In 1940 or so, animator Otto Messmer made an animation for a billboard in Times Square. Messmer is known for his work on Felix the Cat, and here worked for neon sign designer Douglas Leigh.
I love the simplicity of the characters and the pixelated look that it has. — Read the rest
The electronic billboards of Baghdad graced the city with smut, reports CNN, leading authorities to turn off the pwned digital signage. They've arrested a man claimed to be responsible for the "immoral clips."
— Read the restA statement from the Iraqi Interior Ministry said the adult content was aired on a screen in Uqba bin Nafeh Square, a busy thoroughfare in central Baghdad.
According to Variety, Netflix made a bunch of billboards of Chris Hemsworth that sweat for Extraction 2.
It's amazing what technology can do. In fact, we're rapidly approaching a point in society where it's almost too impressive. — Read the rest
Want to turn your pet into a local sensation? Digital billboard messaging company Shoutable.Me is running a promo for National Pet Month that gives people the chance to put their pets on one of their over 2,500 billboards across the U.S. — Read the rest
If you have to drive through Butler County, Pennsylvania, make sure to keep your eyes glued to the road. Look up, and you might fall victim to its repugnant, electronic billboard that displays alternating white supremacist messages such as an enormous swastika, or "GOD OVER GOVERNMENT," or "WHITES ARE UNDER ATTACK, STOP IT NOW!!" — Read the rest
The video above was created by the small town of Hongseong, South Korea to promote their local garlic. Unfortunately, farmer groups in the region think it's in bad taste, claiming it's "suggestive," "inappropriate," and "sexually objectified" the herb. County officials have since pulled the video from its YouTube channel and from appearing on video billboards. — Read the rest
I was scrolling Twitter yesterday and saw this video of a 3D billboard advertising Resident Evil that Joe Pompliano recently posted.
Pompliano states, "These 3D billboards are getting crazier by the day." I have to agree. The billboard is amazing. Disturbing. — Read the rest
Rob Tannenbaum has a thoroughly good time writing about the history of the Starland Vocal Band's 1976 soft rock ballad "Afternoon Delight" in his GQ essay, "Skyrockets In Flight: The Strange Story of the Dirtiest Number One Ever."
— Read the rest"Afternoon Delight" is cheerful and sprightly.
This astonishing 3D animated cat now presides over Tokyo's Shinjuku Station. Watch the clip below. Cross Shinjuku Vision's curved display enables the truly incredible depth effects. According to TimeOut, "the cat will have its official debut on Monday July 12, when it will wake up when the screen turns on at 7am every morning and go to sleep in the evening before the screen turns off at 1am. — Read the rest
A billboard reading "Mars sucks. — Earth" was put up in front of SpaceX headquarters to celebrate Earth Day. The billboard was sponsored by environmental groups including Greenpeace, World Wildlife, Surfrider, and the EDF. My personal hope is that all the planets can get along. — Read the rest
In response to Ted Cruz's destructive support of Trump's election fraud lies, A group of republicans have adorned the Texas landscape with 100 billboards that say: "You lied about the election. The Capitol was attacked. Sen. Cruz: Resign."
ReallyAmerican is working to place these billboards in Missouri.
— Read the restSenator Josh Hawley was the first Senator to declare he would object to the certification of the electoral college. Even after the terrorist attack he helped cause at the capitol, he STILL objected.
A series of billboards created by Canadian author and artist, Douglas Coupland, can now be seen along the new Arbutus Greenway in Vancouver. The slogans on the boards are Holzer-esque "truisms" like: Doing Nothing is Very Different from Having Nothing to Do, Everybody on Earth Is Feeling the Same Way, and Hoard Anything You Can't Download. — Read the rest
ReallyAmerican.com, the folks who put up some great billboards during the GOP senatorial run-offs, are honoring Texas' own Ted "Traitor" Cruz.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are so angry about billboards mocking them in Times Square that they're threatening to sue the Lincoln Project, which put them there.
Their lawyer, Marc E. — Read the rest
In case you get lost on your way to Trump's Des Moines rally tonight, there will be a huge billboard pointing you in the right direction:
As Joe Biden's national lead against Trump in national polls grows, even evangelicals are piling on. The non-profit evangelical group Vote Common Good just put up this billboard in Michigan cities Holland and Grand Rapids as part of their "His Words Matter" anti-Trump campaign. — Read the rest
For the last few years, artist Mitch O'Connell (not Mitch McConnell) has been erecting billboards depicting Trump as one of the aliens in the classic science fiction movie They Live. Whenever he posts an announcement to Facebook, angry people weigh in with their opinion, which Mitch happily uses to promote his projects. — Read the rest
The Boston Red Sox have placed a new billboard on Fenway Park, facing the Mass Pike highway. It reads "Black Lives Matter" and uses the baseball team's familiar font and "red socks" logo.
WCVB:
— Read the restThe billboard appeared to have been recently installed.
In this brilliant billboard for the new Dracula TV series, the 3D stakes create an ominous shadow. (And yes, there's an electric light in case the sun doesn't cooperate.)
— Read the restA fun find on the Dracula Art Department WhatsApp group. Bravo, marketing team..!
