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- Acmecast #235 - It's not love or anything, but I think we like you, too.
Jermaine, Stephen, Riley and Austin help you end your week right (or start it off, depending on how you look on the calendar) with a flip through of the June Previews catalogue for items shipping in August, Lord Retail putting a bow on Comics at the Table, and the whole crew updating you on all of the events added to the docket!
Show Notes:
- All-Encompassing MANIFEST DESTINY SIGNING with artist Matthew Roberts! - Saturday, June 27th • 12 PM • Acme Comics
- SALE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY!!! - 60% OFF Back Issues • 50% OFF select Apparel, Action Figures, Statues & Busts • Saturday, July 4th • 10 AM - 2 PM • Acme Comics
- OYSTER WAR RELEASE SIGNING with creator Ben Towle! - Saturday, September 25th • 12 PM • Acme Comics
- TF CON 2015! - Friday, October 16th - Sunday, October 18th • Embassy Suites • Charlotte, NC
- Dark Horse Solicitations -
1 hr 13 min - Acmecast #234 - You Know, Up, Up & Away!
Jermaine, Stephen, Jay and Riley convene on a rambling Thursday to gush over the new Supergirl trailer from CBS (and CW's Legends of Tomorrow while they're at it), the happenings of Secret Wars #2, all of the returnability opportunities in the May Previews catalogue, and the fact that Jodorowsky & Moebius's the Incal will be back in print in July!
Show Notes:
- "Supergirl - First Look" on YouTube.com.
- "DC's Legends of Tomorrow - First Look" on YouTube.com.
- Jorge Corona's Superman #42 Teen Titans Go variant.
- Dan Hipp's Batman #42 Teen Titans Go variant.
- Dan hipp's Detective Comics #42 Teen Titans Go variant.
- "MATT CHATS: 'Lord Retail on Selling Comics, Deadling with Digital and a Lot More" at Comics Beat.com.
1 hr 7 min - Acmecast #233 - Spoil Sports!
Jermaine, Stephen and special correspondant John Bethel declare the statute of limitations on Avengers Age of Ultron and Marvel's Secret Wars #1 officially passed and drop the kid gloves for a no-holds-barred critique of both the movie and the comic!
Show Notes:
- Acme Comics Free Comic Book Day 2015 Line Walk at YouTube.com.
- "James Gunn reveals how Joss Whedon changed the Guardians of the Galaxy script" at Blastr.com.
1 hr 27 min - Acmecast #232 - Language!
Jermaine and Stephen sit down with Eisner Award nominee and North Carolina native Jeff Parker to discuss the intricaces of writing for a company-wide event, balancing work-for-hire and creator-owned projects and live in Portlandia. Then, your hosts are joined by Austin to bring you some preliminary, spoiler-free thoughts on Avengers Age of Ultron!
1 hr 10 min - Acmecast #231 - #FCBD2015 FAQ!
Jermaine, Stephen and Austin give you all the tips and tricks you need to make the most of your Free Comic Book Day experience on Saturday, May 2nd, Gregg Schigiel & Chris Giarrusso get you prepped for the first-ever live recording of Cruisin' together, and Lord Retail convenes the Cabal to bring you a spoiler-filled review of Netflix's Daredevil!
Show Notes:
- Avengers Age of Ultron Greensboro Premiere - Thursday, April 30th • 7 PM • Four Seasons Station (Four Seasons Grand 12 & Movie Tavern)!
- "Marvel Secretly Cuts Off Hands As A Star Wars Tribute, Here's Proof" at Cinema Blend.com.
- FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2015 - Saturday, May 2nd • 10 AM - 7 PM - with special guests Thomas Boatwright, Ryan Browne, Jacob Chabot, Dan dos Santos, Chris Giarrusso, Stephen Green, Jason Howard, Emi Lenox, Gregg Schigiel, Brian Smith and Jill Thompson!
1 hr 50 min - Acmecast #230.5 - Cruisin' Together LIVE!
Cartoonists and co-hosts Gregg Schigiel (Pix: One Weirdest Weekend) and Chris Giarrusso (G-Man Super Journal) join us to announce the first ever Cruisin' Together Live Show covering Mission Impossible II, taking place on Saturday, May 2nd at 7 PM at Acme Comics Presents as part of the Free Comic Book Day 2015 festivities!
If you haven't listened to Cruisin' Together yet, it's the podcast that is real, fun and inspiring and also chronologically makes its way through the filmography of Mr. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, better known to you as Tom Cruise! Catch up and listen at Hatter Entertainment.com or subscrine on iTunes! Admission to the live show is FREE!
5 min - Acmecast #230 - Man Without Fear!
Join Lord Retail and friends as they take you through the comprehensive history of Matt Murdock, the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, ol' Hornhead, Daredevil, to prepare you for the launch of the Netflix original series today!
1 hr 12 min - Acmecast #229 - Lord Retail's Secret Secret War!
Jermaine sits down with special correspondants Ryan and John to illuminate the importance of the Secert Wars storyline and title to the Marvel Universe before Battleworld assembles this May!
47 min - Acmecast #228 - Stop Touching That!
As the guys sit down with the latest installment of Previews magazine, featuring items shipping in June 2015, Stephen outlines the high points of DC's Divergence initiative, Jay bemoans the launch of series and characters in anthology series, and Riley searches high and low for new Humanoids titles to try out!
Show Notes:
- "A Brand New Secret Six #3 for June" at Bleeding Cool.com.
- "Halley's Comic Returns" at Nonplayer Comic.com, outlining the delay between the April 6, 2011 release of the first printing of Nonplayer #1 and the projected June 3, 2015 release of #2.
- Dark Horse Comics Solicitations for June 2015 - Black Hammer #1, Bowery Boys Our Fathers HC and the Goon statue.
- DC Comics Solicitations for June 2015 - Justice League of America #1, Bat-Mite #1, Batman Beyond #1, Bizarro #1, Black Canary #1, Constantine: the Hellblazer #1, Doomed #1, Dr. Fate #1, Midnighter #1, Pres #1, Absolute Batman Court of Owls HC and Fables #150.
- IDW Publishing Solicitations for June 2015 - Ghostbusters Get Real #1, Miracleman Artifact Edition HC, Mike Zeck Classic Marvel Stories Artist Edition HC and Saved by the Bell TP.
- Image Comics Solicitations for June 2015 - Airboy #1, Starved #1, 8House Arclight #1 and Nonplayer #2.
- Comics & Graphic Novels at PreviewsWorld.com.
- Toys Statues & Models at PreviewsWorld.com.
- Marvel Comics Solicitations for June 2015 - X-Men '92 #1, 1872, House of Hem one-shot and the S.H.I.E.L.D. Complete Collection Omnibus HC.
1 hr 5 min - Acmecast #227 - ComicGate!
Stephen, Jay and Austin explore the controversies surrounding Erik Larsen and J. Scott Campbell's comments on Wonder Woman's new costume, June's proposed Batgirl #40 Joker variant by Rafael Albuquerque and accusations against X-Men '92 writer Chris Sims from fellow blogger Valerie D'Orazio before getting caught up on two weeks of Comics at the Table! As if that wasn't enough, Jermaine and Val also bring you a road report on Wizard World Raleigh!
Show Notes:
- "Are DC & Marvel Placating a 'Vocal Minority' of Fans With Practical Female Character Costumes?" at the Mary Sue.com.
- "J Scott Campbell Redesigns Wonder Woman His Way" at Bleeding Cool.com.
- "Exclusive: Wonder Woman's New Costume is Fierce, Fabulous, and Deadly" at Hit Fix.com.
- "Albuquerque Was Asked to Make Batgirl Cover More Extreme" at Bleeding Cool.com.
- "Valerie D'Orazio Accusses Chris Sims Of Past Cyber-Bullying" at Bleeding Cool.com.
- "A Statement Regarding Chris Sims and His Harassment of Valerie D'Orazio" at Comics Alliance.com.
- "Marvel's Axel Alonso Addresses Harassment of Valerie D'Orazio By Chris Sims" at Bleeding Cool.com.
- "Ronald Wimberly's Must-Read Commentary on Race in Comics" at Comics Alliance.com.
- Clarification on Stephen's Howard the Duck/ Lucasfilm/ Apple/ Pixar Anecdote courtesy of About.com.
- Comics at the Table! - Chrononauts #1, Invisible Republic #1, Frankenstein Underground #1, Giant Days #1, Red One #1, Howard the Duck #1, Southern Cross #1, Hellbreak #1 and Bill & Ted's Most Triumphant Return #1!
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