Jermaine skypes from his car while Stephen tries to hold the whole recording set-up together from a hotel room in C2E2, but the whole conglomeration of tin cans and string is worth it to bring you the latest news from Chicago as it affects you, the Acmecast listener! Show Notes: " Image Comics Expo In San Francisco In July with Robert Kirkman, Ed Brubaker And More " " IDW at Chicago - The End Of Locke And Key, My Little Pony Digests And A Dangerous Turtle Spoiler " " DC To Push Their 'Essential'...
Apr 26, 2013•32 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Griffin get you up to speed on everything you can expect during Acme Comics' Free Comic Book Day 2013 celebrations on Saturday, May 4th, give you a sneak peak between the covers of many of this year's must-have offerings, and ponder the consequences of some of this week's most over-looked titles from the New 52! Show Notes: " FREE COMIC BOOK DAY w/ Boatwright-Chabot-Dale-Giarrusso-Martin-Quinones-Rachels-Runton-Schigiel-Smith-Wicks-Wu-Yates-Zullo " at Acme Comics.com! " Fre...
Apr 22, 2013•1 hr 23 min
Jermaine finally gets a chance, now halfway through the series, to talk about Age of Ultron until he's blue (or gold [AU]) in the face, but not before Stephen and Jody lay out the controversy between Apple, Comixology and Saga #12, spotlight some exciting collection offerings from Marvel in July, and debate the diversification of the Superior Spider-man line! Show Notes: Details for the time & location and a map to the Greensboro City Council meeting on Tuesday, April 16th! " Apple Didn't Ba...
Apr 15, 2013•1 hr 23 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Riley FINALLY get G-Man creator Chris Giarrusso on the line just two weeks before the Acme Comics release party for his new original graphic novel, G-Man vol. 3 Coming Home, on Wednesday, May 1st! Show Notes: Chris G. Comics.com , the online home of Chris Giarrusso! Follow @Chris_Giarrusso on Twitter! Become friends with Chris.Giarrusso on Facebook! Read Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of G-Man: Coming Home right NOW on Comixology, as well as the previous story, Cape Crisis !...
Apr 12, 2013•50 min
Jermaine, Stephen, Griffin and Jody eulogize the late, great Carmine Infantino, highlight conflct in Sean Howe's Marvel Comics: the Untold Story prose history, figure out Wha's Up With That in this week's new releases, and make some rock-solid DVD recommendations! Show Notes: Free Comic Book Day 2013 poster by Maris Wicks in PDF and JPEG for your convenience in spreading the word! " Carmine Infantino, Who Revamped Batman and the Flash, Dies at 87 " at New York Times.com. Carmine Infantino's orig...
Apr 08, 2013•1 hr 23 min
Jermaine and Stephen spend the better part of an hour talking to East of West and Avengers writer Jonathan Hickman about collection price-point theory, building Earth's Mightiest Heroes towards Marvel's newest event this summer, and scribing a Disney's the Black Hole sequel!
Apr 05, 2013•54 min
Jermaine and Acmecast special correspondant Ryan Rubio mark the release of this past week's G.I. Joe Retaliation with a show recording last May before the original release date of the live-action sequel, in which they recall some of their favorite (and craziest) episodes from the original 1980s cartoon and Marvel Comics series and compare and contrast them against IDW's most modern interpretations of the continuity! Show Notes: The G.I. Joe filecard for Greensboro's own Cross-Country ! The 3:00 ...
Apr 01, 2013•1 hr 7 min
Jermaine is bothered about being expected to appraise comics that their owners have no intention of selling to the store and Stephen is annoyed about Marvel's goals for their new graphic novel initiative. Jody and Griffin, they're along for the ride. And say "hey" to Liz! Show Notes: FablesCon Welcome Video starring SNL's Taran Killam and Avengers' Cobie Smulders! " New Project from Bill Willingham and Frank Cho " at FablesCon.com. " Vertigo And Telltale Announce 'Fables' Prequel Video Game " at...
Mar 29, 2013•1 hr 7 min
Jermaine, Stephen, Riley and Brian speak with Winter Soldier writer, Sledgehammer 44 artist and North Carolina's own Jason Latour to discuss his role as a double threat writer & artist but not cartoonist (yet!) as well as the future of Cheerwine in the comic industry! Show Notes: Jason Latour.com , Jason's online home! Follow Jason on Twitter, @JasonLatour ! Become friends with Jason on Facebook ! Follow Jason on Tumblr ! Keep up with Jason's photos on Instagram !...
Mar 25, 2013•50 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Riley stay glued to the news ticker for a while to get out all the info they can about Brian K. Vaughan & Marcos Martin's new digital exclusive comics Private Eye, Bendis & Oeming & Doyle's Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comics, the shake-ups to the creative teams for Action Comics & Green Lantern Corps, the Ant-Man movie test footage and all the comics that sold out off the table! Show Notes: EDITOR'S NOTE - We're not going back to the original theme song...
Mar 22, 2013•1 hr
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, ...
Mar 18, 2013•1 hr 4 min
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...
Mar 15, 2013•50 min
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 . ...
Mar 11, 2013•44 min
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. Subs...
Mar 08, 2013•1 hr 7 min
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 ...
Mar 04, 2013•1 hr 23 min
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!
Feb 25, 2013•1 hr 5 min
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 , h...
Feb 22, 2013•56 min
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 Co...
Feb 18, 2013•1 hr
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 Allia...
Feb 11, 2013•1 hr 7 min
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 ...
Feb 08, 2013•50 min
Stephen and Griffin are joined by Lunch Over Graphic Novels co-host Adam (from Earth 2.net) to discuss award-winning graphic novelist Craig Thompson's body of work, including 1999's Good-bye, Chunky Rice, 2003's Blankets, 2004's Carnet de Voyage and 2011's Habibi! Show Notes: Earth-2.net , Geek Culture At Its Finest! Doot Doot Garden , the online home of Craig Thompson! Blankets: Recordings for the illustrated Novel by Tracker on iTunes! Gail Simone Signing! - Saturday, February 9th 11 AM - 3 PM...
Feb 04, 2013•48 min
Special guest and Instant Depths host Adam OrdyJohn gets to flex his Acmecast muscules again and school everyone on the origins of Doctor Who via Prisoners of Time #1 from IDW! Then Jermaine and Jody join the Timelord-wonder to go over casting rumors from the Amazing Spider-man sequel and all the other Comics at the Table! Show Notes: Editor's Note: Thanks to everyone for being so pacient this week! I was out sick with a migraine on Thursday and it was killing me to even try and look at a comput...
Feb 01, 2013•1 hr 7 min
Stephen celebrates the century and a quarter episode of Acmecast by making good on a promise from Acmecast #100, interviewing his parents, Janet & Richard Mayer, on their thoughts about Acme Comics, classic sci-fi and fantasy, superhero blockbusters, physist graphic novel biographies and MORE! Editor's Note: - with the title, derived from the first page of All Star Superman, I meant in no way to liken myself to Superman or imply that I must have been adopted, I more wanted to compare the sal...
Jan 28, 2013•58 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody meet up on Thursday afternoon to recounts the magical events of Wednesday, pay tribute to those that bring color into our lives, look into the future with an advance review of Uncanny X-Men #1, and go through all of the #1's at the Table! Show Notes: " Young Avengers And Deadpool Killustrated Sell Out, Go To Second Print " at Bleeding Cool.com, featuring pictures of the line before opening on Young Avengers release day! Uncanny X-Men #1 (2013) Preview . Comics at the T...
Jan 25, 2013•1 hr 23 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Griffin check in from the road on the way back from the Charlotte Mini Con on Sunday to bring you a cramped and energetic serving of Comics at the Dashboard, complete with vehicular malfunction, censured commentary and MORE! Show Notes: " Jason Aaron & Simone Bianchi Expand the Mad Titan's Origin in 'Thanos Rising' " at Comics Alliance.com. " Starfox's Swingin' Spring Break Super-Special " pitch by Gregg Schigiel, complete with cover designs and pencilled pages, at Hatt...
Jan 21, 2013•55 min
Jermaine and Stephen take a break from the Acme hustle and bustle on a rainy Thursday afternoon to sit down and talk to next week's Uncanny X-Force #1 writer Sam Humphries about taking over from Jonathan Hickman on the Ultimates, developing comics for MySpace, and how much warmer it is in California! Show Notes: Follow Sam Humphries on Twitter ! " F Yeah Mohawk Storm " on Tumblr, moderated by Sam! A FREE preview of Uncanny X-Force #1 at Comic Book Resources.com! Virginia , Sam's free webcomic wi...
Jan 18, 2013•50 min
Stephen, Griffin and Riley commemorate the final issue of Sweet Tooth, #40 released this week, with a brief restrospective of Jeff Lemire's career thus far, both his creator-owned and licensed work! They also follow up on the Big Bang bamboozlement and hit a couple of Comics at the Table that may have slipped through the cracks on Friday's show! Show Notes: Watch The People vs. George Lucas on Netflix Instant ! Jody's "Hurm" Showdown ! " Sweet Tooth Finale: Damon Lindelof Interviews Jeff Lemire,...
Jan 14, 2013•1 hr 7 min
Jermaine, Jody, Michael and special guest Jay Howerton throw all sense of jurisprudence to the wind as they preside over the cases of Acme Comics v. the Big Bang Theory over whether or not females are a welcome and not at all unusual demographic of the comics community, Damian Wayne v. Kid Loki to decide the right bodyguard in times of strife, and Superior Spider-man v. the Haters on whether or not it makes any sense, I guess! Show Notes: Correction from Acmecast #119: Thought Aaron Sorkin was a...
Jan 11, 2013•51 min
Jermaine, Griffin and Jody follow Stephen on a Facebook induced trip down memory lane to look at just how much Acme, and comics in general, have changed since "MayerMayNot" was hired back in early 2007! Show Notes: The photos that kicked this all off, Jermaine, Reid, Stephen and Chris and unpacking boxes by the old New Release Wall ! " An Update On Peter David's Health And How To Help With His Medical Costs " at Comics Alliance.com. Jermaine giving you the eye , Griffin lolling and Stephen plugg...
Jan 07, 2013•58 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Griffin sit down with 2012 Acme Comics Customer of the Year Tyler Anderson to discuss his comic book secret origins and favorite titles! Then it's on to Comics at the Table with Marvel NOW!, Image one-offs and Death of the Family! Show Notes: Follow 2012 Acme Comics Customer of the Year on Twitter, @TandyQ ! The Wikipedia entry for Brownsvilla, Brooklyn ! "In summer of the gun, nowhere is more dangerous than Brownsville as Brooklyn neighborhood has more shooting victims tha...
Jan 04, 2013•1 hr 3 min
