The Weekly Pulse – December 14th, 2011
We’re back, baby! Another week’s recap of the latest in comics and toys with your host Dan Roth and Morgan on camera!
Walking Dead TP Volume 15 at 50 Precent Off
Now through 11:59pm of Wednesday December 14th, get your copy of the new Walking Dead TP from Forbidden Planet NYC for half off! *NOTE: This book is shipping now from fpnyc.com and will be on sale in-store on Wednesday the 14th when we open at 9am.
October 21st Walking Dead Panel YOU ARE INVITED
Attention Forbidden Planet NYC firends and customers! You are hereby invited to a super rad, FREE, Walking Dead event featuring Robert Kirkman this coming Friday night! It’s part of an all day multi-media jam, so check out the details (there are a few caveats- first and foremost you must RSPV as space is limited) below. [...]
Witch Doctor #0
The new Image title Witch Doctor dropped this week as the flip side of Walking Dead #85. So after reading the Walking Dead (which was another mind blowing issue) I was all hyped on reading this Witch Doctor. As a horror enthusiast I love seeing new genre comics being released. Especially a non-zombie related one, no [...]
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 [...]
Walking Dead DVD/Blu-ray Pre-order
Last night I finally finished watching AMC’s The Walking Dead television show. I know I’m way behind, but I don’t have cable and was having a hard time getting to someone’s house, with cable, who also wanted to watch this. After the first two episodes it just didn’t seem worth the effort to be at [...]
LOOKEE! for 10/26/10
Saturn and Titan, dolled up for Halloween Brian Wood talks Northlanders: The Plague Widow at the DC/Vertigo blog. Marvel is looking for interns. Superman: Earth One profiled in The New York Post. Eddie Campbell video from Italy in 2009, via the Forbidden Planet International blog. Toy customizer extraordinaire John Mallamas interviewed at MTV Geek. The [...]
These Aren’t the Opening Credits to The Walking Dead on AMC
…but I sure wish they were. Fan Daniel Kanemoto made this.
Better Read Than Dead
Hello, kiddies! Consdider this a friendly reminder from your slayborhood comic book guy that Walking Dead TP Volume 12 hits Forbidden Planet’s shelves today. They call this blood-curdling tale of terror “Life Among Them.”
SDCC: Eisner Award Winners 2010
The Eisner Awards were presented Friday evening in concurrence with Comic-Con International at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. Onstage guests included the cast of the imminent Scott Pilgrim film, Thomas Jane, Ben Garant (Reno 911), voice actor Phil Lamarr (Futurama, Samurai Jack). The event was MC’d by Maurice LaMarche (“The Brain,” from Pinky & The [...]
Walking Dead TV Series Given Greenlight by AMC
It’s official. According to Variety shooting on the Frank Darabont-helmed Walking Dead series (not just a pilot, as previously reported) will begin shortly, and is scheduled to air this coming October. AMC has ordered a total of six episodes of the series that revolves around a group of survivors of a zombie apocalypse. Darabont penned [...]
“Walking Dead” being brought to AMC.
Looks like Robert Kirkman’s critically acclaimed series “Walking Dead” will be getting the pilot treatment from Frank Darabont and will hopefully air on AMC. According to Variety, the “Green Mile” writer/director is very close to a deal to adapt this series for AMC: Joel Stillerman, AMC’s senior veep of programming, production and original content, said [...]