Anime
Review: Master Grade Gundam GP02A
By Loran I’m going to be honest-I’m not much of a Master Grade person. Don’t get me wrong, they’re very nice kits-some of the best money can buy. But their more complex construction, silly hands, […]
Month: September 2010
Comics and Graphic Novels
Infinite Sadness: Aquaman
Comic books have a tragic hero to rival the heart wrenching figures of classic literature, such as Quasimodo, Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Dobby the magical house elf. Often disreguarded and certainly underrated, this comic […]
fantagraphics
Love & Rockets New Stories Voume 3
TOPS on my shopping list this week. Followed closely by Johnny Ryan’s new Prison Pit book. Hooray for Fantagraphics. Hooray. Mmmmm.
Manga
Dog Days Are Over: New Manga Releases
By Mat K. If anyone has met me in the last 6 months you may be aware that I adore Florence & The Machine, and you may recognize the title of this week’s article as […]
Comic News
How To Get The Most Out of New York Comic Con
Tickets are not yet sold out for the New York Comic Con, but as sure as there’s a lame cross-title summer even in the works for both DC and Marvel this year, those tickets are […]
Horror
No Win Scenario
We Trekkies have fought many battles throughout the years (social stigma, Ringers, post-nasal drip, and excessive chafing from our Klingon wigs all come to mind), and not all of us are equipped with an Ahn-woon. […]
Video Games
Wa-Hoooo! 25 Years of Super Mario Bros.
The original Super Mario Bros. game was released in Japan on this day twenty-five years ago. Here’s a video history to celebrate how much of our lives we have wasted spent controlling the adventures of […]
Dark Horse
Getting Your PhD in Horribleness
The new Dr. Horrible TP from Dark Horse. Recommend.
Anime
News from the Front: September 2010
By Christopher Troy I completely missed an update for August, but low and behold the latest in Gundam/Gunpla news from the FPNYC blog. This week we’ll be looking into new releases, other series Bandai has […]
Comic Book Movies
New TRON Legacy Teaser Poster: Quorra
Olivia Wilde’s character, Quorra… traversing the Grid in heels. In other TRON Legacy news I picked up a neat-o Identity Disc slash frisbee at the shop yesterday. Looks great, flies like poop… but who cares […]
Anime
Series Review: Super Robot War kits
By Loran This isn’t going to be so much a review, per se, as it will be an evaluation, if that makes any sense. I’m not going to be talking about Bandai kits this time-instead, […]
Toys
What We’re Playing With
…Not a full deck, I can tell ya that. No, what we’re playing with this week is a 19″ tall Galactus toy from Hasbro. Lurking in the depths of space, the cosmic being known as […]
Anime
Review: HGOO Tieren Taozi
I gotta say, when Gundam 00 was first announced, I was pretty ecstatic and really looking forward to it-the setting sounded interesting and plausible, the mecha were a breath of fresh air, and the characters […]
Comic Book Movies
Get a Clu!
Been a helluva day but I’m dogged and relentless (LET ME AT ‘EM!). END OF LINE.
Anime
Satoshi Kon, Reincarnate Please!
By Mat K. I know this is a day late, but it is by far not a dollar short. You may have heard the sad news last week, and if you have not, let me […]
Anime
Reviewtech: Fate/Stay Figmas
By Christopher Troy Happy belated Labor Day FP readers. I’ve returned from Dragon*Con in Atlanta,GA, spending 4 days drunk and looking at people in odd fitting costumes. Now that I’m back, I’m here to feature […]
Other Topics
BP: Making It Right, FP: Introducing Taylor White
Chances are if you’ve received a mail order from FP in the last few weeks it’s been packed and processed by our colleague Taylor White. You may also have had congress with him via email […]
Science Fiction
Forbidden Planet NYC on Sci Fi Science
Mark your calendars, my fellow science nerderinos. I’ve just learned the dates FP and some of our customers and staff are set to appear on The Science Channel’s new season of Sci Fi Science. What […]
Comic Reviews
How is Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8?
Buffy season 8 started out as an exciting new development in the history of comic books. Where Television had disappointed fans by ending a popular show, comic books would pick up the slack and give […]
Anime
Review HGUC GM Blue Destiny
by Loran The Gundam video games, while seldom important to the “big picture” of the Gundam Universe, often give us nice little side-stories or chances to blow stuff up with our favorite mobile suits. But […]