Anime
It’s a Sailor-bration!!
Join us for a special event to celebrate the new printing of the Sailor Moon manga and the first time ever printing of Code Name Sailor V via Kodansha comics with a trivia contest, presentation […]
Events
Image Comics
In-Store Signing This Friday!!
6pm Friday 9/2 at Forbidden Planet NYC Meet the creators of Vescell! Creator/Writer Enrique Carrion and Artist John “Roc” UpChurch!
C.R.A.Z.Y.
VHS Goes To College @ Nitehawk Cinema 8/25/11
Thursday August 25th VHS Goes To College @ The Nitehawk Cinema Get pepped for the second installation of VHS Vault: VHS Goes To College! Featuring a night full of programming straight from the A.V. Club’s […]
Comic Book Movies
VHS Trailer Show Part Deux 8/18/11
Coming this Thursday to the 92Y Tribeca Screening Room… VHS Trailer Show Part Deux! I hope you guys are not tried of hearing me talk about VHS cause it ain’t stopping anytime soon. Some of […]
Comic Book Movies
REMINDER: Lunchmeat Live Vol. 2 – Blood Diner! is TOMORROW!
August 12th, from Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine and Horror Boobs !
Contests
“DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK” Ticket Giveaway!
Forbidden Planet NYC wants to give YOU a chance to see “DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK” at Regal E-Walk (42nd St. at 8th Ave., New York, NY 10036). We’re giving away 10 pairs of […]
Comic Book Movies
Lunchmeat Live Vol. 2 – Blood Diner!
This Friday, August 12th, Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine and Horror Boobs bring you: “Food So Good, It Tastes Just Like Mom Used To …” From LunchmeatVHS.com: We’re back at the Spectacle in August for another choice […]
Comic Book Movies
Samurai Cop @ Spectacle Tonight!
Tonight at Midnight Junk Food Dinner presents Samurai Cop at The Spectacle Theater in Williamsburg! Whoa that’s allot of info for one sentence! Words can’t describe this flick so check this out… Nothing beats some […]
Comic Book Movies
Lloyd Kaufman @ The Strand 7/6/11
Lloyd Kaufman will be at The Strand tomorrow (July 6th) at 7 PM to discuss and sign his new book Sell Your Own Damn Movie. Make sure to drop by Forbidden Planet before hand and […]
Events
Destroy All VHS
Coming to Brooklyn this Sunday July 10th, Wild Eye Releasing and Nitehawk Cinema present an event to sate the needs of any film freak. This ain’t no retro throw back, this is the real deal! Put […]
Events
Alan Robert Signing at Forbidden Planet, NYC July 22nd @ 6PM!
Come and meet artist, writer, and musician Alan Robert! From his blog: Life of Agony bassist/Wire Hangers creator, Alan Robert, will be kicking off the release of his new comic book series, Crawl to Me (IDW Publishing) […]
Comic Book Movies
Alone In The T-Shirt Zone @ Spectacle Theater 6/25/11
This Saturday June 25th at midnight, everybody’s favorite cult film podcast Junk Food Dinner presents another lost classic at Brooklyn’s Spectacle Theater. This time around we are treated to Mike B. Anderson’s 1986 Alone in […]
Comic Book Movies
New York Asian Film Festival 2011 Ticket Giveaway!
New York Asian Film Festival, Japan Society, Subway Cinema News, and Forbidden Planet NYC want to give YOU a chance to win a pass for yourself plus one to see either “Karate-Robo Zaborgar” or “Detective […]
Events
Simon Pegg at Strand Books Monday June 13th
We’re co-sponsoring a Simon Pegg event at the Strand next Monday! In-store book signing with Simon Pegg, author of: Nerd Do Well: A Small Boy’s Journey to Becoming A Big Kid Presented by Forbidden Planet […]
Comic Book Movies
Godzilla Does Right
Those who say Godzilla is all about destruction, feast your eyes on this! Artist Boris Rasin’s Godzilla Does Right shows the big guy pitching in. Even if hes not the best house painter, at least […]
Comic Book Movies
Latin Horror presents The World of MIDEO 6/4/11
Listen up fright fans… This Saturday make time to check out The World of MIEDO: The Business of Horror, a panel discussion in conjunction with the East Harlem International Film Festival. LATIN HORROR and East […]
Comic Book Movies
Saturday Nightmares This Weekend!!!
This weekend at the Sheraton Meadowlands in East Rutherford New Jersey Saturday Nightmares returns! I went last year and it was one of the best convention experiences I’ve ever had. Worth checking out for The […]
Conventions
Mini Zine Fest at Pete’s Candy Store!
This weekend, come out to Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St. Brooklyn, NY 11211 for the annual Mini Zine Fest! Cartoonists Sara Lindo (Carl Finds Love, Wall Street Cat) and Steve Seck (Life Is Good) […]
Conventions
Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con New York May 21-22
Smash those piggy banks kids cause coming up this weekend is the Wizard World Big Apple Comic Com! BIG APPLE COMIC CON ‘SPRING EDITION’ MAY 21-22, 2011 SAT-SUN GET BIG APPLE COMIC CON ‘SPRING EDITION’ […]
Signings
Meet Onrie Kompan Thursday May 19th @ Noon
Meet Onrie Kompan of Yi Soon Shin fame this Thursday at Noon, right here at Forbidden Planet!