The SQ Crew is opening up their box of sequel chocolates to give you three possible continuations of the Forrest Gump story. Will Forrest fight for custody of his son? Will Gump be eulogized at CONTINUE READING…
In September 1991 we were in the middle of The Infinity Gauntlet story line. A story that would have a far reaching impact in the Marvel universe. The Infinity Gauntlet was mostly self contained into CONTINUE READING…
For the third year in a row, The Retro Network is partnering with HalloweenCostumes.com during the entire Halloween season. And even though it’s not even October yet, you can still get in a spooky mood CONTINUE READING…
One of my favorite youth group events at our church was the annual family sock hop. The sock hop was in our recreational building, which we affectionately referred to as “The Tin Tent”. It had CONTINUE READING…
BattleForce 2000 is an all-time favorite as an adult collector, yet as I’ve been around the G.I. Joe community, I’ve found that there’s not much love for BattleForce 2000. 1987 was generally the beginning of CONTINUE READING…
In the Spring of 1995, a few important things happened. Michael Jordan came out of basketball retirement and rejoined the Chicago Bulls. The longest sausage ever made (over 28 miles) was created in Ontario, Canada! CONTINUE READING…
Slade Wilson enlisted in the Army at 16 years old. He served in Korea and Vietnam, then was selected for a super solider program. In the program Wilson was injected with an experimental drug allowing CONTINUE READING…
Music videos have been a part of my life since I was a very young child. The first time I ever saw MTV was at my grandparents’ house in Chicago. I don’t remember watching cable CONTINUE READING…
“Ladies and Gentlemen, rock and roll.” Those were the first words spoken by creator John Lack as Music Television aka MTV launched on Saturday, August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m. eastern time. The first images were CONTINUE READING…
Before MTV The earliest ancestor of the modern music video was the soundie, a black-and-white 16mm film recording of a musician performing before a live audience. The first soundies appeared in 1940, and all the CONTINUE READING…
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