Thread by @gamespite

Found some unexpected treasures

Wow, these hand drawn dungeon maps have become fused into the glue binding of the Tron Bonne guide after 20 years

Those are my original Fun Club Newsletters, too. They’re in utterly terrible condition, and I even did the damn crossword puzzles. Awesome

Also unearthed: the finest bottom-shelf pop culture reads an American teen desperate for anime, ANY anime, in an era before streaming (or DVDs) could hope for

Decided to re-read these for the first time in more than 25 years—now that I’ve seen both Robotech AND Macross and know the truth of “Jack McKinney”, I’m honestly curious what I’ll think.

Not even at page one and already it’s off to a roaring start

There is no shade being directed at Macek on my part, BTW. Definitely a complicated legacy there, but Macek managed to sneak anime into U.S. broadcast television despite massive market resistance, and Robotech was absolutely my gateway drug for the format.

Another surprising find! This book belonged to my best friend in elementary school, who gave it to me I guess because he recognized I was the bigger nerd