by Shawn Robare | Sep 29, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Well, there are just two short days before the official beginning of the 2011 Countdown to Halloween and I couldn’t be more excited. Though I’ve run out of cool Real Ghostbusters monster animation cels to share (like I did in 2009 and 2010), I do have a...
by Shawn Robare | Sep 28, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Well folks, the month of October is almost upon us, and before I slip into a daze of daily ghoulish shenanigans, I thought I’d squeeze in one more PCP update. I feel very lucky to have gotten a chance to meet a bunch of people because of this website and...
by Shawn Robare | Sep 23, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This week’s PCP spotlight is on Carlin “CT” from Nerd Lunch! I think I originally got to know CT through twitter a couple years ago, but I’ve been keeping up with the Nerd Lunch website ever since. CT was a big supporter of the Up! Fair,...
by Shawn Robare | Sep 22, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This past weekend I ended up hitting a few stores around town looking for some new toys that I’d hoped were out on the pegs. Though I didn’t find what I was looking for (the new wave of Real Ghostbusters Minimates and the new G.I. Joe’s, in...
by Shawn Robare | Sep 21, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Here’s my second and final Monkey Goggles article that was originally published a little over a year ago on the Archie McPhee literary webzine. As I mentioned yesterday, I’m putting these articles up here as it seems that MG isn’t going to be...
by Shawn Robare | Sep 20, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It just dawned on me that Monkey Goggles seems to have shuttered (there’s been no new content since last year when editor Geoff Carter and Archie McPhee amicably ended their partnership.) So just in case the site ends up folding completely I’ve decided to...