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Follow on Google News | Welcome Back To The JungleNo Mas and Muhammad Ali Enterprises Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of “Rumble in the Jungle” with original animated shorts debuting 10/30/09
By: Donnetta Campbell The animations celebrating Ali’s spectacular victory over Foreman will go live on today, on both the No Mas (www.nomas-nyc.com) No Mas founder Chris Isenberg, ex-journalist and childhood sports maniac, was inspired to start the brand after seeing a 1960s era photo of Muhammad Ali—then Cassius Clay—wearing a t-shirt screenprinted with his name in a Coca-Cola like script. This past summer, No Mas became an MAE licensee and released an official reproduction of that Cassius Clay shirt. The story of MAE and No Mas settling past usage and working out a way to move forward became a full page feature in the New York Times Magazine. During subsequent conversations with MAE, Isenberg previewed an animated short he had been working on with frequent No Mas collaborator James Blagden. On the strength of that piece, MAE commissioned Isenberg to produce Rumblevision on the anniversary of Ali vs. Foreman. “In less than a year I’ve gone from making unauthorized Cassius Clay shirts, to having a license, to getting a commission to commemorate a huge Ali anniversary,” There is a Rumblevision hub at the No Mas site: http://www.nomas- Zaire by David Rathman http://www.youtube.com/ Round Zero by Jerome Lagarrigue http://www.youtube.com/ GFOS vs GOAT by James Blagden http://www.youtube.com/ No Mas No Mas makes apparel, art and media, dedicated to “The Thrill of Victory and the Ecstasy of Defeat.” The sport culture focused brand is carried at independent and major stores internationally including Bloomingdale’ MAE Muhammad Ali Enterprises LLC (“MAE”) is a California limited liability company, charged with the responsibility of managing Muhammad Ali’s name, likeness and trademarks as well as protecting and perpetuating the legacy of Muhammad Ali and the ideals he stands for. MAE oversees a worldwide licensing program, merchandising, television, film, video and Internet projects. For more information on MAE, visit www.Ali.com. MAE is a subsidiary of CKX, Inc., a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ Global Market® under the ticker symbol "CKXE." Also visit www.ckx.com. David Rathman David Rathman has had solo shows in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, and Minneapolis. His work is in the collections of the Walker Art Center, The New Museum, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University Library, and The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Rathman is represented in New York by Larissa Goldston Gallery, and in Minneapolis by the Weinstein Gallery. Jerome Lagarrigue French born, RISD educated Jerome Lagarrigue is represented by Galerie Olivier Waltman in Paris, who showed his large canvas portraits of Brooklynites this past summer. He recently completed a commission for the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Tosca, has provided illustrations for a book of Maya Angelou’s poems, and received the Villa Medici Grant from the French Academy in Rome. His father Jean Lagarrigue was an Esquire art director and illustrator, whose drawings of Muhammad Ali were featured in the November 1969 issue of Esquire which bore the coverline: “Muhammad Ali deserves the right to defend his title.” www.jeromelagarrigue.com James Blagden Reared in Denver and now a Brooklyn resident, James Blagden, has been commissioned by large and small media and apparel brands to create illustrations in his signature style. James participated in the No Mas x Frank 151 Sports Issue, illustrating the Illustrated History of Drugs and Sports. He is working with No Mas on an ongoing series of animated videos. His first was about Dock Ellis and was followed up by this Muhammad Ali project. www.jamesblagden.com End
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