Great Promo Idea.

I see the guy has a "copyright" on his drawings and is "seeking" a patent BUT...what if you were to come up with YOUR OWN DESIGNS...your own drawings
and....
instead of having an artist draw faces and put them on the bodies...
why not INSERT the photo of the faces on top of the graphic body?

In 1985 I sold Photo Business Cards when they first came out and one creative guy actually RENTED a Superman costume from a rental place and had me take a photo of him entering a PHONE BOOTH.

I SHOULD have gotten the idea for "SuperHero Cards"...THEN!

See...how NOT being as observant as you should be how you can miss something?

I SHOULD have picked up on that idea THEN.

Oh well...hind sight.

I'm wondering if there is some Clip Art with SuperHero bodies that could be used on cards and overlay the faces.

The creator may be able to get a "design" patent on HIS design but...I don't see how you can get a patent on a business card and prevent anyone else from using a cartoon character's body with a real person's head.

Don Alm

> Do you know the story of Joe Sugarman's
> Batman credit cards?

> In the midst of the Batman craze in the
> mid-1960s, Joe Sugarman had the idea to
> create some Batman "credit cards"
> as a novelty item, to cash in on the craze.

> But to make a long story short.... He had
> trouble getting final approval - AFTER the
> cards were already created - and he lost his
> shirt.

> Well..... Someone has resurrected a related
> idea.... Actually, these are BUSINESS CARDS.
> You can have a "Superhero"
> business card made up - with you as a
> Superhero!

> Believe it or not, this company is expected
> to gross over $1 million this year.... Check
> out their web site at
> www.superherocards.com ....

> And here's a short article about this
> company too....
> http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=5799
> I guess some "off-the-wall"
> business ideas CAN sometimes work!

> - Dien




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