by Shawn Robare | Jul 24, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I was going to post the last Cartoon Commentary! column for the original G.I. Joe mini series today, but I thought I’d take a second to share some sad news instead. I found out yesterday that actor/humanitarian Les Lye passed away on Tuesday the...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 23, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ve talked in the past about the function of pop culture as a sort of Rosetta Stone for deciphering the past. How a picture of an Otter Pop can help unlock very specific memories of times and places, and eventually, when you string enough of these...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 22, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
One of the things that I find endlessly fascinating about cartoons in the 80s is the tonal shift that a lot of the shows took. Throughout the 70s child advocacy groups like A.C.T. (Action for Children’s Television) were having a huge impact on the...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 21, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
…and now for something slightly different though still G.I. Joe related (and heaps shorter than my long winded Cartoon Commentary! posts…) I remember when I was in the middle of a vintage sticker buying frenzy a couple years ago, I was always looking for a copy...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 20, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I don’t know how obvious it is, but I’m really excited to be podcasting again. As some of the long time readers might remember, this site started at a platform for a podcast I was doing on my nostalgia memories, but what I discovered pretty quickly...
