TV
Have a Cluckety Cluck Cluck Day
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 […]
Articles by Jeff Ayers
Comic Book Movies
Live Action 20th Century Boys 2
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 […]
Comic Book Movies
Lynch & Herbert on Dune, Cameron’s Apology to Giger, & More
Russ Fischer at /Film has posted all six parts of a fascinating conversation between Dune visionaries Frank Herbert and David Lynch, recorded for Waldenbooks in 1983. Letters of Note features James Cameron’s response to H.R. […]
Toys
Playing With Toys 1/29/10
fptransmissions presents the first in a series of videos in which we demonstrate various toys we sell. A wage slave from the FP toy department, the incomparable Mr. Alec Lewellyn, kicks things off. WARNING! This […]
Comic Book Movies
Daft Punk: The Crash
Could this be an official track from the French duo’s Tron Legacy score? Internet scuttlebutt says so. Very much in line with Wendy Carlos’ iconic music for the first film, with some signature Daft Punk […]
Toys
Thursday Toys
Sorry for not getting this out there this past Tuesday, as my plan calls to do every week, but as is the case in the hustle and bustle of my life in geek retail, my […]
Stuff We Like
The Art of Saskia Lenis
Y’know those sciffy characters above on the DP’s header and sprinkled throughout ForbiddenPlanetUSA.com’s pages? Well, those are the work of Ms. Saskia Lenis, who, aside from having served as the New York City’s Store’s resident […]
Comic Book Movies
Countdown to 12/17/10
‘Round this time of year I’d normally be much more absorbed by a wholly different countdown (Mets pitchers and cathers = 20 days and counting), but I’ve just seen something that has set my geekalogical […]
Other Topics
Heroes 4 Haiti
In light of this morning’s aftershock near Port-au-Prince I thought I’d do my small part in further highlighting a noble effort by members of the comic community to aid the victims of this tragedy. Heroes […]
Vertigo
Oh Happy Day!
New Grant Morrison comics published by Vertigo! Joe the Barbarian #1 Plus, it’s one of the publisher’s introductory-priced first issues (of 8, so don’t expect a TP anytime soon- might be best to follow the […]
Toys
Tuesday Toys
TONS of toys arrived at Forbidden Planet USA today, all of which I will tell you about right now: Hot Toys X-Men Origins Wolverine 12″ Features include: Newly developed Hot Toys hirsute muscular figure body […]
Events
MANNION!
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Drawn & Quarterly
Kai-Ming Cha’s Top Ten Manga of 2009
Well-respected manga blogger and FP buddy Kai-Ming Cha has posted her Top Ten Manga of 2009 list, along with some industry analysis, to Publishers Weekly. Comprised mostly of titles geared for an older readership (sorry, […]
Anime
Upcoming Events @ Forbidden Planet NYC
Happy New Year! Sorry we’ve not been around much over the Holiday Season, but I promise a return to daily posting starting now. That being said, Forbidden Planet NYC is hosting an event this coming […]
Stuff We Like
Graphic Novels as Gifts: NY Times & Doctorow
The Times has published an article with recommendations of gifty graphic novels for the 2009 holiday season. I’ll have my own in the next few days, but theirs is an eclectic bag and includes many […]
Holiday!
FP Travel Guide- Thanksgiving ’09 Edition
We here at the Planet know what a grind traveling on Thanksgiving holiday weekend can be. My dad moved to Jersey in the 90s and I can personally attest to the many varied horrors of […]
Other Topics
Fantagraphics’ The Comics Journal to Get Massive Overhaul
Dirk Deppey reports on The Journal’s new direction/formats, starting with the release of issue #300… The Comics Journal’s Cup Runneth Over OCTOBER 28, SEATTLE, WA — The Comics Journal is about to take two major […]
Music
R. Crumb and the East River String Band
The Wall Street Journal has an article up discussing R. Crumb’s musical interests and, indeed, prowess. Written by Will Friedwald it includes a report on his recent set with The East River String Band (who […]
Events
NYC TO DO 10/29
Where all the hep cats’ll be tonight: We really dig this book, and its contributors are good peoples. Get’cher butt to Brooklyn.
Graphic Novels
Nightmares NYC and The Zombie Survival Guide
For those of you who’ve not experienced NIGHTMARE’s annual haunted houses the last few years here in NYC you’re really missing out. Those in the know will tell ya, the productions are top notch, the creatives involved dedicated and intensely passionate, and the whole shebang is usually a scarifying adrenaline rush rarely obtained outside of an encounter with a Lamia (watched Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell last night, hence the reference… Man alive was that neat-0). NIGHTMARE creator Timothy Haskell and his crew work on this show all year long and it shows. […]