{"id":569,"date":"2009-10-15T02:36:21","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T07:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=569"},"modified":"2019-11-25T16:04:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:04:30","slug":"bell-man-beverage-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/10\/15\/bell-man-beverage-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bell Man & Beverage Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bell_bev\"<\/p>\n

\"Bell_Man\"<\/p>\n

This is another fun idea that never quite made it. Back in the late ’80s, early ’90s I was working with a couple of guys trying to dig up freelance clients in need of graphic design and\/or illustration. We were trying to convince a beer distributor that they really needed to use us for all of their advertising art needs. I came up with a Batman and Robin knockoff in the hopes of getting them to use comics as advertising. Bell Man and Beverage Boy would save the day at cocktail parties and picnics. They didn’t bite, but it’s a fun idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is another fun idea that never quite made it. Back in the late ’80s, early ’90s I was working with a couple of guys trying to dig up freelance clients in need of graphic design and\/or illustration. 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