Chris’ list o’ books that you should stay inside and read. And not leave the house.
So Hurricane Sandy is a thing that’s happened. Trains are out for at least 3-4 days, busses will be back by Wednesday, and comics will probably be in shops by Thursday. The last one is the least important, but now you know. Assuming you prepared for Sandy, you should be fine, and if you’re anything [...]
MG Hyaku Shiki Build Log Finished
( Chris here-FPNYC IS CLOSED TODAY, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO COME TO THE STORE FOR ANY REASON!) One project down, god knows how many more to go. I’ll have to admit to not doing many custom Master Grades. The only reason I did that cool Qubeley over the summer is because I saw one in [...]
10/28 Forbidden Planet Storm Warning!
Hey Dudes and Dudettes! Turns out there is a storm of epic proportions coming our way and they are closing the subways down because of it. Unfortunately this means we are closing early today, 6PM to be exact. So make sure to head down here now and stock up on stuff to read, movies to [...]
Master Grade Zeta Gundam Build Log Preview
Man, if you don’t love the Zeta Gundam, I don’t think we can be friends. If there’s one star Gundam that embodies the 80’s, it’s this one. Transforms? Check. Well-placed color scheme? Check. Sleek and sexy as all hell? VERY CHECK. When I was younger, I wasn’t too into the design. Most of the kits [...]
Upcoming Ronald Wimberly Signing at FPNYC!
Artist/illustrator Ronald Wimberly (Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm, Black Dynamite, Something Wicked This Way Comes) will be signing copies of his work at Forbidden Planet NYC from 6:30-8 PM on Wednesday, Nov. 14th in celebration of his new graphic novel, Prince of Cats, a retro-futurist hip-hop retelling of Romeo and Juliet from the perspective of [...]
Upcoming Noku Event!
Noku, the curious headphone-outfitted galactic traveler, is making a pit stop at Forbidden Planet NYC on Nov. 24th for the Noku Apparellax Brand Event. Choose from an array of shirts, posters, buttons, and more, all emblazoned with Noku’s distinctive likeness. We’ll be featuring contests, giveaways, and other Noku-centric exclusives: check back at the Daily Planet [...]
Living Dead Dolls: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Just in time for Halloween (and with the predicted Mayan end-times less than two months away: hurrah!), FPNYC is carrying Living Dead Dolls Presents: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Based on symbolic figures of doom and destruction from the first four of the biblical Seven Seals, these guys are basically My Little Revelations, each sporting [...]
Spectacle Shriek Show this Saturday!
What up homies! Prepare to be scared, it’s another… SPECTACLE SHRIEK SHOW Saturday October 27th 123 S.3rd Street (The Goth bodega right off Bedford Ave.) Williamsburg Brooklyn Junk Food Dinner presents: BEYOND DREAM’S DOOR dir. Jay Woelfel, 1989 USA, 91min In English. Ben Dobbs (Nick Baldasare) hasn’t been sleeping well lately. Or, maybe, he has. Not [...]
ADVENTURE!
There’s just too much comics news to keep up with. I’m still trying to unravel threads from the NYCC, and the next thing I learn is I missed out on news from the SDCC! Did you know that Oni Comics is going to collect Scott C.’s AMAZING webcomic Double Fine Action Comics, starting in April [...]
HG Hyaku Shiki Build Log Part 3
Ha ha, I bet you guys are getting tired of seeing these, aren’t you? Were it the summer, this little project would be done already. Since I’m stuck at school or work pretty much every day, I don’t get much time to build Gunpla; and when I actually DO have spare time, I’m too tired [...]
NYCC 2012 Recap/Denial of how much $$ was spent over the course of 4 days
NYCC was a thing that has happened! To about 116,000 people if the numbers are correct. That is a lot of people! Like 9,000 short of SDCC a lot! But very few of them write for FPNYC. Which explains why you’re all stuck listening to my story. Despite the construction going on….everywhere in and around the [...]
Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival: Dec 7th-9th, 2012
Do androids dream of celluloid sheep? Perhaps they will during the inaugural Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival, scheduled for December 7th-9th at indieScreen in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (at 289 Kent Ave: directions here). It’s being held in honor of the 30th anniversary of classic sci-fi noir Blade Runner, based on one of mind-bending speculative-fiction author Philip [...]
MG Hyaku Shiki Build Log 2
With the Black Tri-Stars Zaku out of the way, I can finally work on a project that I’m totally dedicated to. I’m sure anybody who’s ever been some kind of artist would sympathize with the idea of needing to act on an idea the second you get it because otherwise, you’ll lose it or get [...]
Comic Books!
New York Comic Con, like a vestigial tail, is now behind us. Maybe you were one of the lucky ones on the Con floor and know firsthand of the amazing announcements, projects and previews which just went down. I’ve heard the Evil Dead remake footage was impressive. I hear both Brian Michael Bendis and Iron [...]
Walking Dead Season Premiere Last Night
Say… How good was last night’s episode of The Walking Dead??!!!! Huh? Huh? Click here for a full list of Walking Dead items (books, toys, cards, calendars etc.) available from Forbidden planet NYC.