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BMW Comics?


From Ad Age
Do you think this is for the right target market? Is anyone really going to take this comic into a dealership? Is there any surprise to this after seeing the BMW films? I think it would have been better if Fallon had did comics first, then films. I don't know, I guess I was hoping for something bigger. Well, what's next? BMW photographs? (I think Chiat/Day already did something close to that for the Nissan Z.)
Does this spell sellout?
"Artists were given a few dos and don’ts, such as avoid fiery deaths in cars, especially in a BMW, and not to define the Driver character to much and leave him mysterious."
Wait a second, isn't that WHY people enjoy comics?
Posted by bryan chiao in Advertising News | Permalink
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After breaking new ground with BMW Films, the car company with ad agency Fallon is now, erm, marketing the German motors using comics. Sorry, graphic novels. The idea, according to Ad Age, is that [Read More]
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