14th US series

The two print runs of the 14th Series Garbage Pail Kids (a/k/a OS14 GPK; Original Series) are the same except for their wrappers. The first print run wrapper has the 25¢ logo and the second print run wrapper has no 25¢ logo. This is the forth series to inlude the 'Flick It!' section on the backs of various cards completed by GPK artist Richard Mcguire. With the GPK franchise in its final run from 1987-1988 and the popularity waning, product is harder to locate, often raising the price per pack at certain locations, increasing the demand for these cards by collectors years later.

4. The fifth and last GPK set Without a Light Blue or Light Pink nameplate.

5. 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, t he GPK acronym found on the root beer can of cards 557a STU Brew and 557b Empty KEN and the GPK's RULE! acronym found on the school desk (by the character's hand) of cards 575a Brain Drain BRIAN and 575b Pick A WINNIE.

6. The second GPK set to have exactly the Same Name as another series; the character for cards 558a HANS Off and for the 13th Series character 514b HANS Off.

7. 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.

8. The GPK set has two cards with the Same First Name; the character for cards 551b Sis Boom BONNIE and 565a Easter BONNIE.

ANNOTATED NAMES
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1. Artist Tom Bunk often had several different Artwork Renditions for his color roughs; below are samples of a few of these original versions with subtle various color and clothing variations for cards 551a Rah Rah RONI and 551b Sis Boom BONNIE in a kneeling position and different colored clothing and 552a Half WHIT and 552b Lead-Head NED with two different colored pencil sharpeners and yellow shavings.

2. Per John Pound's Notes and references, cards 555a Alien ED and 555b Phone HOMER were 1st Series (OS1) artwork where the eyes were reworked to match the new eye shape of the later sets. The piece definitely matches the aesthetic feel of the OS1 set and the pencil sketch, color rough and final artwork may have a #2 referencing the 2nd Series depending on when it was completed. I speculate that the E.T. (the Extra-Terestrial film by Stephen Spielburg) character may have caused some pushback from Universal, and it was safer to print at a later date. It's interesting to note that Mars, who produces the M&M's candies, said no to Universal, so the candies Elliot uses to lead E.T. out of his room are Reese's Pieces produced by The Hershey Company; Topps was pressured to change the OS4 series name REESE Pieces.

3. The GPK character on cards 556a Mothy MARTHA and 556b Nailed NATALIE, minus the 'new' style of ears, looks to be as close to the old CPK-Style Of GPK as possible, including the five fingers and yarn-like hair; this piece was also an earlier piece of artwork used in a later set.

4. A few additional pieces by artist Tom Bunk showing Artwork Renditions for his color roughs with subtle various 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.

5. This 14th Series Wrapper concept artwork was created for the release by Tom Bunk who created the wrapper artwork for all 16 original series sets. This marks the second release where the wrapper artwork deviates from the box artwork.

6. These Tom Bunk Concept Pieces were finished in 1988 and intended for the 14th Series set but reworked, the character was changed from a male to a female gender with drastically changed backgrounds and abstract body parts, to become cards 546a Modern MARLISE and 546b Abstract ABBY; 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.

7. The 14th Series 'FLICK IT!' section artwork on the back of the cards which emulates a flipbook-type effect was completed By Richard McGuire. The 14th Series comic backs 'Would We Lie To You?', a parody of Ripley's Believe It, Or Not, on the back of the cards was completed by artist Tom Bunk. Jay Lynch and Mark Newgarden wrote the gags for the back sides. 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 15th Series and unpublished 16 Series.

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 few un-revised artwork pieces by Pound are available 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 (www.poundart.com). Notice the three GPK ears in the piece, and the crossed-eyes.

9. An Unpublished 14th series Card Back Area was realized by GPK collector Nate Lucius after purchasing the piece through the Topps Vault (around 22 years after the image was drawn) for cards 565a Easter BONNIE and 565b Hard-Boiled MEG; this particular bottom 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 on over the original; a last minute change before publication. Tom Bunk's rough sketch concept image for removing warts with gasoline:

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.

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 OS printed card. Although still a paint-by-number theme; the vertical pieced was changed to a horizontal format and shows the character in more of a defecated posture; the cracked arm changed to a cracked leg.

11. A second Unpublished 14th Series Card Back Section was also realized by GPK collector Nate Lucius after purchasing the piece through the Topps Vault (around 22 years after the image was drawn) for cards 560a Lappin' LARRY and 560b Guzzlin' GUY; this piece was also unsmooth 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!':

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. Art that 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 1988 GPK sets was 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."

13. For The Lay-Out of the GPK 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	(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	(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	(puzzle)
546b	Abstract ABBY	Tom Bunk	John Pound	(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	(checklist)	(checklist)
548a	WALT To Wall (v)	Tom Bunk	Tom Bunk : Richard McGuire	Jay Lynch
548b	Nailed NOEL (v)	Tom Bunk	(checklist)	(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	(puzzle)
554b	Cleaned Up PARKER	James Warhola	John Pound	(puzzle)
555a	Alien ED	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
555b	Phone HOMER	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
556a	Mothy MARTHA	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
556b	Nailed NATALIE	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
557a	STU Brew	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
557b	Empty KEN	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
558a	HANS Off	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
558b	Numb NATE	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
559a	DWAYNE Stain	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
559b	Spilled GIL	John Pound	John Pound	(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	(puzzle)
561b	TODD Stool	John Pound	John Pound	(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	(puzzle)
563b	DICK Tater	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
564a	MILLIE Meter	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
564b	ASA Rule	John Pound	John Pound	(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	(puzzle)
566b	Infested LESTER	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
567a	Doomsday DOM : AMOK COMPUTER	John Pound : 14-8 (Rev.)	John Pound	(puzzle)
567b	A-Bomb TOM : AMOK COMPUTER	John Pound : 14-8 (Rev.)	John Pound	(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	(puzzle)
569b	Electric FANNY	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
570a	AVA Shaver	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
570b	HOLLY Hormone	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
571a	Rubber ROBERT	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
571b	Inside OTTO	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
572a	Fake JAKE	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
572b	Sham SAM	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
573a	Snotwich SANDRA (v)	John Pound	John Pound : Richard McGuire	(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	(puzzle / flick it!)
573b	HEDDA Spreader (v)	John Pound	Tom Bunk : Richard McGuire	Jay Lynch
574a	Shattered SHELL	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
574b	Fractured FRANK	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
575a	Brain Drain BRIAN	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
575b	Pick A WINNIE	John Pound	John Pound	(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	(puzzle)
578b	Phone BELLA	John Pound	John Pound	(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	(puzzle)
580b	BURNE Toast	John Pound	John Pound	(puzzle)
#	NAME	ARTIST FRONT	ARTIST BACK	WRITER BACK