Acmecast (general)
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!

Ben sat down with our good friends Ben Hill and James Solomon, local creativees and creators of THE TIME POLICE! The Time Police is now on KICKSTARTER! It's another project that we believe in, created by good people!

LINK TO KICKSTARTER

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Austin has ventured into the desert lands of Arrakiss and has become a total Spice Girl. 
We talk DUNE, catch up on listener questions and wrap up a wild wretling weekend!

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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! 

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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

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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!

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I know! I'm sorry. I messed up! 
We talk Ultimate Spider-Man, Transformers 4, Rebel Moon, and of course MORTAL KOMBAT

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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!

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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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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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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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A report form Lord Retail at Botcon 2022!

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The power is back on and the recent readdition of Air conditioning allows the Acme Staff t recollect and fully recount their experiences of 11 days in the store with no electricity! Pardon the effect the heat wave has had on our brains!

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The end of an era (Sorta). Jermaine and Ben sit down to talk about his time at the store. 

Ben cries on this one. 

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Austin returns to the podcast! We get his side of the Daniel Warren Johnson event, a recap of our night with the Greensboro Grasshoppers, a whole lot of comics talk, and much much more!
Stick around to the end to hear a special announcement from Ben! 

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We wrap up the past two weeks of Acme Comics madness including the Do A Powerbomb Event and HeroesCon! We also introduce the latest arrival to the Acme Comics team!

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We talk breakfast v/ brunch, the huge success of the Rob Liefeld signing, pay our respects to Tim Sale, and hype up BASH IN THE BORO. 

Bash Passes still available until Midnight 6/17!

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Austin gives us his review on Jurassic World: Dominion, we talk the Rob Liefeld signing, Bash in the Boro, and finally Avatar: Is it good or bad?

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We run down the entire Acme summer event calendar! Listener questions galore!

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We talk it all in this one! Sonic V Mario. Our Signing with ROB LIEFELD on JUNE 11th! Bash in the Boro with DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON and FIRE STAR PRO WRESTLING on JUNE 18th! Listener questions!
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We talk about the major success that was FCBD 2022, The breakout hit JURASSIC LEAGUE, and answer a backlog of listener questions!

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A special thursday edition of the podcast to prep you for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

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We take things completely off the rails before we get back on track and talk comics, Free Comic Book Day, and the return of the shop ghost!

Ben says a bad word at one point!

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Why do we always talk about Jurassic Park?!

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The AcmeCast will now be coming to you weekly every Friday immediately after recording as we now talk about the following week's new releases! So this week, our beloved listner, you get two episodes!

We're joined by friend and customer Jack Dougherty (Not a Doctor)

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We've reached it! After over a year of digging through Jermaine's boxes of movies in storage we have reached the final box! 
The real box of Jermaine's junk were the friends we made along the way!
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We talk about the recent picnic table incident, recent going-ons in comics and more!
Send us your listener questions to ben@acmecomics.com!

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This is it! The end all be all of the Acme Crew's feelings on THE BATMAN!
We spend a lot of time talking about the movie, the comics that it pulls from, and our goods and bads!

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Austin just saw THE BATMAN and he gives his thoughts! Yet to see it yet, Ben and Jermaine express their reluctances! There's a lot of Comics Talk on this one!
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We really get into the weeds on this one! 
We discuss the JLA/Avengers situation that everyone is asking about and spit-ball how we might handle the situation. 
"What's In The Box?" returns!

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Austin and Jermaine wrap up Book of Boba Fett and the gang talks store going-ons!
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The gang discusses book of Boba Fett and the much anticipated JURASSIC LEAGUE!
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Night Court is not a court... That happens at night!
We discuss a number of issues including the Penguin Random House troubles!
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An update on all of the store's going ons! The All-New, All-Different Acme sale rages on!
"Whats in the box?" returns!

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IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY HEARD THE NEWS; A NEW ERA OF ACME COMICS NOW BEGINS! Join us as we lightly discuss what got the crew to this place.


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Radioactive Airing of grievances! Feats of proportionate strength of a spider! Thwip-ing webs around around the pole! Tinsel is distracting!

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The AcmeCast crew returns in the midst of the lead up to Christmas and things are crazy! 

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We continue our introspective into the myth of Jermaine Exum and his 25 years at Acme Comics, this time with guest and Friend of the store Ryan Rubio

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While in Charlotte for Heroes' GIANT-SIZED MINI-CON, Ben and Austin took it upon themselves to finally record a watch along of Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man movie in their preparation of No Way Home! 
Watch along with us or just enjoy our commentary. 
This was recorded in a hotel room with one microphone so please excuse the audio quality!

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A completely all-spooky, all-creepy episode of the Acme Cast!
Lord Retail was at TF-Con so we invited in customer, friend, and listener questioner Jack Dougherty to discuss some creepy comics and real-life scares!

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Ben updates everyone about his New York Comic Con Adventure. We discuss the current issues with Penguin Random House shipping. 
A new WHATS IN THE BOX?!

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Jermaine and Ben sit down with actor/writer David Dastmalchian. You'll know David from his many roles across both superhero genre and non-superheroic films including The Dark Knight, Ant-Man, Suicide Squad, Blade Runner, and the upcoming DUNE series of films. 
David also wrote what we consider a modern-classic horror comic, COUNT CROWLEY: RELUCTANT MIDNIGHT MONSTER HUNTER. 

Sit back and hear one of the best episodes of the podcast, yet!

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We asked you guys a simple question, "When you think of a battle taking place AT the statue of Liberty in a movie, what movie do you think of?"

We finally pull back the curtain and settle the score on the recently much debated topic. 

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We're celebrating 25 years of Lord Retail (Jermaine) at Acme Comics! Over the next few months Jermaine will be sitting down and talking with Acme employees and friends from past and present about things he may have forgotten over the years.

Learn some things about the man and the store that will surprise you! 

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Hear Austin and Jermaine's thoughts on Shang Chi! We argue about Nickelodeon... AGAIN! Whats in the Box returns. 

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We talk A LOT about WHAT'S THE FURTHEST PLACE FROM HERE a new series from creators Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss. 
We need your pre-orders on this one! 
The new drop of Marvel Events! 
Fro some reason we argue about our respective eras of Nickelodeon. 
Join us, won't you?!

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Read the title but read it in the Animaniacs' voice when they say "Hello Nurse!" 
We talk Substack! It's not a sandwich thing! We update everyone on the store! We're still alive and kicking after Free Comic Book Day!
Is it really Spooky Season yet? We talk our favorite pop culture skeletons. 
And yes... we talk about THAT trailer!

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Free Comic Book Day is over and we give the full run down on that event as well as our Batman '89 event!

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We talk about the upcoming Batman 89 release party and Free Comic Book Day! 
The world of Acme Comics never stops spinning!

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A this point Austin and Ben have completely derailed themselves from all of Jermaine's reference points. 
You think this is slicked back? This Is Pushed Back!
Sloppy Steaks, Comics talk, another whats in the box!

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Sometimes things happen in the store and it really gets under your skin. We talk beating the house, the dark energy that the store sometimes hold, how to recommend titles, and more!

Subscribe to the podcast! Leave a review! Send us you questions!

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In a returning and now reoccurring segment, we're digging through the July 2021 Previews Catalog!
Previews is the most important tool in a retailer and comic book consumer's arsenal! It is the single easiest way to know what's coming down the pipeline and what you'll see on shelves soon! If any of the upcoming titles we discuss seem like your thing LET US KNOW!

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Jermaine announces some ACME STAFF CHANGES! 
With the changing guard comes a new era where we bring you ACME CAST WEEKLY!
No listener questions this week so we get straight into some discussions about the role of the Comic Book Shopkeeper as middle man between creators and the public. Also, more "What's in the Box?!" Ben and Austin like Superman Returns?!

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This one is coming late! Apple took our original posting down due to some now resolved issues! Get ready for ACME CAST coming to you now WEEKLY!
Does Jermaine sound like George Lucas? Which one of us is Dave Filloni? We lost Austin during our second half. Another episode of "What's in the box?!"

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We're testing out new equipment and building our way to be the highest quality comic book retail podcast! Bare with us!
Once again we are cut off by a busy Friday morning. We talk comics, our favorite Draculas, and more!

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This is an interesting one. Split between a morning recording and a post work recording. 
We discuss the current CDC and NC guidelines and how they'll affect things in the store. Also, Why can't the Acme Bat have a name?

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We're trying something new! As Jermaine unpacks into his new house we'll be periodically going through one of his many boxes from years of collecting and open them up on the show, discussing what we find. Video games, movies, forgotten gems, human body parts. Who knows what we'll find!?

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We get into the thick of it again folks! Why are you reading this? Listen to the episode!

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Category:general -- posted at: 7:25pm EDT

A brief rundown of things happening at the shop before we dive right into a big mailbag of YOUR listener questions!

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Category:general -- posted at: 9:22am EDT

This is a big one folks! All of our thoughts on Zack Snyder's Justice League! Do Ben and Austin hate Superman? The massive Marvel Comics/Penguin Random House distribution deal.
Are you reading Daniel Warren Johnson's Beta Ray Bill? You should be! Listen to Power Trip!

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Category:general -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT

This week we're talking BRZRKR, celebrity comic book writers, more shop nonsense, media that changed our lives and of course answer your listener questions... To the best of our abilities at least. 

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Category:general -- posted at: 4:58pm EDT

You might be able to hear the exhaustion in our voices. It's been a rigorous few weeks at ol' camp Acme. Late shipments, comics controversy on Twitter, and the constant pandemic retail grind. But don't worry, we talk about it all and take some more listener questions!

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Category:general -- posted at: 5:00am EDT

The Acme Comics Crew is back! We're talking WandaVision(Spoiler Alert!), classic sitcoms, DC Comics, new titles, Lawnmower Man, and we're answering your listener questions. 
Someone get Jermaine a coffee maker, please. 

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Category:general -- posted at: 6:00am EDT

Some AcmeCast AUDIO KARATE for your listening pleasure! 
We talk comics, we talk WandaVision and Cobra Kai. 
More listener questions.
Does the Karate Kid work for Marvel? Some think so!

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Category:general -- posted at: 8:35am EDT

 We return to our regularly scheduled programming to see what's what's happening in the store this week!
Recorded in the wee hours of the AM before the store opened we talk coffee mishaps, the staff review of Wonder Woman: 1984, and the sitcom nature of some days at the shop. 

Email your podcast questions to ben@acmecomics.com

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Category:general -- posted at: 7:43am EDT

The entire Acme crew together at last! Join us as we do a year in review and answer YOUR questions on air!
Email any questions you have for the AcmeCast to ben@acmecomics.com

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Category:general -- posted at: 11:47am EDT

Ben talks the creative team behind the upcoming GRIT from Scout Comics. We love being able to shed light on indie comics and smaller press works whenever we get a chance, especial when its a book THIS GOOD! Writer Brian Wickman and artist Kevin Castaniero talk about how they got their start in comics, taking the highway to the diner zone, and of course lots about GRIT. 
GRIT will be on the shelves 7/29!

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Category:general -- posted at: 11:12pm EDT