Tag Archive | "signing"

Reminder – Paul Cornell in FP Glasgow and Edinburgh this month!

Friday, September 2, 2011

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A reminder for your diaries this month – screenwriter, novelist and comics scribe, the excellent Paul Cornell, will be in our Glasgow store on Buchanan Street on Wednesday 21st of September from 6 to 8pm and in the Edinburgh FPI on Thursday 22nd from 5 to 6pm. Mark it in your diaries now, peeps! Keep [...]

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Max Brooks in FP Glasgow today!

Friday, August 26, 2011

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Glasgow peeps and assorted zombies, don’t forget this evening we have World War Z author Max Brooks coming into our Glasgow store on Buchanan Street, right round the corner from where some of the filming for the movie vesion of his book has been going on, from 5.30 to 6.30pm!

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Paul Cornell signing in Glasgow and Edinburgh

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

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The excellent Paul Cornell, writer extraordinaire with SF novels, a whole brace of major comics and, of course, some of the best episodes of the new Doctor Who series to his name, is going to be in Scotland next month and oh lucky readers, he will be making appearances in both our Glasgow and our [...]

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Max Brooks signing in FP Glasgow this Friday!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

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As many of you will know Glasgow has been hosting the big Brad Pitt-starring movie adaptation of Max Brooks‘ international bestseller World War Z, a fab zombie apocalypse tale (the city’s George Square, right round the corner from our Glasgow store, has been made over to resemble an American city). Great news for our undead, [...]

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Mike Perkins at N&C Birmingham Tomorrow!

Friday, August 12, 2011

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The very fine Mike Perkins, who has worked on comics from 2000 AD to Captain America, Superman and The Stand, will be in our Nostalgia & Comics store in Birmingham this weekend – Mike will be signing in the store from 12 to 3pm on Saturday 13th of August.

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Grant Morrison signing in FPI Glasgow tomorrow

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

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Don’t forget the brilliant Grant Morrison will be making his hometown signing for his new book Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero tomorrow in our Glasgow store (right by the Buchanan Street Underground) from 5 to 7.30pm. We’ve got piles of the books in from Jonathan Cape and having been treated to [...]

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Kevin O’Neill signing in FP Dublin!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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That remarkable man of brushes and pencils, Mr Kevin O’Neill, esquire, will be making a personal appearance (top hats are optional, dress smart but casual) in our Dublin Forbidden Planet International to celebrate the launch of the second volume of his and Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century, the new volume 1969 (I’m sure [...]

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Grant morrison signing in Glasgow

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

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Scottish superstar comics scribe, the one and only Grant Morrison, will be returning to one of his old haunts where he’s picked up many a comic, Glasgow’s Forbidden Planet International on Buchanan Street (right by the Underground station). Grant will be signing copies of his upcoming book Supergods; I’ve been lucky enough to see a preview [...]

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Paul Cornell, Jimmy Broxton and some cosplay: FCBD at N&C

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton were guests at our Nostalgia and Comics store in sunny Birmingham for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, seen here relaxing with a cuppa generously laced with laudanum before the events kicked off (it’s how we keep the writers and artists manageable). And of course it wouldn’t really be FCBD [...]

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Bryan in Edinburgh, some more pics

Monday, March 28, 2011

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(this is Bryan talking to a friend of mine from the Edinburgh SF Book Group, Neil, pics from my Flickr) The Edinburgh Forbidden Planet International was host to the excellent Bryan Talbot on Saturday afternoon, back up for a return visit to sign copies of his brilliant Grandville graphic novels and other works (yes, of [...]

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Bryan Talbot signing in Edinburgh

Saturday, March 26, 2011

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The excellent Bryan Talbot is signing copies of his Grandville books and other works right now in our Edinburgh store on Southbridge, do get yourselves down for a chance to meet one of the top talents in UK comics (yes, I have my Grandville books with me to be signed too, not missing that chance!)

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Bryan Talbot signing in Edinburgh tomorrow!

Friday, March 25, 2011

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Don’t forget, Edinburgh peeps, we have the excellent Bryan Talbot in our Edinburgh store on Southbridge at noon tomorrow, Saturday 26th, so come on down and meet one of the UK’s finest comics creators.

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Bryan Talbot signing in FP Edinburgh this weekend!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

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Saturday March 26th sees one of the UK’s finest comics creators, Bryan Talbot, paying a return visit to our Edinburgh store on Southbridge (just a moment’s walk from the historic Royal Mile in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town). Bryan will be here from 12 noon giving you a great chance to meet one of [...]

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Jim Zubkavich signing

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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At the weekend we played host to a visit from Jim Zubkavich, who kindly agreed to come in for a signing in the Middlesbrough Forbidden Planet International while he was over in the UK. Mark at Middlesbrough tells me that the gig went very well, plenty of readers came long to meet Jim, who also [...]

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Cardiff International Comics Expo – special preview at FP Cardiff!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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We’re all getting excited over the upcoming Cardiff International Comics Expo which happens at the end of February(Saturday 26th in the Mercure Holland House Hotel) and which boasts a fine mix of independent creators alongside more famous names, from good UK Indy presses like Blank Slate, ComX and Classical Comics to creators like Paul Cornell, [...]

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