The Madmen of Greeting Cards Shake up the Industry With All the Things We Always Meant to Say (But Didn't)
Bald Guy Greetings, the Anti-Hallmark of Greeting Cards
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Two award-winning ad men whose work have contributed to some of the most entertaining and memorable American ad campaigns from the Budweiser lizards to Got Milk, have broken away from the constraints of agency life with the launch of Bald Guy Greetings. A blatantly expressive line of cards with Sean Farrell's awkward monsters and sweetly strange characters and Ian Kalman's smart text was developed for those who don't mince words. The cards are now available in 1700 Target stores and more than 500 independent retailers nationwide.
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"A card company that tells it like it is," Bald Guy Greetings covers every occasion one might imagine including off beat greetings like Let's Grab a Drink Sometime, Sorry to Hear about Your Breakup, Congrats on your Sex Change, Sorry to Hear You Lost Your Job and Happy Groundhog Day
Farrell's fabulously boozy, cunning, edgy, awkward black pen drawings are incredibly expressive and set the stage for Kalman's witty prose that awaits inside. Bald Guy Greetings are impossible to forget and because of the duo's background in the ad biz, they hit upon modern cultural references with cards such as:
- "This is Oprah's Favorite Birthday Card" headlines a brilliantly-executed rendering of a woman (who may be Oprah), reading the card. Inside it reveals: "Not the super famous Oprah. The other one."
- Princess Kate Middleton was sent this one: A buck-toothed, princess confronts the front of the "Happy Birthday, Princess" card. Upon opening it reads: "If you're a little girl and I gave you this card, it's because I think you're amazing. But if you're a guy and I gave you this card, I'm kind of making fun of you. I hope that's cool. And, if you're an actual princess, I didn't get you a gift because, come on, what do you get a princess?" It caught the attention of OK! Magazine, Radar Online and The National Enquirer.
- An Oscar-winner reference is cited on a card titled "You Complete Me;" it says: "And I don't mean that in the overly used Jerry Maguire kind of way. I mean it from the bottom of my heart. My life truly would not be the same without you. But I do wish you were less controlling."
About: Bald Guy Greetings is the brainchild of an award-winning advertising industry Copywriter and Art Director. A line of refreshingly honest, sometimes brutal, always sarcastic greeting cards were originally created as a card line for men to give men, but since then, it has grown into a humor brand for both men and women alike. Sean Farrell's illustrations of awkward and edgy characters, and Ian Kalman's dry and completely honest sense of humor delivers the perfect one-two punch. Bald Guy Greetings are available at 1700 Target stores and over 500 independent retailers throughout the United States and Canada and at BaldGuyGreetings.com.
Press contact:
Marc Kruskol/Alyson Dutch
Brown + Dutch PR, Inc, 310.456.7151
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