by Shawn Robare | Oct 8, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
There are a lot of top 10 Monster Squad trivia lists online so when I was prepping for the countdown this month I initially scratched that idea from the list of topics to cover. But the more I dug into the film and the more research I did I found some things that...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 7, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’m not sure if anyone in the world besides me finds pop culture lettering and logo design variation interesting, but for all of the font nuts out there that are also Monster Squad fans there are a bunch of different title designs that made the rounds before and...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 6, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
One of the things I was looking forward to investigating about The Monster Squad was why it seemed to fail to capture the theater audience when it was originally released in mid-August, 1987. I mean I saw it in the theater and LOVED every single frame, so it confused...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 5, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
For Day 2 of the Monster Squad fan art showcase I wanted to highlight a couple of seriously fun concepts. First is the amazing work of Jason Edmiston who really knocked it out of the park with this Night of the Creeps/Monster Squad mash-up for Fright Rags… Next...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 4, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I thought it would be fun to showcase some of my favorite Monster Squad-themed art on the weekends this month, and who better to kick it off with other than a couple of seriously cool dudes who I am so happy to have originals of hanging in Branded HQ (not these...