I scoured the Internet tubes for an entire day just to assemble this collection of fantastic billboards. They are from all over the place, and it wasn’t until after I assembled them that I realized I didn’t keep track of where most originated (if anyone knew in the first place). So sorry about that.
Anyway, for Thursday the 13th here is a crop of 13 freshly prepared humorous, cool and witty billboards. (Hmmm… Humorous. Cool. Witty. Remind you of anyone?) So, enjoy the fruits of my cheap Greek-American labor. Oh, and Warning: This article is Not kid safe!
Damn this was an expensive billboard. But I guess it’s worth it if people stop to pose for photos by it.
Ouch. This billboard comes with biting satire at no extra charge.
I don’t know if this is real, but it is hilarious!
Would you like a side of irony with that order?
I don’t want to be the guy that had to install this billboard.
Strippers vs. Church – Photo by ktbugs23
Paul Stamatiou caught this defaced Starbucks billboard. (Paul, you weren’t documenting your own handiwork were you? :-))
I didn’t know that sex precluded one from becoming an engineer. But that explains a lot…
Well, they aren’t pulling any punches with this one are they?
I’ve got to say, this is a completely lame billboard to start with.
Pure Genius.
Must have been the same ad team as the knives above. Simply genius.
Notice, this ad is for the Special Forces. Do you see where the brochures are located?
Edit 9/13: Here are a couple more sent over by Johny…
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Great set John. I wonder how they arrange with cities or land owners to do one like that one in the grass, or the knife in the lights! let me know if you want this set promoted elsewhere ;) … also (disclosure! Self promotion!) check out these: http://weburbanist.com/2007/06/06/15-coolest-craziest-and-most-innovative-guerilla-marketing-campaigns/
Excellent examples of guerrilla marketing, one of my favorite “marketing schools of thought”. They are not that innovative here in Europe though, at least not in Sweden.
I laughed at the Minnesota/Wisconsin billboard. I also enjoyed the billboards that utilized environment features (all of the ones that were different than the “normal” billboard). Thanks for rounding that up! It’s nice to see that advertising isn’t always so stale.
Some funny and clever billboards, though some need to employ some decent advertising firms as some look like they were made by the Apprentice contestants.
Nice finds John,
I’ll have to show these to my wife, she’s in advertising http://www.jhpadv.com is their addy
Amazing billboards, i’ll forward you the ones i got!
The starbucks one is photoshopped, if you look closely you can still see part of the “B”.
I don’t think so, Philip. If it was Photoshopped, you would NOT be able to see part of the PAINTED-OVER (as in REAL paint) “b.” That’s the kind of graffiti that’s cool!
Very nice collection, John — I’ve seen many cool and funny billboards (just got a group in an email yesterday), but these were all new to me.
Thanks for the laughs! (I am quickly becoming addicted to your blog.)
I thought the inverted pentagram inside the logo was an especially nice touch.
I love the knife ad, that is pretty clever.
The rejoice ad could easily be in the Philippines. I often wonder how on earth they troubleshoot lines if one of those cables would go bad.
Kim:)
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John did you get my Email ?
It wasn’t about this post, but it’s rather important.
cheers
-Brandon
Hah. The Special Forces delivers the strongest message, but the cut streetlight has to be the prettiest. Great set John.
I liked the knife so sharp it could split a light pole.
Thanks Bonnie. I’m glad you are enjoy it! I’ll keep trying to entertain you… :-)
The Southern Comfort billboard (“Liquid Panty Remover”) has been confirmed as a Photoshop job…
Business Week article on faked billboard advertisement
The rejoice ad is definately from Thailand, as the writing is in Thai.
its so cool and creative .. did really enjoy and funny too…
That knife one was genius. Sadly, it would never fly with the city here.
Just an FYI: The Manhattan Mini Storage ads are absolutely real, and there are more where the example you included come from! Some examples from Flickr here.
Those were all pretty funny and I agree that the dropped call was a novel idea.
That storage ad with the coat hanger is great id love to put that up in the bible belt
Classic! I’m surprised they let the coat hanger one up. It seems WAY to political to be put in a city area.
I can say from experience that that engineer billboard is FALSE! :P
The fat guy looks just like me from behind :)). Nice collection, I got to share this with my friends on messenger.
Great collection. Most are real, but I know the Southern Comfort billboard isn’t, since I’m the one who originally created it! There are 238 more original billboards at Dribbleglass.com! Enjoy.
yeah, they have similar ads all over new york…my favorite one is “because your closet is scarier than bush’s agenda”
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