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Acme E-Mail Update #17: Baltimore Comicon Edition

Posted September 23rd, 2008 by stephen
So much going on!  We're preparing for the upcoming signing, we have about 10 boxes of fresh back issues to get put out, and we're taking the Acme name national this weekend at the Baltimore Comicon!  This is a rare convention that will feature tons of big names and is also Bendis and Oeming's last convention appearance any time soon.  Now I don't know what "Twitter" is but apparently its in the computers and we'll be updating that with up-to-the-second information as wireless internet allows!  If everything goes the way we plan, it'll be just like you were there yourself!  Stay tuned! 

Also, if you have not been in to clean out your box in a while, please do try to come by this weekend and at least see what is on hold for you.  We've always been very flexible to the needs of our subscribers here (sending out orders by mail, holding books longer than our standard cut off), but you have to maintain some kind of communication with us in order for us to work with you.  So if you can, come by.  If you can't, email us or call us, and let us know what your needs are so we can make something happen.  Enough business though, on to the news!

THIS WEEK'S COMICS
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  • AVENGERS INITIATIVE #17 SECRET INVASION - While the 3-D Man and the Skrull Kill Krew take the show on the road, Camp Hammond has become the Skrulls' staging ground and base of operations for the invasion!  Can Ant-man, Mutant Zero (anyone guessed who that is yet?), and the Shadow Initiative take out the queen herself?  Find out here, plus a classic Avenger joins the Initiative and not a moment too soon!
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA #42 - Every month we talk about how Captain America may be the single best solo title on the shelves and this month will be no exception.  Get ready to have years worth of storylines paid off in big ways right here in Act Three of The Death of Captain America by Brubaker, Epting, and Luke Ross!
  • NEW AVENGERS #45 SECRET INVASION - We know that Skrulls infiltrated the Avengers, but where did they go when the world was restructured during the House of M and what did they do?  Get key answers as more cards get turned over!  Run, don't walk, to get your hands on this big issue by Bendis and Marvel's top gun Jim Cheung!
  • MARVEL BOY PREMIERE HC - You've seen him in New Avengers Illuminati, Civil War Young Avengers/ Runaways, and now Secret Invasion!  But who is this dangerous Kree warrior from another dimension, where did he come from, and what is his problem with Earth?  Find out here in this long out-of-print gem by the Final Crisis team of Grant Morrison and J.G. Jones!  If you are interested please email us, quantities are limited!
  • FORTUNE & GLORY TP - No Bendis fan should be without this autobiographical piece written and drawn by the man himself as he makes his way up from independent comics in Ohio to the insane world of L.A.!
  • TOTAL SELL OUT TP - More autobio material written and drawn by Bendis!

ACME NEWS

  • Acme Comics Store Tour - Though most readers of this here e-mail are probably well versed in what it is we have to offer as a store, check out this video and maybe even the most seasoned Acme Army Veteran will find something new to investigate on their next visit. Also, forward the link to friends and family far and wide, so that they too might know that Acme is the best comic shop...in the known UNIVERSE!
  • Previews will be coming down the pipe tomorrow, and with it plenty of new subscription titles. Make sure you stay tuned to the solicitations each month so that you can be prepared when new series come your way!  Now is the time to make sure you're set on the new series starting up for Fall.
  • As we come into as many collections as we have lately, we also come to find out how many books our subscribers have missed out on because we never even knew they were looking for them! That's why, in addition to keeping a tight subscription, it's also important that you provide us with a list of everything you're looking for, so that in our travels we can still be looking out for you!  We're always on duty, but we need the info!
  • Representatives of Acme will be heading out to Baltimore Comic Con this week, and through the wonders of technology they'll be bringing the excitement back to you! Check out the Guest List, and feel free to submit your questions for any of the creators by calling, stopping in, or posting them on the message board! Also check out the Con Exclusives, including a Frank Cho Secret Invasion #6 variant, a Mike Wieringo Marvel Apes #1 variant, and a Michael Turner Fathom #2 variant. If you're interested in any of them, let us know and we'll be happy to pick one up for you!
  • Dear friend of Acme Rhett Trull will be hosting a poetry reading with Sandra Beasley on behalf of her literary magazine, Cave Wall!  It'll be held Thursday, September 25 at 5:30 PM in the Weatherspoon Art Gallery at UNCG.
  • Its that time of year again!  One of the best kept secrets in Greensboro is the Brunswick Stew sale at Mount Pisgah Methodist Church on Battleground by Lowe's!  That stuff is the best and if you freeze it, it'll keep you warm all winter.  Seriously.  Proceeds go to the Grimsley High School Girls Fastpitch Softball League!  So show up and ask for Paul Stutts and just try to guess how many times he's seen the Dark Knight.  You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
  • Acme First Look #46 - Stephen's So-Called Emo Life - Fringe, Kodak Zi6, The O.C., Dune Extended Cut DVD, Queen of the Damned DVD.
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And that's your week as we see it.  One more thing.  Please, stop hiding comics around the store.  For real this time.  If there is something you don't want, just put it in our hands.  every week, we pretty much have to touch every single copy in the store in one way or another so we always find the things that have been hidden.  And sometimes they're books that someone wanted to buy but it appeared that we did not have any copies.  So let's go ahead and not do that anymore, mm'kay? 

Wish Acme luck in Baltimore!  When the Acme name rings out from coast-to-coast, we promise never to forget all the people who helped make us great over the years!  Thanks and we'll see you in the shop!

ACME COMICS
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