I had a very disappointing experience at my local Burger King restaurant last night. To begin with, I placed a mobile order ahead of arrival because I was in a hurry and needed to save CONTINUE READING…
Almost all of television takes place inside the mind of an autistic child. Or so this crazy St. Elsewhere theory would have you believe. CONTINUE READING…
When a shadowy figure creeps into our world, witness the heroic return of KARDAK THE MYSTIC, on shelves today! In the all-new story by Joe Corallo and Butch Mapa, Kardak is a struggling stage magician, trying to keep the audience on CONTINUE READING…
So You Want To Be A Geek is the podcast where we look to redefine what it means to be a geek in 2024 and beyond. Each episode we will explore different topics that people CONTINUE READING…
When kids go to the grocery store these days and browse the cereal aisle, they are treated by scores of colorful boxes and plenty of unique cereals to choose from. There is even a fair CONTINUE READING…
On June 1st, 2019 The Retro Network went live online. Via a collaborative idea of founders Jason Gross (of Rediscover the 80s) and Mickey Yarber (of Retro Ramblings), the Network launched as a place to CONTINUE READING…
The TRN Time Machine podcast is back! As a way to honor Jason’s podcasting legacy, we’re re-releasing classic episodes from the original Retro Network Podcast, as well as classic episodes from the early days of CONTINUE READING…
Waffle House signs have been a beacon of hope for hungry, late-night drivers for more than 60 years. Twenty-four hours a day, three hundred and sixty-five days a year, Waffle House has been there for CONTINUE READING…
Marvel Comics’ famed webslinger returned to Saturday morning in 1981 with a pair of new companions. In this incarnation, Peter Parker was a college student at Empire State University, boarding with his Aunt May. While CONTINUE READING…
Backed by a techno theme song, Marvel Comics’ band of misunderstood mutant superheroes stormed into arcades in 1992. Konami had built a mini-franchise using licensed characters in side-scrolling fighting games—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Simpsons—and with CONTINUE READING…
They said it couldn’t be done. Steve Gerber’s comic book about a foul-tempered (fowl-tempered? No, that’s too easy), beer-guzzling, cigar-chomping duck simply wouldn’t translate to film. Not even Lea Thompson as the leader of an CONTINUE READING…
Ever since I was young, I’ve enjoyed comic books. Although I’ve never been a hardcore comics buyer or reader, I have dabbled in them from time to time, and my collection has expanded and retracted CONTINUE READING…
Deep in the corridors of the Hall of Justice resided some of DC Comics’ greatest superheroes: Superman, Aquaman, Batman & Robin, and Wonder Woman. Collectively, these crimefighters were known as the Justice League of America, based on the DC CONTINUE READING…
We saw the future, and it changed color with heat. You practically couldn’t afford not to buy a HyperColor shirt. I mean, it changed color, right? That was like getting two shirts for the price of one. CONTINUE READING…
A while back I hosted a live Space on X and was fortunate to have one of my online heroes, Shawn Robare, join in for a conversation. The conversation ebbed and flowed, and several minutes were CONTINUE READING…
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