The Monster's Advertising Agency (aka Barton, Burton, Frankenstein, Werewolf and Dracula, Inc.) is a monstrous ad agency in Madison Ave. founded by some of the world's most famous monsters. It originates from the 1958 humor magazine Cracked, first appearing in their 33rd issue from 1963.
The Monster's Advertising Agency's Board of Directors
The Monster's Advertising Agency is a small but prominent company that deals exclusively in marketing products made for and by monsters which are all guaranteed to provide both satisfaction and revulsion. Many of their advertisements also focus on promoting tourism for their beloved homeland of Transylvania, where tourists are guaranteed to have a screaming good time.
Board of Directors[]
Every month, the members of the board will come together to discuss their newest clients and new marketing campaigns for approval, with these meetings being headed by chief executive and founding member Frankenstein (who also goes by the name of Frankie Stein) the flesh golem creation of Dr. Frankenstein. Other top executives and founding members include the vampire lord Count Dracula, the notorious wolfman the Werewolf, and five other founding members include an alien, a demon, a female vampire, a zombie and an ogre, any of which could be Barton and Burton.
Fangmann's Blood by the Fangmann Diskilling Corporation
Breakodent Toothbrush by SCREAM
Other Cracked Monster Ads[]
Dracula Taxidermist
Witchcraft Perfume
King Kong Cleaners
Mummy Cold Storage Co.
The Invisible Man Loaning Office
Wolfman Cigars
Zombie Cola
Jekyle & Hyde Druggists
Solongs Cigarettes
Terrortal
Appearances[]
Various monsters using themselves for marketing as the Monster Sandwichboard Men in Cracked #34, Monster Howls #1 and Cracked Collectors' Edition: "Those Cracked Monsters"
Its full name is a parody of Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc. (BBDO), one of the oldest advertising agencies in America.
Some of the products used for The Monster's Advertising Agency segments as well as other fake products shown in Cracked were also used in the school magazine for Ashwood High School in Ashwood, Victoria, Australia during the 1960's.
