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Acme E-Mail Update #13: Behold! Acme Comics...and this shall be your sign.

Posted August 26th, 2008 by stephen
As most of you know by now, a good while ago our Acme Comics business sign was felled in the final moments of a freak hail storm that arose to mangle Irving Park.  The winds blew like nothing I've ever seen here in all my years.  One minute blowing horizontally to the left and then from out of nowhere it changed direction to the right which caused our beloved identification to come swinging down towards the sidewalk, hanging by a single bolt.  Then, the storm's business completed, the skies parted and the sun shone as though nothing had

Living Wednesday to Wednesday #22: Back on the Crisis Wagon

Posted August 25th, 2008 by stephen

It's been no quiet secret that I was completely against Final Crisis since the first issue came out. I was passing sweeping judgments upon quick readings in the store and literally hollering and pantomiming my dissension page by page.

However, much like the Anti-Life Equation whispering sweet Nothings in the ear of folks all across the Earth, there was a contrary voice always piquing my curiosity, that of my friend Raph. He had been a diehard Seven Soldiers of Victory fan and believed in everything that Final Crisis could bring to the DCU.

Acme First Look #42 for 8.27.08

Posted August 22nd, 2008 by stephen

Look! Up in the sky!

New Acme Sign

We've once again established up a beacon for everything you could hope for in the world of comics!

Stephen's So-Called Emo Life!

Acme E-Mail Update #12: New Ways to Buy Backstock Sale

Posted August 19th, 2008 by stephen
Last week Argentinian comic artist Carlos Meglia passed away.   Many  aspiring artists would come in over the years specifically looking for art by Carlos because of his almost anime style of work.  Some of his

Living Wednesday to Wednesday #21: And Now For Something Completely Different

Posted August 18th, 2008 by stephen
Spent my usual writing time today inking a Dean Trippe blueline pencil Kitty Pryde sketch that Raph got me at Baltimore Comic Con last year.

Trippe pencils, My inks
More words next week.

Acme First Look #41 for 8.20.08

Posted August 15th, 2008 by stephen

Aside from a fewer number of Secret Invasion tie-ins, there is as much, if not more stuff to be excited about next week, including Geoff Johns' new DC-righting opus, Legion of Three Worlds!

If you haven't been in this week, then you probably don't know that in just a day and a half we sold out of Secret Invasion X-Men #1, Secret Invasion Inhumans #1, and Secret Invasion Thor #1. Lucky for you, I got a handful more of each title last night, but they're already moving, so get back to us as soon as possible!

Acme E-Mail Update #11: You wanna go ahead and embrace change, pal!

Posted August 13th, 2008 by stephen
Note to educators!  We still have copies of All Star Superman and Marvel Heroes Adventures left from Free Comic Book

Living Wednesday to Wednesday #20: the Mark Morales Interview!

Posted August 11th, 2008 by stephen

As promised, just in time for Secret Invasion #5, I bring you that last installment of the Acme post-HeroesCon interviews, book-ending the Laura Martin piece from last month, wrapping things up with Thor and Secret Invasion inker Mark Morales!

Acme First Look #40 for 8.13.08

Posted August 8th, 2008 by stephen

Thanks to an iced coffee Matt brought me, a mug of hot chocolate from the Gate, and a refreshingly temperately temperatured morning spent in my hammock reading, I'm ready to take on anything! Hopefully you are too, cause not only is next week going to be jam-packed with Secret Invasion, Action Comics, X-Men goodness, this is also going to be the most packed First Look ever! Bonus features, folks, bonus features.

Acme E-Mail Update #10: It Came from the Back Room!

Posted August 5th, 2008 by stephen
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