Toys
Halo Anniversary Master Chief Review
By Loran Gimmick figures tend to be kind of a mixed bag to me. By “gimmick” I don’t mean something like spring-loaded weapons or whatever, I mean something based around an idea, like say, a […]
Month: January 2012
Signings
In-Store Signing with Chad Hensley and Shade Rupe!
Thursday, January 19th at 7pm come by Forbidden Planet NYC and meet Chad Hensley of EsoTerra: The Journal of Extreme Culture and Shade Rupe of Dark Stars Rising! * * * About Chad Hensley and […]
Comic Book Movies
CHATTERBOX, this Saturday!
Saturday, January 14th at 11:30pm! From SpectacleTheater.com… Saturday / January 14th, MidnightChatterbox! (presented by Horror Boobs)Directed by Tom DiSimone1977, 73mins, English Things start getting a bit problematic for Penelope when her vagina begins to voice […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Cover Bland
This past weekend I picked up a back issue for a strange little 70’s monster comic called Creatures on the Loose #13 from Marvel. WHY? Because it featured a shaggy white monstrosity in a gold […]
Comic Book Movies
Poultrygeist and Chripy at the Anthology Film Archives
Anthology Film Archives will be screening Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead and John Goras’ Award winning Chirpy on Friday, January 14th, 2012 at 9:00 PM. Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment, Creator of The Toxic […]
Indie Comics
Morgan Pielli’s Pile of Minis: Fuff #8 & Spider Monkey #1
Welcome to another edition of mini-comics reviews! Today’s selections were chosen without any sort of over-riding theme in mind, so let’s just jump right in and take a look at what we’ve got this week: […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
The best of 2011: Super Late Edition part 2
by Chris Troy And we’re back! By now you’re probably all expecting me to start creaming my pants over the 2011 Marvel Universe offerings, and this WILL happen, but let me address my other picks […]
Anime
Best of 2011: Super late edition part 1
By Chris Troy My 2012 is off to a brutal start, as the first day of the year started with me having no power in half of my apartment for 4 days, but rebounded when […]
Dark Horse
The Weekly Pulse – January 5th, 2012
DC Number Fives are all the rage this week, but let’s not forget the amazing Mud Man, the fantastic Feral, the always great Goon, and the favorite of the bunch: Fatale. Plus, there’s a new […]
Anime
SH Figuarts Shadowmoon Review
By Loran Kamen Rider villains are something you don’t see too often in the main SH Figuarts line. Early on, Bandai experimented by doing the gold, silver, and bronze Riders from the Kamen Rider Kabuto […]
Anime
SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Black review
By Loran While the SH Figuarts line has primarily focused on the Heisei era of Kamen Riders, every now and then we get to see a Showa Rider or two. Naturally, the first one Bandai […]
DC Comics
Welcome to the Year of the Penguin
WHAT a party! We had such a crazy good time at our Forbidden Planet 2012 New Years party that we rocked for NOT 1, NOT 2 but 356 consecutive days straight. That’s right…when we sobered […]
Indie Comics
Morgan Pielli’s Pile of Minis: La Petite Mort and Oak & Linden #1
Welcome to the newest, bestest year of them all! The universe has decided to save the best for last, so as we count down the Mayan calendar, let’s take a look at some of the […]