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 […]
Movies and TV
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 […]
Anime
A Unicorn-y Build Log part 6!
By Loran It’s time for the return of the Unicorn-y build log! Apologies for not delivering last week, let’s just say my finals week was like being stuck in a Zeon POW camp. Of course, […]
Anime
Short Packed: Bite sized reviews.
By Christopher Troy DC Direct seems to like making a liar out of me. A while back, I previewed 3 different lines of figures (Blackest Night series 7 & 8, Mass Effect 2 series 1) […]
Cartoons
Henry & Glenn: A Very Special Anti-X-Mas Special
Henry & Glenn and Hall & Oates, the stars of one of our bestselling mini-comics Henry & Glenn Forever now star in their own neat little cartoon promo for the book directed by Tom Neely. […]
Comic Book Movies
TRON Legacy Eve
I’ll cool it with the TRON posts soon. Promise. These gorgeous prints from Mondo went on sale today, but were sold out in mere minutes. FP still has some stock left on what’s sure to […]
Comic News
More On The State of Comics…
Guillermo Del Toro, the brilliant director behind Pan’s Labyrinth and the Hellboy feature films is an enigma. He loves comic books, but has no interest in working with them whatsoever. Sure, he’s adapted the Hellboy […]
Anime
A Unicorn-y Build Log Part 5
By Loran And so, I have reached a conclusion on yet another kit for the Unicorn-y build log. I had a feeling this kit was going to take a lot less time than the Destroy […]
Comic Book Movies
TRON Legacy: 28 Years of Anticipation, Just 7 Days To Go
It’s no secret that not since The Fellowship of the Ring have I looked forward to a movie as much as I do TRON Legacy. Just seven days to go! If you find yourself needing […]
Anime
Kuroshitsuji: One Hell of a Butler
by Shannon Hochman Imagine for a second that your entire family was murdered and you were presented with a chance to seek revenge. Would you do it no matter what the cost? Would you pay […]
Comic News
What State Is The Comic Industry In?
Three things have happened, and where they intersect is a fascinating statement on our beloved institution, the comic book. The first is innocent enough: 1. FREE COMIC BOOK DAY COMICS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. Many titles […]
Anime
This Saturday: FREE Black Butler Screening
On Saturday, Decmber 11th, Forbidden Planet, in conjunction with FUNimation, will be presenting a FREE screening of episodes 1-6 of the Black Butler anime at the SoHo Gallery for Digital Art here in NYC (138 […]
Anime
News from the Front: All I want for Christmas
by Christopher Troy Greeting Forbidden Planet Faithful (and should you not like Faithful, how are you guys feeling about Planeteers? No? Alright then.) ! It’s now December, and that means we’re now in Holiday time […]
Anime
A Unicorn-y Buildlog part 4
By Loran Well, another kit in the Unicorn buildathon has been completed! I now have another “star” Gundam to add to my shelf, and he certainly is worthy… After much, much frustration with the shiny […]
Anime
A Unicorn-y build log part 3
By Loran The kit building has been progressing quite nicely! ReZel is pretty much complete though he needs a bit of touchup work still (I need better lighting in my bedroom). Today I also received […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Wishful Thinking and The Comics That Exist
By Unkiedev Batman:Odyssey #5 is as classic as classic gets, with fan favorite Neal Adams returning to the iconic character that made him en ever popular artist. Amazing Spider-Man #649 has got some great talents […]
Comic Book Movies
Quick TRON Legacy Check-In 11/23
Been a bit since last The Daily Planet caught up with news of one of my favorite subjects- the forthcoming TRON sequel. Just 3 1/2 weeks to go, kiddies! The Art of TRON Legacy is […]
Anime
Best of DC Directs Blackest Night figures part 1
by Christopher Troy Before addressing the topic of this article, I just want to point out the current FPNYC-fueled addiction in my life: The Persona 3&4 keychains by Megahouse. The cult-fave PS2/PSP J-rpgs released by […]
Anime
A Unicorn-y Build Log (part 2)
By Loran After an on-off week consisting of papers, work, and Gunpla work, I’m mostly finished with my Unicorn kits… well, the first one anyway. However, it’s very nice to be back in the mostly-full […]