People are rediscovering zines in a broad way, as evidenced by the sheer popularity of CAKE, the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo. At Quimby’s Bookstore, the city’s temple of handmade publishing, expect to find rare and one-of-a-kind projects. One unnamed author zine, for example, rhapsodizes a very special joint. Printed on a single piece of cardstock, the piece carries a simple type-written story of one person’s—presumably the author’s—experience of enjoying the aromatic, complex texture, pique and bouquet of our nation’s newest pastime, and taking it to new heights of ludic, near-religious degrees of ecstatic pleasure. Grab your medical marijuana card, and plunge into the newly decriminalized weed culture with this and a variety of local print culture at Quimby’s. (Michael Workman)
