by Shawn Robare | May 31, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Though I believe that the idea of using cartoons as 25-minute food and toy ads began in the 60s and 70s, the practice was perfected in the 80s. As a perfect example of this I present this 15-page preview of the M.A.S.K. comic book, which was added to a bunch of...
by Shawn Robare | May 30, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So recently, and I use recently in the loosest way possible (and in comparison to my obsession with 20-30 year old nostalgia), I got into a French/Japanese cartoon from the 80s called the Mysterious Cities of Gold. I’m not sure how well known the cartoon is, I...
by Shawn Robare | May 29, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So here we are in the last week of May, and the last chunk of 80s Super Hero stickers that I have in my collection. It’s going to be a short week for me as I’m finally tying the knot with the wonderful woman that I’ve shared the last seven years...
by Shawn Robare | May 21, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’m back for week 28 of Peel Here, which also happens to be the 4th week of exploring my 80s Super Hero sticker collection, not to mention the DC Comics portion of the month long exploration. This isn’t the last week as there are practically 5 weeks in...
by Shawn Robare | May 16, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Chris over at the Goonies Soundtrack Campaign contacted me recently to let me know that the good people at Varese Sarabande are thinking about the possibility of releasing the Goonies score (music by Dave Gursin) on CD. I know that there was an album of the pop songs...
