Make me believe that you believe...

I keep running into this poster around my hometown.

It's promotion for a 4 part stand-up comedy series held by the Jamestown Savings Bank Arena. I absolutely admire the fact that they are trying to make this event happen. It's great for the community to have events like this going on, but something is really wrong with this poster (and the other printed materials promoting this event). This poster is not good. It really just looks thrown together. A huge part of promoting an event (from a design standpoint) is making people believe you actually care about your own event! This poster does NOTHING to convince me that the designer (and the venue) care about making this event successful. If you are having a Garage Sale or you are looking for a lost pet, just about any flyer/poster design is fine. But if you expect the public in general to take you seriously, you need to seriously consider hiring an artist or designer to give your promotional pieces a good look! Just for laughs, I threw together another poster using many of the same elements and info, to give you an idea of what it could look like...