by Shawn Robare | Oct 14, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Over the past year, 1984 Publishing and author/ex-Fangoria editor Michael Gingold have released a series of beautiful coffee table books illustrating a very under-celebrated section of film fandom, the newspaper movie ads that run in the weekend or lifestyle sections...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 2, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
On August 22nd, 1987 I saw a movie that changed my life. I didn’t realize at the time how much it would change me, and looking back I feel very lucky that I caught it when and where I did because the screening I attended was the second to last time the movie was...
by Shawn Robare | May 29, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ll be the first person to admit that most times Hallmark non-branded stickers from the 80s are generally weird and silly and very rarely seem cohesively designed. There are a lot of anthropomorphic items like food, shoes, and dust bunnies, quip-y stickers...
by Shawn Robare | May 28, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s funny, having just written a piece riffing on the idea that I don’t “go in” for many modern takes on nostalgic properties, I find myself getting pulled into and won over by stuff left and right. In fact, the latest nostalgic callback I...
by Shawn Robare | May 23, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
When you find yourself perusing the internet looking for 30 year-old stickers, sometimes you can’t fight that battle with precision strikes, yanking only the desired sheets, sets, and singles from auctions. In the past 10 years folks who sell ephemera like...
