How octogenarian brothers' colourful posters in New York went global


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Marina Cortes, manager of the La Bonbonniere diner, shows off a calendar created by brothers Miguel and Carlos Cevallos, along with service posters commissioned for the diner. Photo: AP

For years, Miguel and Carlos Cevallos made a living by drawing posters for neighbourhood nightclubs, taco trucks and restaurants in Queens, painting in the businesses’ basements or on their tables and attracting clients by word of mouth.

Until an Instagram account changed a lot of that.

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