Acme E-Mail Update #8: Calm Before the Storm

Posted July 23rd, 2008 by stephen

Not too much industry news this week as the world gears up for San Diego Comic Con this Wednesday through Sunday. That just means we'll be buried in new creator announcements, preview images, and movie trailers come this time next week!

To tide you over, we've got a brand new video interview and article with Uncanny X-Men #500 writer Matt Fraction, as well as our own comic celebrity signing! Cemetery Blues creators Thomas Boatwright and Ryan Rubio will be on hand Saturday from 11:30-2:30 signing and sketching to celebrate the release of the Unearthed Cemetery Clues tpb from Image Comics!

THE LETTER OF THE WEEK IS "D!"
The Acme 25th Anniversary 365 Day 50% OFF Backstock Sale: July 23-29*

Daredevil vol. 1 - all of Frank Miller's character defining, legendary run!

Daredevil vol. 2 - breaking new ground for the Man Without Fear with Kevin Smith, Joe Quesada, David Mack, Ed Brubaker, Michael Lark, and Bendis and Alex Maleev's run that is sure to define the character for the new millennium in the years to come!

DC: New Frontier - the best reason for a double dip if there ever was one! If you've just been turned on by the trades or the Justice League: New Frontier cartoon, this is the perfect chance to pick up all 6 prestige format issues for less than cover price!

Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born - in case you got on the smash hit series of 2008 late or if you just was to collect every cover that's out there, this is a prime opportunity to get sketch variants, reprints, or pricey first prints for a prime price!

Honorable Mentions: Dark Horse Presents (Hellboy Pancakes story, 1st comic appearance of Buffy), Detective Comics (the original home of Batman), and Deadpool.

*Backstock refers to back issues of comic series bagged and priced in the long boxes in the back issue room. This special weekly back issue sale does NOT apply to Silver Age comics, Back Wall comics, New issues on the shelf, Trade paperbacks, Hardcovers, Action Figures, or Statues.

THIS WEEK'S COMICS
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AVENGERS INITIATIVE #15 SECRET INVASION - The Initiative is called into action against the Skrull Invasion in New York! Who will survive and what about the predicament between Freedom Ring and the new 3D-man from last issue?

NEW AVENGERS #43 SECRET INVASION - Spider-man versus Kazar and Shanna versus..Captain America?! Can anyone be trusted right now? Answers are coming!

SKRULLS ONE-SHOT SECRET INVASION - Key handbook style guide for Secret Invasion! Get entries on all noteworthy Skrulls from Marvel's history as well as scoop on various plots from over the years! They say the winners get to write the history books...

THUNDERBOLTS #122 SECRET INVASION - As seen in the Who Do You Trust one shot, Mar-vell has chosen a side of sorts in the Invasion and the Thunderbolts are his first target! Welcome guest-writer Christos Gage!

UNCANNY X-MEN #500 - The X-men have a new home in the welcoming arms of San Francisco! But an old foe returns to challenge Cyclops' claim to the future of mutant kind! Join Brubaker, Fraction, Land, and Dodson for this groundbreaking issue that changes the status quo for the X-men and mutants everywhere! Great gateway back into X-men! Choice of Alex Ross or Dodson 50/50 variants.

WAR HEROES #1 - New from Image Comics, Mark "Ultimates 1 and 2" Millar, and Tony "Ex Machina" Harris! Yes, this is a sleeper hit, hopefully you secured a copy with us already!

ACME NEWS

Unearthed Cemetery Blue tpb Signing! - as mentioned above, Cemetery Blues creators Ryan Rubio and Thomas Boatwright will be on hand this Saturday, July 26th, signing and sketching from 11:30-2:30!

Living Wednesday to Wednesday #17 - the Acme Matt Fraction Interview! In the fourth installment of the post-HeroesCon interviews, Stephen chats with Matt about his creator-owned Image book Casanova, his collaboration with Ed Brubaker on Immortal Iron Fist and Uncanny X-Men, and what happens when two Fractions step into a ring and only one makes it out alive!

Acme First Look #37 - Stephen's So-Called Emo Life - the Dark Knight, Fincastle's, Margarita's, Ace Enders and a Million Different People, and G4 TV's Fresh Ink.