is the stuff that comes after the first While I was checking out this slick email marketing site Mail Chimp, I noticed something rather peculiar—the crowd behind the chimp looked uncannily similar to something I’d produced a few years back. I thought for sure they had somehow dug into my discarded pile of Flipswap comps and gleaned a piece of my work. But, alas, it turns out even though there is a likeness, no wrongs have been committed.
I’m kidding of course. But, check it out for yourself. Here’s an unused development comp from April 7, 2007. (Avert your eyes from the hideous Arial Rounded MT Bold, it was the company’s standard type at the time.)
Now, here’s a very similar angry crowd almost two years later:
And the crowd sans-chimp:
By the way Mail Chimp, if you want to pay me back for the artwork that you didn’t steal, I’d totally love to get my hands on that $240 plan for the sweet price of free. Wha’dya say?
