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 Ba...
May 31, 2015•1 hr 13 min
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 ...
May 15, 2015•1 hr 7 min
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....
May 10, 2015•1 hr 26 min
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!
May 01, 2015•1 hr 10 min
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 Tav...
Apr 26, 2015•1 hr 50 min
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 ...
Apr 19, 2015•4 min
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!
Apr 10, 2015•1 hr 11 min
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!
Apr 03, 2015•47 min
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 fir...
Mar 29, 2015•1 hr 4 min
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 'Voc...
Mar 22, 2015•1 hr 13 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jay welcome new Acme employee and podcast editor Austin to the show as they attempt to make sense of the structure of Secret Wars, illuminate on the distinction that there are Artist Editions and then there is everything else, and call their shots on the best comics and graphic novels in the March Previews catalogue for items shipping in May!
Mar 09, 2015•1 hr 7 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jay announce the arrival of writer, artist, painter, Vertigo cornerstone and Eisner-award winner Jill Thompson to the sketch pavilion for Free Comic Book Day 2015, run through three big weeks of Comics at the Table, and check in on the happenings at the 2015 ComicsPRO Annual Meeting in Portland with special correspondent and Pittsburgh Comics owner Colin McMahon, all before mourning the passing of Leonard Nimoy as the news breaks. Show Notes: " Sony Picture Entertainment Br...
Feb 27, 2015•1 hr 23 min
...to bring you these very special announcements from DC and Marvel Comics! The revelations of Divergence and Secret Wars that came to light Friday morning were too big to ignore for eight days, so Jermaine, Stephen, Jay and John bring you this special report on the plans publishers' plans post-Convergence and on Battleworld! Show Notes: " All-New DC? Publisher Unveils Surprising New Line-Up Post-Convergence (And No Reboot!) " at Comics Alliance.com. " Shang-Chi Gets New Series & New World I...
Feb 07, 2015•1 hr 25 min
After recovering from an excellent Charlotte Mini Con 2015, Jermaine and Stephen crack open the February Previews catalogue for items shipping in April to shed new insights on Convergence and Secret Wars, Inhumans and Star Wars, Brian Wood and Mark Millar! Plus, their thoughts on the Fantastic Four reboot trailer! Show Notes: The insane Punisher vs. Archie crossover! Editor's Note: I think this is the Matt Fraction video that Jermaine was talking about in relation to Batman #38. Fantastic Four O...
Feb 01, 2015•1 hr 23 min
Jermaine and Stephen collect and analyze all the available data about the Big Two spring/ summer events, DC's Convergence and Marvel's Secret Wars, in an attempt to assuage fears, educate prospective readers and have some fun! They also gush over Spider-Verse and Guardians of the Galaxy and beg for more advance reader copies to books like Black Mask's We Can Never Go Home! Show Notes: Correcting my own mistake, Titania and Volcana were the teenagers from Denver transformered in Secret Wars, wher...
Jan 23, 2015•1 hr 6 min
Recorded live at Geeksboro Coffeehouse Cinema on Saturday, January 10th as part of the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Release Party festivities, join Jermaine, Stephen and first-timer Colleen as they sit down with artist Erica Henderson and colorist Rico Renzi and get the lowdown on their creative process and their preference of Star Wars vs. Star Trek! Show Notes: Thanks as always to Geeksboro Coffeehouse Cinema for hosting another great event! Erica Henderson.net , Erica's online home. No Longer Min...
Jan 16, 2015•49 min
Even on the day before our Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Release Party with Erica Henderson & Rico Renzi, there's just too much comic news to be ignored, so join Stephen and Jay as they give their take on the 2014 Diamond Gem Awards, critique the 2-hour premiere of Agent Carter and the Ant-Man teaser trailer, and express their excitement for all of the announcements from Thursday's Image Expo in San Francisco! Show Notes: " Diamond Announces 2014 Gem Award Winners " at Diamond Comics.com. " Marve...
Jan 09, 2015•48 min
Stephen, Jay and Riley look back on the year that was with they favorite convention stories (and meals), their observations (and opinions) on the industry's transformations, their favorite new books on the year, and the titles they could have done without completely! Show Notes: "I wondered the other day how as yet there hasn't been a CW show called “Riverdale”, a la Smallville, with a teen-drama take on Archie and the gang." - Gregg Schigiel
Dec 26, 2014•1 hr 24 min
From our family to yours, 'tis the season of giving and we've delivered what is sure to be the #1 holiday single of the year!
Dec 19, 2014•2 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody blow the lid off the revelations of Avengers & X-Men: Axis #7, compare the structure of crossover events and annuals, dig through a stack of Comics at the Table, and sit down with Acme Comics Customers of the Year 2014, Frank and Ray Chut, about their favorite comics, events and creators of last 51 weeks! Show Notes: It Runs in the Family , a.k.a. My Summer Story, the sequel to Jean Shepherd's A Christmas Story. Benedict Cumberbatch is Marvel's "Doctor Strange" at ...
Dec 12, 2014•1 hr 37 min
It's the first brand, spankin' new Acmecast in a month! Show Notes: Chrissie Zullo's hooded speederbike rider . Chris Schweizer's episode VII stormtrooper . Phil Noto's Force Awakens promo poster . Empire Strikes Back was directed by Irvin Kershner and Return of the Jedi was directed by Richard Marquand . Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Official Teaser Trailer #1 on YouTube. Wes Anderson Presents: Star Wars Force Awakens Trailer on YouTube. Star Wars: Episode VII Trailer - George Luca...
Dec 05, 2014•1 hr 43 min
Recording live on Sunday, November 16th at the Durham Convention Center during NC Comicon 2014! Go behind the counter with Jermaine and Stephen, as well as Heroes Aren't Hard to Find's Shelton Drum, Ultimate Comics' Alan Gill and Ssalefish Comics' Bret Parks! Show Notes: Mark your calendars now for NC Comicon 2015 ! A photo of the proceedings ! Brave Maximus , the Transformer behind Ssalefish Comics!...
Nov 21, 2014•44 min
...for there you have been and there you will long to return. - Leonardo da Vinci Jermaine, Stephen and Jay bid farewell to their dear friend and creator of Skyward, Jeremy Dale, before soldiering on to analyze Marvel's cinematic universe Phase 3 announcements, DC's 2015 event, Convergence, and two week's worth of Comics at the Table. Show Notes: Contribute to Jeremy's medical costs and funeral arrangements on Go Fund Me . Return to Jeremy's website, Jeremy Dale.com , to see sketches from New Yo...
Nov 07, 2014•1 hr 18 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jay get together to disect the first teaser trailer for the Avengers 2: Age of Ultron and see how Lord Retail's comic grading stacks up against the folks from CGC! Then it's an extended conversation between Crogan's Adventures creator Schweizer and Stephen about all things retail! Show Notes: " Marvel's 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' - Teaser Trailer (OFFICIAL)" at YouTube.com. Chris's blog, Crogan's Adventures.com ! Become friends with Chris on Facebook ! Follow Chris on Twitte...
Oct 24, 2014•1 hr 55 min
Jermaine and Stephen regroup after a hectic barrage of news from New York Comic Con to distill all the headlines you need to make decisions about your upcoming subscriptions, gauge the pros and cons of DC's massive film announcements, and build up to two weeks worth of Comics at the Table! Show Notes: Squirrel Girl's first appearance was Marvel Super-Heroes Winter Special 1992. " Marvel Announces Hickman And Ribic On New 'Secret Wars' " at Comics Alliance.com " 'Spider-Gwen', 'Silk' Confirmed; W...
Oct 17, 2014•1 hr 12 min
Jermaine and Jay currate over an hour and a half of segments including an interview with Nailbiter and Birthright writer Joshua Williamson, a discussion of a massive week of Comics at the Table, an update on the goings-on at Acme Comics Presents with Valerie, and a farewell to Cody!
Oct 03, 2014•1 hr 34 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jay answer all your questions about this week's comic book small screen premieres, Gotham on Fox and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC, recap the Asheville Comic Expo, bring an end to the future of the New 52 and prep you for next week's monsterous offerings! Show Notes: " 'Teen Titans' TV Series Being Developed For TNT " at Screen Rant.com. " 'Lucifer' Show: DC Comics' Drama Series Gets Put Pilot Commitment From Fox " at Deadline.com. " Here's a first look at Adrienne Palicki ...
Sep 27, 2014•1 hr 13 min
Jermaine and Stephen take this month's Previews episode up to the wire, but they're ready to hip you to your new favorite books, from the Saga volume 1 oversized hardcover to Gotham by Midnight #1! Show Notes: " Brian K. Vaughan's PRIVATE EYE announces a new issue, six-figures sales " at the Beat.com. " Captain Groot-merica? Marvel Announces 20 Rocket Raccoon and Groot Variant Covers " at the Nerdist.com. " Death of Wolverine Finale Delayed Until October " at IGN.com. Watch Dear Mr. Watterson on...
Sep 19, 2014•1 hr 17 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody are joined by Gregg Schigiel, creator of Pix: One Weirdest Weekend, to pull back the curtain on self-publishing your own graphic novel, not just the writing and drawing of the thing, but coloring, lettering, leveling and printing of the final product, before jumping into two weeks worth of Comics at the Table! Show Notes: Pix Comic.com , to order your own copies of the graphic novel and to read the first chapter for FREE! Hatter Entertainment.com , the online home of G...
Sep 12, 2014•1 hr 35 min
Lord Retail is joined by a cavalclade of Acme alumni including John Bethel (ep #106 Good Ol' Children of the Atom, ep. #185 America Still Needs Your Help), Jay Howerton (ep. 120 People v. Acmecast), Ryan Rubio (Acmecast #166 Weapon X-Files, Acmecast #141 Gijoey), and newcomer Devin Turner to bask in the glory of the Marvel cinematic universe, past, present, and future! Show Notes: Editor's Note: I don't like to over-analyze the episodes that I didn't host myself, but if I could throw one thought...
Aug 29, 2014•1 hr 28 min
