Et Tu DC? It looks like the DC executive is planning revenge on the Acquirers. What dastardly plans does he have  in store? Check back next week for the thrilling conclusion (or maybe there will be more exposition). Curious about ...

I was listening to Lorde belt out ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack when I had a thought: ‘By Jove, she’s right!’ It isn’t like the song is new – or one I’m unfamiliar with ...

Snow Time Like The Present So the Acquirers are off to Norway! Most of the information in this comic is true, Empire was filmed near a glacier in central Norway and there was a terrible snow storm in 1979. See ...

It has always been confounding to me that the winners of prestigious industry awards when it comes to TV, films, and books (amongst other industries), always seemed to be ‘critic’s choices’. Now, I recognize that I may have generalized in ...

Back in 1983, M*A*S*H bowed out, having been running for 11 years (eight years longer than the real-world war it depicted. The episode, Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen was two and a half hours long, two hours longer than the normal ...

Back in 2005, 3rd Rock From the Sun had been off the air for four years. Despite Joseph Gordon-Levitt having more acting chops than most, he wasn’t getting nearly enough parts. There was some voice work in Treasure Planet before ...

Mouse Police Requiem Fan favourites the Disney Task Force agents make another appearance in today’s strip. They are also my favourite characters to write for, check back next week to find out why they have dropped by the Acquirers. Curious ...

‘Where are all the daughters of Buffy?’ asks Naomi Alderman in the recent Radio 4 Front Row Special on cult TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. What she is really asking is this: why, after the huge, lasting success of ...

New Year, New Problems Happy New Year everyone! We are starting 2014 with a brand new story arc. 2013 was a great year for The Acquirers so please stay with us in 2014 as we try to be bigger better ...

I can’t imagine anyone who has seen 2012’s Silver Linings Playbook not being excited at the prospect of another David O. Russell film with Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. I certainly was. And then add gangstas and the seventies into ...