Garbage Pail Kids -- Lt. John Pike edition

I didn't know they still made Garbage Pail Kids. I miss these and Wacky Packages.

I'm keeping this one!

• [quietstorms]

  I remember one day that I used to like Garbage Pail Kids or collect their cards for some strange reason. 

  Huh… Maybe, someday, I can one day forgive my kid sister for loving Britney Spears, Power Rangers and Barney.

  • [B E Pratt]

     The Power Rangers, sure. Britney, well, maybe. But Barney?? NEVER!!

• [Yaanu]

  They do still make both, though if I recall correctly they’ve branched into new cards, like the one above, and “Flashback” series that are reprints of older cards from the 70s and 80s. Either way, I still can’t find any in stores.

  Next time I should try actually looking.

  • [Jason Weisberger]

    I found these at the Dollar Store in Marin City. I am gonna stop by and see if I can get more. My daughter also got a bunch of My Little Pony sticker packs.

    • [Jancuisine]

       I got mine at Diamond Sports Cards in San Rafael, CA.  If you call the owner, he can set you up since it’s an independent shop.

• [igzabier]

  Maybe Art Spiegelman will bring his show to your local gallery-ask him(he owns most of his own art and does a big wall of these stickers)

• [iixdotbe]

  I spotted these yesterday.  I too had no idea they were making them again.  My sons are in to Skylanders… dad kind of is too.  We stopped in at a Target yesterday to see what figures they had in stock.  Before we left we went up to the front and were looking at all the cards they were selling.  I was surprised they didn’t have any Skylanders cards (they had the dog tags).  But then I spotted the big blue box with the “Adam Bomb” artwork from the original series.  Sweet!

  My oldest is about to turn 7.  I was telling him about collecting GPKs when I was his age.  I told him how much fun it was hunting for new cards in the series and trading with your friends.  And then I explained the disappointment I had when another kid at school (spoiled, only child, well off family) claimed he had the complete sets of the first 3 series of GPKs.  When I finally confirmed first hand he did have the complete sets I was done.  He sucked every bit of fun out the hunt, the trading, the collecting.

  And that’s how that guys life has gone.  He had everything he’s ever wanted expect friends.  To this day he’s unmarried, lives alone in a huge house that is parents purchased, and works for them at their oil business doing menial tasks.

  Anyway, glad to see Garbage Pail Kids back on the shelves.  I’m not embarrassed to say I was a fan back in the day.

• [millie fink]

  That’s awesome. I’m surprised and delighted by the political content. More please!

• [Tony]

  Wow, I love that they kept the style of art exactly the same as the old cards.

• [ErikaKelley]

  Mine was called Brutal Barry but I got the same picture on a sticker in a pack I purchased for my son (I kept it too)

• [evets32]

  I have the same placemats!

• [Scott Teplin]

  I was a huge fan of Wacky Packages – they still influence me today. They started making new ones and we buy them at Target occasionally. I loved them so much I started a new series with fellow artist/collaborator Adam Parker Smith called Randy Packs which aren’t supposed to be for sale yet (they’re going to be in an exhibition in 2014). These are way more adult though – different artists drew teenage ideas of sex positions (Cleveland Steamer, etc). 20 cards, 24 acts (2, 9 card puzzles on the backs). 
  -Comix/FineArtists include:
  Marc Bell – Hot Doggin’
  Brent Birnbaum – Cleveland Steamer
  Ivan Brunetti – Dirty Sammich
  Vanessa Davis – Selson Blow
  David DeGrand – Topeka Destroyer
  Renee French – Tiara Taco & Hot Lunch
  Alex Gingrow – Popcorn Trick
  Justin Hall – The Santa
  Sam Henderson – Pearl Necklace
  kozyndan – Soggy Buscuit
  Michael Krueger – Groucho Sunrise
  Adam Koford (Ape Lad) – Alien Brain
  Taylor McKimens – Couch-Bombing
  Travis Millard – Ambushing Paddington
  Tuan Nguyen – The Moses
  Jeff Roysdon – Mile High Club
  Johnny Ryan – Rusty Trombone
  Christian Schumann – Roman Shower
  Michael Scoggins – The Coyote
  Adam Parker Smith – Gorilla Mask
  Scott Teplin – Frozen Eddy
  Mark Dean Veca – Hole in One
  Steven Weissman – Aussy Death Grip

  • [devophill]

     Well, that’s a list of some of my favorite people. I’m gonna need to pick those up.

• [That_Anonymous_Coward]

  Won’t someone think of the teddy bears?

• [benher]

  John Pound is an amazing artist. Now that I’m a working artist in my mid-thirties, I can look back as his art with a new set of eyes. Did you folks know how fast he was bangin’ those hand painted GPKs out when he worked there?… you can sort of tell, the “cross hatching” gets smoother in the 2nd series and the backgrounds become more detailed – but the charm and distinction is consistant. 
   It’s a real treat to pick up his GPK art collection and read about his experiences at Topps, with Spiegelman, etc. 

  His GPK hardcover collection be on A-muh-zon dot com:

  http://www.amazon.com/Garbage-Pail-Kids-Topps-Company/dp/141970270X/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1361759944&sr=8-8&keywords=john+pound

  He wrote a few bars about it on her personal page here as well: http://www.poundart.com/gpk/index.html