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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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It's so pretty outside! Brave the snow and pay us a visit!
The outside of Goblin Market. There are cute ghosts and autumnal leaves painted on the window. The plant holder is covered in snow, and there's snow on the windowsill. The open sign is on.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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In my household, you can't start decorating for the holidays until Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day
A panel from Watchmen by Alan Moore. A walking circulatory system frightens a man cooking in a commercial kitchen. Caption reference November 10
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Daniel's pick this week is the Mushishi collectors edition. Mushishi is back in print again after 15 years, and it got a brand new translation!
Daniel holding a copy of the Mushishi collectors edition in front of a shelf of manga at Goblin Market The cover to the manga Mushishi
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Queer Book Fair is back! Shop manga, graphic novels, horror, romance, queer history, political theory, and zines—all celebrating LGBTQ+ voices.

More info: queerbookfair.eventbrite.com
A cartoon Santa in a red outfit with striped tights swings froma rainbow that arches overhead. The large white text below reads “QUEER BOOK FAIR.” Smaller white text underneath says “DECEMBER 6–7,” followed by “Goblin Market, Chicago” in rainbow colors
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Don's pick this week is Harley and Ivy: Life and Crimes #1,
written & illustrated by Erica Henderson
Don Alsafi of Goblin Market holding a copy of Harley and Ivy: Life and Crimes #1 in from of a display of comics
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Today was our first time hosting the Bring Your Own Manga Book Club, and these folks are awesome! Hang out with us on the first Sunday of each month at 2pm.
A group of people in the Goblin Market art and community space
November 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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New monthly meetup kicking off this Monday!
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The text "Trans Occultists Meetup" on a trans flag
November 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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How's everyone else feeling today?
A photo of a hand holding a sticker that says My Stomach Hurts and I'm Mad at the Government. The sticker has a picture of a bear in a red cowboy hat playing the accordian
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Grab a whistle kit, and take some for friends and family. We keep us safe!
A chest designed to look like a D&D mimic full of whistle kits and zines
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Fangs Gallery tickets are live! For one night only, we’re transforming a Northern Indiana church into a blood-drenched 1980s art gallery.

Fangs Gallery is a one-shot LARP loosely inspired by Warhol's iconic Factory that dares to ask the important question, "What if Andy Warhol was a vampire?"
A poster with a background of Andy Warhol and a vampire repeated in multiple colors. There's a torn paper heart and a logo for Fangs Gallery. The text reads Fangs Gallery Larp, Saturday March 21, The Hub NWI - Hebron, Indiana, fangsgallery.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Spooky sale for anyone in costume! 🦇🪦
A Halloween-themed promotional graphic for Goblin Market featuring a large tombstone framed by pink cobwebs and stars, with flying bats and a pink moon in the background. The tombstone text reads: “Shop in costume for 13% off.”
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Just for fun, here's my favorite Warhol vampire photo
Andy Warhol in his studio holding a large print of a vampire
October 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Tickets go on sale tomorrow for our run of Fangs Gallery at @thehubnwi! We're making a ton of art to transform an Indiana church into a 1980's Warhol-inspired art gallery. We can't wait to show off the art as the game gets closer!

More info: FangsGallery.com
A person with pink hair working on a screen in a maker space A person with pink hair working on art on a computer A print of a vampire
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Don’s pick this week is The Last Spartan: Red Tape! It’s a harrowing story of human trafficking, brotherhood, and the fight for justice brought to you by authors Christopher Priest and Tyler Mane (yes, that Tyler Mane, the actor/wrestler) with art by Will Conrad, Jimbo Salgado and Michael Montenat.
Don Alsafi holding the comic, The Last Spartan: Red Tape in front of a wall of comics The cover of The Last Spartan: Red Tape showing a man with a biker vest holding a gun
October 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Another of my favorite places, El Cid, is hosting a whistle kit party next Wednesday
Colorful event poster titled “Whistlemania 2.0” with the tagline “Community Keeps Us Safe.” The event takes place October 29 in Logan Square, Chicago. Two locations are listed: El Cid Restaurant at 2645 N Kedzie from 6–8 PM, and Five Point Holistic Health at 2866 N Milwaukee from 7:45–9:30 PM. The poster features a large green whistle illustration and blue, yellow, and red text blocks. A note at the bottom reads: “Join us for a night of community building, supporting local businesses, and keeping each other safe. Please note both locations are on 2nd floor and require stair climbing.”
October 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Thanks to some generous donations, our Care Cubby is stocked up! Leave sealed, new care items, and take what you need.

Our most requested items right now: first aid supplies, pregnancy tests, covid tests, hydration packets, whistles
Poster for the “Care Cubby Mutual Aid Shelf” located in the Goblin Market art and community space. At the center is a decorated wooden chest painted purple and green with sculpted eyes, teeth, and wings, filled with baskets of supplies like first aid items and hygiene products. Text on the right lists examples of available donations: new hygiene items, pet food and treats, drug testing strips, sealed or wrapped KN95s, first aid supplies, hand warmers, Narcan, and whistles. The bottom of the poster has an orange background with playful black text reading “In the Goblin Market art & community space,” and an arrow labeling “care items.” Informational poster for the “Care Cubby Mutual Aid Shelf.” The top reads, “Practice care for yourself and your community. Leave sealed, new care items, and take what you need.” Below, a thumbs-up icon lists accepted donations: pet food and treats, new hygiene items, first aid supplies, hand warmers, Narcan, drug testing strips, sealed or wrapped KN95s, and whistles. A thumbs-down icon lists items not accepted: opened items, prescription medication, surgical masks, and books. Additional text notes that sealed makeup, gift cards, and small luxuries are welcome. It mentions other Care Cubbies across Chicago at Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits, the Center on Halsted, Fire Fly Fiber Arts, First Sip Cafe, and Restoried Bookshop, and includes a QR code linking to a map at carecubby.net.
October 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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We have free whistles in our care cubby, and more know your rights cards coming soon

If you're free Tuesday evening, come by to help us make whistle kits
Flyer for a Whistle Packing Event calling for Lake View volunteers. The event is on October 28, 2025, from 6:00–7:30 PM. The flyer includes logos for Three Avenues Bookshop, Form a Crowd Stay Loud (showing a raised whistle and star), and Goblin Market. The text reads: Grab a friend and help us assemble whistle kits! Each kit includes a whistle and resources to help neighbors alert, respond, and stay safe during ICE activity. Although materials will be provided, we recommend that you bring your own pair of scissors. Protect Our Neighbors 3009 N Southport Ave. and 2868 N Lincoln Ave.
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Daniel made this one. The cover is a leftover scrap of our wallpaper!
A small spiral bound notebook. On the cover is a parrot in a crown and neck ruff.
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Yesterday's sticker book class with Candice was so much fun! We're planning to run this class again in December, so keep an eye out.
A group of people holding homemade sticker books in Goblin Market's Art and Community space A bunch of spiral bound notebooks, binding tools, and Goblin Market stickers
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The Midwest Indie Bookstore Roadmap is available as a 1000 piece puzzle! We know what our next community puzzle is going to be. 🧩

Art by Kevin Cannon and the map was made for MIBA
A close up of Chicago on a map printed on a puzzle. Logos for Goblin Market, Three Avenues Bookshop, the Last Chapter, Bookies, Da Book Joint, Booked, and more A framed puzzle with a map of indie bookshops in the Midwest
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Do you have too many stickers? Make a sticker book out of release paper and reclaimed materials!

This Thursday at 6pm: stickerbook.eventbrite.com
A bunch of stickers stuck to a tile wall. They read Make your own sticker book, Thursday October 23. One of a kind. There is a photo of the sticker book creator included among the stickers as well as Goblin Market logos and mascots.
October 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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The Beer Stroll is starting!
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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The Beer Stroll is tomorrow! We'll be pouring @rightbeecider 🍎🐝

There are still a few tickets for Route B. Grab yours before they're gone!
Goblin Market mug and sign displayed with two cans of Right Bee Blossom cider and a Goblin Market mug
October 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Daniel’s manga pick is Sensei's Mail-Order Food by Yuuri Eda & Asumiko Nakamura! It’s a BL series about clashing coworkers bonding over food presented as an all-in-one omnibus. What really makes this one interesting is that it’s half manga and half prose, not something I’ve really seen before.
Daniel of Goblin Market holding Sensei's Mail-Order Food The cover of Sensei's Mail-Order Food featuring an overhead shot of two men eating
October 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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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
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM