We’ve been promising a formal announcement for weeks now, and here it is… Forbidden Planet will begin selling tickets to New York Comic-Con 2013 on Monday, August 12th at 7pm. Friday tickets- $40 Saturday tickets- […]
…is a Wednesday and it’s another GLORIOUS New Comic Day. Let’s take a gander at some of the highlights hitting the FP shelves. My top picks: Trillium, Catalyst Comix, Sidekicks
Lying Cat shirts have arrived! The Will’s trusty sidekick has been immortalized in cotton. Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples is currently Forbidden Planet NYC’s best-selling monthly semi-monthly comic book and deservedly so. […]
Custom action figure artist extraordinaire Sillof was recently commissioned by comedian/actor Pattton Oswalt to create some suh-weeeeeeet toys… and Forbidden Planet has The Russ Meyer-inspired Star Wars mashup line Faster, Empire! Strike! Strike! on display!!!! […]
Last week’s HUMONGOUS best-selling book here at The Planet? The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia [sic]! Written by the Lord of Evil Himself, Hunson Abadeer (a.k.a. Marceline the Vampire Queen’s dad), to instruct and confound the demonic […]
It’s Wednesday July 24th, 2013. We’re celebrating our one year anniversary in the new space(!!!!), we’ve got Ulises Farinas signing his new comic GAMMA tonight at 6:30pm, and HUNGER #1 is our other pick of […]
This year’s winners were announced last night. Here’s the full list: Best Short Story: “Moon 1969: The True Story of the 1969 Moon Launch,” by Michael Kupperman, in Tales Designed to Thrizzle #8 (Fantagraphics) Best […]
M14 hits the shelves tomorrow. Here’s a complete list of Core Set 2014 related stuff available from Forbidden Planet NYC. ALSO!!! From Friday 7/19 through Sunday 7/21 Forbidden Planet is selling booster boxes for a […]
…But we’ve had some great merchandise for it for some time now! Here’s the rundown on what’s available: The magnificent art book, Pacific Rim Man Machines & Monsters: The prequel graphic novel from Marvel, Tales […]
In stock now and HIGHLY recommended… Copra Compendium 2! Because you demanded it: Copra is back. The second Compendium collects everything Copra issues 4-6 had to offer, plus a brand spanking new cover. In these […]
…That I wrote for a New York newspaper that didn’t run it. Think I missed a deadline. As we say on Earth, “c’est la vie.” This week I’d spend my dough on: 1. Sex #4, Image Comics. The […]
There’s a new addition to our window display through Monday… A nifty, 76″ tall, custom painted Stewie statue!!! Come down and check it out. Take some pictures with and/or of it, too. I’m a terrible […]
It’s the birthday of my favorite author and FP guest many times over, Mr. (Unca) Harlan Ellison. Pick up one of his fine works today!
Happy Memorial Day, people of the USA… even if you’re not Memorian! Forbidden Planet is open from 9am until 10pm today. Hope to see you here! We’re running a special giveaway contest on Twitter as […]
Working a closing shift at Forbidden Planet, wandering the asiles, when I noticed on our shelves a fantastic new Yotsuba model kit from Kotobukiya I hadn’t seen before… Dressed in her usual outfit for a […]
Our friends at Last Gasp have a nifty YouTube channel these days, and last week posted an interesting interview Jon Longhi conducted with Robert Crumb. Good stuff. So’s the rest in this series, with more […]
Forbidden Planet NYC columnist/wage slave Matthew Rosenberg has a comic he wrote releasing Wednesday the 8th- Twelve Reasons to Die #1. Be sure to bug him to autograph your copy for you when ya see […]
Magic the Gathering’s new set, Dragon’s Maze, releases today. Let’s check it out: The plane of Ravnica is home to ten ancient two-color guilds. Return to Ravnica showed off five of those guilds: the white-blue Azorius, […]
It’s almost time when the time is here, The time that’s only once a year. We can hardly wait, ’cause it’s so near. -Traditional Woodland Critter Tune This Saturday, May 4th, is Free Comic Book […]
New Comic Day, 4/3/13… Today’s batch is chock full’a hidden gems. What’s YOUR pick of the week?
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