Great Moments in Comic Book Advertising #16
- May 28th, 2010
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Can you think of a better way to start a 3 day weekend than with Sea Monkeys? I didn’t think so. I could have posted at least 15 different variation of this ad dating back to about 1960. This is capitalism American style, the way God intended. Find something as ridiculous as brine shrimp, In this case ridiculous because they are dehydrated (and can be for decades) and with the re-introduction of water pop back to life, and find a way to sell them by the tons to unsuspecting children with the lure of fabulous sea life beyond compare for the pittance of a buck and change. Stand back and watch the money flow in. Brilliant! Come now, don’t tell me as a kid you didn’t see that ad with the Sea Monkey family and want to have an aquarium full of them. Of course what you actually got and the illustration differed slightly. But we all fell for it regardless. Boys, girls, didn’t matter everyone at onetime wanted some Sea Monkeys. The mastermind behind this American institution? The same gentleman who brought us x-ray specs. No lie.
Masto.
