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I’ve been writing about pop culture for almost 20 years and I can’t imagine stopping any time soon. Here you’ll find all of my current articles and an archive of the stuff I wrote for my defunct site, Branded in the 80s.
31 Days of Monsters, Day 9: Twinkie’s Witch
Day nine brings us our first witch of the countdown (there should be at least two more coming),...
31 Days of Monsters, Day 8: Battly for Belfry!
It’s Day 8 of the 31 Days of Monsters Countdown, and today’s creature is a little...
31 Days of Monsters, Day 7: The Scared Crow Spector…
Being as un-prepared for the countdown as I was this year, there are a few of these monster...
31 Days of Monsters, Day 6: Sir Trance-A-Lot has already got a Holy Grail. It’s Ver-ary Nice!
Playing a little bit of catch up today (didn’t get this guy posted at midnight like I...
31 Days of Monsters, Day 5: Poso in honor of Puzo!
Hey boils and ghouls, it’s Friday, Day 5 of the 31 Days of Monsters Countdown here at...
31 Days of Monsters, Day 4: Jake Kong can run rings around this Colossus!
We’re jumping back over to the Filmation Ghostbusters cartoon for today’s 31 Days...
31 Days of Monsters, Day 3: Venkman gets suited up in Psychomagnotheric Slime and is chaperoned by Shifter!
Well, it’s Day 3, and I’m bouncing back to a couple of animation cels from The Real...
31 Days of Monsters, Day 2: Ghost Buggy is Raring to Go!
Alright, it’s day 2 of the 31 Days of Monsters Halloween Countdown, and since I started...
31 Days of Monsters, Day 1: Slimer’s coming to get you!
Welcome back to another Branded in the 80s Countdown to Halloween! This year marks my 7th year...
Oh, I just wanted to say good-bye and remind you that the good guys always win, even in the eighties…
So, um, HOLY CRAP! While I’ve been working away on the upcoming Halloween fun for the...
I’m a member in good standing in some pretty prestigious clubs…
I thought I wasn’t going to find time to post this week, but I didn’t want to sit...
There’s only one thing to say about the Topps Mars Attacks Book: Ack Ack Ack!
As an avid collector of trading cards, specifically those non-sports pop culture sets released...
Coming this Fall, The Branded in the 80s Megafun Saturday!
This week’s assignment from the League is a really fun one (suggested by Poe Ghostal over...
The Branded in the 80s Mixtape, sponsored by The League…
**Update, the 15th and final Mixtape has now been sent out. Thanks everyone who requested...
Remembering my first experience with The Monster Squad…
Twenty five years ago today The Monster Squad was released in theaters. August 14th, 1987. I...
Cue Lyndsy Buckingham’s Holiday Road and take a trip with the League…
This week’s assignment from the League is all about capturing the last vestiges of summer...
Visiting the Jim Henson Exhibit at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta…
It’s so easy to get lost in the sea of social media sometimes, pining after all the cool...
All I can say about this week’s assignment from the League is, well, I Don’t Know!
It’s been a few weeks since I was on the ball enough to participate in a League...
Oh my god! They Killed Kinney! You Bastards!
I’ve written a bit about how the extreme violence in Robocop affected me as a kid, and if...
The only thing better than one glow in the dark Nightfighter Robocop, is two GITD Nightfighter Robocops!
For today’s installment of Robo-madness I thought it would be fun to take a look at a...
Taking a closer look at Robocop, literally…
Day three of the Robomadness is here, and along with it are a series of blueprint/schematic...
I’ll trade you a hand-less Murphy for your Boddicker’s Bros card!
It’s day two of the Branded in the 80s Robocop-a-thon, and I thought I’d take this...
Celebrating 25 years of Robocop, Part Man, Part Machine, All Badass!
On July 17th, 1987 two very monumental things happened to me that would alter my perspective...
The League: The only thing that makes me feel patriotic!
The new topic for the League actually covers two weeks (with the next being a holiday and...
Branded in the 80s Headquarters, or creating the clubhouse I never had as a kid
I was prompted by Andrew Jones to document my recent room renervations in a conversation on...
Cartoon Commentary, taking a closer look at King Gorneesh from the Ewoks…
I’ve been on a kick lately going through my collection of ephemera and animation cels...
Top ten childhood crushes (Yup, I like-liked them…)
I’ve been feeling a little under the weather this week, not to mention in a very silly...
Octopus, or how the film Popeye taught me to fear and hate unconditionally…
For this Overdue Books column I wanted to try something a little different. Instead of...
Wax Paper Pop Art #34, A Very Special Episode in which Klinger Doesn’t Cross-dress…
I had a fun conversation with a fellow on twitter this week about the line of M*A*S*H action...
Hi, my name is Shawn and I’m a mechanical pencil nerd…
A couple weeks ago I shared my love for the vintage Mead Trapper Keeper folder system. Well,...