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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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  • 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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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!

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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!

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