I've yet to come across someone from my generation that doesn't know what Kid Cuisine is. Whether recalling the penguin mascot on the box or the icy blue plastic tray it came in, others recollections of it are surprisingly fond. And with so many iconic childhood brands going the way of the dodo, it's remarkable …
I Dissected An Alien
Are toys as fun as they used to be? Would the modern kid rather have a touchscreen instead of a Stretch Armstrong? Years of experience as an expert man-child led me to realize that toys have sort of "grown up" alongside me. Trading "Glow In The Dark!" and "Oozing Action!" features for "collector friendly packaging" …
Ad Nauseum: Magneto #2
Hey, I heard you guys like trash. Welcome to another installment of Ad Nauseum: a completely original idea where I look at old ads from childhood comic books and write about them as a means to escape an unfillable void! Let's wind the clocks back to December 1996, a time where Superman inexplicably had a …
Ad Nauseam: X-Men #60
Welcome back to my retrospective series of articles in which I sit in my dark apartment, listen to synthwave, and thumb through back issues in hopes of sparking shadowed memories of simpler times! An exciting Saturday night is finding a 24 year old advertisement for Dinosaur Eggs oatmeal. How can life possibly offer anything more? …
Ad Nauseam: Genetix #2
Welcome back to "the short end of the stick" when it comes to reading things on the internet. In this edition of Ad Nauseam I digitally scrape the bottom of the barrel with Genetix #2 published in November 1993! This is time you'll never get back, folks. Genetix follows the adventures of a superhero group of …

