FPNYC IDW Convention Sketchbook Twitter Giveaway
New York Comic-Con is coming up, and so are dozens of regional shows throughout the country. And what’s the biggest thing going at conventions these days… other than cosplay? Meeting and greeting our favorite creators! For many of you, it’s also a chance to commission sketches by some of the most talented artists in the [...]
Star Trek TNG Doctor Who Assimilation2 #1 Signing with JK Woodward
Celebrate the historic first meeting of the Doctor and your pals on the Enterprise D with a special Forbidden Planet NYC signing! Series and cover artist J.K. Woodward will be here signing copies Star Trek TNG Doctor Who Assimilation2 issue #1 on Wednesday, May 30th starting at 5:30pm. Mr. Woodward will also be doing head [...]
The Weekly Pulse – December 29th, 2011
Take a whole hand-full of DC numbers 4, add some Marvel, a bit of IDW, a pinch of Dark Horse, and finish off with just a great big helping of Coffee. Let steep for three minutes and stir!
The Lion and the Unicorn
By Unkiedev The nineties comic book boom (and subsequent crash) was based on two factors that are still cavorting through the forest of comics today. One is the Unicorn of variant covers, the other is the lion of investor speculation. See how nimbly they prance! The resale of comic books was viewed as a big [...]
Godzilla vs Caligula
What a week for insanely violent comic madness. It’s as if Satan himself came up from hell and packed our shelves with his favorite stuff. Avatar publishing has been at the top of their gruesome game with releases like Crossed, Garth Ennis’ take on the zombie genre, and Alan Moore’s Cthulhu-rape masterpiece, Neonomicon. If that’s [...]
Lost Famous Monsters Of Filmland Found!
Famous Monsters of Filmland issue number 70 is the first of hopefully manny “missing issue” releases. This baby is a monster kid’s dream come true, perfectly reproducing the look, content and flavor of classic FM issues. It’s worth it alone for the classic Arnold Schwarzenegger photo spread from Hercules in New York. Click the cover [...]
Kill Shakespeare Signing at Forbidden Planet NYC 11.8.10
I’m very pleased to announce that this coming Monday, November 8th, at 6:30pm Forbidden Planet will be hosting a signing with the creators of Kill Shakespeare, a swell new comic series published by IDW. Messrs Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col, and artist Andy Belanger will be scribbling all over copies of their comics, as well [...]
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 [...]
Alan Robert to Sign Wire Hangers At Forbidden Planet
Oh, baby! LIFE OF AGONY bassist and writer/artist Alan Robert will be signing copies of his new IDW comic Wire Hangers #1 @FPNYC on Friday, April 23 2010… As always, if you can’t make it to NYC or the store for the event you’re welcome to Pre-Order a signed copy and fpnyc.com will mail you [...]