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7 ways to kill an idea: the illustrated guide

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Posted by Dabitch on 13. November 2009 - 13:17
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Bytesized labnotes has An illustrated guide to seven ways to kill an idea. Enlarge the image to see the delicate illustrations by Scott C in their full glory. If you like his style you should check out his Double Fine action comics.

Update To kill an idea is competing in Eurobest.

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Submitted by Publigeekaire on 13. November 2009 - 13:57.
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Hi Dabitch, maybe i am wrong, but for me, those comics were made by a portuguese Agency named FUEL (cf the signature on the left).

Or did they only use these for their own promotion?

Mathieu aka http://publigeekaire.

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Submitted by Dabitch on 13. November 2009 - 16:06.
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Hey Publigeekaire, sure, but Scott C is still the illustrator.

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Submitted by Buzzing Bees on 16. November 2009 - 15:14.
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Shouldn't that be 8 ideas? ;-)

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Submitted by Dabitch on 17. November 2009 - 9:41.
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Hahaha, you're so right - just named the link the same thing as the headline over at Bytesized labnotes

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