Events
Destroy All VHS
Coming to Brooklyn this Sunday July 10th, Wild Eye Releasing and Nitehawk Cinema present an event to sate the needs of any film freak. This ain’t no retro throw back, this is the real deal! Put […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Mini Comics
Morgan Pielli’s Pile of Minis: Mike Diana and the NSFW Band
If one is not careful, a fellow co-worker can cause an avalanche of mini-comics (or “comicslanch”, from the roots “comics” and “brucevilanch”) by speaking too loudly or inadvertently sitting on a Talking Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Shortpacked: Familiar Faces
By Chris Troy I’m sure by now, you, the Forbidden Planet blog reader, are dying to know what I think of the Green Lantern movie, as well as the DC Reboot this upcoming September (If […]
Dark Horse
Welcome Back Goon
Grab The Goon Issue #32 while you still can!!! Thank you Eric Powell.
Events
Alan Robert Signing at Forbidden Planet, NYC July 22nd @ 6PM!
Come and meet artist, writer, and musician Alan Robert! From his blog: Life of Agony bassist/Wire Hangers creator, Alan Robert, will be kicking off the release of his new comic book series, Crawl to Me (IDW Publishing) […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
A is for Asphyxiation
There comes a time in any comic book collector’s life where they must make a choice: do I buy supplies to protect my collection or do I just continue throwing them in a dingy old […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Lalala Mango And Animu
Manga Explosion 2011 seems to have calmed down a little, at least for the time being. Still, there is a decent offering of things to choose from this week if you’re looking for something new […]
Comic Book Movies
Fangoria resurrects Dead Format
Why do people look at me like I’m crazy when I say Fangoria is the best genre magazine on the shelf? I seriously read every horror related magazine that hits the shelves, from the old […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Department of Redundancy Dept
Three DC books out this week can sum up where the comic book industry started, where it went and where it is going. To whit: Justice League of America #58, Brightest Day Aftermath #1 of […]
DC Comics
Rise of the Green Lantern Merch part 2
By Chris Troy 52 is a pretty significant number to the DC Universe. Post-“Infinite Crisis” (by Geoff Johns and ton of talented artists), there were 52 different universes established. Then there was the follow up […]
Comic Book Movies
LunchmeatVHS.com
Screw your Blew-Ray Player, VHS is alive and well… but should I really be hipping you to this, or should I be hording all the info in fear of increased competition? Of course I’ll let […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Costume, Partly
COSTUME CHANGE EDITION Costumes shouldn’t be changed, ever. Trust me, I know. I’ve been wearing the same feety pajamas and diaper my parents brought me home from the hospital in for over thirty years now. […]
Mini Comics
Morgan Pielli’s Pile of Minis 6-15-11
“Only you yourself can be your liberator.” “Science, I’m going to plant a bomb under your ass!!” –Wilhelm Reich What many do not know about the mole people of the subter-land labyrinths of the hollow […]
Comic DVDs
The Rise of the Green Lantern merchandise
By Chris Troy Howdy Forbidden Planet faithful! As you know, this is a HUGE week for DC Comics/ Warner Bros films as “Green Lantern” opens in theaters across America. Aside from Chris Nolan’s Batman stuff, […]
Mini Comics
Morgan Pielli’s Pile of Minis 6/9/11
The pile continues to smother me in her inky embrace; once more I reach my dusty mit into her toothy hide and pluck free three mini-comics at random. — Water and Fall by Martine Workman www.martinealicia.com […]
Dark Horse
Of Brightest Day and Pokemon
By Chris Troy I’ll be honest. Aside from Diamond on the DS, I really haved played too many Pokemon games since the original red/blue for the OG, moose-killing size Gameboy (EDITOR MORGAN’s NOTE- Now I […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Et Tu, Tardis?
EDITOR: Please run this column LAST week, Thanks. – Unkiedev HEY! I’m BACK from THE FUTURE with an AMAZING preview of NEXT week’s comic books! Let’s be clear: if you are reading this column “on […]
Comic Gifts
Thumbs Up Soldier!: A look of the first round of Captain America figures!
By Chris Troy One of my problems with the Thor toy line is that it strictly focuses on the Movie-verse stuff, at least for the time being. Hasbro spoiled me by giving Wolverine and Iron […]
Horror
Hack Slash Crossover Craziness
There has been a rash of Hack/Slash crossovers recently and I’m loving it! Reminds me of Cassie and Vlad’s early days, getting mixed up with Evil Ernie one week, fighting Chucky the next. This coming […]
Marvel Comics
Statue Report: Ms. Marvel Bishoujo Statue
By Chris Troy Possibly due to several minor disputes with my wife over the past few years, I’ve (rather impressively) held off purchasing one of the various Marvel Bishoujo statues; a line consisting of various […]