Old Times at Lerner Newspapers

In a former professional life, I worked for Lerner Newspapers. In my early days there, I was in charge of the kid newspaper carriers. Oh how I miss those days (ummm no).
We actually had a budget at that time. We probably had too big of a budget actually. We had various contests for our carriers. One such contest had a SportMart shopping spree as a prize.
Early one Saturday morning, Louie (I think he was still in college and only working part-time) and I met a couple kids at the local SportMart. We decided to have a little fun by wearing our Bash Brothers (self-portraits) tshirts. It was our goal to have that tshirt appear in the Lerner Newspaper.
Our tshirts were curiously popular at Lerner. It seemed that everyone wanted one, although we could never figure out why. It was like our little joke, but everyone wanted to be included. So naturally, we had to push it to the next level. We had to get the shirts pictured in the paper.
The picture below appeared as is. Unfortunately, I don't have the actual newspaper ad which detailed the event and featured this picture, but I found the old picture.
I love this picture because Louie and I look so young (well, we were so young, 20-24 or so). I love this picture because the carriers had no idea why we were wearing that shirt or what our real agenda was. Mostly I love the picture because we got it in the paper!
This was one of the earliest efforts by the Louie-John team. Little did we realize that 20+ years later, we'd still be a self-employed team...and still plotting!

Louie Atsaves (far left), 2 newspaper carriers and me (standing) in SportMart in Chicago, IL-late 1980's.

It's Just Me (and Me and Me and Me...)

It all started with this self-portrait. In 1989, for whatever reason, I decided to make cartoon heads of co-worker Louie Atsaves and myself. These faces eventually found their way onto tshirts and an odd phenomenon was born.
It is simple, but fairly outdated now. The hair is much less black and much more gray. The glasses are smaller, the face not clean-shaven and the hair a lot shorter.
The Simpsons have been around since 1989. The Simpsons have appeared everywhere. It only took 20 years, but thanks to Simpsonize Me, Johngy has joined the Simpson universe. I was disappointed that I couldn't get any good face fuzz, but other than that, it is a pretty good replica.
While the Simpsons were huge when I was younger, South Park became huge in the late 90's. I ventured over to SP Studios to make myself a resident of South Park (CO). This is probably the most realistic animated version of me. The options are numerous.
As a kid, didn't everyone dream of being a superhero? I stumbled across the Hero Factory, which made me one. I was a little disappointed with some lack of options. I think I ended up looking a little like John Stamos, but I like the 'Four Eyed Brute' tag!
This next one came from Wee World. It had a fair amount of options, but the bodies were limited.
I am not even sure what to do with an avatar, but Meez allows you to create pretty interesting ones. The options were mind-numbing, but often not what I wanted. The big bottle of Coke was a nice accessory.
If anyone knows any other good similar sites, let me know.