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article write-up on Cheap Toys extraordinaire and (80's toy & candy) collector
Russell 'Muscle' Vandiver. 'RusVan', a well-known moniker within the GPK community
and on the GPKUG, can be seen in episode 2 of Adam Eats the 80's (History Channel);
a long-time GPK collector and afficionado on the niche Cheap Toys releases and
their many color occurences. Wonderful and well-deserved spotlight! |
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GARBAGE
PAIL KIDS parody
stickers were released by the Topps Chewing Gum company starting in 1985 and were
created by Art Spiegelman and Mark Newgarden; both art directors, editors, writers
and concept 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, 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 with
a nostaglic GPK feel and two Chrome technoloy sets in 2013 and 2014, and four
additional sets 2020 and 2021, including Sapphire. The most recent Yearly GPK
sets, containing mostly thematic subsets, have been released from 2014 through
2021. Weekly and monthly online releases have also been released from 2016 through
2021. The sets have been art directed and edited by John Williams (ANS), followed
by Jeff Zapata (ANS/FB), then by Colin Walton (FB/ANS/Yearly), and later by Jessica
Kanzer (Yearly). The new 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, et cetera. Ira Friedman, vice president of global licensing at Topps, has worked extensively in expanding the GPK brand through product licensing, starting heavily in 2018. |
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GPK LICENSE AGREEMENTS "The Topps Company, with a stable of legendary underground cartoonists created Garbage Pail Kids in 1985. The gross-out humor and subversive attitude appealed to the kids of the time and quickly became a massive success. As the Garbage Pail Kids notoriety grew, so too did their popularity on the playground. School administrators banning Garbage Pail Kids from school grounds further fueled their demand for more than a dozen additional card series. ![]() This pop-culture phenomenon inspired plenty of tie-in items as toy and novelty stores experienced a wave of merchandise that included t-shirts, school folders, sticker albums, jewelry, key chains, and yes actual garbage pails. Today, that list of GPK merchandise has expanded to partnerships with Funko, FYE, Santa Cruz, Chalk Line, Geeki Tikis, WWE, Netflix, and more! With over three decades of gross fun, Garbage Pail Kids is celebrating its 35th Anniversary in 2020. Look for more outrageous fun with card sets in hobby and retail stores, exclusive Topps.com sticker card sets, new video content, and even more fun collaborations!" Topps ~ |
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