Vulcan Haircut in My Mind! Vulcan Haircut in My Mind!
Seeing this this morning on Blastr immediately provoked memories of Pavement: On another note, I’m not ashamed to admit that I’ve spent well over twenty years attempting to grow Trek sideburns to disastrous effect. Which is okay, really, as some Starfleet Captains just plain forget to grow them. Even when said Captain is not only [...]
TRON Update 8.29.10
…In which we catch up with one of our favorite subjects. Actor Peter Jurasik, who played a compound interest program named Crom in the original film, showed up in an article in the Star News (North Carolina) over the weekend chatting about his experience while shooting the original classic film. “Steve Lisberger who created it, [...]
International Read Comics in Public Day, NYC Meetup Saturday August 28th
If you’re not already hip to this coming Saturday’s International Read Comics in Public Day here’s an informative poster (click to enlarge) followed by a few words from the event’s sponsors at The Daily Cross Hatch to getcha going: …for some reason, when we find ourselves cracking one open in a public setting, we invariably anticipate the [...]
Yaphet Kotto as Picard, Wesley Snipes as Geordi LaForge? The Star Trek TNG That Might Have Been
Letters of Note has discovered and posted this intriguing internal Paramount communiqué from 1987. The casting memo, summarizing potential actors in the running for various roles in the studio’s then-forthcoming relaunch of the Star Trek franchise, lists quite a few surprising names, with a few others notably absent. Thankfully this only documents the Next Gen that [...]
Guess Today was a Good Day. Also, Meowth & Pikachu Ice Cream
This is what I’m reduced to to keep the Daily Planet daily these days… Links to and pics of Pokemon-shaped ice cream scoops, incorporated with references to moderately-forgotten and totally off-topic but nonthe less pertinent songs by Ice Cube in the face of a schedule so hectic as to make a Marine tuckered out by [...]
Talking Comics with Josh Weisbrod
If you’re a subscriber to FPNYC’s YouTube channel you’re familiar with a weekly segment that’s been running starring our colleagues Ruben Miranda and Josh Wesibrod discussing new release comics and graphic novels. If you’re not familiar I recommend you check them out… The guys know their stuff, and share their genuine enthusiasm with the viewer [...]
Batman Robs Taco Bell
Some out there may remember the bandit who held up a couple of Colorado 7-11s with a Bat’leth a year and a half ago. You may also be familiar with the man who, a few weeks ago, partially dressed as Darth Vader in robbing a Long Island bank at gunpoint. Now it seems Batman had [...]
Archie in the NYT, Flight from the Jersey Shore
“Well, I’m back.” -Sam Gamgee I just spent a day on the Jersey shore with some family, and my return trip to Astoria, Queens is a four hour saga that will live in infamy in my memory for a long time to come. But I won’t use this space to describe the horrors of the [...]
Venture Brothers Toys In Stock
Holy Crud!!! These are fantastic… Dean Venture The Monarch As you can see, they’re retro fashioned in the classic Mego style. Even the blister cards are beautiful, making the decision whether to take them out and play with them or leave them packaged that much more torturous (even though I’m most definitely the open and [...]
Officer Downe
I thought I’d check out what all the hubbub was about regarding this title as it got past me upon its release a few weeks ago. Glad I finally caught up to it. I divide my attention among thousands of book and comic titles per day, and while some bleeps, sweeps, and/or creeps (see: Spaceballs) [...]
Signing: Nathan Fox, Artist of DMZ #56 and More, August 12th
Next Thursday, August 12th, FP will be host to a fantastic, splendiferous appearance by Nathan Fox, who will be signing and sketching in-store! He’ll also be bringing some original art and other goodies as well. You can catch his latest work on DMZ #56 available for pre-order here. You can also view and order Nathan’s [...]
Reading With Pictures Signing
Forbidden Planet is pleased to be hosting a special signing with ten creators featured in the forthcoming comics anthology Reading With Pictures next Friday, August 12th, starting at 6:45pm. Our guests that night will be contributors Chris Giarrusso, Grace Randolph, Chris Beckett, Camilla Zhang, Tim Smith, Raina Telgemeier, Phil Chan, Joe Dunn, Alice Meichi Li, [...]