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 consist of Ex-Forbidden Planet NYC manager and my first boss at the store John Heneghan and ex-staffer Eden Brower) while [...]
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.
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 with writer/director Fred Dekker (who’s also the man behind another cult horror comedy, Monster Squad) in anticipation of this long-awaited event.
Fans [...]
Ronald Chevalier Event Update
Unfortunately the schedule for Ronald Chevalier is not going to permit him to make his previously mentioned appearance at Forbidden Planet. We do however have advanced screening passes for those interested while supplies last . Tickets will be distributed by Forbidden Planet Monday at 5pm.
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 show based on Robert J. Sawyer’s 1999 novel, has been handed the reins. SciFi Wire gives the change a thumbs [...]
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 Adams, Chris Claremont, and Dan Slott at the store, followed by a costume contest and the world premiere of the [...]
Neal Adams @ Graphic NYC
Graphic NYC has a terrific piece by Christopher Irving and Seth Kushner on comics luminary Neal Adams. Among other things Mr. Adams discusses next week’s debut of the Astonishing X-Men motion comic in Union Square (which Forbidden Planet is participating in with Marvel, the details of which can be seen here at The Beat but [...]
Transmissions From the Planet: Boilerplate
Welcome to the first webcast from Forbidden Planet featuring the new coffee table book Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel. FP hosted the authors, Anina Bennett and Paul Guinan, for a short interview about their creation.
It’s easy to pick you copy up here and you can find out more about Boilerplate at www.boilerplaterobot.com or you can see [...]
Schilling for This Coming Weekend’s Big Apple Comic-Con
Exhibiting at Big Apple Comic-Con 10/17-10/19 2009
Big Apple Comic-Con looms like a big geeky monster towering above me this week, as FP prepares to exhibit at the newly-acquired-by-Wizard show. Myself and the FPNYC staff are busy scurrying around the store packing boxes, inventorying our wares, making banners and signs, and yadda yadda yadda… all while [...]
2009 Harvey Award Winners
The 2009 Harvey Awards were presented this past weekend at the Baltimore Comic-Con. Here’s a list of the nominees and winners (BOLD). forbiddenplanetusa.com has the the majority of the books and comics listed below if you’re interested in obtaining them.
BEST WRITER
Kyle Baker, Nat Turner, Abrams Books
Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Marvel Comics
John Gallagher, [...]
The DP’s Obligatory Marge Simpson in Playboy Post
Well, the cover to Playboy’s first (as in there very well may be more?) issue to feature a cartoon character has been released…
…And all I can think in response is a shudder, a la Homer at the thought of shaving the legs of his sisters-in-laws.
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 a great many personal faves, e.g. Star Trek II, ST III, and Aliens).
Talking about the stats and numbers of the [...]
Various Nightmares
For those of you who’ve not experienced NIGHTMARE’s annual haunted houses the last few years here in NYC you’re really missing out. Those in the know will tell ya- the productions are top notch, the creatives involved dedicated and intensely passionate, and the whole shebang is usually a scarifying adrenaline rush rarely obtained outside of [...]
A look back at the Green Hornet.
Recently there has been a whole slew of photographs from the set of Seth Rogen’s Green Hornet film, and I have to say they look great.
Before Seth Rogen, and even before Bruce Lee, the Green Hornet was a long running radio serial. Starting out as a cousin to the Lone Ranger, the character was created [...]
The Neverending Question: Gaiman and Doctor Who.
No, the neverending question seemingly is not how many girls has James Bond impregnated, but will Neil Gaiman write an episode of Doctor Who?
The question has been asked hundreds and hundreds of times but recently on io9.com’s Morning Spoilers edition they picked up on someone on some Doctor Who message board saying Gaiman would write [...]
