It was during his time at Shoebox Greetings that he created the character of an old lady with wild, curly hair, large tinted glasses, and a surprisingly piercing wit that struck a chord with consumers around the world.
These creatures couldn't read her mind, which meant they'd never know that she hid the real one in a shoebox.
Cynthia suggested a funeral, complete with a shoebox coffin and a solemn burial, a feat Dean would have guessed impossible given the frozen earth.
In 1986, the greeting card company Hallmark created a new line of greeting cards called "Shoebox Greetings."
John Wagner was a recent graduate from Vesper George School of Art in Boston, Massachusetts, and as an employee of Hallmark he became a part of the Shoebox Greetings group.