by | Jun 24, 2021 | Articles
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...
by | Jun 16, 2021 | Articles, Managers
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...
by | Jun 8, 2021 | Articles, Managers
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...
by | Jun 2, 2021 | Articles, Lists
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...
by | May 26, 2021 | Articles, Managers
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...
by | May 19, 2021 | Articles
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...