Mascot mix-up causes stir
Posted February 9, 2010 6:55 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A cartoon bear, that’s become a mascot to shame online pedophiles, was mistakenly published in a Polish newspaper as one of the Winter Olympic mascots. The character is known as ‘Pedobear,’ a beady-eyed teddy bear.
Last July, Vancouver artist Michael Barrick placed the bear next to the regulars Quatchi, Sumi, Miga and Muk-Muk on his blog, as a critique that showed the similarities between all the mascots. The Polish newspaper Gazeta Olsztynska published the image of the four characters together in a feature about the Olympics.
Barrick says he’s getting a lot of reaction. “I just had a comment on one of my blog-posts, and the gist of it was to have some fun, you’ve just made the whole world laugh. What else can I do but laugh along with everyone else,” chuckles Barrick.
The image also comes up when googling Vancouver 2010 mascots. For complete Olympic coverage, click on News1130.com/2010.
