In a recent article (http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/27795.html) dealing with Microsoft's advertising crimes against New York City I described their new MSN-8 butterfly advert as bearing "the silhouette of a ghastly adult male with ludicrous antennae reminiscent of the 'Killer Bee' skits from Saturday Night Live, and creepy, superhero gloves, with colorful 'butterfly' wings."

A number of Reg readers have argued that the figure most closely resembles a character named Arthur from a comic strip, an animated series and a live-action series called "The Tick (http://www.thetick.ws/live.html)".

I must admit that the resemblance is uncanny:

I might still argue that the MSN-8 creep's antennae match those of the famous SNL insects best, though overall it's clearly Arthur that Redmond is commemorating. ®