The late 80s was a weird time for me, toy and collecting-wise, because I was racing into my awkward preteen years and the idea of playing with toys was starting to become the epitome of uncool. I...
Of all the publications available to kids in the 80s I’m not sure I can find one that is so absolutely perfect as Muppet Magazine. I’ve written about the publication before, but I think it’...
https://brandedinthe80s.com/19227/muppet-magazine-perfect-kid-reading-in-the-80s
In July of 1990 two very important things happened in my life. The first was that I turned 13 years old and achieved my peak level of childhood experience where I was just old enough to appreciat...
https://brandedinthe80s.com/19131/the-most-important-spreadsheet-that-ever-was
One weird and fun side effect of this pandemic quarantine is that I’ve found myself with a lot of extra time to work on this site. Between my wife and I having our first child, crazy work sched...
We live in a time of epic super hero crossovers and comic book cinematic universes that are managing to tie dozens of movies together into singular huge stories. There are television commercials ...
https://brandedinthe80s.com/18575/remember-when-the-madballs-met-the-care-bears
Back in 1987, around the time I was nine or ten years-old and in the 5th grade, I was always in a mad rush after school. My elementary school let out at 2:30pm and my appointment television carto...
https://brandedinthe80s.com/18550/reclaiming-my-childhood-part-7235-the-silverhawks
Somehow, unintentionally, I’ve amassed a rather large collection of vintage coloring books over the years even though I honestly have very little interest in them (even the rad branded ones.) I...
There are a lot of pop culture touchstones in my childhood that had a huge influence on the person I’d eventually become. Most entertained or thrilled me, opening up new worlds of fantasy or sc...
Over the past year, 1984 Publishing and author/ex-Fangoria editor Michael Gingold have released a series of beautiful coffee table books illustrating a very under-celebrated section of film fando...
https://brandedinthe80s.com/18114/now-playing-30-years-of-cinema-advertising
When it comes to Branded, I typically like to stick to writing and reminiscing about the late 70s and 80s through the perspective of a kid. I was a kid at the time after all, and there was a lot ...