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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It's Pride Month!!! We have a lot of great events planned, and we're blowing through our ad budget on paper and tape to let the whole neighborhood know.

Ryvre of Goblin Market wearing a black cap and large headphones takes a selfie while carrying a purse with flyers and a drink carton; annotations point to an audiobook on the headphones, a blue painters tape "bracelet," and a purse full of flyers

A flyer taped to a lightpost

Large bold black text at the top reads, “I accidentally read a queer book and it turned me gay.” Beneath it, lighter gray text says, “Pride Month at Goblin Market.”
The flyer highlights two featured events:
• “Bring Your Own Queer Book Club” on June 21 at 1:30 PM.
• “Goblin Market After Hours” on June 26 at 7 PM, featuring wine and LGBTQ+ romance, horror, sci-fi, and other genres.
A list of additional June events follows:
• Trans Occultist Meetup — June 4, 6 PM
• Queer Nerd Meetup — June 12, 6 PM
• Bedazzle a Book — June 21, 11 AM
• Barbara Perez Marquez Signing — June 25, 2 PM
• Briana Lawrence Author Signing — June 27, noon
• Friendship Bracelet Make & Take — June 28, 11 AM–4 PM
At the bottom, the flyer lists the location as Goblin Market, 2868 N. Lincoln Ave., Lakeview, Chicago. A rainbow heart graphic appears in the lower left corner, and a QR code for additional information is displayed in the lower right corner.

Promotional flyer for Pride Month events at Goblin Market, a bookstore in Chicago. Large bold black text at the top reads, “I accidentally read a queer book and it turned me gay.” Beneath it, lighter gray text says, “Pride Month at Goblin Market.”
The flyer highlights two featured events:
• “Bring Your Own Queer Book Club” on June 21 at 1:30 PM.
• “Goblin Market After Hours” on June 26 at 7 PM, featuring wine and LGBTQ+ romance, horror, sci-fi, and other genres.
A list of additional June events follows:
• Trans Occultist Meetup — June 4, 6 PM
• Queer Nerd Meetup — June 12, 6 PM
• Bedazzle a Book — June 21, 11 AM
• Barbara Perez Marquez Signing — June 25, 2 PM
• Briana Lawrence Author Signing — June 27, noon
• Friendship Bracelet Make & Take — June 28, 11 AM–4 PM
At the bottom, the flyer lists the location as Goblin Market, 2868 N. Lincoln Ave., Lakeview, Chicago. A rainbow heart graphic appears in the lower left corner, and a QR code for additional information is displayed in the lower right corner.

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Gencon event registration is tomorrow! We're running larps, craft classes, meetups, and more. And we're bringing our brand new photo booth! (Pardon the wonky graphic. This is being posted from our very busy both at Acen.)

Promotional flyer for Goblin Market GenCon 2026 LARPs on a black background with black-and-white diamond borders and candid photos of costumed participants along the left side.

Large white headline reads “Goblin Market GenCon 2026 LARPs” with a magenta banner underneath stating “We’re Bringing a Photo Booth!”

Three event listings appear in white text:

“Fangs Gallery” — a rules-light vampire LARP inspired by Andy Warhol’s Factory, punk music, and LGBTQ+ history. Described as a stripped-down version of a boutique LARP with fewer props but “all the drama.” Scheduled for Thursday at 6 PM.

“Fallen London: Palimpsest” — a beginner-friendly LARP involving spycraft, Victoriana, and contraband miniskirts as “the Man on Five negotiates the fall of the Sixth City.” Mentions a Neathy photo booth. Scheduled for Friday at 6 PM.

“Out of the Archive” — a gala auction at the Parker Museum of Curiosities inspired by administrative horror such as the SCP Foundation and The Magnus Archives. Scheduled for Saturday at noon and Saturday at 6 PM.

Bottom text reads “New LARPers Welcome!”

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Did you see our new art on Indie Bookstore Day? These one-of-a-kind pieces were created by Haven for the larp Fangs Gallery. All pieces are for sale, with prices ranging from $45-$1200. Postcards and prints are coming soon. Catch the next run of Fangs Gallery at GenCon this fall!

A woman in black jeans and a black tshirt with pink hair standing in front of book shelves with large, bold canvases on them

Haven holding a large canvas with screen printed lips with vampire fangs

Haven holding two canvases with screenings bats

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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo @cakechicago.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Thank you to another of our amazing festival sponsors @goblinmkt.bsky.social Visit them at 2868 N Lincoln in Chicago!

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

It's rainy outside, but our art & community space is nice and cozy! Come by at 6pm for #dndcrochetsocialhour with @stacyking.com, author of Dungeons & Dragons Crochet: a Book of Many Patterns Daniel is getting a head start on one of the patterns now!

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Stacy King @stacyking.com · 26/03/2026

I'm excited to announce that I'll be at @goblinmkt.bsky.social in Chicago, IL next Tuesday, March 31, to celebrate the launch of Dungeons & Dragons Crochet! Event details and store location are online here: goblinmkt.com/events/2026-...

Announcement graphic for a signing of Dungeons & Dragons Crochet on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at 6 pm, located at Goblin Market Manga, Comics & Curiosities in Chicago, IL.

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

In true Midwestern fashion, our goose (Gertie) is decked out in her St. Patrick's Day best.

A fake goose in a St. Patrick's Day costume surrounded my Midwestern books and stickers

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Bedazzle books and tarot cards with us today at Dibscon! We're in the craft room, room 314 AB on the 3rd floor of the Depaul Student Center.

A table with bedazzling supplies and books

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

We've had a lot of people asking what's up with the new volume of Gunsmith Cats since it came out this week. Yes, the title is different. Yes, that's the number 1 on the cover. But if you've been reading along until now, just think of it as volume 4 with a bit of a time skip.

Daniel of Goblin Market holding Gunsmith Cats burst

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Wannabe Games @wannabegames.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

We would advertise the last 24 hours of the Aqua Tofana KS campaign. But he have been busy prepping for a LARP at @goblinmkt.bsky.social

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

💕 Forget roses and jewelry. Valentines day is for smut!

Ryvre of Goblin Market holding a disco ball heart and a romance novel, the Devil She Knows

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Love is in the air, and we have a brand new romance section! 💕 We're focusing on queer and nerdy romance, but we also have an entire straight shelf, so there's something for everyone.

Books in a shelf. Dividers read bisexual romance and trans romance

Books on a shelf. Dividers read Queer romance, demi sexual and aro romance, and straight romance

A bookshelf full of queer romance and danmei

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Stock up on manga and comics today, then stay home under the blankets tomorrow

A picture of a frozen Lake Michigan work the Chicago skyline in the background and the words "Goblin Market will be closed on Friday 1/23. It's too cold for Goblins"

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Don's pick this week is Pig Wife—a dark, feral, can’t-look-away survival tale so raw and strange it’ll crawl under your skin and stay there. If you love unsettling folk horror and gorgeous-but-grotesque visuals, Abbey Luck's graphic novel debut is an absolute must-read!

Don Alsafi at Goblin Market holding the book Pig Wife

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Level Eater Adventures @leveleater.com · 14/01/2026

Visit with us as Chicago-area designers share their new and in-progress tabletop games — especially #ttrpg — at the Tabletop Games Demo Expo on Saturday from noon to 5pm. It's FREE to attend as a player! @goblinmkt.bsky.social is bringing a selection of game-related wares to buy! demoexpo.games

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Tabletop Games Demo Expo

Level Eater Adventures presents a recurring meetup for Chicago-area game-designers, artists, and players, hosted at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport.

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Level Eater Adventures @leveleater.com · 12/01/2026

Visit the Tabletop Games Demo Expo this Saturday from noon to 5pm to try out new and in-development TTRPGs from Chicago-area designers. Join us in shopping the curated wares of @goblinmkt.bsky.social at the Co-Prosperity gallery. Maybe find your next favorite game! Learn more: demoexpo.games

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Tabletop Games Demo Expo

Level Eater Adventures presents a recurring meetup for Chicago-area game-designers, artists, and players, hosted at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport.

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Next Friday, play Under the Table: a Chicago Mafia Larp by guest GM @lottiealawest.bsky.social Step into Chicago history! Under the Table is a 1930s Prohibition-era intrigue game about loyalty, power, and secrets, where every conversation could make or break an alliance.

A woman, performer and model Lottie à la West, in a glittery green flapper dress on a red staircase

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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Keep a lookout

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

We just got the books for a private Heated Rivalry bedazzling party. If we run this again as a ticketed event, would people sign up?

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Barnes and Noble CEO James Daunt said last week: "Neither Barnes & Noble, nor Waterstones, have opened a bookstore under my tenure which directly impacts an independent bookstore."

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Voting closes tomorrow in the Chicago Reader Best of 2025 poll. We'd love your vote in best comic shop and best game shop! 💗 You can vote at bestof.chicagoreader.com

Goblin Market is Nominated for Best Comic Shop and Best Board Game Store, on a stylized picture of Don, Ryvre, and Daniel at Goblin Market

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

We're getting the hang of book bedazzling! Join us January 11 to sip nonalcoholic mimosas and bedazzle books with us. Tickets: bedazzledbooks.eventbrite.com

A bedazzled copy of a Quick & Easy Guide to Queer and Trans Identities

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

We've got a small sale and chill, post-Christmas vibes in the store today. Stop in for free hot chocolate, solo and 2 player ttrpgs, and a community puzzle. 10% off, 12/26-12/28: Art Prints Book Nooks Candles Dice Gift Bags Journals Stickers Plush Toys

The text "Boxing Day Sale, 10% off:
Art Prints
Book Nooks
Candles
Dice
Gift Bags
Journals
Stickers
Plush Toys"

On a photo of totoro journals and erasers

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Fangsmas to mortals and vamps alike! We're down to our last three tickets for Fangs Gallery, our Warhol-inspired Vampire larp. Get yours before they sell out! Enjoy our playlist at merry.fangsgallery.com

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Special orders from the last few days just arrived, willing with some last minute restocks!

Don Alsafi at Goblin Market behind a stack of books

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Beermiscuous-Lakeview @beermiscuous.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Still have plenty of whistle kits if you want to grab a handful to take home as stocking stuffers!

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All vol 3 is out tomorrow! Traveling? Reserve your copy at GoblinMkt.com, and it will be waiting when you get back.

A stack of The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All vol 3

A stack of the Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All vol 3 in front of a neon cat with a mushroom hat

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

0% risk of being sent to Whamhalla when you do your Christmas shopping at Goblin Market

A table with Christmas-themed books, art, and puzzles at Goblin Market. Text reads Holiday hours, Monday 10-8, Tuesday 10-8, Wednesday 9-4, Closed on Christmas

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I just made a map of Chicagoland indie bookstores to go along with the main Nerdy Chicago map. Check it out at books.nerdychicago.com

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Chicagoland Indie Bookstores - Google My Maps

Chicagoland Indie Bookstores

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Stay a while! We have Christmas movies and free hot cocoa in our Art & Community space.

The Goblin Market Art and Community space with the movie Klaus showing on a projector

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Extended hours for all your last minute gift shopping!

Holiday hours:
Friday 12/19 11am–9pm; Saturday 12/20 10am–9pm; Sunday 12/21 10am–7pm; Monday 12/22 10am–8pm; Tuesday 12/23 10am–8pm; Wednesday 12/24 9am–4pm; Thursday 12/25 closed; Friday 12/26 11am–7pm

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

POV: you're arriving at Goblin Market on the Chicagoland Bookstore Holiday Trolley

Ryvre of Goblin Market in a dinosaur Christmas sweater holding a basket in the front of Goblin Market

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

This is a difficult holiday season for so many people. We've added a space on our mutual aid shelf for small gifts, especially gifts for kids and crafts kids can make for parents or grandparents. Bring small gifts, and take what you need

A few small, wrapped gifts and a hand written sign that says Everyone deserves something under the tree. Leave small wrapped gifts, especially kids friendly gifts. Take a gift if you need it.

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Looks like @katmabu.bsky.social is going to be across the street at Bookclub this evening! Maybe come say hi to your friendly local manga shop while you're in the neighborhood?

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

We've switched over to Christmas music, but we promise there's no Wham or Mariah Carey! Instead, we've lovingly created a holiday playlist with the Darkness, Captain Beefheart, the Damned, David Byrne, and a bunch more of our favorite bands. 🖤

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Can we talk about boundaries for a sec? We love what we do, but I wish people would understand that we're a really small store! We have one part time employee who averages about 8 hours a month to help out with big events.

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Can't make it in to shop? Call dibs on our website, and we'll hold your order for up to a week. No folding chair required! Print by @harebrained.bsky.social

A folding chair in gross Chicago street snow. There's a print on the chair with a Field Guid to Chicago Dibs

A Field Guide to Chicago Dibs art print with an ironing board, television, grill, traffic come, folding chairs, virgin Mary lawn ornament, exercise bike, milk crates, and plastic toy car

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

May we all be cleansed by Mothman's burning gaze

A hand holding a candle with a pic of Mothman and the words Mothman's Burning Gaze in from of a plaque with Mothman's head

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Stop by this afternoon for a big dose of Midwestern hospitality! Starting at 1pm, grab free a cup of hot cocoa with all the fixings in our Art and Community space. ❄️

A porch goose dressed in a red fur line coat, hat, and ruff in the snow. Behind the house is a lot open sign in the window of Goblin Market

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Last delivery before Black Friday! We're open until 6pm today, then we're closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving.

Don Alsafi of Goblin Market behind a bunch of boxes of books

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Hang out with us this Sunday at our Friendsgiving party!

Flyer with an illustration of a cat in a pumpkin with the words It's A Goblin Market Thanksgiving

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Thanks to everyone who played Court in the Act last night! You were all amazing, even if you didn't catch the murderer.

Three people in costume standing over a player laying on the ground. Their pose implies they are in prayer and the character on the ground is dead

Two people in costume. One is in a green Tudor style dress and the other is in gold brocade and furs.

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Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

We just got a huge indie ttrpg restock. Check out our new removable stickers that answer the most common question we get — how many players is this for? (we love having a sticker maker!)

Indie rpgs with a sticker featuring a mouse in a vampire costume. The stickers list the player count on the games.

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