Officer Downe
I thought I’d check out what all the hubbub was about regarding this title as it got past me upon its release a few weeks ago. Glad I finally caught up to it.
I divide my attention among thousands of book and comic titles per day, and while some bleeps, sweeps, and/or creeps (see: Spaceballs) fall [...]
Better Read Than Dead
Hello, kiddies! Consdider this a friendly reminder from your slayborhood comic book guy that Walking Dead TP Volume 12 hits Forbidden Planet’s shelves today. They call this blood-curdling tale of terror “Life Among Them.”
Harvey Award Nominations 2009
Nominations for The Harvey Awards for books released in 2009 have been announced, and are presented below.
Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by creators – those who write, draw, ink, letter, color, design, edit or are otherwise involved in a creative capacity in the comics field. They are the only industry awards both [...]
Coming Saturday May 1st, 2010: Free Comic Book Day!
This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, and I’m here to give you the skinny on what Forbidden Planet NYC has planned for our participation in 2010’s event.
Free Comic Book Day is an annual event that now takes place on the first Saturday of May each year wherein participating comic shops all over the world [...]
Eisner Award Nominations 2010
This year’s Eisner Award nominations have been announced. Presented at a gala event during San Diego Comic-Con in July, the Awards are named after Will Eisner and are voted on by comics creators, editors, publishers, and retailers.
For more information on the Awards and their history please visit Comic-Con’s Eisner Awards FAQs.
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Walking Dead TV Series Given Greenlight by AMC
It’s official. According to Variety shooting on the Frank Darabont-helmed Walking Dead series (not just a pilot, as previously reported) will begin shortly, and is scheduled to air this coming October.
AMC has ordered a total of six episodes of the series that revolves around a group of survivors of a zombie apocalypse. Darabont penned [...]
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 this [...]
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 [...]
“Walking Dead” being brought to AMC.
Looks like Robert Kirkman’s critically acclaimed series “Walking Dead” will be getting the pilot treatment from Frank Darabont and will hopefully air on AMC. According to Variety, the “Green Mile” writer/director is very close to a deal to adapt this series for AMC:
Joel Stillerman, AMC’s senior veep of programming, production and original content, said the [...]
Mike Allred and Steven T. Seagle DO NOT announce new project at SDCC.
Wait..what?
It appears in the hubbub that was Comic Con, comic creators Steven T. Seagle and Mike Allred declined to announce their new project coming from the Man of Action Studios and Image Comics.
We don’t know how we missed this one, because quite honestly, next to “Choker” this would be the most anticipated thing to come [...]
SDCC: “Choker” announced.
Man, have I been waiting with baited breath for this announcement for what seems like forever. Well, almost a year, really. Yesterday, the Bens, (those being Ben McCool and Ben Templesmith) announced they will be bringing “Choker” to Image Comics.
Ben (McCool) has to be one of the most creative and likable guys I know in [...]
