RELEASE DATE : APRIL 2006 — PRODUCT NUMBERS : 757-5 + 758-5

The All-New Series 5 Garbage Pail Kids, aka ANS5 GPK for short, was released in the Spring of 2006 by the Topps Company, Inc. and distributed in in the month April; one whole year after the successful ANS4 set containing the coveted Sketch cards. The GPK set is comprised of all new artwork by veteran artists John Pound, Tom Bunk, James Warhola and reverse card-back artwork by Jay Lynch + Gary Whitney. This series also includes next-generation GPK artists Luis Diaz, David Gross, Justin Green and John Cebollero; including newcomers Layron DeJarnette, Brent Engstrom and John Zeleznik; as well as concept artwork by Jeff Zapata (art director), Mark Pingitore, Neil Camera and several artists listed above. The naming panel for the gags were written by Jay Lynch for entire series.

ARTISTS : JOHN POUND, TOM BUNK, JAMES WARHOLA, JAY LYNCH, STREPHON TAYLOR, LUIS DIAZ, DAVID GROSS, JUSTIN GREEN, JOHN CEBOLLERO, LAYRON DEJARNETTE, BRENT ENGSTROM, JOHN ZELEZNIK, MARK PINGITORE, NEIL CAMERA + GARY WHITNEY
WRITERS : JAY LYNCH, JEFF ZAPATA, ETCETERA



80 CARD SET : 80 BASE CARDS
CHASE CARDS : 15 ALPHABET + 9 MAGNET + 5 BONUS + 1 PROMO
110 TOTAL CARD SET : 80 BASE + 30 CHASE

A total of two main production runs were released during a continued interest of old 80's nostalgic toys and hobbies during this period which included product for both hobby and retail stores. For the first print run each foil pack, with a suggested retail price of 99¢, contains 6 sticker cards on 14 card stock and a chance to come across an Alphabet sticker (1:2) or a Magnet card (1:6). The set also contains 5 Bonus cards that can be found in special Value boxes or Blister packs that are located at different retail chains. The Alphabet cards are mainly re-worked artwork of characters from the ANS releases. The series once again starts back at number one.

BOX + WRAPPER ARTWORK : JOHN POUND
DISPLAY BOX : 3 VARIATIONS + 3 BONUS BOXES
WRAPPER : 5 VARIATIONS

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SPECIALTY MARKET BOX
BOX CODE : 1-757-30-01-6 — UPC : 0-41116-16757-7 — 36/6 ct.
NOTE: Thanks for comfirming, JT.



BOX CODE : 1-757-30-02-6 — UPC : 41116-56757 — 36/6 ct.
NOTE: No 'H' Hobby Symbol.
CASE CODE : 2-757-40-01-6 — 8/36 ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-757-89-02-6 — UPC : 41116-46757 — w/ No Price




POSTER CODE : 4-757-08-02-6 — 10.5" x 17" SIZE
MAIN ARTWORK : JOHN POUND

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RETAIL PRODUCTION RUN



BOX CODE : 1-758-30-01-6 — UPC : 41116-16758 — Wal*Mart, etc.
CASE CODE : 2-758-40-01-6 — 8/36 ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-758-89-01-6 — UPC : 41116-06758 — w/ 99¢ Price



BOX CODE : 1-758-30-02-6 — UPC : 41116-46758 — Target, etc.
CASE CODE : 2-758-40-01-6 — 8/36 ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-758-89-02-6 — UPC : 41116-36758 — w/ No Price



GRAVITY FEED BOX CODE : 2-741-03-01-6 — No UPC Code — Target; 48 ct.
CASE BOX SINGLE : UPC 41116-16741 — #741-065 — 1/48 ct.
CASE BOX CODE : 2-741-94-01-6 — UPC 41116-26741 — 6/48 ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-741-89-01-6 — UPC : 41116-06741 — w/ No Price



BLISTER PACK CODE : 5-759-30-01-6 — UPC 41116-06759
NOTE: B12, B13 or B14 Bonus Cards w/ 4 Packs — 20 ct.
DISPLAY BOX CODE : 1-759-30-01-6 — UPC 41116-16759
WRAPPER CODE : 0-758-89-02-6 — UPC : 41116-36758 — w/ No Price

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BONUS PRODUCT PACKAGING



BOX CODE : 1-939-30-01-6 — Target, KB Toys
NOTE : B11 Bonus Card w/ Yellow $9.99 Price Oval
CASE BOX CODE : 2-939-40-01-6 — #939-065 — 16/11 ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-939-89-01-6 — UPC : 41116-06939 — w/ 99¢ Price

DISCONTINUED
BOX CODE : 1-939-30-02-6 — Toys 'R' Us, K-Mart
CASE BOX CODE : 2-939-40-0?-6 — #939-065 — 16/11 ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-939-89-01-6 — UPC : 41116-06939 — w/ 99¢ Price



BOX CODE : 1-939-30-03-6 — UPC 41116-46939 — Wal*Mart
NOTE: B10 Bonus Card w/ Yellow 'Bonus Box' Oval
CASE BOX CODE : 2-939-40-03-6 — #939-065 — 16/11 ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-939-89-01-6 — UPC : 41116-06939 — w/ 99¢ Price

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PROMO MATERIAL + PRINT & ADVERTISING



FOLD-OUT PROMO FLYER — 8.5" x 11" INCHES
NOTE: Flyer Front and Back Covers — Middle Section Not Shown
MAIN SHEET ARTWORK : JOHN POUND



DEALER SELL SHEET — 8.5" x 11" INCHES
MAIN ARTWORK : JOHN POUND

NOT PRODUCED
TARGET DISPLAY SHEET — EXCELL MARKETING



NON-SPORT UPDATE — GPK CARD REVIEW
NOTE: August/September 2006; Vol. 17, #4

— Several characters for the Promotional Material had minor color and name changes from the original mock-up images to the final release: Card 2a MANNY Hands is pictured in the flyer with a pink nameplate and in the poster as 'COLE Hands' with a yellow nameplate was changed to 2a SAM Bidexterous with a yellow nameplate; 5b Batty BRAD is the same for the final release except the two bats located behind the GPK header are now in front of it; RONNY Nose with a yellow nameplate was replaced with the name 5b Runny RYAN with a pink nameplate; 6a Matrix MAX with a red GPK header and a yellow nameplate became Matrix MIGUEL with a blue GPK header and a red nameplate; character 11a Slam DUNCAN with a red nameplate was switched to 11a Slam-Dunk DYLAN with a light blue nameplate and lastly, 14a Regurgitate NATE with a yellow nameplate became 14a Regurgita-TED with a blue nameplate for the final release.

— The second U.S. GPK set to have an official Promo Card that was released at the San Diego Comic Convention in August of 2005. The two bats hidden behind the GPK header are in front of the header for the final image for cards 4a MATT Mobile and 4b Batty BRAD product release; Luis Diaz's LD Monster character remains in both cards, but for the final card release he's been moved further to the extreme corner and the character Batman Kid image raised on the card.





— For the Promotional Material the sell sheet, 2-sided flyer and poster all have the new tag-line 'SUPER-GROSS STICKERS', but the box and packs still have the older, shorter 'GROSS STICKERS' tag-line. The mock-up box display shows card 11a Slam-Dunk DYLAN and 11b Jumpshot JOSH but is replaced by card character 36a CHRISTINA Barfarina and 36b Spewin' SHANNON for the final release. The new box arrangement has the GPK logo as a double-lined banner rather than a straight banner.

— As printed on the reverse-side of the ANS5 promotional card, the new set includes Chase Cards in the form of foil Initial Stickers (later named Alphabet Stickers), numbering 1-15 along and Magnet cards. The B-A mock-up image appears as a non-foil card on the promotional advertisement material. A few Alphabet letters were changed from the tentative checklist to the final release: #4 N-T became N-V, #12 Q-L became Q-I, #13 A-P became I-P, #14 Z-V became Z-T and #15 I-W became L-W. Justin Green completed the final artwork for the set but Jay Lynch worked on original concept pieces with ideas from Jeff Zapata.



— The All-New Series with the longest GPK Nomenclature is card 40a Chopper-Chopped CHRIS with 19 letters and 20 characters. The longest Original Series name is from the OS11 set for card 428b Garbage Mouth GILBERT with 19 letters and 19 characters.

— ANS5 is the first set to contain Magnet Cards numbering 1 through 9, similar to the corresponding parody All-New Series Wacky Packages magnet set, that can be found in the ratio of 1 out of every 6 packs (1:6). The original 'PEEL HERE' arrow (non-sticker) and card numbers have been removed from the image and are missing the die-cut. The promotional material mock-up picture of the Varicose WAYNE magnet shows the card number 400b.



— Artist Tom Bunk's Autograph, his full name, can be found grafittied on the bathroom wall of card b14 PETE Heat along with other family members and friends, including the website author's full name 'Aaron Booton' near the mirror. Artist Luis Diaz's initials, 'LD', can be found on the eye drop bottle of cards 17a Red-Eye ROB and 17b Pink-Eye GUY.

— The ANS3 Wacky Packages set contains a card back created by WP artist Neil Camera that has a small parody of a GPK character called 'Garbage Pail Kids - Barf Now!' as part of a website titled 'disgustingkids.com' on card #30 LIPLOC. The character used is from the unpublished OS16 set 657a Crawly Raleigh and 657b Bugged BOYD and the published ANS1 card 4a Cootie CODY and 4b Buggin' BRANDON.



— The ANS5 set has three pairs of characters with the Same Fornames: Cards 9b King KYLE and 28a Karate KYLE, 16a AL Poe and 22b AL Entine and cards 25a NICK Pick and 29b Tricky NICK.

— The ANS5 GPK card 38a Railroaded RICHARD and 38b Choo-Choo CHARLIE pays tribute to the Wacky Packages image by artist Luis Diaz placing the All-New Series WP parody product #41 BLUBBERLICIOUS on top of the train station platform. The same card also pays tribute to the Robotech character located behind the station, a VW yellow bug that's the Transformer Bumblebee, and the train conductor's 8-bit NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) controller; though the buttons have been changed from red to blue.



— Six pieces of artwork were removed from the original line-up to become Bonus Cards found in the specially packaged retail value boxes or blister packs; the value box for Toys R Us and KMart was discontinued so cards 21a and 21b remain unpublished: card listing 9a GEORGE Brush, a President George Bush name paordy, and 9b Paint Can DAN became bonus card B10 BRUCE Brush and replaced by the KING KONG movie spoof cards 9a Furious GEORGE, a Curious George name parody, and 9b King KYLE; 21a Happy-Meal NEIL and 21b Bozo BOB replaced with 21a ERIC The Wreck and 21b Moto CARL; 22a PATRICK Piñata and 22b Whacked JACK became bonus card B12 PATRICK Piñata and switched to 22a Courtin' CODY and 22b AL Entine; cards 23a SYDNEY Opera and 23b Messy VANESSA became bonus card B11 Opera URSULA replaced with 23a CLAIRE Snare and 23b Lunchtime LINDSEY; cards 26a BLAKE Quake and 26b JACK Atoa became B13 BLAKE Quake and switched to 26a Milkin' MILT and 26b Dairy BARRY; and lastly 30a PETE Heat and 30b DOMINIC Done became bonus card B14 PETE Heat and replaced by 30a Yoga OLGA and 30b MEL Smell.

— ANS5 cards 13a Inmate NATE and 13b Last-Leg LUKE by John Cebollero have the names 'AL CATRAZ' and 'CON VIC' written upon the shared prison wall, paying tribute to the OS9 card character 343a Con VIC and 343b AL Catraz.



— The set contains the first see-through GPK Header for cards 31a Turntable TIM and 31b Dee-Jay JASON; although, this was not an intentional idea by the artist but done at Topps during post production. The image contains three ANS4 GPK unopened packs around the table, an ANS5 inscription above the right head (GPK-5) and, one of artist Luis Diaz's signature pieces, the pink water bottle. The water bottle can also be found in cards 2a SAM Bidexterous and 2b Multi-Taskin' ASHTON and in cards 24a Stormcloud SHAWN and 24b Boltin' COLTON (within the state of Texas). His other signature piece, the LD Monster, can be found in cards 4a MATT Mobile and 4b Batty BRAD, as part of the the haystack machine in cards 27a Hay BAILEY and 27b PETEY Wheatey, as the second smoke puff in cards 38a Railroaded RICHARD and 38b Choo-Choo CHARLIE and in the original artwork of 2a SAM Bidexterous and 2b Multi-Taskin' ASHTON. The LD Monster and Shaq holding a sign parodying Kobe's then car wreck (next to Lakers #8 Kobe Bryant) were removed from cards 11a Slam-Dunk DYLAN and 11b Jumpshot JOSH for the final card. The name 'Pierce' on the #1 jersey is for the GPK Underground webmaster Cory Pierce who came up with the concept.





— Two of artist Luis Diaz's pieces pay GPK Tribute to older sets by placing die-cut sticker images throughout his artwork; cards 2a SAM Bidexterous and 2b Multi-Taskin' Ashton (A self-portrait of Diaz) showcases the following GPK characters under the art table and on the clamp-on light: ANS5 17a Red-Eye ROB and 17b Pink-Eye GUY work-in-progress art, ANS3 30a Chopper CHAD and 30b Hurlin' HARLEY as framed final artwork (this artwork was originally intended to be the "LD Monster with NES controller), OS14 546a Modern MARLISE and 546b Abstract ABBY, OS15 619a V.C. ARNIE and 619b Cassette Casey (covered by nameplate), OS14 565a Easter BONNIE and 565b Hard-Boiled MEG (covered by nameplate), OS14 574a Shattered SHELL and 574b Fractured FRANK (covered by nameplate), OS13 540a Ill WINDSOR and 540b HORATIO Hornblower (covered by nameplate), OS14 571a Rubber ROBERT and 571b Inside OTTO, OS14 559a DWAYNE Stain and 559b Spilled GIL, cards 572a Fake JAKE and 572b Sham SAM and the ANS5 final artwork for cards 6a Matrix MIGUEL and 6b Skinned JIM. Cards 11a Slam-Dunk DYLAN and 11b Jumpshot JOSH also pay tribute and contain the following stickers: OS1 23a Drippy DAN and 23b Leaky LOU, OS15 617a CLAUDE Flesh and 617b Slasher ASHER, OS9 351a CHERYL Peril and 351b Deflatin' NATHAN, ANS1 35a Rootin' RUBEN and 35b Booger BRIAN and OS4 132a Bony TONY and 132b Unzipped ZACK.

— Cards 21a ERIK The Wreck and 21b Moto Carl have the website logo GPK UG (GPK Underground) on the motorcycle for Cory Pierce's GPK message board website; Pierce came up with the concept for the motorcross piece. The rider's pants also has the ANS6 logo down the pant-leg, even though the piece is located within the ANS5 set.



— The series Checklist is a second for the franchise, after ANS4 GPK, and contains a font of different sizes; the name is larger than the word, much like the Trash Can Trolls checklist without the bold appearance. However, unlike the ANS4 Insert checklist in which the font is the same size for the word and name the Insert checklist for ANS5 has different font sizes like the base set checklist.

— The 20-piece Reverse Artwork are returning themes from the orginal GPK sets; the eight GPK 'PUZZLE PUKE' pieces similar to the OS11 and OS13 Garbage Gang 'PUZZLE PUKE' backs; the ANS4 set also contains twenty GPK 'PUZZLE PUKE' pieces, the four GPK 'Would We Lie To You?' pieces similar to the OS9 and OS14 Garbage Gang 'Would We Lie To You?' backs and the eight GPK Comics (parody of Bazooka Joe comics) similar to the OS6 and OS8 GPK Comics and the OS10 Garbage Gang Comics.



— The sixteenth set to contain cards with the GPK Acronym found within the artwork; the GPK acronym found on the basketball jersey of cards 11a Slam-Dunk DYLAN and 11b Jumpshot JOSH, on the snowsuit of cards 15a Armless AARON and 15b Unarmed ADRIAN, on the cola bottle of cards 18a COREY Cola and 18b Coca-COLE, on the motorcross bike of cards 21a ERIC The Wreck and 21b Moto CAR (the card also contains the 't' for Topps along the advertisement banner and on the motorcycle), on the water bottle of cards 30a Yoga OLGA and 30b MEL Smell and on the turntable of cards 31a Turntable TIM and 31b Dee-Jay JASON.

— In late 2006, after the release of the ANS5 GPK set, John Pound worked on a GPK parody for the Ramones group for their Rhino music boxes set release; the image can be found on the inside cover and on poster ads for the set in music stores at the time. The original picture comes from the band's highly successful Rocket to Russia album.





— The initial Tentative Checklist had several names changed for the final release; base cards 2b COLE Hands as pictured in the poster and as MANNY Hands in the promotional flyer became 2b Multi-Taskin' ASHTON, 5a GEORGE Mucous (the STAR WARS director George Lucas name parody) and 5b Runnin' RYAN changed to 5a MARTY Mucous and 5b Runny RYAN (The name RONNY Nose used in promotional advertisement is a 12th Series name for card 472b), 8a TOM Plunk (artist Tom Bunk name parody) and 8b DAVE Gross (artist David Gross name parody) became 8a NORMAN Notwell and 8b VINCENT Van Gross, 14b JACK Snack was switched to 14b ZACK Snack, name 16b Gnawed GABRIEL was replaced with the name 16b Gnawed CLAUDE, 17b Eyedrops IAN was changed to 17b Pink-Eye GUY, 18b ABIGAIL Ale became 18b Coca-COLE, character 19b JACOB's Loader was switched to 19b Decorating DEB, names 20a PETER Packaging and 20b Tongue-Tied TONY changed to 20a PAUL Packaging and 20b Tongue-Tied TOBY, 25b Picky RICKY was replaced with 25b Picky DICKY, name 28b Fistin' CHRISTIAN became 28b TY Kwon Don't, names 37a VICTORIA Secrete (name parody of the Victoria's Secret undergarment line) and 37b Flowin' CHLOE changed to 37a FARRAH Faucet and 37b Leakin' LACEY, character 38b CHARLES Chunnel was switched to 38b Choo-Choo CHARLIE, names 39a Doomed DOMINIC and 39b Anti-Ant ANTHONY changed to 39a Doomed DWAYNE and 39b Toasted TODD. Cards 1a Metoer MARK and 1b Asteroid ANTHONY were tentatively titled Dooms Day DAVE.

— The director of the Art Department at Topps, Jeff Zapata, had John Pound draw up a new GPK Model Sheet for the ANS4 set to send to the new GPK artists in training. Pound completed the pencil artwork on 08/25/2004—as seen within the ANS4 GPK History section and then Jeff had Pound paint the model sheet for the ANS5 release. GPK Model Sheets were created by the art department in the late 80's, drawn by Tom Bunk, and distributed to the different artists prior to the OS10 set once the Kids' features were forced to be changed by the CPK lawsuit. The old model sheets can be seen within the OS10 page.



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— Veteran Garbage Pail Kids artist John Pound completed sixteen paintings for the ANS5 set. John's preliminary artwork tends to always look like the final artwork with little revisions since initial thumbnail drawings are not available. The pencil artwork and color rough example is for the Garbage Pail Kids contest winner for cards 3a Internal MORGAN and 3b Demonic DANIELLE as well as a rare pencil layout showing the bottle label sketches and the pencil artwork for cards 14a COREY Cola and 14b Coca COLE. That last image is the original final artwork for cards 34a Eye-Candy MANDY and 34b MOLLY Pop as submitted by Pound; the art department ended up changing the pink dusk sunset background to a blue background for the final card image.





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— The Reverse Artwork, including the GPK Comics, GPK 'Would We Lie To You?' and GPK 'PUZZLE PUKE' backs, were rough sketched, tight penciled, inked, lettered and final inked by GPK veteran Jay Lynch. As in the 80's, Lynch hired comic strip illustrater, and friend Gary Whitney, who assisted Lynch with the GPK comics to do tight pencils and final inking. Jay also requested the help of Matt Anderson to help with final inking and lettering as the deadline approached for the 'Would We Lie To You?' artwork. Lynch also worked on a few concept pieces for the front of the cards for 7a ANN Urism and 7b ESTHER Basket, 23a CLAIRE Snare and 23b Lunchtime LINDSEY and bonus card BLAKE QUAKE (and JACK Atoa).

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— Veteran GPK artist Tom Bunk completed only three images for the new set due to battling an illness throughout the end of 2005 and 2006. Two of the pieces were ideas taken from previous Topps parody sets. Below is a sample of the sketch and color rough images for the three bonus cards describing the changes for the final artwork.


Cards Trash Can Trolls 24a BUSTER Open and 24b Crash DANNY + GPK B12 PATRICK Piñata
NOTE: tree limb reversed, both hands and one leg dismembered, stick replaced with a bat and tooth added.


Card B13 BLAKE Quake — NOTE: Volcanos added to the left of the image, gas cloud changed to red and orange.


OS2 Bathroom Buddies 2016S1 Apple Pie 3a DEBBIE Dryer and 3b Melted MELANIE + GPK B14 PETE Heat
NOTE: hands and face melting, hand blower raised and style changed, character's face turned.

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— Several Concept Artwork pieces by Jay Lynch were auctioned off of eBay through the Topps Vault during the month of May in 2006; this represents only a small sample of concepts by Lynch that have been auctioned off for the earlier ANS sets. There were Scratch 'n' Stink chase card concepts sent to Jeff Zapata, like 'GINO Frappachino'; a Starbucks coffee parody where the kid is puking coffee, some earlier concepts sent to John Williams and several GPK Celebs that made up the bulk, titled 'Incredi BILL' (The Incredibles movie parody), 'GUS Usher' (a hip-hop Usher parody), 'Crashed-On ASTON' (a parody of Punked host Ashton Kucher), among others. Topps buys these concepts from the artists and can later sell them. The celebrity concepts may have been for an unrealized Garbage Pail Kids subset.



NOTE: Scratch 'n' Stink concepts for vomiting 'Over Eatin' ETHAN' or 'GARY Glutton' (BL), farting 'Magical MAURICE' (T) and vomiting 'DUKE Puke' (BR)


NOTE: GPK celebs concepts for Kramer 'Neighbor LEE' or 'Crappy COSMO' (L) and Pamela Anderson 'PAM Mams' (R)


NOTE: regular concepts for squeeze toy 'Toy ROY' or 'Poppin' PETE' (L) and mismatched 'Inver TED' (R)

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— Veteran GPK artist James Warhola unfortunately did not return to work on the ANS5 set after having completed product for the ANS2 through ANS4 GPK sets for Topps.

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— Next-generation GPK artist Luis Diaz completed twelve paintings for the new set with a surprising number of nine of these pieces being horizontal cards. Several images were changed from their original state as outlined below.


Cards 2a SAM Bidexterous and 2b Multi-Taskin' ASHTON — NOTE: the yellow background that clashed with the character's skin tone changed to blue and paint in fist to yellow.


Cards 27a Hay BAILEY and 27b PETEY Wheatey — NOTE: the human's hair and skin color was darkended and emergency labels were added to the bailing machine for the final.


Cards 31a Turntable TIM and 31b Dee-Jay JASON — NOTE: the original turntable artwork had the two different faces mainly made up of vinyl record material but were switched to whole faces instead to read more like GPK characters on card for the final artwork.


Cards 38a Railroad RICHARD and 38b Choo-Choo CHARLIE — NOTE: the cowboy and horse were originally located by the train tracks at the bottom, but due to the nameplate the Art Dept. moved them up by the conductor's hat and placed the smoke puff behind it.

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— Next-gen GPK artist John Cebollero completed five paintings for the ANS5 set based off of concepts from other artists. Pictured below are two pencil artwork pieces by Cebollero for card characters 23a CLAIRE Snare and 23b Lunchtime LINDSEY, concept by Jay Lynch, and 36a CHRISTINA Barfarina and 36b Spewin' SHANNON, concept by Mark Pingitore.



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— The GPK NextGen Artists for the ANS5 set include Layron DeJarnette who completed four pieces for the new set, Brent Engstrom who painted four final artwork pieces in which only two made into the set and John Zeleznik who finished one painting as a bonus card for the new set. Art director Jeff Zapata gave all three of the potential artists the card character 15a Armless AARON and 15b Unarmed ADRIAN, based off of a Mark Pingitore concept, to be tested out for painting GPK. Pictured below are Engstrom's (L) and Zeleznik's (M) interpretations of the concept which was eventually given to DeJarnette (R) to complete for the final card image. Zeleznik posted his iteration to his website some time afterwards and posted it to Instagram on December 24, 2023, stating, "Merry Christmas Instagram! My Garbage Pail Kids try-out piece from days of yore!" DeJarnette had this to say on January 12, 2024, "My very first GPK painting! I remember when [Jeff] told me that the "GPK test" was a win-win scenario. Topps would pay all the artists that took the test and use one of the paintings for an official GPK card.", and Pingitore mentioned, "My first official concept approved too!"



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— Artist Brent Engstrom also completed a few GPK case-study artwork of head models based off of ANS5 artwork by artists Luis Diaz (for card #2; bottom left) and John Pound (card #34; middle image) and of his own character that would be printed within the ANS6 set (for card #7; top left) as seen below. A second piece of artwork finished by Engstrom, also based off of a Mark Pingitore concept from 2005 of a clown clowning around remained unpublished for the ANS5 set, but the artwork was later touched-up and used for the ANS7 bonus card B6 GEORGE Clowny.




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— In 1987, after the release of the OS8 GPK set, CBS Inc. was geared up to premier the Garbage Pail Kids Cartoon on Saturday morning to coincide with the popularity of the GPK card craze. However, after the cartoon was canceled due to parental and religious groups, the toy figures and cartoons were shelved. Up to 2006, only pirated cartoons being sold with subtitles that aired overseas were previously available. The 13 episodes of the Paramount GPK cartoon was finally released on DVD for the first time in April of 2006 to capitalize on the resurgence in popularity of the GPK cards. Visit the OS8 'GPK History' section to see images of the cartoon cells and figurines.



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— Concept GPK artist Mark Pingitore submitted more than ten concepts for the ANS5 set painted by different artists. Bonus card B12 was painted by veteran artist Tom Bunk, possibly modeled after a Trash Can Trolls idea from yesteryears, as well as a concept by Pingitore. Pictured below are mainly alternate poses or positions of the conceptual artwork accepted by Topps along with three images barely changed. All of Pingitore's concept pieces pictured below were created in 2005 except for 26a Milkin' MILT and 26b Dairy BARRY that was created in 2006.



Cards 20a PAUL Package and 20b Tongue-Tied TOBY : 26a Milkin' MILT and 26b Dairy BARRY : B10 BRUCE Brush
NOTE: all concepts remained the same for the final artwork.


Cards 13a Inmate NATE and 13b Last-Leg LUKE — NOTE: a vertical layout was created, other cut-off leg added and GPK tattoo on fingers remains for the final artwork (L).
Cards 15a Armless AARON and 15b Unarmed ADRIAN — NOTE: axe on tree stump removed, 'GPK' added to snowsuit, holes in gloves added and frozen snot added to the nose (R).


Cards 22a Courtin' CODY and 22b AL Entine — NOTE: 'whistle' added to the character's mouth and eating the box of Valentine candy removed (L).
Cards 30a Yoga OLGA and 30b MEL Smell — NOTE: perspestive of character changed and a different post chosen for the final artwork (R).


Cards 33a Tether BILL and 33b Sporty SPENCER — NOTE: playground equipment and sand toys re-arranged, face less beat-up, spit added and eye not intact for final art (L).
Card B12 PATRICK Piñata — NOTE: tree limb reversed, character's position changed, more candy and guts added to the exploding innards and kid with bat added for the final iamge (R).

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— Several All-New Series 5 uncut Garbage Pail Kids Card Sheets were auctioned off of eBay through the Topps Vault in the Summer of 2006; A back image for the base cards nicely showing the four completed puzzles and a front image of for the bonus cards placed in various value boxes and blister packs.





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— Wacky Packages and next-gen GPK artist Dave Gross who started during the ANS3 set worked on six concept images for the new set, eventually painting two of them. Below are pencil and ink concepts completed by Gross; the first concept was finalized and painted by John Pound, the second piece was painted by John Cebollero and the third image was completed by Gross himself. No suggested names chosen for final product.


Cards 16a AL Poe and 16b Gnawed CLAUDE — NOTE: dog leaping for attack in upper left hand corner of image removed and area replaced with a mailbox for the final artwork.


Cards 28a Karate KYLE and 28b TY Kwon Don't — NOTE: body stance changed, the perspective of the character swiched-up and fingers chopped off instead of the whole hand.


Cards 32a Gamblin' GABE and 32b LUIS Vegas — NOTE: 5-cent coins added to dispensing barf and 'LUCKY' lettering style changed; the same coin, barfing, can be found on cards #35.

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— Concept GPK artist Neil Camera, who has up to this point mainly worked on the Wacky Pacakges parody product, came up with the concept for cards 12a Heavin' HUNTER and 12b Rabbit CHASE with instruction by Jeff Zapata; a spoof on the Looney Toons chraracter Elmer J. Fudd, the archenemy of Bugs Bunny. Artist John Pound painted the final image; the evolution of the concept can be seen below.



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— Pictured below are several unaccepted Concept Pieces by Mark Pingitore that did not make it into the ANS5 GPK set including several parody concepts poking fun at The Ring and Star Wars movies. The ideas will most likely not be found in any future GPK set. However, a different version of The Ring gag can be found within Pingitore's independent Horrorible Kids Series 2 release under the label Magic Marker Art for cards 24a Ring SUE and 24b VEE H.S. from 2017.




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— The foil Alphabet Stickers were designed by Jay Lynch who completed all of the concept roughs based on a block letter type-face. Topps art director Jeff Zapata had Justin Green, who was involved with the ANS4 Sketch cards, work on the final artwork for the Alphabet stickers—originally called 'Initial Stickers'. The style of the type-face used by Lynch was changed because of the nature of the die-cut equipment that Topps was using at the time. Zapata had to take Green's finished artwork and modify them slightly on the computer to fit the new type-face, and since some were so far removed from the original type-face, some had to be redrawn. Like many recycled ideas within Topps non-sport card history, Initial stickers are not a new concept; the Alphabet stickers follow the same concept as several older Topps Initial sets, including the 1967 Nutty Initials set (and subsequent sets), the 1968 Love Initials set and the 1973 Monster Initials set.


The letter 'J' idea sketch by Zapata and the alternate version by Green.


The letters 'A' and 'L' concept pieces by Lynch.


The letters 'B' and 'A' mock-up card image by Lynch for the ANS5 promotional material (L).
The letter 'P', 1-sticker Love Initials sample (R).


The letter 'R', 5-sticker Nutty Initials sample (L).
The letters 'A' and 'X', 2-sticker Monster Initials sample (R).

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— Two Alphabet Letters and three images of Jay Lynch's were not used for the stickers subset; the letter 'G' for ANS2 character 10a Hooked BROOKE and 10b KATE Bait and two different letter 'N's for ANS1 character 13a Leggy LAUREN and 13b VICTORIA'S Secret.



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In 2022, the individual that worked on global licensing and publishing deals for Topps (until mid-2023), Ira Friedman, had me assist Abrams with editing and choosing around 96 characters to fill in the gaps for their 2023 366-day GPK calendar, which took the 240 Bizarre Holidays set characters from their online releases as the theme. I had picked the ANS5 character for March 3rd, because Topps had the evening night sky changed to a blue daytime atmosphere inhouse, and I knew if Pound supplied the hi-res image (or if still on file), we would finally see the original final artwork printed (albeit, not on card); this image also shows up within the 2024 366-day calendar for the July 9 date. See the GPK Licenses 2022 + 2023 sections for more information on the calendar releases.





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— The Naming Process for card nomenclature was taken on my Jay Lynch who came up with seven or eight names per image, this was done without actually seeing the artwork, but by descriptions of the images only. A few of the final picked names were changed due to the removal of some characters within the base set for bonus cards and their replacements by the art director, Jeff Zapata.