— In 1987, after the OAA vs. Topps lawsuit, Tom Bunk was instructed to create GPK Model Sheets to demonstrate the new changes which were sent out to the artists as guidelines for the remaining releases. "At some point we had to change the appearance of the Garbage Pail Kids because they looked too much like the Cabbage Patch Kids. So I had to make a model sheet showing the changes. Even the logo had to be changed, the eyes changed, the mouth, et cetera."—Tom Bunk. Below are the original model sheet sketch artwork and the four final model sheet panels showcasing the many modifications to the Garbage Pail Kids characters.



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— The original Concept and pencil rough for the character on cards 410a Scratching Pole PAUL and 410b Clawed CLAUDE came from artist John Pound and later sold to James Warhola to complete.

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— Pictured below are artist Tom Bunk's unpublished Display Box artwork that was created for the OS9 set and also tested for the OS10 set. The artwork was completed before the new model sheets came into affect but was pulled from either GPK release. The OS9 box characters still have the CPK look depicted in a very violent last scenario in response to the lawsuit outcome. The OS10 design was eventually changed slightly due to the new artwork guidelines; oval eyes, three fingers, et cetera. The cards later released in the UK and internationally post lawsuit were translated from The Garbage Gang title; the new logo can be found on the backs of the OS9 cards and the dealer ad poster. Below are two different sketch designs, one with a Cabbage Patch Kids' head being chopped off with two OS10 box artwork color concepts and the other without the CPK head being scissored along with the final artwork.







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— In October of 2005, the Topps Vault auctioned off two unpublished Acetate Cards intended for the OS10 set through eBay. The first card was a name change for characters 385a PHIL 'Er Up and 385b Chuckin' CHARLIE whose nomeclature was changed from 385b LUKE Puke; this name had already been used in the OS5 set for card 170b LUKE Puke. The second piece was drawn and painted by John Pound for card 408a Hole In JUAN and 408b LOUIE Kablooey; but much like the OS16 unpublished Tom Bunk gun piece, it was pulled at the last minute for the sensitive topic of suicide and replaced with cards 408a Lickin' LEON and 408b Rat-Sucker RANDALL. The card for 408a Hole In JUAN was finally released in the Abrams 2012 Garbage Pail Kids book detailing the original series artwork for the first five GPK sets as bonus card 1 of 4.



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— Artist and writer Jay Lynch Completed the gags for the reverse card Comic Backs artwork, finishing the color roughs and the final art; Gary Whitney assisted with working on the final artwork. The comic title now contains the The Garbage Gang® registered trademark symbol, much like the Garbage Pail Kids logo for the OS1 set, but the retail ad poster still retains the The Garbage Gang™ trademark symbol.



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— For the OS10 set, artist Bill Wray, who later went on to do incredible work with Ren and Stimpy, was asked to draw a GPK by Art Spiegelman. "I was heavily art directed so it's hard to tell if the piece was touched up or not. I can tell that it's my painting, one of the giveaways it's mine is how the color is kind of normal, Topps wanted garish color."—Bill Wray. Besides the one GPK piece that was created and published for cards 403a HUNTER Punter and 403b Fractured FRANCIS, another rough sketch was turned in several times but never used which was the idea of a body builder's arm with the Kid's head as a bicep muscle. Because Art was so busy, he was unable to art direct Bill, so no other work was completed or commissioned. The backside, with art approved by Mark Newgarden 'OKAY BY MARK', is numbered '403' for the set and has been stamped in the lower right hand corner with a gurning face (def'n: to make a grotesque face). When Bill was questioned about this peculiar stamp, Mr. Wray had this to say, "The stamp was bought at a stamp shop (and) just used for fun. I was excited to work for Mark and Art, but Art had a baby—just after that—and I could not make him happy with my next sketch and he was very busy; so that was it." For anyone growing up on the "Ripley's Believe It or Not" program, this image might look somewhat familiar, J.T. Saylors' (aka Rubber Face) mug was used as their logo for their odditoriums. Thanks to collector Jason Alexander for the additional investigation and information.



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— Artist Bob Fingerman, from the Queens NYC area, was also tested out for the card-front artwork during this period, "I really wish I could remember what limited contributions I made to the early GPK cards. I tried out for the front, but my painting skills weren't up to snuff at that point. I'm talking 1987 or 88. I'm almost certain I did some of the backs." Fingerman (https://www.bobfingerman.com/) would go on to work on the IDW GPK Hollywood deluxe cover in 2015 for the Methane MAX character.

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— Pictured below are two of artist Tom Bunk's early Color Roughs that were finished in 1987 with the character for cards 383a Itchy MITCH and 383b Raked JAKE, where the pacifier was removed, the blonde hair replaced by a brown tuft of hair, a crack added to the cranium, and joints added to the arm, along with the character for cards 408a Lickin' LEON and 408b Rat-Sucker RANDALL, where the character is placed on the beach front with an amusement park added to the background, the clothes replaced with a G.P.K. t-shirt, the eyes closed, the hair turned to black, and the half-rat replaced with a whole rat.



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— The following two Reworked Pieces were completed in 1987 by artist Tom Bunk and are early idea color roughs for cards 396a Creamed GENE and 396b Clobbered BOB, where Tom was directed to add a stake to the character's head and to green grass to the ground section; a horseshoe was also added around the stake, the T-shirt changed to blue, and the facial features & wounds changed, along with the color rough for cards 413a Barnyard BARNEY and 413b DICK Hick where Tom was directed to make the woman's head smaller & mouth slightly open, and to make the dog cute; the apron & hair color were also both changed, and snot added to the nose.



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— The following Color Rough, by artist Tom Bunk, was a reworked concept most likely intended for an earlier GPK set due to the Cabbage Patch Kids-like appearance and five fingers on the character. The angle was changed for the final image for cards 417a Hangin' HARRIET and 417b Swingin' SOPHIE; the character happy face was replaced with a distressed face, the clothes colors completely changed, and the day setting replaced with a night scene.



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— There are several Unpublished Garbage Pail Kids paintings from 1987 that were intended for the OS10 set, by artist John Pound, who completed a Kid in a wheelchair 'jumping' off of a diving board, by artist James Warhola, who completed two pieces—a kid being branded & a brick being tossed through a stained glass window, and by artist Tom Bunk, who finished work on a Kid in an oven. All artwork pulled from the release for various reasons and remain unpublished; larger images could not be located for printing for later bonus card releases.



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— Pictured below is a John Pound Color Rough sample for cards 386a Snotty DOTTY and 386b Frozen FLO. Since very few thumbnail sketch artwork pieces by Pound have been available to the public, there are very few changes, if any, that can be found between the tight pencil, color rough and final artwork piece, since they are photocopied, colored and painted directly over during the painting process.



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— The following Tom Bunk Color Roughs were finished in 1987 and were intended for the OS10 set or a later release. A Kid being baked in an oven—the final artwork can be seen above where arms and hands with cooking mitts were added, a baby Kid kangaroo in its mother's pouch, and a Kid using his long tongue to run snot down to water the flowers. In July of 2015, Topps released their 30th Anniversary set that contained a 'Cutting Room Floor' subset with two of the images for the kangaroo-kid and snot-slide concepts re-envisioned and painted by artist Tom Bunk; as cards 3a Green JEAN and 3b Runny RON and cards 4a Jokester JOEY and 4b PETER Pouch.





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— GPK Flowcharts were created for the later Garbage Pail Kids sets which showed the art director how the progress of the new set was going. It displayed what each artist was working on, which concept piece and the stage in which the painting had been completed. Oftentimes, concept pieces were denied and the department tried to work them into later sets. A list of additional concept pieces was found at the bottom of the flowchart in case pieces could not be used. The OS10 set contained the following ideas which either replaced any denied concept pieces within the set, were saved for a later release or never saw the light of day: buzzsaw (reworked for OS13), VCR (OS15), dental flossing, head out of butt - boxer (OS14), pencils through eyes, as a sneaker (OS15), bag of GG with UPC, tape dispenser (OS11), roach motel, trash can kid, jester cutting off foot in guillotine - laughs, bagpipe (OS15), head in subway door (ANS4), maneating fish (Trash Can Trolls), wind up - key in eye, wrung out kid - like towel (OS11).