by Shawn Robare | Oct 8, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Though I thought I was going to be able to knock out the Cartoon Commentary! columns with the 31 days of Halloween with no problem, it looks like I was basing that assumption on the idea that there were about four more hours in the day than there really are. So for...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 7, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Even though I’m not a big fan of cereal in general, I love monster themed cereals, and the crème de la crème of which has to be the General Mills collection including Franken berry, Count Chocula, Boo Berry, and Fruit Brute. In 1988 or so a new monster was added...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 4, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Halloween blogging has been a blast, and it’s only the 3rd! Something that’s certainly keeping me going is all of the other fine folks taking the ghastly plunge into 31 straight days of blogging this month, which is making for some great daily reading. I...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 4, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
When thinking about the Halloween season, I can’t help but connect it with monsters; Werewolves, vampires, various creatures (some slimy, so dry and shedding), bigfeet, patchwork Frankensteins, witches, demons, and mummies rising from their crypts. Of course I...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 3, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Today I thought I’d share a fun little monster themed Muppet’s comic that I found in the 1980 Random House published Muppet Madness book. Unfortunately there aren’t any writers, artists, or contributors listed, not even a signature on the title page...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 2, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
One of the things I wanted to do this year for Halloween countdown was to document the various store displays and schwag that I’ve seen, so I figured I start with one of my least favorite places and work my up the list. Now it’s not that I hate...
