Ad Nauseam: Mad Magazine #418

You can find previous โ€œAd Nauseamโ€s here. Oh no, everyone, itโ€™s Ad Nauseam! Articles in which I gaze back at ancient advertisements of youth, wonder where time has gone, and realize all the vapid gutter trash that was marketed into my tiny malleable eyeballs. Yes, Iโ€™m still doing this.  Sam Raimiโ€™s Summer Blockbuster Spider-man turned …

Ad Nauseam: Star Wars Insider #38

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The mid-nineties represented a reawakening for the Star Wars brand. The trilogy was remastered and released into theaters to coincide with a home video release. Accompanying that, of course, were waves of marketing that made the original release blush. With enough new merchandise to pack a Deathstar and the flannel draped galaxy-master himself, George …

Monster (Mash) Cereal

I was never a big โ€œcereal kidโ€ growing up. I mean, Iโ€™ve certainly had my fair share of chomping the classics like Fruit Loops, Trix, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch (my personal favorite). But it was never a morning routine for me. When it comes to General Millโ€™s classic Monster Cereals, would you believe I only …

Drugstore Halloween

This season, I decided to return to some of the drug stores that, unknowingly, made my Halloween a bit more magical. To haunt that seasonal aisle once again and document their spooky offerings in 2022.