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New stuff this week! #quimbys #quimbysbookstorechicago

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*ZINES*

Butch Nor Femme #11 $2.00

Divide and Conquer or Divide and Subdivide? How Not to Refight the First International (PM Press Pamphlet Series) $5.95

Art History Coloring Books by Maddie Stratton $15.00 each

Happy Tapir #3 A Cup of Holiday Fear by Johnny Masiulewicz $3.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

Strange Adventures of Bone Boy #3-#5 by Joe Haines $5.00 each

Human Cannonball by Rick Schlaack $3.00

Tales to Befuddle: A Comics Anthology $5.00

To Those in Glass Houses, Pallor Pink vol 3 Anthology $12.00

Sleeping Dog by Yewon Kwon $5.00

Grown – A Comic Strip by J. Spencer Howland $5.00

Midwestern Cuban Comics #10 by Odin Cabal $7.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS ESSAYS*

A New Low by Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics) $19.99 – Collects 10+ years of transgressive cartoons originally featured in Vice magazine. Skewers Bill Cosby, Two and a Half Men, Wall Street, and so much more. Full-color!

An Apple and An Adventure by Martin Cendreda $14.99

In the Pines: Five Murder Ballads by Erik Kriek (Fantagraphics) $24.99

Zanardi by Andrea Pazienza (Fantagraphics) $29.99 – The Italian “Crumb” portrays a lost generation of late 1970s/early 1980s teenagers coping with family problems, school, sex, and drugs.

Kitaro and The Great Tanuki War by Shigeru Mizuki (D+Q) $12.95

Adventure Time Comics vol 2 by Pendleton Ward and friends $14.99

The Many Lives of Catwoman: The Felonious History of a Feline Fatale by Tim Hanley (Chicago Review Press) $18.99

Everything I Needed to Know About Life I Learned from Marvel Comics by Joe Muszynski $10.00

*ART BOOKS*

KOLORSTORM: The Art of Louie “KR.ONE” Gasparro by Louie Gasparro $34.99 – “Graffantasy” from NYC-based artist and heavy metal drummer: tags, wall pieces, paintings and illustrations, model trains, jackets, and more.

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION BOOKS*

No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein (Haymarket) $16.95 – From No Logo and Shock Doctrine writer, about Trump as a logical extension of the most dangerous trends of the past half-century—the very conditions that have unleashed a rising tide of white nationalism. It is not enough, she tells us, to merely resist, to say “no.” We need a credible and inspiring “yes,” a roadmap to reclaiming the populist ground from those who would divide us—one that sets a bold course for winning the caring world we need.

Out of the Ruins: The Emergence of Radical Informal Learning Spaces by Robert H. Haworth and John M. Elmore (PM Press) $24.95

Guerrillas of Desire: Notes on Everyday Resistance and Organizing to Make a Revolution Possible by Kevin Van Meter (AK Press) $18.95

Libertarian Socialism: Politics in Black and Red, ed. by Alex Prichard, Ruth Kinna, Saku Pinta, and David Berry (PM Press) $26.95

Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society by Michael Albert (PM Press) $20.00

*OUTER LIMITS*

The Nebulae: Political Murder Investigators Stumble Upon the NWO’s Absolute Power by Walter J. Baeyens (Trine Day) $19.95 – Providing deep insights into the unseen but real forces that shape the course of history, this investigation exposes a cabal which controls most of the money transfers worldwide as well as the highest political authorities.

Legacy of the Yosemite Mafia: The Ranger Image and Noble Cause Corruption in the National Park Service by Paul D. Berkowitz (Trine Day) $19.95

Confessions of an Illuminati, Volume III: Espionage, Templars and Satanism in the Shadows of the Vatican by Leo Lyon Zagami (Trine Day) $17.95

*MUSIC BOOKS*

Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements by Bob Mehr $17.99 – Now in paperback!

England’s Hidden Reverse: A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground by David Keenan (Strange Attractor Press) $33.95 – Back in print! Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with members of the seminal music groups Coil, Current 93, and Nurse With Wound, England’s Hidden Reverse illuminates a shadowy but deeply influential underground scene. Together these artists and their many associates accented peculiarities of Englishness through the links and affinities they forged with earlier generations of the island’s marginals and outsiders, such as playwright Joe Orton, writers like the decadent Count Eric Stenbock, ecstatic mystic novelist Arthur Machen and occult figures like Austin Osman Spare and Aleister Crowley.

*MAGS*

Maximumrocknroll #410 Jul 17 $4.99

Fortean Times #354 Jun 17 $12.50

Cabinet #62 Milk $12.00

Chap #92 Sum 17 $7.75 – One shalt always doff one’s cap!

Laphams Quarterly vol 10 #3 Sum 17 $18.00

XY Sex Panic Magazine #51 Sum 117 $9.99

Shock Cinema #52 $5.00

Skeptic vol 22 #2 17 $6.95

Skeptical Inquirer vol 41 #4 Jul Aug 17 $5.99

Nexus vol 24 #4 Jul Aug 17 $6.95

Harpers Magazine Jul 17 $6.99

Nostalgia Digest Sum 17 $4.50

Radical History Review #128 May 17 $14.00

Anarcho-Syndicalist Review #70 Sum 17 $5.00

Illustoria #4 Grow Issue Stories Comics and DIY $14.00

Wire #400 Jul 17 $10.99

Mojo #284 July 17 $10.99

New stuff this week! More info at quimbys.com #NewStuff #quimbys #quimbysbookstorechicago

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The Thrill of Repulsion: Excursions into Horror Culture by William Burns $24.99 – For fans of experimental cinema, heavy metal, industrial music, comics, and the occult! Lists, articles, reviews, analysis, in-depth conversations with musicians & more!

*ZINES*

Printsploitation #3 by Scott R. Miller $8.00 – Horr and Cult movie drawing zine anthology.

zines by Corinne Halbert:
Hate Baby #666 by Corinne Halbert $6.00
Lady Like $4.00

We’ll Never Have Paris #14 Away $5.00

various zines by Walter Mingledorff

Scorched Cunt by Heather Daddy $5.00

Eat Your President For Breakfast $1.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

various comics by:
Shari Ross
Yvonne Alexandra
Tommi Parrish
Chloe Perkis
Heberto Bicio Morales
Joe Garber
A.T. Pratt
Sally Cantirino
Jenn Woodall
Reilly Hadden

Lost Cats #3 by Megan Stanton $2.00

Kleitoria by Sergio Vazquez $7.00

Procedural by Walker Tate $6.00

Infinite Wheat Paste #1 $5.00

Umbra by Heberto Bicio Morales $6.00

Accursed by Daria Tessler (Perfectly Acceptable) $25.00

Welcome to Ukranian Village by CHIPRC $3.00

Surmountable Odds #1 by Vinnie Neuberg $7.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Vague Tales by Eric Haven (Fantagraphics) $16.99 – A man telepathically visits other worlds while sitting in his apartment, a solitary figure has telepathic encounters with a demonic aviatrix, a wandering crystalline being, a flaming sword-wielding warrior, and a mysterious sorceress, all within the confines of his own apartment.

Ohio Is For Sale vols 9 & 10 by Jon Allen $8.00 each

Pop Gun War: Chain Letter by Farel Dalrymple $19.99

Black Panther: World of Wakanda by Roxane Gay $17.99

Ripple: A Predilection For Tina by Dave Cooper (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – Reprint of this popular graphic novel, in which an artist and model fall into an abject relationship. With an intro by David Cronenberg!

*ART & DESIGN*

Mai-Kai: History and Mystery of the Iconic Tiki Restaurant by Tim “Swanky” Glazner $34.99 – The Mai-Kai Restaurant and bar in Fort Lauderdale poached key staff from Don the Beachcomber’s in Chicago in 1956. Here’s the story in full glory, with first-hand stories 400+ images, an enduring legacy of the mid-twentieth-century Tiki era!

Tattoo Lettering & Banners: Classic and Modern Script Designs by Britt Johansson $24.99

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive by Kristen J. Sollee $16.95

Young Radicals: In the War for American Ideals by Jeremy McCarter $30.00

*ESSAY*

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay $25.99

*FICTION*

Keeping Your Cool: a post-teen tale of relations, frustrations, and bodily functions by Bill Franz $15.00 – For a young, unemployed college dropout goth like Jim Scarpelli, the bars and clubs of Chicago are a refuge. And never more so than in the spring of 1989, when Jim’s primary goal in life is to escape his suburban boyhood home and live in the city, where he can finally enjoy the urban high life he’s always dreamed about. Then he meets Barb, an artist whose hoity-toity background underscores just how plebian his own his. Sparks fly, but Jim is terrified she might discover the truth of his situation and immediately drop him for the loser he is. How to avoid such a fate?

Universal Harvester: A Novel by John Darnielle $25.00 – Life in a small town takes a dark turn when mysterious footage begins appearing on VHS cassettes at the local Video Hut. By Mountain Goats superstar and author of Wolf in White Van.

How to Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball $16.00 – Now in soft cover. When Lucia discovers that her school has a secret Arson Club, her life is suddenly lit up!

*MUSIC, FILM & COMEDY BOOKS*

Dream Baby Dream: Suicide: A New York Story by Kris Needs $17.99 – The definitive, authorized biography of Suicide, the most iconic band of the New York punk explosion. supported with firsthand interviews by its founders, singer and artist Alan Vega and maverick instrumentalist Martin Rev.

Based on a True Story by Norm MacDonald $16.00 – “Memoir” from the actor, gambler, raconteur, and Saturday Night Live veteran.

*OUTER LIMTIS*

Interview with the Boogeyman: A Monster for All Times by Benjamin S. Jeffries $19.99 – From folklore to contemporary horror, through a series of engaging questions, diary entries, and author research, the evolution of the Boogeyman continues to develop as he takes credit here for the most disturbing and bloodthirsty creatures ever to scare us silly. Written in a clever interview style, this whimsical, funny, informative, and scary biographical history of the world’s greatest fiend takes the reader on an escapade into terror that began in the dank world of the Dimmuborgir Lava Fields in Iceland and culminates in the surreal landscape of today’s modern monsters.

Aliens, God, and the Bible: A Theological Speculative Study of the Bible’s Alien Mysteries by Joel Curtis Graves $17.99

Hints on Etiquette: A Shield Against the Vulgar by various $9.95 – Part of the ‘Found on the Shelves’ series of books from the Victorian era and beyond, published with The London Library. This volume dispenses wisdom on decorum and all manner of matters, from the dinner table to marriage, and from smoking to fashion.

*FOOD BOOKS*

Famous Nathan: A Family Saga of Coney Island, the American Dream, and the Search for the Perfect Hot Dog by Lloyd Handwerker & Gil Reavill $17.99 – Now in soft cover!

*MAGAZINES*

Gather Journal #11 Sum 17 Heroines, Women and Art $19.99

Shots #136 Sum 17 $7.25

032c #32 $41.99

Man About Town #20 Sum 17 $24.99

*LIT JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS*

Sheriff Nottingham X #10 $10.00

Why Is There Mold In My Mocha: An Eclectic Collection of Poetry and Prose by Campbell Richmond $3.00

Brick #99 Spr 17 $16.00

various titles by Casi & Steven Cline

King-Cat #77 by John Porcellino (Spit and a Half) $5.00 –  40 digest pages loaded with dogs, cats, possums, mountain lions, moths, frogs, and toads, in stories including Night of the Living Possums, Bee/Bike Story, Big Cats in Illinois (and Wisconsin) Exist!, Caterpillar Story, Fluttering Moth, plus an adaptation of Edgar Lee Masters’ poem “Willie Metcalf,” and more!

Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels (Justseeds) $8.00 – From A-Disc (the record label of the Swedish Labor Movement) to Zhongguo Changpian (the state label of the People’s Republic of China), this is a compendium of 142 record labels which produced political music between 1970 and 1990, the heyday of the vinyl record. Each entry features the logo of the label, and a brief synopsis of its history and any additional interesting information I could find. Truly international in scope, over two dozen countries and territories are represented, as well as a myriad of musical styles and forms.

*ZINES*

Amazing Microbial Discoveries of Science by Anne Elizabeth Moore $5.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

Gwar Orgasmageddon #1 by Maguire Miner Gorman and Sawyer $3.99

Corpus Distorta #2 by Grant Reynolds $3.00

I Am an ALT In the Grip of Bureaucracy by Ian M. (Big Ugly Robot) $6.00 – The true account of one man’s fight against the Kafkaesque bureaucracy, callous union reps and the dark side of teaching English abroad.

Atlas #1 All Time Comics by Josh Bayer and Benjamin Marra (Fantagraphics) $3.99

The Love Suicides at Sonezaki by Chieko Kobayashi (Big Ugly Robot) $5.00 – Tokubei and Ohatsu are forbidden to lve each other, but their attempt to hide their love leads to scandal, a stolen dowry, betrayal, drunken brawls and suicide. Based on the classic play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, considered the Shakespeare of Japan. From the tradition of bunraku, a type of puppet theater thematically similar to Kabuki.

Adventures of Dorrit Little #1 by Monica Johnson $8.00

Riding for Two by Monica Johnson $8.00

Permanent Night by Adam Griffiths $8.00

It’s Yours anthology $12.00

Chicken Boy by Vinnie Neuberg (Pyrite Press) $10.00

Coin-Op issues by Peter & Maria Hoey, $6.00 each:
Coin-Op Single #9: Project Gemini (Musical Twins)
Coin-Op Single #10: Chuck Berry’s Revenge (Afro-Futurist Re-Mix)

Connor McCann comics, $8.00 each:
Velvet Coffin #1 and #2
When Its Quiet Out
Night Market
& more!

Comics by Marcus Coleman, various prices:
Pizza Party Two
Three Weeks – A Travel Zine
Pie and Mischief #2 & #3

Good Boy #1 by Nosebleed Comics $7.00

Should I Enjoy My Life Or Not by Jon Michael Frank $12.00

Laskimooses #35 Lieskan Ensileimaus $7.00

Cankor Calamity of Challenge #2 of 4 by Matthew Allison $5.00

Zugzwang #3 $2.50

Sharkman #3 Vs the Illuminati by Leo Mancini $5.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Complete Strange Growths 1991-1997 by Jenny Zervakis $20.00

Tarantula by Alexis Ziritt & Fabian Rangel Jr. & Evelyn Rangel (Adhouse) $14.95 – Psychedelic pulp. Satanic noir. The story of three unusual agents of order trying to bring justice to a world on the brink of chaos.

Garbage Night by Jen Lee (Nobrow Press) $18.95

Belgian Lace From Hell the Mythology of S. Clay Wilson vol 3 by Patrick Rosenkranz (Fantagraphics) $34.99

Uncomfortably Happily by Yeon-sik Hong (D&Q) $29.95 – The gentler pace and stillness of the countryside replace the roar of the city, but cartoonist Yeon-Sik Hong’s editor keeps calling. A beautiful portrait of the Korean countryside, changing seasons, and the universal relationships humans have with each other as well as nature.

Mixed Signals #1 by Greg Parker Needham $12.00

Sinker by Tony Blando and Libby Frame $3.00

*POLITICS, ESSAYS, CURRENT EVENTS*

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach $15.95 – Now in soft cover.

Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes by Anne Elizabeth Moore, with illustrations from Xander Marro (Curbside Splendor) $16.95

This Is Revolting by Allison Cekala $15.00

*MUSIC & FILM BOOKS*

Patti Smith: American Artist by Frank Stefanko $19.99 – A stunning collection of photographs from Frank Stefanko featuring the Godmother of Punk herself, iconic musician and author Patti Smith.

The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock by David Weigel $26.95

Female Trouble: A Queer Film Classic by Chris Holmlund (Arsenal Pulp) $17.95

Jason Molina: Riding With the Ghost by Erin Osmean $35.00 – Don’t miss author Erin Osmon reading From this book and hosting a Q&A with members of Songs: Ohia, the late Jason Molina’s band.

*FICTION*

Since I Laid My Burden Down by Brontez Purnell (Feminist Press) $17.95

*DIY*

Preservation: The Art and Science of Canning, Fermentation and Dehydration by Christina Ward (Process Self-reliance Series) $24.95 – Don’t miss the author here on Thurs, July 13th! She’ll talk about food preservation history, how women were left out of that history, and the cutting-edge research about our gut biomes. She’ll also share the secret to consistent food safety. (Spoiler: wash your damn hands.) Come for the door prizes, stay for the science!

If Found…Please Return to Elise Gravel by Elise Gravel $17.95 – Microbes and mushrooms share the page with speckled pepper pops, gloppers, and floofs! A challenge to young artists to keep a daily sketchbook. She reveals her top tips to becoming a successful illustrator.

*OUTER LIMITS*

The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind America’s UFO Highway by Ben Mezrich $16.00 – The true story of a computer programmer who tracks paranormal events in remote areas of the western United States and is drawn deeper and deeper into a mysterious conspiracy.

The Chick and the Dead: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors by Carla Valentine $25.99

The Day After Roswell by Philip J. Corso and William J. Birnes $16.00

Al Capone’s Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago during Prohibition by John J. Binder $25.00

*MAGAZINES*

AdBusters #132 vol 25 #4 Jul Aug 17 $14.95

The Baffler #35 Sum 17 Bad Society $14.00

Wire #400 Jun 17 $10.99

*LIT JOURNALS, CHAP BOOKS & POETRY*

Taddle Creek #39 $6.95

Only Interested in Everything by Maura McDanel $10.00

Nashville Notebook by David Bersell $10.00

Bad Action by Elizabeth Driscoll $5.00

We sure do love sweets! CAKE is next weekend! Opening night event here at Quimby’s Fri 6/9 with Gabrielle Bell, Emil Ferris, Lucy Knisley and C. Spike Trotman, tabling exhibition Sat 6/10 and Sun 6/11 at the Center on Halsted. More info at cakechicago.com. CAKE window, by Corinne Halbert.

new stuff this week!:

*ZINES & ZINE-RELATED BOOKS*

Dum Ditty Dum #1 Oct 28 1977 & #2 March 24 1987, $5.00 each – Rando dates picked — musical history of those dates elaborated.

Books Kill Buildings Internet Capital Selves by Other Forms $5.00

Would be Saboteurs Take Heed #3 by Audrey Chan $8.00

Dope by Adam Gondek $12.00

Other Side of White Walls: A Collaborative Zine by Paige Landesberg & friends $8.00

Pool Zine by Rohan McDonald $15.00 – Human essence scattered into fractals of matter. Moving apart, separating, convulsing, only to join back together again. Can you lift the block from the bottom of the pool? ~CH

Countersignals vol 1 Militant Print Counter signals by Jack H. Fischer $15.00

*COMICS*

Trash Babies by Steffany Bankenbusch, Robin Franklin and Michelle Wanhala $6.00 – A spunky girl finds a mystical slice of pizza and befriends an even pluckier opossum. Join them on their trash alley adventures! ~CH

Excerps by Logan Kruidenier $8.00

Fae Archaic #6 Two Fold Preview by Kurt Burdick $4.00

Window UFO by Alex Ross Williams $8.00

2 Kriota Willberg comics:
At Least We Have Our Health: Gag Cartoons About Science History and Bioethics $4.00
Anatomical Triangles of the Neck: A Selection of Love Stories $3.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Let Some Word That Is Heard Be Yours by Alex Nall $12.00 – CZF organizer’s graphic novel about Mister Rogers!

The Casebook of Rabbit Black vol 1 by Kate Sherron $14.99

LOST ANGELS: Volume One: Paradise High by Chris Anderson and Dan Panosian $19.99

Bitch Planet Volume 2: President Bitch by Kelly Sue DeConnick & friends

Canopy by Karine Bernadou (Retrofit) $15.00

Sound of Snow Falling by Maggie Umber (2dcloud) $22.95 – A paint and paper documentary, observing great horned owls in their natural habitat.

Lennon: The New York Years by David Foenkinos, Corbeyran and Horne

*ART & DESIGN*

Planet of the Apes: The Original Topps Trading Card Series by by The Topps Company & Gary Gerani $24.95

Muhammad Ali: The Greatest Coloring Book of All Time, ed. by Darius James (Feral House) $15.95

Fantasy Babes: A Gamer Glam Coloring Book by Sephanie A. Quinn $7.99

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

Demagoguery and Democracy by Patricia Roberts-Miller $9.95

*OUTER LIMITS*

Alien World Order: The Reptilian Plan to Divide and Conquer the Human Race by Len Kasten $18.00

Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of English Slang by Max Décharné $26.95

*MAGAZINES*

Razorcake #98 Mikey Erg $4.00

Maximumrocknroll #409 Jun 17 $4.99

GLQ vol 23 #3 Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 2017 $12.00

Record Collector #5 Serious About Music: 1967 the Year Rock Freaked Out $11.50

The Big Takeover #80 $5.99

Murder Most Foul #104 Worlds Number One True Crime Quarterly $10.99

Monocle #104 Jun 17 Boop Boop $12.00

Transformation #101 Aubrey Kate Triple Threat $12.50

TSQ Transgender Studies Quarterly vol 4 #2 May 2017 $12.00

Juxtapoz #198 Jul 17 $6.99

Cinema Retro vol 13 #38 2017 $11.99

Wired UK Jun 17 $7.99

New Noise Magazine #32 Flatliners $4.99

Maegu #1 $24.99

True Crime Detective Monthly May 17 $9.99

*OTHER STUFF*

Blank Books made by Josh Doster, various prices!

New stuff! #quimbys #quimbysbookstorechicago

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*ZINES*

New Keith Herzik zines $4-$5:
Dudes Little Dudes 2016
Whiz Paddle
Alamo Igloo #29 2017

How to Not Give Up by Mary Marge Locker $1.00

Soda Killers #14 $5.00

Hot Tag #1-#3 by Dan Nelson $3.00

You Are What You Eat by Emeline Mele $10.00

Fabulous Fat Femme Coloring Book by Bianca Alba $12.00

Windows by Philip Tomaru $10.00

Pain You Can Choose by Woodie Borre $5.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

We Are Not Alone Beings and Creatures from Somewhere Else by Brett Manning $20.00

Soft Reset by Kaitlin Kostus $5.00

Kitty’s Guide to Chicago Coffee #2 by Patrick Cheng $2.00

comics by Liz Walker:
Things That Make Me Anxious $2.00
Why Narwhals Make Great Pets $2.00
2016 the Best and the Worst of Each Damn Week $6.00

comics by by Tedd Anderson, $2.00 each:
How to Draw Your Sadness
Gracious People You Feel and It’s OK
Sundial Awhile
various issues of both Campaign Slogans & Little Monsters

Bath Manager #2 by Morgan Vessel $3.00

One Alien Featuring Niall Horan by Paloma Hayes Bohanan $5.00

comics by Rosalarian:
Dirty Deeds $6.00
You Do Something to Me $5.00
Object of Affection: A Sexy Retelling of the Pygmalion Myth $4.00
Change of Plans $4.00
Moral Dilemma $5.00
& more!

Tweak by Veronica Englund $5.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Sunburning by Keiler Roberts (Koyama) $12.00

Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 (Graphic Medicine) by MK Czerwiec $29.95 – Don’t miss Nurse-cartoonist MK Czerwiec reading from Taking Turns at Quimby’s on May 25th! More info here.

Everything is Flammable by Gabrielle Bell (Uncivilized) $25.95 – See the artist here at Quimby’s on the Friday night of CAKE!

C. Spike Trotman books:
Yes, Roya, illustrated by Emilee Denich $15.00 – BDSM erotic graphic novel created by and for women, featuring a three-way femdom relationship.
Smut Peddler Presents: My Monster Boyfriend, ed. by C. Spike Trotman (Iron Circus) $30.00 – Ten tales of fantastic fornication, written and illustrated by some of the most talented women in comics.
& more! See the artist here at Quimby’s on the Friday night of CAKE!

Boundless by Jillian Tamaki (D&Q) $24.95 – Don’t miss Jillian Tamaki here at Quimby’s on June 23rd to celebrate the release of this exquisite book about a weirdo “mirror” Facebook, in conversation with artist Jessica Campbell. More info here!

Resurrection Perverts: Hunters Point by Danny Hellman (Dirty Danny Press) $15.99 – In a near-future world porn publisher Harry Homburg clings to the hope that exclusive photos of a US President caught in flagrante delicto will save his crumbling business. Unfortunately, the universe has other plans for him. He will travel beyond the boundaries of our world, to a strange place where the rules of existence are subject to the whims of unseen entities. This biting social satire is presented in vivid full color, one scene per page, like a series of smartphone screens.

Rise of the Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and the Creation of D&D by David Kushner and Koren Shadmi $16.99

*ART & DESIGN*

The Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry by Richard Barnett $35.00

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics by Sean Wilentz $16.95

Whistleblower at the CIA: An Insider’s Account of the Politics of Intelligence by Melvin Goodman (City Lights) $19.95

*ESSAYS*

2 Chuck Klosterman titles:
X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century $27.00
But What If We’re Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past $16.00 – Now in soft cover.

*FICTION*

Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country: And Other Stories by Chavisa Woods $23.95

Arrows by Erica Schreiner and Nyssa Frank $15.00

*MUSIC-RELATED BOOK*

Mutant Rocker: The Art of Randy Biscuit Turner vol 1 by David Ensminger $11.00 – Work by the lead singer for the Austin punk band Big Boys.

*MAGAZINES*

Tape Op #119 ay Jun 17 $4.95

Palmss #2 $20.00

Monocle #103 May 17 Where Can I Call Home $12.00

Shindig #66 The Creation $12.99

Make vol 57 Jun Jul 17 All Hands on Boards $9.99

Jacobin #25 Spr 17 $12.95

Fader #109 May Jun 17 $6.99

National Green Pages 2017 $9.95

Horror Hound #65 May Jun 17 $6.99

Cherry Bombe #9 $20.00

Girls and Corpses vol 11 Spr 17 $8.95

*CHAP BOOKS*

Overtime: Hour 44 Ropes and Ladders by William Hart $2.00

Submerging by Brett Essler & friends $4.00

Quimby’s Panel at Chicago Zine Fest! #quimbys #czf2017 Picture by Corinne Halbert.

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Miss the New Stuff Post last week? That’s because we were tabling at Chicago Zine Fest! A long-arm stapler thanks to Chicago Zine Fest, as well as everybody that came and visited us there, and especially to folks that came to “Ever Evolving Bastion of Freakdom: A Quimby’s Panel.” We are over the moon with what a great job CZF co-organizer Alex Nall did with moderating!

Want to see other fun pics from #CZF2017? See here. And here. And here.

*ZINES*

Stuff from CHIPRC (Chicago Publishers Resource Center):
Morning Doodles by Logan Kruidenier and CHIPRC $4.00
Pizza Libs #3 by Johnny Misfit $2.00

My Aim Is True #11 by Carrie $2.00

Tributaries #7 One Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe by JC $2.00

Rumpy Pumpy #5 by Milo $3.00

Found Letter by Eryca Sender $1.00

Dress: A Perzine About Gender by Molly Russell $2.00

Rat Dream Club by Dylan Peterson $3.00

Internalized Homophobia by Norma Krautmeyer $2.00

Walk In Dance Out $12.00

Apricot vol 2 $10.00

Just Make Pictures Zine #9 Any City USA $7.00

Tax Day, Don’t Pay by Micco Caporale $6.00

Plants are Nice by Mikie Poland $9.00

St. Sucia: A Zine Exposing What It Is to Be a Mujer In Contemporary Society, issues #2 Dos Mundos and #3 La Dama by Tash & Ish $10.00 each

Desperate Times #1 by Chairman Ralph $5.00

Culture War #1 Assimilation & #2 Emancipation by Wheelhouse $3.00 each

Raw Fury #4 by Peter Bergman $20.00

Hotel Souvenir Nine Stories by Michael V. Gibson $9.00

God in a Bottle by Frank Kwiatkowski $5.00

Joli Poulet #1 $10.00

Minneapolis Psychedelicam vol 1 by Joe Cunningham & Karl Noyes $3.00

Gender Matters #2 by Carrie $5.00

This is My Costume: Anime Detour vols 1 & 2 2009-2010 $3.00 each

KerBloom #125 Mar Apr 17 by Artnoose $2.00

Plus even more zines, too numerous to list!

Holy smokes! Overflowing with new zines & comics after everybody who tabled at #ChicagoZineFest last saturday dropped off stuff!! #czf2017 #zines #minicomics #comics #quimbys

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*COMICS & MINIS*

kuš Comics EXPLOSION!:
Mini Kus #51 Mirror Stage by Jaakko Pallasvuo $5.00
Mini Kus #52 Acquisition by Catia Serrao $5.00
Mini Kus #53 Yellow by Liva Kandevica $5.00
Mini Kus #54 Bad Ball by Samplerman $5.00
š! #28 Baltic Comics Magazine Apr 17 Scandal $12.00 – Contributors: Ana Galvañ (Spain), Conxita Herrero (Spain), Dace Sieti?a (Latvia), Emmi Valve (Finland), Ichasu (Japan) & more!
kuš! mono #3: An Exorcism by Theo Ellsworth $13.00

Futile Comics #5 by Mike Centeno $8.00

Black Dayz #1-#7 by JTW $6.00 each

Well #3 by Martin Kralovec $1.50

I Love You So Matcha by Junkyard Elliott $5.00

Secret Song by M. Hawkins $5.00

Long Necked Bird #1 Puddles Gammon by Marc Pearson $5.00

Etc. by Mara Sternberg $5.00

Wrong by Katherine Gottsegen $3.00

Real American Zeroes #1 by Colin Kennedy $4.99

Less Than One Hundred Forty #1 The Case Against Fame Exhibit by Daniel Hawley $6.00

Slasher #1 by Charles Forsman $4.99

Teenage Serial Killer by C. Rudler $8.00

Minor Leagues #3 by Simon Moreton $4.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

A whole awesome mess of graphic novels from Koyama Press!:
So Pretty / Very Rotten: Comics and Essays on Lolita Fashion and Cute Culture by Jane Mai and An Nguyen $18.00
You & a Bike & a Road by Eleanor Davis $12.00 – In 2016, acclaimed cartoonist and illustrator Eleanor Davis documented her cross-country bike tour as it happened.
Volcano Trash: A Double Plus Adventure by Ben Sears $12.00
Condo Heartbreak Disco by Eric Kostiuk Williams $10.00
Crawl Space by Jesse Jacobs $19.95 – In the basement, through the appliances and past the veil that separates realities, lies a rainbow-hued world where a group of kids have found retreat from their suburban mundanity with a coterie of iridescent creatures. But in the fraught realm of adolescence, can friendship survive the appeal of the surreal?

Fante Bukowski vol 2 by Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics) $14.99

Drifter by Anna Haifisch (Perfectly Acceptable Press) $25.00

Ding Dong Circus: And Other Stories, 1967 to 1974 by Sasaki Maki (Breakdown Press) $26.99

My Brother’s Husband, Volume 1 by Gengoroh Tagame $24.95

Boundaries by Kyle Harter $18.00

Ravina the Witch by Junko Mizuno $24.99

Purgatory by Casanova Frankenstein (Fantagraphics Underground) $12.00

The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History by Hope Nicholson $24.95

Billie Holiday by Carlos Sampayo and Jose Muñoz (NBM) $19.99

Ask a Cat by Charles Brubaker $9.99

*OUTER LIMITS BOOKS*

Revival: Resurrecting the Process Church of the Final Judgement (Feral House) by William Sims Bainbridge $23.00 – Before the first page of this book, the computer magician who resurrected the Process Church was murdered. Was this man Christ?

Einstein’s Beets by Alexander Theroux (Fantagraphics) $34.99 – A study of the world of food and food aversions! Gossip, confession, embarrassment, and perceptive observations!

Rose City Vice: Portland in the 70’s — Dirty Cops and Dirty Robbers by Phil Stanford (Feral House) $12.95

We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe by Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson $28.00 – Don’t miss Cham & Whiteson here to talk about what they don’t know on Thursday, May 18th!

Which Cult Should I Join?: A Choose-Your-Own Guidebook for the Spiritually Bereft by Jo Stewart $12.95

Three Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story by Gary Indiana (Semiotext(e)/Native Agents) $15.95 – “America loves a successful sociopath,” Indiana explains in this sardonic and artful reconstruction of the brief life of the party boy who became a media sensation for shooting Gianni Versace.

Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government’s Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis by Annie Jacobsen $28.00

Absinthe: The Exquisite Elixir by Betina Wittels $29.95

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science by Dave Levitan $15.95

The United States of Absurdity: Untold Stories from American History by Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds $14.99

The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time by Brooke Gladstone $8.95

Reassessing the Transnational Turn: Scales of Analysis in Anarchist and Syndicalist Studies by Constance Bantman and Bert Altena (PM Press) $24.95

Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the Military and Behind Bars by Alice Lynd and Staughton Lynd (PM Press) $17.95

*FICTION*

Men Without Women: Stories by Haruki Murakami $29.95

Failure Pie in a Sadness Face: New and Selected Stories by Brian Alan Ellis $10.00

Kolobians: Seek the Afterlife by Floyd Willmore $16.95

Animals on Buses by Adam Lawson $11.00

*MUSIC & FILM BOOKS*

Motörhead: In the Studio by Jake Brown and Lemmy Kilmister $15.95

Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas by Chris Robé (PM Press) $26.95

*MAGAZINES*

Toilet Paper #14 $16.00

Apartamento #19 $19.95

Fortean Times #352 F is for Fake News $11.99

Blue Rose Magazine vol 1 #1 Feb 17 $8.00

Juxtapoz #197 Jun 17 $6.99

Fantastic Man #25 Spr Sum 17 $14.99

Another Man #24 Spr Sum 17 #14.99

Elska #11 Providence Rhode Island $18.50

*LIT JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS*

Magnitizdat Literary #3 Win 17 Decadence Collapse $6.00

Pinkeye Alley: Tales of Discomfort and Woe by Michelle Wong $7.00

Loop by Cristi Lopez $20.00

Rebound by Rachelle Toarmino $3.00

NA Literary Magazine vol 1 #9 No Assholes $6.00

Be Your Own Backing Band by Liz Prince (Silver Sprocket) $10.00 – A collection of comics about life through a punk-rock lens. Often humorous, sometimes poignant, and almost always embarrassing, these autobiographical stories are an essential addition to your LIZ-brary. Hilarious zines by Wizardskull, $10.00 each: Pussy, Gen Xtreme Toon Boners, Slimer Blowing Gum, SeX Files Go Fuck Myself by Mike Freiheit $6.00

*ZINES*

Biff Boff Bam Sock #7 Stuff We Have From Cancer by Anna Jo Beck $5.00 – In the latest issue of Biff Boff Bam Sock, Anna Beck revisits her husband’s (and in many ways her own) recent battle with Cancer. Through a series of ink drawings of medical products, food supplements, and other necessary items which they accrued throughout their year long journey she touches on different aspects of what it was like to care for, and come to terms with this increasingly common struggle. -MC

Fuggles A Beer Zine #3 Win 17 by David Nilsen $3.50

Bookstores and Baseball 9th Inning $7.00 – What started out as a child planning a family vacation has now become a family tradition for David Labounty’s family. In Bookstores and Baseball, the author talks about exactly what it says on the tin. In the 9th Inning David, along with his now college-bound children, visits the renowned book providers, and diamonds of Texas and Alabama. Strap in and join this family tradition, and don’t distract the driver or he’ll turn this car around. -MC

Learn Arabic in 25 Years #1 Inshallah and Beyond Innocuous Arabic by Zora O’Neill $4.00

You Must Always Have a Secret Plan #9 $3.00

*COMICS & MINIS*

Comics from Cole Johnson, $3-$5: Of Course, Twigs and Stones, The Cartoonist, Never In a Million Years, Forgotten Melody At the Edge of Memory, Beige Floral Pattern

Sweet Spot by Amy Peltz $8.00

My Comic Life by Mark McGilberry $1.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

Loose 2016 by Michael Deforge $20.00 – A fantastic collection of sketchbook drawings from 2016.

All Dogs Are Dogs by Michael DeForge $3.00

2 books by Ron Rege Jr.!: What Parsifal Saw (Fantagraphics) $14.99, The Cartoon Utopia (Fantagraphics) $24.99

Double the goodness! Two beautiful new books in by Ron Rege Jr. #comics #ronregejr #fantagraphics #art #graphicnovel

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Audubon, On The Wings Of The World by Fabien Grolleau & Jérémie Royer (Nobrow) $22.95

Saga TPB vol 7 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples $14.99

Adventure Time vol 9 Brain Robbers $14.99

Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War, edited by Mark Fertig (Fantagraphics) $29.99 – An oversized compilation of more than 500 stunningly restored comics covers published during World War II. a fascinating look at how legendary creators such as Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Alex Schomburg, Will Eisner, and Lou Fine entertained millions of kids on the home front and buoyed the spirits of GIs fighting overseas by using Adolf Hitler as a punching bag.

*FICTION*

Pain Center: The Novel by David G. Cookson $5.00

Hippies by Gary Gautier $10.99

Placement of Character by Brian Polk $15.00

*MUSIC BOOKS*

Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey by Bob Boilen $16.99

*MAGAZINES*

Hi Fructose #43 New Contemporary Art Magazine $7.95

Tom Tom Magazine #29 Digital Issue $10.00

International Review #158 International Communist Current Spr 17 $3.00

Gentlewoman #15 Spr Sum 17 Sofia Coppola $15.99

Mojo #281 Apr 17 $10.99

Fresh Meat #8 Of The City $15.00

Tapas #11 Spr 17 Kyle McLachlan $19.99

*POETRY & CHAP BOOKS*

On to the Next Dream by Paul Madonna $17.95

The First Line vol 19 #1 Spr 17 $4.00 – In the 58th issue of this literary journal, the premise remains the same: Nine Writers are given the same first line to a story, and the rest is up to them. Seeing way these stories branch out in infinitely disparate ways, even though they stem from the same 14 word sentence is always a treat. Pick a copy of today, and think of what you would do with that first line. -MC

2016 Dollhouse Gig Posters from Starshaped Press. Comes with 12 tiny 2×3 prints, a flexi from John & Marc of the Coctails, Dan Grzeca temp tatts, P22 Analog letterpress print! #starshapedpress #quimbys #quimbysbookstorechicago

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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

Got our hands on some brand new Kus! titles and restocks on some old favorites! Come check em out ? #kus #minicomics #comics #art #balticcomicsmagazine

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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