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Plenty of companies produce an annual calendar – mostly as a way to convince consumers to buy their products. For years, Tacoma Public Utilities has published a calendar too as a customer relations tool.
This year, however, TPU's Commmunity & Media Services office put a creative twist on tradition. Using some sexual innuendo, a bit of wit and artwork created by Tacoma artist Chris Sharp (in the comic style of the late pop artist Roy Lichtenstein), the 2008 calendar takes a wholly new approach to grabbing our attention and hitting us with messages aimed at conserving power and water.
Inside City Hall, the images generated such a buzz that overseers of the City's Graphic Services Division initially balked at printing the calendars until they got formal approval through the TPU chain of command.
My copy showed up this week in the mail. You can pick one up in the lobby at the TPU office, 3628 S. 35th St.
Does the calendar's mildly suggestive artwork offend conservative sensibilities or inspire you to conserve? You be the judge. To see all the artwork in a PDF file, click here:
TPU Calendar Images
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