Comics and Graphic Novels
Pere Perez Original Art for Sale
Here’s a list of original art Pere will have for sale at our event tonight.
Comics and Graphic Novels
Comic Reviews
On February 5th New Comics, From Someone in Seattle
By the time you’re reading this, I’m either in a perpetual state of bummed because the Seahawks just lost, or I’ll still be insanely pumped on their crushing win over the Broncos. I’d be vastly […]
Boom! Studios
Troy’s Toys, but with Comics: Cats on Cats Baby
Upon writing cats on cats I realize that there’s several ways in which that can be taken. Whelp, Imma keep it, because I hope people’s mind won’t go directly to the gutter (HAH!) and more […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Troy’s Toys But With Comics 1/22/14 edition
So we’re all on board for killing the winter/the snow yes? Because we need to. Hawkeye #16 Matt Fraction/Annie Wu/Matt Hollingsworth Marvel, $2.99, 20 pages Hawkeye‘s back this week! Sorta….David Aja still needed time to […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
February 5th Signing Just Got Better
By now everybody know that we have a signing this coming Wednesday with Dan Goldman for his new collection Red Light Properties, but we just sweetened the pot. Not only will we have Mr. Goldman […]
Comic News
February 12th, Egos and the Bunker
On February 12th, starting at 7p.m., Forbidden Planet will have the creative team behind Image comics new hit series EGOS; Stuart Moore and Gus Storms, in-store signing copies of issue #1 and #2. We will […]
Comic News
My Last Column
A FINAL GOODBYE Forbidden Planet is my favorite comic book store in New York City, it always has been and hopefully always will. I say “Hopefully” because I hold dislike definitive blanket statements… I mean, […]
Comic Reviews
Yet Again, Snow.
I’m writing this while the Seahawks are winning the NFC championship game, and even in my quiet neighborhood I can hear my neighbors yelling and fireworks being set off. Or people are rioting and looting, […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Late to the Party: Chris reads “The Wake: Volume 1”
The Wake Volume 1 Scott Snyder/Sean Murphy/Matt Hollingsworth Vertigo/DC, Collects issue 1-5 Hey look, I’m starting the year off looking at a DC book not called Sandman, this really is a brave new world! In […]
Image Comics
Troy’s Toys, But With Comics- The Sexy Start of the New Year
So the Image Expo 2014 has come and gone and man, screw them. I have a limited budget for comics stuff because living in New York isn’t cheap, and they go and announce like 3 […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Dan Goldman Signing Red Light Properties February 5th
Date has been changed to FEBRUARY 5TH “Ghost stories, five-alarm family dramas, urban shamanism and a downturned housing market all compete for the attention of the husband/wife owners of Miami’s only exorcism-and-real estate agency Red […]
Comic Reviews
Best For Last
The last comic books of 2013 have GOT to be the best, right? I mean, these are the comics the industry has been leading up too this entire time. Logically, all comic books up till […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Troy’s Toy but with Comics: #1 with a tie!
Well look at that, apparently there’s a tie. And I’m sure it has everything nothing to do with issue 7 of one of these series dropping this past Tuesday. #1a) Saga Brian K Vaughn/Fiona Staples […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Troy’s Toys, But with Comics Best of 2013 List Part 2
In retrospect, a short title would have been nice. Also happy New Year! Welcome back to me coasting for cash-money. As I said last time, this is the “Matt Fraction Power Hour” portion of the […]
Archie Comics
Dean Haspiel Signing January 8th
IMPORTANT! DATE CHANGE! The Fox Signing will now be on the same day as our MINIMUM WAGE #1 on January 8th at the same time! YES! We’re really digging Dean’s new series THE FOX, and […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever Number 4 is Here
In the final installment of the greatest love story ever told, about the domestic life of “Henry” and “Glenn” as well as their neighbors “Daryl” and “John,” we are treated to three new short stories. (similarities […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Bob Fingerman Signing January 8th
Bob Fingerman will be signing at FP once again on January 8th, 2014. This time around it’s to celebrate the release of Minimum Wage #1 (Image), the first new issue of his classic series in […]
Boom! Studios
Troy’s Toys, but with Comics: Top 5 for 2013 part 1
Happy post-whatever you celebrated/are celebrating “dear” reader. The Santa-man was pretty good to me this year, which was nice because Christmas is expensive y’all. So yeah, it’s the final week of 2013, and my video […]
Cartoons
An X-MAS Tale!
The portal opened five feet from his left, and Wolverine watched the lanky, muscled frame of his former teammate and friend step out onto the snowy grounds of the Jean Gray School for Gifted Students. […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Troy Toy’s But With Comics: Very fill in. Such Rush. Wow.
This is the last big release week in 2013, and man, it ended on kind of a downer comics-wise. 4 out of the 5 Marvel books I pulled had more than 1 artist attached to […]