Can You Hear Me Now? Oh Wait that's Verizon.
June 15, 2011
Oh man was this comic rushed. I had an idea for an L.A. Noire comic, and after spending pretty much all day yesterday on it I came to the conclusion that it just didn't work visually. So all day I was scrambling for an idea. I've used both "A Moment with Brad" and Console Wars" recently, so I didn't want to just churn out a cop out. So I went with this comic, and idea I've been debating on making a comic on.
You're probably aware that I actually watch commercials, I watch them a bit too close, well actually being legally blind I watch everything a little too close, but I digress. What I mean is I read into them more the the typical consumer. One type of commercial I hate is the kind when a product tries to get you to buy it buy convincing you it's better than their competition. Or what I call "The Toaster Strudel Effect." What do I mean by this? Look at practically every single Toaster Strudel commercial, their only focus point is, “We’re better than Pop Tarts.” They don’t explain or show off their product, showcase it for it’s own merits, no they want you to buy Toaster Strudels based simply on the fact that they claim to be better than Pop Tarts. Well fuck you Toaster Strudel, I like Pop Tarts! Pop Tarts are secure enough to advertise themselves without running your name through the mud, but I digress.
T Mobile for the last six months has been running an ad campaign that just flat out says, “We’re better than AT&T, our phones are better than iPhones,” and the fact that they still run these ads is hilarious to me. Why do I find it hilarious? Because this March AT&T bought out T Mobile’s USA branch for something around $36 billion, so yeah T Mobile, you are AT&T’s network.