In announcing Martin Agency’s #3 spot in Advertising Age magazine’s 2008 ranking, Tobacco Avenue gives it a spin in Martin Agency receives award; 942nd so far this year:

Trade publications consistently rank Martin as one of the best agencies in America, along with such distinctions as having the second-most comfortable sofa in a U.S. lobby, No. 4 most hottest graphic designers in the nation and having the third most-bounciest ping-pong balls on a table tennis set located in the northern hemisphere.

November’s Virginia Business Magazine has a long profile of the Martin Agency. With a $580 million account for Wal-Mart and a $100 million-plus campaign for Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection, and responsible for the Geico cavemen, the Geico gecko and the UPS Brown ads, Martin is one of the nation’s top-ranked agencies.