Printed Matter

West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District


Printed Matter is a wondrous little shop dedicated to limited-edition artist monographs and strange little zines. Here you will find nothing carried by mainstream bookstores; instead, trim shelves hide call-to-arms manifestos, critical essays about comic books, flip books that reveal Jesus’ face through barcodes and how-to guides written by prisoners.


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