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- Acmecast #196 - We Need You To Hope Again!
Jermaine, Stephen & Jay look back on last week's Godzilla, look ahead to this week's X-Men Days of Future Past, close the book on Forever Evil and try a suss out what's going on in Original Sin!
Show Notes:
- The San Fransisco skyscraper that Stephen was referring to was the Transamerica Pyramid. He thought Godzilla would impale one of the other monsters on it!
- "'Man of Steel' Sequel Will Now Be Called 'Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice' For Some Reason" at Comics Alliance.com.
- "New Full-Length 'The Flash' Trailer Completely Nails It" at Comics Alliance.com.
- "Second 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Trailer Sees Groot Speak" at Comics Alliance.com.
- "First Big Hero 6 Trailer Shows Slapstick Construction Of A Robotic Hero" at Comics Alliance.com.
- "'X-Men: Apocalypse' Movie Gets Cast And Plot Details" at Comics Alliance.com.
- Comics at the Table - Forever Evil #7, Justice League #30, Original Sin #2, MPH #1!
1 hr 11 min - Acmecast #195 - Livewire!
Jermaine & Stephen take some time to reflect on the unprecedented success that was Free Comic Book Day 2014 before diving into a Previews catalogue overflowing with New 52 Future's End, Guardians of the Galaxy, new Image #1's, Walter Simonson goodness and MORE!
Show Notes:
- "Free Comic Book Day 2014...And So It Begins" at Bleeding Cool.com, featuring Macy & Francis, the first folks in line at Acme!
- Jax, your Mayor of Comic Book City, USA, for 2014!
- Matt Kindt's Mind MGMT #24 cover creation process.
- A G.I. Joe vs. Transformers toys commercials, so you get a sense of the comic coming from IDW in July!
- "Mark Waid Vs. Dan Jurgens Over The New 52est Title" at Bleeding Cool.com.
- Dark Horse July Solicitations - Groo vs. Conan #1
- DC July Solicitations - Grayson #1, Robin Rises Omega #1, Star Spangled War Stories G.I. Robot #1, Harley Quinn Invades San Diego Comic Con International San Diego #1, Absolute Batman Incorporated
- IDW July Solicitations - Ragnarok #1, the Squidder #1, Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #1, Marvel Covers Artist Edition
- Image July Solicitations - Low #1, Supreme Blue Rose #1, Spread #1, Howtoons Tools of Mass Construction
- Marvel July Solicitations - Original Sin #5.1-5.5, Rocket Raccoon #1, Legendary Star-Lord #1, Spider-man 2099 #1, Alias Omnibus, Revenge Secret Origin of Emily Thorne OGN
- Comics & Graphic Novel Solicitations - Life with Archie #36, Tuki Save the Humans #1, Life After #1
- Comics at the Table - Cyclops #1, Future's End #1, Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-man #1, Amazing Spider-man #1.1, Original Sin #1 and X-Men No More Humans OGN!
1 hr 29 min - Acmecast #194 - Purveyors of Special Projects!
Jermaine, Stephen & Cody bring you up to speed on several of 2014's Free Comic Book Day offerings, dig into Amazing Spider-man and Southern Bastards #1, and turn on one another as they tear through a spoiler-filled review of the Amazing Spider-man 2!
Show Notes:
- "Dan Slott On The Return Of Peter Parker" from CBS New York on You Tube.com.
- Free Comic Book Day Previews! - Guardians of the Galaxy, New 52 Future's End, All Rocket Raccoon, Transformers vs. G.I. Joe & the Archaia HC.
- Comics at the Table! - Southern Bastards #1 & Amazing Spider-man #1!
1 hr 20 min - Acmecast #193 - T.K.O.!
Jermaine & Stephen give you a last minute crash-course in Free Comic Book Day scheduling and etiquette, run through the nominees for this year's Eisner Awards, and bring you the first half of the artist's seminar from Action Lab Day!
Show Notes:
- First look at the new Acme convention backwall!
- "2014 Eisner Award Nominees Announced" at Comic Book Resources.com.
- Video of Adam Hughes doing the HeroesCon chairty auction painting of Obi-Wan Kenobi that Jeremy referred to in the episode.
1 hr 35 min - Acmecast #192 - 'Til the End of the Line!
Jermaine and Stephen throw caution to the wind and bring you a spoiler-FILLED episode running through all of the scenes and speculation of Captain America: the Winter Soldier!
Show Notes:
- "'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' breaks April box office record with $96.2M" at CBS News.com.
- "Batman vs. Superman refusing to move from Captain America 3 release date" at Digital Spy.com.
- "Marvel Studios Plan Is Mapped Out Through 2028" at Comic Book.com.
- "Amazon to Acquire comiXology" at Comic Book Resources.com.
- Free Comic Book Day 2014 Pre-Commissions AVAILABLE NOW!
- Comics at the Table! - Captain Marvel #2, Batman Eternal #1, Iron Fist Living Weapon #1, All-New Doop #1, All-New Ultimates #1, Shutter #1, Flash Gordon #1 and Lumberjanes #1!
1 hr 3 min - 0 min
- Acmecast #191 - Action Lab Writers' Forum!
Recorded LIVE during Action Lab Day on Saturday, March 29th, 2014 at Acme Comics in Greensboro, NC!
Join Action Lab Entertainment director of marketing Kelly Dale as she leads a workshop discussion with Skyward writer/ artist Jeremy Dale and Ehmm Theory writer Brockton McKinney! Throughout the hour they go into outline and script structure, collaboration techniques, and professional Do's & Don't's!
Show Notes:
- Action Lab Comics.com, the online home of Action Lab Entertainment!
- Follow Kelly, Jeremy & Brockton on Twitter!
- The Action Lab Day exclusive art print!
1 hr 11 min - Acmecast #190 - Link Ink!
Jermaine and Stephen bring you the April Previews catalogue for items shipping in June, fly through a lightning round of Comics at the Table, and keep you up to date on all the latest events on the Acme calendar!
Show Notes:
- Captain America Winter Soldier Greensboro Premiere! - Thursday, April 3rd 8 PM at Carmike 18 Cinemas!
- Adam WarRock Live! - with Alter ID and Leo Hodson, Wednesday, April 23rd 8:30 PM at Geeksboro Coffeehouse Cinema!
- Free Comic Book Day 2014!!! - Saturday, May 3rd 10 AM - 7 PM!
- Dark Horse Comics - Goon One For the Road one-shot, Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess Link
- DC Comics - Absolute Batman Haunted Knight HC, Batman '66 Meets Green Hornet #1, Tiny Titans Return to the Treehouse #1, Infinity Man & the Forever People #1
- IDW Publishing - Cartoon Network Super Secret Crisis War #1, Angry Birds Comics #1
- Image Comics - Outcast #1, Wicked & the Divine #1, That's Because You're a Robot one-shot
- Marvel Comics - Thanos Infinity Revelation OGN HC, Marvel Masterworks Famous Firsts 75th Anniversary Slipcase Set, Savage Hulk #1, Figment #1
- Comics & Graphic Novels - Big Trouble in Little China #1, Doctor Who 10th #1, Doctor Who 11th #1, Seconds OGN HC
- Toys, Statues & Models - Firefly Malcolm Reynolds 1/6 Scale Master Series Statue
- Comics at the Table! - Survive #1, Superior Spider-man #30, Superior Spider-man Team-Up #11, Guardians of the Galaxy #13, All-New Ghost Rider #1, Silver Surfer #1, Bunker #2, Manhattan Projects #19 and Alex + Ada #5!
1 hr 18 min - Acmecast #189 - We Have Pants On!
"These people need what we can do and that is enough for me." - Hellboy
Jermaine and Stephen take a break to discover the origins of Mike Mignola's Hellboy, celebrating his 20th anniversary this Saturday, update you on the changes to Free Comic Book Day 2014, keep you up to speed on all of the latest events taking place around the shop, and bring you two weeks worth of Comics at the Table!
Show Notes:
- Sequart Orginization, producers of Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods, Warren Ellis: Ghost Boxes, and Image Revolution!
- Download your own copy of Image Revolution or watch the trailer here!
- Hellboy Day, celebrating 20 years of the flagship Dark Horse Comics hero! - Saturday, March 22nd 10 AM - 7 PM!
- Action Lab Day, with special guests Jeremy Dale, Kelly Dale, Larkin Ford, Kevin Freeman and Brockton McKinney! - Saturday, March 29th 11 AM - 5 PM!
- "Hellbat", the latest Acme Comics exclusive t-shirt, designed by Riley Till, available starting on Saturday for $15 each!
- The Tyler Crook illustrated Rasputin graphic novel from Oni Press Stephen mentioned was called Petrograd.
- Stuff Said with Gregg Schigiel #40 featuring Daredevil letterer Joe Carmagna!
- Daredevil artist Chris Samnee's 2014 convention appearances!
- "Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe" on Hulu.com!
- Comics at the Table! - Stray Bullets Killers #1, Captain Marvel #1, Secret Avengers #1, American Vampire Second Cycle #1, Batman & Aquaman #29 and Daredevil #1!
59 min - Acmecast #188 - ALWAYS the Real Thing!
Jermaine and Stephen catch up with Skyward creator Jeremy Dale and Action Lab marketing director Kelly Dale to lay out the goings-on of Action Lab Day on March 29th, connect with cartoonist Gregg Schigiel to comb through Image publisher Eric Stephenson's ComicsPRO 2014 address, and answer YOUR questions!
Show Notes:
- Jeremy Dale.com.
- Action Lab Comics.com.
- "'Star Wars Will Never Be The Real Thing' - Eric Stephenson, Publisher Of Image Comics, Talks to ComicsPRO" at Bleeding Cool.com.
- "Dark Horse's Mike Richardson And IDW's Ted Adams Respond To Eric Stephenson's ComicsPRO Speech" at Bleeding Cool.com.
- Stuff Said with Gregg Schigiel episode #33 - Eric Stephenson.
- "As Issue Seven Sells Out, Image Decides To Stop Reprinting Comics Like Saga" at Bleeding Cool.com.
- "Todd McFarlane Says Comic Book Relaunches Don't Make Business Sense" at Comic Book.com.
1 hr 37 min
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