First off, we would like to thank everyone who has been updating their subscription lists. A clean list is a happy list. That means you’ve let us know what you are interested in and not interested in so that we can make sure we have the right things coming to our shelves!

SUBSCRIPTION TITLES OF INTEREST

• Dominique Laveau - DC Vertigo
• Fringe: Beyond the Fringe - DC Comics
• Saucer County - DC Comics Vertigo

• Road Rage - IDW

• Bloodstrike - Image Comics
• Glory - Image Comics
• Hoax Hunters - Image Comics
• Manhattan Projects - Image Comics
• Saga - Image Comics
• Thief of Thieves - Image Comics

• Avengers Assemble - Marvel Comics
• Super Crooks - Icon

• Secret Life of D.B. Cooper - Oni Press

• Voltron Force GN - Viz Media

Do some research on your own or ask us about any of these upcoming titles of interest that you can requst now!
 

BEST. ACMECAST. EVER.

This past week’s Acmecast #62 was our most successful episode in the show’s year plus history! This was the fastest downloaded show to date due in no small part to the support of our special guest, Joe Hill, writer of IDW’s Locke & Key!

We had a great conversation with Joe, geeked out over Doctor Who, and listened stories of Spider-man stuck in a port-a-potty between Godzilla’s toes, as told to Joe by Stephen King! A fantastic experience that we will all treasure!

Don’t be the last person to hear it!  Listen NOW!

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY
2012

It is less than 100 days until Free Comic Book Day 2012!

Can you believe it’s already kinda, sorta, almost here?! 

If you listened to Acmecast #62 then you already learned who the Free Comic Book Day Con 2012 Site A Guests will be. For those those who haven’t listened yet, this is your line up:

• Cullen Bunn - The Sixth Gun, Cap & Hawkeye
• Jacob Chabot - Mighty Skullboy Army
• Jeremy Dale - Skyward, G.I. Joe
• Chris Giarrusso - G-Man, Tales from the Con
• Brian Hurtt - The Sixth Gun, the Damned
• Dan Khanna - Transformers
• Mike Maihack - Cleopatra in Space
• Amanda Rachels - Clown Town
• Craig Rousseau - Perhapanauts, Her-oes
• Gregg Schigiel - SpongeBob, Pix
• Brian Smith - Stuff of Legend, Voltron Force
• Kelly Yates - Doctor Who, Amber Atoms

As anticipated, many of you have noticed the “Site A” terminology and we will reveal exactly what that means very soon!

THIS WEEK’S COMICS!!!
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• FATALE #2 (MR) - The second chapter unfolds as two men in two different time periods decades apart are drawn in by the same mysterious woman. Fatale by Brubaker and Phillips is the place to be if you want crime noir blended with super natural horror! Reprints of #1 are on the way, but in the meantime make sure this Image Comics series is reserved on your Acme Comics subscription!

• LOCKE & KEY CLOCKWORKS #4 (OF 6) - For those completely caught up through the fourth hardcover and cannot wait for the fifth hardcover, Clockworks #3 is in stock now and the collected reprint of #1-2 is on the way! Be sure to listen to Acmecast #62 to hear directly from series writer Joe Hill!

• TWELVE #9 (OF 12) - After being absent from the selves for almost four years, JMS’ last project for Marvel Comics is back! Twelve WWII heroes, from actual yet obscure comic series, awaken in the present day. Some are not acclimating well and one may be responsible for terrible crimes! Get the first six issues of The Twelve in collected form available now!

• WINTER SOLDIER #1 - The world saw Captain America fall during Fear Itself, but now the Winter Soldier is back to deal with the fact that Bucky Barnes may not have been the only person tampered with by the Russians! New ongoing series by Ed Brubaker and Butch Guice!

• AVENGERS ASSEMBLE TP VOL 02 - Packed full of action worthy of Earth’s mightiest heroes! Captain America’s Avengers versus Hawkeye’s Thunderbolts and a frequently quoted epic battle with Ultron! Avengers #0, 12-23, and the 1999 annual! Written by Kurt Busiek and art by George Perez and more!

• JOHN ROMITA SENIOR AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ARTIST EDITION HC - Latest in IDW’s line of limited edition hardcovers spotlighting the original art on Amazing Spider-man #67-69, 71, 75, and more! If you treasure and appreciate comic book art, the IDW Artists Editions are for you!

Hopefully Jermaine and Stephen will see some of you down in Goldsboro this weekend for the Carolina Games Summit, taking place Saturday from 10 AM - 8 PM at Wayne Community College!  In addition to tournaments for your favorite multi-player games, we’ll be presenting select video game related paperbacks, hardcovers, and action figures to Eastern North Carolina!

While down there, they’ll be stopping off at Chapel Hill Comics and Heroes Are Here to raid their back issues to hopefully come back with items on your want lists! 

Then next week, Acme Comics takes things to the next comic retailing level! 


This week’s banner is by Dan Hipp.