Samsung Behold Cellphone Ad Shows Comics
- Posted by Johanna on February 27, 2010 at 7:31 am
- Category: LinkBlogging
Just saw this mobile phone ad plugging the Samsung Behold II Android smartphone as a tool to help an artist make his comics.
What do you think? I get a wannabe Frank Miller vibe from it — maybe that’s just the hat and the nose. I like the part where the jogger becomes a hooded hero, showing how real-life things can be transformed by imagination. Some nice art, too. Wonder who did it?
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February 27, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Not big on the art style, but that was still neat! Don’t see comics used to sell things very often, do we?
February 27, 2010 at 8:59 PM
I was shocked to see something that engaged with making comics to that extent, especially since this phone isn’t very well-known. (I guess that’s why they need ads.)
March 1, 2010 at 12:54 PM
i saw this last week during American Idol! somewhere online somebody said it was Jae Lee… which i could see. but honestly, i’m thinking it might be the guys behind MTV’s LIGHTS: Audio Quest motion comic, Tomm Coker and Daniel Freedman.
March 2, 2010 at 1:45 PM
[...] gotten a few emails and seen several blog posts on this advertisement for T-Mobile's Android-powered Samsung Behold II, which features an [...]
March 13, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Here is listing on everyone involved. I can’t find the actor, I assume it is an actor or CP Smith because there are no images of CP Smith I can find. It may also be Colby Bluth…
http://www.splendad.com/ads/show/3510-Samsung-Graphic-Artist
http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/samsung_graphicartist.php
March 13, 2010 at 8:18 PM
Oh, neat, thanks for adding those credit links!