Comic News
Month: February 2013
Comics and Graphic Novels
Nemo Heart of Ice Now in Stock
NEW from Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill, two masters of the comics medium who, when releasing new work, the very ground should tremble and humanity cower in awe…. It’s the Nemo Heart of Ice original […]
Bongo
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 12: An Armored Space Station With Enough Power.
The reviews are in! I was told this week that my column is mostly me “talking about yourself for 2 pages and then recommending a book.” While technically that is more of a synopsis than […]
Comic Book Movies
Live from New York, a chance to give us your money!
S’up FPNYC Faithful? This week I though I try something different and take some pictures of stuff I thought was neat IN-STORE, capturing our merchandise LIVE in it’s natural environment! And that doesn’t excite you, […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
SH Figuarts Black Condor Review
Okay, okay, I’ll admit, I haven’t seen Jetman yet! I don’t have an excuse really; everybody (“YOU MEAN NERDS!”-Chris) considers it to be one of the best Sentai series of the 1990’s. Still, I’ve always […]
Gundam
Webshop Exclusives and You!
In all my years of collecting, I’ve come to notice one thing that is the bane of almost every collector’s existence: exclusives. In a time that doesn’t seem so long ago, mail-away exclusives used […]
Anime
Master Grade Sinanju Version Ka Build Log-FINSHED
It’s done. I have conquered the beast. No, this thing wasn’t a beast. The Unicorn Gundam is a beast. The Sinanju is more like a full-blown demon. There are those kits that we fear. […]
Contests
BATH SALT ZOMBIES in FP!
On Saturday March 9th from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. “BATH SALT ZOMBIES ” the incredibly wild new independent horror film, will be throwing a release party at FORBIDDEN PLANET! The film is brought to […]
Comic News
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 11: The Death Star!
Hello loyal readers. How was your week? Not that anyone asked but I had a good one. Well it was good until Forbidden Planet’s Tech Wizard/6th member of Modest Mouse, Tyler, threatened me. It turns […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
STICK IN THE MUD OF TIME
The best comedians are often self-loathing, depressed freakazoids. Eric Powel, writer and artist on The Goon must HATE himself more than a Slayer fan who has run out of razor blades, because that cat is […]
Anime
Master Grade Sinanju Version Katoki Buildlog part 1
I have never gone up against a more frustrating model kit in my entire life. Now, earlier I spoke of how the Version Katoki kits are essentially the gold standards of Master Grades these days, […]
Dark Horse
Toy Fair 2013: SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
Toy Fair has happen and me start this article by thanking whatever Hasbro employee is reading this site on the regular, or stalking me elsewhere, internet or in real life. The fruits of your research […]
Comic Book Movies
NECA Big Red Predator Review
While I have more or less sworn off Western toys in varying forms, I have made the decision to still purchase a select few. These will only be special examples; like, one-off figures I just […]
Holiday!
Happy Valen’s Day 2013!
Happy Valen’s Day fellow nerderinos! Enjoy it, even if you’re not Minbari. ALSO! On a personal note, some advice when it comes to PDA’s this “holiday” that I try to stick to… “Please, Captain. Not […]
Comic News
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 10: To The Empire’s Ultimate Weapon!
Sometimes people in positions of power royally #@$% things up. I’ve never had the amazing opportunity to do this before, but this new year has been all about new experiences for me. After 9 brutal […]
Holiday!
Valentine’s Day Shopping Help Part 1 FPNYC 2013 Bestsellers
Valen’s Day is coming up, and for those of you still stuck for a gift for the geek in your life (and for those of you interested in Forbidden Planet sales… stalkers) here’s a quick […]
Anime
Toy Fair 2013 is going down, and we’re not there!
Happy Saturday everyone! Hopefully the snow didn’t mess up your weekend plans too bad, and if they did, I feel for you and can relate. I HAD MUSEUM PLANS TODAY DAMMIT! As the title implies, […]
Other Topics
THE OPPOSITE OF OPPOSITE
Time for some incredible comics! I thought last week had some good books, but it is like the amazing titles from last week were bombarded by Gamma Radiation and then given an atomic wedgie! These […]
Comic News
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 9: Rebel Spies Managed To Steal Secret Plans…
I am writing this column a day earlier than I usually do in hopes that with more time it will be better written and better researched. Weird thing is I didn’t do any more research […]
DC Comics
A return to form
What’s this? An article where I can get by without talking about Square Enix releases?!? Why yes, yes it is! Of course that means returning to the old hotness, talking about comic book related merch, […]