Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Brand Characters

The most prominent brand character in the history of brand's is arguably Leo Burnett's The Marlboro Man. He was a rugged, rough and tumble man and that image was translated to the Marlboro brand.

Some other brand characters that come to mind are:

Ronald McDonald - The scariest clown I've ever seen. I am dressing up as him this halloween.

Tony the Tiger - Leo Burnett!

The Alexander Kieth's Scotsman - Turned out to be a pedophile. But added a sense of humor and fun to the brand.

The Canadian Tire Handy Man - I wish I was this guy, he has EVERYTHING! This typical Canadian man exemplified Canadian Joe's from coast to coast.

3 comments:

wonderwoman said...

Ahahahaa that chick at his cross is hilarious!

wonderwoman said...

er.. crotch, i'm tired.

Jayne Van Dusen said...

Hated the McDonald's image, but loved your blog. I can tell you love writing. Some clever twists on branding themes. Your mark is 10/10.