Re: Ancient history question

Jorn Barger <jor...@mcs.com> wrote in message news:1du...@207-229-173-209.d.enteract.com...
> Back around 1993, an ad was posted in this group for ascii-artists to
> render various corporate logos, for use on legal e-documents that needed
> to include a logo for some important reason.
>
> Did anyone ever get paid for this?
>
> I remember someone pointing out that their requirements for appropriate
> scaling meant that one logo would be ")*" or something silly like
> that...


I made $63,000 that year, for doing some of those logos. You ever see the
MacDonald's golden arches? - those were my idea. So was the shape of a Coke
bottle. You can also credit to me the Seal that you see behind the President, when
he gets on television - yep, I did it in ascii, first. Ever see Star Wars? I did
the lettering; I was shocked the thing got to be so popular. The Chrysler pentastar
is mine, too. Also the FORD logo (cog in wheel, and the letters). I did the record
cover for Tyranny and Mutation. The Frito Bandito was also mine; done in ascii,
originally. Ever been to Hollywood? Those big letters up in the hills - I did
those for their Chamber of Commerce. How about the NASA logo; have you seen it?
It's mine, of course. Along with others, such as Long John Silver's, Walmart,
J.C. Penny, Rotodyne Aerospace, Lucky Strike cigarettes... it just goes on and
on.

Anyway, yes, I have been paid. But a lot of these sorry creeps still owe me money.
Anybody who would like to make a donation to my legal fund, or just to my pocketbook,
would be welcome to do so.

Thanks.
JRO

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