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# Bret Braddock beer mats
- URL: https://nakedfella.com/bret-braddock-beer-mats/
- Published: 2011-09-04T03:44:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T23:59:12.000Z
- Author: David Blumenstein
- Tags: Comics, Bret Braddock, Illustration, Pimping, #Migrated-1792107978996, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-16 10:46

![](https://cdn.synaps.media/nakedfella/content/images/2026/10/bret_beermats.jpg "bret_beermats")

I like drawing on beer mats, a.k.a. those disposable cardboard coasters you get in pubs. Always a bonus when you go to a pub and they have some beer mats there with BLANK BACKS! Some beer manufacturers get coasters made with their bullshit advertising on both sides. They are jerks ([hello, jerks](http://maps.google.com.au/maps/place?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=carlton+united+brewery&fb=1&gl=au&hq=carlton+united+brewery&hnear=0x6ad646b5d2ba4df7:0x4045675218ccd90,Melbourne+VIC&cid=1082084875368950592&ei=B%5FNiTpxjpL2IB4WIgKEK&sa=X&oi=local%5Fresult&ct=photo-link&cd=1&resnum=4&ved=0CE0QnwIoADAD&ref=nakedfella.com)).

They don't understand that beer mats are an *interactive creative medium*! If you leave one side blank, people will write and draw things on them, and often KEEP them. I think marketers call that "prolonged physical penetration".

True, what people will write and draw are often obscenities and pictures of cocks 'n 'balls. But not always!

![](https://cdn.synaps.media/nakedfella/content/images/2026/10/2brothers_kidsdrawing.jpg "2brothers_kidsdrawing")

Here we see a nice drawing some little kid did in a pub. [Sarah](http://sarahhowellprojects.com/?ref=nakedfella.com) kept it. Kudos to [Coopers](http://www.coopers.com.au/?ref=nakedfella.com) for printing blank-backed beer mats so this youngster could develop artistically while his or her dad had a cold one.

I recommend local Melbourne cartoonists head to a pub where they're serving [2 Brothers](http://www.2brothers.com.au/?ref=nakedfella.com) Gypsy Pear Cider: the coasters are very nice for drawing on, plus the company's based in Moorabbin. Think global, draw local. Try the [Metropolitan](http://www.metrohotel.com.au/?ref=nakedfella.com) in Nth Melbourne, who also do a very nice chicken parma.

People who [order a copy of my *Bret Braddock vol. 1* book](http://www.docklandsentertainment.com/?p=308&ref=nakedfella.com) in the post at the moment are getting a piece of original beer mat art with it (see top), thanks to 2 Brothers! No idea if the cider's any good. I don't drink much. I think Sarah liked it, though.