Archie Comics
Dean Haspiel Signing January 8th
IMPORTANT! DATE CHANGE! The Fox Signing will now be on the same day as our MINIMUM WAGE #1 on January 8th at the same time! YES! We’re really digging Dean’s new series THE FOX, and […]
Month: December 2013
Comics and Graphic Novels
Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever Number 4 is Here
In the final installment of the greatest love story ever told, about the domestic life of “Henry” and “Glenn” as well as their neighbors “Daryl” and “John,” we are treated to three new short stories. (similarities […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Bob Fingerman Signing January 8th
Bob Fingerman will be signing at FP once again on January 8th, 2014. This time around it’s to celebrate the release of Minimum Wage #1 (Image), the first new issue of his classic series in […]
Boom! Studios
Troy’s Toys, but with Comics: Top 5 for 2013 part 1
Happy post-whatever you celebrated/are celebrating “dear” reader. The Santa-man was pretty good to me this year, which was nice because Christmas is expensive y’all. So yeah, it’s the final week of 2013, and my video […]
Cartoons
An X-MAS Tale!
The portal opened five feet from his left, and Wolverine watched the lanky, muscled frame of his former teammate and friend step out onto the snowy grounds of the Jean Gray School for Gifted Students. […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Troy Toy’s But With Comics: Very fill in. Such Rush. Wow.
This is the last big release week in 2013, and man, it ended on kind of a downer comics-wise. 4 out of the 5 Marvel books I pulled had more than 1 artist attached to […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
New Comic Book Day Ain’t Wednesday for the Next Two Weeks
Heads up- this week New Comic Book Day will be Christmas Eve (we’ll be open from 9am-8pm). It’ll also be Tuesday next week (New Year’s Eve, when we’ll be open 9am-8pm as well). Here’s this […]
Other Topics
Looking for Something in Particular?
It’s been a wild Holiday shopping season here at The Planet and there are only a few more days of Holiday rush left. We are indeed packed w/ great gifts for a broad range of […]
Holiday!
Happy Holidays!
Wishing everyone Happy Hay Days and a Happy Neigh Year. 2014 is the year of the horse…get it? (Neigh Year pun courtesy of David Sandlin’s holiday card) Holiday Hours 9am-10pm Sunday-Tuesday 8am-midnight Wednesday 9am-midnight […]
Music
Twitter Giveaway – Emily Kinney at The Gramercy Theatre 12/22/13
We’re giving away two tickets to one lucky @fpnyc Twitter follower to see Emily Kinney (The Walking Dead‘s Beth) perform at The Gramercy Theatre on the 22nd. All ya gotta do to enter is retweet THIS […]
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PLAYING CATCH UP: Wolverine and the X-men volumes 6 & 7
Wolverine and the X-men volumes 6/7 Words by Jason Aaron Art by Ramon Perez (vol 6), Pasqual Ferry and Nick Bradsaw (vol 7) Marvel, $17.99 for volume 6 (5 issues), $19.99 for volume 7 (6 […]
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Forbidden Planet Holiday Hours 2013
Here are Forbidden Planet’s hours of operation through New Year’s Day. The top portion are our regular hours, followed by exceptions for this Holiday Season. 9am-10pm Sunday-Tuesday 8am-midnight Wednesday 9am-midnight Thursday-Saturday Sunday December 22nd and […]
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Troy’s Toys, but with Comics: Small Week.
QUICK REC: I’m not sure how much you, the reader, may or may not be interested in WWE wrestling (aka “The Wrestle”), but if you are, you NEED to flip through WWE Superstars‘ debut this […]
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Feel Free to Ask the FPNYC Mail Order Staff to Draw on Your Boxes
There’s plenty more happy hairy nipples where that came from. Please keep in mind: I don’t do dragons.
Comics and Graphic Novels
New Comic Book Day December 11th 2013
It’s NCBD(!) and there’s a bunch of great new books on our shelves… Recommended: Celebrated Summer by Charles Forsman, the first Sheltered TP, Doc Savage #1, Snapshot by Andy Diggle and Jock, Batman Black & […]
Holiday!
Logical holiday gifts for the Trekkie in your life.
What up holiday shoppers! It’s time to boldly go where no other gift idea has gone before… the Star Trek section! We got the geeky goods that will put a smile on even the most […]
Fantasy
A Holiday Themed Holiday Gift Idea List!
We’re getting geared up for a Merry Meta Holiday Gift Idea List! That’s right, a holiday gift idea list based around holiday themed gifts… give me a break it’s Monday night and I’m running short […]
Image Comics
Troy’s Toys, but with Comics: Crimes againist Inhumanity
FPNYC Faithful, I have a sore throat and IT IS THE WORST, PLEASE SEND HELP/A NEW THROAT. Inhumanity #1 Matt Fraction/Oliver Coipel/Leinil Yu, Dustin Weaver/ Mark Morales/Laura Martin Marvel, $3.99, 40 pages THIS WEEK IN […]
Books
Gift Ideas: Star Wars Holiday Special
A long time ago in a comic book shop far, far away… all your holiday shopping was taken care of in one shot! Just spend a few minutes with me and I’ll fill you with […]
Boom! Studios
What time is it? Adventure Time Gift Idea List Time!
Another day, another gift idea list! In the last couple of years Adventure Time has become one of those trail blazing pop culture phenomenons that just doesn’t seem to have a foreseeable end to its […]