DETOUR: 826LA SPELLING BEE POSTER

Good afternoon. As promised, here is another little excursion. As you may know, I’m the designer for the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a division of Dave Eggers’ tutoring organization 826LA. They just had their big annual fundraising event, and I pitched in by writing and designing the poster. I can’t take credit for the excellent tagline “a tournament of verbal smarts and fraudulence,” but exposing Lincoln’s hustler past (and his brain)? All me right here. I hope you’ll like it. As always you can click on the image for a larger view.

If you don’t know about the kind of funny stuff cooked up by the 826ers all over the country, here’s a good write-up. Or just check out the dead heat final round of the Bee, featuring the day’s top fundraiser, Dianna Agron of “Glee.”

Please come back tomorrow for a tiny, tiny out-and-about Monster. For right now, I hope you’re having a great day. You know, I’m sure, that 344 LOVES YOU