by Jeff Ayers May 02 2013
It’s almost time when the time is here, The time that’s only once a year. We can hardly wait, ’cause it’s so near. -Traditional Woodland Critter Tune This Saturday, May 4th, is Free Comic Book Day, and here’s the deal on what Forbidden Planet NYC has planned for this year’s festivities. First off, if you’re [...]
by Unkiedev May 08 2012
Did you get some really cool comic books for free on Free Comic Books Day? Good! BECAUSE I GOT ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC NUDITY IN A CHURCH! It’s all a big, stupid misunderstanding. There were these guys who were saying that Brandon Graham’s King City wasn’t one of the best graphic novels in the past five [...]
Filed In: Daily Planet, Unkiedev
Tags: Aaron Renier, adam warren, Alison Bechdel, Blankets, Brandon Graham, Brian Lee O'malley, Craig Thompson, Crumb, FCBD, Free Comic Books Da, Fun Home, King City, Mark Martin, Moebius, scott pilgrim, Spiral-Bound
by Jeff Ayers May 03 2012
HUMONGOUS weekend coming up for the good and geeky. A little movie called The Avengers hits American screens tomorrow, Free Comic Book Day is Saturday the 5th, and all weekend long gamers will be feverishly ripping open packs of Magic the Gathering packs in the hope of pulling a Terminus or a Temporal Mastery. The [...]
Filed In: Card Games, Gaming, Jeff Ayers
Tags: Avacyn Restored, Avengers, Avengers movie, Booster Boxes, Boosters, FCBD, Forbidden Planet NYC, Free Comic Book Day, Magic the Gathering, MTG, Temporal Mastery, Terminus
by Morgan Pielli Apr 30 2012
Forbidden Planet NYC will be giving away bags containing one of each Free Comic Book Day comic that we receive, as well as a coupon for purchases both in-store and online! These are on a first come, first served basis, so ARRIVE EARLY! All-Ages bags will also be provided so that comics fans young and [...]
Filed In: Archie Comics, Avatar, Bongo, Boom! Studios, DC Comics, Daily Planet, Dark Horse, IDW, Image, Indie Comics, Marvel, Morgan Pielli, Top Shelf Comics, Vertigo
Tags: 2000 AD JUDGE DREDD SPEC, 2012 Silver Books, ANIMAL PLANET WORLD MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS, ANTARCTICS ZOMBIE KID, ANTI, ARCANA PRESENTS INTRINSIC #1, ATOMIC ROBO & FRIENDS, AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON POINT ONE, BAD MEDICINE #1, BARNABY, BONGO FREE-FOR-ALL, BUFFY THE GUILD, BURT WARD BOY WONDER, CENSORED HOWARD CRUSE (NET) (MR), Coupon, DC COMICS THE NEW 52 SPECIAL Ed, DC NATION SUPERMAN FAMILY FLIP BOOK, DINOSAURS VERSUS ALIENS, FCBD, FINDING GOSSAMYR STUFF OF LEGEND, Free, Free Comic Book Day, free stuff, gift bags, goodie bags, GRAPHIC ELVIS PREVIEW, IMAGE 20, INFERNAL DEVICES CLOCKWORK ANGEL, JURASSIC STRIKEFORCE 5, LADY DEATH THE BEGINNING (NET) (MR), mega man, MOOMIN COLOR SPECIAL, MOUSE GUARD LABYRINTH & MORE, MY FAVORITE MARTIAN SPECIAL EDITION, OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE, PEANUTS ADVENTURE TIME FLIPBOOK, ROCKHEAD & ZINC ALLOY 2-FOR-NONE, SMURFS & DISNEY FAIRIES FEAT TINKER BELL, Sonic the Hedgehog, SPIDER-MAN SEASON ONE, SPONGEBOB FREESTYLE, STAR WARS SERENITY, THE HYPERNATURALS, TOP SHELF KIDS CLUB, TRANSFORMERS #80.5, VALIANT PREVIEW, VOLTRON FORCE SHELTER FROM THE STORM, WALT DISNEYS DONALD DUCK FAMILY COMICS, WITCHBLADE UNBALANCED PIECES, WORLDS OF ASPEN, YO GABBA GABBA FREE COMIC BOOK TIME
by Jeff Ayers Apr 30 2010
Thomas Hall, co-creator and writer of Robot 13, shall be joining our FCBD celebration from 1130am-1pm Satuday the 1st, proffering issues 1-3 of one of the best indy-sciffy-horror-monster comics ever produced and handing out free buttons to the anticipated throng. Just another reason to make your Free Comic Book Day an FP FCBD! previously: Coming [...]
by Jeff Ayers Apr 26 2010
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 [...]
Filed In: Boom! Studios, DC Comics, Dark Horse, Drawn & Quarterly, Events, IDW, Image Comics, Indie Comics, Jeff Ayers, Marvel, Signings, fantagraphics
Tags: Alex Raymond, Andy Runton, Archie, Artifacts, Atomic Robo, Bird Hurdler, Bluewater, Bongo, Bryan Talbot, Chester Gould, Comic Book Guy, Crogan, David Petersen, DC Kids, Del Rey, Dennis Calero, fantagraphics, FCBD, Fractured Fables, Free Comic Book Day, GI Joe, green hornet, Heroclix, IDW, Image, Iron Man, Irredeemable, Jim Woodring, John Stanley, Kevin Smith, Lady Gaga, Larry Hama, Mark Waid, Marvel, Mouse Guard, Oni, Overstreet, Owly, Radical, Rip Kirny, S.E. Hinton, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sparkplug, Steve Mannion, Super Friends, Th3rd World Studios, The Last Airbender, The Tick, Theo Ellsworth, thor, Top Cow, War Machine, War of the Superman
