Commentary by Dan W. 2004 was a good year to be a Conan fan. Publishing house Del Rey was in the midst of publishing three excellent collections of Robert E. Howard’s original Conan pulp stories (removing all the edits L. Sprague de Camp introduced in the Lancer paperbacks in the ‘60s and ‘70s and including … Read more
Everyone has their holiday traditions, things like watching your favorite holiday movies, enjoying hot chocolate as you put up decorations, or listening to your favorite holiday songs with the family. For me it’s pretty much the same but with lots of comic book media mixed in there. I have quite a few holiday specials I … Read more
The Holiday season is always a difficult one, made up of running around, store to store, gathering up goodies for friends and family. It can get hectic, and downright panic inducing even under the best of circumstances. So with a year as difficult as this one, all of our Graham Crackers locations can become your … Read more
Last month I wrote a column about how excited I am that Aliens and Predator will be arriving at Marvel. It will be cool to have new fans for old properties find a ton of excellent old, and (hopefully) excellent NEW books. Should be a no-brainer, right? If you haven’t seen them, there will be … Read more
Again, this is just how I Rick Berg, as a reader of comics, usually read comic storylines that are to span multiple comic book titles. This is not how you should do it or how you have to do it. This is not how Rick Berg as a retailer, wants you to do it, that … Read more
Several weeks ago, my esteemed colleague, Michael Wall, presented a brief overview of horror in the comics. But, nicely done as it was, he did miss a notable footnote in the history of four-color spectral graphics. Horror comics flourished from the late forties until 1955, when it was decided by parents and guardians of morals … Read more
Think you know all the members of the classic Justice Society of America? Everyone remembers Batman, Superman, Hawkman, Starman, Hourman, Sandman and Wonder Woman. Do you recall the JSA’s littlest member? No not Red Tornado or that other Red Tornado. Everyone forgets Little W. Little W’s message is more important today than ever. Little W … Read more
Once again I will give you a little glimpse into the world of Mike Wall. I have an interesting relationship with Halloween. Since both my parents worked, I never got the home-made costumes that everyone else had. I was and am not that artistic to actually make a good one for me. I pretty much … Read more
For years, Image Comics dominated the Indy market. So much so that it was almost a big three between Marvel, DC, and Image Comics. They have always been a big deal, from the first day Spawn came out, through big deal, world changing books like Saga and Walking Dead hitting the scene. Image has always … Read more
There are so many new comic titles every year it is easy to forget what came out last month let alone last year, and even harder to remember the last ten years. Sadly these books get pushed to the backs of people’s minds even if they read them at the time they no longer remember. … Read more