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Visit fabulous Graham Crackers Comics St. Charles! The second oldest store in our chain, opened in 1982, we’re in our largest location ever! If you remember the rather small space on Randall we occupied before 2019, we have twice the square footage now! Lots of cool stuff here! Tired of stores like florescent tombs that … Read more

Stop by the easiest to find Graham Crackers Comics store location today. That’s right, located at 1550 Ogden Avenue, the Downers Grove shop is the easiest to find Graham Crackers Comics store. Come see the best selection of brand new and older classic comic books. Here you will find a fantastic array of the greatest … Read more

The next 13 blog entries will be about each of the locations in the Graham Crackers Comics chain, and what better way to start than with the flagship store, Naperville. I have been manager here in Naperville for 17 years.  This store is the “first” store that started the whole chain 42 years ago. It … Read more

Video game adaptations in comics have been long interwoven with each other, providing a unique visual storytelling experience for fans to sink their teeth into. Over years video game franchises have found themselves branching off into comic form to expand universes or bridge gaps in storytelling that the games and studios may not have had … Read more

School is out and Summer has officially begun! We here at Graham Cracker Comics Murrieta wanted to share some All-Ages recommendations for you and your family to enjoy while you beat the heat! Without further ado, here are some recommendations from three of the staff at our location: Gibran’s Top 3: Confetti Realms One of … Read more

A comic fan’s biggest dream (or worst nightmare, depending on who you ask) is to see their favorite four-color caped crusader grace the big screen. Comic adaptations are nothing new, with radio shows adapting some of the earliest adventures of Superman and Captain America in the 1940s. These forays away from the page are not … Read more

Hey Kids! Comics!, the sign practically screamed. Oddly, the tin sign on top of the spinner rack was far less colorful than the pages of the comics it displayed, and those colors were mostly made up of your brain lying to you about many tiny dots. For the young collector of the 1970’s, it was … Read more

If you’re familiar with what your friendly Lakeview neighborhood store manager has written in previous blog entries then you know I’ve renewed my love for the genre of Manga in the last couple of years. Most of the series I’ve shined a spotlight on have been from Viz Media, but this time I want to … Read more

It all started with a single picture in a newspaper. I was a middle-schooler flipping to the Entertainment section in the Grand Rapids Press, hoping to read some rather smug reviews by film critic, John Serba, and that’s when I saw it. A single picture in the top right corner, black and white, the ink … Read more

  FIVE FOUR SIX.   The worst numbers in history.  The worst NUMBER in history. The number where “everything changes” and “nothing will ever be the same again” and “this is probably fine, not really different, but we’re slapping some new tires on the car and telling you the whole thing is a 2004 model.”  … Read more