Boom! Studios
Pic Parade
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 […]
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Paper Mache Hand Puppets from Austin English
Cartoonist and former employee Austin English (Christina and Charles, Windy Corner) is producing a series of nifty paper mache hand puppets as he freezes his ass off in Stockholm, Sweden. Largely an attempt to pay […]
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Happy Anniversay: FPI Blog
Totally meant to publish this yesterday at the height of its relevancy, but congratulations and happy 5th anniversary to Joe Gordon and the rest of our colleagues at the Forbidden Planet International Blog!!! It’s hard […]
Music
Tuesday Toys 2/16/10
Yes, the majority of the toy world’s focus is centered on Toy Fair (being held this week here in NYC at the craptacular Javits Center) and all the neat-o toys coming out in the future. […]
Books
Some Valentine’s Day Recommendations- Alice in Wonderland & In Me Own Words, the Autobiography of Bigfoot
…Wherein I hastily breeze through an overview of various Alice in Wonderland illustrated editions, discuss one of my single favorite books of all time, and demonstrate how one might make an ass out of one’s […]
Comic Book Movies
Daft Punk: The Crash
Could this be an official track from the French duo’s Tron Legacy score? Internet scuttlebutt says so. Very much in line with Wendy Carlos’ iconic music for the first film, with some signature Daft Punk […]
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The Art of Saskia Lenis
Y’know those sciffy characters above on the DP’s header and sprinkled throughout ForbiddenPlanetUSA.com’s pages? Well, those are the work of Ms. Saskia Lenis, who, aside from having served as the New York City’s Store’s resident […]
Events
MANNION!
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Drawn & Quarterly
Kai-Ming Cha’s Top Ten Manga of 2009
Well-respected manga blogger and FP buddy Kai-Ming Cha has posted her Top Ten Manga of 2009 list, along with some industry analysis, to Publishers Weekly. Comprised mostly of titles geared for an older readership (sorry, […]
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Graphic Novels as Gifts: NY Times & Doctorow
The Times has published an article with recommendations of gifty graphic novels for the 2009 holiday season. I’ll have my own in the next few days, but theirs is an eclectic bag and includes many […]
Music
R. Crumb and the East River String Band
The Wall Street Journal has an article up discussing R. Crumb’s musical interests and, indeed, prowess. Written by Will Friedwald it includes a report on his recent set with The East River String Band (who […]
Events
NYC TO DO 10/29
Where all the hep cats’ll be tonight: We really dig this book, and its contributors are good peoples. Get’cher butt to Brooklyn.
Comic Book Movies
Fred Dekker: Still Creepy After All These Years
Cause for celebration: Night of the Creeps finally releases on legitimate (many of you, myself included, have owned crappy bootleg copies procured at conventions) DVD and BluRay tomorrow, 10/27/09!!! Movieweb.com has a keen interview up […]
Cartoons
Links for 10/22/09
According to The Hollywood Reporter Executive Producer and showrunner Marc Guggenheim has left ABC’s FlashForward, a new borderline sciffy series I’ve been digging immensely. David Goyer, who along with Brannon Braga is co-creator of the […]
Comic Book Movies
James Horner Composes Avatar Score
Movie Score Magazine has some news regarding the music beind James Cameron’s forthcoming Avatar, composed by James Horner (maestro extraordinaire behind some of Hollywood’s most thrilling and memorable music for the past 30 years, including […]
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Don’t Hate, Just Read #1: This Week in Comics.
Wednesday means new comics, anyone reading this blog knows that. So, with that in mind I’d like to point you in the direction of a couple of books I’m looking forward to. From DC Comics […]
Books
Go Ballistic!
I love Ballistic. They’re a publisher of fine digital art books based in Australia and their line is absolutely magnificent. A tad on the pricey side, butcha pay for quality, dang it! They’re worth every penny, […]
Anime
Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone NYC Theatrical Run
Eva 1.0 is the first of four films that comprise a Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy. Essentially a re-telling of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series, done up with schmancy new art and CG, the […]
Books
So It’s Thursday, It’s Holiday Week New Release Day. And It’s Huge.
Highlights: Process Recess 3– Acclaimed and uber-popular Fables cover artist James Jean’s new artbook from AdHouse arrived this week. Copies of the book adorn the counters at FP NYC and when I first saw them […]
Books
New Imagery From Forthcoming Where the Wild Things Are Film
MSN Movies has some fantastic new imagery from Spike Jonze’s adaptation of the seminal children’s book by Maurice Sendak. Mostly production stills, but included is this new one-sheet: Having only seen this film’s trailer with […]