In 'Max Headroom,' the future is now. August 12, 2010 More than ... But Headroom, a multi-platform brand and a CGI avatar before most of us knew such terms existed, ...

Max Headroom was created at a time when 3D CGI animation was desirable, but not always affordable; if the budget did not allow it, then the crew had to fake computer animation in front of the camera.

Max Headroom most recently made an appearance in the Adam Sandler-starring 1980s-themed comedy Pixels.The movie where Q*bert pees on the floor. While Max is certainly Matt Frewer’s signature ...

Thirty years ago today, a person or persons unknown briefly hijacked the signal of two Chicago television stations, broadcasting a bizarre taped message from a man wearing a Max Headroom mask.

1. Michelin Man, 1898. The Michelin brothers, who ran a rubber factory, anthropomorphized a stack of bicycle tires to sell consumers on the superiority of their products.