Ironic Sans: Six Feet Dahlia

September 23, 2006

Six Feet Dahlia

I haven’t seen the new movie Black Dahlia, but I’ve seen the poster all over town. It finally dawned on me why it looks so familiar.

Six Feet Dahlia

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I noticed this last week at the video store when I walked past the TV box sets. I’m glad someone else noticed it too and I’m not crazy.

Posted by: kathaclysm | September 23, 2006 8:20 PM

the film itself is utter crap by the way avoid at all costs

Posted by: kubikboy | September 29, 2006 12:39 PM

aha! someone else finds this copycat cover disturbing as well…

Posted by: monica | October 3, 2006 5:21 PM

oh yeah because these are the ONLY 2 designers who put a girl’s face and lipstick/blood at the bottom of a poster, get off your high horses nitpicky nancies, jesus christ who cares?

Posted by: sdfghjk | October 19, 2006 11:55 AM

This reminds me of that 1960’s Esquire cover with Nixon being made up… Dead nixon?

By George Lois maybe?

Posted by: robin | November 10, 2006 3:19 PM

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