Comic Reviews
Spawn #200
By Unkiedev This week the biggest star in the planetarium of comic books is Spawn #200. I think there are more variant covers to this book than there are original partners in Image. So what […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Marvel Comics
Daredevil Reborn #1, New Comic Day Deal for Wednesday 1.12.11
Each week we offer our customers a limited, one-day-only (new comic day, to be exact) deep discount on a new graphic novel or comic book. This week’s floppy for the frugal is Daredevil Reborn #1 […]
Anime
Marvel vs DC Round 2: Clash of the Rising Sun Statues
By Christopher Troy Hey there FPNYC faithful, cold enough out there for you? (The answer should be yes, because it’s cold enough for me dammit) It’s the new year and FPNYC recently got in a […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
New Comics of the New Year!
By Devin T. Quin Welcome to 2011, where a whole new calendar YEAR of fun comic book activities awaits us! We should definitely start planning out our itinerary now so that we don’t miss out […]
Stuff We Like
Flex Mentallo to Return in Hardcover
It’s official! DC Vertigo is finally set to to reprint FLEX MENTALLO, one of the greatest comic miniseries ever, in deluxe hardcover format later this year. Long held back due to legal wrangling with Charles […]
DC Comics
Review: DCUC Green Lantern Kyle Rayner Review
By Christopher Troy Happy New Years Forbidden Planet Faithful! Hope you rang in 2011 with style and class, or if you’re like me, with a Four Loko and Rock Band 3 with several friends. Anyway, […]
Anime
Giving The Gift of Comics
This year for Christmas, as with all years, I gave my Dad Comic Books. My family, maybe like yours, doesn’t understand me at times. Some of them try, many of them don’t. I admit I’m […]
Marvel Comics
Forbidden Planet NYC New Comic Day Deep Discount for December 29th 2010: Nemesis #4
Yes, comics are coming out on time this week. Despite the holidays they are for sale on Wednesday the 29th and January 5th , as per usual. Each week we offer our customers a limited, one-day-only (new […]
Comic DVDs
Doctor Who 101: What to watch, read and play with
By Chris Troy Every Christmas, a strange man with a funny accent comes to visit in an odd flying device. Granted his Christmas adventures usually don’t make it to US shore until 6 months after […]
Dark Horse
Forbidden Planet NYC New Comic Day Deep Discount for December 22nd 2010: Axe Cop TP
Each week we offer our customers a limited, one-day-only (new comic day, to be exact) deep discount offer on a new graphic novel or comic book. This week’s paperback for the parsimonious is the brand […]
Cartoons
Henry & Glenn: A Very Special Anti-X-Mas Special
Henry & Glenn and Hall & Oates, the stars of one of our bestselling mini-comics Henry & Glenn Forever now star in their own neat little cartoon promo for the book directed by Tom Neely. […]
Indie Comics
FP Staffer Ruben Miranda Interviewed
Two video interviews with our colleague Ruben (sans Josh Weisbrod, with whom he regularly appears on the store’s YouTube channel.) We’ve got some very enthusiastic staff.
Comics and Graphic Novels
Robot Super Heroes
Robots make for crap super heroes. We want robots as friends, pets and secret lovers, but NOT as replacements to our own lives. In a medium all about projecting our own wants onto fictional characters […]
Comic News
More On The State of Comics…
Guillermo Del Toro, the brilliant director behind Pan’s Labyrinth and the Hellboy feature films is an enigma. He loves comic books, but has no interest in working with them whatsoever. Sure, he’s adapted the Hellboy […]
DC Comics
Forbidden Planet NYC New Comic Day Deep Discount for December 15th 2010: Green Lantern #60
Each week we offer our customers a limited, one-day-only (new comic day, to be exact) deep discount offer on a new Graphic Novel or comic book. This week’s comic book bailout is the new issue […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
New Manga Releases: Super Viz Fun Time
By Mat K. As you may have been able to extrapolate from the title, this is another Viz heavy week, and none too soon. Everything this week with the exception of two books is either […]
Comic News
What State Is The Comic Industry In?
Three things have happened, and where they intersect is a fascinating statement on our beloved institution, the comic book. The first is innocent enough: 1. FREE COMIC BOOK DAY COMICS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. Many titles […]
Marvel Comics
Forbidden Planet NYC New Comic Day Deep Discount for December 8th 2010: Captain America Korvac Saga #1
Each week we offer our customers a limited, one-day-only (new comic day, to be exact) deep discount offer on a new Graphic Novel or comic book. This week we’ve got the first issue of Ben […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
New Comics Get A Boost
Dark Horse has Buffy the Vampire Slayer #39 out this week, but their hottest title to hit the stands might just be Evelyn Evelyn a hard cover graphic novel from the Dresden Dolls front woman […]
Drawn & Quarterly
Picture This: Signed Lynda Barry Books
The great Lynda Barry stopped by Forbidden Planet today to sign copies of her new book, Picture This. Of course, being the terrific lady that she is, she signed a whole bunch of her other […]