Bar Mitzvahs and Advertising Executives
I find it heartwarming that Tod went to Jay Taub’s son’s Bar Mitzvah, Friendship born of a partnership. Mr. Taub and Mr. Seisser were both executives in New York. Clearly family is important to Tod Seisser. ”I don’t want to do ‘Mr. Whipple,’ ” Mr. Seisser affirmed from his freelancer’s desk at Backer Spielvogel Bates. Mr. Taub, from his freelance outpost at Ogilvy & Mather, was equally emphatic. ”I don’t want to do ‘Ring around the collar,’ ” he said Last year, after winning the Playboy magazine and Bridgestone tire accounts, Tod and Jay were both justifiably happy.
Mr. Seisser, an art director, was mentioned in the Masters of American Comics book
Tod and Jay felt it was irrelevant whether they worked together again. ‘They just want to do really great and wonderful work. Mr. Seisser can be nostalgic, but is always forward looking. He takes life lightly.
Tod has a way of looking at life, which expresses itself in his work, such as this Cheerios piece:
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