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2021 MASCOT ARTWORK BY ARTIST MARK PINGITORE AFTER POUND NOTE: ALTERED BORDER * AN ANNOTATED GPK REFERENCE GUIDE FOR GEEKS GARBAGE PAIL KIDS ARCHIVIST, CURATOR & HISTORIAN FOR OVER 25 YEARS EXEC. PRODUCER ON THE 30 YEARS OF GARBAGE DOCUMENTARY NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE COPIED, EXHIBITED, OR OTHERWISE USED WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSIONS OF THE AUTHOR/GPKWORLD |
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2025 = 40TH GPK ANNIVERSARY LASTEST DATA UPDATES : JANUARY 31, 2025 GREENLIGHT GPK VEHICLES SERIES 8 PREORDER : INFO ADDED TO 2025 LICENSE PAGE GETAGRIP SKATEBOARDS GRIP'N'SLIP + SOCKS : SEVEN STYLES : ($20EA) + GOLF DISCS : ADDED TO THE 2025 LICENSE PAGE MONOGRAM INT'L GPK BAG CLIPS SERIES 4 (BAM! - DEEPDISCOUNT - WOWHD [UK]) : ADDED TO THE 2025 LICENSE PAGE OS7 CHROME HOBBY + RETAIL SHEETS : ADDED TO CHROME SECTION ROXANNE TOSER DEDICATION PAGE ADDED FOR MY DEAR FRIEND ABRAMS GPK BOOK 1 WELCOME TO SMELLVILLE PAPERBACK PREORDER : ADDED TO ABRAMS ITEMS + 2025 LICENSE PAGES GPK MEDIA MENACE ONLINE CARD INFO ADDED TO 2024 ONLINE PAGE GPK ORIGINAL SERIES 11 REVERSE CARD GALLERY SECTION ADDED : OS11 PAGE NEW YORK COMIC CON (NYCC) PICS & INFORMATION ADDED TO CONS & FESTS PAGE (TOPPS FACTORY, POLYPHONY) ABRAMS BOOK '19TH ED." INFORMATION ADDED TO ABRAMS ITEMS PAGE |
TRADING CARDS : OUT NOW GPK KIDS AT PLAY RETAIL/HOBBY RELEASE (FANATICS & BACKSTAGE & LIDS SITES) : FEB 2024 GPK X ERMSY ENT. BLEND ONLINE SET - 1 PACK BOX [SOLD OUT] OR 5 PACK BOX : JULY 2023 |
TRADING CARDS : PENDING GARBAGE PAIL KIDS ONLINE VALENTINE BOX RELEASE : FEB 04, 2025 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS OS7 CHROME + SUBSETS RETAIL/HOBBY RELEASE : FEB 14, 2025 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS OS7 (+ SUBSETS) ONLINE SAPPHIRE CHROME EDITION : UNK 2025 GPK 2025S 'UNIVERSE' ("ANNIVERSARY") RETAIL/HOBBY RELEASE : UNK 2025 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS OS8 CHROME + SUBSETS RETAIL/HOBBY RELEASE : UNK 2025 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS OS8 (+ SUBSETS) ONLINE SAPPHIRE CHROME EDITION : UNK 2025 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS X GREENDAY RELEASE : UNK 2025 |
UPCOMING SHOW DATES PHILLY NON-SPORT (PNS) CARD SPRING SHOW #82 (PA) 'IN MEMORY OF ROXANNE' : APR 5 & 6, 2025 (I'LL BE THERE) FANATICS FEST NYC : JUN 2022, 2025 SAN DIEGO COMIC CON : JUL 2327, 2025 NEW YORK COMIC CON, 912, 2025 PHILLY NON-SPORT (PNS) CARD FALL SHOW #83 (PA) : OCT TBA, 2025 GROSS CARD CON (LAS VEGAS) : UNK/TBA 2025 |
GPK LICENSED PRODUCT 2024 & 2025 : OUT NOW GETAGRIP SKATEBOARDS MONSTERS VS ALIENS DISC GOLF WEEK 1 : SOLD OUT : JAN 31, 2025 DYNAMITE ENT. GPK: TRASHIN THROUGH TIME #1 (5) REGULAR COVERS DIRECT MARKET PACK : JAN 29, 2025 GETAGRIP SKATEBOARDS GRIP'N'SLIP + SOCKS : SEVEN STYLES ($20EA) : JAN 24, 2025 MONOGRAM INTERNATIONAL GPK BAG CLIPS SERIES 4 (BAM! - DEEPDISCOUNT - WOWHD [UK]) : JAN 24, 2025 ATOMIC TOYBOX DESIGNERCON SKET-ONE NEW WAVE DAVE POSTER : DEC 2024 DYNAMITE ENT. GPK: ORIGINS COLLATED HOBBY HC SKETCH/REMARKED + HC SIGNED : DEC 18, 2024 DYNAMITE ENT. MADBALLS VS. GPK HEAVYWEIGHTS COLLATED HOBBY HC SKETCH/REMARKED + HC SIGNED : DEC 18, 2024 DYNAMITE ENT. MADBALLS VS. GPK: SLIME AGAIN COLLATED TP COMIC + HC COMIC : DEC 04 + DEC 17, [H + R], 2024 PHOLYPHONY ADAM BOMB 15" VINYL FIGURE (NOW $300) : OUT-OF-STOCK (WILL RESTOCK) + BIG BAD TOY STORE PRE-ORDER GETAGRIP SKATEBOARDS GPK DEADWOODZ SERIES 2 : NOV 29, 2024 [1PM ET] GETAGRIP SKATEBOARDS GPK ADAM BOMB 40TH ANNIV PARTY PACK : NOV 15, 2024 PHOLYPHONY ADAM BOMB 15" VINYL FIGURE ($200) : MAESTRO SERIES #1 : OCT 2024 (NYCC) : JAN 2025 PRE-ORDER (CLOSED) GETAGRIP SKATEBOARDS GPK GAME OVER WK6 DISCRAFT BUZZZ GOLF DISCS - OCT 11, 2024 ABRAMS GPK DAY-TO-DAY 2025 DESK CALENDAR: (ORDER) SEPT 24, 2024 ABRAMS GPK 2025 WALL CALENDAR: (ORDER) SEPT 24, 2024 INDICAN PICTURES 30 YEARS OF GARBAGE GPK DOCUMENTARY BLU-RAY : AUG 13, 2024 ATOMIC TOYBOX/NERD BLISTER BACKED ENAMEL PINS SETS FOR 2022, 2023, & 2024 : DROPPED AUG 08 SUPER7 BUKIMI KUN ADAM BOMB T-SHIRT : AVAILABLE AT SHOW JULY 2528 (ONLINE JULY 29) GREENLIGHT COLLECTIBLES EXCLUSIVE SDCC GPK VEHICLE (GREEN OR GREY W/ CARD) : JUL 2528, 2024 ATOMIC TOYBOX GPK POSTERS [2] + GPK ENAMEL PINS [4](& PROMO CARD) : JUL 2528, 2024 GREENLIGHT COLLECTIBLES GPK VEHICLES SERIES 6 : (ORDER) JULAUG 2024 DYNAMITE ENT. GPK: ORIGINS COLLATED REG. [H + R] TP COMIC + HC COMIC : JUN SUPER7 BLASTED BILLY LIGHT-BLUE REACTION FIGURE : MAY 2024 GPK MOVIE + DOC (BD) 3-DISC RELEASE : GERMAN BD L.E. + SOLO DVD + UK BD L.E. (AMAZON) : APRMAY MONOGRAM INTERNATIONAL GPK BAG CLIPS (KEYCHAIN ATTACHMENTS) SERIES 3 : JANMAY 2024 |
GPK LICENSED PRODUCT : PENDING GREENLIGHT COLLECTIBLES GPK VEHICLES SERIES 7 : (PRE-ORDER) FEB 2025 DYNAMITE ENT. MADBALLS VS. GPK: HEAVYWEIGHTS HOBBY TP COMIC + HC COMIC [WAVE 2] : FEB 12 & 19, 2025 DYNAMITE ENT. GPK: TRASHIN THROUGH TIME COLLATED TP COMIC + HC COMIC : MAR 19 [H] + APR 1 [R], 2025 R.L. STINE WELCOME TO SMELLVILLE [GPK BOOK 1] PAPERBACK : (PRE-ORDER) APR 1/2, 2025 GREENLIGHT COLLECTIBLES GPK VEHICLES SERIES 8 : MAY/JUN 2025 EPIC INK BOOKS OFFICIAL GPK COLORING BOOK : SEP 02, 2025 (09/04 UK) PHOLYPHONY GPK ADAM BOMB TURNTABLE WEIGHT FIGURE : TBD PHOLYPHONY GPK CHARACTER VINYL FIGURE : MAESTRO SERIES #2 : TBD PREMIUM DNA TOYS : MADBALLS VS GPK COLLECTION WAVE 1 : UNK [3Q 2024] PREMIUM DNA TOYS : GPK CLASSICS COLLECTION WAVE 1 (A-NAME + B-NAME) : UNK [3Q 2024] PREMIUM DNA TOYS : MADBALLS VS GPK TWISTED DNA COLLECTION WAVE 1 : UNK LICENSE 2 PLAY GPK SQUEEZERS FIGURES (4 DIF'T) (2022 TM) : NO DISTRIBUTOR : UNK GARBAGE PAIL KWACKS (2022 TM) GPK RUBBER DUCKIES: UNK GPK CARTOON : DANNY MCBRIDE/ROUGH HOUSE PICTURES/HBO/TORNANTE : PRE-PRODUCTION : GREENLIT? |
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GARBAGE
PAIL KIDS
a parody sticker phenomenon released by the Topps Chewing Gum company,
starting in 1985, that were developed by Art Spiegelman and Mark Newgarden;
both art directors, editors, writers and conceptual artists for the
GPK franchise and its entire original series run. Both provided nomenclature
for the characters with a naming panel that also included Len Brown
and Stan Hart with suggestions by the artists, writers and even last
minute name changes by Arthur Shorin, the then President of Topps.
Artists John Pound (who worked with acrylics and airbrushing), the GPK grandfather and Tom Bunk (who worked with gouache and airbrushing) together completed around 90% of the finished artwork for the card fronts, later joined by James Warhola (who worked with oils; sketch to final, no color rough), David Burke, James Bennett, Mae Jeon and Bill Wray (one final piece). Card backs were completed by Tom Bunk, Jay Lynch, Howard Cruse and Richard McGuire who animated the 'Flick It' section of the later series. The writers included Newgarden, Spiegelman, Lynch, and John Mariano. Other individuals who assisted by penciling, inking, coloring or lettering were Carole Sobocinski, Bob Fingerman, Grass Green and Javi Soler. Others contributed ideas and sketches such as Len Brown, Frank Santopadre (writer), Stephen Kroninger, Bob Sikoryak and Paul Karasik. These collaborators made Garbage Pail Kids the most hyped and talked about craze in non-sport card history. |
In 2003, the Topps Company, Inc. took advantage of the increasingly nostalgic craze for 80's games and toys and released seven All-New Series GPK sets over a period of several years through 2007, three Flashback sets that contained orginal GPK artwork, along with 'Lost' material and all-new content in 2010 and 2011. Three rejuvinated Brand-New Series GPK sets were released in 2012 and 2013, including a 'mini' set, with a more nostaglic GPK feel, and six Chrome technoloy sets in 2013, 2014, 2020, 2022, & 2023 plus additional releases, including Sapphire. The recent, Yearly GPK sets, containing mostly thematic subsets, have been released from 2014 through 2023. Weekly and monthly online releases have also been released from 2016 through 2025. The sets have been art directed and edited by John Williams (ANS), followed by Jeff Zapata (ANS/FB), Colin Walton (FB/ANS/Yearly), by Jessica Kanzer (Yearly), and later by others. The continued GPK craze is comprised of veteran artists John Pound, Tom Bunk, James Warhola, Frank Santopadre, and Jay Lynch (who supplied concept and card back artwork along with Scott Shaw), as well as a long very long list of next-generation artists, including but not limited to, Luis Diaz, Brent Engstrom, Dave Gross, Fred Harper, Layron DeJarnette, Mark Pingitore, JungHwa Im, Fred Wheaton, Joe Simko, Neil Camera, Joe McWilliams, etcetera. Ira Friedman, vice president of global licensing at Topps, has worked extensively and exhaustively in expanding the GPK brand through product licensing, starting heavily in 2018 (and retiring from in 2023). |
FEBRUARY
2023. A twenty-five year look-back
after publishing the website in 1998. I wanted the pages to reflect
and report on material beyond the scope of just a series checklist
and regular card information, but to also investigate the minutiae
of development and production. But most importantly, to put an artist
name to every image; to give credit where credit was sorely missing
and due. Beginning in the early 2000s, I began to research in earnest
and to compile the all-inclusive, but no longer exclusive, comprehensive
checklists, with my starting point being a 1989 BLAB! anthology
publication, and then proceeding to pester the artists directly. Mark
Newgarden and Jay Lynch were instrumental in assisting me with information
& names on some of the lessor known artists & contributors
and with helping me to reach the goal in sharing these extensive,
work-in-progress checklists in 2003. Prior to James Warhola having
a website, I went through a relative of his to establish contact,
but it wasn't always an easy task filling in the gaps; this included
work by Mae Jeon, the mysterious James Burke, James Bennett, etcetera.
I would eventually go visit Mark and Bunk in New York during the autumn
of 2005, to check out their art studios and dig through stacks of
amazing history, while graciously being served coffee and tea, respectively,
throughout the day. I would apply this same type of investigation
for the Trash Can Trolls & Bathroom Buddies checklists in 2008,
and be the sole reason all of the Gross Bears & Bathroom Buddies
cards would later be printed for the GPK Yearly Thematic bonus box
releasessorry, but not sorry. The extremely non-flashy site
has taken on many changes over the yearsand I'm still slowly
plugging away. So many thanks for taking the journey with me and reading
these journal-entry-like hobby pages for all these years.
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I LIKE YOUR GPK SITE VERY MUCH. NICE AND VERY COMPREHENSIVE. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! |
YOUR SITE IS COMPREHENSIVE AND EXHAUSTIVE, GREAT WORK! |
AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION, IT'S GREAT! |
GREAT WEBPAGES! |
NICE TO KNOW SOMEONE IS STILL OBSESSED!" |
A HIGH-SPIRITED, FUN SITE! |
EMAIL EXCERPTS: "I just do roughs and others do the finished art. I did the final art for the comic backs of the GPK cards--but I did roughs of them first. Send me your address, and I will start sending you xeroxes." Lynch. December 1999 "Hi. Regarding the interview, you must clear it with Monte Beauchamp of BLAB, there were some edits & exclusions in the interview I wasn't so happy with at the time so if he says yes send me a copy so I can clarify any points. (I was one of a team of talented people who brought you GPKS as you know.) MN" Newgarden. January 05, 2001 "The INTRO info about me sounds mostly correct. I also did concept sketches for several hundred GPKs, as did Art and Mark. I didn't know Bill Wray had done any GPK fronts. Do you know which ones? I thought Tom Bunk did the art for the early backs, not Mark Newgarden? Here's Tom Bunks email..." Pound. January 09, 2003 "Thanks for your friendly email and for your interest in the GPKs. I've checked your website and there is a lot of information and I will gladly supply you with more, especially information concerning my role. During that time I was in Brooklyn at Topps every week, hanging around Art and Mark, Lenny and Stan, etc. It was hectic, exciting, quite stressful, but a lot of fun. I also took part in many other Topps projects... Anyway, I'll write to you more in the next few days, right now it's already past midnight..." Bunk. January 10, 2003 "I did one for Art... I believe it was a kid in a football uniform. Maybe he was kicking a football that made his leg shatter? PS, I'd love the card if you can find an extra!" Wray. January 12, 2003 "I worked on GPK with Mark and Art for about a year. In that time I did about 90. I have no list to send you but I certainly would recognize the art if there are any that you have a question about. Send those anyway that is convenient, it's very easy for me to say yea or nay" Warhola. February 03, 2003 "In the past year, I've made less than a grand from Topps for doing Topps stuff. I haven't had any work from them since last summer. I haven't heard anything about a new GPK series coming out. Somehow, I don't think they could put such a thing together now. Do any of the old GPK guys know anything about this? Howard Cruse did many GPK backs too." Lynch. March 02, 2003 "Thanks for thinking of me and dropping in on my site. I enjoyed visiting your site, too. It brings back lots of memories. My contribution to the Garbage Pail Kids saga was doing the drawings for the backs of [the] "Giant" cards." Cruse. March 03, 2003 "I have all the official flow charts we kept that recorded who was doing what on what, when it was due etc. that would help put the big puzzle together... If you are ever in NYC you're welcome to comb thru it with me for clues but honestly it's too big a job to take on without a gun pointed straight at my head or an enthusiastic researcher knocking at the door..." Newgarden. March 20, 2003 |
ORIGINAL SETS < 1994 | ALL-NEW
SETS > 2003 |
ARGENTINA [AR] ALBUM 1988 TO 2002 RELEASES | |
ARGENTINA
[AR]
ALBUM 2004 RELEASE | |
AUSTRALIA [AU] RELEASES 1988 TO 1989 | |
AUSTRALIA
[AU]
GPK 2020 UNRELEASED SET | |
BELGIUM [BE] RELEASE 1986, AND PARTS OF FRANCE | |
BRAZIL [BR] ALBUM RELEASE SAMPLE ONLY | |
BRAZIL
[BR] ALBUM 2005 RELEASE | |
CANADA [CA] RELEASE 1985 TO 1986 | |
CHILE [CL] ALBUM 1989 PLUS 1999 RELEASES | |
DENMARK [DK] RELEASE 1986, AND PARTS OF GERMANY | |
DENMARK
[DK] ALBUM
2005 RELEASE | |
GERMANY [DE] ALBUM 1994 RELEASE | |
GERMANY
[DE] ALBUM 2004 RELEASE | |
FINLAND
[FI] ALBUM 2005 RELEASE | |
FRANCE [FR] ALBUM 1988 TO 1989 RELEASES | |
FRANCE
[FR] ALBUM 2004 RELEASE | |
ISRAEL [IL] ALBUM 1987 TO 1988 RELEASES; SAMPLE | |
ITALY [IT] ALBUM 1990 TO 1993 RELEASES | |
FRANCE
[FR] ALBUM 2008/2009 RELEASE | |
JAPAN [JP] ALBUM 1989 RELEASE | |
JAPAN
[JP] ALBUM 2008/2009 RELEASE | |
NETHERLANDS [NL] RELEASE 1986,
HOLLAND PROVINCES | |
NEW ZEALAND [NZ] RELEASES 1988 TO 1989 | |
NORWAY [NO] RELEASES 1990 TO 1991 | |
NORWAY
[NO] ALBUM 2005 RELEASE [NO PAGE] | |
PERU [PE] ALBUM RELEASES; SAMPLES ONLY | |
RUSSIA
[RU] ALBUM 2008 RELEASE | |
SPAIN [ES] ALBUM RELEASES; SAMPLES ONLY | |
SWEDEN
[SE] ALBUM 2005 RELEASE | |
UNITED KINGDOM [UK] 1986 TO 1992 RELEASES | |
UNITED
KINGDOM [UK] ALBUM
2004 + 2018 RELEASES | |
ORIGINAL SETS < 1994 | ALL-NEW
SETS > 2003 |
BUNK & BOOT CIRCA 2005 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS, THE GARBAGE GANG, DIE TOTAL KAPUTTEN KIDS, SGORBIONS, LOUCOMANIA, GANG DO LIXO, BASURITAS, HAVURAT HA'ZEVEL, LES CRADOS, BUKIMI KUN, LA PANDILLA BASURA, EKEL-KIDS, KAKONES, LOS ASQUEROSITOS, TRASH CAN TROLLS, WACKY PACKAGES, GROSS BEARS AND BATHROOM BUDDIES LOGOS AND IMAGES ARE THE REGISTERED TRADEMARK ® AND COPYRIGHT © OF THE TOPPS CHEWING GUM COMPANY, INC. DISASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, HORRORIBLE KIDS, G.I.JOKES, MUTAGEN CANISTER KIDS, TRASH-FORMERS, STAR WARPED KIDS, NINTENDOPES & THUNDERBRATS ARE THE © OF MARK PINGITORE (MAGIC MARKER ART) MEANIE BABIES LOGO AND IMAGES ARE THE REGISTERED TRADEMARK ® AND COPYRIGHT© OF COMIC IMAGES, INC. BUNK & BOOT CIRCA 2015 |