Will Sliney will be in Forbidden Planet International in Belfast on Thursday 30th of May from 4pm to sign copies of his new book from O’Brien Press, Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn. Cú Chulainn is, of course, one of the great mythical heroes from Irish legend, the sort of tale that would originally [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Here’s a little blast from the past – the Edinburgh Forbidden Planet International crew were looking at some old photographs from events and signings with comics and sci-fi folks from previous years, mostly older events and on actual print photographs and some even on old Polaroids (younger readers, that was a form of instant print [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 7, 2013
(Andy Diggle and Sean Phillips signing in Edinburgh, pic from my Flickr, click for larger images) Over the weekend it was the annual Free Comic Book Day, this year rather splendidly it happened to also be on another annual date in the Great Geek Calendar, Star Wars Day – May the 4th. In the Edinburgh [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 3, 2013
A quick reminder that as part of Free Comic Book Day this Saturday 4th May the bestselling crime novelist and comics writer Denise Mina will be in Forbidden Planet International’s Belfast store signing from 1 to 2pm.
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Bestselling author Denise Mina has combined her comics scribe and crime novelist pens together in adapting Stieg Larsson’s hugely popular Girl With the Dragon Tattoo into comics form, and she’s going to be signing in our Belfast store on Free Comic Book Day, Saturday 4th of May from 1 o’clock to 2pm.
Continue reading...Thursday, April 25, 2013
A reminder for your diaries – On Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May the 4th (also Star Wars Day, double geek joy!) the Edinburgh Forbidden Planet International will be welcoming Sean Phillips and Andy Diggle for a special signing session from 3 to 5pm, so get yourself down into Edinburgh’s historic Old Town for [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 12, 2013
Hayley drops us a line to let us know about some cracking events coming up over the next couple of weeks at London’s fine Gosh Comics, kicking off with the mighty Pat Mills and the superb Kev O’Neill on Saturday 20th, signing the new deluxe hardback collection of their bitterly dark superhero satire Marshal Law, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 22, 2013
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Yes, a double reason to celebrate Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May 4th (yes, FCBD falls on Star Wars day this year too, geektastic!), as the excellent Sean Phillips and Andy Diggle will be signing in our Edinburgh store on Southbridge (just moments from the historic Royal Mile) from 3 to 5pm that day, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 14, 2013
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Forbidden Planet International in Belfast will be welcoming some Irish creators – Malachy Coney, Rob Curley and Stephen Downey – for the launch of their Noe, the Savage Boy on February 9th from 1 to 3pm, come on down and give some support to native talent! There’s even a special exclusive cover just for FP [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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If you are lucky enough to be in Brussels on Thursday 27th of September then you absolutely have to make your way to the acclaimed comic store Brüsel. Brüsel has a regular series of author and artist events, but this one is very, very special in my opinion – Juanjo Guarnido, co-creator of one of [...]
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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