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Erwin
11/11/2006, 02:38 pm
http://s-island.mixnmojo.com/sm_logo.jpg

I was just wondering what happened with the traditional Sam and Max logo? Any particular reason why you guys went with the current typeface? Just curious :)

--Erwin
Udvarnoky
11/11/2006, 03:21 pm
I think I remember reading that the new logo that you see in the titles, in the new comic, and on the Desoto is Steve Purcell's design. Their office door has the old one though!

Incidentally I believe Steve was also responsible for making the Desoto convertible.
Emily
11/11/2006, 04:28 pm
Correct on both counts. :)
mikdog
11/12/2006, 12:16 am
Udvarnoky, you are so clever! :)
Udvarnoky
11/13/2006, 06:50 am
Until you look up "clever," anyway!
Erwin
11/13/2006, 02:25 pm
Pff, what's the use of being clever? I wish I was less smart and more good-looking :D

--Erwin
Mel
11/13/2006, 04:52 pm
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a254/Melanie68/sammax.png

I had to add a pic of the new logo. I need to be able to look at them on the same page so I can see the differences.

Carry on... :)
jannar85
11/14/2006, 06:44 am
Nice logo :) I thought the new logo was only in letters :p
Guybrush_Threepwood
11/14/2006, 06:54 am
Me too.. cool!!!
pepsiboy3
10/29/2011, 06:18 pm
http://s-island.mixnmojo.com/sm_logo.jpg

i can't see it...
lombre
10/29/2011, 07:04 pm
i can't see it...

Now that is some impressively pointless thread necromancy right there.
RAnthonyMahan
10/29/2011, 07:20 pm
Why would you bump an almost-five-year-old thread, pepsiboy? Why?
pepsiboy3
10/29/2011, 07:56 pm
Now that is some impressively pointless thread necromancy right there.
but mine says...
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The requested URL /sm_logo.jpg was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
lombre
10/29/2011, 09:12 pm
That's probably because the thread is five years old and that image likely doesn't exist there anymore.
Jake
11/01/2011, 10:54 am
The original Sam & Max logo...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4UU9VTgxMz8/TNBPwYwi3FI/AAAAAAAAADY/847W4L45I30/S1600-R/SM_logo_blog_Trans_180.gif

Telltale's game logo (also used for the Symbiote statue)...

http://samandmax.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/logo3.png

Why are they different? Because Steve Purcell asked us to use the new one for the games. He started with the font "Motel King" and then hand modified some of the letter shapes to his liking. I think he wanted new Sam & Max to have a slightly different retro feel -- something more 50s-70s cheesy, instead of the older logo which was more 30s-40s cheesy. That's also why we used a lot of fonts from Font Diner in the branding, especially in the first two seasons.
Woodsyblue
11/04/2011, 09:22 pm
It's a great accomplishment on you guys' part that I feel a stronger sense of attachment to the newer logo than I do the older one.
Sausy Gibbon
11/04/2011, 10:33 pm
I prefer the original to be honest it more captures the feel of the Sam and Max world.
Woodsyblue
11/04/2011, 11:58 pm
So did I at first. I felt Season one got off to a very rocky start and only elevated itself to decent by the end but Season two was brilliant. It was Telltale hitting on all cylinders and, honestly, it surpassed Hit the Road in my mind as the best Sam & Max game.

Devil's Playhouse was a step back from Season two imo but it was still better than Season one.