{"id":382,"date":"2019-10-08T08:45:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T08:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/el3.thembaydev.com\/besa2\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2022-10-16T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T15:46:12","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.popculturehobbies.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"382\" class=\"elementor elementor-382\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc2ab94 elementor-section-stretched elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc2ab94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8a0a78\" data-id=\"a8a0a78\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04661a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04661a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to<br \/><strong>Pop Culture Hobbies<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8880ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8880ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPop Culture Hobbies, formerly Otaku Hobbies, is a small team of pop culture fanatics led by Rob Moran as the owner.  We wanted to keep the Otaku brand name as it spoke to our passion for everything pop culture, but alas by the time we endeavored to launch this site someone had taken the domain.  As such we rebranded in 2022; on the upside we no longer have to spell out Otaku when we give our name to customers.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-814d9ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"814d9ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact Us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-657088e\" data-id=\"657088e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e637753 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e637753\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/popculturehobbies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1330.jpeg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9f67ad elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9f67ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b04972\" data-id=\"3b04972\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc1b8bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc1b8bd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c279cd5\" data-id=\"c279cd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0763ec4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0763ec4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This project has been over 30 years in the making. Rob has been a comic collector since the 80\u2019s amassing a large collection up to 1990 where he joined the Navy and collecting slowed but never stopped as many of the locations the service carried him to didn\u2019t have a strong following of American Comics. In 2011, several years of stability in the US allowed for Rob to test out the prospect of monetizing his passion and started selling at antique malls, comic conventions, eBay, etc. Though Rob thoroughly enjoyed his success, especially at comic conventions and in the ecommerce environment, the Navy moved him yet again overseas to Italy which forced another two-year hiatus in the creation of this site. This time was not wasted as much like Tom Hanks in Shawshank Redemption, Rob spent the two years planning for the eventual roll-out of\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-family: var(--tb-text-primary-font);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.popculturehobbies.com.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.popculturehobbies.com.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e761ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e761ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFast-forward to today where Rob is now a proud Memphis resident with an accumulated tens of thousands of comics, toys, trading cards, and other collectibles; thousands of which are graded!  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