by Shawn Robare | Nov 25, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Not only am I a professed lover of the 80s, and in particular 80s era cartoons and animation, but I’m also pretty damn interested in branding and design (I mean, I did kinda name my site after that.) So when these paths cross I can get pretty nerdy. I mean...
by Shawn Robare | Nov 21, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Listen
Finally found some time to start working on season 2 of the All New Branded in the 80s Podcast. In this new episode I take a few minutes to talk about some of the behind the scenes talent in our favorite 80s cartoons, or more precisely, just how hard it can be to...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 13, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I think it’s fair to say that I am pretty well versed in the pop culture of the 1980s, and sometimes I wonder if that hampers my enjoyment of the current nostalgic revival of that wonderful decade. I spend almost every day of my life looking back at some aspect of my...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 14, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I wanted to take a second and point to something very awesome, the Halloween 2016 release from one of my favorite independent companies, 8 Bit Zombie! I’ve mentioned Ross and his rad clothing and merch outfit 8BZ on Branded before what with his super cool...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 29, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Though I mainly enjoy flipping through old “mom” magazines to find cool vintage advertisements for extinct products, every so often I do dip in a little further and read some of the articles. Like the one I took a look at last week about kid’s...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 22, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
One of the things that I talk a lot about when it comes to the 80s is this idea that because the pop culture of the decade was so loud, syndicated and homogeneous no matter where you lived in the United States, it’s like everyone who grew up through those years...
