Billy the Human Billboard -AKA Billy Gibby- is an amateur boxer out of Alaska who is living his dream of being a fighter. What’s interesting about Billy is not that he’s a fighter, but how he pays the bills; selling advertising space on his body featuring the logos of corporate sponsors. Although this in itself is not new, Billy seems to have taken it to a new level.
Inspired by boxer Bernard Hopkins, having seen him enter the ring with a temporary tattoo ad for GoldenPalace.com, Billy thought, 'If he could do that, then maybe I could do the real thing”.
He reached out to the online casino, which was already famous for publicity stunts involving tattoos and the rest is tattoo history.
Since that inspirational day, Billy has collected 26 tattoos from corporate giants like Liberty Tax Service, Host Gator, and an impressive list of adult sites.
He one day hopes to go for a Guinness world record for the most corporate logos tattooed on a body if and when they create the category, which he is lobbying for, adding that he has been unsurprisingly featured in Bizarre Magazine and the San Diego Times and most importantly, here.
His fees for the placement of your logo, permanently printed on his body, range from $3,000 for a 6-inch by 1-inch chest tattoo, to $20,000 for a 6-by-1-inch forehead tattoo. What a deal, and if he ever does make it to the big time it could just be the best investment you ever made.
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