Let the Balloon Boy myth-making begin!

Balloon Boy's clearly a nationwide phenomenon. Within hours of the saga's origin, and just minutes after the discovery that Falcon Heene was safe and sound at home, there was already artwork devoted to him! Check out the work above, by Denver artist Adam Reker. Balloon Boy + David Caruso =...
By Joel WarnerOctober 15, 2009
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Balloon Boy’s clearly a nationwide phenomenon. Within hours of the saga’s origin, and just minutes after the discovery that Falcon Heene was safe and sound at home, there was already artwork devoted to him! Check out the work above, by Denver artist Adam Reker. Balloon Boy + David Caruso = awesomeness.

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Joel Warner

Joel Warner is a former staff writer for Westword and International Business Times. He’s also written for WIRED, Men’s Journal, Men’s Health, Bloomberg Businessweek, Popular Science, Slate, Grantland and many other publications. He’s co-author of the 2014 book The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny, published by Simon & Schuster.

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