The PopCulteer
November 9, 2018
Well, I made it through the month. There were a few times when I thought I might not. The 2018 PopCult Gift Guide is in the books, and this is the index. Below you will find all the items I recommended as holiday gift ideas this year, with their names being live links so that you can jump right to the post where I make my suggestion.
This year I decided to try to spread the gift guide over the entire month of November, with two or three posts every day. I think it’s safe to say that I won’t be doing that again. It seesm like I kicked into things too early, and burned myself out in the process. So next year I might do the gift guide after Thanksgiving, and maybe have five to ten posts each day for a week to ten days. However, aside from the grueling pace I created for myself and the forced withdrawal from social media or watching television, I think this might be the best Gift Guide that I’ve ever done. So here, organizized into rough catagories, is The 2018 PopCult Gift Guide:
(Note that some items are listed more than once because I’m lazy or something)
APPAREL
Lady D ‘s Not Just Music
Mitch O’Connell Leave It To Beaver Monster Shirts
TranslunaGen Shirts
Greenlight Tees
BEATLES
John Lennon: Imagine – The Ultimate Collection/Complete Fan Bundle
The Beatles (White Album) Super Deluxe Edition
The Beatles Yellow Submarine Graphic Novel
Paul McCartney “Egypt Station”
The Roof: The Beatles’ Final Concert
BOOKS
Pinpricks: A Book of Tiny and Terrible Oddities.
Bastard Battalion: A History of the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion in World War II
Comic Book Implosion
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America
Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-the-Scenes Companion
Forever Nerdy: Living My Dorky Dreams and Staying Metal
The Best Of SHOCKED AND AMAZED! – On & Off the Midway
New GI Joe Books From Thomas Wheeler
The Joy of Joe: Memories of America’s Movable Fighting Man from Today’s Grown-Up Kids
Exotica Moderne Magazine
The Roof: The Beatles’ Final Concert
COMICS
Frankenstein Alive Alive
Akira 35th Anniversary Box Set
The Prisoner Jack Kirby Gil Kane Art Edition
The Creeps Magazine Fan Club
The Beatles Yellow Submarine Graphic Novel
Super Patriotic Heroes
Charlton Comics Classics
A Bunch of Jews (and other stuff)
The Best of Don Winslow of the Navy
Batman: The Complete Animated Series (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Reefer Madness Comics
Joe Kubert’s Tarzan of the Apes Artist’s Edition
DC Universe
Forbidden Gallery #3
GAMES
Rick and Morty Games
Yeti In My Spaghetti
Relative Insanity The Party Game About Crazy Relatives
LOCAL CREATORS OR SHOPS
Pinpricks: A Book of Tiny and Terrible Oddities.
Karen Allen: Here We Are Now
Bastard Battalion: A History of the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion in World War II
William Matheny: Moon Over Kenova/”Christian Name”
Local Spotlight: Oddbird Emporium
Todd Burge: The First Album and Your Reflection Will Kill You
Glen Brogan Art
Lady D ‘s Not Just Music
Local Spotlight: Two Tinkers Jewelry and Fine Art
Ann Magnuson: “The Sun Don’t Care”
Local Spotlight: Art Emporium
Moonage Daydream: The David Bowie Songbook
Local Spotlight: Kin Ship Goods
Eat Local
Local Spotlight: Record Store Day Special Release
Rabin’s Relics
Local Spotlight: Route 60 Music
TranslunaGen Shirts
Local Spotlight: The Purple Moon
Greenlight Tees
MUSIC
Karen Allen: Here We Are Now
John Lennon: Imagine – The Ultimate Collection/Complete Fan Bundle
William Matheny: Moon Over Kenova/”Christian Name”
Dr. Demento: Covered In Punk
SpongeBob Squarepants The Musical Original Cast Recording
Todd Burge: The First Album and Your Reflection Will Kill You
The Beatles (White Album) Super Deluxe Edition
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Lady D ‘s Not Just Music
Small Faces “Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake”
Ann Magnuson: “The Sun Don’t Care”
Best Of R.E.M. At The BBC
Moonage Daydream: The David Bowie Songbook
Matt Berry:Television Themes
Music From Big Pink – 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Deluxe Box Set
Paul McCartney “Egypt Station”
I Don’t Know How They Found Me, But They Did: 1981 Extended Play
TOYS
THE 2018 HESS RV WITH ATV AND MOTORBIKE
IAMElemental Action Figure Gift Sets
LEGO Creator Expert James Bond Aston Martin DB5
BLUE LIGHTNING – E-Z APP TRAIN CONTROL Train Set
L
EGO Harry Potter 71043 Hogwarts Castle
Auto World 10′ Route 66 Slot Race Set
Hot Wheels Track Builder System Race Crate
STRESS MANATEE
MEGO Figures at Target
Fresh Dolls/Fresh Squad
VIDEO
The IT Crowd: The Complete Series
Best of Warner Bros 20 Film Collection: Best Pictures
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
Batman: The Complete Animated Series (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Tex Avery’s Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
DC Universe
OTHER COOL STUFF
The Creeps Magazine Fan Club
Retro Planet Tiki Mugs
Glen Brogan Art
Local Spotlight: Two Tinkers Jewelry and Fine Art
Ann Magnuson: “The Sun Don’t Care”
Pulling Gifts Out of Uranus
MST3K trading cards
STRESS MANATEE
The Lights of Broadway Show Cards
Cyber Monday Guide
Rabin’s Relics
Earth III Guitar Straps
Local Spotlight: Route 60 Music
Local Spotlight: The Purple Moon
Exotica Moderne Magazine
There you have The 2018 PopCult Gift Guide Master List. I hope this has been a useful endeavor for my readers, and maybe alerted you to some great gift ideas for your loved ones…;or yourself.
Tomorrow PopCult reverts back to its normal (ish) self, with our regular features and at least one post per day. Next week on The AIR we’re scrambling the schedule and running marathons so that those of you who have yet to take the plunge can tune in and sample some different programs.
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