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- Acmecast #187 - Acme Wish Book!
Stephen, Jay and Pete dive headfirst into the March Previews catalogue for items shipping May and in the process they pick at Big Two marketing strategies and praise the incentives and structure of smaller publishers!
Show Notes:
- Previews World.com, the online home of Previews magazine, the ordering catalogue of Diamond Comics Distributors.
- In the Image Comics chapter, when Stephen mentions that Ian Churchill had worked on the all-ages book Mermaid Man, the book when actually called Marineman.
- "David Finch To Take Over DC's Wonder Woman Monthly Comic" at Bleeding Cool.com.
- "Rocket Raccoon Spins Off 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Into Solo Comic Series" at MTV.com.
1 hr 9 min - Acmecast #186 - Ooga, ooga, ooga-chaka
Jermaine, Stephen and Jay take a trip to the west coast and a galaxy far, far away to analyze the first full Guardians of the Galaxy trailer, educate Lord Retail on the cast of the new Fantastic Four movie reboot, and power through two weeks of Comics at the Table!
Show Notes:
- "World Premiere of First Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer" at You Tube.com.
- "Fox's Fantastic Four Reboot: What The FF" at Comics Alliance.com.
- The outro song is Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling".
- Comics at the Table - Undertow #1, A+X #17, Nova #13.NOW, New Warriors #1, Avengers World #3, Daredevil #36, She-Hulk #1, Winter Soldier Bitter March #1, Fuse #1, Mercenary Sea #1, Bunker #1 and the Joyners in 3D OGN.
1 hr 17 min - Acmecast #185 - America Still Needs Your Help!
Riding high on the excitement of the newest Captain America: Winter Soldier trailer that debuted during Sunday's Super Bowl, Jermaine is joined by special reporters John Bethel and Travis Covington to go behind the shield (and S.H.I.E.L.D.) and take look at what makes ol' Winghead more than just a super soldier!
1 hr 25 min - Acmecast #184 - Dear Readers...
Jermaine, Stephen, Jody and Jay put a bow on the 2014 Charlotte Mini Con, give the back story on their Serenity Leaves on the Wind #1 store exclusive variant cover, run through the latest batch of DC New 52 cancellations, serve up two weeks worth of Comics at the Table, and look at the tradition of comic letters columns and how they live on today!
Show Notes:
- To clarify Jay's two Star Trek references, here's Harcourt "Harry" Mudd and here's the "Outrageous" Okano.
- Purchase your own copy of our Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #1 Acme Comics Exclusive Variant Cover here!
- "What We Learned from DC COMICS April 2014 Solicitations" at News-a-rama.com.
- "More Hawkeye Changes For #17, #18 and #19" at Bleeding Cool.com.
- "94 X-Men Members Ranked From Worst To Best" at BuzzFeed.com.
- Comics at the Table! - Deadly Class #1, Hacktivist #1, Hawkeye #16, Judge Dredd Mega City Two #1, All-New X-Men #22.NOW, Guardians of the Galaxy #11.NOW, Inhumanity #2, Thor #18, Superior Spider-man #26, and Saga #18!
1 hr 20 min - Acmecast #183 - Roller Coaster Tycoon
Stephen, Jody and Jay put creator-owned things aside to discuss the latest announcements and April 2014 solicitations from Marvel and DC before taking a wild aside into Stephen's greatest fear and internet curiousities!
Show Notes:
- "Michael Douglas To Star In Marvel's 'Ant-Man' Film" at Comics Alliance.com.
- "Wally West To Return To DC Comics In April" at USA Today.com.
- "Kyle Higgins to leave Nightwing" at Comic Vine.com.
- "DC Comics Confirms Dan Jurgens On Aquaman And The Others" at Bleeding Cool.com.
- "Marvel Releases Details, Covers for Ultimate Marvel NOW! Line" at Comic Book Resources.com.
- "Peter Parker Returns April 2014 in Amazing Spider-man #1" at Comic Vine.com.
- "Kaare Andrew Trains For 'Iron Fist: The Living Weapon'" at Comic Book Resources.com.
- "Marvel Comics' FULL April 2014 Solicitations" at News-a-rama.com.
- "Texas Sky Screamer Rider Cam POV Six Flags Over Texas" at YouTube.com. The world's tallest swing ride.
- Disneyland's exclusive Club 33, featuring a $10,000 buy-in and $6,100 - 3,500 in annual dues for an individual!
- "Kingda Ka Front Row Video" at YouTube.com. The world's tallest roller coaster at 456' and second fastest, reaching 128 mph!
- "The Unpublished Grant Morrison" at UK Titles, ellaborating on Morrison's plans to fill in for Alan Moore on Kid Marvelman.
- Comics at the Table! - Black Dynamite #1, Curse #1, Disney Kingdoms Seekers of the Weird #1, Egos #1, Fantastic Four #16 and Miracleman #1!
1 hr 12 min - Acmecast #182 - I is for Incorrigible!
Jermaine, Stephen & Jody bring you the "true" 2013 top 10 best-selling publishers, comics and collections from Diamond Comics Distributors, get you up to speed for Comic-Con International, comb through every single announcement from Image Expo 2014, and dig into a huge stack of Anthologies at the Table!
Show Notes:
- "The Best Selling Comics In Comic Shops In 2013" from Bleeding Cool.com.
- "Comic-Con International to sell only single-day badges" from Comic Book Resources.com.
- "Image Expo 2014 Announcement Round-Up" from Comic Book Resources.com.
- Image Comics Instagram look at the new "I is for _________" campaign banners.
- Robert Kirkman's Mission Statement on creator-owned comics from August 2008.
- Trailer for Kyle Higgins & Alec Siegel's The League short film.
- Detective Comics #27's Ian Bertrem has done some other comics work, including the webcomic Bowery Boys, written by Cory Levine!
- The Black Widow/ Captain America/ Wolverine World War II origins go back to Uncanny X-Men #268 to be specific.
- Allison Williams on the Internet Movie Database, Stephen's pick for Kate Bishop's Hawkeye in a Young Avengers movie.
- The 6th Annual Ultimate Comic Challenge presented by the Idiot Box and judged by Lord Retail, Saturday, January 17th at the Carolina Theater in downtown Greensboro!
- Charlotte Mini Con 2014 presented by Heroes Aren't Hard to Find, Satuday, January 25th at the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, NC!
- Comics at the Table! - Detective Comics #27, Batman Black & White #5, All-New Marvel Now Point One #1, All-New X-Factor #1, Avengers World #1, Black Widow #1 and Young Avengers #15!
1 hr 24 min - Acmecast #181 - License to Kill w/ Slaps!!!
Jermaine and Stephen sit down with 2013 Acme Comics Customer of the Year Pete Bowne to break down his passion for sequential art before looking back on perhaps the busiest year of their careers!
1 hr 15 min - Acmecast #180 - Acme Comics: The Silver Age!
Recorded LIVE on Saturday, October 27th at Comic Book City Con 2013 in Greensboro, NC!
The mid-to-late-’90s saw a consolidation of power and enthusiasm throughout Acme Comics, so join us as we plot the course that lead to the community we know today with former general manager Douglas Mangum, assistant manager Dan Morris, sales associate Ryan Rubio and Lord Retail himself, Jermaine Exum. Moderated by Jermaine’s original co-manager, Joe Schram!
1 hr 18 min - Acmecast #179 - Cosplay in NC: Dressing Up the Ego, Releasing the Id!!!
Recorded LIVE on Sunday, October 27th during Comic Book City Con in Greensboro, NC!
Bare witness as some of your favorite North Carolina-based cosplayers remove their cowls and reveal their secret origins, how they got into masquerading and how they make their costumes come to life! Featuring Eddie “Static Shock” Newsome, and Caitlin “Carrie Kelly Robin” Rhyne, and Ian "War Machine" Raulston, with moderation by Tiffany "Link" Littlejohn!
Show Notes:
- Visual Component: Caitlin as Carrie Kelly and Eddie as Static Shock judging the costume contest.
- Visual Component: Ian as War Machine making the tough calls.
- Become friends with Eddie Newsome on Facebook!
- Become friends with Caitlin Rhyne on Facebook!
- Become friends with Ian Raulston on Facebook!
- The Lynda Carter Wonder Woman costume Caitlin references spending 100 hours producing!
- Ian's War Machine in action at the midnight premiere of Iron Man 3!
- The RPF.com - Craft your fandom!
- The Superhero Costuming Forum!
- Heroes Alliance - based in Greensboro, NC!
- Just to clarify Eddie's story from HeroesCon, Gladiator co-creator and writer Chris Claremont IS still alive, but the other Gladiator co-creator and artist Dave Cockrum sadly passed in 2006 and it was his widow Paty that Eddie met.
- Cosplay is not Consent on Tumblr.
- Visual Component: "Comic Vine's Cosplay Corner - Caitlin from Contagious Costuming" - interviewed by Eddie!
1 hr 3 min - Acmecast #178 - Acme Comics: The Golden Age!
Another Comic Book City Con 2013 panel AND Jermaine & Stephen return to the mics to bring you Comics at the Table from the last two weeks!
Relive the days of the original Acme Comics, right down the street in Hamburger Square, with store owner Mark Austin and original Lawndale manager Bob Millikin! Moderated by Triad illustrator and former Acme employee Ed Fields.
Show Notes:
- Jackie Lewis, a.k.a. @jackiemakescomics, on Instagram!
- A reminder of Jackie's Acmebat contribution!
- Jermaine's "League of Extraordinary Detectives" as drawn by Jody Merriman!
- Comics at the Table! - Black Science #1, Dead Body Road #1, Avengers Annual #1, Krampus #1 and Parker Slayground OGN!
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With the gift of gab and the might of 1000 comic book retailers the Acme Comics crew waxes poetic on all things comics!