Jen Sorensen’s been covering this territory on her blog for months, and the New York Times recently followed her lead. I felt the subject could use a few dick jokes, so I gave it a go.
The reason why the web is populated with low-rent, sometimes scammy ads is because online advertising is cheap. I don’t know if it’s a fair price or undervalued by out-of-touch advertisers who still think a full page in Cat Fancy reaches more eyeballs than an ad running next to the most recent viral cat video.
Unlike a lot of people, I don’t mind sitting through the occasional ad if it means I can watch or read something useful for free. Producing cool shit takes time and money, and unless you want to buy everyone’s merchandise or wait for a Kickstarter campaign to fund something, ads are a necessary means to entertaining your goldbricking ass.
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March 5th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
The easter egg was a nice touch.
March 5th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
I was sad when I went to bigfatwhale.com/shut-in and nothing was there.
March 5th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Blake – Charles found it. It’s Case Sensitive.
March 5th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
That was an awesome easter egg.
Frankenberry looks like a leather gay.
March 6th, 2010 at 12:41 am
And to think the key to someone’s heart is on the end of that chain…well, that or fuzzy cuffs.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Hahaha…I am always startled by that unkempt hairy guy…don’t understand why anyone should use him for an Ad. You captured his likeness so well, and he does look like he needs to deloused.