Cartoonist Shannon Wheeler must be burning out the motor on his coffee grinder. How else do you explain his ability to do so many things this year? First, Converse Inc. roped the creator of Too Much Coffee Man into producing an animated TV commercial starring the lovable mug-headed sluggard with a caffeine monkey on his back. Now Wheeler's designing a cigarette lighter, a chocolate bar laced with espresso beans, and a special brand of high-test java for Coffee World in Portland, Oregon. "People ask me if it's the Jolt Cola of coffees," says Wheeler. "I say, 'No, it's the Schlitz Malt Liquor of coffees.'" E-mail Wheeler at cafe@eden.com.He'll be awake. Check out Too Much Coffee Man at www.winternet.com/~bkryshka/2muchcfe.html.
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