Sea Monkeys Old Advertisements

Harold von braunhut invented the product in 1957.

Sea monkeys old advertisements. Even in the 1970s everyone had to have known the sea monkeys thing was full of shit. One of the ubiquitous and most intriguing ads that could be found in the pages of a comic book were those for sea monkeys an underwater family of weird little mammalian fish that you could keep all to your own. Sea monkeys is a brand name for brine shrimp. Sea monkeys were marketed by the late harold von braunhut who also pushed x ray spex.

A polaris submarine more than seven feet long which i dreamt of traveling in along the forth clyde canal avoiding the ghostly weeds the garbage discarded shopping trolleys and the imaginary gangsters pale bloated and tethered to weighty blocks of. Weird vintage sea monkey ad old western style. Initially called instant life von braunhut. First they were just miniature shrimp with an incredibly short lifespan.

Perhaps the most iconic bullshit ad of all time. We love these 1960s advertisements for sea monkeys. Feb 6 2013 i am fascinated with certain aspects of the 1970s specifically some of the fly by night business advertisements that appeared in comic books and other magazines. Sea monkeys were a wonder to many a child in the 70s though i think the advert itself.

During this time adverts in comics were nothing less than bizarre. X ray specs guaranteed to make everything see thru. Sea monkeys that could live in a goldfish bowl and be trained to perform tricks. Von braunhut developed the x ray spex in 1964 and he s the mastermind behind sea monkeys.

He was the guru of all comic book mail order.