http://www.sparehed.com/2007/01/15/advertisers-are-strange-people/ Thriving in the margins since 2002... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:54:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.sparehed.com/2007/01/15/advertisers-are-strange-people/#comment-9142 tyler Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:09:53 +0000 http://www.sparehed.com/?p=42#comment-9142 ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, cool? ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, cool? ]]> http://www.sparehed.com/2007/01/15/advertisers-are-strange-people/#comment-10 A Western Comic For VW » The Ephemerist Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:48:52 +0000 http://www.sparehed.com/?p=42#comment-10 [...] The campaign features an indian (Tonto ?) who hears a call for help and, instead of jumping on his trusted palomino, hops in his VW and rides on to the rescue. Admittedly, this is not the most original of ideas - I personally think the Smurf I blogged about earlier was better. However, I do like the way DDB handled the execution. Instead of using photographs or the like, they opted for illustrative art in a style that is clearly reminiscent of the traditional european, semi-realistic Western comics. [...] [...] The campaign features an indian (Tonto ?) who hears a call for help and, instead of jumping on his trusted palomino, hops in his VW and rides on to the rescue. Admittedly, this is not the most original of ideas - I personally think the Smurf I blogged about earlier was better. However, I do like the way DDB handled the execution. Instead of using photographs or the like, they opted for illustrative art in a style that is clearly reminiscent of the traditional european, semi-realistic Western comics. [...] ]]>