LINCOLN PARK, IL. comic book store

Shane Wallace - Manager
Stowing away inside a long box of comics, Shane currently resides in Lincoln Park's DC back issue section. Living off air conditioning condensation and spiders, Shane gives helpful advice and friendly customer service and he's clawed his way to the top of this north-side food chain. Stop in and tell him, "Hello;" he has very few friends.

Jeremy Gordon
Jeremy is living proof that annoying kids eventually turn into somewhat-less-annoying adults, albeit adults that provide valuable retail skills. He first started shopping at the Lincoln Park Graham Crackers branch in the 7th grade, but it wasn’t until the end of his sophomore year that he asked for a job. He is a devoted believer in the church of Grant Morrison and aspires to babble as artfully as Morrison does one day. In his spare time, he attends Northwestern University in Evanston, where he is preparing to write DC’s entire Teen Titans line in five years.

Nick Idell
Nick was not born unto this Earth--he was spawned from the Elder Gods and deposited here as a reminder of the evil yet to come. Sure he LOOKS harmless enough and is ever-so pleasant to be around in the store, but where he's most dangerous is just out of the corner of your eye; when you almost can't see him anymore but still know he's there. Oh, he's ALWAYS there...

Lincoln Park Store Testimonial:
hello,
my name is Jono Rodriguez. I used to frequent at your Graham Crackers location before moving to Texas. First, let me just say that I miss your store terribly. **** **** is the worst comic store ever, especially the one that is closest to me. Only one of the seven employees that work there are even remotely interested in comics or collectables. The others are either between ages 16 and 24 and ONLY care about Magic cards or a fare-weathered mother or a "guy who just needs a part time job." Their back issues are boardless and awfully organized, if you really call cramming all the A's, B's, C's, etc. into several long boxes organization (as in no titled separations - just alphabetized).

I think the best thing about Graham Crackers is the separation of companies (Marvel, DC, Indy, etc.) which you don't see in nearly any comic stores. I still order online when I need a comic I can't find at the, yes, TWO comic stores in a twenty mile radius. And the shipping is super fast. I'll order it late Wednesday night and receive it on Saturday morning. Fastest shipping service ever.

But I digress. It's easy to like a comic store, but it's not until you leave that comic store and go to a much lesser comic store before you love that store.