I had a Frito Bandito eraser. I can still hear that leering, gravely voice. And the song–oh, I remember the song. At least I remember the second version. Frito-Lay introduced the animated Mexican ...

The pop-culture landscape is littered with the bleached bones of advertising mascots long passed: For every Kool-Aid Man that survives to break down new walls with his rotund fruit-drink excitement, ...

I hear that the face of Juan Valdez -- and CO-luum-be-an coffee -- is calling it quits and the search is out for his replacement. This reminds me of the day I found out I won the runner-up prize in ...

NMAI copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "This book examines how the media--including advertising, motion pictures, cartoons, and popular fiction--has used racist images and ...