Creepy Olympic mascots 'not creepy' says designer

No one has to write an essay explaining that Garfield or the Gummi Bears are “not creepy” because those characters are simply not creepy. Which is why the essay by Grant Hunter, who designed London’s Olympic mascots, titled “They’re Not Creepy” is so inherently self-defeating. Looking not unlike mutant robot-lobsters, whose confusion at their own existence pulses through one giant, rageful eye staring helplessly from a mouthless head, the mascots have alarmed countless Olympic fans worldwide. But Hunter argues the “worst possible outcome ... would have been for the characters to have been ignored.”  But let’s not forget the best outcome, Hunter: People actually liking the mascots. [Source]