Where’s Waldo? That’s a question a lot of Boulder residents are asking after paintings of the iconic children’s book character has popped up in recent weeks along trails, roads and on the walls of local businesses.
But what many people described as good clean fun may be short lived, as the city plans to take action to have all the Waldos removed.
British illustrator Martin Handford created the popular children’s book series, “Where’s Waldo?” in the late 1980s. The books feature hundreds of characters drawn together in brightly-colored illustrations that hide a single Waldo among them for readers to find.
So far, at least seven Waldo paintings have been spotted around Boulder.
The images, which appear to be spray painted using a template, all feature Waldo carrying a walking cane and wearing his classic round-rimmed glasses and red and white stripped shirt.
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