Stephen and Riley are joined in the studio by Out of Step CrossFit owner and head coach Rob Turner as they get into their divergent and intersecting paths, making fitness and comics work for YOU, and a big week of debut issues with the Fade Out, Dark Horse Presents, Little Nemo Return to Slumberland and Multiversity! Show Notes: Out of Step CrossFit & Barbell , to sign up for your FREE introductory class! Out of Step Coffee Co. , to find out when the latest batch of Black Sheep Barbell Brew ...
Aug 22, 2014•1 hr 25 min
Jermaine & Stephen set sail without a compass, throwing caution to the wind, and end up way down the rabbit hole as they wind their way through comics, movies and, of course, retail! Show Notes: The Acme Comics Subscription Terms & Conditions , available 24-7 on Acme Comics.com, with our cancellation policies. " Rumors: Marvel to Kill Off the X-Men? " at Comic Planet Culture.com, the article forwarded to us that prompted the second half of the hour. " Tom Brevoort Semi-Confirms Reduction...
Aug 15, 2014•1 hr 5 min
Jermaine debriefs Stephen on his trip to San Diego for Comic-Con International, who he saw and what he heard, they go over the new highlights from comics, TV and movies, provide a spoiler-free review of Guardians of the Galaxy, and go through two weeks worth of Comics at the Table! Show Notes: WTF with Marc Maron #518 " Mike Myers " " Image Expo Announcements " at Image Comics.com. Comedian Todd Barry's " Band Manager " " Batman '66 Blu-Ray TV Show Will Have a Previews-Only Exclusive Version Wit...
Aug 01, 2014•1 hr 21 min
Jermaine and Stephen are joined by comic writer/ artist, photographer and Loikamania podcast host Pat Loika to preview this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego, discuss the pre-show news and talk over some of this week's Comics at the Table! Show Notes: Listen to the Loikamania podcast! Follow @PatLoika on Twitter! Follow @PatLoika on Instagram! Check out Pat's photos on Flickr ! " 'Batgirl' To Become Best Possible DC Comic With New Creators Cameron Stewart, Babs Tarr and Brenden Fletche...
Jul 18, 2014•58 min
If the episode description could be a song, it would be the Flight of the Conchords "Think About It". Since it cannot, Jermaine and Stephen get truly, falsely outraged by the heart of comics today, go to the numbers in search of answers, and console themselves with comics at the table! Show Notes: " Is Becky Cloonan's Gotham Academy The Batman Comic We've Been Waiting Years For? " at Bleeding Cool.com. " Nocenti, McCarthy Resurrect Kirby's Klarion the Witch Boy for DC " at Comic Book Resources.c...
Jul 11, 2014•1 hr 14 min
Editor's Note: After the rough first mix on Acmecast #200, I took extra pains to make this the best sounding episode of our entire run! Jermaine and Stephen OD on Guardians of the Galaxy as they page through July's Previews magazine, wrap up their adventures at HeroesCon 2014, and look forward to a packed midway point of the year! Show Notes: Maris Wicks's She-Hulk piece for the HeroesCon Art Auction! Batman Day : Celebrating 75 Years of the Caped Crusader with Acme Comics & Geeksboro Coffee...
Jun 27, 2014•1 hr 16 min
Recorded live at HeroesCon 2014 in Charlotte, NC on June 20th! For nearly four years, Jermaine “Lord Retail” Exum, Stephen Mayer, and the rest of the Acme Comics crew have been bringing you in-depth interviews with your favorite creators, up-to-date reviews of the week’s books, and any other untold amount of nonsense. Now with over 150,000 downloads and 199 episode in the rearview mirror, join them to celebrate their 200th show LIVE with any number of guest drop-ins to be announced!...
Jun 23, 2014•59 min
Join us on Friday, June 20th at 2:30 PM as we record Acmecast #200 LIVE at HeroesCon 2014 at the Charlotte Convention Center! Special guests, games and Comics at the Table galore! Stop by and see us at Booth 1908-1910 on the show floor before and afterwards! Recorded live at Acme Comics Presents on Saturday, March 29th, 2014! ACTION LAB BUSINESS FORUM with Kelly Dale & Kevin Freeman! Once you have an idea or finished product, how to market it via social media or conventions to stores and the...
Jun 13, 2014•1 hr 23 min
Jermaine & Stephen catch you up on the latest Acme events and comic news, bring you the second half of the Action Lab Day Artist's Forum, and break through two weeks of Comics at the Table! Recorded live at Acme Comics Presents on Saturday, March 29th! How to turn a written script into finished art! How to decide between working with full color and black & white! How to layout a cover to stand out on store shelves! Show Notes: Jermaine eatting wasabi from It's Your Roll: Sushi by Design ...
Jun 06, 2014•1 hr 15 min
Jermaine, Stephen & Jay take a first look at the brand-new Hornhead, debate the very merits of art as an institution (and the legalities therein), and dig into the June Previews cataloge to unearth the mysteries of Carpenter's Lo Pan, Jorodowsky's Dune and Bob's Burgers! Show Notes: " Netflix 'Daredevil' Series Casts Charlie Cox As Matt Murdock " at Comics Alliance.com. " Skottie Young Vs. Redbubble " at Bleeding Cool.com. " The Redbubble Problem " at Bleeding Cool.com. Jacob Chabot's " Only...
May 31, 2014•1 hr 28 min
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-...
May 23, 2014•1 hr 10 min
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 crea...
May 09, 2014•1 hr 28 min
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...
May 02, 2014•1 hr 19 min
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....
Apr 25, 2014•1 hr 34 min
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 B...
Apr 12, 2014•1 hr 3 min
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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 ...
Apr 04, 2014•1 hr 10 min
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 P...
Mar 28, 2014•1 hr 17 min
"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 Boxe...
Mar 21, 2014•58 min
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 H...
Mar 07, 2014•1 hr 37 min
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. ...
Feb 28, 2014•1 hr 8 min
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 ...
Feb 22, 2014•1 hr 16 min
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!
Feb 07, 2014•1 hr 24 min
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 ...
Jan 31, 2014•1 hr 20 min
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 Bleed...
Jan 18, 2014•1 hr 11 min
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 2...
Jan 11, 2014•1 hr 24 min
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!
Jan 03, 2014•1 hr 15 min
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!...
Dec 27, 2013•1 hr 18 min
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...
Dec 20, 2013•1 hr 3 min
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 " Lea...
Dec 13, 2013•1 hr 38 min
