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Has anyone else seen this article in Stuff? Yes, I am as shocked as anyone...and listen...I get this and a few other rags because I had to use my Delta Skymiles or I'd lose them.

 

Anyway, he basically talks about his five favorite spots in the city.

 

1. The Field Museum

2. Old Town School of Folk Music

3. Auditorium Theatre

4. Lake Michigan

5. Quimby's

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Quimby's :)

very good comic shop, and i guess they sell toys and shirts and shit.

i know of it because of Jeffrey Brown who did a couple of signings there and frequents the shop as well.

(everyone here should check him (and others) out at www.theholyconsumption.com)

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Quimby's :)

very good comic shop, and i guess they sell toys and shirts and shit.

i know of it because of Jeffrey Brown who did a couple of signings there and frequents the shop as well.

(everyone here should check him (and others) out at www.theholyconsumption.com)

 

 

it's more of a book store that sells select comics and grpahic novels. I like it there, they kick people out of they're yakking on cell phones.

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everyone here should check him (and others) out at www.theholyconsumption.com

 

Seconded. Brown's a talented guy, but I'm an even bigger fan of Paul Hornschemeier. At the end of the day, I guess I'm just a sucker for harmonious flat colours and buckets of ennui.

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where is quimbys? im from chicago always lookin for a good comic book shop and I'd never heard of it

 

Quimby's is on North (east of Damen). but if you're looking for a really good, full fledged comic book shop, you should go a few blocks down on North and check out Brainstorm

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Yeah. Quimby's isn't really a comic shop to me as it is an underground bookstore full of inde-lit novels and zines. They do have comics though, quite a few. Chicago Comics, on Clark just a touch north of Belmont, is a good place too.

 

I love that Jeff digs my favorite bookshop. For some reason though, I really can't picture him in there.

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yeah, being that i'm not from Chicago, i assumed it was a comic shop. sorry about that. haha.

 

Seconded. Brown's a talented guy, but I'm an even bigger fan of Paul Hornschemeier. At the end of the day, I guess I'm just a sucker for harmonious flat colours and buckets of ennui.

 

i've yet to read, in depth, any of Paul's work.

there are tons of comic artists i have to get into. James Kochalka is another.

 

anyone hang out at Earwax? that's another place Jeffrey goes to.

and i know Tim Kinsella bartended (or still does) at the Rainbo Bar.

 

i definitely wanna go to Chicago.

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Quimby's is on North (east of Damen). but if you're looking for a really good, full fledged comic book shop, you should go a few blocks down on North and check out Brainstorm

 

Is Brainstorm new? I was in there for the first time the other day, maybe I had just missied it up till now..

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Is Brainstorm new? I was in there for the first time the other day, maybe I had just missied it up till now..

 

 

they've been around for almost 4 years. their sign doesn't really stand out though, so I could see someone missing them.

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