Posts tagged with advertising

Jul 24 2015

Unexpectedly apropos

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WELL THEN. According to AnimeNewsNetwork, there was apparently enough demand to justify not one but two(!!!) lines of Sailor Moon-themed feminine hygiene products...

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Nov 14 2013

How tall do you have to be to go on a Hunger Games ride?

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Here's another thing I could present without comment (but I won't): Lionsgate is apparently considering opening up a Hunger Games theme park! Which sounds super fun and not at all weird as hell...

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Sep 25 2012

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Miracle Whip

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Has anybody else seen this Miracle Whip commercial? Who on earth decided "fake mayonnaise" + The Scarlet Letter was a natural pairing?

Don't get me wrong: I actually think the idea is pretty great. But I'm choosing to believe...

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May 2 2011

Become Someone Else

Check out one of the posters from the "Become Someone Else" ad campaign for Mint Vinetu (a used book store in Lithuania), and admire the complete line of posters over at Buzzfeed. Pretty great, huh?

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Aug 19 2008

Who comes up with these?

The literary powers-that-be have made one of those bizarre commercials for our current Featured Book, Lisa McMann's highly entertaining YA fantasy Wake. Behold:I don't have a television, so I'm t...

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Aug 7 2008

But what does this have to do with Buffy?

In an interesting advertising move, there was a six-page-long preview of Brad Meltzer's upcoming novel The Book of Lies in my Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight comic (issue #17). I'm not sur...

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Jun 3 2008

*Scowls*

AintItCoolNews has posted some Yotsuba&! news--nothing about a definitive release date for volume 6, but they're featuring a Q-and-A session with Chris Oarr, the sales and marketing representative...

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Mar 24 2008

ADV falls off the wagon (again)

We're hearing distressing rumors that ADV is once again in financial difficulties, which means that we'll have to wait even longer to get our hands on the sixth volume of Yotsuba&!. The original ...

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