Anime
New Arrivals: Rather be playing Zelda edition.
by Chris Troy THE BEAST IS DEAD! CHRISTMAS IS OVER, AND NOW YOU HAVE CASH AND/OR GIFT CARDS TO USE ON CRAP THAT YOU REALLY DON’T NEED, BUT YOU WILL ANYWAY, DESPITE YOUR WIFE YELLING […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Indie Comics
Morgan Pielli’s Pile of Minis INFANDUM #2 and HEAVEN ALL DAY
2012’s almost here, but I have so many more comics to read! The pile grows ever-larger, blotting out the sight of the coming year. Plus, you know, the end times. I’ll need something to wile […]
DC Comics
New arrivals: Last minute shopping
by Chris Troy If I had a clever intro, this is where it would go. Please take note of this To the left of these words is a picture of a figure of New Orleans […]
Boom! Studios
The Weekly Pulse – December 21st, 2011
Vampires! Fairy Tales! Embattened men! All this and more as Dan Roth guides the trusty ship of Weekly Comics Releases through the stormy seas of the Christmas rush.
Comics and Graphic Novels
Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a Time
In 1995 director Lars Von Trier, tired of the special effects and genre tropes he felt were ruining cinema, created a list of rules for filmmakers to follow in order to make superior, modern artistic […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
The Busiest Shopping Day of this Blog
If you can’t find Holiday presents for your friends and family at Forbidden Planet then you’re not opening your eyes. The place is a minefield of spectacular sundries for the geek or geek-curious! Kick-ass T-shirts, […]
Horror
Walking Dead TP Volume 15 at 50 Precent Off
Now through 11:59pm of Wednesday December 14th, get your copy of the new Walking Dead TP from Forbidden Planet NYC for half off! *NOTE: This book is shipping now from fpnyc.com and will be on […]
DC Comics
In Stock: It’s Never Sunny in Gotham City
By Chris Troy MANDATORY RETAIL CHRISTMAS WARNING: IT’S TWO WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS! UNLESS YOU’RE PAYING AMAZON A GOOD HUNK OF CHANGE PER YEAR FOR EXPRESS SHIPPING, NOW’S NOT THE BEST TIME TO BE SHOPPING ONLINE. […]
Indie Comics
Morgan Pielli’s Pile of Minis: Odessa
This week a new batch of comics were added to the pile of minis, including a particularly handsome-looking book called Odessa: Birth of a New Nation. This is an independently-published trade collecting issues 1-5 of […]
DC Comics
At Long Last, an Edgy Batman
Sorry I wasn’t around last week…I took the week off in order to save up enough money to buy this week’s TOP TWO NOT TO BE MISSED HITS! In 1988, a few years after they […]
Comic Book Movies
Lunchmeat Issue 6 In Stock!
The new issue of Lunchmeat is now available at Forbidden Planet, in store and on the web! If you don’t know Lunchmeat than you don’t know VHS. The first and only all VHS magazine! So […]
Marvel Comics
Marvel Universe: The Wolverine Buyer’s Guide
By Chris Troy Happy post Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday (who says the holidays are commercialized) FPNYC Faithful! If you’re anything like me (which if so, I’m sorry to hear that), you probably spent most […]
Indie Comics
Morgan Pielli’s Pile of Minis: The Shortpants Observer Issue #1
This week we’ve got a really interesting a new anthology to look at! Originally formed as a collective of Midwestern cartoonists, Shortpants Press has blossomed into an indie publisher of curated talent. Now they’ve put out their […]
DC Comics
Of Schism and new DC figures
by Chris Troy Super-late article this week, as I’m split between a new Bleeding Cool project, prepare to speak to the attendees of AnimeUSA down in DC this weekend, and trying to put as much […]
Comic Gifts
Santa, Maybe
No matter how hard the lefties, the pagans, the communists, the gays, and every other group I belong to tries to stop it, Christmas is still happening. Glycon knows I’ve done my part! I personally […]
Indie Comics
Morgan Pielli’s Pile of Minis: The Birds in the Bushes & Cakewalk/Bets Are Off
Like many, I was at first thrilled when the Academy Awards introduced a Best Animated Feature category. Quickly that enthusiasm faded. I realized that the industry, for decades unable to understand animation, had at last […]
Comic News
Llama Ddrama
I’ve awoken, cold and shivering on the floor of my cave in a pool of leaves, vomit and mouse parts. I cannot remember the last week AT ALL. The only clues I have are half […]
Anime
New Arrivals: The Society of the Walking Vocaloids Revolutions
by Chris Troy Yeah, even I’ll admit the title for this article is a bit weak. Anywho FPNYC faithful, if you haven’t been by the store lately, you should probably check out the new display […]
Marvel Comics
Retroview: Marvel Legends Wasp
By Loran Alright, so after a few more articles on Joes and whatnot, it’s time to go back to another figure from Toybiz’s Marvel Legends days. Let’s look at another girl, and the first lady […]
Indie Comics
Morgan Pielli’s Pile of Minis: Our Father’s Umbrella and Sequentulär!
Well, with New York Comic Con behind us, Convention Season officially comes to an end. Sort of. Kinda. To a degree. Of course there’s the odd con here and there over the next several months, […]