Life is Like a Hurricane
With the New York Comic Con behind us, what do we have to fill the thermos of our fickle attention spans? How about some choice graphic novels from this weeks new comics! DUCK TALES: RIGHTFUL OWNERS, Warren Spector (W), BOOM! Studios. Comics is too big a field to make statements like “Comics fans fall into [...]
Concrete is back baby!
Fact: Paul Chadwick’s Concrete is one of my favorite comics. Fiction: Buying Dark Horse Presents #1 (which features an all new COLOR Concrete story) will make you as cool as me. O.K. so it may not make you as cool as me, but it is packed from cover to cover with amazing comicy stuff by [...]
Superman Don’t Need No Seat Belt
I’ve just spent a day processing, reading, and generally fondling this week’s new release comic books, GNs, and art books. Though there’s a ton of great stuff hitting our shelves here’s my highest recommendation for the 10th of November, 2010. Superman vs. Muhammad Ali Deluxe HC- Oh, happy day. One of my most coveted comics [...]
Comic Books of the New Year
Last week’s reprieve from the comics publishing schedule meant we could save up our ducats for this week’s bumper crop! Of course, we spent that money on New Years beer and Karaoke. Sigh, time to break the piggie bank!
MarvelFest NYC 2009
Marvel is teaming up with Forbidden Planet NYC next Wednesday, October 28th, to bring fans an astonishing event in Union Square. The shebang kicks off with a chance to meet and get autographs from Neal Adams, Chris Claremont, and Dan Slott at the store, followed by a costume contest and the world premiere of the [...]
Neal Adams @ Graphic NYC
Graphic NYC has a terrific piece by Christopher Irving and Seth Kushner on comics luminary Neal Adams. Among other things Mr. Adams discusses next week’s debut of the Astonishing X-Men motion comic in Union Square (which Forbidden Planet is participating in with Marvel, the details of which can be seen here at The Beat but [...]
Schilling for This Coming Weekend’s Big Apple Comic-Con
Exhibiting at Big Apple Comic-Con 10/17-10/19 2009 Big Apple Comic-Con looms like a big geeky monster towering above me this week, as FP prepares to exhibit at the newly-acquired-by-Wizard show. Myself and the FPNYC staff are busy scurrying around the store packing boxes, inventorying our wares, making banners and signs, and yadda yadda yadda… all [...]