DeKALB, Illinois' Greatest Comic Book Store

Ideal if you attend Northern University in DeKalb, IL as we're located right on campus near the dorms!

Open since 1999!

Rick Berg - Manager of Doom!
The towering offspring of a Frost Giant and an Asgardian princess, Rick suffered through a wonderful childhood of toys and comics. When he came of age, he was punished for his happiness and was banished across the Rainbow Bridge ( I-88) to the land of free sandwiches and barbwire pride. Once there he again found true happiness and was again punished for it. The House of G(raham) took away his powers of mind reading and he was chained to a keyboard for life. He now toils away for hours trying to add comics to the website without covers or solicitation copy and tries to find the perfect way to fit "All Star Late and Later #3 (A.W. full art cover)," 3 copies for Lincoln Park to the special order master list.

Charles Fischer
After escaping from a dying planet of boredom and darkness as a child, Charles was given a power ring that gifted him wonderful powers of unending enthusiasm for all things comics. He uses this super power to sell awesome comics to awesome people (or at least tell semi-cool people about the awesome comics they should be buying; or at least should be reading). He even helps the poor souls find these comics on the rack when they forget the alphabet. Charles plans to spread his deep love of comics to everyone and everything whether they want it or not. His never ending battle against bad artwork, social injustice and poorly adapted comic movies continues to this day.

Christopher Bernd
President of the Avengers Fan Club (Rockford Local Chapter 308), Christopher spends most of his time at work by not being there. With his undying love of all things Punisher, Deadpool and Garth Ennis, Christopher hides his true nature by being the most pleasant and courteous DeKalb employee of all time. Guaranteed always to be late and talk way too much about Star Wars toys, his kind nature reminds us all just how angry and mean Rick really is.

Kevin Healy
Kevin has been drinking from the Graham Crackers teat since Lyle's Hobbies (the only store with the good sense to write their back issue prices right on the comic!) closed when he was in middle school. He's the first employee to be hired solely for geographical convenience, since everyone who worked there was driving at least an hour each way at the time. He's been with our DeKalb store since it opened in April 1999, splitting time occasionally with someone once-named 'Shawn' in our Bolingbrook store. He's a Vir-GO, not a vir-GIN, and should never be asked about the inking of Vince Colleta in polite company. Kevin is also the average weight for his height if he were taller, and can ramble about anything while writing to the point of distraction. (Warning....mention Star Wars at your own risk. He thinks there should have been more political scenes in the prequels.)

Dekalb Store Testimonial #1:

I dig the shop. That's why I shop there, and Rick and Kevin have always been super helpful. I just thought I'd give a bit of love to the folks who have provided me great service what seems like almost 4 years now.

Anyhoo, thanks again.

Jerry

Dekalb Store Testimonial #2:

I just wanted to take a second and tell you how pleased I was with my service at the Graham Crackers Comics in DeKalb. I just graduated from Northern Illinois University this spring, and for the entire time I attended, Graham Crackers Comics DeKalb was my comic book store.

They are really great there. They always made me feel welcome. They remembered my name, even though it is really hard to say. They always dealt with my frequent changes to my pull list with, and never complained. I never once didn't get a comic that I wanted. But most amazing of all, they learned what comics I liked, and saved them for me just in case I didn't know they were coming out. For instance, when Ultimatum #4 came out, they saved me a copy of the "Peter Parker RIP variant," instead of the regular cover, knowing that I would want that one. I was a big Spider-Man and Flash fan, and they always saved variant covers for me, even if I didn't ask for them. They knew I would want them. They truly were great there, and I'm sorry that I had to move away. If the Metra West Line went one more stop out to DeKalb, I would take it out there every Wednesday, and continue to get my comics from them.

They run a great comic book store there, and they deserve some good praise.

Sincerely,

Mark