MondayTuesday PSA: One of the Worst PSA Ads Ever

December 5th, 2006

Filed under: Comics, Medicine

American Heart Association PSA! Click for the full page. It’s time for the Monday PSA, on Tuesday this week!

Today I present a public service ad from the American Heart Association that is a strong contender for the award of “Worst PSA Ever in a Comic Book.” Let’s look at it’s qualifications:
♥ A design a five year-old could draw (and probably did).
♥ Black and white, in a color comic.
♥ Hidden in the back of the comic, behind the house ads.
♥ A message that doesn’t really impart any useful information…
♥ Yet still manages to be self-congratulatory.

On the plus side, the font is legible and large enough for anybody with 20/200 vision or less to read.

Jim Gordon Heart Attack PSAA much better effort 2 years later by the AHA was the Comissioner Gordon Heart Attack PSA

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2 Responses to “ MondayTuesday PSA: One of the Worst PSA Ads Ever ”

  1. Blair Corbett
    December 6th, 2006 at 9:57 am

    Actually, I’d say such a simple black and white design in a color comic would be more likely to attract attention, even if there isn’t really anything in the ad to merit it.

    Also, I guess this is the first time I’ve commented here, so: nice blog. I enjoy it very much.

  2. Scott
    December 6th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
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    Blair, I’d agree if this had been on nice glossy white paper (say from a Newsweek or Time), but it just doesn’t look all that professional on the cheap newsprint DC was using at the time.

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