A recurring series in which we take a look back at the city’s most familiar advertising icons. From the annals of spokesfigures whose time had come and gone before they’d even arrived, there’s Fatty Turkey, the eponymous mascot of Fatty…
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What a Character! – The Richmond Spectacles Rich Man
A recurring series in which we take a look back at the city’s most familiar advertising icons. The jaunty figure of the Richmond Spectacles Rich Man still steps lively over Pearl Street, striding across the rooftops of the Deputy Tyrone…
What a Character!- What’s Ailing Sol?
A recurring series in which we take a look back at the city’s most familiar advertising icons. We’ve got a patient here with a very long medical history! Let’s see- He’s got chills, fever, aches and pains? Why, someone’s got…
What a Character!: Monsieur LeSteak
A recurring series in which we take a look back at the city’s most familiar advertising icons. Remember Charlie the Tuna, the seemingly suicidal spokes-fish for canned fish titan Starkist? Of course you do, who could forget his apparently misguided…
What a Character!: The Spaghetti Giant
A recurring series in which we take a look back at the city’s most familiar advertising icons. What stands twenty-five feet tall, wears a toga with a garland of grape leaves and was a fixture of the city’s “Restaurant Row 
What a Character!: Sour Grapes Magee
A new recurring series in which we take a look back at the city’s most familiar advertising icons. “Aw … PHOOEY!†The Silent Life of Sour Grapes Magee Long-time residents of the city may recall that the dour-faced figure painted…