by Shawn Robare | Oct 21, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
While putting together the last Peel Here piece on some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stickers I wanted to share on the site, there was something in the back of my mind that made me feel like I was missing something. My wife Jaime is a huge TMNT nerd, and I had almost...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 15, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Diving back into some sticker fun here at Branded, I thought it would be fun to break out this set of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sticker sheets released by Artis Paper Magic Company in 1989. There was a whole series of licensed stickers released in this format by...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 14, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Over the past year, 1984 Publishing and author/ex-Fangoria editor Michael Gingold have released a series of beautiful coffee table books illustrating a very under-celebrated section of film fandom, the newspaper movie ads that run in the weekend or lifestyle sections...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 2, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
On August 22nd, 1987 I saw a movie that changed my life. I didn’t realize at the time how much it would change me, and looking back I feel very lucky that I caught it when and where I did because the screening I attended was the second to last time the movie was...
by Shawn Robare | May 29, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ll be the first person to admit that most times Hallmark non-branded stickers from the 80s are generally weird and silly and very rarely seem cohesively designed. There are a lot of anthropomorphic items like food, shoes, and dust bunnies, quip-y stickers...
by Shawn Robare | May 28, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s funny, having just written a piece riffing on the idea that I don’t “go in” for many modern takes on nostalgic properties, I find myself getting pulled into and won over by stuff left and right. In fact, the latest nostalgic callback I...
