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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!

Total Eclipse of the... 04/12/2024

Total Eclipse of the... We talk everything coming up this week at Acme Comics and Acme Comics Downtown. Greensboro Geek Out at the Tanger Center with Charles Soule, Four Eyes Comedy Returns. The Cat Person/Dog Person comments continue! Send you listener questions to [email protected] /episode/index/show/acme/id/30798118

SWEET HOME CHICAGO 04/05/2024

SWEET HOME CHICAGO Jermaine Recaps his POST-ComicsPro experiecne venturing through Chicago, Muncie Indiana and more! He brought gifts! We add more to the Cat Person/Dog Person argument and answer a long awaited listener question. Send your Cat Person/Dog Person ideas and all listner questions to [email protected]! /episode/index/show/acme/id/30701903

Comics BROS 03/29/2024

Comics BROS Did you miss us? We missed you! Jermaine and Austin break down their ComicsPro experience from a few weeks ago! We finally hit some listener questions! Cat Person and Dog Person? Tell us your feelings! /episode/index/show/acme/id/30596783

BonusCast: An Interview with Ben Hill and James Solomon! 03/15/2024

BonusCast: An Interview with Ben Hill and James Solomon! 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/30388928

Dune it to 'Em! 03/12/2024

Dune it to 'Em! 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/30344033

Thank you Beast Wars 02/16/2024

Thank you Beast Wars 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/29986458

BONUSCAST: Sam Romesburg 02/10/2024

BONUSCAST: Sam Romesburg 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/29886238

Fall of Ex(um) 02/09/2024

Fall of Ex(um) Lord Retail took a tumble! Acme Comics Downtown is now your home for Pinball! Listener questions galore! Send YOUR listener questions to [email protected] Sorry, Dan! I changed the wording on your question! /episode/index/show/acme/id/29880808

Final Fantíst! 02/06/2024

Final Fantíst! 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/29815553

Beat the House! 01/26/2024

Beat the House! 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 /episode/index/show/acme/id/29664653

We're Going Tonight! 01/19/2024

We're Going Tonight! 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/29563498

Ben Botched the Audio... Again! 01/12/2024

Ben Botched the Audio... Again! I know! I'm sorry. I messed up! We talk Ultimate Spider-Man, Transformers 4, Rebel Moon, and of course MORTAL KOMBAT /episode/index/show/acme/id/29466223

Closing the Door on 2023! 01/05/2024

Closing the Door on 2023! 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/29360278

One 'Pod to 'Cast Them! 12/29/2023

One 'Pod to 'Cast Them! 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/29274978

Christmas with the 'Cast! 12/22/2023

Christmas with the 'Cast! Godzilla talk! Listener Questions! A.V.P.V.G! Send your year end listener questions to [email protected] /episode/index/show/acme/id/29203678

"What's your favorite Christmas Movie?" 12/15/2023

"What's your favorite Christmas Movie?" 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/29100868

Thanks...given! 12/01/2023

Thanks...given! 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. /episode/index/show/acme/id/28889393

We've Gotta Say Something Positive 11/17/2023

We've Gotta Say Something Positive 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 [email protected] /episode/index/show/acme/id/28689213

Bonuscast: The History of Hardcore with Hunter Delaney! 11/15/2023

Bonuscast: The History of Hardcore with Hunter Delaney! 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/28654158

OPEN'ED 11/10/2023

OPEN'ED 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/28589628

Interview with writer Sam Freeman (Basic Instinct, Hound) 11/02/2023

Interview with writer Sam Freeman (Basic Instinct, Hound) 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. /episode/index/show/acme/id/28498244

The Lugosi of it All! 10/27/2023

The Lugosi of it All! 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/28442171

Ch-ch-ch-ha-ha-ha 10/16/2023

Ch-ch-ch-ha-ha-ha 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/28336406

Pete's Back on the Podcast! 10/03/2023

Pete's Back on the Podcast! 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/28205921

...And Then There Were Two! 09/22/2023

...And Then There Were Two! 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/28114145

The Brian Michael Bendis Panel! 09/18/2023

The Brian Michael Bendis Panel! 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. /episode/index/show/acme/id/28070061

Baltimore! 09/15/2023

Baltimore! 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 [email protected] /episode/index/show/acme/id/28041741

HANGMAN COUNTRY 08/18/2023

HANGMAN COUNTRY Jermaine gives us his feelings on BLUE BEETLE! Austin and Ben breakdown their AEW Collision excursion! /episode/index/show/acme/id/27789882

DOWNTOWN! 08/11/2023

DOWNTOWN! 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! /episode/index/show/acme/id/27732636

STUDIO 1983! 08/04/2023

STUDIO 1983! 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 /episode/index/show/acme/id/27665304

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