Archive for the "Magazines" Category
by Tyler Boss Dec 22 2012
Part 1: I love Chris Ware. Bit redundant to say so this holiday season with everyone and their sister buying Building Stories, but with so much comic awesomeness that happened in 2012; between Charles Burn’s second installment to his X’ed Out trilogy, The Hive, and Brian K. Vaughn’s Saga…SAGA… It’s too easy for amazing comics [...]
Filed In: Action Figures and Toys, Archie Comics, Art Books, Avatar, Awards, Bongo, Boom! Studios, C.R.A.Z.Y., Comic Gifts, Comic News, Comic Reviews, Comic Strips, Comics, Contest, Contributors, Conventions, DC Comics, Daily Planet, Dark Horse, Dating, Drawing, Drawn & Quarterly, Events, Exhibits, Fantasy, Geek Couture, Giveaway, Good Causes, Good Night, Good People, Graphic Novels, Grrrrrrrrrr, Holiday!, Horror, IDW, Illustrated Books, Image, Image Comics, Indie Comics, Interviews, Lawsuits, Looking Back, Magazines, Marvel, Mechanics of Storytelling, Memorabilia, Mini Comics, Movies and TV, Nobrow, Oni, Science Fiction, Signings, Silly Fanboys, Special Coupon, Spoliers, Sports, Star Wars, Stuff We Like, Theater, Thursday Walk of Shame, Top Shelf Comics, Topps, Tyler Boss, Valiant, Vertigo, Wildstorm, fantagraphics
Tags: batman, Contributors, Forbidden Planet, Forbidden Planet NYC, FPNYC, review
by Jeff Ayers Jun 25 2012
That’s right. We’re discounting EVERYTHING in our store on Wednesday, July 4th. We don’t do this often (maybe once a year… maybe), so come on by and take advantage! Plus, this year the 4th of July falls on a Wednesday… New Comics Day! A ton of great new comics and graphic novels are scheduled [...]
Filed In: Art Books, Comic Gifts, Comics, Events, Fantasy, Gaming, Geek Couture, Graphic Novels, Holiday!, Illustrated Books, Jeff Ayers, Magazines, Manga, Mecha, Memorabilia, Movies and TV, Objects of Desire, Playing with Toys, Sale!, Science, Science Fiction, Silly Fanboys, Special Coupon, T-Shirts, Toys and Action Figures
Tags: 4th of July, Discount, discounts, Forbidden Planet, Forbidden Planet NYC, Fourth of July, FPNYC, SALE!
by Matt Desiderio Mar 16 2012
I Love Bad Movies Issue Number 5 hit the FP shelves late last night and they’re already selling like hotcakes… hotcakes filled with essays, reviews and illustrations about some of our favorite bad movies that is! Amy Adams trying to be sexy! Jim Carrey dancing and Nicolas Cage eating a cockroach! Kirk Douglas fashion show! [...]
Filed In: Magazines, Matt D., Mini Comics, Movies and TV, Stuff We Like, VHS
Tags: Alex Winter, and Kseniya Yarosh., Andrew Miller, Bad Taste, Bloodline, BMX Bandits, Bob Satuloff, Chris Piascik, Christine Makepeace, Claudia Eve Beauchesne, Cool as Ice, Cristina Cacioppo, Cruel Intentions 2, Dan McCoy, David Archer, Deadly Blessing, Death Wish 3, Disorderlies, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Dracula vs. Frankenstein, Eleanor Kagan, Elliott Kalan, Eric Epstein, Eric Nelson, Fear, Freeway, Harry Merritt, Hercules in New York, I Love Bad Movies, Jay Stern, Jeremy Jusay, John Carman, John McCoy, Justin Shatraw, Kate Hutchinson, Kevin Maher, Laura Jayne Martin, M. Sweeney Lawless, Making Mr. Right, Mary Regan, Mat Pringle, Matt Bird, Matt Carman, Max Cavanaugh, Once Bitten, Purple Rain, Sextette, Shove Mink, Slaves of New York, Stay Hungry, Summer School, Teen Wolf Too, The Burning, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Last Tycoon, The Transformers: The Movie, Tom Blunt, Tough Guys, Vampire's Kiss, Whatever it Takes
by Matt Desiderio Feb 04 2012
Streaming live on the internet as we speak Beauty Queen Butcher hosted by Josh Schafer editor of Lunchmeat Magazine. All for free thanks to The Monster Channel! What are you waiting for!
by Matt Desiderio Jan 20 2012
Come out to the Spectacle Theater on Saturday at Midnight and hang with Lunchmeat’s Josh Schafer! LUNCHMEAT is extremely proud to present one of the most amazing and obscure shot-on-video flicks ever to be laid to tape!! This SATURDAY, JANUARY 21st, at the hour of MIDNIGHT hoist your keister off the couch and get on [...]
Filed In: Good Night, Good People, Horror, Magazines, Matt D., Stuff We Like, VHS, movies
Tags: America's Deadliest Home Video, Danny Bonaduce, Josh Schafer, Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine, Matt Desiderio, Spectacle Theater, VHS
by Matt Desiderio Dec 02 2011
The new issue of Lunchmeat is now available at Forbidden Planet, in store and on the web! If you don’t know Lunchmeat than you don’t know VHS. The first and only all VHS magazine! So grab Lunchmeat #6 now! We’ve stacked the slimy slices o’ cinema high in LM # 6 serving up in-depth reviews [...]
Filed In: Daily Planet, Horror, Magazines, Matt D., Stuff We Like, VHS, movies
Tags: Daniel Roebuck, Desert Snow, Josh Schafer, Lunchmeat, Matt Desiderio, Rockula, VHS
by Morgan Pielli Oct 28 2011
Matt D. (your gregarious host) and Morgan Pielli (your intrepid cameraman and director) took a trip to this year’s New York Comic Con. The sights! The sounds! The…smells! It’s a sensory overload, and you just never know when inspiration will strike..!
Filed In: Conventions, DC Comics, Dark Horse, Drawn & Quarterly, Events, Geek Couture, Good Night, Good People, Horror, IDW, Image Comics, Indie Comics, Interviews, Magazines, Manga, Marvel, Matt D., Morgan Pielli, Objects of Desire, Stuff We Like, Toys and Action Figures, Vertigo, fantagraphics, movies
Tags: comic con, Convention, dancing, James Cricket Colter, lipdub, NY Comic Con 2011, NYCC, NYCC "New York Comic Con" "Ken Shapiro" "The Goove Tube" "Matt D." "MoComics, pushead, YouTube
by Morgan Pielli Oct 13 2011
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.
Filed In: Anime, Art Books, Boom! Studios, DC Comics, Dark Horse, Drawn & Quarterly, Events, Geek Couture, Horror, IDW, Image Comics, Indie Comics, Magazines, Manga, Marvel, Memorabilia, Mini Comics, Objects of Desire, Sale!, Science Fiction, Top Shelf Comics, Toys and Action Figures, VHS, Vertigo, Wildstorm, movies
Tags: 15% off, 20% off, Discount, discounts, in-store sale, New York Comic Con, NYCC, SALE!, store-wide sale
by Morgan Pielli Aug 24 2011
One of the newest books to come into the store is the collected PS Magazine: Best Preventive Maintenance Monthly HC featuringing none other than Mr. Eisner himself! Written and drawn during his time in the army, this collection is a must for the glove box of every tank, jet, or NORAD.
by Matt Desiderio Jul 12 2011
Fluorescent Black is back in stock, hardcover and soft… along with tons of other Heavy Metal releases. Stop by and check out our new Heavy Metal section! Fluorescent Black takes readers into the hard-hitting dark future of South East Asia where gene-tech has divided the human race into two races, and both the utopian and [...]
Filed In: Good People, Magazines, Matt D., Objects of Desire, Science Fiction, Stuff We Like
Tags: Fluorescent Black, Heavy Metal, Jeromy Cox, Matt Desiderio, MF Wilson, Nathan Fox
by Matt Desiderio Jul 03 2011
Coming to Brooklyn this Sunday July 10th, Wild Eye Releasing and Nitehawk Cinema present an event to sate the needs of any film freak. This ain’t no retro throw back, this is the real deal! Put your life on pause and prepare to Destroy All VHS! Not literally, I hope… but you never know what might [...]
Filed In: Daily Planet, Events, Good Causes, Good Night, Good People, Horror, Magazines, Matt D., Objects of Desire, Stuff We Like
Tags: Brooklyn, Destroy All VHS, Friday The 13th The Orphan, Horror, Horror Boobs, Lunchmeat, Lunchmeat Magazine, Matt Desiderio, Nitehawk Cinema, The Orphan, VCR, VHS, Wild Eye, Williamsburg
by Matt Desiderio Jun 22 2011
Why do people look at me like I’m crazy when I say Fangoria is the best genre magazine on the shelf? I seriously read every horror related magazine that hits the shelves, from the old guy black and whites to the ultra glossy “high-brow” genre rags. If its got a monster on it or in [...]
Filed In: Daily Planet, Horror, Magazines, Matt D., movies
Tags: British Horror, Dead Format, Elvira, Fangoria, Fangoria #305, Fright-Rags, Gorezone, Headless Eyes, Horror, Kelly Forbes, Magazines, Matt Desiderio, Planet Of The Apes, Starlog, T-Shirts, VHS, Wizard Video
by Matt Desiderio Jun 19 2011
Screw your Blew-Ray Player, VHS is alive and well… but should I really be hipping you to this, or should I be hording all the info in fear of increased competition? Of course I’ll let you in on it (not like anyone reads this anyway) and what better way to see the medium strive than [...]
Filed In: Daily Planet, Good People, Horror, Magazines, Matt D., Objects of Desire, Science Fiction, Silly Fanboys, Stuff We Like, TV, Uh Oh., movies
Tags: Blu-ray, Brain Bludgeon, Horror, John DeSantis, Josh Schafer, Lunchmeat Magazine, Matt Desiderio, Slumber Party Massacre, Spectacle Theater, VHS, White Fire
by Matt Desiderio Apr 14 2011
Early this afternoon I got a phone call by none other than Tony Timpone! As a long time Fangoria fan you have to understand the weight that name carries, and for him to be calling for me?! Little ol’ Matt D. The best part is he called me to invite you (The Forbidden Planet Fanbase) [...]
Filed In: Events, Horror, Magazines, Matt D., Stuff We Like, movies
Tags: Fangoria, Free Screening, Matt Desiderio, Paul Bettany, Priest, Priest 3-D, Priest Movie, Scott Stewart, Tony Timpone
by Jeff Ayers Mar 16 2010
Ladygunn Magazine invited me to go on a blind date as part of their comics issue… Everyone gets ‘the call’ at least once in a lifetime. You know, the one where your best friend is like, “you have to go on a blind date with this dude, and I have to live vicariously through you [...]
