Weekend Reading 07/16/23

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro, geek, & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you.

Retro & Nostalgia Stories From Around the Web

• All of the Postcards From National Lampoon’s Vacation’s Opening Sequence (Yester Year Retro)

• Five Best Comic Book Events of the ’90s (The Retro Network)

• How Ty Warner Tricked the World Into Buying Into the Beanie Baby Craze (Mental Floss)

• The 90th Anniversary of Popeye Cartoons (Shroud of Thoughts)

• Nerds Cereal (Retroist)

• 15 Trivia Tidbits About Mr. Mom (Cracked)

• Super Mario Turns 40: Gaming’s Great Triumph (DW)

• The 10 Best Hanna-Barbera Characters Ranked (CinemaBlend)

• Retro Commercials: Slip ‘N Slide (The Retro Network)

• 5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)