Comments on: Humo Magazine’s offensive ads…

By: Bart

Bart — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:45:50 +0000

All this commotion for a few hilarious and brilliant ads just proves that a lot (not all!) Americans are WAY to conservative and WAY to serious!! Look at us ‘happy’ Belgians (Europeans)… We also have a lot of problems and serious situations, but we still keep thinking positive and we still want to laugh!! (Ref: Humo ad with Dutroux…)
Time for a new award: Most daring but most BRILLIANT ad of the world! And the winner is.. HUMO!!! )

By: Marc Johnson

Marc Johnson — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:55:48 +0000

These ads are absolutely hilarious, kudos to the people from this magazine…

By: Belgian Waffle

Belgian Waffle — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:57:05 +0000

The ignorance. Humo is often recognised as a magazine with lots of satire in it. Someone who knows what Humo is all about, will think this is incredible funny, even someone who doesn’t read this, will find this funny. There’s even another one where Dutroux escapes from prison and he is one of Belgians biggest rapist, but I also think that’s funny.

P.S. check your sources before you say that Humo uses the death of Michael Jackson. He died of an overdosis, not on the operation table. And you can clearly see that they’re working on his nose.

You are pathetic.

By: Evil Belgian person!

Evil Belgian person! — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:20:44 +0000

If you actually did a bit of research you should’ve known that these ads were published back in 2003 (like some other helpful and totally not evil Belgians here pointed out)
see if you can get the humour in this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iXvhcw07do
I know I had a good laugh when I saw it. Learn to grow a brain and some humour

By: Rainbow star

Rainbow star — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:19:25 +0000

First off, it was not about the death of Michael Jackson at all, it was about his nose falling off. Secondly, it’s not just to sell, it’s also to open people’s minds and to have a sense of humor about things.

Humo is one of the best magazines ever, a magazine that shows each side of the story. In serious conflicts like the Osama Bin Laden thing, they did not only interview American experts, but also European, Middle-eastern and family members. Right now with the death of Michael Jackson, they ran some very good pieces about his life, honouring the good stuff and mentioning the bad, but not dwelling on it.

Unlike so many other famous supposedly good magazines, Humo does not run on sensation. They would never dwell on things like Lindsay Lohan being caught on tape stealing, but they focus on more important things, trying to bring it objectively and with a bit of humor, because if you can’t laugh about it there’s nothing else to do but cry.

More magazines should run ads like the ones above, because then maybe people would realise that it’s not the end of the world, that it’s not the end of civilization as we know it, but just some funny pictures.

By: Al-pro

Al-pro — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:38:32 +0000

Can I just point out that these ads were produced in 2003.
In the first image, it’s not about the death of Michael Jackson, but his plastic surgery problems. You can see the scalpel clearly pointed at his nose.

On a personal note, I have to say that I find the ads very funny.

By: Davy

Davy — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:54:11 +0000

The add about Mr. Jackson was released more then a year before he died
You shouldn’t tell lies
And come on, the last one is really funny

By: nevek

nevek — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:52:05 +0000

these ads are from 2003

By: Lora

Lora — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:21:12 +0000

They don’t use the dead of MJ to sell, this ads are a couple years old, and as I remember, he was still alive at those days. -_-

(Sorry for my bad English, I’am Flemish. And I really like humo )

By: Griet

Griet — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:47:18 +0000

Those adds were actually made in 2003, so Humo isn’t using the dead of the King of Pop to sell more of their magazines.
However, I think these adds are just brilliant.