The Acme Comics Winning Team
This Week's Comics - Wednesday, June 19th
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June 2013
9 posts
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Acmecast #157 - AUdible!
Jermaine, John and Jay come in to give you the proper scope and context for the events thus far in the Age of Ultron crossover so that you’re good and psyched when New York Times best-selling novelist Neil Gaiman and Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada come on board next week to help Brian Michael Bendis, Carlos Pacheco and Brandon Peterson bring things to a close!
Acme First Look #293 for 6.19.13
Alright folks, who are we gonna see at the Superman Man of Steel midnight premiere at the Carmike Cinemas?! I’m psyched to introduce the first 300 people through the door to my favorite Big Blue Boy Scout series of all time, All Star Superman, with a FREE exclusive edition of issue #1! We’ll also have Superman featuring Flashpoint by the pack to hand out, and our favorite Supes paperbacks and hardcovers for sale!
No need to worry about staying up to the wee hours of the morning! Geeksboro will have you covered with a coffee bar!
Acme E-Mail Update for 6.12.13 - Man of Steel Unchained!
So how about HeroesCon 2013?! We saw many of you hitting the vendor displays, going to panels, and meeting with your favorite creators over the three days! Speaking of creators, we heard from more than a few of them that they had a great time meeting new Acme Comics customers and familiar ones, too!
And just between us, we all but put the finishing touches on which guests will be joining us for Free Comic Book Day 2014! But more on that later…
While you’re still in convention mode, don’t forget that you can purchase your Comic Book City Con tickets right now!
This Week's Comics - Wednesday, June 12th
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Acmecast #156 - Next Time, On Acmecast!
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody will make you salivate over this year’s San Diego Comic Con International exclusives, will make you buy Herobear & the Kid, Astro City and Daredevil Dark Nights and WILL make you tune in next time!
Acme First Look #292 for 6.12.13
Aw Yeah Comics #1 and #2 are in stock NOW at Acme Comics Presents! Direct from the source at Aw Yeah Comics (the shop) in Skokie, IL, follow all of the adventures of Action Cat & Adventure Bug written & drawn by Art Baltazar and Franco and a whole slew of their buddies! Need even more from the Aw Yeah Comics Crew? Trades of Tiny Titans and single issues of Superman Family Adventures are on the shelves at ACP and it’s not too early to subscribe to Itty Bitty Hellboy, coming from Dark Horse in August!
Also, I want to extend a big “welcome back” to Comic Alliance, back in business after about a month-long hiatus!
And finally, I will be down at HeroesCon tomorrow all day! So you know where to look for me, I’m gonna be doing some bouncing around between our pals Chris Schweizer, Maris Wicks, Joe Quinones, Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue DeConnick and Jeremy & Kelly Dale in the morning, and then I’ll be picking up a copy of Demeter from Becky Cloonan, Black Furnace from Ryan Browne and Head Lopper from Andrew MacLean in the afternoon! Probably some Matt’s Chicago Dogs in between and Price’s Chicken Coop afterwards!
Acme E-Mail Update for 6.5.13 - Queen City Bound!
If you noticed a phone call from 336-574-2263 (A-C-M-E) this week, that was indeed Acme Comics!
We are making efforts to ensure that we have up-to-date phone numbers and e-mail addresses for all of our subscribers as well as reminding them that they can update their subscriptions at any time! When you check out this week, we will try to update your information on the spot. We don’t want you to miss out new series, information on upcoming conventions, and sales!
This Week's Comics - Wednesday, June 5th
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May 2013
18 posts
Acmecast #155 - Gotta Have Faith!
Jermaine, Stephen & Riley chat with JL8 creator Yale Stewart about structuring a bi-weekly strip and the triumphs & perils of gaining a lot of attention in the comic industry while still relatively early on in your career, dole out a couple more trade show tips & tricks before next week’s HeroesCon 2013, and gush over a pile of first issues from across the board!
Acme First Look #291 for 6.5.13
Tobias Funke by Annie Wu!
We’re putting the finishing touches on our fifth Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailing Award packet! Even though we haven’t brought home the big award yet, once a year, I love taking a step back from everything, assessing what we’ve done over the course of the last 365-odd days and imagining how an outsider might view our operation. Especially after Free Comic Book Day, when it’s easy to wonder “What do we do now” after the pinnacle of our preparations, the submission process allows me to come in on the following Tuesday with a resounding “What’s next,” Jed Bartlet style!
Acme E-Mail Update for 5.29.13 - the Triad's Oldest & Largest!
Welcome to this week’s Acme Comics E-mail Update newsletter, your one stop portal for comic book news, events, and goings-on around the oldest and largest comic book store in the Greensboro, High Point & Winston-Salem area! We have a lot to get into, so let’s begin!
This Week's Comics - Wednesday, May 29th
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Acmecast #154 - Memorial Day!
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody catch up on a large pile of Comics at the Table, including the initial offering from the newest publisher, Black Mask, and then they get you psyched for the Absolute Top Ten, out on 5.29!
Acme First Look #290 for 5.29.13
Even though I did pick up a regular version of the new Scott Pilgrim Color Edition hardcover featuring Envy Adams, as did many of you this week, I was glued to my computer yesterday for the chance to get the Collector’s Edition with the Evil Ex variant direct from Oni! I was lucky enough to be at SDCC and NYCC when they debuted the first two, but since I couldn’t make it to the Toronto Comic & Arts Festival or Phoenix Comic Con, it’s “add to cart” for me. I can’t risk them being sold out by the time Comic-Con comes around!
Also, Jermaine and I along with one of our most trusted advisors had a very State of the Store kind of meeting today and we agreed that it would probably be best if Acmecast went back to just posting one episode a week. The twice-weekly schedule has been great to grab new listeners and ensure no rock is left unturned, but I never meant to record, participate in and edit both of them myself. Also, it doesn’t leave a lot of time to record mega “file shows” like the Avengers Assemble and Thanos Quest series on Sundays so that when we do need to skip a live week due to scheduling, we have something to fill in the gaps. I appreciate all the support and feedback our listeners give, and I look forward to spending 90 minutes with you at a time once again!
Acme E-Mail Update for 5.22.13 - Harder Faster Stronger!
Just when you thought it was safe, we’re up to our old tricks again! The reason isn’t simply boredom though. We are constantly striving to find the best and most logical ways to present comic books and graphic novels in a visible and attractive way. And it gives our fine customers incentive to check out the store top-to-bottom every visit! Prepare yourselves for an Incredible Change!
This Week's Comics - Wednesday, May 22nd
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Acmecast #152 - Essentially Enough!
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody go cover to cover on the FREE DC Entertainment Essential Graphic Novels & Chronology for 2013, looking at what made the list, what didn’t and the whys and wherefores of it all, then it’s back to a heeping helping of Comics at the Table including two original graphic novels, two books about dreams and MORE!
Then Jermaine and Stephen are joined by Geeksboro Coffeehouse Cinema’s Joe Scott and Spartivity’s Joe Schram to give a broad view of the road that’s brought us to today’s conversation about the final frontier before they blow the doors off Star Trek Into Darkness with a SPOILER FILLED discussion!
Acme First Look #289 for 5.22.13
No, I did not forget about you guys!
1) Something has happened to Acme Comics.com. I’m trying to get to the bottom of it, but in the meantime, I had to recreate all of the lists that I usually fabricate for the site here on Tumblr, including the list of stuff coming out on the First Look.
2) It didn’t feel right writing out the list until I had seen Star Trek Into Darkness! I didn’t make it to the Wednesday night premiere because my tummy was upset, but I did make it to a showing last night with Carly and we both loved it!
3) I’m not back-dating this to cover my tracks! I’ve just got OCD and if I looked at the Tumblr page and everything wasn’t in perfect symmetrical order, I would lose it.
Acme E-Mail Update for 5.15.13
Thanks to all of you that have already purchased your tickets for Comic Book City Con 2013! Consider yourselves Founders! If you have not, click on the bold link above!
The road to CBCC has only just begun!
