UPDATED : MAY 3RD, 2012
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ANS8 SNEAK PEEK (OCT RELEASE) -- BELOW

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CATTLE DECAPITATION (GPK PARODY) CARDS : AVAILABLE IN MAY : NEW IMAGES -- INFO BELOW

ABRAMS GPK BOOK PAGE : ADDED TO "THE GPK~LAND SECTION" -- LINK BELOW

NON-SPORT UPDATE VOL 23, NO.2 (APR/MAY 2012) : DATELINE : GARBAGE PAIL KIDS ALL-NEW SERIES 8 : OCT 2012

GARBAGE PAIL KIDS ABRAMS BOOK (WITH 4 BONUS CARDS) : RELEASED -- LINK BELOW

WALLS 360 & TOPPS PARTNER TO PRODUCE NEW GPK WALL GRAPHICS -- LINK & PRESS RELEASE BELOW

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ANS8 GPK : SNEAK PEEK









COMING IN OCTOBER

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GARBAGE PAIL KIDS : ABRAMS BOOK
OUT NOW! ORDER TODAY!

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BOOK DESCRIPTION
PUBLICATION DATE : MARCH 17, 2012
Garbage Pail Kids—a series of collectible stickers produced by Topps in the 1980s—combined spectacular artwork and over-the-top satire. The result was an inspired collaboration between avant-garde cartoonists and humorists including Art Spiegelman, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk, and Jay Lynch. A new generation of fans continues to embrace this pop-culture phenomenon as Garbage Pail Kids stickers are still being published. Now, for the first time, all 206 rare and hard-to-find images from Series 1 through 5 are collected in an innovative package, along with a special set of four limited-edition, previously unreleased bonus stickers. This exciting follow up to Wacky Packages is guaranteed to appeal to die-hard collectors as well as a new generation of fans.

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WALLS 360 GPK WALL GRAPHICS


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AVAILABLE NOW
Move over LTL Prints, make way for WALLS 360 wall graphics! You might remember in early 2010 wall graphics from LTL Prints; Topps has now partnered with WALLS 360 for exlusive on-demand premium wall graphics from images straight from the Topps Archives. Over 200 different GPK characers to choose from!


(CLICK BANNER TO READ THE PRESS RELEASE & SEE THE WALLS 360 MODEL)

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CATTLE DECAPITATION CARDS
THE BLOODY COOL DEATH METAL BAND FROM SAN DIEGO


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AVAILABLE IN MAY
Check out Cattle Decapitation's webshop in May; the 5 card set will come packaged in a foil wrapper pack and be sold with the pre-sale of their new album. The packs will ALSO be sold separately for those collectors interested in kick-arse GPK parody items like the old F*cked Up Blind Kids, MilkSuckers, et cetera cards; but unlike these previous mini sets, the artwork for the Cattle Decapitation cards were done by veteran artist Tom Bunk.

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A GPK MOVIE REBOOT ???



TORNANTE COMPANY NEWS : Topps Co. Acquisition (03/06/07)
TORNANTE COMPANY NEWS : Topps Deal Of Year (05/02/08)
DEADLINE NEWS (03/12/12)
REELZ NEWS (03/13/12)

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GPK MAGNETS : OUT NOW!

Magnet Series Page : Click Picture
(Link Also Below In The GPK~Land Section)

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IT DOESN'T GET ANY GROSSER THAN THIS

("CLICK" Pic : Befriend on Facebook : "Garbage Pail Kids Radio")

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GARBAGE PAIL KIDS

Garbage Pail Kids were created by the Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. in 1985 by Mark Newgarden and Art Spiegelman, both were art directors and editors for the series, who came up with the concept art (with several hundred concept sketches done by John Pound) and named the characters for the 16 series of GPK. Later, the naming panel also included Len Brown and Stan Hart, with suggestions by the artists, writers and even last minute name changes by Arthur Shorin, the then Pres. of Topps. Artists such as John Pound (acrylic and airbrush) and Tom Bunk (gouache and airbrush), both who completed around 90% of the finished art, were commissioned to create the final art for the card fronts, later joined with James Warhola (oils), David Burke, Bennett, Chet Darnstaedter (Xno), Mae Jeon and Bill Wray (one artwork front). Card backs were drawn by Tom Bunk, Jay Lynch, Howard Cruse, and Richard McGuire who animated the "Flick It" section of the later series. The writing on several different GPK series card backs were from older Topps sets rendered and written by Mark Newgarden, later writers also included Art Spiegelman, Jay Lynch, and John Mariano. Other individuals who assisted by penciling, inking, coloring, or doing lettering were Carole Sobocinski, Grass Green, and Javi Soler. Still others contributed ideas and sketches and such as Len Brown, Frank Santopadre (writer), Stephen Kroninger, Bob Sikoryak, and Paul Karasik. These terribly gifted collaborators made Garbage Pail Kids the most hyped and talked about craze in non-sport card history.

In the late summer of 2003, Topps took advantage of the increasingly nostalgic craze for 1980's games and toys and released seven all-new GPK sets over the next several years through 2011, plus three Flashback sets with orginal GPK artwork content (including 'lost' and 'all-new' material). Art directed originally by John Williams (who became the supervising editor), then by Jeff Zapata (series senior editor, concept artist and writer, sketch card artist), and later by Colin Walton (editor, concept artist and writer, motion card animator, sketch card artist), the new GPK craze is comprised of veteran GPK artists' John Pound, Tom Bunk, James Warhola, Frank Santopadre, and Jay Lynch (who supplied concept and card back artwork - along with Scott Shaw). The sets also includes newcomer GPK artists David Gross, Luis Diaz, Strephon Taylor, John Czop, Pat Glover, Sean Glover, Chris Hebel, Keith Webb, Aron Laikin, Sean Greathead, John Cebollero, Claude St. Aubin, Mark Sparacio, George Wright, Justin Green, Don Perlin, Layron DeJarnette, Brent Engstrom, John Zeleznik, Fred Harper, Jason Edmiston, Mark Pingitore, Fred Wheaton; including concept art by Mark MacAulay, and concept art from various artists listed above.

Besides the 24 U.S. Garbage Pail Kids series below (one unpublished), further down you will find the GPK~World category which contains various international sets released in other countries - that reflects mainly my own collection or examples of the sets and a GPK~Land category containing other U.S. sets such as the Giant Stickers, Posters set, interviews, articles, wrapper and box charts, and other unique sections. In each series section you will find: a Series Introduction explaining the release, a Product Overview outlining the packaging and promotional materials, an Artwork Images section displaying the original final artwork, a Fun Facts & Tid-Bits area which states interesting information about the set, a GPK 101 : Annotated Names section which in depthly explains the name given to the character, a GPK History Section containing information before the set was released, and a Comprehensive Checklist that lists all the cards associated with the set including variations, errors, etc.

FLASHBACK SETS : 2010 - 2011

ANS GPK SETS : 2003 - 2007




OS GPK SETS : 1985 - 1988

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TOM BUNK'S : ARTWORK 4-SALE
FINAL ARTWORK : COLOR ROUGHS : PENCIL ARTWORK

GARBAGE PAIL KIDS : GROSS BEARS
TRASH CAN TROLLS : WACKY PACKAGES : COMMISSIONED ARTWORK

I Like Your GPK Site very Much. Nice and VERY Comprehensive. Keep up the GREAT Work! ~ JOHN POUND

An Incredible Amount of Information, It's GREAT! ~ TOMAS BUNK

GREAT Webpages! ~ JAY LYNCH

Nice to Know Someone is Still OBSESSED! ~ MARK NEWGARDEN

Your Site is Comprehensive and Exhaustive, GREAT Work! ~ FRANK SANTOPADRE

What An INVALUABLE Resource Your Site Has Been! Where Would We Be Without You?! ~ NEIL CAMERA

A High-Spirited, FUN Site! ~ HOWARD CRUSE
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