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This is the Acme E-Mail Update, your one-stop spot for all of the biggest goings-on in the comic industry the world over, and right here at home in Acme Comics!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
