Jeff Ayers, Author at The Daily Planet

Diamond Select Munsters Figures

October 19, 2011 Jeff Ayers Comments Off

In stock now and pretty neat-o!

October 21st Walking Dead Panel YOU ARE INVITED

October 17, 2011 Jeff Ayers 2

Attention Forbidden Planet NYC firends and customers! You are hereby invited to a super rad, FREE, Walking Dead event featuring Robert Kirkman this coming Friday night! It’s part of an all day multi-media jam, so […]

Events

Art Spiegelman at the 92nd St Y This Thursday

October 4, 2011 Jeff Ayers Comments Off

92Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center presents Art Spiegelman—MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic In conversation with Hillary Chute Thursday, October 6, 8 PM To purchase tickets for just $10, please visit http://92y.org/Uptown/Event/Art-Spiegelman–MetaMaus-at-25.aspx First published in […]

Brewster, Fright Night, William Ragsdale, Roddy McDowall

Rotten Cotton New Arrivals

September 13, 2011 Jeff Ayers Comments Off

New shirts from Rotten Cotton in stock NOW in-store and online at fpnyc.com!!! Fright Night Hellraiser Big Trouble in Little China And the piece de resistance, Monster Squad There’s a bunch more that’ve come in, […]

Simon Pegg at Strand Books Monday June 13th

June 7, 2011 Jeff Ayers Comments Off

We’re co-sponsoring a Simon Pegg event at the Strand next Monday! In-store book signing with Simon Pegg, author of: Nerd Do Well: A Small Boy’s Journey to Becoming A Big Kid Presented by Forbidden Planet […]

Supporting Local Artists: It’s Sacred

April 27, 2011 Jeff Ayers Comments Off

By Shannon H. There is a small but strong wave of darkly satisfying manga this week. In particular, the long-awaited second volume of March Story, a lovely horror manhwa with the most elegant gothic drawings […]

Diamond Comics #6

April 26, 2011 Jeff Ayers Comments Off

In Stock and highly recommended, Diamond Comics #6! What is Diamond Comics? It’s a newspaper of experimental comics that blurs the lines between the worlds of illustration, graphic design, and comics. Inspired by similar experimental […]

KANEDAAAAA! TESUOOOOO!

April 20, 2011 Jeff Ayers Comments Off

By Shannon H. Despite all the great titles coming out this week, Black Butler Volume 5 and 20th Century Boys Volume 14 among them, there is only one thing to talk about at the moment, […]

47 Years of Doctor Who in 6 Minutes

April 18, 2011 Jeff Ayers 1

Though FPNYC is now officially old (but young in a cosmic sense!) we haven’t been around quite as long as Doctor Who (47 years and counting!). Catch up on nearly five decades of continuity with […]

Frank Quitely Conversation Event CBLDF Forbidden Planet NYC Wonder-Con

An Evening with Frank Quitely

April 1, 2011 Jeff Ayers Comments Off

Coming this Tuesday, April 5th… comic artist superstar Frank Quitely (We3, Batman and Robin) in conversation with Jose Villarrubia (Conan, Batman Year 100) a few blocks away from Forbidden Planet! Forbidden Planet’s hawking advance tickets […]

Lookee! for 2/4/11

February 4, 2011 Jeff Ayers Comments Off

Fascinating. Science writer Lee Billings has been guest blogging for BoingBoing this week, dissecting NASA’s big Kepler news and exploring other exoplanetary pursuits. Have ya heard the one about Bill Murray at a Bears playoff […]

Axe Cop Fan Film

January 29, 2011 Jeff Ayers Comments Off

Sweet Jeebus! Here’s a spectacular fan film based on the singularly amazing comic AXE COP. Kick Axe! Axe Cop: The Movie – Part 1 from Peter Muehlenberg on Vimeo.

Tree of Libery print by Paul Pope for the CBLDF

LOOKEE! for 1/28/11

January 28, 2011 Jeff Ayers Comments Off

Outrageous astronomical SF film goofs from Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy blogger for Discover magazine. Donate or renew your Comic Book Legal Defense Fund membership at the Protector or Champion level and receive a limited edition, […]

QR Codes at Forbidden Planet NYC

January 27, 2011 Jeff Ayers Comments Off

The above image is a QR code. What the hell is that? Well: A QR Code is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera phones. The code […]

Harlan Ellison J. Michael Straczynski Repent Harlequin Ticktockman

Best News I’ve Heard All Week- JMS Adapting Classic Ellison Story for the Big Screen

January 26, 2011 Jeff Ayers Comments Off

J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5, Amazing Spider-Man, Thor) is apparently shopping his adaptation of Unca Harlan’s “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Tictockman as a feature film. “Since this has apparently leaked onto several film-oriented websites, I […]