OCCUPY COMICS EVENT
May 22nd marks the public release of the first issue of a wild and fascinating comic collaboration. Occupy Comics #1 will be on shelves and we at Forbidden Planet recommend everyone get it. This is not only a comic that features the likes of Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, David Lloyd, Charlie Adlard, Marc Andreyko, Kevin [...]
Regular Show Signing!
This Wednesday the 15th at Forbidden Planet, Allison Strejlau will be in store at 6:30 signing copies of Regular Show #1! Allison is the regular monthly artist on this new comic series based off the immensely popular TV show. And if that wasn’t enough, Allison, lovely person that she is, will even be doing sketches! [...]
SIMPLY THE BEST
All of the Forbidden Planet crew had an excellent time this past weekend on Free Comic Books Day! I’m sorry I couldn’t make it out in person to see everybody, but I unfortunately don’t exist anymore since Wolverine and Sue Storm went back in time to “take care of some business” in Age of Ultron [...]
GREAT PACIFIC at FP
Wednesday May 1st at Forbidden Planet, JOE HARRIS; writer of GREAT PACIFIC, will be in store signing copies of the first volume in this new Image comics epic. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL (is it ever…), we’re also offering 40% off the trade all day on May 1st. AND! And…and everyone who buys the trade that [...]
HAM FISTED
The other day I was about to eat a ham sandwich when I suddenly realized I wasn’t hungry. No sooner had I put the thing down that it started to talk, telling me how it was a magical sandwich, that it was the prince of Hamsandwichia and how thankful it was that I spared its [...]
Image Comics Premiere Night with Bob Fingerman and the Creators of Five Ghosts
Coming Wednesday March 20th, the day both books release(!)… More details to come. Be here! UPDATED: Special guests will be joining us! Confirmed so far are Minimum Wage pin-up artists Dean Haspiel, Joe Infurnari, John Kerschbaum and Jeff Wong. Ben Templesmith will also be here to sign copies of the “Ghost” variant of Five Ghosts. [...]
Meet The Misfits & Osaka Popstar 2/6/13 7PM
Jeezum Crow! What an amazing event to start the year off kids! Forbidden Planet and Misfits Records are proud to present an in-store event of the utmost radical proportions. We plan to fill Forbidden Planet to the brim with Sexy Super-heroines and live undead punks! But what does it all mean? Well… It means on Wednesday [...]
The Weekly Pulse – Picard Man-Who-ver
Oh sure, we’ve got a bunch of hot new trades in this week; Batman Annual #1: Night of the Owls, Batman: Death by Design, Animal Man Annual #1. But the big news this week is: Star Trek the Next Generation Doctor Who Assimilation #1. Not just the comic, which we have; but the in-store signing [...]
The Weekly Pulse – Breaking the Mold
Mold! Mooooold! We have so much Mold! On VHS and DVD. The VHS version comes with a copy of the soundtrack on vinyl! The only way this set could be MORE retro would be if Thomas Edison himself showed up at your house upon purchase, to shake your hand and badmouth Nikola Tesla. Or if [...]
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 BATTLE OF BLOOD AND INK” In-Store Signing
Friday, June 8th 6:30pm only at Forbidden Planet NYC Meet JARED AXELROD & STEVE WALKER, creators of The BATTLE OF BLOOD AND INK: A Fable of the Flying City
Awesome Turnout for “Story of Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics” DVD Release Party!
This past Monday we had Ilko Davidov, the director of “The Story of Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics,” and several of the artists from the original comic series in the store! They signed copies of the new DVD as well as their own amazing artwork. Afterwards everyone headed over to the Cinema Village for a screening [...]
Footage from the Archie Meets KISS Signing!
Two weeks ago we had an in-store signing to celebrate the release of the collected Archie Meets Kiss, with guests writer Alex Segura and artist Dan Parent! Check out the video from it below!
The Weekly Pulse – Here’s the Beef
Well, you’ve all heard the news. Shia LaBeouf made two mini-comics. I can’t remember the last time a mini-comic has made quite a stir. Well, Dan takes a look at Mr. LaBeouf’s first foray into the land of mini-comics, as well all of the latest mainstream comics to come into the store. Plus the latest [...]