It’s officially awards season in the wonderful world of comics! Last week, the nominations for this years Eisner Awards were announced to the public. For those who aren’t familiar, the Eisner Awards are the single greatest comic book award ceremony that none of us are invited to and isn’t televised! But we are comic readers … Read more
We recently moved our website/warehouse operations from Plainfield, IL (don’t worry there’s still a physical store in Plainfield, IL) – to a MUCH larger facility in Sandwich, IL. While the new location is more than double the old space, it, unfortunately, does not have room for a dedicated stand-alone store. But that doesn’t mean you … Read more
Published from 1977 to 1981, and running a total of 27 issues, Marvel comics HULK magazine has a fascinating history. Originally title The Rampaging Hulk, the series was Introduced in January of 1977 as part of the Marvel black and white line of mature comics. Having found great success with Savage Sword of Conan, Marvel … Read more
by Rick Lundeen In 2015, with the clock running out on Fox’s possession of the rights to the Fantastic Four on film, they decided to film another one at the eleventh hour, thus keeping the FF hostage at Fox for another seven years. The calibre of film was a bit suspicious as well. They hired … Read more
In 2007, Fox got the band back together to try and improve on the modest profit the first FF film netted. All the pluses and minuses of the first movie (FF good, Doom is crap, some fun and action, no EPIC feel), were all copied and pasted into Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. … Read more
by Rick Lundeen In 2005, Fox tried to launch an FF series of movies to go along with their popular X-men franchise. It made total sense, as when you think of the Crown Jewels of Marvel franchise properties, Spider-man was already 2 films in over at SONY and Fox had a few films already out … Read more
by Rick Lundeen Although there have been some good bits and highlights, for the most part, the poor FF have not had a lot of luck at the cinema. Attempts have been made, but by and large, they’ve fallen short. As we wait for Kevin Feige to give us news, hope, casting info and a time … Read more
Fantastic Four #112- All Time Greatest Battle Issue June, 1971. In Fantastic Four #111, the team was dealing with an out of control Ben Grimm. Reed’s latest serum to cure Ben of being the Thing tried a new tack. It allowed Ben to transform back and forth between himself and the Thing at will. The … Read more
***UPDATE**** Our MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA store is closed due to the Governors order to SHUT DOWN last night. We can still handle mail orders if you would like your books shipped to you. Our ILLINOIS stores will be closing at 5pm on SATURDAY (all 10 locations). Not only is this the LAST DAY of our GRAPHIC … Read more
At this point I’m sure everyone is well aware of the COVID-19 virus that our country is trying to keep under control at this point. Graham Crackers Comics is doing it’s best to keep our stores open in a safe environment for everyone to shop in. We’ve increased our cleaning regiment at all 12 stores, … Read more
