Books
Discworld & The Color of Magic – READ, DAMN YOU
A world held up by four elephants standing on the back of a turtle floating through the cosmos. Where did it come from? Where will it go? No one knows. What is for certain is […]
Month: February 2019
Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Toy Fair 2019 DC Reveals
Originally appeared in the Weekly Planet dated 2/26/19 DC Comics didn’t have the strongest showing at Toy Fair this year, though there was some fairly big news about the license going into Toy Fair. Mattel […]
Events
Jody LeHeup and Nathan Fox Signing The Weatherman TPB March 6th
The Weatherman was one of our bestselling comics of 2018 and now the first chapter of this exciting new series has been collected in trade paperback. Come celebrate its release with us as Forbidden Planet […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Comic Picks of the Week 2/27/19
When our cup runneth over with too many great titles in a single week, we make a breakdown of the Can’t Miss comics and graphic novels. Here are our picks for February 27, 2019. Green […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Comics’ Hottest Couple Gets Hitched in Mr. & Mrs. X
After five years spent lost in a fog, the X-line was revitalized last February with a one-two punch. One first was X-Men Red, a timely and touching book about an X-team fighting back against the […]
Card Games
Fluxx: Game of the Week
I love games, but too often is the fun delayed by the tedious reading of endless rulesheets. The good stuff sits waiting in its box while you try to parse out how the game is […]
Events
Moon Lake Omnibus Signing with Dan Fogler February 27th [UPDATED]
Join us at Forbidden Planet NYC on Wednesday February 27th for two shifts of Dan Fogler signing copies of his new graphic novel, the new Moon Lake Omnibus! Dan’s been a guest at our shop […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Kevin Yells About X-Men: Kieron Gillen Edition
The gongs have sounded. I have been woken from my slumber. That can only mean one thing: I have to yell at you about the X-Men for a while. That should really be the name […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
West Coast Avengers Are the Best Coast Avengers
Read this publication for long enough and you will be inundated with my talking about the West Coast Avengers. In just seven issues, I have found an excuse to talk about this book a third […]
Board Games
One Week Ultimate Werewolf – Game of the Week
You thought you’d seen the last of them. You believed the lycanthropy outbreak in your town to be over. Oh how wrong you were. For another still lurks among your ranks. One Week Ultimate Werewolf […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Wonder Twins Series… ACTIVATE!
DC’s greatest heroes hide in the periphery. Unarguably, the greatest characters at Detective Comics are Booster Gold & Blue Beetle. Keep your Batman and gimme that Batwoman. Superman can take a hike if I can […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
I Didn’t Read Mister Miracle, But Now We Can Read It Together!
There are too many great comics coming out than even the most dedicated comic shop employee can get to. I have a busy performance and recording schedule. I’d also like to hold to my girlfriend. […]
Gaming
Spirit of 77: Game of the Week
Tabletop RPGs are my favorite thing in gaming, which puts them high in competition for my favorite thing period. (Sorry, my girlfriend). And there is no RPG I’ve had more fun with for longer than […]
Books
Conan Will Win, So You Best Give Up Now – READ, DAMN YOU
In which Kevin drags you, kicking and screaming, into the world of reading. Fantasy is one of the most malleable mediums we have. Storytellers take us to our past so that we might understand our […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Comic Picks of the Week: 2/6/19
When our cup runneth over with too many great titles to write about individually, we like to draft up a list of the most interesting comics hitting shelves this month. Red Sonja #1 History meets […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
A Comprehensive List of Daredevil’s Fears
There’s a new Daredevil #1 this week. It comes from the spectacular creative team of Chip Zdarsky (Spectacular Spider-Man) & Marco Checchetto (Old Man Hawkeye). I haven’t been this excited for a Daredevil book in… […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Age of X-Haiku Alpha #1
Earth is paradise. Mutants are free to live but The cost is too great.
Gaming
Scum & Villainy: Game of the Week
A while back, I told you about Blades in the Dark, the devilishly good RPG that boils down to “Oops, All Rogues”! And if that worked for you, allow me to excite you even further […]