Meet Mr. Product
Subtitle: the art of the advertising character
By: Warren Dotz, Masud Husain
Contributors: Husain, Masud, 1962-
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780811835893
Subjects: Personnages publicitaires; Advertising characters
Description: "Here in Meet Mr. Product you'll find a vibrantly colorful tribute to these pop-culture icons. Offering up fascinating tidbits on hundreds of spokes-characters, this chunky compendium profiles the origination of the characters, their evolution, and their most intimate secrets. (Did you know that the Michelin Man has been spotted with glamorous ladies on his arm? Or that Borden's Elsie the Cow is married to Elmer of household glue fame?) Famous faces and a host of recently rediscovered-characters fill Meet Mr. Product's pages to bursting."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Food; title: Drinks; title: Kids' stuff; title: Dining; title: Technology; title: Automotive; title: Home; title: Personal & leisure.