Acmecast
Celebrate 41 Years of Greensboro's Best Comic Book Store with the ACME CAST. Stay up to date with everything Acme and the world of Comic Books and entertainment with the Acme Crew!

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!

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Godzilla talk! Listener Questions! A.V.P.V.G!
Send your year end listener questions to ben@acmecomics.com

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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!

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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. 

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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

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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!

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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!

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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. 

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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. 

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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

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Jermaine gives us his feelings on BLUE BEETLE! 
Austin and Ben breakdown their AEW Collision excursion!

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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! 


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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

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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! 

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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!

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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! 

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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!

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Jermaine breaks down his HeroesCon experience! 
It was a great week for comics! 

Send us you listener questions to ben@acmecomics.com

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  • Austin and Jermaine discuss the events of THE FLASH!
  • What are the best wings in Greensboro?
  • Does Michael Keaton deliver? 
  • The massive success of the Alan Davis signing
  • Acme at Bat pt 2!
  • Listener Questions
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-A live un-boxing (more like un-pocketing) on the podcast with some cool gifts form our pal Matt Sylar! 
-Jermaine tells us his feelings on Transformers: Rise of the Beasts!
-A complete HeroesCon guide for new and experienced atendees alike! 
-30 Years of Jurassic Park

Join us this Saturday for the Acme 83 beer release party at Little Brother Brewing! 3pm-7pm!

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Jermaine gives us his spoiler-free review of Across the Spider-Verse and Shin Kamen Rider while Ben laments the state of movie theaters today! 
We tell about our experience from Carolina Fear Fest and talk about the launch party for the ACME 83 beer collaboration with Little Brother Brewing!

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We must be hungry! We're talking about food for the millionth time! 
A quick update on what's going on in the world of Acme Comics! The ACME '83 beer collaboration with Little Brother Brewing is coming soon.

What do you think the EXCLUSIVE AcmeCast shirt should say? 
Email us: ben@acmecomics.com

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The gang is still a little weary from FCBD! We discuss the event's massive success and thank everyone involved before diving into some upcoming events and listener questions (and complaints)!

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Tomorrow is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!  We tell you everything that goes into the final day of preparation, run down the day's festivities, and drop some surprises! 

Jermaine gives his honest review of the final James Gunn addition to the MCU, Guardian of the Galaxy Vol 3! 

Listener questions; we're talking Pinball!

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We're barreling down the pipeline toward Free Comic Book Day! Ben and Jermaine update you with everything Acme, including the full details of our collaboration with Little Brother Brewing, the Rico Renzi signing on April 29th, and the final day of our Spring Cleaner Sidewalk Sale!


Now is the best time to come by the store and pick up your subscriptions, try a new series, or see what new action figures and collectibles we have in stock!

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It's a touchdown of a weekend as the Acme crew talks about their massive weekend coming up! The Spring Cleaner Sale Returns! Bob Hoskins! 
Austin finally reveals something we've been teasing for quite some time!

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Another busy week at the store! 
We start off by talking about upcoming events before being interrupted by the Ahsoka trailer!

Listener Questions abound!

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It's a short and sweet episode as Ben and Jermaine hit record before kicking off a busy Saturday at the store. 
We announce our partnership with the Carolina Cobras Arena Football team, discuss a massive Transformers collection out for sale on April 2nd, and Ben brings his own listener question; "WHAT HAPPENED TO HAROLD?"

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Its the first of MANY Podcast episodes celebrating 40 Years of ACME COMICS!

Jermaine sits down with former store employees, and long-time Acme Comics confidants, Joe Schram, Ryan Rubio, and Dan Morris to talk about the the journies they've shared and many Acme memories! There's a whole Lord Retail-load of good content in this episode!

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Lord Retail is on vacation allowing Austin and Ben to take full reigns of the podcast and run that train right off track!
For the first time we're joined by star of the store, Sarah Oakley! 

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Austin tells us about his adventure to the theaters to see Scream 6!
A whole lot of off the rails conversation. 
Comics talk!
Listener questions return!

Send your listener questions to ben@acmecomics.com!

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The Podcast returns to a weekly format! 
Jermaine updates us about his ComicsPro experience!
A major update on going-ons around the store. 

Oh yeah... Ben's BACK!

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