Way back in the day (the day being the early 80s), it was a glorious time to be both a comics fan and a Star Wars fan. Both were stacked in nearly bottomless supply and crossed over with Marvel’s Star Wars comic series. From issue #11 to issue #54, Marvel enlisted comics veteran Carmine Infantino … Read more
C2E2 is almost upon us again. The best major comic con in the area. 17 days 20 hours and some change until the doors open as I type this. So yes by all means come into any Graham Crackers Comics location and buy your tickets now! Do it!!!!! Don’t wait for the last minute, get … Read more
It’s always hard to say what your first comic was. I’m sure we all grew up reading comics here and there, but what were the first ones to really make an impression and make you a “fan”? For me in the early nineties, it was apparently all about Marvel. Growing up in Springfield, there wasn’t … Read more
Working as the manager of the Plainfield store for the last 4 years I have strived and worked at growing our manga section. In case you have never heard or seen what I am going to talk about today let me explain; manga is a graphic novel style, mostly black &white, and the largest stay … Read more
Television got me to read. Growing up, there was a show on PBS called The Electric Company. On that show there was a character named ‘Easy Reader’. He was played by a very young Morgan Freeman (yes, that Morgan Freeman). Most problems he encountered could be solved with a relaxing read. There’s some truth in that, but that’s not … Read more
This morning Booker, the three year old question machine that basically runs my life, asked me, “Daddy, why you go to Comics?” Apparently, my career has been distilled down to one word. What struck me is that’s exactly what an intoxicated girlfriend asked me sometime in 1989. I then realized that I was living in … Read more
Greetings from Temecula, CA and welcome to my very first blog and review as a Graham Crackers Comics employee and manager! As many of my regulars already know, I am a huge fan of Saga from Image Comics and I’m here to tell you why. The one and only Book Club I was privileged to … Read more
If you’ve ever been to our location in Lakeview, you’re likely aware of “The Vault,” our basement full of $.50 comics and half-off graphic novels. What you may have never realized though is that past the literal thousands of bargain comics, behind a cardboard cutout of Star Trek Voyager’s Chakotay, through a set of thin … Read more
If one thing is true, it’s that criminals are a cowardly and superstitious lot. If two things are true, it’s that comic creators spend an inordinate amount of time alone chained to the desks where they create the things we all love so much. Sure you may see them out and about during one weekend … Read more
My introduction to comics happened late in my life. I grew up watching Batman: The Animated Series, The 90’s X-Men cartoon, 90’s Spider-man and Power Rangers. Batman and Robin (specifically Robin) always resonated with me and I grew a deep love for the sidekicks. The first comic I ever received was for my 20th birthday. … Read more
