There’s a new GrubHub ad in my subway stop: In case you can’t quite make it out, the freakishly anthropomorphic hot dog is offering a flower to the similarly grotesque female bun. (We know she’s gynecomorphous due to the employment of a convention tried and true since the time of Ms. Pac-Man: she’s wearing a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘GrubHub’
Oh, C’mon, GrubHub!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged advertising, GrubHub, Little Murders, Logan Square, Ms. Pac-Man on September 27, 2011 | 5 Comments »
The Semiotics of GrubHub
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged advertising, Chicago, GrubHub, semiotics, sexual innuendo, south park, Tao Lin, Twitter on June 15, 2011 | 11 Comments »
For a year or so now I’ve been noticing GrubHub ads: …deliberately crude post-South Park pieces reminiscent of Tao Lin’s visual art. (GrubHub’s website continues the aesthetic; see, for instance, the About Us page. And it’s a good thing they made these new ones—their original, older ads were pretty boring.) Two-dimensional revels, they seem all [...]