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Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and Forbidden Planet's Group Operations Director Leigh Baulch has been video-interviewed by colleague Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th – but not about the store, but his own contribution to the designs of Sandman. More designs for Saturday…   "It's smaller than I think most people make[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and  Neil Gaiman has been video-interviewed with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th But first a little snippet of nostalgia from thirty-seven years ago. "I know that 1983-ish when I started as a young journalist, writing about comics and things, there was Forbidden Planet[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and Sherlock Holmes, Draculs and Doctor Who's Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have been video-interviewed with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th But first, we have Steven and Mark talking about their early impressions of the store, and the[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and Jonathan Ross has been video-interviewed with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th But first, we have Jonathan talking about a truly tragic moment and how it is all Forbidden Planet's fault. "I've still got a bone to pick with Forbidden[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and V.E Schwab has been video-interviewed with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Laura Dodd and Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th But first, we have Victoria, one of FP's all-time favourite fantasy authors (and the creator of the upcoming Extraordinary graphic novel series from Titan),[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and Mark Millar has been video-interviewed with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th But first, he talked about how he read about Forbidden Planet in the comics long before he actually could go to the place… and we went[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday – a very important figure for this Douglas Adams-loving chain of stores Dan Slott has conducted a video interview with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday August 29th But first, here he is talking about how, as an American living[...]

Okay, not Cop Rock but I just can't remember the name of that film with Bruce Willis and I am too lazy to go look it up right now. Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday – a very important figure for this Douglas Adams-loving chain of stores Kevin Smith has conducted a video[...]

Well, that's all changed now, and he publishes as Darryl Makes Comics – and also delivered a special birthday present to one of his favourite comic book stores, Forbidden Planet, which is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday – a very important figure for this Douglas Adams-loving chain of stores. On Saturday, August the 29th, Forbidden[...]

Douglas Adams signed at Forbidden Planet enough times So why not celebrate their forty-second birthday? Even if it has to be online? On Saturday, August 29th, ForbiddenPlanet.com will be hosting ForbiddenPlanet42, with a huge range of celebrity interviews, as alumni from the worlds of science fiction, comics & popular culture come together to help the[...]

I found a very large line outside Forbidden Planet that grew and grew I talked to a few people in the line I went past Orbital – still closed but should be open in a week's time I'll go back for that I went to Gosh Comics and had a wander round too Obviously I[...]

There has been a lot of speculation regarding the future of Forbidden Planet in the UK, especially the London Megastore I have cycled past it a couple of times, but a lack of posting on social media and the websites closing for maintenance has led to a fair amount of panic, and someone even setting[...]

But it appears that at least one UK store chain, Forbidden Planet, may have a few more than that. While the US will see Diamond US return to shipping comics, with the April 1st week in stores for sale on May 20th, US stores can also order DC Comics titles from new distributors UCS and Lunar[...]

Photo Credit: Tyler Roberts Furloughed Funko, DC Comics packaging and Forbidden Planet fundraising – the 10 Most-Read Stories yesterday Bleeding Cool continues to report from the comics industry shutdown, as Funko furloughs its own Pops, DC Comics arrive wrapped in plastic and Forbidden Planet continue to appeal for help – Klaus Janson just donated a thousand dollars[...]

With Marvel making Civil War a negatively priced commodity like oil and New York's Forbidden Planet fighting for its life, it's a very strange time Welcome all, to the daily Lying In The Gutters a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail[...]