Writer, musician, comic artist zine-maker (and former Quimbyās employee)Ā Al BurianĀ (best known for his Orwellian-themed bandĀ MilemarkerĀ and darkly humorous personal zineĀ Burn Collector) reads from new work and presents his newest book,Ā NO APOCALYPSE: PUNK, POLITICS AND THE GREAT AMERICAN WEIRDNESS, a collection of columns and miscellany from turn-of-the-millennium publications such asĀ PUNK PLANETĀ andĀ THE SKELETON.Ā Seen through our contemporary lens, The 00ās reveal themselves to have been a time of splendidly naive optimism: remember when we all thought George W. Bush was the worst US president there could possibly be? Remember when the neighborhood seemed too crappy to ever get gentrified? Return to those carefree days, when the Y2K computer virus had just failed to happen and environmental collapse was still near-future science fiction. The evening also sees the first US appearance ofĀ DEAN STREET, an epic comic book series (we dare not say āserialized graphic novelā) by Al Burian and Berlin comic artist Oska Wald. The action inĀ DEAN STREETĀ takes place in a mythical version of Chicago, and features a zany cast of characters, some unnerving supernatural occurrences, and the best rock show ever drawn.Ā Plus a brief music performance byĀ ANARKUSS, the post-apocalyptic no-electricity song and story act. A glimpse into what punk bands will sound like when the power grid fails and we all revert to eating nuts and berries⦠Thursday, June 20, 2019Ā Ā Ā 7pm Free Event More info:Ā quimbys.com #Quimbys #AlBurian #NoApocalypse #storevents #QuimbysBookstore #QuimbysBookstoreChicago #Milemarker #DeanStreet #ANARKUSS #PunkPlanet (at Quimby's Bookstore) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwr6Scjg5rO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10ptgnfi9i49y