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FPNYC Shop Hours Week of December 26th to January 1st

Jeff Ayers — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:15:37 +0000

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 comics and toys will probably not be shelf-ready nor racked until the mid-afternoon as we process them as quickly as we can. Most likely we will have everything out and good to go by 2:30 or 3pm.

Krampus and the Super Moon

Matt Desiderio — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:41:55 +0000

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 gave misbehavers the creeps! This new and improved edition includes an introduction, a historical survey of the character, and over 180 lavish pre-World War 1 Krampus postcard images.

Now get off your computer, go outside and check out that SUPER MOON, but keep off the moors.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Adios 2010, Hola 2011

Jeff Ayers — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 08:55:35 +0000

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, now continued nationally on SyFy, that is as synonymous with January 1st as any bowl game. At least for us the geeky.

However you choose to spend it I hope you enjoy.

Holiday Hours Reminder

Jeff Ayers — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:05:42 +0000

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

Jeff Ayers — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:57:20 +0000

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

Thanksgiving

Thursday

Christmas

New Year’s
TBA

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us by phone (212-473-1576 or 212-420-8579) during business hours or you can email us at any time.

Halloween Costume Ideas 2010: Sonic Screwdrivers

Jeff Ayers — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:02:13 +0000

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 the 10th Doctor’s handy gizmo…

and the 11th Doctor’s doodad…

If you’ve been invited to a Halloween soiree, last-minute, and you need a costume quickly this will usually do the trick, with or without a pinstriped suit, Chuck Taylors, or a bow tie. Especially effective if you know someone at the gig who will appreciate your dorky ingenuity as you party down in leather chaps, sans underwear, waving your Screwdriver around, and proclaiming yourself the 14th Doctor.

International Read Comics in Public Day, NYC Meetup Saturday August 28th

Jeff Ayers — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:56:50 +0000

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 sideways glances and snickers of curious on-lookers wondering what a grownup is doing reading a funny book.It’s time to smash that stigma, friends.

In other words, as a great man once put it, “it’s clobberin’ time.”

This August 28th, The Daily Cross Hatch invites you to celebrate the first annual International Read Comics in Public Day. Let’s take to the libraries, the parks, the trains, and the buses, comic books in hand. Let’s show the world that we’re proud supporters of the vibrant art form that is comics—the greatest medium on earth.

We’re asking you, dear readers, to take an hour out of your Saturday to show the world what you think of sequential art. You can find more information about the event (included a full-sized, printable version of the above poster, designed by Eschew artist, Robert Sergel) over at the official Read Comics in Public site. And while you’re at it, send a photo of you reading comics that day to readcomicsinpublic@gmail.com.

Thanks, and we’ll see you on the 28th!

To help auspiciously commemorate the occasion there will be a series of participant meetups in cities around the world. Locations as of this post include Omaha, Stockholm, Portland (Maine), and wouldn’tcha know it, our own little sleepy berg New York City in Union Square, one block north of Forbidden Planet NYC. The meetup will start at 1pm at the foot of the George Washington statue, and FP will be on hand giving out free bags of comics to as many people as we can. Also, we’re offering a discount (20% OFF all comics and graphic novels) from 10am-2pm that day to those who mention a secret code at point of sale. To obtain the code just send an email to readcomicsinpublic@gmail.com.

Hope to see ya there, and enjoy the day no matter where you may be reading your comics!

Pops on the Radio

Jeff Ayers — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:23:13 +0000

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 here.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

Jeff Ayers — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:09:57 +0000

Even if you ain’t Memorian!

Happy Valentine’s Day? Get Lost.

Jeff Ayers — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:47:13 +0000

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 donated to the American Red Cross towards Haitian relief efforts.

The full collection of LOST Valentines may be seen here. And no, I am not nearly as much of a VDay humbug as the title would suggest.