Monthly Archive for July, 2009

New Stuff 7/2/09

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Cometbus #52 The Spirit of Saint Louis by Aaron Cometbus $3.00 – Yes, a new issue of the zine with the most amazing penmenship ever.

Multiforce by Mat Brinkman (Picturebox) $15.00 – Collects various issues of the orginal comic Multiforce into one volume.

Xerography Debt #25 $3.00

Girls Guide to Rocking How to Start A Band Book Gigs And Get Rolling to Rock Stardom by Jessica Hopper (Workman Publishing) $13.95 – By Chicago writer, as featured in among other places, The Chicago Reader.

Ugly Man by Dennis Cooper (Harper) $13.99 – New fiction by the author of God Jr.

The Comics Journal # 298 (Fantagraphics) $11.99

Low Moon by Jason (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – New hardcover graphic novel from the artist of I Killed Adolf Hitler.

Giant Robot #60 $4.99

Mojo Classic #2 Britpop $12.50

Bizarre #151 $10.50

Fortean Times #250 $11.99

Punk Rock Etiquette: The Ultimate How To Guide For DIY Punk Indie and Underground Bands by Travis Nicholas (Roaring Brook) $12.95

Fart Party vol 2 by Julia Wertz (Atomic) $13.95 – Another installment of hilarity ensues!

We Did Porn: Memoir and Drawings by Zak Smith (Sabbath) (TinHouseBooks) $24.95 – From the artist who did 750 illustrations of Gravity’s Rainbow.

Seriously Sick Jokes: Most Disgusting Filthy Offensive Jokes from the Vile Obscene Disturbed Minds of b3ta.com by Rob Manuel (Ulysses) $10.95

Dark Night Of The Soul by Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse/David Lynch (Dnots) $50.00

RFD #138 $7.75

Good Times Bad Trips by Cliff Hengst and Scott Hewicker (Gallery 16) $25.00

Implausibility of Gnus by Tobias Amadon Benglesdorf (Another New Calligraphy) $10.00 – Arty box thing with interesting fiction in tiny pamphlets.

Spunk #6 $5.00

I Love You Gabrielle Bell by Jason Kieffer $1.50 – Mini-comic. And what’s not to love about Gabrielle Bell? She’s great!

Rad Dad #14 $3.00 – Next issue of the popular radical parenting zine.

Morrissey: The Pageant of His Bleeding Heart by Gavin Hopps (Continuum) $24.95 – Yes, rock criticism about Moz.

Black Dogs: The Possibly True Story of Classic Rock’s Greatest Robbery by Jason Buhrmester (Three Rivers Press) $13.95 – Don’t miss the event here on July 17th!

Experiencing Hypnotism Atomic Activity Book #1 by Francesco Spampinato (Atomic Activity) $6.00 – Long live weirdo zines!

Sprung #1with CD $5.00 – Delicate litle mini comic. Beautiful!

Giant Melvins Sticker (Sticker Robot) $59.95 – And worth every penny. Served on a platter of cardboard so you can keep it bagged and boarded if that’s your style.

First Line vol 11 #2 $3.00 – Every story in the issue starts with the same first line.

East Village Inky #41 $3.00

D90 #3 Mix Tape Zine $2.00

Next Stop Adventure #3 by Matt Gauck $2.00 – Always a hit with those who prefer a perzine feel to their reading.

Versal #7 $15.00 – New ish of the popular lit journal.

Lowbrow Reader #7 $3.00 – A highbrow approach to lowbrow culture. Now that’s something we can get behind!

Comic Book Design: The Essential Guide to Creating Great Comics and Graphic Novels by Gary Spencer Millidge (Watson) $24.95

Juxtapoz #102 Jul 09 $5.99

Judas Goat Quarterly #42 by Grant Schreiber $1.50 – Local zinester keeps on keepin’ on, on being down on the Man.

Hos Hookers Call Girls and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life Love Money and Sex by David Henry Sterry (Deitch) $15.99

Beautifulism by Kembra Pfahler (Deitch) $30.00 – Remember the wall of vaginas art exhibit? Yeah, she did that. And oh yeah! She’s a supermodel too!

Smash The Church, Smash The State: Early Years of Gay Liberation by Tommi Avicolli Mecca (Citylights) $18.95

Goodbye 20th Century A Biography of Sonic Youth by David Browne (Da Capo) $16.95 – Now in soft cover.

Prayer Requested by Christian Northeastern (Drawn+Quarterly) $15.95 – Another release as part of D+Q’s dainty Petits Livres series.

Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman (Scriber) $15.00 – Soft cover release of fiction, from the author of Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs.

Burning Fight: Nineties Hardcore Revolution In Ethics Spirit and Sound by Brian Peterson (Revelation Books) $18.0

Plus, a whole mess of new toys to keep you occupied this summer: WWZD What Would Zombie Do Spinner, Ultimate Pocket Protector (Comes with geeky stickers!), Angry Mob Play Set, and various other frivolous toys you want to laugh at.

And oh! Did we mentio nSof Boy Bandanas, Sof Boy Mouse Pads, Coctails Tote Bags? And Read Or Die Totebags, plus of course, the Quimby’s totebags are still available. So many totebags here it’s like a public radio pledge drive.

See you soon!

Top 10 Bestsellers For Last Week

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Look! It’s a Quimby’s New Sign Salad. Have we posted this picture in the blog already? We can’t remember. They’re old and bleached, and isn’t that ironic? Old New signs. Anyway, this is for the week of June 28th-July 6th, 2009.

1. Cometbus #52 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00

2. Fart Party vol 2 by Julia Wertz (Atomic) $13.95

3. Stop Smiling #38 $6.99

4. Make Your Place: Affordable Sustainable Nesting Skills by Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm) $7.00

5. Giant Robot #60 $4.99

6. Juxtapoz #102 Jul 09 $5.99

7. Monocle vol 3 #25 Jul Aug 09 $10.00

8. RFD #138 $7.75

9. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith (Quirk) $12.95

10. Brinkley Girls by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics) $29.99

James Kennedy and Jonathan Messinger Read

Jul ’09
10
7:00 pm

James Kennedy is the author of THE ORDER OF ODD-FISH, a fantastical YA comedy that was one of the Smithsonian’s Notable Books for Children 2008. Booklist praised ODD-FISH as “hilarious . . . readers with a finely tuned sense of the absurd are going to adore the Technicolor ride” and Time Out Chicago described it as “a work of mischievous imagination and outrageous invention.” He also plays bass in the Chicago art-punk band Brilliant Pebbles, which has been described variously as “melodramatic video game music,” “moon-man opera,” and “gypsy sex metal.” He lives in Humboldt Park in Chicago.

Jonathan Messinger is the author of the short story collection, HIDING OUT, which was named one of the best books of 2007 by the Omaha World- Herald. He’s also the books editor of Time Out Chicago and founder of  The Dollar Store Show. He co-publishes Featherproof Books, a small press publishing novels and downloadable mini-books, and is currently
at work on HIDING OUT 2: HIDING IN and HIDING OUT 3: DON’T STOP HIDING.

For more info:
www.jameskennedy.com

Rory Litwin Discusses Library Juice Press

Jul ’09
11
7:00 pm

Quimby’s is always crawling with librarians during the ALA conference (American Library Association Annual Conference, July 9th-15th) every year, and we expect this year will be the same. And who better to have come speak during the conference at Quimby’s but some cool librarian who publishes stuff like Alternative Publishers of Books in North America or Barbarians at the Gates of the Public Library: How Postmodern Consumer Capitalism Threatens Democracy, Civil Education, and the Public Good?

Rory Litwin runs Library Juice Press, which specializes in books like the two listed above. Topics covered include library philosophy, information policy, libraries and politics, and in general anything that can be placed under the rubric of “critical studies in librarianship.”

This event is, of course, of particular interest to librarians. But it will also appeal to anyone interested in going to libraries, curating and organizing book collections, or checking out hot librarians with or without sassy glasses. ‘Cause let’s face it: librarians are hot.

OFF SITE EVENT: Quimby’s and the Alternative Press Center Welcome Paul Buhle at the Alternative Press Center Open House

Jul ’09
12
5:30 pm

Paul Buhle has edited several books of comic art, including Studs Terkel’s Working: A Graphic Adaptation, Wobblies!, A Dangerous Woman, Students for a Democratic Society, A People’s History of American Empire and The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics. An active member of Champaign-Urbana, Storrs, and Madison SDS chapters during the late 1960s and founding editor of Radical America as well as co-author of The Encyclopedia of the American Left, Buhle will discuss the legacy of alternative media and underground papers as well as his contemporary work in graphic adaptation of left history at the newly expanded and relocated Alternative Press Center (APC).

The APC is a periodicals library and nonprofit collective that promotes access to independent and critical sources of news and information. Founded in 1969, it remains one of the oldest self-sustaining alternative media institutions in the United States. The APC Library is located in Logan Square after more than 30 years in Baltimore, Maryland. The most recent five years of the collection is held at the APC Library and includes titles from around the world such as Colorlines, n+1, Souls, Gay & Lesbian Review, EarthFirst! Journal, Off Our Backs, Camera Obscura, Claridad, Historical Materialism, Canadian Dimension, Review of African Political Economy, Labor History, Hypatia, Red Pepper, El Viejo Topo, Le Monde Diplomatique, and hundreds more. In addition to the periodical collection, the APC Library has more than 1,800 books — classics of the Left with emphasis on the 1960s and 1970s.

Buhle’s books and other merchandise will be on hand courtesy of Quimby’s and APC will celebrate the author’s presence and its move with free wine, beer and snacks.

For more info: www.altpress.org

FREE EVENT
At The Alternative Press Center / 2040 N. Milwaukee, 2nd floor.
Note: the location is not handicap accessible