Fran and her husband run ACME Comics in Sioux City, Iowa. Fran has been our main dealer since the early years, and the one year she couldn't make it just wasn't the same...

Fran was born in Florida but raised in Blair, NE where she graduated from Blair High School. In 1984, she started attending Creighton University in Omaha, NE where she met her husband Kevin and found out that there were more people who loved Star Trek and Science Fiction than just herself. Fran and Kevin started attending several Star Trek, comic book and sci-fi conventions while in college, traveling as far as Atlanta Georgia.

After answering a want-ad for a clerk at a book store, she realized that it was not just a book store, but a comic book store. She didn't immediately get the job, but was given a second chance when the first person didn't work out. After a short while, she became the manager of the store and finally the district manager for the comic book chain before leaving the Omaha area to marry Kevin with the promise that one day she would open her own store.

While in Sioux City, she started buying private comic book collections and amassed a huge collection that filled their tiny basement. On April 1, 1995, ACME Comics and Collectibles opened it's first location in Sioux City, IA. Opening day was quite busy with a personal appearance by Marvel Comics Spider-Man who also made stops at the local hospitals. Over the years, ACME has had several in-store appearances including Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) Daniel Logan (Young Boba Fett) Todd Nauck, Mark Pennington, Marval Comics Wolverine, DC Comics Batman, the 501st Legion, Rebel Legion and Central R2 Builders.

In 2004, Fran and Kevin were named the Will Eisner "Spirit of Comics" Retailer Award Recipients. This award is given yearly at the San Diego Comic-con and is basically the comic book store of the year award. ACME beat out over 6000 stores to receive this award. Fran has one son, Sean, who was born in 2000 and attended his first convention one month after being born. She travels with her family and by herself to dozens of conventions each year while spending all of the rest of her time at ACME. She is an active member of the 501st Legion, the official Star Wars "bad-guy" costuming club.