Links 3/11/10
Coming soon: Battlestar Galactica MMO. Slated to be a browser-based space strategy game, offered exclusively on syfy.com for its first 30 days, this is being developed by obscure (and relatively unproven) Norwegian developer Artplant- which leads one to assume their app (or bid) wowed the Bigs behind such a high-profile and expensive license.
Comic Book Resources [...]
Tronorail, Tronorail, Tronorail
Well, sir, there’s nothing on Earth
Like a genuine,
Bonafide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Tronorail!
Greetings, Programs! Personally, it’s been a tough week, so please forgive me my second Tron Legacy related post in four days. Gotta go with what brought a smile to my face today.
First, the new teaser trailer for the film released earlier in the week. It features Bruce “The [...]
Manga Transmission
FP Transmissions, now featuring Emma Larson and Lindsay Johnson, having lost they damn minds and talking Manga.
Kevin Flynn Finally Wins an Oscar, Man! or… THAT is a Very Big Door, Dude!!!
Jeff Bridges, El Duderino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing, has finally won an Oscar, man. Between you and me The Dude should have been given a lifetime achievment award years ago, and presented multiple statues for “The Fabulous Baker Boys,” “Fearless,” and one of the great fantasy films of all time, “The [...]
Breaking Into the House
How does one break into the House of Ideas? Well, this week the landlord’s gonna show you how.
Breaking Into Comics the Marvel Way is many things:
A two-part (56 pgs each) showcase-cum-audition for newly recruited artists.
An anthology featuring some of Marvel’s most prolific and high profile writers (Brian Michael Bendis, Marc Guggenheim, Peter David, Stuart Moore, [...]
Pic Parade
Let’s explore some corners of Geekdom from the last few days through pictures, shall we?
HBO Picks up A Game of Thrones (pilot + 9 episodes)
Mr. Spidderman at the Wailing Wall during Purim.
Nick Simmons, son of KISS frontman Gene, plagiarizes Bleach manga, among others, in Incarnate #1, his comic from Radical Publishing. Amidst the uproar he [...]
Davide Gianfelice Signing 3/19/10 6:30pm
Davide Gianfelice, the Italian artist whose fantastic work fills the pages of DC Vertigo’s Greek Street each month and splashed onto the American comics scene with his work on Northlanders, will be signing at FPNYC on Friday March 19th at 6:30pm.
That’s just one week after the 1st Greek Street TP (ONLY $9.99!) releases!
Vile Creatures!
As any fan of Forbidden Planet NYC can attest, the store and Uglydoll have gone together like Vulcans and Pon Farr for a number of years now. This week Travis Fowler and Andrew Greer felt the need to illustrate that further by shooting an Uglydoll promo… Beware the horrors of the FP storage area. There [...]
Paper Mache Hand Puppets from Austin English
Cartoonist and former employee Austin English (Christina and Charles, Windy Corner) is producing a series of nifty paper mache hand puppets as he freezes his ass off in Stockholm, Sweden.
Largely an attempt to pay off his exorbitant gambling debts, he’s offering them for a mere thirty bucks (plus $7 shipping). They’re hand made and painted [...]
Gettin Outta Hand: Detective #27 Sells for Over One Million Bucks
Now a copy of Batman’s 1st appearance has sold for over $1,000,000. One million, seventy-five thousand, five hundred dollars to be exact, through Heritage Auctions.
Same M.O. as last week’s Action #1 sale (only this buyer has spent more- sounds like a classic case of super-hero envy, if ya pick up what I’m laying down): Anonymous [...]
Happy Anniversay: FPI Blog
Totally meant to publish this yesterday at the height of its relevancy, but congratulations and happy 5th anniversary to Joe Gordon and the rest of our colleagues at the Forbidden Planet International Blog!!!
It’s hard for me to believe but today marks the fifth birthday of the Forbidden Planet blog. It’s a peculiar feeling because [...]
Matt Fraction in Marvel Winter Games Video
Because it seems I love to post vids, today may you enjoy Marvel’s latest Twisted Toyfare Theater/Robot Chicken-esque What The–?! offering- featuring Matt Fraction! Not really my thing, normally, but a special appearance by one of my favorite comic writers hooked me. The kids’ll love it. MODOK and Fraction, kids.
Alright, you’ve been granted your dalliance, [...]
Action Comics #1 Sells for $1,000,000
A copy of Superman’s first appearance has sold for…
ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!!
The rare comic was sold by an anonymous party to an anonymous buyer (Shaq? Apparently not, as the sucker buyer is purported to be a “well known individual” here in New York whose impressive collection already includes a copy of the classic issue, albeit at [...]
