Hawkeye Volume 1 Review: A Guy, a girl and a pizza dog
Hawkeye : My Life as a Weapon Written by: Matt Fraction Art by: David Aja, Javier Pulido, Alan Davis Collects Hawkeye (2012) 1-5, Young Avengers Presents 6 Published by: Marvel Comics, retail price $16.99 A great creative team can get me to read any book on the stand, despite what characters are involved. Case in [...]
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 14: Pursued By The Empire’s Sinister Agents!
Hey lucky readers, I am back from the great state of Seattle in time to phone it in from my apartment. And what a phoning it in this will be. Last week’s column was brutal because I was jetlagged, sleep deprived, and over-comic’d (It’s a real thing. Look it up. Happened to millions of people [...]
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 8: During The Battle…
Greetings from Ice Station Zebra. For all you people out there who check the spines of your comics to make sure they don’t have creases or whatever it is you are looking for please note that Forbidden Planet is now refrigerated to ensure that your books stay extra fresh. No more rotten book smell! Anyway, [...]
10 Things I Learned About Heroescon
Around this time last year, I got a (possibly drunk) tweet from a friend, a North Carolina local, yelling at me for not being at Heroescon. I sited that I couldn’t attend due to cost/other commitments, but if the show was interesting enough, I’d make an attempt to go. Word of mouth, promises of the [...]
Defending Good Taste
“The older I get, the more life seems to be the stupid, frustrating stuff that gets in the way of YOU and reading comics.” That’s what Danny Rand, Iron Fist, said in the first issue of Matt Fraction and Terry Dodson’s new Defenders series. I’m here to make sure that nothing gets in the way [...]
The first new releases of 2012
By Chris Troy Well okay, the title’s kind of a lie. Most of the new stuffs we’ll be looking at came in towards the end of 2011, but you know, I was busy playing catch up with the best of list and attending MAGfest (which again, was awesome). However most of the awesome new arrivals [...]
Recommended: Casanova TP Volume 1, Luxuria
Reason numero uno to be cheerful if you’re a comics fan on this January Wednesday? The re-release of Casanova in graphic novel format. Meet Casanova Quinn: prodigal son of a law-and-order family hell-bent on keeping the world safe and sound, now blackmailed into betraying his father and the international law enforcement organization he controls. LUXURIA [...]
Matt Fraction in Marvel Winter Games Video
Because it seems I love to post vids, today may you enjoy Marvel’s latest Twisted Toyfare Theater/Robot Chicken-esque What The–?! offering- featuring Matt Fraction! Not really my thing, normally, but a special appearance by one of my favorite comic writers hooked me. The kids’ll love it. MODOK and Fraction, kids. Alright, you’ve been granted your [...]
Best Comic Buys and Reviews
Forbidden Planet would like to congratulate Devin T. “Unkiedev” Quin for his nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in the “Worst Crossword Puzzle” category. All of us here at the Forbidden Planet Weekly Planet wish Mr. Quin “The Best of Luck!”
SDCC: Eisner Award Winners.
Last night the Eisner Awards were hosted and virtually everyone covered it. Below is a list of all the winners. Best Publication for Kids * Amulet, Book 1: The Stonekeeper, by Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic Graphix) * Cowa! by Akira Toriyama (Viz) * Princess at Midnight, by Andi Watson (Image) * Stinky, by Eleanor Davis (RAW [...]
SDCC: Matt Fraction is all things “Iron Man”.
That is certainly a good thing. From consulting on the “Iron Man 2″ movie, to being nominated for an Eisner for his work on “Invincible Iron Man” it now surfaces that Matt Fraction is writing the video game version of Jon Favreau’s film. The trailer premiered at Comic Con. Along with this bit of news, [...]