Brothers who made 70s Farrah poster

Cleveland's Scene has an excellent article about the two brothers who created the most popular pinup poster of all time — the famous Farrah Fawcett poster. I bought mine when I was 14 or 15 from a 7-Eleven. I believe I paid $3 for it.

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For Mike and Ted Trikilis, the two Ohio brothers who created the pinup, it was the engine that powered a multimillion-dollar poster empire called Pro Arts Inc. Before Farrah, they were just a couple of college dropouts, trying to make a quick buck selling black-light posters to hippies at Kent State. After her, they became celebrities in their own right, star-makers whose services were highly sought by Hollywood. Ted was even crowned "King of the Posters" by The Washington Post.

"These people are looking for something more than just a pretty picture," he told the paper in an interview at a posh Beverly Hills restaurant, where he furiously munched peanuts by the handful.
"This is something that lasts. I call it the mental bullet."

But while the image proved enduring, success did not. Farrah, of course, would eventually meet the fate of all aging beauties and become a fallen star, fodder for tabloids and rubbernecking snarks. The Trikilis brothers fared no better. They frittered away their fortune on bad business decisions and expensive lawsuits. It would cost them their business, their homes, and eventually, each other.

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