My Pop Culture Parking Lot…
It’s been awhile since I’ve talked about my love for tiny pop culture vehicles here at...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Jan 14, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Toys | 22 |
It’s been awhile since I’ve talked about my love for tiny pop culture vehicles here at...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Sep 12, 2013 | Branded in the 80s, Toys | 14 |
So, being that the site is called BRANDED in the 80s, it should be pretty evident that branding and package design is something that’s pretty close to my heart. I mean, easily, 50% of the nostalgia I have for 80s is (if you’ll...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Jan 24, 2008 | Branded in the 80s, Hostess Comic Ads | 1 |
So for the time being this post will finish off my collection of Hostess comic ads. Like I’ve mentioned before, I think there are still about 30 or 40 more ads that I haven’t been able to find yet, so that’ll...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Jan 15, 2008 | Branded in the 80s, Hostess Comic Ads | 2 |
I’m back with my second to last round of Hostess comic book ads from the 70s and 80s. I know that there are about 50 or so more ads than what I’ve been able to locate in my collection of ads, so sometime this year I...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Jan 4, 2008 | Branded in the 80s, Hostess Comic Ads | 1 |
Wow, I really have been lax around here for the past two months. I’ll tell ya, the holidays really suck all my drive and energy, even when I’m not doing all that much. Anyway, it’s a new year, blah blah,...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Aug 17, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Hostess Comic Ads | 1 |
Well, I was a lazy bum last night and I didn’t fix up the screen shots from episode six of the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, so instead of another installment of Cartoon Commentary!, I’ll be throwing up another...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Jul 25, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Hostess Comic Ads | 1 |
Well, it’s time to dip back into the world of Hostess ads, this time we’ll be taking a look at some Marvel fruit pie ads from 1975-1979.Spiderman in The Trap 1975 You know, I don’t want Peter to think I’m...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Jul 18, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Hostess Comic Ads | 0 |
Well, it’s that time again, time to jump back into the wonderful world of Hostess comic book ads for some much needed advice on how to defeat both evil and our insatiable hunger with snack cakes so tasty that Batman...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Apr 26, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Hostess Comic Ads | 1 |
So here we are again with another installment of the Essential Hostess Ads, Vol. 3 part 2 1979-1981. I hope to start work on compiling enough of the Marvel versions of these ads to put together some Essentials of those as...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Mar 22, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Hostess Comic Ads | 1 |
There really were a ton of these Hostess ads published between 1975 and 1981. I keep finding more, and I haven’t even gotten into the Marvel series yet. I think I’ve mentioned this, but I still think it’s...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Mar 13, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Hostess Comic Ads | 2 |
As promised in the Twinkie entry, though a week late, here is Vol. 2 in the Essential Hostess Ads series, this time centering on the Hostess Cupcakes and the DC heroes who love to use them for fighting crime and stuff. I...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Mar 2, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Hostess Comic Ads | 4 |
Recently, Savage over at his fun blog Old Man Musings posted an old Hostess Fruit Pies ad starring the Fantastic Four wherein the Four with Franklin in tow, pound and fire-blast the shit out of some falling rocks that...
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