By: Cap'n Cereal



Because humans have a need to rank and order the world, a list of the Top 10 Cereal Mascots has been assembled. I don't know what authority this person has to do such, but there it is. The list itself is mostly safe. It doesn't attempt to be international by including weirdos like Melvin of Choco Krispies fame (from Mexico) or some weird Japanese shit that has a cute wasabi bear or something.



There is one glaring omission though (IMHO and really that's all that matters). For the most part, this list veers toward longevity and recognizability as the basis for selection as opposed to one-off cult cred. Then again, Fred Flintstone had his own damn TV show and he didn't make the list. For shame. I'll let it slide, though, because of he was a smoker and scandalous for being the first person on TV to be seen sleeping in the same bed as his wife (true story). The cereal world must remain wholesome.



No, the omission I'm talking about is Cornelius Rooster.





Sure, maybe he has no personality, has chronic halitosis, at times his body has literally been a bowl of cereal, and has mostly existed as line-art throughout his life, but he's still a mascot and the oldest one out there and one of the biggest market share brands. He might even be gay (or just confused), but that's no reason to marginalize him.To honor him, I offer up this downloadable, paper-art version of him so that he can be ever-present in your lives so that you don't forget where cereal came from.I think we can all agree that Dig 'em has no place on this list. Aside from being the least recognizable (and inferior in every way to Sugar Bear) his name is a verb and I simply can not accept that linguistic slap-in-the-face. He's also a frog that likes honey and that's just too much suspension of disbelief for me in the cereal world.I made it through the whole post without a cock joke. I can still surprise myself.

