Fairrington’s Artie mascot picked most unusual
Skip to commentsIn a story regarding unusual college mascots, CBS News has interviewed Brian Fairrington regarding his redesign of Scottsdale Community College’s Artie the Artichoke mascot that he did for them last year.
The school hired editorial cartoonist Brian Fairington recently to toughen up Artie’s image a bit – give him an artichoke make-over.
“At first it sounded like a lot of fun, but as I got into it I realized, this is a challenge,” Brian said.
The suggestions were to make him more muscular and more fierce, in a sort of traditional college mascot way.
What he came up with was what youâ??d get if you injected an artichoke with steroids. You wouldn’t want to meet this artichoke in a dark alley.
The story is to air tonight during the CBS News/Katie Couric broadcast before the start of the NCAA college final playoff.
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