By Unkiedev Oh good grief, here we go again. One thing I LIKE about independent comic book publishers is they have to have better ideas to stay afloat. If the small presses can’t tell stories […]
By Chris Troy Every Christmas, a strange man with a funny accent comes to visit in an odd flying device. Granted his Christmas adventures usually don’t make it to US shore until 6 months after […]
I’m very pleased to announce that this coming Monday, November 8th, at 6:30pm Forbidden Planet will be hosting a signing with the creators of Kill Shakespeare, a swell new comic series published by IDW. Messrs […]
by Ryan King The first thing you notice about TRIBES: The Dog Years (IDW), a new 200-page sci-fi graphic novel produced by SoulCraft Media, is that there really isn’t anything else out there like it. […]
Unca Grant as one angry, frilly-shirted badass vs. My Chemical Romance Redemption: The sequel to one of the most ambitious SF cinema flops of all time is expected to become one of the biggest films […]
Buffy season 8 started out as an exciting new development in the history of comic books. Where Television had disappointed fans by ending a popular show, comic books would pick up the slack and give […]
Last week I raged against the oncoming storm that is the Yogi Bear 3D CGI movie. A good friend and blogger, a.k.a. “Jim” of jimsmash.blogspot.com pointed out one of the posters for said celluloid turkey and the rather, awkward catch phrase it employs. […]
I’ve been reading over past columns to make sure I don’t repeat myself. Still, there is a line I used last year that pretty much sums up my feelings this week. I’m not sure how improper it is to quote yourself, but here goes: “Seriously, San Diego Comic Con is like NOTHING you have ever experienced … and once again I shall not be going.” […]
Nominations for The Harvey Awards for books released in 2009 have been announced, and are presented below. Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by creators – those who write, draw, ink, letter, color, […]
Aspen comics have managed to publish a comic book WITHOUT a half-naked lady on the cover! This is an impressive feat for them, one sure to turn over some long standing bets with bookies keeping tabs on such things. […]
Forbidden Planet NYC is pleased to announce we will be hosting a special signing with Llexi Leon, renowned guitarist and mastermind behind Eternal Descent from IDW publishing on Monday, August 23rd at 6:30pm! Be sure […]
This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, and I’m here to give you the skinny on what Forbidden Planet NYC has planned for our participation in 2010’s event. Free Comic Book Day is an annual […]
This year’s Eisner Award nominations have been announced. Presented at a gala event during San Diego Comic-Con in July, the Awards are named after Will Eisner and are voted on by comics creators, editors, publishers, […]
Oh, baby! LIFE OF AGONY bassist and writer/artist Alan Robert will be signing copies of his new IDW comic Wire Hangers #1 @FPNYC on Friday, April 23 2010… As always, if you can’t make it […]
Where all the hep cats’ll be tonight: We really dig this book, and its contributors are good peoples. Get’cher butt to Brooklyn.
The ACT-I-VATE comic artist collective will be putting a primer edition through IDW Publishing. Everyone talks their Dinosaur Comics, and their Diesel Sweeties and their Achewood as being great webcomics but truly, in the end, […]
If nothing else, we should at least get a well-written G.I. Joe something, because I’m pretty sure we won’t find anything well-written in the movie. Max Brooks, Mel Brooks’s son, will write a G.I. Joe […]
When this book was first announced at Comic Con International last summer I nearly flipped at this idea. When I got the book in my hands six weeks before the release I flipped again. If […]
Further proving this writer’s hypothesis that damn near everyone involved in the pop arts these days wants to be associated with comics and geek culture, an onslaught of prose novelists are releasing comics in the […]
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