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One thing we can all be thankful for: I didn’t go into advertising

11.27.2013 by David Murray // 1 Comment

Going through old files as part of an office renovation, I came across these samples from a post-collegiate advertising "book" that I was creating, half-heartedly it appears, at the kitchen table in my studio apartment, with a typewriter and crayons. Goosebumps2

And only yesterday—23 years after it was committed—did my wife catch the typo in the headline below. Where was she when I needed her?

Goosebumps

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  1. Craig Coffey says

    November 27, 2013 at 1:43 pm

    Dave, I am ashamed to have admired your writing skills way back when. Symbols, not cymbals? This even tops the cover letter and resume that a prospective employer had the courtesy to proofread and return to me. Because it’s hand illustrated.

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