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80s toy montage

February 6, 2014 By Brian 5 Comments

Saturday night in the McDonald’s parking lot (circa 1989)

How many properties can you spot? I’ll give you the hardest one, which I doubt anyone could even see,. That blue stick is Evil Lyn’s staff from He-Man. That’s one. There are 12 other 80’s toy lines represented here. I had fun making this vignette of 80’s toys, planning to enter the photo in UnderScoopFire’s […]

Filed Under: Art and Photography, Toys

February 5, 2014 By Brian 53 Comments

We were on a break! The League of Extraordinary Bloggers Returns (maybe)

It’s been a while since the League of Extraordinary Bloggers had a weekly challenge. After 2+ years of weekly posts, participation in the weekly challenges seemed to be wearing thin and the number of participants started to dwindle. So, what do you think? Do we let it rise from the ashes like a phoenix, or […]

Filed Under: Pop Culture League

February 4, 2014 By Brian 10 Comments

The Cool & Collected Magazine needs your help!

Most of you are aware that the first issue of the Cool & Collected Magazine has been published, and by all accounts was a big hit. Other than a few hiccups with the PDF downloads and one instance of the Post Office not doing its job, overall I’ll call the whole process a success. Now, […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Magazine

action comics #15 original art

February 4, 2014 By Brian Leave a Comment

Earliest Superman cover art known to exist is up for bid at Heritage Auctions

The earliest Superman cover art known to exist – Fred Guardineer’s thrilling visage of the Man of Steel from Action Comics #15 – may bring $200,000+ in Heritage Auctions’ Feb. 20-22 Vintage Comics Signature® Auction in New York. The rare work joins nearly 1,200 lots, including two Silver Age milestones: Amazing Fantasy #15 – the first appearance of Spider-Man – in 9.0 grade by […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, Shows & Events Tagged With: Comic Books, original art, Superman

February 3, 2014 By Brian 9 Comments

Don’t screw this up Marvel

Marvel has had a good run with their movies, but I’m not convinced they’re still headed down the right path… Don’t get me wrong, both of these movies look pretty good, but where’s the fun? I’d hate to see these follow the lines of DC movies like The Dark Knight and Man of Steel, where […]

Filed Under: TV & Movies Tagged With: Captain America, Spiderman

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