by Shawn Robare | May 21, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This week’s WPPA brings an anniversary of an unlikely duo, Kiss and Howard the Duck. 33 years ago this month Kiss made their very first comic book appearance in issue number 12 of Howard the Duck (published by Marvel in 1977.) I believe the Empire...
by Shawn Robare | May 19, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
As I mentioned in the first part of the discussion on the Silverhawks cartoon, there isn’t a whole heck of a lot going on in the first two-part origin story. Peter Lawrence delivered a pretty bare-bones story that sets up all the main characters of the...
by Shawn Robare | May 17, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I realized the other day that while I’ve been making a concerted effort to make my way through piles of magazines, books, and other vintage papers top share on Branded, I haven’t really made a dent in my cartoon collection either. There are a lot of...
by Shawn Robare | May 15, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Charles over at Eclectorama and Eric at Toyriffic recently proposed a little blogging crossover event in honor of everyone’s favorite maniacal mercenary, that master of disguise, and all around mysterious meanie, Zartan. As a toy in the 3.75″ G.I....
by Shawn Robare | May 14, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This week brings my favorite wax pack wrapper, the Incredible Hulk, 1979. I love the colos, and the melting Hulk blob. Talked about the sticker cards here…
by Shawn Robare | May 12, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I sort of wanted to dig a little deeper into the Thundarr cartoon. While I was doing the write up for the 1st episode, Secret of the Black Pearl, I realized that the majority of the concept artwork that accompanied both vintage articles I posted last month was...
