A quick run down on whats going on at the stores! Ben went to Assembly Required and now has the custom action figure itch! Austin and Jermaine head to ComicsPro next week! What exactly happened with Ultimate Black Panther? Listen to ODD MAN OUT, friend of the store Dan Slagell's NEW podcast!
Feb 16, 2024•52 min
Ben sits down for a relaxed fit conversation with his writing partner, good friend, and co-writer of the upcoming HOUND from MadCave Studios. Join us on Saturday March 2nd for a signing with Sam Romesburg and Sam Freeman, the writers of HOUND !
Feb 10, 2024•1 hr 28 min
Lord Retail took a tumble! Acme Comics Downtown is now your home for Pinball! Listener questions galore! Send YOUR listener questions to ben@acmecomics.com Sorry, Dan! I changed the wording on your question!
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 5 min
We talk about many upcoming events, get off the rails as you'd expect, discuss this week's great new releases and dive into some listener questions from new callers!
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 2 min
There's an INSANELY cool collection of Spider-Man Comics coming to Lawndale this weekend! Whats the future of Skybound's Universal Monsters line? We need your listener questions! Email them to BEN@ACMECOMICS>COM
Jan 26, 2024•1 hr 4 min
A breakdown of the week at BOTH Acme Comics locations. Whats up with kids nowadays?! Avengers Twilight is the sleeper hit story of the year! We tackle a little backlog of great listener questions Join us for the Four Eyes Comedy Showcase Saturday Jan 20th at 8pm! Acme Comics Downtown!
Jan 19, 2024•1 hr 7 min
I know! I'm sorry. I messed up! We talk Ultimate Spider-Man, Transformers 4, Rebel Moon, and of course MORTAL KOMBAT
Jan 12, 2024•1 hr 1 min
It's our 2023 year in review! Our favorite comics and graphic novels, our least favorite comics and graphic novels. The best moments of the year! We crown this year's ACME COMICS CUSTOMER OF THE YEAR!
Jan 05, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Listen! As a man basically discovers LOTR for the first time! Laugh! As we stumble through the technical difficulties of this week's recording Revel! In the items that were sold for Christmas! Gasp! Over DUKE #1! Shriek in Terror! As we tease what's coming next year!
Dec 29, 2023•40 min
Godzilla talk! Listener Questions! A.V.P.V.G! Send your year end listener questions to ben@acmecomics.com
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr 1 min
What's your favorite Christmas Movie? Post-Jim Henson Muppets is good and Ben won't let Jermaine convince him differently! A lot of comics talk! It's been a great month for new releases. We discuss holiday shopping in the shops!
Dec 15, 2023•1 hr
We discuss black friday and thanksgiving week, tonight's Batman '89 event, christmas at the store, Godzilla Minus One and more! Thank you to our sponsors: WOOOO! Energy and Chad Merrit.
Dec 01, 2023•1 hr 14 min
We dicuss the latest book from James Tynion, The Deviant! GI Joe is back in action! A well-deserved listener question gets the main focus! Email your listener questions to ben@acmecomics.com
Nov 17, 2023•52 min
Ben sits down to talk with independet creator, Hunter Delaney! Hunter is currently running a kickstarter for his independently publisher graphic novel, THE HISTORY OF HARDCORE! Think Hip Hop Family Tree for Punk and Hardcore. Acme Comics Downtown will have a limited number of copies of this book but we highly reccomend that you back this project!
Nov 15, 2023•47 min
Acme Comics Downtown is officially open! Ben and Austin discuss the grand opening and all of the upcoming events that you'll get your chance to be a part of!
Nov 10, 2023•46 min
NOT CLEAN. Some cursing in this episode. Ben sits down with Sam Freeman, writer of the upcoming BASIC INSTINCT series from Sumerian Comics and HOUND from Mad Cave Studios! We talk about how Sam got into comics and how his writing style evolved from being a lover of film and comics and getting the opportunity to carry on the story of the critically acclaimed film.
Nov 02, 2023•51 min
The Acme Comics Downtown Grand Opening is tomorrow Saturday October 28th! We dig into all of the details and answer some listener questions all while giving praise to James Tynion and Martin Simmond's DRACULA from Image Comics!
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Recorded on Friday the 13th, October 2023! Ben and Austin recap an already busy October and talk the Grand Opening of our SECOND LOCATION coming to Downtown Greensboro!
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 7 min
For the first time in quite a long time we welcome Pete Bowne back to the Podcast! We talk about our night out at the Tanger Center for the Performing Arts! The Nightmare off Elm St film series at the Carolina Theater is fast approaching!
Oct 03, 2023•54 min
Jermaine is out for this podcast! Ben and Austin hit on some important Acme Comics events and tease some upcoming surprises! If you're an avid listener, rush to acmecomics.com and enter to win two tickets to see INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE LIVE at the Tanger Performing Arts center!
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Here it is! Jermaine hit Baltimore Comic-Con and was invited to host a panel with the world-famous Brian Micahel Bendis! This is truly a treat for Acme Comics shoppers, Bendis fans, and all comic book fans.
Sep 18, 2023•50 min
Jermaine "Birthday Boy" Exum recounts his excursion to Baltimore Comic-Con! We go over a special Cast-question from Jermaine. Email us your responses to this week's listener inquriy to ben@acmecomics.com
Sep 15, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Jermaine gives us his feelings on BLUE BEETLE! Austin and Ben breakdown their AEW Collision excursion!
Aug 18, 2023•39 min•Season 4Ep. 17
We announce our biggest news of the year... well actually of the past 40 years! Acme Comics will return to downtown Greensboro with a second location opening in October of this year! Keep those awesome listener questions coming!
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Coming to you live from a currently top secret location for the first time! Jermaine went to Galaxy-Con! What to do with all these variant covers?! Listener questions! "No one tell my mom that I'm judging her for not eating vegetables!" -Ben
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 16
The Band is back together... but not that band you're thinking of! Sleep evades Jermaine. Austin responds to Barbie. The Save Like Spidey Summer Sidewalk Sale!
Jul 28, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 16
We talk about your new favorite sandwich, the Acme Hero! Ben finally saw a movie in theaters and shares his feelings about BARBIE. 15 years of The Dark Knight! Listener Questions abound!
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 7 min
You guys know me. I'm usually on the top of my game! Today I wasn't and the victim of that is the audio of this week's podcast! Hopefully you can make out everything everyone is saying! It's a great episode nonetheless!
Jul 15, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Jermaine and Austin break down Indiana Jones! SPOILER ALERTS abound! Knight Terrors is really good... Like really really good. Night of the Ghoul is out in paperback and we couldn't be more excited to share it with a whole swath of new readers. Devil's Cut is gonna be a big deal! We need YOUR listened questions! Email them to ben@acmecomics.com Stay tuned after the podcast ends for a special ad-read!
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Jermaine breaks down his HeroesCon experience! It was a great week for comics! Send us you listener questions to ben@acmecomics.com
Jun 24, 2023•55 min•Season 4Ep. 14