Anime
Review: Figma Aegis
By Christopher Troy It’s been awhile since we’ve looked at a Figma on the FPNYC blog, as most of our coverage has focused on American-toys. Luckily for the 3 or 4 otaku who read this […]
Month: January 2011
Other Topics
Plug: Alec Lewellyn, Big Title
Aside from his duties at the shop, FPNYC assistant manager Alec Lewellyn is a talented cartoonist, hard at work on the second issue of his self-published wresting comic, Big Title. The new installment is coming […]
Toys
Pursuit of Cobra Dusty Review
By Loran It’s cold. We’re all snowed in-even up here in Massachusetts. So what better way to warm up than with a review of Dusty, the G.I. Joe team’s premier desert specialist? And when I […]
Geek Couture
Three Ewok Shirt
For the ladies with a fine appreciation of the Three Wolf Moon shirt, the official Star Wars Shop is now offering this:
Toys
Battle in Saoce Part 2 Cyclonus!
By Loran The second half of the Battle in Space two-pack is Cyclonus, the reformed Bombshell who became Galvatron’s sickeningly loyal right-hand man. Sometimes he can be big enough for the insane leader to pilot […]
Exhibits
Comics Stripped at The Museum of Sex
Comics Stripped, a new exhibit at the Museum of Sex here in NYC, opens today. Comics historian Craig Yoe (Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-Creator Joe Shuster, Clean Cartoonists’ Dirty Drawings) is serving […]
Image Comics
Radar: Memoir Issues are Made of This
Ben McCool and Nikki Cook discuss the story and craft behind Memoir, their forthcoming comic from Image, courtesy of Radar: Memoir #1 is slated for January 19th release.
Manga
Slow January For Manga
By Mat K. I’m opening this week with sorry for missing everyone last week. There was a lot of post New Year’s counting and inventory that needed to be done, so I passed the torch […]
Comic Reviews
Spawn #200
By Unkiedev This week the biggest star in the planetarium of comic books is Spawn #200. I think there are more variant covers to this book than there are original partners in Image. So what […]
Marvel Comics
Daredevil Reborn #1, New Comic Day Deal for Wednesday 1.12.11
Each week we offer our customers a limited, one-day-only (new comic day, to be exact) deep discount on a new graphic novel or comic book. This week’s floppy for the frugal is Daredevil Reborn #1 […]
Toys
Battle in Space Part 1: Rodimus!
By Loran The Transformers 2010/11 toyline/Reveal the Shield series continues, continuing to move away from the movie aesthetic and back into the Classics/Universe/Generations style. This isn’t too bad of an idea, since we’ve got Dark […]
Other Topics
Good Cause: GeeksOUT
The GeeksOUT mission: Comic conventions draw giant crowds for a number of reasons: For some, it’s a chance to dress up as their heroes and read, game and gawk at passers-by; for others, cons are […]
Anime
Marvel vs DC Round 2: Clash of the Rising Sun Statues
By Christopher Troy Hey there FPNYC faithful, cold enough out there for you? (The answer should be yes, because it’s cold enough for me dammit) It’s the new year and FPNYC recently got in a […]
Toys
Transformers 2010 Breacher Review
By Loran This little guy is Breacher. He’s one of the newest molds to come at this price point, and he’s been getting quite a bit of attention since the first pictures of him showed […]
Science
LOOKEE! for January 6th 2011
Mars rover Spirit’s tracks on its way to “Columbia Hills” in 2004 Video: The movie may be a steaming pile of poop, but The making of Tron Legacy (or how to make Jeff Bridges 28 […]
Manga
So You Want To Be A Manga-ka?
by Shannon Hochman Two high school kids who drew a manga walk into the offices of Jump magazine, certain they’ve created the next biggest thing. The editor quietly reads over the pages they slaved so […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
New Comics of the New Year!
By Devin T. Quin Welcome to 2011, where a whole new calendar YEAR of fun comic book activities awaits us! We should definitely start planning out our itinerary now so that we don’t miss out […]
Stuff We Like
Flex Mentallo to Return in Hardcover
It’s official! DC Vertigo is finally set to to reprint FLEX MENTALLO, one of the greatest comic miniseries ever, in deluxe hardcover format later this year. Long held back due to legal wrangling with Charles […]
DC Comics
Review: DCUC Green Lantern Kyle Rayner Review
By Christopher Troy Happy New Years Forbidden Planet Faithful! Hope you rang in 2011 with style and class, or if you’re like me, with a Four Loko and Rock Band 3 with several friends. Anyway, […]
Toys
Review: Pursuit of Cobra Ripcord
By Loran Sometimes, toys get canceled. In some cases, it can be a mercy killing. Other times, though, it’s really sad to see that awesome toy we wanted get the axe. But in some rare […]