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Short on bra!nz? Head over to zombie Sears

Just in time for Halloween, Sears has given its website a creative makeover to try and attract the coveted zombie demographic. Zombies are the latest supernatural craze and seem to…

October 25, 2010, 8:15 AM EDT

Smoking likened to being eaten by zombies

Zombies are everywhere, it seems, even in American Legacy's latest "Truth" commercials. Timed to the launch of The Real World's 24th season (Jesus!) on MTV, we get Zombieville, a…

September 2, 2010, 12:50 PM EDT

'Walking Dead' gets gravely awesome trailer

The first episode of Walking Dead hasn't even aired yet, and AMC has already green-lit a second season. It's hard to blame them after watching the ass-kicking trailer below,…

September 2, 2010, 9:25 AM EDT

Living dead not impressed by Starburst ads

Starburst has been advertising itself lately as a contradiction—a solid candy that's also juicy, like a liquid. The idea was introduced last summer in a spot starring a Scottish…

August 9, 2010, 10:37 AM EDT

Queen Mary zombie ad haunting British kids

Our friends at England's Advertising Standards Authority have banned a digital poster in the London Underground for a new show called "Bloody Mary" at the London Dungeon, a tourist…

July 19, 2010, 9:35 AM EDT

Be hilarious! Go as Billy Mays on Halloween

Freshly deceased celebrities are always a big hit on Halloween. There's no shortage of them this year, but for any self-respecting advertising person, the choice is clear: You must…

October 23, 2009, 9:35 AM EDT

Toilet-advertising firm hopes for flush times

How often, really, does one combine the words "wow" and "toilet"? (If you have recently, I don't want to hear about it.) Well, say hello to the WOW Toilet…

October 8, 2009, 9:28 AM EDT

Shooter-game ad channels zombie musicals

A gritty, graphic video-game promo with freshly deceased corpses espousing undying love for their curvaceous executioner? And it's a musical? Must be Bethesda Softworks playing the "outrageous" card again. Having…

October 5, 2009, 9:00 AM EDT

Zombie milkmen gotta have their Corn Pops

Earlier this year, Kellogg's Corn Pops served up a triple-bypass of ads from Leo Burnett that defied the old-school notion that elements within a campaign should somehow be related. We…

August 17, 2009, 12:05 PM EDT

Zombies and Skittles redefine advergaming

The marketing world is slowly warming up to "augmented reality," a surreal hybrid of real life and video. But the slick efforts for GE's Smart Grid and Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed…

June 12, 2009, 3:36 PM EDT

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