Manga
Butlers And Vigilantes
By Mat K. There are quite a few books this week, and also a lot of premiers, so let’s jump right into it. Finally, after you have all waited with bated breath, here comes the […]
Month: April 2010
Events
FCBD Update: Thomas Hall
Thomas Hall, co-creator and writer of Robot 13, shall be joining our FCBD celebration from 1130am-1pm Satuday the 1st, proffering issues 1-3 of one of the best indy-sciffy-horror-monster comics ever produced and handing out free […]
Anime
Gundam Double-OH YEAH!: The 4 meisters Gundam review part 1
By Christopher Troy Heya folks! Since I mentioned the Dynames in last week’s review, I figured I would review that kit first first, as I already have it constructed, and I’ve mentioned it twice so […]
Drawn & Quarterly
Wilson, By Daniel Clowes
…is out today. It’s kind of a big deal. You should pick it up. In his all-new graphic novel, one of the leading cartoonists of our time, Daniel Clowes, creates a thoroughly engaging, complex and […]
Boom! Studios
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 […]
Anime
The Arche Gundam construction: Part 3
By Keith It’s that time again- time for part 3 of the HG Arche build. We’re starting to get to some of the more fun bits, but also some of the more annoying ones, especially […]
Anime
Kitbashing the GM Sniper Custom
By Loran Ever since Bandai started making new kits of some of their class mecha back in the nineties, builders have been looking for ways to add some of the MSV designs to the ranks. […]
Anime
Gunplay Review: Cherudim Gundam
By Christopher Troy Despite (in my opinion) a weak 2nd Season (also see Code Geass R2). One of the things I liked about Gundam 00 was how unique the mecha design was for the series. […]
TV
Comic Fans! Bored to Death? Get Paid For It!
Do you wanna make more money being bored? Sure, we all do. Now here’s your chance to turn your passion into some moolah… and possibly be immortalized on a hit television show. Comer & Gallucio […]
Manga
New Magic the Gathering Release:Eldrazi To Invade Zendikar!
By Mat K. Don’t worry folks, the manga news isn’t phased out this week, I can still get to it in a minute. But for all of you who come upstairs know that aside from […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Publisher IDW Takes the Lead
IDW Has surpassed Dark Horse and Image last week to take up the mantle of the industries third largest publisher. How things change. How did they do it? There’s no magical secret, they did the […]
Boom! Studios
Farscape Signing at Forbidden Planet NYC
Time to anounce another keen event going down at the store this week, this one celebrating the fantastic new Farscape comics published by BOOM! David Alan Mack and Will Sliney are the script writer/artist team […]
Anime
Decal Tutorial
By Loran Waterslide decals are sort of a staple of model kits. I’m not quite sure how far these things go back, but my dad was using them on airplane models when he was a […]
Anime
The Arche Gundam part 2
By Keith Welcome back, model-monkeys! Last time you were subjected to my semi-coherent pontification, we began construction of Bandai’s High Grade 00-series Arche Gundam. This week we’ll be continuing where we left off- moving on […]
Comic Book Movies
That’s One Kick-Ass Party, Man!
It’s finally April 16th, and that means the release of the highly anticipated Kick-Ass flick in Amercian theaters. If you’re in or around Union Square today (it’s playing across the street from the store!!!) come […]
Anime
Gooey Centers And Juicy Goodness
Well then, now that the initial flood weeks have gone by we are left with a much shorter release list, but we will not let you down! First off, Viz is releasing a couple new Japanese novels, those special kind with the anime flavor without actually being related to any one series. Slum Online by Hiroshi Sakurazaka (the writer of All You Need Is Kill) is about about boy named Etsuro who is a college freshman whose life sucks. So of course he gets drawn into the alluring world of MMORPGs where he can be an awesome karate master who can handle anything. In his digital fantasy, who will be his greatest opponent: the seemingly invisible Slasher Jack, or Etsuro’s would-be girlsfriend Fumiko? […]
Comic News
New Comic Releases: #1 Comic Issues
There’s two businesses to Comic Books. In one, artists and writers try (And mind you I did say TRY) to draw, write and create the most amazing, spectacular sequential story they possibly can. On a monthly title, surpassing past successes can be a daunting challenge. […]
Anime
The Strike Series Variants part 2
By Christopher Troy And welcome to part 2. We only have 2 kits to look at this time, so let’s cut to the chase right? This is the MBF-02 Strike Rogue, which appeared in Gundam […]
Anime
Gunpla Double Feature Removing Paint and Kitbashing Ramba Ral’s Zaku Part 2
By Loran Welcome back! My Zaku is as finished as it’s going to be for now, but I still have a bit of progress and other advice to show you. This modification here is rather […]
Awards
Eisner Award Nominations 2010
This year’s Eisner Award nominations have been announced. Presented at a gala event during San Diego Comic-Con in July, the Awards are named after Will Eisner and are voted on by comics creators, editors, publishers, […]