by Shawn Robare | Aug 22, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
A quick note on the organization of the Cartoon Commentary! columns here at Branded in the 80s. I’ve been slowly tweaking the tags and archiving of some of the sections on the site for awhile to try and make this beast a little easier to navigate (since...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 18, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
While reading through some of my older Marvel G.I. Joe comics this past weekend, I noticed a couple of interesting things. First, though there are some overt Nazi overtones to the Cobra organization, I’d wager that they weren’t quite as in your face...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 17, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
My wife has been working diligently over the past couple of weeks on a couple of secret stuffed-animal/plush projects, and I’ve just been so proud of her. She’s really making strides with each project and I’m so glad that she’s also...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 14, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
The Saturday Supercast is back this week with our 3rd cartoon deconstruction episode. This episode is part one of a two part discussion on the landmark 80s cartoon series He-Man and the Masters of the universe. Join me and my co-hosts, Jerzy Drozd and...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 12, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ve talked before about some of the Holy Grail items that I was looking to procure for my sticker collection; stuff that is either wicked expensive for some odd reason (Dune sticker cards from Fleer or the 1980 series of Topps Monstickers, puffy sticker...