by Shawn Robare | Feb 1, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I know it’s a little late for Christmas missives, but I was away from Branded during the holidays and I had totally intended to share this rad 1980 advertisement for the Schwinn Phantom Scrambler… This came out of an issue of Boy’s Life which I’ve...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 31, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So this week I thought I’d dig a little deeper into the whole school book club flyer phenomenon of the 80s while also taking a look at one of the more recognizable clubs, Weekly Reader. Again, all of these scans come from the personal collection of the...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 28, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Been doing a bunch of collection culling, house cleaning and framing these past couple of weeks (trying to get a jump on Spring cleaning I guess), and in the process I’ve been digging back into my collection of Garbage Pail Kids. I’ve always wanted...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 27, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Since I started sharing Ste-vil King Macrocranios’s collection of vintage school book club flyers this week, I thought it would also be a cool opportunity to take a closer look at some of the stuff one might have ordered back in the day. Today I thought...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 25, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’m a bit late in getting to this before Christmas, but I wanted to take a second and point to one of the coolest things I received during this past holiday season. I’ve been reading Roger Barr’s I-Mockery site for years, in particular during...
