Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Colonel Sanders Featured In Free Comic Book From Kentucky Fried Chicken


Demonstrating that geek is the new chic, Kentucky Fried Chicken has partnered with DC Comics to promote their restaurant chain at this week's 2015 New York Comic Con event by distributing a special one shot collectible comic book featuring Colonel Sanders.  In "The Colonel of Two Worlds" which is a parody of a classic FLASH story, the Colonel Sanders of our planet faces off against an evil Colonel Sanders from an alternate dimension.  When the evil doppelganger dressed in black attempts to both set up a criminal empire and market inferior fried chicken to KFC's, Colonel Sanders enlists the help of superheroes The Green Lantern and The Flash to help save the day and restore his tarnished image.  It's a comic book face off between a good and evil Colonel Sanders!  Who will prevail?  You'll have to read the comic book to find out!


Kentucky Fried Chicken will be distributing print editions of "The Colonel of Two Worlds" for free to attendees at New York Comic Con from October 8 through the 11th.  Can't make it to New York City?  Beginning October 8th, you can also view a free digital version of the comic book on the KFC website or download it via Comixology.


Yes this comic book is going to be cheesy but you have to give KFC some credit for being original and creative in marketing themselves to fans of the comic book culture.  Take a few moments to not take life too seriously and enjoy the geeky side of life by flipping through the pages of "The Colonel of Two Worlds."  I'm sure it will probably put a smile on your face.  Hmmm....I wonder if this comic book will be finger lickin good?!

6 comments:

  1. Finger lickin' fool ... lol. Fun idea!

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  2. This is marketing genius! How better to appeal to millennials and geeks (the new chic). I love when a company doesn't take themselves too seriously!

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  3. They should take it one step further and serve "black" fried chicken sort of like how Burger King is doing the black Whopper right now! Perfect timing for Halloween!

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  4. This totally has me cracking up! It's brilliant! Cheesy, yes. But brilliant.

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  5. How fun is this!!! Great advertising, KFC!!!

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  6. My daughter would love this. She is really into super hero type stuff right now.

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