I am sure many of us Graham Cracker employees have gotten a call in of someone inquiring about a certain book, and if the answer is “Yeah I got a one in stock”, the next question is usually “What’s the grade?”. There are quite a few reasons on why people look to see what a … Read more
It was the summer of 2017, and I had just gotten back into comics thanks to Gerard Way’s fantastic DC’s Young Animals. I had just taken a trip to the Chicago area Graham Crackers, and with a little extra help from my friendly neighborhood Normal store, I was able to catch up on all of … Read more
New Years Eve was not the same, nor was past New Years Day, We all were weird, even air was feared, still life goes on they say. Some comic fans were left adrift, their clubhouse suddenly scary, Silence fell amongst the books, where once the feeling, merry. A straggling few just left in deep despair. … Read more
Commentary by Pete from Lakeview Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot- we all know the Guardians of the Galaxy. But they’re not always working together to protect us from cosmic dangers. Sometimes they have private business to attend to, and other messes to find themselves in. Today we’re going to take a look specifically at … Read more
Today’s people, looking at the tiny comic strips as printed in newspapers now, might find it hard to understand the tremendous popularity of comic strips circa 1900. Remember that this was before television, before radio, even before movies. In the day when there were four to seven competing newspapers in a city, strips were not … Read more
We’ve all been there. We’ve got something due, possibly something we’re not invested in, and we make a choice. The choice to be done on time. The choice not to stress ourselves out. The choice not to do the best work. The choice to…phone it in. You see it in comics all the time. The … Read more
In the beginning, there were simply funny pages short form comic strips in newspapers. Then some brilliant mind bundled them together creating the first comic “book.” And for the most part the format of comic books stayed the same for decades. Sure, the type of content original vs reprint, size both in dimensions and length … Read more
How many times have you been in the comic shop thinking to yourself, “I would love to jump into this series, but its already on issue #33 (or #79, or #301)? I wouldn’t know what’s going on at all!” Well, there are new series’ starting all the time, that don’t require you to know years, … Read more
Commentary by Sean H. (St. Charles) So, here we are. With the Future State behind us, the Infinite Frontier awaits. As a lifelong DC fan, I have high standards for their books, and I am not easy to please as those around me will testify. Not as hard to please as some, I’ll admit, but … Read more
SHADECRAFT from IMAGE COMICS Shadecraft is Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett’s follow up comic series to last year’s fantastic comic book series Skyward. And it’s your lucky day because Skyward happens to be available now in a great NEW OVERSIZED Hardcover Edition packed with a bunch of new pages! The SKYWARD HC has … Read more