FPNYC Shop Hours Week of December 26th to January 1st
Be advised: Monday, December 26th 10am-10pm Tuesday, December 27th 10am-10pm Wednesday, December 28th 9am-midnight* Thursday, December 29th and Friday, December 30th 10am-midnight Saturday, December 31st 10am-6pmISH Sunday, January 1st 10am-10pm *Please note that New Comic Day IS Wednesday, the 28th, but our shipment will arrive that morning as opposed to the day before… Meaning that new [...]
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 [...]
Adios 2010, Hola 2011
Happy New Year! 2010′s gone- out with a hectic bang on my end of the screen- and I finally have Time Enough at Last to wish you a most agreeable 2011. Speaking of which, why not relax with a Twilight Zone marathon today? It’s a time-honored New Year’s tradition on local television here in NYC, [...]
Holiday Hours Reminder
Just a heads up regarding changes to our shop’s operating hours in the coming days. 12/24/10 Christmas Eve 9am-9pm 12/25/10 Christmas Day CLOSED 12/31/10 New Year’s Eve 10am-6pm 1/1/11 New Year’s Day OPEN NORMAL HOURS 10am-12 midnight Merry merry, happy happy!
Holiday Season Dates of Note @FPNYC
What follows is a Holiday Season FYI for our customers, old and new, with regards to store hours and notable product shipment dates. Normal Business Hours Sunday-Tuesday: 10:00am-10:00pm Wednesday: 9:00am-midnight Thursday-Saturday: 10:00am-midnight Thanksgiving Thursday, November 25th- Closed Friday, November 26th- 9:00am-midnight *New Comic Day for the following week will be Thursday December 2nd Christmas Friday, [...]
Halloween Costume Ideas 2010: Sonic Screwdrivers
If you’re planning a Doctor Who costume for this year’s festivities a Sonic Screwdriver is essential. Forbidden Planet’s got you covered if you’re looking for one with authentic lights and sounds. If you’re looking for one that will help you BS your way out of nearly any jam, however, you’re outta luck. We’re currently selling [...]
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 [...]
Pops on the Radio
If E.T is listening I hope he’s listening to WKCR’s (Columbia University) annual Louis Armstrong 4th of July birthday broadcast… comma baby… If you can get down with 39.5 hours of Satchmo (1/4th of which you may have to sit through Phil Schaap, but trust me it’s worth it) the live feed can be found [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day? Get Lost.
Is your sweetie a LOST fan? Consider passing them a LOST-themed Valentine from artist Lee Bretschneider. Also, if you dig these, you may also dig one of the artist’s other clever prints. They may be viewed, and purchased, here at his Adventuring Company store. Plus, all proceeds garnered from now until February 28th will be [...]
FP Travel Guide- Thanksgiving ’09 Edition
We here at the Planet know what a grind traveling on Thanksgiving holiday weekend can be. My dad moved to Jersey in the 90s and I can personally attest to the many varied horrors of Penn Station and the NJT on the Wednesday before Turkey day. Shudder. So here’r some reading suggestions of books releasing [...]
Links for 10/22/09
According to The Hollywood Reporter Executive Producer and showrunner Marc Guggenheim has left ABC’s FlashForward, a new borderline sciffy series I’ve been digging immensely. David Goyer, who along with Brannon Braga is co-creator of the show based on Robert J. Sawyer’s 1999 novel, has been handed the reins. SciFi Wire gives the change a thumbs [...]
Happy Fourth of July!
Just wanted to take a second and post hoping that each and everyone of you readers out there are having a lovely Fourth. Here in New York City, the climate is a perfect 70 degrees and it seems like virtually half the town has taken off to other places so its not so crowded. Thank [...]