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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.
Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 18: The Mystery of Spectral Abe!
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 17: Grape Ape, er, Dragon!
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 16: Invading the Treehouse of Horror!
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters: A Quick look back at the first half of the 2010 Countdown!
We're roughly halfway through the countdown this year, so I thought I'd take a second to pause...
Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 15: The Answer Lies with Kishar!
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 14: The Ansar Mystery…
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 13: Karro Zans…
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 12: Oh no, It’s Count Von Blookenvooten!
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 11: The Ghostbusters need to get Back to the Future!
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 10: Zombie Thug
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 9: Designated Hitter from Hell!
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 8: The Grundel!
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 7: Mayan Dragon Demon!
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 6: I dream of Genie…
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 5: Geraldo, eat your heart out!
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 4: Pimpin’, I mean, Collectin’ Ain’t Easy!
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 3: Creepy Pink Lips!
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 2: Mr. Winchester Wolf!
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Return of the 31 Days of Monsters, Day 1: the Disgruntled Pooch!
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Peel Here #106: Ah, ah… why am I drippings with goo?
So it's the last day of September, and as anyone who has been following Branded for awhile...
Lords of Light and Demon Dogs rejoice!
After the disappointing release of the Warner Brothers Saturday Moring Cartoons: 1980s earlier...
Wax Paper Pop Art #18: The All Singing All Dancing Horror Edition…
In honor of the impending spooktacular festivities coming in just one short week I thought it...
Halloween 2010 Highlights so far…
Even though I've been a little bummed about this year's crop of Halloween goodies and the...
Mad Scientists Get No Respect…
I wanted to do a quick follow up to last weeks Target rant. I'm still disappointed with...
Target starts missing the mark sooner that I expected.
For anyone who is a regular reader here at Branded, you'll probably know that when September...
The Essential TV Guide Fall Preview Issues of the 80s, Part 9: 1985!
While 1984 was an insanely banner year for television, where almost every single new series was...
Wax Paper Pop Art #17: Jumping the shark, In Space!
Felling like a bloated, overblown spy adventure in space today. Moonraker Bubblegum cards from...
Can you imagine the Kirby Crackle in your mouth? It’s the sound of the war agaisnt the Tooth Invader!
So in 1983 the various companies making toothpaste decided to bring their product competition...
Why didn’t they just name the leader Fluoride?
I recently picked up a big run of Muppet Magazine and while flipping through the issues I was...
Wax Paper Pop Art #16: Bubble gum? These should have come with Reese’s Pieces…
To cap off the E.T. theme this week, here’s a better look at the wax wrapper from that...