The reins will be loosened up a bit for next week’s challenge for the League of Extraordinary Bloggers, as you will decide what we will write about. So far, we have covered, Spies, Cowboys, and Spacemen, which leaves us one more weekly topic that is yet to be determined. Your choices are: Cops Mobsters Monsters […]
This week’s assignment from the League: Spacemen
Are you starting to see a theme here? First we had Spies, then came the Cowboys, and this week we’ll be covering another far out pop culture genre. This week’s assignment from the League of Extraordinary Bloggers: – “Spacemen.” — We’ll have one more genre-theme next week to close out the month, and I’m going to […]
The League has spoken: Cowboys
If you know me, you know my love for the Western genre, and the results from this week were some of my favorites from the League so far. The topic was “Cowboys” and here’s the weekly roundup: Fortune and Glory (Days) Shezcrafti Branded in the 80’s Monster Cafe Goodwill Hunting 4 Geeks Rediscover the 80’s Flashlights […]
Django Unchained action figures are skyrocketing!
This is what you call a well-timed purchase. Last week, when the controversy started brewing about the Django Unchained action figures, I thought it might be a good idea to get one–controversy is usually a good thing when it comes to collectibles. The figures are sold out everywhere, so, I ended up buying this Django […]
The Lone Ranger — an icon worth collecting
When people ask me what I collect, I tell them I collect pop culture icons. A while back, I made the decision to pare down my collecting habits to focus on icons rather than everything that I thought was cool–a guy only has so much space and money! My definition of the term “icon” is […]
Vintage Pop Culture from the Old West
A couple of years ago, I challenged myself with the daunting task of photographing a collection a day. I made it to 68 days before running out of steam–though I did have more collections to photograph! One of my favorite photographs from that series was this image of vintage Cowboy ephemera I had amassed. Taking photos […]