Comic Book Movies
The Compleat Al
Today I bought a Laserdisc player off my coworker Javier. When he told me about this I jumped at the chance to buy it. I’ve had a copy of The Compleat Al, the rare “Weird […]
Movies and TV
Comic Book Movies
Psychos In Love
Getting ready to go to a friend’s Valentines Day gathering where we will be watching one of my all time favorite movies Psychos In Love. Check out the trailer, but watcher beware, especially if you […]
Comic Book Movies
8MM Movie Matinee
Monster movie fans rejoice, the next 8MM Movie Matinee event is going to pay tribute to everyone’s favorite big green brute… The Frankenstein Monster. Bucko Trading and Von Erickson Laboratories Present Franken-Fest 2011 A.D. (or… […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
UNKIEDEV’s Guide to the Best Available Comic Book Licensors In Town!
By Unkiedev At an undisclosed time in the undisclosed past I had embarked upon an epoch entitled “Comic Book Ideas Lying About on the Launch- Pad of Neglect” or some such. This article was about […]
Comic Book Movies
Anime
K-On! The Manga Review
Here it is. My first manga review. As the title probably gave away it’s for the first volume release of K-On. If you have no idea who or what K-On! is I highly suggest you […]
Anime
The Awesome-ness of Haruhi Suzumiya!
Any Joe Schmoe on the street could tell you without question that Harry Potter is a publishing phenomenon, but if you asked him about The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, he’d look at you like you […]
Comic Book Movies
Superbowling for Dollars
The Super Bowl has come and gone. Who won? Who cares? Not I. What I do care about is all those movie trailer premiers. Now most people run down their list of most and least […]
Horror
Munsters from Mars
Rumors of The Munsters remake for NBC have been all over the internet for the past couple months. Helming this project is Bryan Fuller, the man who made death cute with shows like Dead Like […]
Comic Book Movies
RIP TURA SATANA
Cult queen Tura Satana passed away Friday night. Tura Satana, the actress whose authoritative presence, exotic looks and buxom frame commanded the attention of viewers of Russ Meyer’s 1965 cult movie “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!”, […]
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Lookee! for 2/4/11
Fascinating. Science writer Lee Billings has been guest blogging for BoingBoing this week, dissecting NASA’s big Kepler news and exploring other exoplanetary pursuits. Have ya heard the one about Bill Murray at a Bears playoff […]
Anime
New from Sentai
Manga releases are finally coming in in waves instead of drips, and there’ s plenty interesting to read, but there’s also plenty to watch. Let’s dip into anime news this week since I rarely get […]
Comic Book Movies
Dylan Dog Dead Of Night
Italy’s best-selling comic and one of my personal favorites, Dylan Dog, has been adapted for the big screen once again! I mentioned this to a customer I was pushing Dark Horse’s DD collection on and it […]
Comic Book Movies
Best News I’ve Heard All Week- JMS Adapting Classic Ellison Story for the Big Screen
J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5, Amazing Spider-Man, Thor) is apparently shopping his adaptation of Unca Harlan’s “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Tictockman as a feature film. “Since this has apparently leaked onto several film-oriented websites, I […]
Anime
Review: Figma Makinami Mari Illustrious
By Christopher Troy Wait, another Mari review?! Didn’t we just do one of these like 6 months ago? Yes and no! That was Revoltech Mari. Well the first one at least. This is the Max […]
Anime
Review: Figma Aegis
By Christopher Troy It’s been awhile since we’ve looked at a Figma on the FPNYC blog, as most of our coverage has focused on American-toys. Luckily for the 3 or 4 otaku who read this […]
Anime
Marvel vs DC Round 2: Clash of the Rising Sun Statues
By Christopher Troy Hey there FPNYC faithful, cold enough out there for you? (The answer should be yes, because it’s cold enough for me dammit) It’s the new year and FPNYC recently got in a […]
Holiday!
Adios 2010, Hola 2011
Happy New Year! 2010’s gone- out with a hectic bang on my end of the screen- and I finally have Time Enough at Last to wish you a most agreeable 2011. Speaking of which, why […]
Anime
Giving The Gift of Comics
This year for Christmas, as with all years, I gave my Dad Comic Books. My family, maybe like yours, doesn’t understand me at times. Some of them try, many of them don’t. I admit I’m […]
Comic DVDs
Doctor Who 101: What to watch, read and play with
By Chris Troy Every Christmas, a strange man with a funny accent comes to visit in an odd flying device. Granted his Christmas adventures usually don’t make it to US shore until 6 months after […]