The first new releases of 2012

Chris | January 25, 2012

By Chris Troy Well okay, the title’s kind of a lie. Most of the new stuffs we’ll be looking at came in towards the end of 2011, but you know, I was busy playing catch up with the best of list and attending MAGfest (which again, was awesome). However most of the awesome new arrivals [...]

Deadman on Camus

Morgan Pielli | January 18, 2012

By Unkiedev High fives for DC! High fives for everybody! I’m high right now, and I have the emotional maturity of a five year old! What am I high on?! THIS WEEK’S COMICS! …and rabies meds. We’re into the fifth issues of many NEW 52 titles…some of which are being cancelled, while new titles are [...]

Cover Bland

Morgan Pielli | January 11, 2012

By Unkiedev This past weekend I picked up a back issue for a strange little 70’s monster comic called Creatures on the Loose #13 from Marvel. WHY? Because it featured a shaggy white monstrosity in a gold skirt walking out of a rainbow colored television while scaring the beejeezus out of some square. This monster [...]

Welcome to the Year of the Penguin

Morgan Pielli | January 4, 2012

By Unkiedev WHAT a party! We had such a crazy good time at our Forbidden Planet 2012 New Years party that we rocked for NOT 1, NOT 2 but 356 consecutive days straight. That’s right…when we sobered up from out New Years Eve party we realized it was 2013. So naturally we had to invent [...]

New Year’s Read Solutions

Morgan Pielli | December 28, 2011

By Unkiedev Welcome to the Weekly Planet, Forbidden Planet’s in-shop (and online) newsletter! The Planet is always jam-packed with fun recommendations and product highlights, and this week WOULD be no exception t’were it not New Years Week. New Years isn’t a time for regrets, and that’s why New Years resolutions should be made in the [...]

New Arrivals: Rather be playing Zelda edition.

Chris | December 28, 2011

by Chris Troy THE BEAST IS DEAD! CHRISTMAS IS OVER, AND NOW YOU HAVE CASH AND/OR  GIFT CARDS TO USE ON CRAP THAT YOU REALLY DON’T NEED, BUT YOU WILL ANYWAY, DESPITE YOUR WIFE YELLING AT YOU FOR THE AMOUNT OF TOYS & STATUES CURRENTLY IN THE LIVING ROOM…whoops, projecting in my articles again. Anywho, [...]

New arrivals: Last minute shopping

Chris | December 22, 2011

by Chris Troy If I had a clever intro, this is where it would go. Please take note of this To the left of these words is a picture of a figure of New Orleans Saints’ quarterback Drew Brees, one of the players featured in the 28th wave of the NFL McFarlane’s Sports Picks. I [...]

Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a Time

Morgan Pielli | December 21, 2011

By Unkiedev In 1995 director Lars Von Trier, tired of the special effects and genre tropes he felt were ruining cinema, created a list of rules for filmmakers to follow in order to make superior, modern artistic worth. This new style for film-making was called “Dogma 95.” Rules like “Filming must be done on location,” [...]

In Stock: It’s Never Sunny in Gotham City

Chris | December 12, 2011

By Chris Troy MANDATORY RETAIL CHRISTMAS WARNING: IT’S TWO WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS! UNLESS YOU’RE PAYING AMAZON A GOOD HUNK OF CHANGE PER YEAR FOR EXPRESS SHIPPING, NOW’S NOT THE BEST TIME TO BE SHOPPING ONLINE. LUCKY FOR YOU, Forbidden Planet NYC has a ton of great last minute ideas for the various collectors in your [...]

At Long Last, an Edgy Batman

Morgan Pielli | December 7, 2011

By Unkiedev Sorry I wasn’t around last week…I took the week off in order to save up enough money to buy this week’s TOP TWO NOT TO BE MISSED HITS! In 1988, a few years after they published The Dark Knight Returns and a year after Watchmen, DC released another grim and gritty comic steeped [...]