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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities
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Chicago's 1st Manga Shop! 🌈Proudly Queer-Owned & Arab-Owned Manga • Manhwa • Danmei • Comics • Crafts • RPGs • Games • Curiosities (Posts, comments, and bizarre opinions about popular media are by Ryvre/@NikaRiots)
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · Nov 13
Hello Bluesky! We're Goblin Market, a queer-owned and Arab-owned #indiebookstore in Chicago.

We specialize in manga, graphic novels, comics, danmei, indie rpgs, and nerdy crafts. Hi new friends!
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 4h
Join us in Goblin Market’s Art & Community Space for a night of royal secrets and scandal! Characters include Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, Sir Francis Drake, John Dee, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and more.
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"Court in the Act: Murder Mystery" on the image of an Elizabethan painting
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 8h
We also have whistles again!
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kill ghost (gamehole booth 18) @willjobst.bsky.social · 10h
at gamehole con? need a mask? i’ve got extras at booth #18!
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 8h
If you're going to the protest on Saturday and need a sign, stop by! We have a very limited number, so message first if it's going to be a trek.

After these are gone, we have cardboard and markers for folks wanting to make their own signs.
A Hands Off Chicago sign being held in Goblin Market
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 10h
Don's pick of the week: Endeavor #1 by Stephanie Phillips and Marc Laming

When a luxury historical cruise goes horribly wrong, seven kids find themselves stranded at sea aboard a replica of Captain Cook’s Endeavour. Survival is just the beginning-- the real danger is each other.
Don Alsafi holds a copy of Endeavor #1 in the front area of Goblin Market Comic book cover for Endeavour by Stephanie Phillips and Marc Laming, featuring two intense-looking characters against a nautical map background. The DSTLRY is in the top right corner
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 3d
Goblin Market turns two today!!! 🎉 Were celebration with pastries and a nice, chill day. No big parties this year, but we did put some of our favorite events on the calendar this week. Thanks to everyone who had supported us over the last two years! 💖
An eerie photo of a muffin with two birthday candles surrounded by rainbow owls (the Goblin Market mascot, Rosie)
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 3d
5 ways to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day in Chicago: blockclubchi.co/4nKVYu8
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 5d
Jordan from Three Avenues will be hosting story time at 1:30. And Ryvre can recite banned poetry on command, so feel free to ask for a poem! (nobody ever asks for a poem 😭)
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 5d
Get ready to clutch your pearls—there's content in these books that might expose you to other cultures and points of view! 🤯

Stop by the Goblin Market & @threeavenuesbookshop Banned Book Tent at Brunch Fest to relax with a book and learn ways to fight book bans.
Ryvre clutching her imaginary pearls while reading Habibi
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 6d
Vol 1 of Galaxy: the Prettiest Star was so good! Peorders are open for volume 2.

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 6d
See you tomorrow for brunch and banned books! 📚🥞💋
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 13d
What pairs better than brunch and books? Saturday, Oct 11 is Let Freedom Read Day and Lincoln Ave Brunch Fest! Three Avenues Bookshop and Goblin Market are teaming up to help our community fight book bans.
“What if we kissed at the Brunch Fest Banned Book Reading Tent.” Event graphic with stacked books on a library-shelf background. Text: “Saturday, October 11, 10am–2pm.” Logos for Goblin Market and Three Avenues Bookshop.
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 6d
This is my dance about how much transphobes suck.
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 7d
Banned and challenged audio books. I focused on graphic novels and manga on the other list, and this one is mostly fiction. libro.fm/playlists/10...
Banned & Challenged Books Playlist on Libro.fm
A very long, and yet incredibly incomplete list of books that were banned and challenged in the the last three years. Sources: the ALA, PEN America, E.K. and S.K v. Department of Defense Education A...
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 7d
A curated but very incomplete list of banned or challenged books. I was going to make a top 20 list, but then I started combing through databases, and there are so many! 😭 This is just a small selection of books banned or challenged in the last couple years.

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Banned & Challenged Books
A very long, and yet incredibly incomplete list of books that were banned and challenged in the the last three years.
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 7d
Don's pick of the week is Mary Sue #1 by Meghan Fitzmartin & Lisa Sterle. We're loving the homage variant covers on each issue!
Don Alsafi holding two copies of Mary Sue at Goblin Market Variant cover of Mary Sue #1 by Jenny Frison Variant cover of Mary Sue #1 by Paulina Ganucheau. The cover is an homage to Twilight
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 10d
Brunch Fest is this Saturday, 10am-2pm! Come by for free brunch samples, and swing by our Banned Book Reading Tent. 📚🥞

We're closing at 5pm after Brunch Fest to host Dungeons and Derby, a fundraiser for the Windy City Rollers.
A hand holds a flyer in front of a street scene in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. The flyer advertises “Lincoln Brunch Fest,” scheduled for Saturday, October 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Lincoln Art District, presented by the Lakeview Special Service Area 27. The event will take place on Lincoln Avenue from Diversey to Wellington. Behind the flyer, the “Left Coast Food + Juice” restaurant sign is visible, with tree-lined sidewalks, cars, and a traffic light at the intersection of George, Lakewood, and Lincoln Avenue in the background.
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 12d
The Artistic Alphabet Mafia is the organizer behind the Care Cubbies. Check them out at carecubby.net for more Care Cubby locations in Chicago.
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 12d
Donations happily accepted! We'd really like to add some menstrual products, pet food, rapid covid tests, and at-home flu tests.

And we're on the look out for cute little baskets to keep things neat and organized.
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 12d
Right now, the Care Cubby is stocked with Narcan, drug testing strips, pregnancy tests, sexual health items, kn95 masks, pain killer, ear plugs, hand sanitizer, and pet treats.
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 12d
Have you noticed this new friend in our Art & Community space? It's a Care Cubby stocked to help you care for yourself and your community!

Our Care Cubby was made by the @trashgoblins.bsky.social, because goblins believe in mutual aid. 💚
A wooden chest decorated as a Dungeons & Dragons-style “mimic,” with teeth, eyes, a red tongue, and a green dragon head on the front. The chest is open, showing a teeth and a hint of a tongue. Under the chest, there are shelves stocked with Narcan boxes, harm reduction supplies, and other small items. Two boxes of Narcan nasal spray (naloxone HCl 4mg) on a shelf. The boxes contain two single-dose nasal spray devices for emergency treatment of opioid overdose. A close-up of a basket with packets labeled “WiseBatch Harm Reduction,” containing individually wrapped test strips. Signs indicate three types: benzodiazepine, xylazine, and fentanyl single-use test strips.
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 13d
Spooky windows are almost done! 🎃
An artist with short blonde hair paints Halloween window art at dusk, seen through a shop’s glass with street reflections
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 13d
Stop by our Banned Book Reading Tent (~2860 N Lincoln Ave) during Brunch Fest to relax with a banned book and learn how you can fight book bans.
Library-shelf background with a tall stack of books at right. Large text: “There were over 10,000 attempts to ban or censor books in school libraries last year. Censorship has increased dramatically in 2025.” Library-shelf background with the line: “Book bans overwhelmingly target books featuring people of color and LGBTQ+ people.” Jacket images shown: All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson, Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, and Flamer by Mike Curato. Text on a bookshelf background: “Three Avenues Bookshop & Goblin Market are teaming up to bring Freedom to Read Day to Lincoln Ave. Stop by our Banned Book Reading Tent during Lincoln Ave Brunch Fest to relax with a banned book and discover ways to fight book bans. Banned Book Story Time! 1:30 pm, A Big Mooncake for Little Star.” “Let Freedom Read Day” open-book logo over a library-shelf background. Text: “The freedom to read is under attack — let’s do something about it!”
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 13d
What pairs better than brunch and books? Saturday, Oct 11 is Let Freedom Read Day and Lincoln Ave Brunch Fest! Three Avenues Bookshop and Goblin Market are teaming up to help our community fight book bans.
“What if we kissed at the Brunch Fest Banned Book Reading Tent.” Event graphic with stacked books on a library-shelf background. Text: “Saturday, October 11, 10am–2pm.” Logos for Goblin Market and Three Avenues Bookshop.
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 13d
It's October 3rd.
A meme in two panels. The top is a scene from the film Mean Girls with the caption It's October 3rd. The bottom is a pocket watch with Don't Forget 3.Oct.10 from Fullmetal Alchemist.
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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 13d
Critical Role Campaign 4 is starting now!!!
A group of people in the Goblin Market art & community space
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