollerdog by Simon Z. Krimms $13.00

    Lower Style by Andy Burkholder $20.00

    HAUNTER by Sam Alden $15.00

    Welcome To The Wind by Abe Lampert $15.00

    Mythology of S Clay Wilson vol 2 Demons and Angels (Fantagraphics) $34.99
    Art & Design Books

    Punishment Pig by Jack Lunenfeld $10.00

    Don’t Come Up for Air by Josh Raab $10.00

    Music Books

    Crate Digger: An Obsession With Punk Records by Bob Suren (Microcosm) $14.95

    Next Next Level: A Story of Rap Friendship and Almost Giving Up by Leon Neyfakh $16.95 – This book is sort of about Milwaukee rapper Juiceboxxx, sort of about the author, alongside meditations on taste, media consumption, and so on. Really though, it’s a case study in personal growth, and it’s almost like Juiceboxxx is incidental. This book has totally earned the comparisons being made to Chuck Klosterman or Carl Wilson’s Let’s Talk About Love. -LM


    Fiction

    A whole mess o’awesome stuff from CCLAP (Chicago Center for Literature and Photography), including but limited to:

    New York Stories: Three Volumes in One Collection by Ben Tanzer $14.99

    Love Songs of the Revolution by Bronwyn Mauldin $14.99

    Wounding Time by Hussein Osman $14.99

    Chicago After Dark: A City All Star Student Anthology $14.99

    Workers Write: Tales from the Coliseum (Blue Cubicle Press) $10.00 – contains stories and poems from workers in the sports industry, by Marjorie Maddox, Daniel Browne, Matthew Wilson, Bruce Harris & more!

    In the Sky by Octave Mirabeau $10.00

    Remarkable Courtship of General Tom Thumb SC $16.00

    Talk by Linda Rosenkranz $14.95

    Symmetry Teacher by Andrei Bitov $15.00

    The Unnoticeables by Robert Brockway $24.99

    Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch $24.99

    Love and Other Wounds by Jordan Harper $15.99

    Speak: A Novel by Louisa Hall $27.99

    Pop Culture-y Books Books

    WE DONT NEED ROADS MAKING OF BACK TO FUTURE TRILOGY by Caseen Gaines $17.00 – Don’t miss the author here at Quimby’s on 8/1!

    “As If” – The Oral History of Clueless As Told By Amy Heckerling the Cast and the Crew $16.99

    Sick In the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy by Judd Apatow $27.00
    Essays

    Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari $28.95 – This much-loved comedian, actor and writer worked with a sociologist and collected mass amounts of field data about dating in the modern age in different countries, especially a world filled with social networking technology. Thoughtful and super hilarious, like if school were fun. -LM

    Mozos: A Decade Running With the Bulls Of Spain by Bill Hillmann $15.95

    Politics & Revolution Books

    Feminism Unfinished: A Short Surprising History of American Womens Movements (soft cover edition) by Dorothy Sue Cobble and friends $15.95

    Psychoanalysis and Transversality Texts and Interviews 1955-1971 by Felix Guattari etc. (Semiotext[e]) $18.95
    Magazines

    The Pitchfork Review #6 Spr 15 $19.96

    Monocle vol 9 #85 Jul Aug 15 $12.00

    Escapist #2 from the Monocle Special Edition 2015 $18.00

    Fool #6 The Fusion Issue $18.00

    HI FRUCTOSE MAGAZINE QUARTERLY #36 $7.95

    The Baffler #28 $12.00

    Uppercase #26 A Magazine for the Creative and Curious $18.00

    Fader #98 Jun Jul 15 $5.99

    Wax Poetics #62 $11.99

    2600 the Hacker Quarterly vol 32 #2 Sum 15 $6.95

    Mass Appeal #56 $9.99

    Ugly Things #39 $9.95

    Maximumrocknroll #386 Jul 2015 $4.99

    Juxtapoz #175 Aug 15 $6.99

    Off Grid #8 $8.99

    Wire #377 Jul 15 $9.99

    Make vol 46 $9.99

    Tom Tom Magazine #22 Sum 15 $6.00

    Tape Op #108 Jul Aug 15 $4.95

    Sneaker Freaker #33 $12.95

    Greenfield #1 $8.00

    Four Two Nine #5 $12.99

    RFD #162 Sum 15 Out for Hire $9.95

    Mojo #260 Jul 15 $10.50

    Modern Farmer #8 Sum 15 $7.99

    Hypebeast #10 $12.00

    Skeptical Inquirer vol 39 #4 Jul Aug 15 $5.99

    Rolling Thunder #12 Anarchist Journal of Living Dangerously $8.00

    Pollen #1 The Idea of Natural History $15.00

    Horror Hound #54 Jul Aug 15 $6.99

    High Times Sep 15 $5.99

    Dissent Sum 15 $10.00

    True Crime Special Sum 15 20 All True Murder Cases $11.99
    Lit Journals

    Lady Churchills Rosebud Wristlet #33 $5.00

    Six by Six #32 Out of Cardboard $6.00

    Midwestern Gothic #18 Sum 15 $12.00
    Kids Books

    Fantasy Sports by Sam Bosma (Nobrow Press) $19.95

    One Day On Our Blue Planet…In the Savannah by Ella Bailey (Flying Eye) $16.95
    Other Stuff

    2016 Moleskine planners are here! Some start in 2016, some start now and go through the end of 2016. Various sizes and colors.

    Wurlington Bros Build Your Own Chicago/New York/SF/DC Postcards! A restock of old and some new ones too! Plus Memo Books!!! $4.95 each: Rookery Building Blank Memo Book & John Hancock Center Blank Memo Book

    TOPPS 2015 WACKY PACKAGES Single Packs for $2.95

    More Cards Against Humanity $25.00 – For in-store purchase only.

  • Steve Cerio Brings Sunbeam on the Astronaut to Quimby's 8/14

     

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    Award-winning artist Steven Cerio will sign copies of his new book, SUNBEAM ON THE ASTRONAUT (Wow Cool/Alternative Comics, 2015), and screen examples of his films.

    Cerio will also be selling limited editions of prints and posters of his work, which he has created for music artists including The Residents, King Crimson, Ministry, Les Claypool, Moe, Monster Magnet and White Zombie during his more than 30-year career.

    The Quimby’s appearance will serve as a launch for Cerio’s latest print collection, SUNBEAM ON THE ASTRONAUT, a hallucinatory graphic album of all-new, never before published comics and art.  The 56-page book features comic book adventures of Cerio’s characters from his various films with the legendary top-hatted eyeball performance greats THE RESIDENTS; a dozen short narratives; a collection of paintings and collages and stills from his newest film, THE MAGNIFICENT PIGTAIL SHADOW; and much more.  Cerio’s work with The Residents is included in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

    Steven Cerio is an artist, writer and filmmaker with an unmistakable style, which set the stage for the neo-psychedelic revival in New York City in the late eighties. Cerio created his own loving and sarcastic expressions of joy for three decades. In the 80’s he started with zines and soon after called upon by galleries and by diverse clients: Nickelodeon, Warner Brothers, A&M Records, Entertainment Weekly and Penguin books. He has drawn posters for King Crimson, Ministry, Les Claypool, Monster Magnet and White Zombie. His prints occupy the set of Comedy Central’s hit series Workaholics. Award-Winning author of “Steven Cerio’s ABC Book-A Drug Primer ” (Gates of Heck) and “PIE ” (WowCool). He has been involved with performance pioneers The Residents, designed vinyl toy figures, prints and images for animations and film all of which were inducted into the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Steven has written for Juxtapoz, as well working as associate editor and art interviewer for Seconds magazine from 1995 to 1999. His film “The Magnificent Pigtail Shadow” was released in 2012 . Cerio’s work has appeared in numerous comics anthologies, including Snake Eyes, Graphic Classics, Hotwire Comics, Last Gasp Comix & Stories and Buzzard. After a decade working as an artist in New York City, Steven moved his studio to Baldwinsville, New York.

    “If you are curious, Steven Cerio is a mandala-spewing tempunaut Picfisher from the universe signed tomorrow whose ritterings reveal all you need to know concerning omni-dimentional phase shattering imagery.”
    —Gary Panter, Pee Wee’s Playhouse Designer/Jimbo Creator

    More info:

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    Trailer for his last film:

    https://youtu.be/cIXkaMSEd-k

    Video about the book:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVvywbnW3yo

    Facebook  invite for this event:

    https://www.facebook.com/events/489274917898996/

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  • Quimby’s Welcomes Jean-Christophe Menu & Dominique Goblet 8/11

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    For the first time in Chicago, French cartoonist and publisher J-C Menu, and Belgian artist Dominique Goblet will be at Quimby’s August 11th, talking and signing in an exceptional meeting.

    Jean-Christophe Menu founded the seminal French alternative publishing house L’Association in 1990. He published many books at various publishers and a PhD in comics. More about Menu in The Comics Journal # 277 & #300.

    Dominique Goblet is a former member of Belgian well-known publishing group Fremok since 1994. She’s publishing graphic novels as well than making fine-art exhibitions.

    Both have been active members of the European alternative comics scene since the 90s and would be happy to discuss either upon this topic or upon their own personal works.  Books and comics from both artists will also be available.

    Mon dieu! Don’t miss the occasion!

    Tues, Aug 11th, 7pm – Free Event

    More info: 

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  • 8/1: Caseen Gaines presents We Don’t Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy!

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    Great Scott! Come celebrate the 30th anniversary of Back to the Future along with award-winning author Caseen Gaines. He is returning to   Quimby’s Bookstore to discuss and sign copies of his brand-new book, We Don’t Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy, which has been featured in Vanity Fair, The Hollywood Reporter, People Magazine, Vulture, and positively reviewed by NPR and Library Journal.

    We Don’t Need Roads includes original interviews with Zemeckis, Gale, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Huey Lewis, and over fifty others who contributed to one of the most popular and profitable film trilogies of all time. It’s the ultimate read for anyone who has ever wanted to ride a hoverboard, hang from the top of a clock tower, travel through the space-time continuum, or find out what really happened to Eric Stoltz after the first six weeks of filming.

    Complete with rare and previously unreleased photographs, fans of the timeless can learn all they didn’t know about Back to the Future – by those who caught lightning 30 years ago.

    “Caseen Gaines has written a very compelling and enjoyable history of our trilogy. Reading it was like going back in time. And – Great Scott – there were even a few anecdotes that I’d never heard!” – Bob Gale, co-creator, co-producer, and co-writer of the Back to the Future trilogy

    “The most enlightening and informative book I’ve read since Grays Sports Almanac. Every true fan of the Holy Trilogy should own a copy. It’s your density.” – Ernest Cline, bestselling author of Ready Player One

    Invite your friends with the Facebook post for this event!

    For press inquiries, contact Mary Pomponio, mpomponio(at)penguinrandomhouse(dot)com

    Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 7:00pm

     

  • Revel in PRIDE and MARRIAGE EQUALITY with Some Rad GLBTQ Reading Material

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    With the pantheon of parades, marches, BBQs, pool parties and seasonal events summer can be exhausting – especially during Pride and ESPECIALLY now that we’re celebrating the SCOTUS marriage equality ruling. But don’t forget – there’s still much work to be done. Stimulate your mind and get your chill time on with a little GLTBTQ-centric sustained silent (or not so silent) reading. Pop a squat on your favorite recliner and kick the dogs up on the ottoman with these beautiful babies.

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     Meat #16: No need to bust out the briquets for this meat. These hunky dudes are flammable enough on their own. And well done, if I might add. Browse themed pictorials and go gaga for smokin’ dudelies of all stripes and facial hair patterns. This meat sure does sizzle. Ow ow.

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    Original Plumbing #12: Break out the glow sticks and the punchbowl! Party party partytime is what it’s all about in the nightlife issue of OP. Take a trip back with a retrospective of party pics from OP parties past. Even more fun awaits! OP #12 has DJ set photo spreads, showbiz legend Murray Hill and cute as a button husbands Spencer and Kelly. All kinds of interviews with dynamic trans male folks plus NEON.

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    SSLM vol 19: This issue of Same Sex Life Magazine is going to the chapel and you better believe it’s gonna get married, hunty. Love indeed is in the air. Worried about when to book that venue, do a tasting with a fancy caterer or where to get your décor and paper goods? Fret not, future spouse for SSLM has a handy dandy wedding planning timeline for you in this issue. Single? Take a gander at some newly married cuties in adorbs wedding announcements and try not to roll your eyes at their unending happiness.

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    Calling Dr. Laura: A personal, well-drawn graphic novel all about writer and artist Nicole George’s life. Karaoke hosting, queer identity, body issues and the struggle for love all mingle in a healthy thematic soup to create a moving, compelling narrative. Nicole’s storytelling is witty, snug and relatable with plenty of heartstring-tugging childhood flashbacks.

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    Gaylord Phoenix: Accomplished cartoonist and former Quimby’s staff member Edie Fake constructs a narrative of monsters, rivers of geometry, magical transformation and the possession of raw carnal lust. The verbage is sparse and occasional horror vacu is massive and transcendent. Black and white and red all over.

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     New Lesbian Sex Book: The third edition of Wendy Caster’s seminal primer on all things lady love gets downright dirty. Fun activity ideas and tutorials abound. In its dictionary-style pages, learn the lesbian ABCs including everything from armpit stimulation, (yes armpits need love too) to the more well-trodden subjects of gender and genitals. The letter of the day is V for victory with this sultry guide.

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     Berlin Gay Mates: Bom-chicka-wow-wow. Paris may be for lovers but Berlin is for sex-ers, amirite? Photographer Karim Konrad peppers his spreads of full frontal dude hotness with whimsy and fun. Kind of like if a bin of Happy Meal toys exploded into your favorite after hours gay club. Colorful and ecstatic. Who knew naked guys could be so fun?

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    Pinocchio: Chicago’s own Elliott Junkyard’s fun and fresh story serves as a primer for a trans journey. Elliott tackles everything from mis-gendering, to pronoun politics to personal identity beyond the binary. Readable, relatable and super adorable.

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  • Please Excuse Our Mess: Quimby’s is Upgrading!

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    Hello dear lovers of all things printed. The staff at Quimby’s wants to give you an update about the goings on at the store.

    DID YOU KNOW that we’ve used the same computer operating system since 1999? Wow, yeah, I know.

    But things are quickly changing here at Quimby’s. We have brand new computers and a brand new system to ring people up, check in merchandise, monitor sales and all the other Quimbly things we do here at the store.

    WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? It means we have a lot of files to move over and a lot of work to do, as the entire staff needs to be trained to use the new system.

    For you, dear customer, it means it may take us a bit longer to ring you up, answer your questions or fulfill your mail order.

    And, dear consigner, it means it’s going to take us a while to get your new items out into the store and to pay you out for titles sold. BUT FEAR NOT. We have all your info on hand. It’s just going to take us a hot minute to transition.

    PLEASE BE PATIENT with us as we weather this exciting new phase of Quimby’s. Think of it as Quimby’s 2.0. New and improved.

    SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER: If you’re a consigner looking to check in,  get back in touch with us in July, maybe even mid-month. Have new stuff to send to the store? You’re more than welcome to still snail mail and bring stuff by in-person. But, hey, if you’re able to sit on it for a bit and give us a chance to get caught up, we’d sure appreciate it.

    We’ll still be the same Quimby’s you remembered, just a bit faster, at least once all of this is through. No, no, we don’t have a self checkout now and we don’t accept bitcoin or anything. Let’s be real, OK?

    All of these changes will help us serve you better as you shop, give you a better experience with consignment and, ultimately, make the store even more weirdly awesome, just as you like it.

    Thanks for being gentle with us. We appreciate it!

    <3 Your Favorite Quimbsters

  • New Stuff This Week

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    Cometbus #56 1/2 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00 – This issue is devoted to Aaron’s friend Sue who he knew thorugh the punk scene, a tattoo artist with a terminal illness, who writes about it in her own words. Thoughtful and succinct. -LM

    Zines

    Zine Club #2 by Alyson $6.00
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    Natural Basic Guide to Working With Self Herbs and Crystals 2014 by Itshanapa $3.00

    Science or Something $5.00

    Crazy awesome activity zines of paper figures you cut-out and assemble by artist Gary Kachadourian (Is this guy an engineer?!): Motorcycle Action Set Like the Ones in Akira $2.00, Middle Earthian Action Set $3.00, 1/48th Scale Forest $5.00, Field of Dandelions $3.00
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    Comics &  Minis

    zines by Marian Runk: Thaw $4.00, Plastic Feathers, Porcelain Fur $12.00 – Portraits of animals SO CUTE I CAN’T HANDLE HOW CUTE IT IS. -LM

    Comics for Nothing by Noel Freibert $6.00

    Cartozia Tales issues #1-#6 $6.00 each

    Eschew #4 by Robert Sergel $6.00

    Sequential Vacation #2 by Sar Shahar $6.00

    Drawing Board #2 by CHIPRC (Chicago Publishers Resource Cetner) & friends $2.00

    Boring Comics by Emily Hutchings (Bred Press) $5.00

    Man of Few Worms by Jacob Sluka (Grossbus Comics) $2.00

    Kevin Budnik comics: Hand Book issues #1 & #2 $5.00 each, Keep Circulating the Tapes: A Mystery Science Theater 3000 Zine $4.00 – In a not too distant past, Kevin did a self-imposed experiment where he watched every episode of MST3K while drawing at least one iconic character a day, including B movie monsters, Joel and Mike’s friends on the Satellite of Love, robots and more. Plus: Servo end papers! Cambot, give me rocket number nine! -LM

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperback

    Stroppy by Marc Bell (D&Q) $21.95 – The first full-length graphic novel from the author of Shrimpy and Paul: Who will win the All-Star Schnauzer Band song contest?
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    Adventure Time Banana Guard Academy by Pendleton Ward $19.99

    Clover Honey (Artists Cut, 20th Anniversary Edition) by Rich Tomasso (Alterna Comcis) $14.95

    Fragments of Horror by Junji Ito (Viz) $17.99

    Brain Camp by Susan Kim, Laurence Klaven & Faith Erin Hicks (Squarefish) $9.99

    Essays

    Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari $28.95 – Comedian Aziz Ansari teamed up with a sociologist to study how people hook up. Unsurprisingly, it’s really funny while being informative as well. With pie charts too!

    Music Books

    Crate Digger: An Obsession With Punk Records by Bob Suren (Microcosm) $14.95 – Don’t miss Bob Suren here at Quimby’s August 17th at 7pm, reading from his memoir of thirty years in the D.I.Y. punk scene. There are stories about touring, recording studios and record stores. There are stories about success, failure, disappointment, self-actualization and heartbreak. There are 60,000+ words, 192 pages and 39 photos. The story takes place over three decades in nine countries on four continents. There are nine deaths, two basset hounds and one love poem. There are special appearances by Jello Biafra, Ron Reyes (possibly), Tesco Vee, Joey Shithead, Cheetah Chrome and one very serious FBI agent.

    Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!: My Adventures in The Alice Cooper Group by Dennis Dunaway & Chris Hodenfield $26.99

    DIY Books

    Hot Pants: Do It Yourself Gynecology by Isabelle Gauthier and Lisa Vinebaum (Microcosm) $9.95
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    Urban Homesteader: How To Create Sustainable Life in the City Box Set (Microcosm) $29.95 – Live your own revolution! Books included in this set: Make It Last by Raleigh Briggs, Make Your Place by Raleigh Briggs Homesweet Homegrown by Robyn Jasko.

    Politics & Revolution Books

    Writing on the Wall: Selected Prison Writings of Mumia Abu-jamal, ed. by Edited by Johanna Fernández (City Lights) $17.95 – Mumia Abu-Jamal’s essential perspectives on black experience, race relations, freedom, justice, social change, and the future of American society.

    Teenage Rebels: Stories of Successful High School Activists, From the Little Rock 9 to the Class of Tomorrow by Dawson Barrett (Microcosm) $11.95

    Magazines

    Cabinet #56 Win 14 15 Sports $12.00

    Shots #128 Sum 15 $7.25

    Kinfolk vol 16 Essentials Issue $18.00

    Frankie #65 $14.95

    Drift vol 2 $24.00 – A mag about coffee in different cities! This issue: Tokyo!

    Bad Day #19 $12.00

    Harpers Magazine Jul 15 $6.99

    Lit Journals & Chap Books

    Taddle Creek #35 $5.95

    After Hours #31 Sum 15 Journal of Chicago Writing and Art Afterhours $10.00

    Stuff Of Song by Richard Wehrenberg Jr. (Monster House Press) $3.00

    Deadpan by Alex Mussawir (Monster House Press) $4.00

    Kids Books

    Edmond the Moonlit Party by Astrid Desbordes & Marc Boutavant (Enchanted Lion) $17.95
    Other Stuff

    Beautiful Creatures Tarot by JR Rivera and Jasmine Becket-Griffith $34.99

  • Off-Site: Quimby's Selling Anders Nilsen's Poetry Is Useless at Poetry Magazine Release Party at the Poetry Foundation

    PoetrySummertime_Final_webDon’t miss Quimby’s at the launch party celebrating the newest issues of Poetry magazine, its contributors, readers, and the poetry curious. The POETRY Summertime PARTY, celebrating Poetry magazine’s June and July/August 2015 issues, features readings and visual presentations from contributors Erika L. Sánchez, Amy Newman, and Anders Nilsen—followed by a “useless” Q & A with Poetry editors Fred Sasaki and Lindsay Garbutt and a performance by musical guest KSRA. Quimby’s will be there selling issues of Poetry Mag as well as Anders Nilsen’s new book Poetry Is Useless!

    This free, all-ages bash features snacks from Lula Café, book sales courtesy of Quimby’s, and a GlitterGuts photobooth. Grab the newest issues of Poetry and take advantage of special subscription offers, plus a book signing with Anders Nilsen for his forthcoming title Poetry Is Useless. Performances begin at 7:00PM.

    Amy Newman’s most recent books include On This Day in Poetry History (forthcoming) and Dear Editor (Persea Books, 2011). She teaches at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Her poem “Howl” appears in the July/August issue.

    Anders Nilsen is the artist and author of, most recently, Poetry Is Useless (2015) and Rage of Poseidon (2013), both published by Drawn & Quarterly, and The End (Fantagraphics Books, 2013). His comics appear in the July/August’s “The View from Here” portfolio.

    Erika L. Sánchez is a Fulbright Scholar, CantoMundo Fellow, and winner of a 2013 “Discovery”/Boston Review Poetry Prize. Her poem “Narco” appears in the June  issue.

    With special musical guest KSRA. Producer, singer, and songwriter KSRA (pronounced que sera) is known for her performances featuring sampling and killer operatic soul vocals. Her single “Bad Habit,” featuring Talib Kweli, is available through her website, ksramusic.com.

    Please note! This event is NOT at Quimby’s! It is at:

    Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine

    61 W Superior St, Chicago, Illinois 60654


    More information at http://poet.ly/OoRVM

    Facebook event page here.

  • New Stuff This Week

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    Usually we get about 75 new items a week. With CAKE being last weekend, we have over 150 new items! This list is but only a sample!

    Zines

    Fallopian Falafel #16 by by Hadass S. Ben-Ari $3.00

    Purple Myrtle Squeegy #10 Apr 2015 A PMS Perzine $1.50

    Best of Gene Lubin $1.75 Excerpts from the author’s best lesser-known novels.

    After the Ball: A Zine about Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats by Paul Reilly $4.00

    Chasing Posada: A Macabre Populist in the City by Ryan Standfest $10.00

    Mono Rot #1 by David Becker $6.00

    Projected Gore Monstrous Mothers the Sublime and Inside a L’interieur by Piss Off Productions $7.00

    Alamo Igloo #23 2015 by Keith Herzik $12.00 – Mad scientist-artist Keith Herzik’s 2015 screenprinted zine offers a collage of shapes and colors that pop and gurgle. There’s even different sizes of paper bound in. Is it possible to convert a candy shop to a screenprinted zine? Because that’s apparently the alchemy that Herzik possesses. Who knows what goes on in his mind? Best not to ask, only appreciate. -LM

    War is War is War #2 by Jason File $3.00

    Acid Boy by Matt Z. $.50

    Journal of Aesthetics and Protest #9 Spr 15 Tectonic Disobedience $20.00

    Comics & Minis

    Sky is Falling: A Short Comic About Interstellar Philosophy and Eggs and Eryn Williams $2.00

    Every Night by Batskank $7.00

    Rotland Inquiry #1 Charlie Hebdo, edited by Ryan Standfest / designed by S. William Schudlich $10.00 – The Critical Organ of Rotland Press in tabloid form, by editor/publisher Ryan Standfest, straight outta Detroit. With critical essays and art examining the content of and media responses to the French weekly “Charlie Hebdo.” With contributions by Stéphane Blanquet, Hugleikur Dagsson, D.B. Dowd, Mort Gerberg, Jeet Heer, Danny Hellman, David Hughes, Paul Krassner, Mark McKinney, Tony Millionaire, Leigh Phillips, Martin Rowson, Johnny Sampson, Mahendra Singh, Art Spiegelman and Matthias Wivel.
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    Providence Comics Consortium comics: Buddies 2015 Yearbook Anthology $8.00, PCC Showcase, various issues, $5.00 each: #16 Invisible Toilet, #17 (With Alison Rutsch & Brendan Tobin), #20 Washington Park Library Sep 2014, Sparkle #1 Apr 15 by Arthur Middleton & Caitlin Cali, Math Warriors #1 Kill All Math Haters Always Pet Cats, Baboon Banana Dog and Other Stories
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    New Nightmare and Sleepy in Borrowed Time by Peter Faecke $4.00

    Titan #1 Francois Vigneault (StudyGroup) $4.95

    Twenty First Century Tank Girl #1 by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin $3.99

    It Will All Hurt #1 by Farel Dalrymple (StudyGroup) $8.00

    Secret Voice #2 by Zack Soto (StudyGroup) $8.00

    Blubber #1 by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $3.99

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    Baseline Blvd by Emi Gennis $8.00

    Cricket $10.00

    A Letter For You by Fiona Avocado $4.00

    Poly Glot Cunning Linguist Love Life Comics by Hazel Newlevant $3.00

    If This Be Sin s by Hazel Newlevant $10.00

    Goodbye Or the State Of Nature by Ben Passmore $5.00

    Hello Stranger Travel Comics by Robin Ha $7.00

    Brandon’s Car World by Eddy Rivera $5.00

    Ley Lines $5.00 each: Thank God I Am in Love by Cathy G. Johnson, Unholy Shapes by Annie Mok, Golden Smoke by Warren Craghead

    Butch Pony Tail #2 by O. Hovarth $5.00

    Then What by Robyn Jordan $4.00

    Lyric Sheet by Kevin Czap $1.00

    Inaction Comics #1 Productivity by Anderson Kimball $12.00

    Cyanide Milkshake #6 by Liz Suburbia $2.00

    various issues of Rotland Dreadfuls, $4.00 each: vol 2 #1 Red Swan by Marc Brunier-Mestas, vol 1 #4 Make It Look Fancy by Gregory Jacobson, Trie Scream Pig Trie by Chris Cilla, vol 1 #7 Headlines by Onsmith & Sanya Glisic

    A Giant’s Rant by Jo Dery $3.00

    New issues of Coin Op, $6.00 each:The Morning After the Day the Music Died & Dial Nine For an Outside Line

    Culture Guide by Faye H. Kahn $8.00

    Space Opera #1 & #2 by Sam Szabo $2.00 each

    Blown Away #1 by Alyssa Jo Varner $5.00

    Soft Violence by Danielle Chenette $7.00

    Its Still Happening a Sequel by Theora Kvitka $5.00

    Lightning Peach Trees by Alex Kostiw $4.00

    Cum Lung issues #1-#3 by Aaron Manczyk $4.00 each – Time traveling in a, erm, adult fashion.

    Grixly issues #32 & #33 by Nate McDonough $2.00 each

    Plush #3 by Brett Maning $5.00 – Tasty treat! It’s the third installment of Brett Manning’s uber cutetastic, colorful, magickal and fun minicomic Plush. Replete with mystical beings, trippy fruit and sassy critters, this drippy installment may just give you a toothache, friend. Find your true self with a quiz worthy of a witchy version of Sassy mag entitled “are you perhaps maybe actually a magical, ethereal being?” A spirited yet refined sugar rush.-NY

    Hi Mom I’m Going to Chicago by Hanna Pirita Lehkonen $2.00

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks

    Finnish comics!: Without You by Hanna Pirita Lehkonen $7.00, Hirsute Hazard $15.00, Team Parvelo 5 v Artbook anthology $10.00, Lepakkoluola $15.00

    Grip: The Strange World of Men by Gilbert Hernandez (Dark Horse) $19.99

    Adventure Time: The Flip Side by Pendleton Ward $19.99

    Art Masters Series: Pablo by Julie Birmant& Clement Oubrerie (Self-Made Hero) $27.50

    Eat That Toast by Matt Czap $19.95

    Towerkind by Kat Verhoeven (Conundrum) $15.00

    Mike’s Place: A True Story Of Love Blues and Terror In Tel Aviv by Joshua Faudem & Jack Baxter (First Second) $22.99

    Fiction

    My Eyes Are Black Holes by Logan Ryan Smith $10.00

    Household Spirit by Tod Wodicka $26.95

    Book of Numbers by Joshua Cohen $28.00

    Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions For a Better Future ed. by Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer $15.99 – Stories by authors such as Cory Doctorow, Gregory Benford, Elizabeth Bear, inspired by the author Neal Stephenson, an anthology of stories, set in the near future.

    Viral by Emily Mitchell $15.95

    Humor

    English is Not Easy: A Visual Guide to the Language by Luci Gutierrez $18.00

    Neighbors From Hell: An American Bedtime Story by Jan Frel & Jon Dolan, illustrations by Taras Kharechko (Feral House) $14.95 – Neighbors From Hell finds itself nestled in the “children’s book for adults” niche in the vein of Go the F*ck to Sleep. The book tells the story of the real life monsters in America who could be living next door, people like a repo man, a reality TV star, or a slumlord.

    Essays & Memoirs

    Brooklyn the Black by Asha Veal Brisebois $13.00 softcover or $24.00 hard cover

    Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer by Matthew Gavin Frank $14.95

    Mayhem

    Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek MD MD and T.J. Mitchell $16.00

    Feral Cities: Adventures with Animals in the Urban Jungle by Tristan Donovan $16.95

    DIY

    Paper Ninja: Thirteen Easy to Make Ninjas, Plus Full Sized Master Killer Dojo and Weapons by Daniel Stark and Chris Carfolite (PowerHouse) $14.95

    Politics & Revolution

    2 Noam Chomsky titles from Haymarket Publishing! Culture of Terrorism $19.00, On Power and Ideology: The Managua Lectures $16.00

    Magazines

    Bitch #67 $6.95

    Majestic Disorder #4 $18.99

    Laphams Quarterly vol 8 #3 Sum 15 $17.00 Philanthropy

    Hip Mama #57 $5.95

    Little White Lies #59 Truth and Movies $12.99

    Shock Cinema #48 $5.00

    Atlantis Rising #112 $6.95

    Ladygunn #11 Wiz Khalifa the Discovery Issue $9.99

    Cannabis Now #15 $7.99

    Victory Journal #9 Youth $16.00

    Modern Farmer #8 Sum 15 $7.99 – Did you hear the news? The new goat!

    Monocle vol 9 #84 Jun 15 $12.00

    The Big Takeover #76 $5.99

    Man of the World #12 Michael Huisman $20.00
    Lit Mags

    Ninth Letter vol 12 #1 Spr Sum 15 $14.95

    Brick #95 Sum 15 A Literary Journal $15.00

    The Oxford American #89 Sum 15 Fiction Issue $6.95

    Sexy

    Meat #17 $20.00 – Men in and out of their trousers while in and out of the shower and pools while in and out of each other! Plus: a Q & A with The Backyard Boys Harley McGuire and Dearon South, who agreed that the one thing that would improve their quality of life is a swimming pool in the backyard. I couldn’t agree more. But it would be nice if they were in it. -LM

  • Bob Suren reads from Crate Digger: An Obsession with Punk Records 7/17

    cdig_lgCrate Digger: An Obsession with Punk Records is a funny, honest and personal memoir of thirty years in the D.I.Y. punk scene. There are stories about touring, recording studios and record stores. There are stories about success, failure, disappointment, self-actualization and heartbreak. There are 60,000+ words, 192 pages and 39 photos. The story takes place over three decades in nine countries on four continents. There are nine deaths, two basset hounds and one love poem. There are special appearances by Jello Biafra, Ron Reyes (possibly), Tesco Vee, Joey Shithead, Cheetah Chrome and one very serious FBI agent.

    

    "Really brings to life the early days of the American punk scene as it spread slowly across the country, through turntables, fanzines, and word of mouth.  His vivid vinyl recollections illustrate how good record stores and adventurous college radio stations were so essential in bringing startling new music into the lives of many previously isolated kids.  It follows the trajectory of a kid as his passion for music became all-consuming."
    

    – Jeff Nelson, Minor Threat and Dischord Records
    

    

    "A fun, easy-to-read, personal narrative of 30 years of living through "Punk Rock" - finding records, going to concerts, making discoveries, and a myriad of other experiences - that help the reader "make sense" of a still-inspiring cultural revolution and breakthrough "philosophy of life" that spawned the current "entrepreneurial culture" (where everybody wants to start their own "start-up"). D-I-Y, indeed..."
    

    -- V. Vale, founder of SEARCH & DESTROY and RE/SEARCH Publications
    

     
    

    Bob Suren has written for numerous underground music magazines over the decades such as Maximum Rocknroll, Engine, Seven Inches to Freedom and published his own magazine, Heavy Rotation. Crate Digger is his first book.
    

    For more info: microcosmpublishing.com or surentime(at)gmail(dot)com 
    

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