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- Acmecast #137 - It's Picking Up!
Jermaine, Riley and Jody give Stephen the floor to rail against the wacked-out psuedo-science of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, then it's Lord Retail's turn to pull out his soapbox and opine on the constitution of the modern comic speculator! But before we let you go, it's an adamantium laser-fine claw edition of Comics at the Table!
Show Notes:
- "Comic-Book Investing is a Funny Business" at the Wall Street Journal.com!
- Free Comic Book Day 2013 guest Andy Runton's website!
- We assure you, Jermaine and Riley are not actually asleep!
- Stephen is still chasing after that Diet Coke sponsorship!
- Comics at the Table! - Sledgehammer 44 #1, Wolverine #1, Batman & Robin #18 and Batman #18!
1 hr 5 min - Acmecast #136 - Kelly Sue's Tales
Jermaine, Stephen, Riley and Jody sit down to spend an hour with Avengers Assemble and Captain Marvel writer Kelly Sue DeConnick about the success of Carol Danvers' series, her upcoming crossover with Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the continuation of Ghost for Dark Horse, the Kraken's creator-owned Pretty Deadly from Image with artist Emma Rios, and the labor-of-love that is Winter's Tales!
Show Notes:
- Kelly Sue.com, the online base of operations for Kelly Sue DeConnick!
- Follow @KellySue on Twitter!
- Follow KellySue on Tumblr!
- Create your own artwork for Princess Ninja Zombie Rockstar!
- Follow Princess Ninja Zombie Rockstar on Tumblr!
- Kelly Sue's Pinterest inspiration for Pretty Deadly!
50 min - Acmecast #135 - Venus Love-Me Chain!
Stephen and Carly (with a few assists from Riley) explore the plot complexities, fashion choices and rabid fandom of one of the most beloved manga and anime series of all time, Sailor Moon, currenly being reprinted with new translations from Kodasha Comics and set to be rebooted as an animated series in late 2013!
Show Notes:
- Sailor Moon Japanese intro.
- Sailor Moon America intro.
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon live-action intro.
- The awful, false-started American cartoon version of Sailor Moon.
- Underground Cosplay "Henshin Ninjas" at Anime LA 2008 on YouTube.
- Sailor Moon "The Movie" on YouTube.
44 min - Acmecast #134 - Nothing Au Can Stay!
Stephen, Riley and Jody abstain from copious amounts of Biff wit Cheez at the Beef Burger to bring you the latest news concerning the Orson Scott Card/ Adventures of Superman controversy, the latest movements in social media, and the latest reviews of the latest comics to grace the table!
Show Notes:
- "Artist leaves Orson Scott Card Superman comic" at USA Today.com.
- "Artist quits, delays DC Comics story by Greensboro author" at Greensboro News & Record.com, with a quote from Stephen.
- Subscription Room fun with Vine!
- The Upright Citizen's Brigade's "Bucket of Truth" sketch referenced in the Legends of the Dark Knight discussion.
- Comics at the Table! - A+X #5, Cable & X-Force #5, Sex #1, Helheim #1, Lost Vegas #1, Legends of the Dark Knight #6, Detective Comics #18, World's Finest #10 and Age of Ultron #1!
1 hr 7 min - Acmecast #133 - Contagion!
Jermaine, Griffin, Jody and a quarentined Stephen are joined in the studio by 2009 Acme Customer of the Year and Batman expert Charles Ivey, Esquire, to discuss the worse-kept-spoiler in the world from this week's Batman Incorporated #8, a plethora of announcements out of Seatle's Emerald City Comic Con, and international news coverage for the grand opening of Acme Comics Presents!
Show Notes:
- "Retail Therapy - A New Acme Comics" at Bleeding Cool.com!
- "It's About Being First! Acme Comics Die Hards" at Dig Triad.com!
- "Acme Comics expands in Greensboro" at the Business Journal.com!
- "The Big Issue: Comic Book Retailers on Orson Scott Card and Superman, Part 2" at Comics Alliance.com!
- "Oni Announces Soule And Alburquerque's Sci-Fi Comic 'Letter 44'" at Comics Alliance.com.
- "DC Comics Announces 'Trinity of Sin: Pandora' Ongoing Series By Ray Fawkes & Daniel Sampere" at Comics Alliance.com.
- "Dark Horse Announces Ongoing 'Mass Effect: Foundation' Comic Series" at Comics Alliance.com.
- "Dark Horse Superheroes: New Ongoings, Pulp Revivals and DC Refugees" at Comics Alliance.com.
- "Azzarello And Risso Return To '100 Bullets' With 'Brother Lono' Miniseries in June" at Comics Alliance.com.
- "'Sex & Swords': Dynamite Relaunches 'Red Sonja' With Gail Simone And Female Cover Artists" at Comics Alliance.com.
- Comics at the Table! - Batman Incorporated #8, Before Watchmen Dr. Manhattan #4, Young Avengers #2, Rocketeer Hollywood Horror #1, Avenging Spider-man #17, FF #4, Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1 and Hawkeye #8!
1 hr 24 min - Acmecast #132 - #ComicsBRO!
Like a letter sent home from summer camp, Jermaine, Stephen and Riley fill you in on all of the cool people they met, all the activities they participated in, and all the fun they had at the ComicsPRO Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA last week!
1 hr 5 min - Acmecast #131 - 1st Generation!
Stephen spends an entire hour with Crogan Adventures creator Chris Schweizer at his home outside Atlanta, as they explore the lineage of one of comics' most storied families, what it takes to get a graphic novel in the classroom, and the best way one man keeps his momentum up!
Show Notes:
- Crogan Adventures.com, online home of Chris Schweizer!
- Follow Chris on Twitter, @SchweizerComics!
- Like Chris on Facebook, /SchweizerComics!
- Follow Chris on Tumblr, SchweizerComics.!
- Decoder Ring Theatre, home of the Crogan Adventures audio dramas, debuting March 15th!
57 min - Acmecast #130 - Sunday! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!!!
Stephen, Griffin and Jody yank out their soapboxes to discuss the controversies surrounds Adventures of Superman #1, pull out all of the stops on Uncanny X-Men #1 and Batman #17, and put to bed a medical emergency, all in an hour!
Show Notes:
- "Orson Scott Card's Superman comic causes a furor" at USA Today.com.
- "Petition protests Greensboro writer of comics" at News & Record.com.
- "Comic writer Jeff Parker speaks on Superman, Orson Scott Card controvery" at News & Record.com.
- Free Comic Book Day and Comic Book City Con guest Thomas Boatwright's online basecamps, Sequential Matinee.com and Boatwright Artwork.com!
- Comics at the Table! - Uncanny X-Men #1, Batman #17, Ghostbusters #1, Secret Avengers #1, Avengers Assemble #12 and Powers Bureau #1!
- Honorable Mentions! - It's a Bird, Cemetery Blues and Zeke Deadwood!
1 hr 1 min - Acmecast #129 - Comic MGMT!
Jermaine, Stephen, Riley and Jody look back on their time spent with Batgirl writer Gail Simone during the past weekend's signing, analyze the influence of speculation and Hollywood on creator-owned comic readership, and serve up a heaping helping of Comics at the Table!
Show Notes:
- "Gail Simone Exit Interview @ Acme Comics 2.9.13" on YouTube.com!
- "DC Cancels Six Titles, Announces Super-Occupy Wall Street Comics" including Gail Simone & Freddie Williams II's the Movement, at Comics Alliance.com!
- "Ridley Scott To Produce Movie Of Matt Kindt's Ming MGMT" at Bleeding Cool.com!
- "New Digital-First Superman Series to Feature Timm, Hitch, Samnee, Sprouse and More with Out-of-Continuity Adventures" at Comics Alliance.com!
- The bit at the end is from Patton Oswalt's 2004 album Feelin' Kinda Patton and the track is called "The Winning Team"! Jermaine has been looking for way to segue into a new sign-off for a couple of months, and we finally found it!
- Comics at the Table! - Strange Attractors OGN, Hellboy in Hell #3, Animal Man #17, Swamp Thing #17, Fairy Quest #1, Snapshot #1, Avengers Assemble Annual #1, Green Arrow #17, Winter Soldier #15, Legends of the Dark Knight #5 and New Avengers #3!
1 hr 7 min - Acmecast #128 - Complexity Theory!
Jermaine and Stephen take a break from painting Acme Comics Presents to clean themselves up and speak with 27 and Strange Attractors creator and future Swamp Thing writer Charles Soule for his plans involving rock 'n' roll, the Green and the Big Apple!
Show Notes:
- Don't forget than Gail Simone will be at the store signing from 11 AM - 3 PM on Saturday, February 9th!
- Follow Charles on Twitter!
- Become friends with Charles on Facebook!
- The Land of 10,000 Things - Charles's blog!
- Pick up 27 First Set and 27 Second Set on Comixology!
- Read the first two chapters of Strange Attractors on Comixology, then pre-order your hard copy with Acme!
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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!