Actual transcript as pasted in from the Quimby’s e-mail:
From: dave <tacolove@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:37:38 -0600
To: Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com>
Subject: A question about the new issue of Black Carrot
Quimbys,
Soon enough, I will have a new issue (#15) of my zine Black Carrot. A zine
I have long enjoyed selling at Quimbys. This issue of Black Carrot, will
come with a sandwich. I am not kidding. Would this affect in any way
selling it at Quimbys? I mean you can keep the sandwiches in a cooler,
and eat a few if you wanted.. Anyways, share with me your thoughts.
xo,
dave
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com> wrote:
Hi Dave,
Liz Mason here. A sandwich! You are insane. Can I post your e-mail on our
blog?
Child, tell me more about your crazy sandwich zine. Specifically, what would
be on this sandwich? I like this idea more and more by the second.
Specifically, I like the idea of the zine being the meat, sandwhiched
in-between 2 slices of bread.
Liz
–
Quimby’s Bookstore
> From: dave <tacolove@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:54:40 -0600
> To: Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com>
> Subject: Re: A question about the new issue of Black Carrot
>
> Liz,
> Feel free to post that anywhere. Build up a bit of hype for Black Carrot
> #15? It is hard to explain with email, but I guess I will stop into Quimbys
> this week and just show you what I am talking about? It is quite possibly
> the best idea I have had this week. Zinewich!
> -dave
Dave,
This is insanity. I eagerly anticipate your arrival of the zinewich! I’m starving.
Liz
–
Quimby’s Bookstore
Actual transcript as pasted in from the Quimby’s e-mail:From: dave <tacolove@gmail.com>Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:37:38 -0600To: Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com>Subject: A question about the new issue of Black CarrotQuimbys,Soon enough, I will have a new issue (#15) of my zine Black Carrot. A zineI have long enjoyed selling at Quimbys. This issue of Black Carrot, willcome with a sandwich. I am not kidding. Would this affect in any wayselling it at Quimbys? I mean you can keep the sandwiches in a cooler,and eat a few if you wanted.. Anyways, share with me your thoughts.xo,daveOn Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com> wrote:Hi Dave,Liz Mason here. A sandwich! You are insane. Can I post your e-mail on ourblog?Child, tell me more about your crazy sandwich zine. Specifically, what wouldbe on this sandwich? I like this idea more and more by the second.Specifically, I like the idea of the zine being the meat, sandwhichedin-between 2 slices of bread.Liz–Quimby’s Bookstore> From: dave <tacolove@gmail.com>> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:54:40 -0600> To: Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com>> Subject: Re: A question about the new issue of Black Carrot>> Liz,> Feel free to post that anywhere. Build up a bit of hype for Black Carrot> #15? It is hard to explain with email, but I guess I will stop into Quimbys> this week and just show you what I am talking about? It is quite possibly> the best idea I have had this week. Zinewich!> -daveDave,This is insanity. I eagerly anticipate your arrival of the zinewich! I’m starving.Liz–Quimby’s Bookstor
Archive for the 'zines' Category
The Book Bike
Gabriel Levinson swung his Book Bike over to Quimby’s last week, and bought a whole buncha stuff and wrote an article about it! Read about it at:
www.bookbike.org/the-great-book-bike-book-buy/
The Book Bike: a custom-built tricycle stocked with 200 lbs of free books. Since July of 2008, The Book Bike has been responsible for placing over 3,000 new and used books into peoples’ hands. In spring and summer, you’ll find The Book Bike at Chicago public parks on the weekends; anyone who wants a book is invited to take something home to read. In the summer of 2010, The Book Bike puts a spotlight on independent publishers: from hand-crafted zines to literary magazines and books, The Book Bike is a unique resource of the global independent literary scene.
We received a really wonderful e-mail from someone carrying on the zine vibes out in CA. And why, just today, one of our customers lamented that they didn’t have a zine source in LA. So here you are!
> From: Meredith False Start <falsestartdistro@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 09:41:35 -0700
> To: <info@quimbys.com>
> Subject: False Start Independent Books & Zines!!!
>
> Hey there!
> I’ve unfortunately never had the pleasure of visiting Chicago (and therefore
> Quimby’s!), but Quimby’s has been a bit of an icon for me ever since I got
> into zines, about 10 years ago. I’m trying to bring some sort of zine
> culture to Los Angeles, where I currently live, but the goings been tough,
> so I thought perhaps I’d write you a little note and see if you could help
> me out with a blog mention or a link!
>
> I am a recent graduate of the UCLA School of Art and started my own small
> distro, False Start Independent Books & Zines (www.false-start.com), selling
> small press publications. The titles I carry range from literary zines to
> punk how-to guides to comics and art zines. The main thread that ties all of
> these works together is aesthetics and a DIY attitude about art and culture.
> Too often people feel excluded from the world of art — whether it’s because
> they think they need a formal education to create it or don’t have enough
> money to buy it. False Start wants to put an end to that!
>
> I recently had a table at Unique LA, a great art, craft & design show in
> downtown Los Angeles. I was the only person there selling zines and I
> received a great response. Zine culture isn’t entirely dead in LA, just
> hibernating, and I’m hoping that perhaps you could give a little shout out
> to False Start and help wake the world up to small press!
> Either way, I hope you enjoy looking at the site as much as I enjoy yours!
> Take care,
> Meredith Wallace
> False Start: independent books & zines
> PO Box 641154
> Los Angeles, CA 90064
We’ve been pretty busy as of late, but wanted to make sure you knew what new things we’ve been getting in lately, so here’s our list of 139 things you simply can not live without (that we conveniently have in our store):
(Funny (Not Funny))
Artsy Fartsy Books
Mythical Beasts of Japan From Evil Creatures to Sacred Beings (PIE Books) $35
You Are Forgiven by Matt Leines (Free New Projects) $45
Art of Bollywood by Rajesh Devraj (Taschen) $29.99
Kid’s Stuff
Mama is it Summer Yet by Nikki McClure (Abrams) $17.95
DIY/How To
Old Man Drinks Recipes Advice and Barstool Wisdom By Robert Schnakenberg (Quirk Books) $14.95
Steampunkery Polymer Clay and Mixed Media Projects By Christi Friesen (CF Books) $14.95
Drugs! (books about)
Altered State the Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House By Matthew Collin (Seprents Tail) $15.95
Erotic Comics
Hot Moms vol 1 TPB By Rebecca (Eros) $18.99
Fiction
Awful Possibilities By Christian TeBordo (Featherproof Press) $14.95
Going in Circles By Pamela Ribon (Simon & Schuster) $15
Little Brother By Cory Doctorow (Tor Tom Doherty) $9.99
People Who Watched Her Pass By By Scott Bradfield (Two Dollar Radio) $14.50
Perscription Errors By Charles Demers (Insomniac Press) $15.95
Sex Dungeon For Sale By Patrick Wensink $10
Stories of Ibis By Hiroshi Yamamoto (Haika Soru) $15.99
Gewgaw
Absinthe Flavored Toothpicks (Accoutrements) $2.50
Absinthe Soap for Hand and Bath An Enchanted Absinthe Sented Soap Fashioned by Green Fairies (Accoutrements) $6.00
Boo Boo Kisses Adhesive Bandages (Accoutrements) $5.00
Cal Q Tek 2000 Calculator Watch (Accoutrements) $15.00
Curry Flavored Kali Mints (Accoutrements) $2.50
Gesundheit Tissues Uber Absorbent (Accoutrements) $1.00
High Rollers Exotic Dancers 4 Magnetic Coasters (Gamma Go) $7.50
Hobo Bubble Gum Cigarettes Campfire Coffee Flavored (Accoutrements) $1.25
Jackalope Tumbleweed Wine Stainless Steel Water Bottle (Accoutrements) $12.00
Lil Devils Trick of the Day (Accoutrements) $10.00
Manly Mustache Mirror Clings (Accoutrements) $3
Rotting Zombie Mirror Clings (Accoutrements) $3
Sunrise in Meatopia 500 Piece Puzzle With Bonus 48 Piece Mystery Puzzle (Accoutrements) $10.00
Yeti BBQ Coffee Mug (Gamma Go) $12.00
Gama Go Stickers Like Peanut Butter Sandwich These Designs are Stickalicious By Tim Biskup (Gamma Go) $5.00
Glossy Periodicals
Artforum Apr 10 $10.00
Dwell May 10 $5.99
Famous Mag #11 Desert and Plants $5.00
Hi Fructose #15 $6.95
Muddy $12
2600 Hacker Quarterly vol 27 #1 $6.25
Bizarre #161 $10.50
Make vol 22 $14.99
Tokion vol 3 #4 $6.99
High Times Jun 10 $5.99
Taps paraMagazine vol 6 #2 $5.95
BlackBook #75 Apr 10 $4.50
Hyphen #20 Spr 10 $4.95
Time Out Chicago Apr 08 10 $2.99
826 Quarterly vol 11 (826 Valencia) $15.00
Iowa Review vol 40 #1 $9.95
Packingtown Review vol 2 2010 $13
Fader #67 Apr May 10 $5.99
Mojo #198 May 10 $9.99
Uncut May 10 $9.99
Wire Apr 10 #314 $10.99
Adbusters #89 May Jun 10 vol 18 #3 Ecopsychology $8.95
Monocle vol 4 #32 Apr 10 $10.00
Pin Up Show $15.00
Skin Art #132 $6.99
Graffiti and Street Art
Belio 030 Back to the Roots Experimental Art and Design (Belio Magazine) $35.00
Calligraffiti the Graphic Art of Niels Shoe Meulman (From Here to Fame) $29.95
DY005 Nicholas Di Genova (Belio Magazine) $29.95
DY008 Saner (Belio Magazine) $29.95
DY009 Gualicho (Belio Magazine) $29.95
Swoon HC (Abrams) $35.00
Graphic Novels
Area 10 By Christos Gage (Vertigo) $19.99
Batman and Robin Batman Reborn Deluxe Edition HC By Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely (DC) $24.99
Beats a Graphic History SC By Harvey Pekar (Hill & Wang) $14.95
Body World HC By Dash Shaw (Pantheon) $27.95
Crossed vol 1 By Garth Ennis & Jacen Burrows (Avatar)$24.99
Emberley Galaxy A Tribute to Ed Emberley $12.00
Funny Not Funny Modest Selection of Comic Art Exhibiting Signs of Black Humor By Ryan Standfest $14.95
Market Day By James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)$21.95
Melvin Monster vol 2 John Stanley Library By John Stanley (Drawn & Quarterly) $24.95
Mome vol 18 Spr 10 (Fantagraphics) $14.99
Neptune By Aron Nels Steinke (Tugboat Press & Sparkplug Comic Books)$14.00
Other Lives HC By Peter Bagge (Vertigo) $24.99
Sparky The Life and Art of Charles Schulz By Beverly Gherman (Chronicle Books) $16.99
Teenaged Dope Slaves and Reform School Girls (Pure Imagination) $20.00
Whirlwind Wonderland By Rina Ayuyang (Tugboat Press & Sparkplug Comic Books) $15.00
Wonder Woman Amazon Hero Icon HC By Robert Greenberger (Universe) $35.00
Young Lions By Blaise Larmee $10
(Perversity Think Tank)
Humor
99 Classic Movies For People In a Hurry By Nicotext (Nicotext) $9.95
PS I Hate It Here Kids Letters From Camp By Diane Falanga (Abrams) $12.95
Youre a Horrible Person But I Like You Believer Book of Advice By Sarah Silverman (Vintage) $13.95
Low Brow Art
Another Science Fiction Advertising the Space Race 1957 to 1962 By Megan Prelinger (Blast Books) $29.95
Beautiful Decay Book 3 The Underdogs (Beautiful Decay) $20.00
Jime Litwalk Sketchbook vol 3 Monsters Misfits & Maidens By Jime Litwalk (Presto Art) $30.00
Nymphettes Erotic Elfin Art By Barry Blair (SQ Productions) $14.95
Sailor Jerry Tattoo Flash vol 3 By Jerry Collins Sailor (Hardy Marks Publications) $50.00
Mayhem!
Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You By Robert Brockway (Three Rivers Press) $14.00
Zombie Combat Manual a Guide to Fightnig the Living Dead By Roger Ma (Berkeley Books) $14.00
Minicomics
Clutch #21 Invincible Summer #16 Split By Clutch McBastard & Nicole Georges $2.00
Feedback #6 By John Isaacson $2.00
Phase 7 #014 By Alec Longstreth $4.00
Phase 7 #015 By Alec Longstreth $3.00
Pop Art Show By Trevor Wayne $8.00
Pyromania #5 By John Isaacson $3.00
Roots To Fruits By APAK $4.00
Video Discs
Mellodrama The Mellotron Movie DVD (Bazillion Points Books) $24.95
Wholphin #10 (McSweeney’s) $19.95
Muckraking, Memoirs & Miscellany
Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace By David Lipsky (Broadway) $16.99
Cardboard Gods An All American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards By Josh Wilker (Seven Footer Press) $24.95
City Kid A Writers Memoir of Ghetto Life and Post Soul Success By Nelson George (Plume) $14.00
Fix Is In Showbiz Manipulations of the NFL MLB NBA NHL and NASCAR By Brian Tuohy (Feral House) $16.95
Music Books
Arcana IV Musicians on Music By John Zor (Hips Road) $34.95
How to Wreck a Nice Beach Vocoder from World War II to Hip Hop Machine Speaks By Dave Tompkins (Melville House Publishing) $35.00
Rock And Roll Will Save Your Life HC By Steve Almond (Random House) $23.00
Swedish Death Metal By Daniel Ekeroth (Bazillion Points Boks) $34.95
Comic Books!
Blaster Al Ackermans Tales of the Ling Master Barnes $3.00
Hate Annual #8 Bagge Peter (Fantagraphics) $4.95
Rabid Rabbit #11 Tall Tales and Magnanimous Myths By C M Butzer and Ben Trinh $5.00
Outer Limits
Great Airship of 1897 By J Allen Danelek (Adventures Unlimited Press) $16.95
Solomon Islands Mysteries Accounts of Giants and UFOs By Marius Boirayon (Adventures Unlimited Press) $16.95
Poetry
Adulthoods By Bambi $10.00
Dodging Traffic By J Bradley $12.00
Politics
Anarchism and Its Aspirations By Cindy Milstein (AK Press) $12.00
Capitalisms World Disorder Working Class Politics at the Millennium By Jack Barnes (Pathfinder) $25.00
Che Guevara a Revolutionary Life Revised Edition By Jon Lee Anderson (Grove Press) $20.00
Common Ground in a Liquid City Essays in Defense of an Urban Future By Hern (AK Press) $17.95
Crisis In The Global Economy Financial Markets Social Struggles By Andrea Fumagalli (Semiotext(e)) $17.95
Propaganda Inc Selling Americas Culture To The World By Nancy Snow (Seven Stories) $11.95
Thousand Machines By Gerald Raunig (Semiotext(e)) $12.95
Sex Guides & Culture
Perversity Think Tank By Supervert $15.00
Pornapocalipse vol 1 By Rachel Gontijo Araujo $10.00
Worst Laid Plans When Bad Sex Happens to Good People By Alexandra Lydon (Abrams) $14.95
Sexy Art Books
Shunga Japanese Erotic Art (PIE Books) $35.00
Vanessa Del Rio Fifty Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior (Taschen) $59.99
Zines!
Aristocratic Hands #13 By Gregory Walker $2.00
Aristocratic Hands #14 By Gregory Walker $2.00
Blow Jobs In The Afterlife By David Moscovich $1.00
Box of Chocolates By Leslie Perrine $5.00
How To Stay Alive In the Metaphorical Woods $2.00
Lets All Find Awesome Jobs Actual Information By Kevin Fanning $3.00
No Better Than Apples #6 Piecemeal By Kate Larson $2.00
Or Let It Sink #3 $1.00
Reality Mom vol 7 #2 By Corbin Lewars $3.00
RIP by Steve Katz $1.00
This Is the End Journeys Toward Armageddon By Aaron Cynic $2.00
Tragic Genius of Dan Gleason By Dan Gleason $2.00
Volkerlchau By Melanie Bonajo $10.00
Welcome to Bend Population 80995 By Laura Walker $5.00
(No Better Than Apples)
