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Keep an Eye on Our Daily Deals
Inventory’s right around the corner for the Forbidden Planet staff. That means YOU should keep an eye on our Daily Deals page over the next few days as we attempt to clear some of the […]
FPNYC
Holiday!
FPNYC Shop Hours Week of December 26th to January 1st
Be advised: Monday, December 26th 10am-10pm Tuesday, December 27th 10am-10pm Wednesday, December 28th 9am-midnight* Thursday, December 29th and Friday, December 30th 10am-midnight Saturday, December 31st 10am-6pmISH Sunday, January 1st 10am-10pm *Please note that New Comic Day […]
Boom! Studios
The Weekly Pulse – December 21st, 2011
Vampires! Fairy Tales! Embattened men! All this and more as Dan Roth guides the trusty ship of Weekly Comics Releases through the stormy seas of the Christmas rush.
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The Weekly Pulse – December 7th, 2011
A brand new show! Dan Roth guides us through what’s new at Forbidden Planet each and every week with Morgan Pielli on camera. This week: Predator, Doctor Who, and comics to review!
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Forbidden Planet NYC Gift Card Promotion 2011
For every $100 in gift cards purchased from Forbidden Planet NYC from now through December 31st receive a $20 bonus gift card… ON US! Fer instance, you could purchase ten $10 gift cards and we’ll […]
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How Time Flies- Happy Birthday to Us
We may be 30 years old today, but don’t worry- you can still trust us! On this date in 1981 Forbidden Planet NYC opened on 821 Broadway at 12th St with a line around the […]
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QR Codes at Forbidden Planet NYC
The above image is a QR code. What the hell is that? Well: A QR Code is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera phones. The code […]
Indie Comics
FP Staffer Ruben Miranda Interviewed
Two video interviews with our colleague Ruben (sans Josh Weisbrod, with whom he regularly appears on the store’s YouTube channel.) We’ve got some very enthusiastic staff.
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The Randomness on a Holiday Season Saturday
It’s a Saturday in December and we’re in full gear Holiday Season drive here at FPNYC. From my favorite Christmas movie- Die Hard. Man, do I wish one of our suppliers and/or colleagues made a […]
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Forbidden Planet NYC on Flavorwire’s List of America’s Top Ten Comic and Graphic Novel Stores
Natch. Recently, we’ve been surveying readers and staff, and cluing you in to some of our favorite indie shops around the country. First we did bookstores, then we moved on to record stores. Both lists […]
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Four Years of The Weekly Planet
The Weekly Planet, FPNYC’s newsletter for in-store customers, celebrated its four year anniversary last week. Since that first sweltering summer night we hand-copied and stapled a coupla hundred 8×11 sheets of copy paper on which […]
DC Comics
Cliff Chiang Signing at Forbidden Planet NYC
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 […]
Events
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Events
MarvelFest NYC 2009
Marvel is teaming up with Forbidden Planet NYC next Wednesday, October 28th, to bring fans an astonishing event in Union Square. The shebang kicks off with a chance to meet and get autographs from Neal […]
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Meet Cartoonist Hans Rickheit at FP NYC Thursday, 10/1/09 6pm
Forbidden Planet NYC (840 Broadway @13th St.) will be hosting cartoonist Hans Rickheit this coming Thursday evening. Hans is the incredible talent behind Fantagraphics’ new graphic novel The Squirrel Machine. AN ANACHRONISTIC PARABLE FOR THE […]
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Dinner and a Movie. Geek Style.
Our buddy Matt D, a manager of FP NYC, is co-hosting themed movie nights at a local pizza joint on Monday nights in August. Sadly, I’ll be missing this evening’s Bill & Ted’s/Keanu fest, but […]
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Birthday Wish
If I had one birthday wish this year it would be that all the children to join hands and sing together in the spirit of harmony and peace. If I had two wishes this birthday […]