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The Topps assistant director, Mark Newgarden, from the NPD (New Product Development) department, had concept artist and writer Jay Lynch create the artwork and card-type for the OS13 Garbage Pail Kids reverse card backs, where Lynch sketched out and completed the one-panel puzzle images for 'The Garbage Gang' PUZZLE PUKE backs, with assistance by his artist friend, Gary Whitney. The two completed puzzles remained at the twenty-one (3x7) card layout, as previous releases, however, one was a vertical (or sideways) puzzle, and the other the regular, horizontal puzzle. The puzzle backs numbered at twenty for the OS13 set, but only eighteen unique puzzles with two duplicates (including different 'FLICK IT!' sections), and forty 'FLICK IT!' panels. For the OS11 through OS16 comic backs, artist Jay Lynch was given a lot more aritistic freedom—freedom of artistic expression—and the liberty to create brand-new material. 'The Garbage Gang' logo was adopted during the OS9 set, changes due to the OAA vs. Topps lawsuit, and the OS13 set also included the 'PUZZLE PUKE' tagline, first seen on the OS11 reverse card backs, where 'Puzzle' is defined as—a problem designed to be solved and to test ingenuity or knowledge; it can also make a person feel 'Puzzled', to be confused or attempt to understand or make sense of something, and 'Puke' being defined as—vomit, the act of emptying the contents of the stomach through the mouth. The OS11 set also introduced the 'FLICK IT!' section, created by artist Richard McGuire, that would stick around until the end of the Garbage Pail Kids run, including the shelved OS16 release. The NPD Department would create the revised artwork and card type, but the Art Department was in charge of the overall design and would produce the composition and layout of the front side and card backs as well as the promotional material and packaging. Composition images were generated to help guide the final card type design and artwork placement. The NPD Department would give feedback at a later stage and eventually give the final 'okay'. One task by the Art Department, a step prior to printing, is the paste-up stage; a method of creating a layout for the card back — pre-dating computerized page design and desktop publishing programs. The production artist would arrange the layout and apply line art and text cut-and-paste using and adhesive to the boards. The images were often photographed or scanned in order to create a negative which was then used to make a printing plate. Although not a one-panel comic as with the OS12 release, the OS13 reverse card back concept became a single-panel puzzle instead. Per Wiki, a (comic) panel is an individual frame, or a single drawing, usually in the multi-panel sequence of a comic strip or comic book, as well as a graphic novel, including manga. A panel consists of a single piece of artwork depicting a frozen moment. The word 'panel' may also refer to a comic consisting of a single drawing, the usage is a shortened form of 'single-panel comic'. "I did all [of] the puzzles [for the 13th Series], [I] wrote them and did [the] color roughs[, the] finished art is by me and Gary Whitney. Flick it is by someone else." — JAY Lynch, circa March 2003. Per Lambiek Comiclopedia, Gary Whitney was an [alternative &] underground comix artist. He contributed to Bizarre Sex and Dope Comix at Kitchen Sink Press, and was also present at Artie Romero's Everyman Studios. He drew the 'Phoebe & the Pigeon People' comic strip (1978-1996), written by Jay Lynch for the Chicago Reader. From 1990 on, Jim Siergey was assistant-inker.

Card No. 506 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS1 GPK Character by JOHN POUND + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #25 & #26, FOR CARDS 506a & 506b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 506a Tire JACK & 506b Cranklin' FRANKLIN, by TOM Bunk, features rendered OS1 character artwork for cards 11a Itchy RICHIE & 11b Bugged BERT, by JOHN Pound, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #25 and #26, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — The character is encircled by a circled-letter game, creating a word by following the stringed-along path. If GPK had origin stories, we have now learned Itchy RICHIE's origins story, an infestation of bugs caused by his older brother's insect collection. An insect is defined as a small arthropod/invertebrate animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings. [SPOILER] Although we're led to believe that we as an audience will be finding out what Itchy RICHIE does, misinterpreting 'Do' as 'Collect', but in reality, it's actually the outcome of his brother's colleting habits, where 'scratch' (scratches) is a synonym of 'itch', to rub or to scrape.

Card No. 507 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS3 GPK Character by TOM BUNK + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #31 & #32, FOR CARDS 507a & 507b, RESPECTIVELY NOTE: CARD 507 ALSO CONTAINS COMPLETED PUZZLE CARD BACKS — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 507a Target PRENTICE & 507b Blow HARDY, by TOM Bunk, features rendered OS3 character artwork for cards 122a Broad MAUD & 122b Large MARGE, also by TOM Bunk, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #31 and #32, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — The character is sitting amongst a word-scramble game and outside of their open refrigerator; Large MARGE is also surrounded by a selction of various deli meats, where 'cold cuts' are considered pre-cooked or cured meat slices. Bandages, seen as the white, unraveled bandaging within the imagery, would only be needed for an actual cut or knife slice, but not directly from any type of cold cuts or meat slices. Cut meats—to be sliced or divided into pieces with a sharp instrument vs. incision cuts—a wound caused by a sharp tool or object. A simple play on words.

21-Piece Completed Puzzle — Original Series GPK card: 527a Toilet BO & 527b Butt-Bit BRANDON Original Final Artwork: TOM BUNK Original Series — Two Puzzle Preview cards: 507a Target PRENTICE & 538a Cat-Cradle CATHY — twenty-one Puzzle Piece cards: 501a, 502a, 503a, 504a, 505a, 508a, 510a, 512a, 514a, 515a, 517a, 519a, 520a, 525a, 527a, 529a, 533a, 535a, 536a, 539a, 539a. NOTE: CARDS 507 + 538 ALSO CONTAIN A PAIR OF COMIC BACK VARIATIONS

21-Piece Completed Puzzle — Original Series GPK card character 520b Sprinkling JOSE + 520b JAY Spray Original Final Artwork: TOM BUNK Original Series — one Puzzle Preview cards: 507b Blow HARDY & 538b Gooey GWEN — twenty-one Puzzle Piece cards: 501b, 502b, 503b, 504b, 505b, 508b, 510b, 512b, 514b, 515b, 517b, 519b, 520b, 525b, 527b, 529b, 533b, 535b, 536b, 539b, 539b. NOTE: CARDS 507 + 538 ALSO CONTAIN A PAIR OF COMIC BACK VARIATIONS

Card No. 509 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS5 GPK Character by JOHN POUND + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #1 & #2, FOR CARDS 509a & 509b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 509a Misfortune COOKIE & 509b Chow MAYNARD, by JOHN Pound, features rendered OS5 character artwork for cards 170a RICHIE Retch & 122b LUKE Puke, also by JOHN Pound, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #1 and #2, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, without her snot. — The character is holding onto his non-deciphered, written letter, and also holding back from vomitting the contents of the rich food consumed during the dinner party. In order to decode the letter, his grandmother may already be aware of their secret code, in order to decipher the obscure message. If RICHIE Retch actually ate up ALL of the served kidney pie—a savoury pastry filled with diced beef, diced kidney, and onion, all in gravy & chutney—a spicy condiment made of fruits or vegetables with vinegar, spices, and sugar, it would indeed make him puke up his guts.

Card No. 511 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS4 GPK Character by JOHN POUND + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #27 & #28, FOR CARDS 511a & 511b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 511a Puffy BUFFY & 511b Busty DUSTY, by JOHN Pound, features rendered OS4 character artwork for cards 134a Hip KIP & 134b WALT Whitless, also by JOHN Pound, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #27 and #28, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — The beatnik character, who participated in the social movement of the 1950s and early 1960s, where the slang term 'beat' was derived from the phrase 'beaten down', has a 'Zen Riddle', where 'zen' is a state of calm attentiveness, and 'riddle' is a question or statement structured to ascertain an answer or meaning, usually presented as a game. 'Cosmic' was part of the beatnik jargon, along with other psychedelic words, and 'conundrum' is a confusing problem or question that is difficult to solve. [SPOILER] Not sure you'll find your 'inner peace' by just omitting the letter 'O'.

Card No. 513 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring Various GPK Characters by JOHN POUND & TOM BUNK + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #5 & #6, FOR CARDS 513a & 513b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 513a Repeatin' PETE & 513b Round ROBYNS, by JOHN Pound, features rendered OS1, OS5, OS7 & OS11 character artwork for cards 3a Up CHUCK & 3b Heavin' STEVEN, 170a RICHIE Retch & 170b LUKE Puke, 251a Barfin' BARBARA & 251b VALERIE Vomit, all by artist JOHN Pound, and 439a JACK Splat & 439b Abstract ART, by artist TOM Bunk, respectively, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #5 and #6, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, without her snot. — The simple line puzzle includes a whopping number of four GPK characters, all barfing their guts out, along with a mysterious eyeball. By elimination alone, without drawing a line to the eyeball, one could guesstimate that all of the characters, except for Up CHUCK, still have their six eyeballs intact within their open eyesockets, collectively, especially considering the closed eyes on CHUCK. However, that doesn't mean the character didn't eat someone else's eyeball... by inpsecting LUKE Puke's card artwork, he has an eyeball located in his pool of vomit, so it could've been him!

Card No. 516 + 518 (V1) — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS4 GPK Character by JOHN POUND + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #29 & #23, FOR CARDS 516a & 516b, RESPECTIVELY NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #39 & #40, FOR CARDS 518a & 518b, RESPECTIVELY NOTE: CARD 518 ALSO CONTAINS A SECOND PAIR OF COMIC BACKS — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 516a Bubblin' LYNN & 516b Heavin' HEATHER, by TOM Bunk, and cards 518a Barfin' MARVIN & 518b Over ETAN, by JOHN Pound, features rendered OS4 character artwork for cards 134a Hip KIP & 134b WALT Whitless, also by JOHN Pound, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #29 + #30 & panels #39 + #40, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — The beatnik is back, along with his pink coffee mug! Instead of a phamplet of poems, the hipster is reading a recipe book on the macrobiotic diet, a high fiber, high complex carbohydrate, low fat diet, based on ideas from Zen Buddhism that aims to balance the yin and yang elements of food and cookware, focusing on whole grains, vegetables, and unprocessed, organic, and locally grown foods. [SPOILER] By removing the three 'C's and 'F's from the elimination game, the remaining letters spell out 'Square Meals', which means "a full, balanced, nourishing, and hearty meal", where 'square' means "proper, honest, and straightforward". This is a play on words, considering the beatnik expression "Don't be a square" means that someone is acting boring or uninteresting, and not "hip", that they are a loser if they don't have fun and play along. BTW, the Huey Lewis and the News song, "Hip to Be Square", is about the "phenomenon where people in the '60s started to drop back in, cut their hair, work out, that kind of crap, but they kept their bohemiam tastes ... bourgeois bohemians." (EW 2008, Huey Lewis)

Card No. 518 (V2) + 523 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS6 GPK Character by JOHN POUND + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #37 & #38, FOR CARDS 518a & 518b, RESPECTIVELY NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #7 & #8, FOR CARDS 523a & 523b, RESPECTIVELY NOTE: CARD 518 ALSO CONTAINS A SECOND PAIR OF COMIC BACKS — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 518a Barfin' MARVIN & 518b Over ETAN, and cards 523a Meltdown MERYL & 523b Steamed PIPER, both by JOHN Pound, features rendered OS6 character artwork for cards 240a Radar RAY & 240b EVE Droppin', also by JOHN Pound, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #37 + #38 & panels #7 + #8, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — Instead of a waiste-length shot of Radar RAY, we get a rendered, full-length version showing off his red-striped CPK-like shoes. The character has obviously attempted to completely clean out his ears, considering quite a few objects are missing, like mushrooms, the little gremlin, an animal skull, and a can of earwax... but the cave-dwelling bats are still using his cavernous ears as their dark hangout. [SPOILER] Since the character's head has undergone a massive 'cave in', which means to subside or collapse, the inner ear canal (tunnel) walls have also caved in, and the character's head was apparently filled with plenty of earwax as well.

Card No. 521 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS5 GPK Character by TOM BUNK + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #17 & #18, FOR CARDS 521a & 521b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 521a DEE Odorant & 521b STAN Can, by TOM Bunk, features rendered OS5 character artwork for cards 175a Windy WINSTON & 175b JOHNNY One-Note, also by artist TOM Bunk, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #17 and #18, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — The Windy WINSTON character can be seen somewhat sitting in a dentist chair for his appointment, pushing out a massive fart, without the aid of his trusty trumpet. [SPOILER] The 'FUSE' object minus 'F' equals 'USE'... the 'SHEEP' animal minus 'EEP' equals 'SH'... the 'FISH' image minus 'FH' equals 'IS'... the 'CLOWN' face minus 'CL' equals 'OWN'... and, the 'GRASS' picture minsu 'RS' equals 'GAS'. When placed in the alloted slots, it spells out 'USES HIS OWN GAS'! Obviously unbeknowngst to WINSTON, the gas used in a dentist's office as a mild sedative agent is nitrous oxide (N2O), commingly referred to as laughing gas. Whereas, human farts are mainly composed of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, at times methane, with varying degrees of other gases. Maybe it's not used as a stress reliever to lesson stress during a dentist's visit, but it definitely still makes you laugh!

Card No. 522 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS10 GPK Character by JOHN POUND + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #23 & #24, FOR CARDS 522a & 522b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 522a Bloody MURRAY & 522b JUAN For The Road, by JAMES Warhola, features rendered OS10 character artwork for cards 400a Varicose WAYNE & 400b ELAINE Vein, by artist JOHN Pound, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #23 and #24, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — Somehow, the spider is travelling (or swimming) through Varicose WAYNE's veins in order to reach the character's nose to make a great escape... will it bust out the nostril lining? Regardless, it's some great imagery and imagination. This particular PUZZLE PUKE doesn't contain an ANSWER section, perhaps due to the simplicity of its solution. The play on words, 'In vein', in a literal sense, , the blood circulating the body and returning oxygen-depleted blood back to the heart, or 'intravenous' (IV), a method of delivering fluids, etcetera to the bloodstream via a vein. In comparison, 'In vain', the proper wording, means that something is done with no result or effect, marked by futility, to no avail.

Card No. 524 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS7 GPK Character by JOHN POUND + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #9 & #10, FOR CARDS 524a & 524b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 524a Pop CONNIE & 524b POPPY Corn, by JOHN Pound, features rendered OS7 character artwork for cards 251a Barfin' BARBARA & 251b VALERIE Vomit, also by JOHN Pound, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #9 and #10, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — Barfin' BARBARA is back! Another PUZZLE PUKE without an ANSWER section, considering the shapes with mushrooms are colored in and the solution spells out the answer to the question quite easily. A hint of the secret ingredient—the main and special component—is seen dribbling out of BARBARA's mouth. [SPOILER] B-A-R-F, an informal term meaning to vomit or eject the content of one's stomach through the mouth cavity. The questionable, purple mushrooms may have been the culpret for the puking, they look very suspect.

Card No. 526 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS10 GPK Character by JAMES WARHOLA + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #15 & #16, FOR CARDS 526a & 526b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 526a Ripped KIP & 526b Torn SHAUN, by JAMES Warhola, features rendered OS10 character artwork for cards 405a Over-Ripe MELANIE & 405b WALTER Melon, also by JAMES Warhola, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #15 and #16, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — Yet another PUZZLE PUKE without an ANSWER section, considering the simple connect-the-dots puzzle easily displays the answer to the question. One would think this renamed Connect-the-Pits puzzle would show an image, but it's actually a word, written in cursive, a dying form of writing. Cursive writing is a style of handwriting, rathing than printing, which characters are written joined in a connecting and flowing manner. This style of penmanship is also referred to as conjoined writing, similar to the coined, conjoined twins term. Note, a 'pit' is the hardened endocarp layer that surrounds or pretects a seed within a type of fruit called stone fruit, so technically, these are still just watermelon seeds and the puzzle should be called Connect-the-Seeds, but that might give part of the answer away. [SPOILER] The puzzle spells out the word 'Seedy', which in a literal sense, means something that contains or is full of seeds. However, the puzzle is stating that WALTER Melon is a seedy character, which suggests someone is dishonest, sordid, and disreputable.

Card No. 528 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS2 GPK Character by JOHN POUND + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #11 & #12, FOR CARDS 528a & 528b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 528a DANIEL Prune & 528b Dried-Fruit NEWT, by JOHN Pound, features rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, also by JOHN Pound, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #11 and #12, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring the same rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, without her snot. — A second connect-the-dots puzzle, retitled as 'Connect the Snots!' using yellow, green, and red boogers. A fortune teller —a person who supposedly foretells your future and often makes predictions using palmistry, tarrot cards, crystal ball, tea reading, and other methods—is depicted as a stereotypical gypsy fortune teller with crystal ball, head scarf, earing bangles, chunky necklace and rings, etcetera. Yet another PUZZLE PUKE without an ANSWER section, considering the simple connect-the-dots puzzle easily displays the answer to the question. [SPOILER] Leaky LINDSAY has her nose draining over the fortune teller's table, not-so-much-predicting, but telling LINDSAY to 'BLOW YOUR NOSE!'

Card No. 530 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS8 GPK Character by TOM BUNK + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #21 & #22, FOR CARDS 530a & 530b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 530a Fun GUS & 530b Warty MORTY, by JOHN Pound, features rendered OS8 character artwork for cards 318a HALEY's Vomit & 318b Inter STELLA, by TOM Bunk, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #21 and #22, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — The character Inter STELLA eventually hits zero gravity, the state of lacking gravitational pull, resulting in weightlessness. For the 'Reverse the Words' puzzle, users reverse the word TIPS to S(P)IT, the word SUP to P(U)S, the word PEEK to (K)EEP, the word TIME to (E)MIT, and the word TONS to (S)NOT... [SPOILER] spelling out the answer of 'PUKES' reading from top-to-bottom, which is quite evident considering the imagery. which is carbon-copy artwork from the card character, minus the pilot, and the floating puke pile only containing fish bones.

Card No. 531 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS6 GPK Character by JOHN POUND + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #13 & #14, FOR CARDS 531a & 531b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 531a Stormy SKYE & 531b CLAUDE Burst, by JOHN Pound, features rendered OS6 character artwork for cards 207a Over FLO & 207b Moist JOYCE, also by JOHN Pound, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #13 and #14, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — A 'Rebus' is a puzzle device where words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters to depict words or phrases. The Moist JOYCE is seen in the same predicament as her card character, but wearing a French beret, and her urine is extremely concentrated (dark yellow). [SPOILER] The only French phrase JOYCE seems to know is CL(OU)D image minus CLD, plus L(IO)N image minus LN, plus U(N)I(CORN) image minus N and minus CORN image, which spells out OUI OUI!, which translates to YES YES!, but is pronounced and sounds like 'WEE WEE!' Wee means to urninate, or the act of urinating.

Card No. 532 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS1 GPK Character by JOHN POUND + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #3 & #4, FOR CARDS 532a & 532b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 532a Fertile LIZA & 532b HORACE Manure, by JOHN Pound, features rendered OS1 character artwork for cards 27a Brainy JANIE & 27b JENNY Genius, also by JOHN Pound, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #3 and #4, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with & without her snot. — It doesn't take too long to screw in that lightbulb, so no ANSWER section is necessary for this PUZZLE PUKE. Several big words are tossed around to match the theme and Brainy JANIE's brain size. Precocious is an adjective describing a child that's developed certain abilities or proclivities (a predisposition) at an earlier age than usual or most, oftentimes referred to as a prodigy, being endowed or gifted with exceptional qualities and/or abilities. The question and book title both reference Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, which encompasses two interrelated physics theories, special and general relativity. It's strange to see JANIE puzzled!

CHECKLIST CARDS: 534 NOTE: CARDS 534 ALSO CONTAIN A COMIC BACK VARIATION

Card No. 534 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS5 GPK Character by JOHN POUND + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #35 & #36, FOR CARDS 534a & 534b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 534a JAYNE Drain & 534b EDA Mouthful, by JOHN Pound, features rendered OS1 character artwork for cards 204a JULES Drools & 204b KIT Spit, also by JOHN Pound, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #35 and #36, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — Breed is a stock of animals within a species having a distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by selective breeding to pass on the genetic selection to their offspring. Instead of just a bust or half body shot, we get a full view and full length body shot of JULES Drools, sporting some purple shorts—possibly swimshorts due to all of the eventual surrounding moisture—while continuing to drool, and holding a paper sack over a dog's head. [SPOILER] (S)NAKE + (P)IG + (I)CE + (T)OP + (Z)EBRA = SPITZ. This really doesn't narrow down exactly what kind of dog, considering a spitz is a type of domestic dog consisting of between 50 to 70 different breeds depending on classification. However, this is just a play on words for 'Spit(s)', to eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, a meaner way to drool.

Card No. 537 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS5 GPK Character by JOHN POUND + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #19 & #20, FOR CARDS 537a & 537b, RESPECTIVELY — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 537a MIRIAM Migraine & 537b Head BUSTER, by JOHN Pound, features rendered OS5 character artwork for cards 171a WILLIE Wipe-Out & 171b SPENCER Dispencer, also by JOHN Pound, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #19 and #20, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — A 'speech balloon' (aka speech bubble & dialogue balloon), is a graphic convention commonly used in comic books, comics, and cartoons; allowing words to represent a character's speech or thoughts. [SPOILER] Simply removing the 'F's from the puzzle leaves the remaing letters 'TOILET' in the upper row and 'PAPER' in the bottom row. The ANSWER was right within grasp, per imagery! Toilet paper, naturally, is sheets of rolled paper for wiping oneself clean after urination and defecation. SPENCER Dispenser has a new wide grin, very excited for the impending task at hand!

Card No. 538 — Artwork & Card Type by JAY LYNCH — Assisted by GARY WHITNEY Featuring OS3 GPK Character by TOM BUNK + 'FLICK IT!' OS2 Artwork by RICHARD MCGUIRE NOTE: 'FLICK IT!' PANELS #33 & #34, FOR CARDS 538a & 538b, RESPECTIVELY NOTE: CARDS 538 ALSO CONTAIN A PAIR OF COMPLETED PUZZLE VARIATIONS — The comic back for OS13 reverse card 538a Cat-Cradle CATHY & 538b Gooey GWEN, by TOM Bunk, features rendered OS3 character artwork for cards 91a BLAKE Flake & 91b Hippie SKIPPY, also by TOM Bunk, plus 'FLICK IT!' panels #33 and #34, respectively, created by Richard McGuire, featuring rendered OS2 character artwork for cards 45a Leaky LINDSAY & 45b Messy TESSIE, originally created by JOHN Pound, along with her snot. — This PUZZLE PUKE is extremely similar to the OS11 reverse card conumdrum for card number 444, 'CHRIS Hiss is Late for Class', with ANSWER: No Sweat! CHRIS Hiss dropped out 2 years ago anyway!, changed to 'Help Hippie SKIPPY Get to Woodstock!', with ANSWER: No big deal. He's almost 20 years too late anyway—without the exclamation points. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held on August 15 to August 18, 1969, and the GPK card was created and printed in 1988—but his character was on card in 1986—which is 19 years, almost 20 indeed! Would SKIPPY be sidetracked by the Draft Board building, lice, a bathtub, a barber shop, or a HELP WANTED sign? Heck no. A 'flower child' is a hippie in the 1960s that wore flowers as symbols for peace and love. Pure flower power!