Marvel Universe: The Wolverine Buyer’s Guide
By Chris Troy Happy post Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday (who says the holidays are commercialized) FPNYC Faithful! If you’re anything like me (which if so, I’m sorry to hear that), you probably spent most of your weekend in a food/football/shopping coma. If not, I’m extremely jealous of you, unless you were working. So let’s [...]
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 give you an extra one worth $20. Pick up five $20 gift cards get a sixth one free. Buy two [...]
Saturday 11/26 at Midnight: NEVER TOO YOUNG TO DIE!
“A secret agent is murdered, and his son–a high school gymnast–teams up with a spy to catch the man who killed him.” A high school gymnast who is nary too young to die, I’d wager! Come by the Spectacle Theater and check out this HorrorBoobs presentation this Saturday at midnight to get your yearly dose [...]
Morgan Pielli’s Pile of Minis: The Shortpants Observer Issue #1
This week we’ve got a really interesting a new anthology to look at! Originally formed as a collective of Midwestern cartoonists, Shortpants Press has blossomed into an indie publisher of curated talent. Now they’ve put out their first anthology; a three-color collection of some of the groups’ artists. According to their website, Shortpant Press was described by [...]
HG00 Union Flag Review
By Loran Gundam 00. So much great promise, so many great designs, so many interesting concepts… and so many letdowns. Personal feelings about the show itself, it was filled with great designs, especially the grunts. It was great to see an Alternate Universe series that not only had a plethora of great grunts, but ones [...]
Drama Dairy
In 1621, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Natives of Massachusetts put aside their differences on a cold and dreary Friday in November so they could keep each other company as they waited in line to be the first people through the door at Wal•mart. They new that a Wal•mart wouldn’t be built for another three [...]
Annual Post Thanxgiving Comix and Graphic Novelist Night!
Jeffrey Lewis, Fuff Born and raised Lower East Sider Jeffrey Lewis leads a double-life, as both a comic book writer/artist and a musician (or is that a triple-life?). His critical writings on the comic book Watchmen have lead to Jeffrey lecturing all over the world. Jeffrey’s most recent self-published comic book Fuff is an anthology [...]
HGGS Buster Gundam Review
By Loran Every once in awhile I’ll buy a kit for the “why the hell not?” factor. They usually end up being kits from shows that I’m not too into, or ones that “just look cool”. My modern philosophy with kits is to either start with the main robot and work from there (even if [...]
Deep Sea VHS @ The Nitehawk Nov 27th 9:30PM
Ahoy boys and girls! Get ready to roll up your breeches and grab your snorkels because it looks like the grand ‘ol Nitehawk Cinema has been flooded… with Deep Sea VHS! Those globe-sailing lads and lasses at VHS Vault, Wild Eye and Horror Boobs have gone fishing again for the weirdest, wackiest, and wettest VHS tapes they [...]
Of Schism and new DC figures
by Chris Troy Super-late article this week, as I’m split between a new Bleeding Cool project, prepare to speak to the attendees of AnimeUSA down in DC this weekend, and trying to put as much time into my new video games as possible (Uncharted 3 & Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 for the record). Needless [...]
Santa, Maybe
No matter how hard the lefties, the pagans, the communists, the gays, and every other group I belong to tries to stop it, Christmas is still happening. Glycon knows I’ve done my part! I personally punched out three mall Santas this week. I think they were mall Santas. They had beards and were wearing red…of [...]
Morgan Pielli’s Pile of Minis: The Birds in the Bushes & Cakewalk/Bets Are Off
Like many, I was at first thrilled when the Academy Awards introduced a Best Animated Feature category. Quickly that enthusiasm faded. I realized that the industry, for decades unable to understand animation, had at last decided to label it a genre rather than what it actually is: a medium. To play devil’s advocate a moment, [...]
SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Kuuga Mighty Form Review
By Loran In every toyline, there are some that I consider “essential.” Sometimes this has to do with the character, othertimes it has to do with how good the figure itself is. Right here, we have kind of a middle ground. As the first “Heisei Era” Kamen Rider, Kuuga is pretty important, I’d say. I [...]
Geek Theatre: Brew of the Dead 2
Now playing at Under St. Mark’s (94 St. Mark’s Place between 1st and Ave. A here in NYC) Brew of the Dead II, written by FP pal and sales rep rep at Diamond Comics Patrick Storck. Check it out if ya can.
SH Figuarts Kamen OOO TaJaDol Form Review
By Loran Ah Kamen Rider OOO… how I hated you when I first saw you. Maybe it was just coming off the elegant simplicity of Double/W, but OOO’s design just rubbed me the wrong way. The colors just seemed gaudy, and I wasn’t really sure how they were going to be used in the show. [...]