Comics and Graphic Novels
Marvel Hype of the Week
This Wednesday, April 3rd… THANOS will rise! I feel so dirty. Now where’s my five bucks, Marvel?
Comics and Graphic Novels
Oni
Step your game up comic cons- Chris Troy vs. PAX East 2013
Chances are you’re going to be reading/hearing a lot about PAX East over the new few days. Not surprising, given the fact that the show has surpassed the original PAX (aka PAX Prime) in Seattle, […]
Comic News
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 15: Princess Leia Races Home Aboard Her Starship.
Ok, big week here at TRY SOMETHING NEW. It seems a ton of you have been reading my column and taking my advice. Obama released the sales charts for comics last week and it turns […]
Marvel Comics
The Semi-annual big ol’ look at Marvel toys
HUMBLE BRAG: PAX East is in a few days, which means next week I’ll have a fun little write up about the show next week. Insert your jealousy/rage/apathy/excitement here. Happy St. Paddy’s day FPNYC Faithful! […]
Comic News
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 14: Pursued By The Empire’s Sinister Agents!
Hey lucky readers, I am back from the great state of Seattle in time to phone it in from my apartment. And what a phoning it in this will be. Last week’s column was brutal […]
Marvel Comics
Welcome to Planet X
Need a few extra days to bang out this week’s new toys article, which means another “filler”-article where I get to talk comics instead. I am excited for times like these, and am probably the […]
Comic News
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 13: To Destroy An Entire Planet!
I am in Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con as I write this. ECCC is the beginning of the 9 months the comics industry affectionately refers to as “Con Season.” 9 month seasons. Not so […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Image Comics Premiere Night with Bob Fingerman and the Creators of Five Ghosts
Coming Wednesday March 20th, the day both books release(!)… More details to come. Be here! UPDATED: Special guests will be joining us! Confirmed so far are Minimum Wage pin-up artists Dean Haspiel, Joe Infurnari, John […]
Comic News
Comics and Graphic Novels
Nemo Heart of Ice Now in Stock
NEW from Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill, two masters of the comics medium who, when releasing new work, the very ground should tremble and humanity cower in awe…. It’s the Nemo Heart of Ice original […]
Bongo
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 12: An Armored Space Station With Enough Power.
The reviews are in! I was told this week that my column is mostly me “talking about yourself for 2 pages and then recommending a book.” While technically that is more of a synopsis than […]
Comic Book Movies
Live from New York, a chance to give us your money!
S’up FPNYC Faithful? This week I though I try something different and take some pictures of stuff I thought was neat IN-STORE, capturing our merchandise LIVE in it’s natural environment! And that doesn’t excite you, […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
SH Figuarts Black Condor Review
Okay, okay, I’ll admit, I haven’t seen Jetman yet! I don’t have an excuse really; everybody (“YOU MEAN NERDS!”-Chris) considers it to be one of the best Sentai series of the 1990’s. Still, I’ve always […]
Comic News
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 11: The Death Star!
Hello loyal readers. How was your week? Not that anyone asked but I had a good one. Well it was good until Forbidden Planet’s Tech Wizard/6th member of Modest Mouse, Tyler, threatened me. It turns […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
STICK IN THE MUD OF TIME
The best comedians are often self-loathing, depressed freakazoids. Eric Powel, writer and artist on The Goon must HATE himself more than a Slayer fan who has run out of razor blades, because that cat is […]
Dark Horse
Toy Fair 2013: SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
Toy Fair has happen and me start this article by thanking whatever Hasbro employee is reading this site on the regular, or stalking me elsewhere, internet or in real life. The fruits of your research […]
Comic News
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 10: To The Empire’s Ultimate Weapon!
Sometimes people in positions of power royally #@$% things up. I’ve never had the amazing opportunity to do this before, but this new year has been all about new experiences for me. After 9 brutal […]
Anime
Toy Fair 2013 is going down, and we’re not there!
Happy Saturday everyone! Hopefully the snow didn’t mess up your weekend plans too bad, and if they did, I feel for you and can relate. I HAD MUSEUM PLANS TODAY DAMMIT! As the title implies, […]
Comic News
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 9: Rebel Spies Managed To Steal Secret Plans…
I am writing this column a day earlier than I usually do in hopes that with more time it will be better written and better researched. Weird thing is I didn’t do any more research […]
DC Comics
A return to form
What’s this? An article where I can get by without talking about Square Enix releases?!? Why yes, yes it is! Of course that means returning to the old hotness, talking about comic book related merch, […]