by Shawn Robare | Aug 22, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I spend a lot of time writing about branding and marketing, and I suppose in a way I’m sort of an amateur semiotician trying to understand pop culture. A large chunk of my interests, the toys, television shows & cartoons, books, and various related...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 10, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So I recently caught the first couple episodes of the newly relaunched ThunderCats cartoon and it got me in the mood to break out the first season of the original show on DVD and watch a bunch of episodes. Sort of like the Transformers posts last month, I...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 5, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
We’re just down the street from Halloween town with August almost upon us, and it’s getting close the time to start thinking about this year’s ghoulish costume designs. Well, the Strange Kids Club, is starting up an Annual Halloween Costume...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 3, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s been a little while, but the Post Card Project is back with a new reader to highlight. Today I’d like to point to international (Montreal, Canada) reader Sarah, who you might know as Ladyjaye in the comments here at Branded. She’s...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 28, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So, picking up from where I left off last week when discussing some of the things that jumped out at me while re-watching the 1st season of the original Transformers cartoon, there were a lot of things that I didn’t remember from watching the show as a...
