by | Aug 17, 2022 | Articles
Comics are just funny books for kids, right? That’s what Congress was told in the 1950’s. They were so convinced that comics were a kids medium that a whole system was put in place to protect those kids from subjects that might seem to lascivious and tantalizing,...
by | Aug 9, 2022 | Articles
Well for me it’s more like 39 years. When I first visited Graham Crackers Comics it was located in downtown Naperville on Washington Street. It was behind what I thought was a “malt shop” but learned years later was a sandwich shop. It was the tiniest little place but...
by | Aug 2, 2022 | Articles
In my last article, I listed my absolute favorite gimmick covers of the 90’s, which were: Wolverine #50 (die-cut) , Uncanny X-men #304 (hologram), Amazing Spider-man #365 (hologram) , Superman Man of Steel #30 (build a cover), and of course, Superman #75 (bagged death...
by | Jul 26, 2022 | Articles
Ah, the memories. Waking up on a Saturday morning with a bowl of Lucky Charms to the best lineup of Saturday Morning Cartoons, a box of crayons and a clean coloring book. Most of us probably started our artistic journeys in a way similar to this. To be young with...
by | Jul 18, 2022 | Articles
While this writer is primarily a Superman fan, and appreciates both the timeless John Williams’ march from Superman: The Movie, and Hans Zimmer’s percussive Man of Steel fanfare (one of the few good takes from that movie), there’s no denying that Batman has raked in...
by | Jul 12, 2022 | Articles
Say what you will about the current state of Marvel Comics, but they do support their legion of stellar 1990’s hard-working artists by continuing to employ them. Artists like Ron Lim, Chris Sprouse, Rob Liefeld and Todd Nauck are seen regularly on the covers and...
