flyer with text reading "Save the date, Chicago Zine Fest, 10-10-2026. Back in the Winter Garden! More zinesters! More programming! New organizers orientation Wednesday March 18."
CZF will be back on Saturday October 10th!! We're thrilled to be returning to the Winter Garden in the Harold Washington Library Center, thanks to the generous partnership of @chipublib.bsky.social!
So excited to be hosting Chester Brown AND Sook-Yin Lee next Thursday (6-8pm)!!! Report the shop fools!!
After the signing, be sure to catch the movie at the Gene Siskel Film Center starting Friday.
Show & Tell with Dorian Sylvain
Saturday, February 21, 6:30-8 pm
Featuring Dorian Sylvain
Quimby’s is excited to host acclaimed painter, muralist, educator, and cultural organizer Dorian Sylvian for a Show & Tell session focused on her artistic practice and her book Raised In It!
Blonde Bombastic
by Frankie Lyne
Closing Reception
Sunday, 2/8 5-7
Blonde Bombastic by Frankie Lyne is centered around Marie a 50’s does 70’s heroine who’s incredible outfits, & glamorous looks, keep her just ahead of the dire consequences of her full on sex-and-drugs rock and roll lifestyle.
In its February issue, CHICAGO Magazine features @chicagocomics.bsky.social and @challengers.bsky.social in its "Store vs. Store" feature
The Daily Heller interviews Jarrett Dapier, librarian and writer of the anti-censorship GN "Wake Now in the Fire" (art by AJ Dungo), about Chicago Public Schools' decision to ban PERSEPOLIS back in 2013.
We're now on @bookshop.org ! Stop by and check out our curated lists of Chicago-based comics, sold by independent bookshops. (As always, our graphic of the Chicago skyline by the great Winsor McCay.)
Artist Hebru Brantley's recent ESSENCE profile spends some time on his upcoming comic "Flyboy"
Next Month! ASHES #4 Signing with Jeremiah Wolffe & Archangelo Crelencia @ @challengers.bsky.social 2/2/26
This Friday at @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social: Show & Tell: Blonde Bombastic, Frankie Lyne | Opening & Reading
It’s the last day to apply to CAKE 2026!
Post: @chicagoreader.com reviews Mirror Mirror #4 from @2dcloud.bsky.social
Keep Your Ear to the Ground:
A History of DC Punk Fanzines
John Davis in Conversation
with Liz Mason
Friday, 1/16, 6:30-8:30pm
Register at quimbys.com
Keep Your Ear to the Ground is the first history of the fanzines that emerged from Washington, DC’s highly influential punk community.
Here's our page listing comics shops in and around Chicago. What are we missing? Please let us know!
ComicsChicago logo with “All New! No Ads!” banner
Visiting ComicsChicago.wordpress.com is now an ad-free experience! (Bonus points for IDing the source of our “No Ads!” banner)
Links to TONS of photos of a comics-heavy visit to Chicago by a Belgian #comics journalist!
Check out this amazing Illinois Reads book for 2026! And, don’t miss meeting the author who will be joining us at the 2026 Illinois Reading Council Conference! Find out more at:
www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org/conference-i...
illinoisreads.org
#IRCreads @ILReadCouncil
@jeffreybrownrq.bsky.social
Check out this amazing Illinois Reads book for 2026! And, don’t miss meeting the author who will be joining us at the 2026 Illinois Reading Council Conference! Find out more at:
www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org/conference-i...
illinoisreads.org
#IRCreads @ILReadCouncil
@genehacomix
I've started a page listing #comics and #graphicnovels which are set primarily in and around #Chicago. What am I missing? LMK here or via the website. Include a publisher's link if possible. Thanks!
1/3/26: Comic Book Roundtable: The Justice League of America, @chipublib.bsky.social, Sulzer Regional Library, 2:30pm #comics #libraries #justiceleague #dccomics #readinggroups #chicago #comicbooks
Thru 2/8/26: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing – The Exhibition, @msichicago.bsky.social
Thru 1/4/26: Take Care with Peanuts, at the Chicago Children's Museum #peanuts #exhibits #kids #comics #chicago
HNYE!
#art #drawing #steve
Day 7 of 12 Days of The Comic Source bring @HackinTimSeeley.bsky.social
back on the show for a fantastic chat about a ton of books! From classic series Revival & Hack/Slash to newer titles Masters of the Universe, No Place & so much more! Join Us! https://youtu.be/xGc5nnhOLYo?si=K7QUSMbB6XEkhM4B
Two figures announcing the opening of exhibitor applications for CAKE 2026
Applications are now open for CAKE 2026! Apply online at cakechicago.com/apply until Jan 5th.
1/16/26: Keep Your Ear to the Ground: Conversation with John R. Davis @ @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social, 6:30pm
