STORE-WIDE SALE OCTOBER 14 – 16!
Take a break from the Con this weekend for some great deals at Forbidden Planet NYC! *Existing discounts or specials; e.g. Magic the Gathering Booster Packs, Student Discounts, Manga Deals; do not apply.
Krampus and the Super Moon
This is one of the more interesting titles hitting the shelves this week. From Last Gasp, Krampus the Devil of Christmas hardcover by Monte Beauchamp. Now available in Hardcover! In the early Christmas traditions of Europe, the “Krampus” was St. Nicholas’ dark servant – a hairy, horned, supernatural beast whose pointed ears and long slithering tongue [...]
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 [...]
Some Valentine’s Day Recommendations- Alice in Wonderland & In Me Own Words, the Autobiography of Bigfoot
…Wherein I hastily breeze through an overview of various Alice in Wonderland illustrated editions, discuss one of my single favorite books of all time, and demonstrate how one might make an ass out of one’s self on YouTube by virtue of being unprepared, in a rush, and unwilling to re-shoot. Enjoy!
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 [...]
Books of Interest Releasing 9/30/09
Umbrella Academy vol 02: Dallas TP- A fractured team gets thrust into new adventure involving a plot to kill JFK. An FP bestseller, The Umbrella Academy maintains the vibrant cool of volume one with Dallas well. Written by Gerard Way (lead singer of My Chemical Romance and a former guest of FP and an overall [...]
Tales From My Coffee Table
Plaque, Legos, Dozers… These things build up. So too does the rather heaping mound of comics, books, and assorted curiosities on the coffee table back at Casa de Ayers. I get sent and/or buy a whole lotta stuff in my capacity as buyer for FP (not to mention my lot in this life- Jeff Ayers, [...]
Go Ballistic!
I love Ballistic. They’re a publisher of fine digital art books based in Australia and their line is absolutely magnificent. A tad on the pricey side, butcha pay for quality, dang it! They’re worth every penny, but they’re also incredibly hard to find in the big chain bookstores. That’s why I strive to have them in [...]
So It’s Thursday, It’s Holiday Week New Release Day. And It’s Huge.
Highlights: Process Recess 3- Acclaimed and uber-popular Fables cover artist James Jean’s new artbook from AdHouse arrived this week. Copies of the book adorn the counters at FP NYC and when I first saw them this morning I thought I was looking at a Soccer score. PR3, Brazil 0. However, it is not. In fact, [...]
New Imagery From Forthcoming Where the Wild Things Are Film
MSN Movies has some fantastic new imagery from Spike Jonze’s adaptation of the seminal children’s book by Maurice Sendak. Mostly production stills, but included is this new one-sheet: Having only seen this film’s trailer with the sound off prior to today I’ll admit that this seemed much darker without the Arcade Fire backing music and [...]
Spectrum Exhibit at The Society of Illustrators
The Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street between Park and Lex in NYC, opens its 2009 Spectrum exhibit this Tuesday night, September 1st. “Spectrum” is on display at the Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators. Featuring the best contemporary “fantastic” art from renowned fantasy, science fiction, horror, and surreal artists from [...]
Go Look: Amanda Palmer Signing @ FPI Edinburgh
Joe Gordon, he of the fantastic Forbidden Planet International Blog, has photos and video up this morning from the Edinburgh store’s signing with Amanda Palmer. You might remember Amanda from such books as, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, a collaborative photo book featuring Neil Gaiman and a host of other talented folks. We had a great [...]
Charles Burns’ Best American Comics Lineup.
Woo, this is a doozy. The last one I bought was Harvey Pekar’s edition, but I’m going to have to dive into this version. Check out this lineup, reported by the Comics Reporter: * “Shh!” Tim Hensley, MOME * “Justin M. Damiano,” Daniel Clowes, The Book Of Other People * “Artist Vs. Artisan,” Peter Bagge, [...]
“Who Killed Amanda Palmer?”
The incredibly creative couple of Neil Gaiman and Dresden Dolls Lead Singer Amanda Palmer have combined to bring us a work of Palmer’s photography in “Who Killed Amanda Palmer.” The book doesn’t even come out until September but we here at the Union Square store of Forbidden Planet have the book which features photography by [...]
Happy Anniversary, Moon Landing!
“Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I am the first man to piss his pants on the moon.” — Buzz Aldrin And to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the original Moonwalk Dancers. And to Mankind. If you’ve ever visited the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum you’ll have seen artifacts [...]