Butlers And Vigilantes
By Mat K. There are quite a few books this week, and also a lot of premiers, so let’s jump right into it. Finally, after you have all waited with bated breath, here comes the first volume of Black Butler by Yana Toboso (many of you might still know it as Kuroshitsuji). For anyone not [...]
FCBD Update: Thomas Hall
Thomas Hall, co-creator and writer of Robot 13, shall be joining our FCBD celebration from 1130am-1pm Satuday the 1st, proffering issues 1-3 of one of the best indy-sciffy-horror-monster comics ever produced and handing out free buttons to the anticipated throng. Just another reason to make your Free Comic Book Day an FP FCBD! previously: Coming [...]
Gundam Double-OH YEAH!: The 4 meisters Gundam review part 1
By Christopher Troy Heya folks! Since I mentioned the Dynames in last week’s review, I figured I would review that kit first first, as I already have it constructed, and I’ve mentioned it twice so far in my articles. It’s actually my favorite of the OO Gundams, and I figured it would be a good [...]
Wilson, By Daniel Clowes
…is out today. It’s kind of a big deal. You should pick it up. In his all-new graphic novel, one of the leading cartoonists of our time, Daniel Clowes, creates a thoroughly engaging, complex and fascinating character study of the modern egotist, outspoken and oblivious to the world around him. Working in a single-page-gag format [...]
Coming Saturday May 1st, 2010: Free Comic Book Day!
This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, and I’m here to give you the skinny on what Forbidden Planet NYC has planned for our participation in 2010′s event. Free Comic Book Day is an annual event that now takes place on the first Saturday of May each year wherein participating comic shops all over the [...]
The Arche Gundam construction: Part 3
By Keith It’s that time again- time for part 3 of the HG Arche build. We’re starting to get to some of the more fun bits, but also some of the more annoying ones, especially for those of us who paint every bit of our kits. A series of paint-related mishaps this week cost me [...]
Kitbashing the GM Sniper Custom
By Loran Ever since Bandai started making new kits of some of their class mecha back in the nineties, builders have been looking for ways to add some of the MSV designs to the ranks. Bandai loves giving some of these designs the Master Grade treatment, but they go largely neglected on High Grades. So [...]
Gunplay Review: Cherudim Gundam
By Christopher Troy Despite (in my opinion) a weak 2nd Season (also see Code Geass R2). One of the things I liked about Gundam 00 was how unique the mecha design was for the series. In Season 1, most of the Meister’s (fancy way of referring to the main pilots of 00) were pretty thin [...]
Comic Fans! Bored to Death? Get Paid For It!
Do you wanna make more money being bored? Sure, we all do. Now here’s your chance to turn your passion into some moolah… and possibly be immortalized on a hit television show. Comer & Gallucio Casting is looking for comic collectors and enthusiasts to serve as extras at a comic convention scene for Bored to [...]
New Magic the Gathering Release:Eldrazi To Invade Zendikar!
By Mat K. Don’t worry folks, the manga news isn’t phased out this week, I can still get to it in a minute. But for all of you who come upstairs know that aside from manga we also sell Magic The Gathering, and this Friday heralds the release of the third and final set in [...]
Publisher IDW Takes the Lead
IDW Has surpassed Dark Horse and Image last week to take up the mantle of the industries third largest publisher. How things change. How did they do it? There’s no magical secret, they did the exact same thing Dark Horse and Image did in the first place. Aggressively seeking out comic book properties people WANT [...]
Farscape Signing at Forbidden Planet NYC
Time to anounce another keen event going down at the store this week, this one celebrating the fantastic new Farscape comics published by BOOM! David Alan Mack and Will Sliney are the script writer/artist team behind the Farscape Ongoing series and Keith R.A DeCandido pens the new Scorpius adventures. All three gentlemen will be on-hand [...]
Decal Tutorial
By Loran Waterslide decals are sort of a staple of model kits. I’m not quite sure how far these things go back, but my dad was using them on airplane models when he was a kid. Sure, most Bandai kits these days use those tacky stickers and those frustrating dry-transfer decals, but a lot of [...]
The Arche Gundam part 2
By Keith Welcome back, model-monkeys! Last time you were subjected to my semi-coherent pontification, we began construction of Bandai’s High Grade 00-series Arche Gundam. This week we’ll be continuing where we left off- moving on with construction, and getting some paint on this thing. As I mentioned in my last article, I use an airbrush [...]
That’s One Kick-Ass Party, Man!
It’s finally April 16th, and that means the release of the highly anticipated Kick-Ass flick in Amercian theaters. If you’re in or around Union Square today (it’s playing across the street from the store!!!) come by tonight for giveaways, Kick-Ass girls, and if you’re good maybe there’ll be some cupcakes.