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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.
Some more animation cels from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe…
In honor of episode 22 of the Saturday Supercast I thought I'd break out some of my Filmation...
Saturday Supercast Episode 22: A continuation of the discussion on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe!
I'm really excited to be back this week with episode 22 of the Saturday Supercast! In...
I wonder how much Drew Struzan would charge for doing some Branded in the 80s artwork…
Over the past two days I've had a couple of nudges towards thinking about movie poster and DVD...
Peel Here #90: I’m only pretending these stickers are gay so my webhosting company doesn’t evict me…
Before I get into today's Peel Here column proper, I wanted to take a second to let everyone...
Cartoon Commentary, a look at the 1st episode of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe!
A quick note on the organization of the Cartoon Commentary! columns here at Branded in the...
Did you ever notice…
While reading through some of my older Marvel G.I. Joe comics this past weekend, I noticed a...
Peel Here #89: Great Job Kid!
My wife has been working diligently over the past couple of weeks on a couple of secret...
Saturday Supercast Episode 21: Deconstructing He-Man and the Masters of the Universe!
The Saturday Supercast is back this week with our 3rd cartoon deconstruction episode. ...
Peel Here #88: One of my Holy Grail Items, Prismatic Foil Horror Stickers!
I've talked before about some of the Holy Grail items that I was looking to procure for my...
Review of the Mill Creek Dungeons and Dragons the Complete Series on DVD…
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Mill Creek Entertainment has picked up the license to the...
Cartoon Commentary! G.I. Joe Episode 5 A Stake in the Serpent’s Heart
Finally getting around to finishing off the Cartoon Commentary! series on the 1st G.I. Joe mini...
OMG, Another Branded in the 80s Podcast, this time about some BMX memories…
In the interest of seeing whether or not I can keep the Branded in the 80s podcasts flowing,...
Peel Here #87: Crass marketing or Personal Time Machine?
It's funny. When I stop and think, really think, about merchandising and ad campaigns, it...
Les Lye has left the building and he was followed by a cavalcade of wonderful characters…
I was going to post the last Cartoon Commentary! column for the original G.I. Joe mini series...
G.I. Joe Magazine, Spring 1988!
I've talked in the past about the function of pop culture as a sort of Rosetta Stone for...
Cartoon Commentary! G.I. Joe Episode 4 Duel in the Devil’s Cauldron
One of the things that I find endlessly fascinating about cartoons in the 80s is the tonal...
Peel Here #86: Some more G.I. Joe stickers…
…and now for something slightly different though still G.I. Joe related (and heaps shorter than...
Cartoon Commentary! G.I. Joe Episode 3 the Worms of Death…
I don't know how obvious it is, but I'm really excited to be podcasting again. As some of...
Saturday Supercast Episode 20 is Live!
Continuing the discussion of the 1st G.I. Joe mini, A Real American Hero, this new episode of...
Cartoon Commentary! G.I. Joe Episode 2 Slave of the Cobra Master…
So the Saturday Supercast Jerzy Drozd, Kevin Cross and I recorded recently was pretty...
Cartoon Commentary! lives again…
I recently had a fire lit under my butt to get back into podcasting and the result was...
Joining up as a co-host on the re-launched Saturday Supercast!
Hey guys, just wanted to take a second and announce the re-launch of the Saturday Supercast...
Peel Here #85: Grossville High is no Garbage Pail Kids…
While flipping through images of my sticker collection recently I realized that I never posted...
Peel Here #84: Another Reader’s collection…
I've got a special treat this week in the form of another reader supplied installment of Peel...
Peel Here #83: Turbo-Boosting in Super Pursuit Mode!
I can't believe it took me 83 columns on sticker collecting to get around to posting some...
Peel Here #82: "I ain’t gettin’ on no plane, and I don’t smell like chocolate you sucker!"
Since it's been about 4 months since I've posted a Peel Here sticker column I figure it's about...
How the Transformers Saved Christmas, or how I learned to stop fighting Decepticons and love Energon…
Just wanted to drop by from my holiday hiatus and say that I hope everyone has the best holiday...
Fee, Fi, Fo Fom, this Rodeo is really Dumb!
During this past Halloween season the wife and I were browsing around some of the outlet stores...
Peel Here #81, Might solve a mystery, or rewrite history!
I'm sure I've written about this before, but one of the aspects I love the most about pop...
Why I’m a dork, part 63: The List…
There are a ton of reasons why I'm a nerd/dork/geek/what-the-fuck-ever, but if I had to pick...