Here at The Bee we were having all kinds of Internet difficulties on Friday afternoon. It was probably a revolt to some of the ridiculousness that I brought to the Internet with the latest Post No Bills.
With the Internet down, I couldn't put together another Worst Flier of the Week post, though it was certainly warranted. And today I still can't ignore some of the horrid happenings on the local flier front. So here it is, folks. Three putrid displays of graphic design and promotion gone bad. You pick which is the Worst Flier of (last) Week.
#1: With this flier we set forth a WFOTW precedent: If you call your event "Classy With a Twist of Hood" you will make Worst Flier of the Week EVERY TIME.
#2: Really? An Oscar party? There are two instances in which this is acceptable: (1) If it's the weekend of the Oscars. (2) If the person celebrating a birthday is Oscar. Neither is the case here. Add to that some silly ass swirls and an all-too-busy look -- and this is pretty terrible.
#3: I hate to keep picking on animated .gifs, but this one damn near gave me a seizure. How is anybody supposed to read this crap?
PREVIOUSLY: Worst Flier of the Week: Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 5 | Vol. 6 | Vol. 7 | Vol. 8 | Vol. 9
I can agree with you on these, although the Reps doesnt look to bad. I can't stand when the dudes put there head shot on fliers and there phone #'s for guest list, It must be some kind of ploy to get chicks to call them. LOL. Lame dude.
My eyes!
"Classy with a twist of hood"...that definitely takes the cake! LOL
Come on mike? Where is the health warning here? To much blink!blink!blink!blink!blink!blink!
hood chicks are the best!
So I was going through a collection of fliers for my former band that one of my ex-band mates has still saved. I stumbled on what I think is the worst flier associated with the band or any of the bands I have been in. For the most part we took care of creating the fliers for shows, but let me point out that we DID NOT have anything to do with the creation of this one. The filer was supposed to promote an event at a bowling alley. It never even mentioned it, but the picture and the quotes are well..... see for your self.
My question is, would this have made it to the worst flier for that week? You decide.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b186/sabotage800/wostMurdocflyer.jpg
Those first two are most certainly crappy and obnoxious, but not unexpected from the types running and attending it. In fact, if they actually made a GOOD flyer, I would be shocked outa my socks.
But that 3rd one... WTF. My retinas have honestly been damaged, maybe permanently!
Mike, I really hope that you posting these horrid flyers and letting the rest of us elaborate on thier horrible-ness will truly help the quality of flyers in this town. I doubt it, but a boy can dream...
man if i was that oscar statue i'd get up an walk off the flyer save the embarrassment :) I think though that the 3rd one is truly the worst flyer though, it's like they were on to your little WFOTW game and trying to take the cake ...ohboy
these ones are tight.
$80-$100 for a case of beers? WTF!!! who would actually pay for this?
i was thinking i felt a little bad for the people working for club flys since they have to go to all these "events" and take pictures. but, they get paid.
the third one is terrrrrible.
As far as the 2nd flier goes.. I played at their halloween hangover event where they were supposed to have a $100 cash prize for the best costume: I guess nobody had a best costume because there was no cash prize given out
I'm with Ben, $80 to $100 for a case of beer. There are times when you don't want to advertise buying in bulk...like when Bud Light is $80 a case.
WTF
In the second one, I love how it's a 'formal attire strongly suggested' event, with 'FREE T-SHIRTS!'
The third one should be sent to the Octomom to hypnotize her back to reality.
And why do we need five different people to choose from for Bottle Service? There must be a competition between them...the winner gets that $100 cash leftover from the Halloween party. Well, they don't get the actual cash...instead, they get a case of Bud Light.
I SWEAR PEOPLE LIKE MIKE OZ HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THEN WASTE THERE TIME PICKING OUT LIL FLAWS....THE PEOPLE DOING THESE EVENTS AND MAKING THESE DESIGNS ARE MAKING REAL MONEY LIKE ANYONE ELSE.
Dear Bobby,
Step away form the shift key. I think Oz gives added attention to these fliers. I want to do a WFOTW pub crawl...who's in?
Bobby, if you wish for others to even give a nod to your opinion, it would be good to know that typing in all caps gives others the idea that you are either A) 12 years old B) 25 with the mentality of a 12 year old or C) you become so emotionally unhinged at another person's opinion, you must 'yell' over the internet.
Another rule of thumb is to remember that there are other theirs out there. They're just waiting to be explored. It's such a Little thing to think about.
Bobby's post hurt my eyes, wonder if he has anything to do with the last flier?
And Travis I'm down for a pub crawl. There was some mention of it on twitter a few days ago, why not do a wfotw like you said.
Y CNT WEE TYPE LIKE DIS or lyk diz? u cnt undastnd uzz?
Hahahahaha.
Also, if you consistently design bad stuff I don't see how you're still getting people to even think about paying you to design something for you. Why not just get your fliers with no pictures and just big black text on a white paper? At least then people won't have to feel bad for whoever designed the flier whenever they're looking at it.
LOL@BOBBY: if all that was janky about these flyers were 'little' flaws, they would have never made it to wfotw.
And to everyone else, I would like to attend your wfotw pub crawl, but I truly can not afford $100 for a case of beer, not even for a indignant & superitority-complex-filled laugh. (btw - Coors Light is $17.99 for a 30-pack at Save Mart right now) Additionally, I admit that I don't know what 'bottle service' is... the bottles I drink out of are all twist off and usually wrapped in a brown paper bag.
OMG #3 is the Worst I've ever seen.... my eyes are still throbbing! :/
i wouldn't pay $1.50 for a tall can of bud light. shoot, i have 3 bud light bottles in my fridge that were leftover from a BBQ i had. I haven't even touched them, and I won't. the only Bud i'll drink is Bud Ice. Man up peeps!!
I know what "bottle service" is. But what I don't know is what "bottler service" is.
I love the "Worst Flyer" postings. It's about time someone took the time to point fingers and make fun at the crap that local people put out to "Promote" their shows. A good laugh and a chuckle is about all they are good for anyway. Pathetic and ignorant to the purpose of a flyer, or ad. IF YOU CAN'T READ IT, IT'S USELESS! Local "Promoters" and "Acts" need to get their head out of their backsides and pay attention to the business at hand, not their own egos. Graphics 101 should work wonders for most of you.
Flier #1: Math FAIL
Buckets of Bud Light = $15 (I'm guess with 5 in the bucket)
Bud Light = $3 each (when purchased in a "bucket")
Bin of Bud Light = $80 (stated: 24 bottles)
Bud Light = $3.33 (when purchased in "bin")
Self: I'll take 5 "buckets" for $75
Homemade bin = Bud Light 25 for ONLY 75 bucks (save 5 bucks and get more beer)
Buckets of Corona = $20 (I'm guess with 5 in the bucket)
Corona = $4 each (when purchased in a "bucket")
Bin of Corona = $100 (stated: 24 bottles)
Corona = $4.16 (when purchased in "bin")
Self: I'll take 5 "buckets" for $100
Homemade bin = Corona 100 bucks for 25 (I stole one from ya)
Moral of the story: (D-bags + Beer + Math) - Education = FAIL
Damn it! I spelled superiority wrong!! I can't even succeed at being a snob.
LOL @ YesterGoth
WFOTW is one of my favorite things Oz does. His comments are hilarious, the readers comments are hilarious, and the fliers are hilarious (and atrocities).
I always laugh whenever I see a flier with that dude Gucci Ben on it. Who in their right mind would want to be called Gucci Ben? If his parents or an ancestor of his started the company then I guess it could be OK. Odds are though is that because Gucci is expensive and supposedly for the elite he thought that by adding that in front of his name it would give him that b.s. swagger and status. Oh well....
Also, the girl on the same flier looks like she was jumped by Yamambas:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2423484429_2e12b631d6_o.jpg
nice to see how our military is affiliated with a bar/alcohol, big no no, you know better than that soldier (reps flyer)