ManagersLearn a little more about the managers of Graham Crackers Comics BACK ISSUE TO THE FUTURE: FANTASTIC FOUR 67 [VOL. 3]: Unthinkable: Prologue Commentary by Dan W.
♫ Regrets I’ve had a few but then again too few to mention ♪ Regret. A fundamental human emotion that cripples some or drives others forward to new action. Whether it is a question of our education or careers, family, or friends we’ve lost touch with, lost opportunities and botched decisions can linger and eventually … Read more Top 5 FCBD books I am Looking Forward To By Nick L.Enter the House of Slaughter: I would expect this to easily be everyone’s top pick come FCBD. Following up their monster hit Something is Killing the Children, James Tynion IV and Werther Dell-Edera venture further into the history of Erica Slaughter, the monster hunter of Archer’s Peak, as she is not the only member … Read more BACK ISSUE TO THE FUTURE: Batman #312, “A Caper a Day Keeps the Batman at Bay”
Commentary by Dan W. When did The Joker become a ruthless, humorless psychopath? Not to say he wasn’t always a murderous clown, but rather that there may have been some winking charm in past eras of giant typewriters and poison fish. Was it The Killing Joke, is this another sad legacy to pin on Alan … Read more Madmania by Luke S.
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 Spidey and The Bat by Shawn S.
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 Short History of the Comic Book by Earl G.
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 In the beginning by Rick B.
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 5 New Books to Jump Into by Nick L.
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 MORE SHENANIGANS FROM MIKE
Well, I was going to do this entry about the state of the industry. The stress that the pandemic has put on us personally and professionally as managers and employees of a comic store. Yet, I realized as I sat to write this that no one really cares. In one of the darker moments in … Read more THAT CRAZY CAT GUY by Mike W.
I was going to try to write something poignant for my first blog entry of the year. Maybe an essay on the state of the industry or the speculator market would be nice. But I wanted to start my year off with something fun. I am going to write about something that is close to … Read more |
