A disturbing first incarnation of the Michelin Man comes from Business Insider. The tire-man initially looked a lot like, well, tires. Plus he sported cool glasses, alien eyes, and a general sense of inhumanity:
Mr. M also liked quaffing nails, broken glass, and other road debris, because he was a hideous monster tough guy:
Note how seedy the other two tire-man look. Also note how Michelin's maw gapes wide, far more capaciously than do his competitors'.
M. M. was capable of generous self-mutilation, it seems:
"Enjoy my excess flesh!" A spare tire, if you will.
(thanks to Alan Levine a-Twitter)
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