by Shawn Robare | May 19, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
As I mentioned in the first part of the discussion on the Silverhawks cartoon, there isn’t a whole heck of a lot going on in the first two-part origin story. Peter Lawrence delivered a pretty bare-bones story that sets up all the main characters of the...
by Shawn Robare | May 17, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I realized the other day that while I’ve been making a concerted effort to make my way through piles of magazines, books, and other vintage papers top share on Branded, I haven’t really made a dent in my cartoon collection either. There are a lot of...
by Shawn Robare | May 15, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Charles over at Eclectorama and Eric at Toyriffic recently proposed a little blogging crossover event in honor of everyone’s favorite maniacal mercenary, that master of disguise, and all around mysterious meanie, Zartan. As a toy in the 3.75″ G.I....
by Shawn Robare | May 14, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This week brings my favorite wax pack wrapper, the Incredible Hulk, 1979. I love the colos, and the melting Hulk blob. Talked about the sticker cards here…
by Shawn Robare | May 12, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I sort of wanted to dig a little deeper into the Thundarr cartoon. While I was doing the write up for the 1st episode, Secret of the Black Pearl, I realized that the majority of the concept artwork that accompanied both vintage articles I posted last month was...