Art directors Art Spiegelman and Mark Newgarden, both from the NPD (New Product Development) department, created the card-type for the OS3 Garbage Pail kids card backs along with artist Tom Bunk who created the reverse 'WANTED' card artwork using water colours. Bunk also started working on the front of the cards for this release. The 'WANTED' backs use the same blue and red colors as the GPK logo on the card fronts. Due to the introduction of completed puzzles to the GPK franchise during the OS2 set the amount of reverse card artwork is greatly reduced. Eighteen individually known pieces of artwork were completed for the OS3 set with four images that repeat within the series.





The OS3 and OS4 card backs were modeled after the Topps Wanted Posters sets released in 1967 (0-420-91-01-7) and 1968 (UK), in 1975 (0-419-21-01-5) and 1976 (UK) and in 1980 (0-450-21-01-0 wrapper; 4-450-26-01-0 poster), along with the Wanted Stickers set released in 1975 (0-498-21-01-4; packaging produced in 1974). All 'Wanted' artwork was created by Jack Davis and re-coloured for every release with some updated card-type. Due to limited space, the 'Stickers' do not always contain all of the original card-type from previous iterations. The posters measure roughly 20 x 24 inches.



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 of the front side and card backs, as well as the promotional material and packaging. Comp images were generated to help guide the final card type design and artwork placement. The mash-up mock-up for 'FATSO' contains generic straight lines for most of the card type and copyright line; the original Wanted Stickers title would eventually become 'FAT SLOB' for the OS4 set. The image showcases the OS3 'PRINCIPAL' final artwork image by Tom Bunk, albeit the character is sporting a brown suit instead of green. The 'WANTED FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE' is misspelled with the word 'CROSS' and would eventually become 'FOR GROSS NEGLECT' for the aforementioned OS4 card back. A notation at the bottom of the sheet reads 'COMP FOR GENERAL LOOK ONLY' and applied to both the OS3 and OS4 reverse card design. The NPD Department would give feedback at a later stage and eventually give the final 'okay'.







Card No. 84 — Reverse card artwork for 84a JOE Blow and 84b ROD Wad.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #16.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card type: ALL text has been updated. The multi-tipped bullwhip has been replaced by a wooden bamboo "pointer stick" for rapping students' knuckles; not seen within the Tom's original color rough.



— Wanted Posters card type: "... and banning blue jeans for girls" and "Insisting that students wear such weird apparel as clean shirts and clean dresses" not found on the smaller, Wanted Stickers version.





Card No. 84 — Reverse card artwork for 84a JOE Blow and 84b ROD Wad.
Card No. 113 — Reverse card artwork for 113a ALICE Island (white card #) and 113b Liberty LIBBY (white card #).
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Roughs; artwork labeled #7.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card type: "Practicing brain surgery without a license" added to expand on the name alias 'The Butcher'. The image has been updated where the victim's head has been sheered off instead of a buzzed stripe. The original 'BARBER' had the butcher still whistling while he worked but had the pair of sheers-like scissors around the customer's (aka victim's) neck about to cut off his noggin. The customer has nicks and cuts all over his head, bleeding and per the color rough, hairs would've been added everywhere — as is seen on the final card.



— Wanted Posters card type: "Cutting uneven Sideburns" and "Letting hair fall down the back of his customer's neck" on found within the Wanted Stickers version.





Card No. 96 — Reverse card artwork for 96a Distorted DOT and 96b Mirror IMOGENE.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #2.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card type: "Picking fights with all the bigger kids" and "Torturing dumb animals — cats, dogs friends..." text changed. "CAUTION–Will start fight at the drop of a hat, Do not–repeat, do not drop your hat" has been removed and is cut off in the 'Stickers' version (below).



— Wanted Posters card type: "... (that means everyone - he's a big ox)" and "Tying girls' pigtails into square knots" not found on the Wanted Stickers card.





Card No. 97 — Reverse card artwork for 97a Punch PERRY and 97b Creamed KEITH.
Card No. 119 — Reverse card artwork for 119a NED Head and 119b Still JILL.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #14.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card type: "Aggravated assault by constant nagging" and "Throwing away your GPK Stickers" added. "Threatening wih a deadly weapon – namely "Dad"" has been updated. The color roughs suggests the kid should be at a slant and the 'dad' in B&W.



— Wanted Posters card type: "Blackmailing kids into sympathy by forlorn sighing" and "Misplacing toys while cleaning up" not found on Wanted Stickers card.





Card No. 98 — Reverse card artwork for 98a CHARLOTTE Web and 98b DIDI T.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #3.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card-type: "Reciting the world's worst jokes as he tortures you" added. A dentist (hand) drill has been humourously replaced with a two-handed jackhammer tool and a patient/victim added to the image with the dentist stepping on his face/nose.



— Wanted Posters card-type: "Asking questions when patient's mouth is full of instruments" not found on Wanted Stickers version.





Card No. 99 — Reverse card artwork for 99a Beaky BECKY and 99b Picky MICKEY.
Card No. 117 — Reverse card artwork for 117a ROCKY N. Roll and 117b LES Vegas.
Bright Ideas: inside back cover of folders #7 and #8.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #4.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card-type: "Coloring his clothing without using a dye" added. "Attracting vermin ..." and "... a toxic dump site" entries changed and updated. The character is placed in a city dump and covered in trash without any other victims.



— Wanted Posters card-type: "Wearing clothes from East European Care Packages" and "REWARD – 5000 bars of soap" not found on Wanted Stickers version.





18-Piece Completed Puzzle — Original Series cards: 110a Snooty SAM and 110b U.S. ARNIE.


Original Final Artwork: JOHN POUND

Original Series — Puzzle Preview cards: 87a and 109a — Puzzle Piece cards: 85a, 88a, 89a, 90a, 92a, 93a, 94a, 95a, 101a, 103a, 107a, 112a, 114a, 115a, 121a, 122a, 123a and 124a





Card No. 100 — Reverse card artwork for 100a ALI Gator and 100a Marshy MARSHALL
Bright Ideas: inside back cover of folders #7 and #8.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card; Color Rough: labeled #5; Final: labeled #18.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card-type: "For always running out of Garbage Pail Kids " added. "... hang out and read his comics" has been updated from "... sit in his store reading his comics". The swiping of money from the kid's hand (like taking candy from a baby) and 'seeing dollar signs' remain intact.




— Wanted Posters card-type: "For interfering with Freedom of Speech by not letting customers sit and gab without buying something", "For interfering with Free Trade by charing for his candy" and "WARNING–This villian is frequently armed with a rolled newspaper" all not found on Wanted Stickers card.





Card No. 102 — Reverse card artwork for 102a Mugged MARUCS and 102a Kayo'd CODY.
Bright Ideas: inside back cover of folders #7 and #8.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card; Color Rough: labeled #6; Final: labeled #7.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card-type: "Prescribing medicine that tastes like medicine" added. "Lying — when he says "Now, this won't hurt..." has been updated from "— he says the needles is painless". Large needle missing but bloodied scrubs added to image; needle removed from original color rough.



— Wanted Posters card-type: "Refusing to make house calls when the temperature dips below 60° or rises above 63°" and "REWARD–1000 sugar pills" not found on Wanted Stickers version.





Card No. 104 — Reverse card artwork for 104a Silent SANDY and 104a Barren AARON.
Bright Ideas: inside back cover of folders #5 and #6.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #7.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card-type: ALL text has been updated. Several more garbage cans and trash added to the new image including the backend of a garbage truck.



— Wanted Posters card-type: "Leaving cans half-way down the block" not found on Wanted Stickers version.





Card No. 105 — Reverse card artwork for 105a Juicy JESSICA and 105a Green DEAN.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #8.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card-type: "Borrowing 137 cups of sugar over a 6 month period" added. The character is taken from her own window and is placed inside the window of a neighbor; said neighbor is seen in their bathtub. Tongue added after color rough stage.



— Wanted Posters card-type: "for breaking the sound barrier with T.V. set at 2 A.M.", "for complaining when others do the same" and "DANGER–This criminal is capable fo borrowing everything you own." all not found on Wanted Stickers card.





Card No. 106 — Reverse card artwork for 106a Fowl RAOUL and 106a MACK Quack.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #9.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— Although OS1 cards 9a Boozin' BRUCE and 9b Drunk KEN highly suggest alcohol through imagery and nomenclature, OS2 cards 47a Disgustin' JUSTIN and 47b Vile KYLE were the first images to have the 'BEER' label placed within the artwork -- the 2011 Flashback Series 3 removes this label, but the 2014 Chrome Series 2 images remain uncensored. The original final artwork for the reverse OS3 card backs for 106a Fowl RAOUL and 106a MACK Quack has the label removed for the final image and has 'DELETE BEER' written over the card proof; possibly to avoid any backlash concerning alcoholism (... but "child abuse" is fine). Later GPK images sneak in the suggestion of 'BEER' by using the word 'rootbeer'. The 'BEER' label can also be seen within the original color rough.
— GPK card-type: "Giving the cheapest allowance on the block" added. "... and beer" added to "Smelling up the house with (foul) cigar smoke...". The kid is still over the father's lap, but the body scrub brush has been replaced with a belt and the father chugging beer.




— Wanted Posters card-type: "Refusing to increase allowances" and "Drowning out TV with loud snoring" not found on Wanted Stickers version.





Card No. 108 — Reverse card artwork for 108a Smelly SALLY and 108a Fishy PHYLLIS.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #10.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card-type: "Always reading 3 chapters ahead of the class in any textbook" added and "... — proceed with caution!" added to the 'WARNING'. The literal polished apple-giver has been replaced with the figurative pet on a leash. A rare non-bullet point added from the original source.



— Wanted Posters card-type: "Coming to school every day...even Saturday" and "Staying after school to wash blackboards–even if they're already clean" not found on Wanted Stickers card.





18-Piece Completed Puzzle — Original Series cards: 102a Mugged MARCUS and 102b Kayo'd CODY.


Original Final Artwork: JOHN POUND

Original Series — Puzzle Preview cards: 87b and 109b — Puzzle Piece cards: 85b, 88b, 89b, 90b, 92b, 93b, 94b, 95b, 101b, 103b, 107b, 112b, 114b, 115b, 121b, 122b, 123b and 124b





Card No. 110 — Reverse card artwork for 110a Snooty SAM and 110a U.S. ARNIE.
Bright Ideas: inside back cover of folders #5 and #6.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #16.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card-type: "Having a boyfriend who looks like a weasel" and "Having a diary with a lock you can't pick" added . The first bullet point has also been updated and re-worded. More irate family members have been added in the doorway and the (older) sister is applying nail polish instead of lipstick.



— Wanted Posters card-type: "For not helping with homework" and "For never cleaning up" not found Wanted Stickers card.





Card No. 110 — Reverse card artwork for 110a Snooty SAM and 110b U.S. ARNIE.
Card No. 111 — Reverse card artwork for 111a Target MARGARET and 111b Bullseye BARRY.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #11.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card-type: "ALL text updated has been updated. The teacher's alias of "Crabby" has replaced the outdated "Crabface". The famous head shot and side profile has been used for the new image, replacing the student wearing a dunch cap and the world globe. Shirt changed from color rough.



— Wanted Posters card-type: "Keeping student in after class" and "Not allowing copying during exams" not found on Wanted Stickers card.





Card No. 113 — Reverse card artwork for 113a ALICE Island (black card #) and 113b Liberty LIBBY (black card #).
Bright Ideas: inside back cover of folders #5 and #6.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #18.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card-type: "Pest – especially when you want to hang out alone with your friends" and "Health hazard – leaving his toys all over the stairs" while "Stoolpigeon..." as been restructured. This plays off of the previous 'roller skate' entry and shows a skateboard and the victim falling down the stairs; the kid's frog, cap pistol, slingshot and camp ('the brat') t-shirt have been removed. Mouth closed.



— Wanted Posters card-type: "Monopolizing the T.V. set–and only watching funny animal cartoons" and "Having a neck like a camel–it goes for 7 days without water" not found on Wanted Stickers card. "Always leaving a roller skate on the staircase" has been removed.





Card No. 116 — Reverse card artwork for 116a Eerie ERIC and 116b Berserk KIRK.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #12.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card-type: ALL text has been updated. 'WANTED for Fraud' bloated to a bigger title of 'Grand Fraud'. "Not even being able to tell the truth in his own diary" has been changed to "Total incapacity to be frank—even in his own diary". The I-caught-a-fish-THIS-big gesture remains the same; the character went from missing one tooth on top to having only one tooth.



— Wanted Posters card-type: "Never letting a lie pass his lips–he talks through his nose" not found on Wanted Stickers card iteration.





Card No. 118 — Reverse card artwork for 118a Half- NELSON and 118b Glandular ANGELA.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #13.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card-type: "Yelling, screaming & crying after she gets her way" and "Always getting her way" added to the new version. The charater is still seen screaming and crying but ripped-in-half doll has been replaced with a baby pacifier.



— Wanted Posters card-type: "For eating all foods with her hands–including spaghetti and soup" not found on Wanted Stickers card.





Card No. 120 — Reverse card artwork for 120a Babbling BROOKE and 120b Jelly KELLY.
Bright Ideas: inside back cover of folders #7 and #8.
GPK Artwork: TOM BUNK — Card and Color Rough; artwork labeled #15.
Updated Reverse Card Type: MARK NEWGARDEN and ART SPIEGELMAN
JACK DAVIS: Wanted Stickers (1974) and Wanted Posters (1980)



— GPK card-type: ALL text has been updated where "Using the same calender for 12 years straight" has been modified from "For using the same calendar year after year". A rare non-bullet point added from the original source. Mouth changed.



— Wanted Posters card-type: "For asking for a receipt whenever he pays a compliment" and "For always having his nose ina book–he's too stingy to use a handkerchief" not found on Wanted Stickers card.







Bits & BOBs: Six OS3 GPK'WANTED' card back images can be found within four different Bright Ideas GPK folders: the 'Garbage Man', 'Kid Brother' and 'Big Sister' titles can all be located on the inside back cover of folders #5 and #6 and the 'Candy Store Owner', 'Slob' and 'Kid Sister' titles can all be located on the inside back cover of folders #7 and #8. The images appear to have been given a golden-yellow 'aged' tint to them as most dated 'WANTED' posters tend to appear.








1986. OS3 & OS4 GPK
1974. WANTED STICKERS
1980. WANTED POSTERS
OS4. POSTMAN (129)01. MAILMAN—
OS4. PET DOG (165)02. PET DOG—
OS4. FAT SLOB (159)03. FATSO—
OS4. DEEJAY (UNPUBLISHED)04. DISC JOCKEY—
OS4. CHAIN SMOKER (135)05. CHAINSMOKER—
—06. BABY—
OS4. LAZY BONES (161)07. LAZYBONES—
OS4. BUS DRIVER (145)08. BUS DRIVER—
OS4. PET CAT (158)09. PET CAT—
—10. MAID—
OS4. WISEGUY (153)11. WISE GUY—
OS4. MECHANIC (160)12. MECHANIC—
—13. (TELE)PHONE OPERATOR—
OS3. CANDY STORE OWNER (100)14. CANDY STORE OWNER20. CANDY STORE OWNER
—15. (TAXI) CAB DRIVER—
OS4. LUNCH ROOM COOK (148)16. CAFETERIA COOK—
OS4. SCHOOL NURSE (140)17. SCHOOL NURSE—
OS4. BIG BROTHER (150)18. BIG BROTHER08. BIG BROTHER
—19. (DOOR-TO-DOOR) SALESMAN—
OS4. PLUMBER (166)20. PLUMBER—
OS3. PRINCIPAL (84)21. PRINCIPAL19. PRINCIPAL
—22. BUTCHER05. BUTCHER
OS3. BIG SISTER (110)23. BIG SISTER13. BIG SISTER
OS3. KID SISTER (118)24. KID SISTER15. KID SISTER
OS3. MOTHER (97 + 119)25. MOTHER06. MOTHER
OS3. SLOB (99 + 117)26. SLOB14. SLOB
OS3. KID BROTHER (113)27. KID BROTHER02. KID BROTHER
OS3. DOCTOR (102)28. DOCTOR21. DOCTOR
OS3. GARBAGE MAN (104)29. GARBAGEMAN11. GARBAGE MAN
OS3. LIAR (116)30. LIAR18. LIAR
OS3. CHEAPSKATE (120)31. CHEAPSKATE10. CHEAPSKATE
OS3. BARBER (84 + 113)32. BARBER09. BARBER
OS3. TEACHER (110 + 111)33. TEACHER16. TEACHER
OS3. DENTIST (98)34. DENTIST04. DENTIST
OS4. LIBRARIAN (130)35. LIBRARIAN03. LIBRARIAN
OS3. NEIGHBOR (105)36. (NEXT DOOR) NEIGHBOR12. NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR
—37. T.V. REPAIRMAN07. T.V. REPAIRMAN
OS3. FATHER (106)38. FATHER22. FATHER
OS3. CLASS BULLY (96)39. CLASS BULLY23. CLASS BULLY
OS3. TEACHER'S PET (108)40. TEACHER'S PET17. TEACHER'S PET
—41. POLICEMAN—
OS4. BABY SITTER (132)42. BABY-SITTER24. BABYSITTER
——01. CLASS FLIRT
OS4. NERD (128)——
OS4. SUBSTITUTE TEACHER (142)——