British artist Steve Dillon, well- known for his work on Preacher, Punisher, and Wolverine: Origins, will visit Forbidden Planet in New York City on June 8 to benefit Hero Initiative, the non-profit organization helping comic […]
Hey!!! In a rare NYC appearance, Robert Picardo’s gonna be signing at the shop on Saturday the 5th at 1pm! Robert’s genre credits are numerous (to say the least… Smallville, Stargate’s Richard Woolsey, The WonderYears’ […]
Comic Book signing this coming Tuesday! Come to FPNYC at 5:30pm for a special appearance by Melissa Auf der Maur, who will be signing copies of her new OOOM comic book. About Melissa: A multidisciplinary […]
Thomas Hall, co-creator and writer of Robot 13, shall be joining our FCBD celebration from 1130am-1pm Satuday the 1st, proffering issues 1-3 of one of the best indy-sciffy-horror-monster comics ever produced and handing out free […]
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 […]
Time to anounce another keen event going down at the store this week, this one celebrating the fantastic new Farscape comics published by BOOM! David Alan Mack and Will Sliney are the script writer/artist team […]
It’s finally April 16th, and that means the release of the highly anticipated Kick-Ass flick in Amercian theaters. If you’re in or around Union Square today (it’s playing across the street from the store!!!) come […]
The Graphic Artists Guild of New York is holding an interesting event at the Manhattan Campus of the Pratt Institute tomorrow night at 7pm featuring Becky Cloonan, Al Jaffee, and Mark Alan Tamatay. Topics for […]
Been a hectic past few days for FPNYC’s intrepid store manager/buyer, gang, so forgive me if the Daily Planet hasn’t been daily. Regardless, I’ve got a neat little goody to announce… Rising star artist Cliff […]
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 […]
As you may know, Lloyd Kaufman dropped by the shop a few weeks ago. What a sweetheart. And funny, too. Here’s some video from that night. And the hilarity continued like that for, like, 90 […]
Let’s explore some corners of Geekdom from the last few days through pictures, shall we? HBO Picks up A Game of Thrones (pilot + 9 episodes) Mr. Spidderman at the Wailing Wall during Purim. Nick […]
Davide Gianfelice, the Italian artist whose fantastic work fills the pages of DC Vertigo’s Greek Street each month and splashed onto the American comics scene with his work on Northlanders, will be signing at FPNYC […]
New this week to Forbidden Planet’s YouTube page is Matt D (manager, T-Shirt buyer, horror expert, all-around swell dude), discussing TROMA films in all their magnificent lowbrow splendor, and our event with Lloyd Kaufman on […]
To quote a former employee and FP buddy, with regards to Mr. Williams signing at Forbidden Planet NYC, “Mother of God.” Indeed. We’re honored to have him. Hope you can make it, but if not […]
Is your sweetie a LOST fan? Consider passing them a LOST-themed Valentine from artist Lee Bretschneider. Also, if you dig these, you may also dig one of the artist’s other clever prints. They may be […]
Holy cats! Two weeks from tonight! Midnight release!
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art here in NYC is running an exhibition of the original art for the entire issue of Amazing Spider-Man #50, as pencilled by John Romita Jr. with inks by […]
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