WICKER PARK — Quimby’s, an iconic Wicker Park bookstore known for selling zines, comics and graphic novels, has new owners for the first time in almost 30 years.
Peter Miles Bergman and Cody Kasselman bought the business last month from longtime owner Eric Kirsammer. The duo have vowed to keep the store mostly as-is while improving behind-the-scenes processes and eventually expanding community engagement efforts.
The change in ownership follows news late last year that Kirsammer was looking to sell Quimby’s as he and longtime manager Liz Mason planned to move on.
Quimby’s opened in 1991 at Evergreen and Damen avenues in Wicker Park.
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