Obituaries

Farewell, Commander Adams

Leslie Nielsen, star of Forbidden Planet, among  his many iconic roles, has passed away at age 84 (February 11, 1926 – November 28, 2010).  We wish him farewell on his final voyage.

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Holiday!

Holiday Season Dates of Note @FPNYC

What follows is a Holiday Season FYI for our customers, old and new, with regards to store hours and notable product shipment dates. Normal Business Hours Sunday-Tuesday: 10:00am-10:00pm Wednesday: 9:00am-midnight Thursday-Saturday: 10:00am-midnight Thanksgiving Thursday, November […]

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Other Topics

Source Code

The first trailer for Duncan Jones’ sophomore directorial effort, Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga, Michelle Monaghan, and Jeffrey Wright, is now available on the web. Though it has enough star power to likely […]

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Comic Book Movies

Trailer Trash: Green Lantern

The official trailer for 2011’s Green Lantern movie was revealed earlier today and, well… um… Kilowog, Sinestro and Abin Sur look good.  Let’s take a peek, shall we? CGI suit, huh?  Ryan Reynolds as a […]

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DC Comics

Superman Don’t Need No Seat Belt

I’ve just spent a day processing, reading, and generally fondling this week’s new release comic books, GNs, and art books.  Though there’s a ton of great stuff hitting our shelves here’s my highest recommendation for […]

Halloween on Saturn
DC Comics

LOOKEE! for 10/26/10

Saturn and Titan, dolled up for Halloween Brian Wood talks Northlanders: The Plague Widow at the DC/Vertigo blog. Marvel is looking for interns. Superman: Earth One profiled in The New York Post. Eddie Campbell video […]

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Comic Book Movies

Back to the Lame Future

Marty and Doc Brown go back(!)… to the future. In this case the pretty crappy future of Hill Valley 2010 where flying cars do not roam the skies and 80s nostalgia cafes are thankfully NOT […]

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Comic Book Movies

Clown

FP customer and fellow Mets fan William Peden stars in this creepy as all heck trailer for a film that doesn’t exist, but would nonetheless scare the bejeezus out of filmgoers worldwide.

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Conventions

FP Transmissions: NYCC

Recently posted to FPNYC’s YouTube channel is this video of Matt Desiderio and myself chatting up some comic creators and publishers at last weekend’s New York Comic-Con. The full list of comic folks in the […]