Everyday it seems like another beloved actor or actress that brought some of our favorite comic book or sci-fi characters to life during the 60s and 70s, even through the 80s has died. One of […]
Last week’s column was my year-end favorite figures list and one of the figures on that list was the recent Star Wars Black Series Princess Leia Organa, I mentioned in the article Carrie’s- at the time– […]
If you’ve read my past columns, you know that I’ve been a casual Star Wars fan since I was a little kid. I haven’t been a fan of the entire saga, choosing to mostly ignore […]
THIS PIECE DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEW OF FPNYC JUST YOURS TRULY A few years ago, I found myself at Target on Thanksgiving night and saw season 1 of the CW series Arrow on […]
The year was 1984: Me and my parents had just moved back to New York City after spending a year or so living in Florida. I was five years old with an impressionable young mind […]
This wasn’t a column I thought I would have to write for years to come, but this is the sad reality, much as I would have preferred it not to be. I wrote this piece […]
Saddened by the news of Harold Ramis’ death today. I had the good fortune of speaking with him a number of times as he was an occasional customer of Forbidden Planet. Terrific, friendly fella whose […]
Matt Groening has officially ended his iconic syndicated comic strip Life in Hell. It’ll be missed. His last strip ran 6/15/12. I discovered Life in Hell when I was a kid in the mid-80s as […]
“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.” My favorite Ray Bradbury quote. The giant […]
Big thumbs up to Peter Dendle for putting together The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, brought to you by the good people at McFarland Publishing. Whenever I see one of these zombie reference books there is one […]
Comeback Kings #1 – written by Matt Sullivan and Gabe Guarente art by Ethan Young This slice of insanity will be coming home with me this Wednesday thanks to the good people over at Ardden […]
I thought I was pretty well versed in 80s horror schlock, especially films from the year 1987. So believe me when I say my mind was blown when I came across Grizzly 2: The Predator, also […]
Cult queen Tura Satana passed away Friday night. Tura Satana, the actress whose authoritative presence, exotic looks and buxom frame commanded the attention of viewers of Russ Meyer’s 1965 cult movie “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!”, […]
Leslie Nielsen, star of Forbidden Planet, among his many iconic roles, has passed away at age 84 (February 11, 1926 – November 28, 2010). We wish him farewell on his final voyage.
FPNYC’s sincerest heartfelt condolences go out to the friends and family or Mr. Pekar, who passed away July 12th at the age of 70.
As reported by Locus magazine, science fiction publishing lost one of it’s more ardent and vociferous supporters this past Sunday. Locus publisher, editor, and co-founder Charles N. Brown, 72, died peacefully in his sleep July […]
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