I want to make my banner super-fantastic, and I think I CAN... perhaps... with YOUR HELP! what are some design tips for making the most of those 468x60 pixels?
Like, what colors are most eye-snagging yet non-eye-offensive?
yesterday instead of reading Michel Foucault's "What Is An Author?" I designed these tower ads for fun, and maybe I can use some of the color-schemes, pictures or taglines in a banner?
http://www.drunkduck.com/MISFIT_ASSASSINS/gfx/tower%20addddd%20copy.jpg
http://www.drunkduck.com/MISFIT_ASSASSINS/gfx/emo%20tower%20ad.jpg
http://www.drunkduck.com/MISFIT_ASSASSINS/gfx/tower%20ad%20zombie.jpg
http://www.drunkduck.com/MISFIT_ASSASSINS/gfx/tower%20addd.jpg

Or any general advice would be ten thousand times appreciated in an insanely intense appreciative manner.

this one

the second one is funny...but the last one is bestest. I agree.

thanks guys! but actually I was just wondering if you had any advice for designing banner-ads... you know, 460x60 ones. Like, what are good colors/what kind of images will make viewers more inclined to check my comic out?

breasts...seriously
i've done tests with my banners everytime i put the sexy banner on, people click like crazy

heh... heh... heh... I'll keep that in mind, I guess