COVID-19 has most of the world cooped up in quarantine (if you aren’t, you should be), and going a bit stir-crazy. To help pass the time, I thought I’d offer up this digital version of my sold-out Space Madness Coloring Book as a pay-what-you-want download. Enjoy 20 pages

My father died in March and my uncle died in April. Both deaths were sudden, but not entirely surprising. My father and uncle lived, respectively, on the top two floors of a three-family house in an increasingly deteriorating part of Fall River, Massachusetts. My dad never remarried,

Shawn Robare of  Branded in the 80s and the Cult Film Club podcast  joins me to discuss a topic inspired by Shawn’s own Awesome 80s Bedrooms series, the inner sanctum of our childhood bedrooms. For some kids, the bedroom is the one place in the house that we have any control ove

Tyler Ham returns to discuss growing up during the Reagan Era Cold War, and how it affected us as children. Tyler categorizes  classic atomic age sci-fi movies, offering historical perspective from the earlier days of the Cold War. Russian kids weren’t so different from us. Here

I’m joined by Jen Stephens, of the bands The Vomit Punx and East Coast Panic, to discuss moments in our lives that changed us fundamentally and briefly ponder the paths that might have been. We question the need for human friends when you’ve got R.O.B. the Robotic Operatin

On this eggnog-flavored episode, I’m joined by one of my favorite artists, the brilliant and prolific Alex Pardee. We share some of our favorite Christmas memories, including Santa’s toy counterfeiting ring, sweaty Christmas carolers, boys wanting girl toys, dolls made out

In childhood development, transitional objects provide comfort in difficult or unique situations. We’re joined by Stacey Rader, of Adventures of a Geeky Vixen, to discuss some of the toys that helped us through some tricky times growing up and into adulthood. We laugh,

More audio Halloweenery! We’re joined by Joey Gallimore, aka Dr. Jose, of cameraviscera.com, to dig up our childhood memories of being afraid of the dark. We talk about things that scared us on television and in the movies, and examine how those fears mutated into a want to make

Here it is, the very first episode of the Junk Fed podcast. Episode 0! Sure to be a collectible. As far as nostalgia goes, what better place to start than Halloween. On this inaugural episode of the Junk Fed podcast, I’m joined by artist, toy maker, blogger, and fellow nostalgis

A number of circumstances have kept me from posting for a little over a year, and boy do I miss it. One of the things that has kept me busy lately is my toy art. Since my debut at C2E2 2015, I’ve been steadily creating for and tabling at a number of conventions across the country, the