Comic News
Countdown to NYCC part 2
by Chris Troy Hey FPNYC faithful, in a few short hours, yours truly will be at the Javitis Center, fan-gasming over the nerdfest that is the 2011 New York Comic Con. Despite being a show […]
DC Comics
Anime
STORE-WIDE SALE OCTOBER 14 – 16!
Take a break from the Con this weekend for some great deals at Forbidden Planet NYC! *Existing discounts or specials; e.g. Magic the Gathering Booster Packs, Student Discounts, Manga Deals; do not apply.
Comic News
Countdown to New York Comic Con part 1
By Chris Troy HOWDY FPNYC FAITHFUL! We are only a few short days away from New York Comic Con, and as of the time of writing, FPNYC is SOLD OUT of all passes for the […]
DC Comics
Ivan Reis and Eddy Barrows Signing Monday October 17th!
Monday October 17th 5:30pm to 7pm In-store signing with artists Ivan Reis and Eddy Barrows! Come by Forbidden Planet NYC and meet the talents behind many great titles, including Blackest Night and Nightwing!
DC Comics
Calender Man: A Date with Death
There’s a dang great cartoonist from Canadiadiadia by the name of Jay Stephens. AMAZING stuff. You’d really have to track his work down now…he’s one of these talents who realizes there’s more money in doing […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
The Good, The Bad, and the Far too Pretty
Back after a week off during which I dressed up as a pirate, drew silly comics, and tackled a fire in my cave. Some careless animal tried to toast pine cones in my toaster while […]
Comic News
The new 52 and old figures.
By Chris Troy It’s been awhile Forbidden Planet Faithful! I’m back after spending some down in Orlando (I rode on Star Tours, YAY!) and now I’m once again ready to tell you what new stuffs […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
To Say Nothing of the Owlbear
DC did it. In an industry where fighting for attention on the shelf is the key to the game, DC has rounded up the competition and painted their covers beige*. Few people are going to […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Have You Considered Letting Justice League #1 Into Your Heart?
We’re just jumping in head first like a seal into a wood chipper! Dark Horse has the Goon #35, Faith and Angel #1 and a brand new Star Wars original graphic novel called Chewbacca & […]
DC Comics
Reviews: New statues and SDCC exclusives!
By Chris Troy SHAMELESS PLUG: I wrote an article for BleedingCool covering the Capcom Fight Club from 2 weeks back. You can read it here. Happy Monday FPNYC Faithful! For the most part, NYC was […]
Boom! Studios
The Thompson’s Twins
This column was going to be a huge review of Craig Thompson’s 2003 graphic novel Blankets…but there’s too many awesome comic books out this week! For those who like titles about real life, beauty, sadness, […]
DC Comics
Don’t Forget: Tomorrow is FREE COMIC THURSDAY!
This Thursday, August 18th: DC COMICS
Bongo
Comics Gud. Gud Comics, Take Comics Home.
You are in luck, my friend, as there are so many AMAZING comic books out this week that you could probably buy one at random and still get somethin’ snazzy! Still, my job as a […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Batman?! Batman you say?!
by Chris Troy Well I managed to make it like, 2 weeks without talking about the big, bad bat. That’s impressive, as I think that’s the longest I’ve gone without discussing Batman related-merchandise on this […]
Card Games
Clix Clix Boom
by Chris Troy Hey there FPNYC faithful, were you aware that Forbidden Planet has a small, yet awesome gaming section? Not of the video game variety (like there’s a shortage of Gamestops in Manhattan), but […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Speculative Diction
Anyone who believes in “comic books as lottery tickets,” that is to say that by purchasing collectible and significant comic books you can resell them in the future for a massive payoff, is a person […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Brain Candy
By some twerp (Named Dev) Imagine you were clonked on the head and you had absolute amnesia…maybe that’s too far fetched. Imagine instead that a magical woman in fishnet stockings wiped your mind to cover […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
The Lion and the Unicorn
By Unkiedev The nineties comic book boom (and subsequent crash) was based on two factors that are still cavorting through the forest of comics today. One is the Unicorn of variant covers, the other is […]
DC Comics
This week in new arrivals: Pirate-Batman, Supergods and the World’s Tiniest Fighters!
By Chris Troy It’s a good week to be a nerd, FPNYC faithful! Captain America is kicking ass in theaters (stay after the credits btw, the teaser for the next big Marvel movie is amazing!), […]
DC Comics
My little Vigilantes.
By Chris Troy Another Chris-written article, which means you should expect this to be super-hero toy heavy. In my defense, 90% of the articles Loran have written as of late have been Transformers based and […]