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November 13, 2009 - Friday 


by Jeff Ayers



Ladies and gentlemen, The Word has been given to me in a revelation (i.e. just announced): Forbidden Planet NYC will be having its second annual store wide December super-sale on Saturday the 5th, 2009!
Hallelujah! That’s 20% off everything, Spend over $400 and you’ll get 25%. FP doesn’t do this very often, so it’s opening even earlier (8am) to celebrate. That’s 16 hours of cheap books, comics, GNs, toys, statues, manga, tchochkes, DVDs, posters, models, magazines, cards, games, and all the neat stuff Forbidden Planet’s known for worldwide.


Of course, there’s always gonna be some fine print. The sale is only on items in-store, but why go to the ends of the Earth to seek salvation? All stock that ain’t bolted down is gonna be on sale, so all our usual breaks and discounts won’t apply that day- manga deals will be nul, customer numbers will not be valid, and stow that student ID back under your robes, folks… The sale’s 20% beats all those. Also, items on hold are not eligible, so please don’t call on Friday asking to hold something for Saturday’s sale. First come, first served in the best interests of all our flock.


You may now mop your drool off the floor, change your clothes, and go forth and spread The Word my brothers and sisters.

jeff
jeff@fpnyc.com


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November 6, 2009 - Friday 

by Jeff Ayers

MarvelFest 2009- I’d like to thank everyone for coming out to our special evening with Marvel last Wednesday. Yes the store was hectic and jammed for an hour or two, but I think we all can agree that hosting an event with the likes of Chris Claremont, Neal Adams, and Dan Slott was well worth it. The event continued over in Union Square Park where Marvel held a costume contest and the premiere of The Astonishing X-Men motion comic. Congrats to the contest winners, and many thanks and big ups to our pals at Marvel for including us for this special day. (More photos from the event can be seen at our flickr page.
MarelFest Signing at Forbiddeb Planet NYC

MarelFest Signing at Forbiddeb Planet NYC

Comic Subscriptions- If you buy periodical comics from FPNYC on a regular basis, or even if you don’t(!), I’d like to remind you to sign up for our subscription program. It nets you a sweet discount on all your purchases after your first pickup and thereafter as long as your account is in good standing, and best of all it’s completely FREE! Get details from a cashier when you get a chance.
T-Shirts- Our colleague Matt D. has really turned our T-shirt selection into a pretty excellent attraction, and we’re only going full steam ahead. That being said, I’m pleased to announce that for the rest of 2009 we’ll be offering all our regularly priced (an already cheap $18) tees at TWO for just $30. That’s right, every two t-shirts for thirty beans through 12/31/09!!!
Old Toys- Everything old is new again. If you’ve been checking out the glass cases in the middle of the store lately you’ll have noticed an avalanche of collectible toys from the last twenty years pop in and out of stock. Who needs ebay? Take a gander when next you’re in the shop. You just may find something you’ll dig. Like I did last week with a Galactus toy we carried in 1997 that I spent the summer playing with in the back of the store. “I HUNGER!”
You, Baby- And finally, a quick moment to thank you, our customers. You’re pretty terrific, folks. Always a pleasure.
All My Best Wishes,
jeff
jeff@fpnyc.com
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November 6, 2009 - Friday 
Midnight on the 5th marked the end of open season on this year’s Halloween Contest voting. Four winners were chosen. Two 1st prize winners were picked by Viz Media and a popular vote picked the two 2nd prize winners. You can still see all the entries at our flickr page.


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September 23, 2009 - Wednesday 

By Mat K.



Chibi Vampire Vol. 14

Chibi Vampire Vol. 14



Hello one and all, this is gonna be a slow week, but we do have a few titles you’re gonna want. First up on the list is my pick of the week, Chibi Vampire Volume 14. Granted, I thought this series was going to end about 4 volumes ago, but I’m kinda glad it’s still pushing on. If it didn’t, we would not have gotten to meet her awesome grandmother, and get in on the family history. Not to mention the secret of why she’s the only vampire who gushes blood instead of drinks it. I’m not going to give any of it away, for the sake of any new readers, but I’m just thrilled it became so much more than a cheesy high school romance story.


Also coming in is a new book by Naduki Koujima (Our Kingdom, Great Place High School), called Spicy But Sweet. Yes it’s another boys love story coming in from June Press, following the first volume called Naughty But Nice. I would give a whole description, but it’s safe to say ever since her first U.S. release Selfish Love, we know what the premise is going to be. Resistant uke, forceful and/or demanding seme. Not that any of us mind, hey, if the formula works!


Now in Neon Genesis news, first on the block is the release of The Shinji Ikari Raising Project Volume 2. For those who forgot, the SIRP is an alternate reality kind of story where all our favorite characters have new roles. It’s not as far removed as Angelic Days (where all the NERV stuff is just a dream of another world), but more of a combination. There is still a NERV, and Gendo Ikari is still in charge, but Misato is a homeroom teacher, Ritsuko is the school nurse, and everyone is hot for Kaworu, even Shinji…well, I suppose that bit is pretty much the same no matter what universe it is.


mari

And the second bit of NGE news is the new chibi figures we got in. The adorable new series features Rei and Asuka, per usual, but also Mari Makinami. For anyone who doesn’t know, Mari is the new 5th Child introduced in the new movies rebooting the NGE series. Each of the chibi figures features a super-chibi angel for each of the girls. The best part about these? They’re not blind boxes! So come in and pick the pilot girl you want.

And my last bit of spiel for the week is a new series coming in called Karakuri Odette by Julietta Suzuki. Basically a young scientist makes a super hot, super human-like android and named her Odette. Odette wants to know more about the human condition and tries to figure out what really makes people and androids different. Of course she goes about this by going to high school. Where else would an outsider get a good objective sample of human behavior. Anyway, that’s all this time.

Karakuri Odette Vol.01

Karakuri Odette Vol.01

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September 23, 2009 - Wednesday 

By Unkie Dev



Forbidden Planet would like to congratulate Devin T. “Unkiedev” Quin for his nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in the “Worst Crossword Puzzle” category. All of us here at the Forbidden Planet Weekly Planet wish Mr. Quin “The Best of Luck!”

RERUNS



Superman Secret Origin #1

Superman Secret Origin #1


DC is retelling Superman’s Origin’s AGAIN in this week’s Superman: Secret Origins #1 (of 6), a new miniseries from Action Comic’s team Geoff Johns and Gary Frank. Maybe this time it will be different. After all, the American judicial system ruled that DC owes tithes to the estates of original Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster regarding Supe’s time honored origin: That he was the last son of Krypton, rocketed to Earth by his daddy scientist yadda yadda yadda.

Here’s how I’D REBOOT the Superman origin: Superman is actually a White Blood Cell of the Cosmos, a living part of the Universe sent to clot the wound that is Humanity! He alone needs to set the Earth on the right path to healing. Along the way he could fight off evil celestial diseases, such as Space Lock-Jaw or Space Mumps!

For more DC fun this week, check out Vigilante #10, where Vigilante helps Batman engage in autoerotic asphyxiation. I guess. I mean, look at that cover, whet ELSE could it be?

Manman #17

Manman #17


Unkiedev’s MUST BUY Comic of the week goes to Madman #17. I haven’t been picking up Madman for a while, and it looks like I’ve been missing out! #17 is going to wrap up the current storyline and features Madman with his pals the Atomics on a search for Red Rocket 7… that’s right! It’s a cross-over to Allred’s 90’s cult comic classic Red Rocket 7 about a musical alien who Forrest Gumps his way through all of rock history! ALL THIS and some pin-ups from from Dave Cooper?! I’m buying three copies!

Dark Reign: The List- X-Men, Matt Fraction (w), Alan Davis (A), Marvel



Dark Reign: The List- X-men



Three things to know about Dark Reign: A) Norman “Green Goblin” Osborn has been placed in charge of all the worlds Super-heroes. B) Norman is still nuts, and is using the opportunity to make a world safer for Super-Criminals. C) Like Santa, Normie’s put together a list of who is naughty and nice in his new world order, and guess which list the X-men are on?

Under Superstar Marvel writer Matt Fraction this book was already guaranteed to be a smash, but with Alan Davis on pencils it’s a “can’t miss.” Davis is a penciling legend. He always captures the excitement, power and terror super-heroes posses. Look at Namor on the cover of this book … that guy is gonna’ punch someone’s face out the back of their head! GO, DAVIS, GO!

ZIP POW!



Other great books not-to-be-missed this week include Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #15 from Bongo, Amazing Spider-Man #606 from Marvel , in which the  Black Cat is back and in full swing, and Dark Horse’s Conan the Cimmerian #14 which features the legendary Joe Kubert on pencils! ALSO: Spider-Woman #1 from Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev NOW features Spider-Woman! THIS is Spider-Woman’s first new book since the 80’s, as all those other Spider-Woman books actually featured a Skrull.

Spider-Woman #1


Bendis, You so crazy!
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September 23, 2009 - Wednesday 
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It’s time!
Nightmare: Vampires is ready to scare you half to death from September 25 to November 7.
Now in its sixth year and at a new location, NIGHTMARE’s fully  immersive haunted house takes haunting to a whole new level. Get ready to play your part in NIGHTMARE: VAMPIRES, a unique haunted attraction that unfolds as an original horror story! Set in the Museum of Vampyric Artifacts (MoVa), the world’s first vampire museum features antiquities related to  vampires from the headlines, in the media and from around the world. However, when MoVa and everyone in it are attacked by blood-lusting maniacs, you won’t just be viewing the exhibits on display . . . you’ll be running from them! Witness the birth of a new vampire legend! The horror continues with NIGHTMARE 666, a short, sharp and grotesque black magic show featuring a variety of sacrifices . . . some of them human.  Will you be one? 



Forbidden Planet customers receive $10.00 off general admission and $15 off VIP admission when they use the code PLANET1, (discount begins Monday 9/14)
The offer valid for performances on the following days ONLY: 9/25, 9/26, 9/27, 9/30, 10/1, 10/7, 10/8, 10/13, 10/14, 10/20.
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August 21, 2009 - Friday 
By Mat K.


Dogs Vol.1

Dogs Vol.1


This is a pretty alright week we got here, Gestalt Volume 2, 20th Century Boys Volume 4, even Flame of Recca Volume 32, but there are two books coming in that I feel the need to particularly highlight. The first of which is Dogs Volume 1 by Shirow Miwa. Now, this isn’t the first volume. Technically, the first volume was 00, and it was good. I know I liked it, but more than that, you guys out there seem to love it and have been especially desirous for this volume. Not that I blame anyone, the art is hot, and the characters are great. How can you not love an unlucky wuss who becomes a psychotic unstoppable avenger when he goes too long without ciggarettes?

And appearing for the first time is a new series by Fumi Yoshinaga called Ooku: The Inner Chambers. The story is that a plague called Red Pox has started infecting the country’s men. In an order to protect them, the most beautiful men are sent to serve in the Shogun’s inner chambers. Now, to be honest, I’ve yet to determine if this is a full-blown yaoi, but it is Fumi Yoshinaga, so we can at least expect some heavy shonen ai (boy love). And yes, it’s feudal era, so they might look a little goofy with the classic shaved head with the little twisted up pony-tail on top, but I guess it’s all about the face. That’s all my goings-ons for this week. Til next time!


Ja Ne!
ooku
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August 21, 2009 - Friday 
By Unkiedev

THE Y IN CYBER

The Weekly Planet is a vast and arduous undertaking on the parts of all involved. Countless minutes of production are required before the dang thing even goes to print, and that countless number of minutes becomes a ridiculous amount of time when you consider each minute is comprised of SIXTY seconds. That’s countless 60 seconds of Man/Woman/Jeff hours of labor.
Why do we do this? Because we love comics, and we want you to get the most out of your Forbidden Planet experience… AND NOW the whole shebang is online!
Drop by fpnyc.com/weeklyplanet to read current and archived editions of Mat K.’s “Welcome To ShibuYa Cho,” Jeff’s store announcements and MORE Unkiedev’s Amazing Stuff! Check out our latest savings/coupons and signings! There’s also a link to the official Forbidden Planet twitter (http://twitter.com/FPNYC ) as well as Facebook, Flickr, and Myspace. All part of the Forbidden Planet online network.

SLOW WEEK

Blackest Night: Superman #1

Blackest Night: Superman #1

After the blitz that was last week’s shipping schedule I’m grateful for the slower release week. A few goodies that stand out for the week of August 19th include Blackest Night Superman #1 and Batgirl #1 from DC, as well as Daredevil #500 and Mighty Avenger’s #28 from Marvel. The later features Dan Slott writing the Young Avengers, so it is a “Not-to-be-missed” comic for fans of fun.
Daredevil #500

Daredevil #500

King City #1, Brandon Grahm (W/A), Image/Tokyopop

King City #1

King City #1

This book was not on my radar at all. A sold out manga volume of this title came and went under the Tokyopop imprint under the incredible pen of Brandon Grahm. Grahm has the definitive “Now” style: round yet detailed, simple and sexy. His style is COOL, like that cool kid in high school who did the raddest doodles on his trapper keeper. His is the art that deviantart was invented for.
I am late to the party on this title, but don’t need to feel left out: After years of publicational complicatiosity, a time when fans clamored in the darkness for more, Tokyopop and Image have worked out a deal to reprint the old material, beginning with this first issue, and begin to publish more! HUUZAH! Let’s all jump on the bandwagon while the jumpin’ is a-jumpin’!
This book looks fantastic: The cute, pop sense of Scott Pilgrim with a bit more of the weird. Teen romance and genre play with Sci-Fi cat-robots, giant walking yeti/buildings and pretty girls makes for an impressive read.
Rarely do talented indie creators muscle their way into the spotlight. King City looks like the real deal: Art house comics with mass appeal. Reminds me of early MadMan, in that you wonder why no one published a comic quite like it before. Take a chance on something new and find out what the hub-bub’s about, bub.

WRAP AROUND

Comics can take us wherever we want to go, and some places we didn’t know we NEEDED to get to.
Comics is a tenacious barnacle on the American psyche: people still read them and love them. People still create them out of the sheer enjoyment of the medium, but it doesn’t have the same profit margin as movies, video games and television. Sometimes the littlest turbulence can topple the aspirations of new talents and new titles.
Forbidden Planet is the sort of shop that exists to help grow your enjoyment for comics. Want a book we don’t carry? Tell us! Like a book that we DO carry? Tell a friend! The future of comics IS YOU! NEXT WEEK: More reviews and jokes from the finest Comic-Shop two-fold in the tri state area: The Weekly Planet!
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August 21, 2009 - Friday 
It’s been a crazy week, otherwise I would have been sure to post these earlier.  The Hugo Awards were presented at the Hugo Award Ceremony, August 9, 2009 at the the 67th Worldcon, Anticipation in Montreal, Québec. They are one of imaginative literature’s most prestigious awards, and have been given annually since 1955.  And while the winners were announced a week ago, The WP feels it necessary to note them here and on the record.  The following is a list of the nominees, with the winners in blue italics.

Best Novel
    The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury)
    Anathem, Neal Stephenson (Morrow; Atlantic UK)
    Little Brother, Cory Doctorow (Tor)
    Saturn’s Children, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit)
    Zoe’s Tale, John Scalzi (Tor)
Best Novella
    “The Erdmann Nexus”, Nancy Kress (Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2008)
    “The Political Prisoner”, Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF Aug 2008)
    “The Tear”, Ian McDonald (Galactic Empires)
    “True Names”, Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
    “Truth”, Robert Reed (Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2008)
    “Shoggoths in Bloom”, Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s Mar 2008)
    “Alastair Baffle’s Emporium of Wonders”, Mike Resnick (Asimov’s Jan 2008)
    “The Gambler”, Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
    “Pride and Prometheus”, John Kessel (F&SF Jan 2008)
    “The Ray-Gun: A Love Story”, James Alan Gardner (Asimov’s Feb 2008)
Best Short Story
    “Exhalation”, Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)
    “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss”, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s Jul 2008)
    “Article of Faith”, Mike Resnick (Baen’s Universe Oct 2008)
    “Evil Robot Monkey”, Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two)
    “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled”, Michael Swanwick (Asimov’s Feb 2008)
Related Book
    Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008, John Scalzi (Subterranean Press)
    Rhetorics of Fantasy, Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan University Press)
    Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood Books)
    The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold, Lillian Stewart Carl & John Helfers, eds. (Baen)
    What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction, Paul Kincaid (Beccon Publications)
Best Graphic Story
    Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainme
    The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle, Jim Butcher, illustrated by Ardian Syaf (Del Rey/Dabel Brothers Publishing)
    Fables: War and Pieces, Bill Willingham, art by Steve Leialoha & Andrew Pepoy (DC/Vertigo Comics)
    Schlock Mercenary: The Body Politic, Howard Taylor (The Tayler Corporation)
    Serenity: Better Days, Joss Whedon & Brett Matthews, art by Will Conrad (Dark Horse Comics)
    Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores, Brian K. Vaughan DC/Vertigo Comics)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
    WALL-E (Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter, story; Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, screenplay; Andrew Stanton, directo; Pixar/Walt Disney)
    The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer, story; Jonathan Nolan and and & Christopher Nolan, screenplay; based on characters created by Bob Kane; Christopher Nolan, director; Warner Brothers)
    Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Guillermo del Toro & Mike Mignola, story; Guillermo del Toro, screenplay; based on the comic by Mike Mignola; Guillermo del Toro, director; Dark Horse, Universal)
    Iron Man (Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, screenplay; based on characters created by Stan Lee & Don Heck & Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby; Jon Favreau, director; Paramount, Marvel Studios)
    METAtropolis (edited by John Scalzi; Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, John Scalzi, and Karl Schroeder, writers; Audible Inc.)
Best Dramatic Presentaion, Short Form
    Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (Joss Whedon, & Zack Whedon, & Jed Whedon, & Maurissa Tancharoen, writers; Joss Whedon, director; Mutant Enemy)
    Battlestar Galactica: “Revelations” (Bradley Thompson & David Weddle, writers; Michael Rymer, director; NBC Universal)
    Doctor Who: “Turn Left” (Russell T. Davies, writer; Graeme Harper, director; BBC Wales)
    Doctor Who: “Silence in the Library”/”Forest of the Dead” (Steven Moffat, writer; Euros Lynn, director; BBC Wales)
    Lost: “The Constant” (Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof, writers; Jack Bender, director; Bad Robot, ABC studios)
Best Editor, Short Form
    Ellen Datlow
    Stanley Schmidt
    Jonathan Strahan
    Gordon Van Gelder
Best Editor, Long Form
    David G. Hartwell
    Lou Anders
    Ginjer Buchanan
    Beth Meacham
    Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Best Professional Artist
    Donato Giancola
    Daniel Dos Santos
    Bob Eggleton
    John Picacio
    Shaun Tan
    Weird Tales, Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal, eds.
    Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke, Nick Mamatas & Sean Wallace, eds.
    Interzone, Andy Cox, ed.
    Locus, Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong & Liza Groen Trombi, eds.
    The New York Review of Science Fiction, Kathryn Cramer, Kris Dikeman, David G. Hartwell & Kevin J. Maroney, eds.
Best Fanzine
    Electric Velocipede, John Klima
    Argentus, Steven H Silver
    Banana Wings, Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer
    Challenger, Guy H. Lillian III
    The Drink Tank, Chris Garcia
    File 770, Mike Glyer
Best Fan Writer
    Cheryl Morgan
    Chris Garcia
    John Hertz
    Dave Langford
    Steven H Silver
Best Fan Artist
    Frank Wu
    Alan F. Beck
    Brad W. Foster
    Sue Mason

(This article was originally posted @ the Weekly Planet
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August 5, 2009 - Wednesday 
by Mat K.

Viz kids, this is your week. There are over 25 manga titles releasing this week, 90% of them are Viz books. Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat are on the ball putting out awaited issues such as D Gray Man Volume 14 and Vampire Knight Volume 7. Of course there’s many more things I’m sure everyone out there has been waiting for, but there’s also plenty of interesting new series as well. The new issue of Hoshin Engi comes out this week, but so does Waq Waq, the new series by the creator of Hoshin Engi, Ryu Fujisaki.
Waq Waq Vol. 1

Waq Waq Vol. 1

Hoshin takes place in an epic past (before China was even China), but Waq Waq is the future, which, since Hoshin always seemed overrun by technology indicates that Fujisaki will have a forte in sci-fi futuristic story telling. Enter: The Machine War. After the tragedy and devastation, a boy named Shio finds himself teamed up with a girl just like in these prophecies about mankind’s last hope for survival in a world overrun by metal.
Black Bird Vol. 1

Black Bird Vol. 1

And on the shoujo side of things, this week a new series called Black Bird by Kanoko Sakurakoji comes out. It looks like a cross between Meru Puri and Vampire Knight. The story is that magical mythical worlds intersect ours, but only select people can see them. A girl named Misao is one of these special people, but of course she wants nothing more than to have a normal high school life and maybe a normal boyfriend. If the cover art is any indication, it looks a little dark too (that’s where it seems like Vampire Knight).
One last point before I leave you to your devices, last week I thought DNAngel volume 12 was going to be the last issue. Apparently, it’s not. That’s right, there’s going to be a 13. It’s been 5 years since the last issue, who would think that this wouldn’t be the end!? But either way, my apologies. Until next time!
Ja Ne!
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