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FP 40Th Anniversary Mag V4.Pdf TIMELINE 1978 1979 It All Began JULY – 23 Denmark Street opens SEPTEMBER – Animated NOVEMBER – HARRY HARRISON commercial plays in West End As a Passion... is our first signing cinemas before screenings of Alien ...For comics and science fiction and later for movie and TV memorabilia and toys. 1984 1983 1981 1980 Forbidden Planet first opened it’s doors on Denmark Street, the location of a 12th century former leper colony, but better known NICK RHODES of MARCH – PETER DAVISON is NOVEMBER – Forbidden Planet 2, MAY – STAR WARS in the 60s & 70s as ‘Tin Pan Alley’ – the street where David Duran Duran signs our first Doctor Who signing specialising in movie cast signing MAY – Signing by STEPHEN KING memorabilia opens AUGUST – First 2000AD signing Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John and the Sex Pistols composed, rehearsed and recorded, as well as where the top rock bands came to buy their instruments. 1986 1987 1988 1990 The original store hosted the best and brightest of science fiction, comic book and TV stars such as Douglas Adams, Sir SEPTEMBER – FRANK MILLER AUGUST – Launch of Tales From JULY – Forbidden Planet MAY – WILL EISNER signing signs The Dark Knight Returns The Forbidden Planet book Cambridge opens AUGUST – James ‘SCOTTY’ Terry Prachett, Arthur C. Clarke, Neil Gaiman, Neal Adams, Alan SEPTEMBER – ALAN MOORE & NOVEMBER – Our first signing JULY – London stores combine and Doohan signing Moore, Phillipe Druillet, Leonard Nimoy, Adam West, Mike DAVE GIBBONS sign Watchmen with TERRY PRATCHETT relocate to New Oxford Street store Moorcock and several thousand other authors. It soon needed more space, moving to New Oxford Street and then to our 1996 1995 1994 1993 current location of Shaftesbury Avenue. The store business expanded around the country, adding both Forbidden Planet Forbidden Planet New stores open in NOVEMBER – Forbidden Planet Bristol publishing companies for fiction, illustrated books, comics and Southampton opens Croydon opens Liverpool and Coventry opens on Penn Street DECEMBER – New Oxford Street store magazines as well as a merchandise division and even dabbling expands to give even more floor space in a five year West End theatre run and an air freight company. But, at the end of the day, the reason it all works is you – our 1997 1999 2001 2003 customers and staff. And we would like to thank you for sharing the journey and the passion. Forbidden Planet Forbidden Planet Birmingham APRIL – Buffy signing with Celebrating our 25TH Birmingham opens relocates to larger site AMBER BENSON & JOSS ANNIVERSARY, London store WHEDON relocates to Shaftesbury Avenue Megastore Viv & Nick 2012 2009 2008 2006 Birmingham relocates Southampton relocates to Website FORBIDDENPLANET.COM Bristol store relocates to to Bull Street Megastore Hanover Buildings Megastore launches – plus Twitter Clifton Heights Megastore @FORBIDDENPLANET 2017 2018 Turn to page 2 to see some of the Newcastle store relocates MARCH – Signing by Evil Dead highlights from to a huge new Megastore star BRUCE CAMPBELL on Grainger Street APRIL – Our 100th DOCTOR WHO related signing the last 40 years 1 16th June 1979 - NEAL ADAMS Classic Brian Bolland poster design of the People THE Like Us ‘Family’ BEGINNING 10th October 1979 - First appearance by DOUGLAS ADAMS Summer 1979 - Bolland Mail Order catalogue design May 1980 - MARK HAMILL & DAVE PROWSE at the screening of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back at The Dominion Theatre 16th August 1980 - The first 2000AD signing with (L to R) BRIAN BOLLAND, MIKE MCMAHON, JOHN WAGNER, RON SMITH 5th September 1979 - H.R. GIGER 28th July 1979 - TANITH LEE 3 80’s 28th November 1981 - NICK LANDAU welcomes GERRY ANDERSON to the 28th November 1981 opening of Forbidden Planet 2 - FORBIDDEN PLANET 2, specialising in Movie and TV Books and Memorabilia opens on St. Giles High Street 18th April 1987 - STAN LEE signs How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way - ‘Nuff said! 13th March 1982 - PETER DAVISON 14th May 1983 - STEPHEN KING signing in full Doctor Who outfit signing for the UK publication of Christine 27th September 1986 - FRANK MILLER & LYNN VARLEY 8th December 1984 - Duran Duran star NICK RHODES 31st August 1985 - CLIVE BARKER launching Damnation Game 24th October 1987 - DAVE GIBBONS and ALAN MOORE. Who Watches The Watchmen? 5 90’s 19th May 1994 - NEIL GAIMAN & ALICE COOPER signing The Last Temptation Of Alice Babylon 5 at FP - CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN & JULIE CAITLIN BROWN (5th November 1999) and BRUCE BOXLEITNER & J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI (9th July 1997) 4th October 1997 - TOM BAKER 8th October 1994 - ADAM WEST 1991 - LENNY HENRY appeared at the star-studded Comic Relief event 9th March and returned to sign The Big Woof 16th November 5th January 1991 - STORM CONSTANTINE 20th November 1998 - Five Rounds Rapid! 1st July 1990 NICHOLAS COURTNEY - PAUL VERHOEVEN signing Total Flyers for the ‘Bad Guys Tour’ Recall posters by DAVID PROWSE & GUNNAR 29 September 1990 10th November 1990 7th November 1996 - RUSS MEYER HANSEN (September 1996) and - URSULA LE GUIN - J.G.BALLARD Nightbreed cast & crew (29 21st July 1998 - September 1990) More Babylon 5! PETER JURASIK in Croydon 25th October 1993 - The Avengers 1st February 1995 - NICHELLE NICHOLS LINDA THORSON & PATRICK MACNEE 7 00’s 24th May 2009 - Drag Me To Hell. SAM RAIMI, ALISON LOHMAN & JUSTIN LONG 29th August 2003 - SIR TERRY PRATCHETT has been our most frequent signing guest with 30 visits 5th August 2006 - TERRY GILLIAM 8th November 2003 - CHRISTOPHER LEE 29th August 2007 - WILLIAM GIBSON 18th December 2003 - ANDY SERKIS 9 September 2009 - AMANDA PALMER (and friend!) 25th November 2006 - NOEL CLARKE 18th November 2006 - MAX BROOKS 17th January 2009 and zombies - ROBERT RANKIN 6th October 2009 - KEVIN SMITH 24th April 2001 - AMBER BENSON 31st July 2008 - CHRIS CARTER & 29th November 2008 18th October 2003 - ELISABETH SLADEN at the FRANK SPOTNITZ. The Truth Is Out There... - CORY DOCTOROW opening day of our Shaftesbury Avenue Megastore 9 ’s 00 9th October 2008 - KEVIN WALKER & CHARLIE HIGSON signing the Young 11th November 2006 Bond Graphic Novel - JEFF WAYNE 21st May 2003 - Jim Lee 14th November 2007 - Fans queued overnight to 23rd August 2007 - FP meet My Chemical Romance Logo designer RIAN HUGHES frontman GERARD WAY 16th April 2009 - WWE Superstar BRET ‘THE HITMAN’ HART 27th September 2004 - Spaced signing with (L to R) EDGAR WRIGHT, SIMON PEGG, JULIA 24th October 2009 - JOHN LANDIS & EDGAR WRIGHT make 4th November 2001 DEAKIN, JESSICA STEVENSON, NICK FROST a surprise appearance at RAY HARRYHAUSEN’s signing 4th October 2007 - PIA GUERRA - JAMES MARSTERS 14th January 11 November 2009 2008 - Ayyy! - GEORGE R. R. MARTIN HENRY ‘THE FONZ’ WINKLER 31st October 2006 - Halloween Hammer Heroines. (L to R) MARTINE BESWICK, VALERIE LEON & JACQUELINE PEARCE 17th September 2008 - TARA MCPHERSON 24 April 2001 - JOSS WHEDON 1st December 2007 - NICK PARK 11 ’s 10 9th March 2016 - DAN SLOTT 25th June 2011 - NAOMI ALDERMAN 14th April 2012 - JONATHAN ROSS & BRYAN HITCH sign America’s Got Powers 23rd March 2016 - Hollywood’s ZACK SNYDER 9th November 2016 - From music to comics, it’s DARRYL RUN DMC MCDANIELS 17th August 2010 - BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY 24th October 2017 - The Death Of Stalin cast & crew 21st September 2017 - JOE SUGG - including ARMANDO IANNUCCI & DAVID SCHNEIDER 12th January 2013 - the legendary BRIAN BOLLAND 17th June 2016 - Ghostbusters 21st August 2016 - Ready director PAUL FEIG 25th November 2014 - CARY ELWES Player One author ERNEST CLINE 6th July 2011 - Comics superstar GRANT MORRISON 22nd October 2010 - GERALD SCARFE 7th December 2017 - FENELLA FIELDING 16th June 2017 - The MCU 17th September 2013 11th March 2016 - Adventure 22nd February 2017 - Newcastle celebrated - director of Spider-Man 7th July 2015 - Ant-Man - frequent guest KIM NEWMAN Time voice artist OLIVIA OLSON Megastore opening day with PETER MILLIGAN Homecoming JON WATTS director PEYTON REID 7th October 2010 - IAIN M BANKS 13 2018 10’s (SO FAR) 13th April - The 100th Doctor Who signing 29th April 2017 - Dr. Men mastermind ADAM HARGREAVES 1st November 2011 - JOHN LANDIS with former showrunners RUSSELL T DAVIES & STEVEN MOFFAT, alongside PAUL CORNELL, JENNY T. COLGAN, JAMES GOSS & ANTHONY DRY 20th May 2015 - JOE HILL 3rd May 2017 - ROBIN HOBB 3rd February - Another of our most prolific signees DAN ABNETT 13th March - BRUCE CAMPBELL. Groovy! 22nd February 2014 - Yes Governor, it’s The Walking 17th October 2017 24th September 2016 Dead’s DAVID MORRISSEY - JOANNE HARRIS - JOCK aka MARK SIMPSON 21st April 2018 - The legendary team-up of CAM KENNEDY & SIMON BISLEY signing for the legendary team-up of Batman & Judge Dredd 31st January 2015 - The 20th June 2018 - The Rivers Of London combined forces of MARK comic team (L to R) LEE SULLIVAN, MILLAR & DAVE GIBBONS! 15th April 2010 - WARWICK DAVIS ANDREW CARTMEL & BEN AARONOVITCH 22nd April 2018 - RAYMOND E. FEIST 15 Forbidden Planet Tote Bag Join Our Anniversary £5.99 3866832 Forbidden Planet People Like Us Large Mug Celebrations £12.99 4259572 Bringing you the best of pop culture for four decades. 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