UK – Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Signing

Press Release:

FORBIDDEN PLANET celebrates the 50th anniversary of DOCTOR WHO with a special signing of the 50th Anniversary Collection from BBC Books. Eleven classic novels, one for each Doctor – repackaged with new introductions. And we have four of the authors for a special event on Saturday 9th March 1 – 2pm at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London SE1 0UP.

PLAYERS (TERRANCE DICKS) Arriving on the sun-baked veldt in the middle of the Boer War, the Sixth Doctor is soon involved in the adventures of struggling politician and war correspondent Winston Churchill. Of course, he knows Churchill is destined for great things, but unseen forces seem to be interfering with Winston’s historic career. The Doctor suspects the hidden hand of the Players, mysterious beings who regard human history as little more than a game. With time running out, can the Doctor find the right moves to defeat them?

REMEMBRANCE OF THE DALEKS (BEN AARONOVITCH) With unfinished business to attend to, the Seventh Doctor returns to where it all began: Coal Hill School in London in 1963. Last time he was here, the Doctor left something behind – a powerful Time Lord artefact that could unlock the secrets of time travel. Can the Doctor retrieve it before two rival factions of Daleks track it down? And even if he can, how will the Doctor prevent the whole of London becoming a war zone as the Daleks meet in explosive confrontation?

BEAUTIFUL CHAOS (GARY RUSSELL) Wilfred Mott is very happy: his granddaughter, Donna, is back home, catching up with family and gossiping about her journeys, and he has just discovered a new star and had it named after him. He takes the Tenth Doctor with him to the naming ceremony. But the Doctor soon discovers something else new, and worryingly bright, in the heavens – something that is heading for Earth. It’s an ancient force from the Dark Times. And it is very, very angry.

THE SILENT STARS GO BY (DAN ABNETT) The winter festival is approaching for the hardy colony of Morphans, but no one is in the mood to celebrate. They’re trying to build a new life on a cold new world, but each year gets harder and harder. It’s almost as if some dark force is working against them. Then three mysterious travelers arrive out of the midwinter night, one of them claiming to be a doctor. Are they bringing the gift of salvation or doom? And what else might be lurking out there, about to wake up?

Forbidden Planet London Megastore
179  Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR

UK – Kryten Signs

ROBERT LLEWELLYN reveals all – even the really embarrassing bits – in THE MAN IN THE RUBBER MASK, this completely updated inside story of RED DWARF. He’ll also be signing it at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 2nd March 1 – 2pm.

It was 1989 when Robert Llewellyn first had his head encased in the one-piece latex foam-rubber balaclava that was Kryten, and it gave him a distinctly funny turn.

Gazing at his own reflection and seeing the face of a robot staring back was surprisingly scary, not to mention sweaty. And he couldn’t even eat his lunch
. Since then, he has sweated, frozen, been set on fire, exploded, spent thousands of hours in the make-up chair and thousands more being taunted by Craig Charles. So it is a testament to the joyful camaraderie and life-enhancing silliness of Red Dwarf that 23 years later, Robert was still willing to risk life, limb and hairline to don the rubber torture helmet for Red Dwarf X, the triumphant return of the motley band of space bums.

Robert Llewellyn is an actor, novelist, screenwriter, comedian and TV presenter. As well as starring in Red Dwarf he has presented Scrapheap Challenge, How Do They Do It? and his own online show, Carpool. He is the author of five novels, including News from Gardenia published by Unbound. He writes under a rack of solar panels in Gloucestershire.

Forbidden Planet London Megastore
179  Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR

IE – Megatron Signings

Artist Nick Roche appears for dual signings on the 6th of February to highlight the release of the newest Transformers book Transformers Spotlight: Megatron.

From 1:00 to 3:00 pm Nick will sign at Forbidden Planet (RSVP on Facebook!) and from 4:00 to 6:00 pm he will move over to Dublin City Comics & Collectibles.

UK – Snapshot Signing

Writer Andy Diggle and artist Jock sign copies of the Forbidden Planet variant edition of their new comic, Snapshot, at 4:00pm on Saturday 9th February at our London Megastore.

Jake Dobson is your typical nerd; works at the Near-Mint Rhino comic-book store in San Francisco. But when he finds a lost cell phone, he’s horrified to discover it’s full of snapshots of a murder victim.

Suddenly he finds himself hunted by a vengeful hitman who wants his phone back. and Jake in a body bag! And then things start to get really complicated…

Andy Diggle and Jock have both worked separately for 2000AD, Marvel and DC but are best known for their collaborations – including Green Arrow: Year One and The Losers.

Please note that, due to time constraints, we may have to limit the number of items signed – and there may not be time for artist sketches.

Forbidden Planet London Megastore
179  Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR

UK – Judge Dredd Signing

Brian Bolland signs at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 12th January from 3 – 4pm!

Mega-City One, 2099. This vast urban nightmare has sprung up from the post-apocalyptic ashes of North America’s east coast. Each of the 400 million citizens based there is a potential criminal and only the Judges can prevent total anarchy. These future lawmen are judge, jury, and executioner. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!

By the end of 1977 Brian Bolland was regularly handling art chores for John Wagner’s scripts on Judge Dredd. All told, he illustrated 19 stories. Judge Dredd: The Complete Brian Bolland collects these stories in oversized format, featuring meticulous modern coloring by Charlie Kirchoff.

Brian Bolland has earned a reputation as one of the best cover artists in the industry, and his elegantly composed and beautifully rendered pieces have graced a host of titles, including ANIMAL MAN, BATMAN, THE FLASH, THE INVISIBLES, WONDER WOMAN and many more. He’s also the designer of our legendary ‘People Like Us’ t-shirts.

Forbidden Planet London Megastore
179  Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR

UK – Grandville Bete Noire Signing

Bryan Talbot signs at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 1st December from 1 – 2pm.

THE BADGER IS BACK!

At Toad Hall, lair of multi-billionaire Baron Aristotle Krapaud, a cabal of industrialists and fat cats plot the violent overthrown of the French state by the intervention of automaton soldiers. Meanwhile, the brutal murder of a famous Parisian artist is subject to the investigations of Detective Inspector Le Brock of Scotland Yard, placing him in pursuit of a mysterious masked assassin.

Bête Noire signals the welcome return of the anthropomorphic Steampunk detective fiction of master storyteller and graphic novel pioneer Bryan Talbot with the third stand alone volume of the Eisner and Hugo Award nominated Grandville series.

Bryan Talbot has worked on such underground comics, science fiction and superhero stories as Judge Dredd and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Vertigo titles including Sandman Hellblazer and Fables and has written and drawn several Eisner Award-winning graphic novels.

Forbidden Planet London Megastore
179  Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR

UK – London Falling Signing

Paul Cornell, reads from and signs his first urban fantasy novel LONDON FALLING at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore, Thursday 6th December 6 – 7pm!

The dark is rising . . .

Detective Inspector James Quill is about to complete the drugs bust of his career. Then his prize suspect Rob Toshack is murdered in custody. Furious, Quill pursues the investigation, co-opting intelligence analyst Lisa Ross and undercover cops Costain and Sefton. But nothing about Toshack’s murder is normal.

Toshack had struck a bargain with a vindictive entity, whose occult powers kept Toshack one step ahead of the law – until his luck ran out. Now, the team must find a ‘suspect’ who can bend space and time and alter memory itself. And they will kill again.

As the group starts to see London’s sinister magic for themselves, they have two choices: panic or use their new abilities. Then they must hunt a terrifying supernatural force the only way they know how: using police methods, equipment and tactics. But they must all learn the rules of this new game – and quickly. More than their lives will depend on it.

‘He’s gone and written a novel too! I suspect it will be just as good as everything else he’s written, and that’s not fair at all’ George R R Martin

Forbidden Planet London Megastore
179  Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR

NYC – Prince of Cats Signing

Artist/illustrator Ronald Wimberly (Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm, Black Dynamite, Something Wicked This Way Comes) signs copies of his work at Forbidden Planet NYC from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on Wednesday, Nov. 14th  in celebration of his new graphic novel, Prince of Cats, a retro-futurist hip-hop retelling of Romeo and Juliet from the perspective of Tybalt. Drop by and check it out!

Forbidden Planet
832 Broadway, New York, NY 10003

UK – The Walking Dead Magazine Signing

Artist Charlie Adlard launches the first issue of The Walking Dead: The Official Magazine at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore at 1:00 on Saturday 10th November.

From Robert Kirkman’s Eisner Award-winning comic book series, best-selling graphic novels and Emmy-winning AMC television series comes The Walking Dead: The Official Magazine, a new Titan Magazines and Skybound production. This zombie-saga is an international success in 120 countries and 250 million homes and has risen as a phenomenon among the wildly diverging fans of horror and character-driven drama.

Only in The Walking Dead: The Official Magazine will fans gain exclusive access to the most successful adaptation of a comic ever, including in-depth interviews with executive producers and writers Robert Kirkman, Glen Mazzara and David Alpert as well as lead cast members Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes, Sarah Wayne Callies as Lori Grimes and Jon Bernthal as bad boy Shane.

“This magazine will be your one stop destination for all the news pertaining to the comic, TV show, video game, toys, games, and whatever else exists in the ever-expanding Walking Dead universe! If it’s happening, you’ll find out all about it right here!” – Robert Kirkman

Forbidden Planet are thrilled to announce their own limited edition variant cover edition of the magazine, featuring sensational new artwork by Charlie Adlard.

Artist Charlie Adlard began his work in the UK on White Death with Robbie Morrison and many 2000 AD series including Judge Dredd, Armitage, and Savage.

He is well known for his work on The X-Files, Astronauts in Trouble and, of course, The Walking Dead from Image Comics. He is currently the regular penciller on The Walking Dead.

His other work includes Mars Attacks!, The Hellfire Club, and Warlock for Marvel Comics, Batman: Gotham Knights and Green Lantern / Green Arrow for DC Comics and a great many others.

Please note that, due to time constraints, Charlie Adlard will not be sketching at this event – and there may be restrictions on the number of items to be signed.

Forbidden Planet London Megastore
179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR

IRL – Daredevil Signing

Paolo Rivera (artist on Amazing Spider-Man and Daredevil) signs at Forbidden Planet on Sunday, November 11th from 2pm till 4pm.

RSVP on Facebook!

Forbidden Planet Dublin
5/6 Crampton Quay, Dublin, Ireland

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