Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 14

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1. The second GPK set where the Wrapper character is different from the display box character; the remaining Garbage Pail Kids releases, OS15 through the unpublished OS16 set, will follow this new production design. The first set where the box and wrapper colors are not the same; purple and blue.
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2. The only set where the entire reverse card back is not the Puzzle Preview, but also contains the 'FLICK IT!' section with a horizontal presentation. The Completed Puzzles for the OS14 set are alphabetically sequential with the OS13 set which contained puzzles 'Q' and 'R'. The puzzles are 21 pieces and the set has two puzzles much like the OS2, OS3, OS5, and OS9 through OS13 sets for card characters 541a ROCCO Socko and 573a Snotwich SANDRA for puzzle 'T' and 541b Destroyed BOYD and 573b HEDDA Spreader for puzzle 'S'. This is the first set where the 'a' twin card is one puzzle character and the 'b' twin card is the other puzzle character.

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3. The fifth and last Garbage Pail Kids set without the light blue or the light pink traditional Nameplate.
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4. The nineth set to contain cards with the GPK Acronym found within the artwork. The GPK acronym found on the cheerleader's shirt of cards 551a Rah Rah RONI and 551b Sis Boom BONNIE, located on the root beer can of cards 557a STU Brew and 557b Empty KEN and the 'GPK's RULE!' quote found on the school desk near the character's hand of cards 575a Brain Drain BRIAN and 575b Pick A WINNIE.
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5. The second Garbage Pail Kids set to have exactly the same Nomenclature as another series for the character of OS14 card 558a HANS Off and for the character of OS13 character card 514b HANS Off.

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6. The set contains a product parody poking fun at Topps' own Bazooka gum property. Besides previous GPK characters like JOE Blow and Bazooka JOANNE parodying the Bazooka Joe character mascot for the BAZOOKA gum comics, cards 563a Potato CHIP and 563b DICK Tater have a character watching a television news program with a can of cola called Bazooka next to the TV set.
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7. The GPK set has two cards with the same Forename for the character of cards 551b Sis Boom BONNIE and 565a Easter BONNIE.

ANNOTATED NAMES
Explanatory Notations and Definitions of the GPK Nomenclature

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1. Artist Tom Bunk often creates different artwork renditions for his Color Roughs; below are a few samples of these original versions with very subtle color and clothing variations for cards 551a Rah Rah RONI and 551b Sis Boom BONNIE in a kneeling position with different colored clothing and 552a Half WHIT and 552b Lead-Head NED with two different color-pencil sharpeners and yellow shavings.

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2. Per John Pound's Notations and references, cards 555a Alien ED and 555b Phone HOMER was an original 1st Series piece of artwork where the eyes were later reworked to match the new eye shape of the later releases. The piece definitely matches the aesthetic feel of the OS1 set and the pencil sketch, color rough and final artwork most likely contain notes of when it was completed. I speculate that the E.T. (film by Stephen Spielberg) character may have been denied by upper management and Topps attorneys similar to the Raggedy Ann concept. It's interesting to note that Mars, Inc., that produces the M&M's candies, said no to Universal so the candies Elliot ends up using to lead E.T. out of his room are Reese's Pieces produced by The Hershey Company; also, Topps was later pressured to change the OS4 name REESE Pieces. It is peculiar to noate that an E.T.-type character does show up on the reverse card artwork for the OS1 set.

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3. The character for cards 556a Mothy MARTHA and 556b Nailed NATALIE, minus the new shape of the ears, looks to be as close to the old Cabbage Patch Kids-style of GPK as possible, including the five fingers and yarn-like hair. This particular piece of artwork was also an earlier concept held off for a later release and 'snuck' into the set.

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4. A few Color Rough pieces by artist Tom Bunk showing different artwork renditions with very subtle color and clothing variations for cards 542a Jugglin' JULIAN and 542b Up In The AARON without the green juggling balls and with a different colored hat and gloves, for cards 544a Zipped KIP and 544b JACK Tracks with different colored hair, a fully zipped head (no brain matter) and no chest zipper and for cards 553a Cold Sore LENORE and 553b Kissy MISSY with different colored hair and clothes and without a hair bow or the single tooth.

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5. This OS14 Wrapper mock-up artwork was rendered for the release by artist Tom Bunk who created the wrapper artwork for all sixteen Original series sets. This marks the second release where the wrapper character deviates from the display box character.

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6. These Tom Bunk Concept Pieces for cards 546a Modern MARLISE and 546b Abstract ABBY were completed in 1988 and reworked through art direction feedback; the character was changed from a male to a female gender with drastically changed backgrounds and reduced abstract body parts. The piece was tamed down quite a bit for the final artwork with a teddy bear added and less abstraction to the character itself and the background cleaned up.

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7. The OS14 FLICK IT! section artwork on the reverse card backs emulates a flipbook was completed by Richard McGuire. The OS14 Would We Lie To You? comie artwork, a parody of Ripley's Believe It, Or Not, was completed by artist Tom Bunk while Jay Lynch and Mark Newgarden wrote the gags for the reverse card backs. The creative force behind GPK listed on the eight tombstones within the artwork, from top to bottom, left to right, are Topps employees and freelance artists: 'Arthur' Shorin, 'Jay' Lynch, 'Stan' Hart, 'John' Pound, 'Tom' Bunk, 'Art' Spiegelman, 'Len' Brown and 'Mark' Newgarden; the creators went on to develop two more sets — the OS15 and unpublished OS16 sets.

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8. Pictured below is one of artist John Pound's Color Rough samples for cards 580a Burnt-Out BRETT and 480b BURNE Toast. Since very little thumbnail artwork 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 since they are photocopied and colored and painted over. Notice the three GPK ears in the piece and the crossed-eyes.

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9. An Unpublished OS14 reverse card back section sold on eBay through the Topps Vault,around 22 years after the image was drawn, was purchased by GPK collector Nate Lucius for cards 565a Easter BONNIE and 565b Hard-Boiled MEG; this particular bottom right hand section was not smooth like the other areas and had paper pasted over it — an overlay sheet with changed text cut out from construction paper and pasted over the original; a last minute change before publication. Tom Bunk's rough sketch concept image for removing warts with gasoline; a bib has been added to Berserk KIRK:

Tom Bunk's final artwork measuring 10.5 x 7 inches with the original unpublished image for 'removing warts with gasoline' covered over by the 'removing pimples with a guillotine' piece; 'The G.P.K. Acne Removal System' text is missing from the image:

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10. In June of 2015, Topps released their 30th Anniversary set that contained a 'Lost Alternate Art' subset that included this John Pound artwork piece with the same naming as the Original Series printed card. The vertical pieced was switched to a horizontal format and shows the character in more of a defecated posture and the cracked arm changed to a cracked leg.

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11. A second Unpublished OS14 reverse card back section was also purchased by GPK collector Nate Lucius through eBay via the Topps Vault for cards 560a Lappin' LARRY and 560b Guzzlin' GUY; this piece was also not smooth to the touch on a smaller scale and had artwork pasted over it. The published final artwork for 'Mathematical Symbol For - Vomit!!' and the unpublished piece 'Mathematical Symbol For - Egg-Salad On Rye!':

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12. The following Unpublished Piece by James Warhola is rumored to have been intended for the OS14 set, but was most likely rejected prior to this release. Artwork in which the higher-ups at Topps found questionable in taste were held back and often resubmitted in future sets to see if the paintings could be 'snuck' in for a later release. The last, largest contribution from Warhola for the for the OS12 set and three pieces for the OS13 set. Only one final artwork image made it into the OS14 and OS16 sets each and were most likely images held back and re-submitted by the NPD (new product development) Department. Warhola had this to say about the piece: "Yes it's one of my rare 'not in the mood' pieces, I think I was moving out of the city and was rushed, thus the slightly different style. [The painting] is oils and of course no one else used oils except me" [April 2016]. The piece does feel 'off' and not one of Warhola's strongest offerings, but as mentioned, he was moving out of NYC physically, and possibly, mentally checking out of GPK. Mark Newgarden, one of the art directors for the set, mentioned no dates were located of when this piece was planned or completed but "the sketch notes call for a few of the coils and food splashes, but James really went overboard here. I'm guessing that 'Yes', it probably sat around for quite awhile."

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13. For the OS14 GPK Lay-Out of the set, Tom Bunk completed the artwork for the first half of the set, cards 541-553, James Warhola completed the middle artwork piece for card 554 and John Pound completed the remaining last half of the set, cards 555-580.

#	NAME	ARTIST FRONT	ARTIST BACK	WRITER BACK
541a	ROCCO Socko : V	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound : Richard McGuire	NA : PUZZLE / FLICK IT!
541a	ROCCO Socko : V	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
541b	Destroyed BOYD : V	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound : Richard McGuire	NA : PUZZLE / FLICK IT!
541b	Destroyed BOYD : V	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
542a	Jugglin' JULIAN	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
542b	Up In The AARON	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
543a	Undersea LEE	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
543b	Sailin' WAYLON	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
544a	Zipped KIP	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
544b	JACK Tracks	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
545a	ARTIE Party	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
545b	Driftin' CLIFTON	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
546a	Modern MARLISE	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
546b	Abstract ABBY	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
547a	Cuckoo CLARK	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
547b	Bile LYLE	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
548a	WALT To Wall : V	TOM Bunk	NA : CHECKLIST	NA : CHECKLIST
548a	WALT To Wall : V	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
548b	Nailed NOEL : V	TOM Bunk	NA : CHECKLIST	NA : CHECKLIST
548b	Nailed NOEL : V	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
549a	SHANNON Cannon	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
549b	Bomb SHELLY	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
550a	Violent VIOLA	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
550b	Sawin' SUSAN	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
551a	Rah Rah RONI	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
551b	Sis Boom BONNIE	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
552a	Half WHIT	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
552b	Lead-Head NED	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
553a	Cold Sore LENORE	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
553b	Kissy MISSY	TOM Bunk	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
554a	RUFUS Refuse	JAMES Warhola	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
554b	Cleaned Up PARKER	JAMES Warhola	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
555a	Alien ED	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
555b	Phone HOMER	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
556a	Mothy MARTHA	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
556b	Nailed NATALIE	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
557a	STU Brew	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
557b	Empty KEN	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
558a	HANS Off	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
558b	Numb NATE	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
559a	DWAYNE Stain	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
559b	Spilled GIL	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
560a	Lappin' LARRY : DOG DROOL IN BEER	JOHN Pound : 14-13 REV.	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
560b	Guzzlin' GUY : DOG DROOL IN BEER	JOHN Pound : 14-13 REV.	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
561a	MARSH Room	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
561b	TODD Stool	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
562a	Post No BILL : V	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
562a	Post No BILL : V	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
562b	Bulletin BORIS : V	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
562b	Bulletin BORIS : V	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
563a	Potato CHIP	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
563b	DICK Tater	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
564a	MILLIE Meter	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
564b	ASA Rule	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
565a	Easter BONNIE	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
565b	Hard-Boiled MEG	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
566a	Swarmin' ARMIN	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
566b	Infested LESTER	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
567a	Doomsday DOM : AMOK COMPUTER	JOHN Pound : 14-8 REV.	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
567b	A-Bomb TOM : AMOK COMPUTER	JOHN Pound : 14-8 REV.	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
568a	Glut TONY	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
568b	PHIL Swill	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
569a	Cut CURT	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
569b	Electric FANNY	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
570a	AVA Shaver	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
570b	HOLLY Hormone	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
571a	Rubber ROBERT	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
571b	Inside OTTO	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
572a	Fake JAKE	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
572b	Sham SAM	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
573a	Snotwich SANDRA : V	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound : Richard McGuire	NA : PUZZLE / FLICK IT!
573a	Snotwich SANDRA : V	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
573b	HEDDA Spreader : V	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound : Richard McGuire	NA : PUZZLE / FLICK IT!
573b	HEDDA Spreader : V	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
574a	Shattered SHELL	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
574b	Fractured FRANK	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
575a	Brain Drain BRIAN	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
575b	Pick A WINNIE	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
576a	Croaked KAYE	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
576b	Sporty MORTY	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
577a	Sown SONYA	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
577b	Stitchin' TYNE	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
578a	Dial-A-TWYLA	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
578b	Phone BELLA	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
579a	JUDD Cud	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
579b	Spearmint MINDY	JOHN Pound	TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire	JAY Lynch
580a	Burnt-Out BRETT	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
580b	BURNE Toast	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
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DISPLAY BOX — 1 VARIATION : CODE 1-490-40-01-08 MAIN ARTWORK : JOHN POUND — SIDE ARTWORK : TOM BUNK BOX DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER
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WRAPPER #1 — 1 VARIATION : CODE 0-490-21-01-8 w/ '25¢ CHEAP' RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER	WRAPPER #2 — 1 VARIATION — CODE 0-490-21-02-8 w/ NO STAR RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER
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RETAIL AD POSTER — 10 x 14 : CODE 4-490-08-01-8 ARTWORK : JOHN POUND — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER
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WHOLESALER / DEALER SELL SHEET — 8 x 11 SIZE : CODE # 490-14 PROTOTYPE ARTWORK : TOM BUNK? — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER	DEALER ORDER SHEET — 8 x 11 RED SHEET NO CODE : PRODUCT # 490 : OCTOBER 1988 NOTE : ONLY A PROTOTYPE OS14 SELL SHEET KNOWN OS1 BOX ARTWORK : JOHN POUND
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UNCUT SHEET SHEET CODE 4-490-05-0?-8	CASE BOX — 24/48 ct. : PRODUCT #490-14 CODE ? : UPC 0-41116-04490-8