by Shawn Robare | Feb 8, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Recently Brian over at Cool and Collected posed the idea that a bunch of us like-minded writers, toy-fanatics, bloggers, and collectors should come together once a week or so and all write separate articles with a singular topic. This way we can all get some...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 23, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
One aspect of the American pop culture experience that I find endlessly intriguing is how certain portions of it so completely subvert class, race, religion, and creed. It’s hard these days to pin down someone’s race or religious beliefs based solely...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 24, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Just wanted to take a quick break from my annual holiday hiatus to share this awesome magazine cover that I’ve been sitting on for far too long. This was pointed to and provided by the awesome allhallowSteve over at Halloween Addict. What more needs to be said...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 31, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Alright Boils and Ghouls! We’re finally here, Halloween is upon us and tonight lucky kids all over the country will be knocking on doors and stuffing pails, sacks, pillow cases, and bags with all sort of sugary goodness. Tomorrow is set aside for a...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 30, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
We’re up to our second to last post for the Halloween season! Today it’s all about Dracula. Well, Francis Ford Coppola’s film version of the novel. Actually, it’s really the effects team and designer’s interpretation of...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 29, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Just three days left until Halloween, and the beginning of the last weekend in the season. Today brings the only Cinema Secrets advertisement of the countdown, which was ripped from issue #126 of Fangoria from 1993… Lots of licensed masks in this one,...
