Cartoonist and former employee Austin English (Christina and Charles, Windy Corner) is producing a series of nifty paper mache hand puppets as he freezes his ass off in Stockholm, Sweden. Largely an attempt to pay […]
Now a copy of Batman’s 1st appearance has sold for over $1,000,000. One million, seventy-five thousand, five hundred dollars to be exact, through Heritage Auctions. Same M.O. as last week’s Action #1 sale (only this […]
Totally meant to publish this yesterday at the height of its relevancy, but congratulations and happy 5th anniversary to Joe Gordon and the rest of our colleagues at the Forbidden Planet International Blog!!! It’s hard […]
Our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends on his passing.
Because it seems I love to post vids, today may you enjoy Marvel’s latest Twisted Toyfare Theater/Robot Chicken-esque What The–?! offering- featuring Matt Fraction! Not really my thing, normally, but a special appearance by one […]
A copy of Superman’s first appearance has sold for… ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!! The rare comic was sold by an anonymous party to an anonymous buyer (Shaq? Apparently not, as the sucker buyer is purported to […]
New this week to Forbidden Planet’s YouTube page is Matt D (manager, T-Shirt buyer, horror expert, all-around swell dude), discussing TROMA films in all their magnificent lowbrow splendor, and our event with Lloyd Kaufman on […]
To say that I was excited to get my grubby mitts on Mr. Hill’s new novel would be a gross understatement. Having thoroughly enjoyed- and, quite frankly, having had the bejeezus frightened outta me by- […]
Yes, the majority of the toy world’s focus is centered on Toy Fair (being held this week here in NYC at the craptacular Javits Center) and all the neat-o toys coming out in the future. […]
To quote a former employee and FP buddy, with regards to Mr. Williams signing at Forbidden Planet NYC, “Mother of God.” Indeed. We’re honored to have him. Hope you can make it, but if not […]
Is your sweetie a LOST fan? Consider passing them a LOST-themed Valentine from artist Lee Bretschneider. Also, if you dig these, you may also dig one of the artist’s other clever prints. They may be […]
…Wherein I hastily breeze through an overview of various Alice in Wonderland illustrated editions, discuss one of my single favorite books of all time, and demonstrate how one might make an ass out of one’s […]
Holy cats! Two weeks from tonight! Midnight release!
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art here in NYC is running an exhibition of the original art for the entire issue of Amazing Spider-Man #50, as pencilled by John Romita Jr. with inks by […]
Jimmy Palmiotti’s shares some pics from the forthcoming Jonah Hex flick with us. Josh Brolin looks fantastic in the titular role, if nigh on unrecognizable, no? The film is slated for a June 18th, 2010 […]
Heavy Metal magazine and Tor Books are joining together to produce a line of books combining noir fiction and fantastic/SF art. Heavy Metal Pulp aims to partner the top illustrators and designers from Heavy Metal […]
Marvel’s giving us a chance to peruse the first six pages of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s (both of Civil War fame) next project (due to release 3/3/10) here. This being a Millar book from […]
Select toys uploaded to forbiddenplanetusa.com today… Battlestar Galactica Tigh & Gaeta 2-pack Accessories included: sidearms, Dradis display, clipboard, and, of course… HOOCH! Transformers Revenge of the Fallen N.E.S.T. Battlefield Bumblebee & Infiltration Soundwave 2pk. Classic […]
The final season of LOST kicks off tonight, and though I am a fan I will not be watching as I’ll be managing FPNYC, hawking wares, getting ready for a big Wednesday, and generally covering […]
Via press release: VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, will release the science fiction feature 20th CENTURY BOYS 2: THE LAST HOPE on DVD on February […]
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