by Shawn Robare | Oct 11, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
For part 3 of the Monster Squad art showcase I wanted to feature a few great artists. First up this piece by Ryan Wheaton that I have hanging in Bradned HQ. You can pick this up at his etsy shop! Next up is the super cool dude, Travis Falligant who was the talented...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 10, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
On February 10, 1988 The Monster Squad was released for the first time on home video, a mere five months after it was released in theaters. There were two types of films that were released this fast back in the 80s, humongous blockbusters like Batman and those flicks...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 9, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Shortly after I first saw The Monster Squad I discovered one of the magazine staples of my youth, Fangoria. At the time, around 1987-88, there were no shops around me that carried magazine back issues and my parents weren’t keen on me ordering from the Fangoria...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 8, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
There are a lot of top 10 Monster Squad trivia lists online so when I was prepping for the countdown this month I initially scratched that idea from the list of topics to cover. But the more I dug into the film and the more research I did I found some things that...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 7, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’m not sure if anyone in the world besides me finds pop culture lettering and logo design variation interesting, but for all of the font nuts out there that are also Monster Squad fans there are a bunch of different title designs that made the rounds before and...