Most of them, anyway... and the teasers. TAKE YOUR PICK TO COMMENT - - - Have an XL favorite? Did any make you actually laugh, cry or want to buy? Which was the absolute worst?

"So tell him what he won, Don..." His very own 1977 COSMIC LIQUIDATOR (from Sun Products Corp.). That's right, "Cosmic H2O Power Pistol System — Liquidator of Alien Starballs". Original weapon in the original box. Cardboard target long lost (blasted into oblivion), but with love and care, it could be made to fire yet again. Is there any other Skool Group where you can win that? I THINK NOT. Use responsibly, Brian.

I’ve got a plethora of libations within my system, but I’ve got an idea I will be pitching this week that I’m so excited to share. Be on the lookout 👀

Reporting live from the middle of the night, I have "finished" another set of spec ads for The Ad Agency. It all started when my real job asked me to come up with some headline ideas for an on-the-go professional training app that is (according the the brief) "like Spotify, but for professional growth." This could be interpreted in many ways, but a path I kept going down was that this developmental app was for those who are serious about climbing the ladder and aren't going to wait for someone to tell them what they need to do to get the next promotion*. Sounds a little familiar to the Ad Agency classroom feature, right? So after sending them a more refined list of ideas, I started mocking up some ideas of a campaign for TAA that follows a similar idea. At first I was going a little narcissistic in-your-face, with the headline "Are You Serious Right Now?" but I changed course to a more motivational, we believe in you tone. This is an AI-less project, and I am no graphic designer, so judge me not on the fine details of photoshop and indesign. Let me know what you think, what stands out, and what I could change to make these ads more effective and interesting! *Full idea dump list in comments.

Just as every other ad industry participant, I wanted to share my favorite marketing piece produced in 2026. Title: Shohei Ohtani | Tokyo Series Brand: New Balance Agency: Division Global In this minute and a half video, we get a raw look at how the greatest pitcher + hitter trains. Without the use of dialogue, the tension and drama we get to watch as a man with impossible talent, does the impossible and faces himself.