Forum archives » Comic Competitions » CC263: Truth In Advertising

seattlesque
October 26, 2004 6:42 PM

I ran through a few possibilities, including "Submit This Exact Comic" (which would have the first, second, and third panels fixed.) But that seemed a little too challenging, so I picked an idea derived from the movie "Crazy People":

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The advertisers have gone nuts and concocted a completely honest campaign for a product or service. Examples:

"Quaker Oats: Do they taste good? Who knows, but the box is cute."
"Volvo: Boxy but good."

Pick a REAL brand-name and come up with your best honest ad strategy. Then, present this as:

(a) a commercial
(b) shocked executives previewing the campaign
-or-
(c) customers reacting to the ad copy

Incompetent advertising campaigns ("Nutrific candy bars are nut-very good!") aren't the objective. The theme is *honesty*. Since this is a paid advertisement, it should at some point stress a legitimately positive characteristic of the product...even if admitting to some weaknesses.

If you want to do a series, then do one strip for each of (a) (b) and (c), but no more than that for any single product. Multiple submissions encouraged (the-more-the-merrier). I'll judge when people have gotten obviously bored of entering, which seems to be inside of a week.

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80_Million_Fleas
October 26, 2004 7:42 PM

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dcomposed
October 26, 2004 8:40 PM

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EvilZak
October 26, 2004 9:10 PM

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dcomposed
October 26, 2004 9:17 PM

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biped
October 26, 2004 9:55 PM

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seattlesque
October 26, 2004 10:12 PM

Just a reminder that to qualify for the judging it must be a real product. And if you're going to make a series then it should be 1 strip for the commercial + 1 strip for the executive reaction + 1 strip for consumer reaction.

So as far as I'm concerned, EvilZak's more direct presentation of the Beggin Strips ads is within the rules. 80_Million_Fleas bends it a bit by campaigning for the idea of Veal. However, that's plausible...after all, once I saw a commercial for carpet. (Not any particular kind, just the idea of carpeting, paid for by the carpet growers association of america or whatever.)

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biped
October 26, 2004 10:58 PM

Oh...so THAT'S why I hate everybody.

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Rabid_Weasle
October 26, 2004 11:44 PM

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dcomposed
October 26, 2004 11:48 PM

I didn't really enter to win anyway.

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80_Million_Fleas
October 27, 2004 5:30 AM

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Karajin
October 27, 2004 10:09 AM

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Karajin
October 27, 2004 10:10 AM

Heh I screwed up, it is supposed to be 50cents not just 50. and the last pannel wasn't supposed to say "At Nike"

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biped
October 27, 2004 10:13 AM

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80_Million_Fleas
October 27, 2004 10:40 AM

quote:
Look to previous comics for details.

...I laughed. Then I felt boned.

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kaufman
October 27, 2004 1:11 PM

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fpd
October 28, 2004 6:55 PM

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quodlibet
October 30, 2004 1:16 PM

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quodlibet
October 30, 2004 1:30 PM

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Which reminds me, only 57 days until Christmas. I hope you've finished your shopping.

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rgedey1
October 30, 2004 8:46 PM

Not exactly sure if this fits, but WTH!

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seattlesque
October 31, 2004 5:43 PM

Ok, judging time!

Who will claim CC263 and have the coveted rights to CC264? The nominees are...

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I'd like to thank all entrants, and it's important to remember that there are no losers here. Just a lot of guys who spend countless hours on the computer, lonely and friendless, with the sole social outlet of internet bulletin boards.

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kaufman
October 31, 2004 7:49 PM

Ok. I'll think of something exciting and new next month.

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