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Post by AdamBum on Mar 13, 2015 19:23:47 GMT
 Topps’ Garbage Pail Kids 30th Anniversary Plans The outrageous, delightfully devilish 1980s phenomenon is back, and in 2015, Adam Bomb, Leaky Lindsay, Bony Tony, and the rest of the Garbage Pail Kids are turning 30 years-old! The Topps Company, who introduced the sticker cards onto unsuspecting kids in 1985, are throwing a party to celebrate their big birthday. Topps will lead the way with a commemorative card series while Mighty Fine, Funko, and IDW Publishing will headline a 30th Anniversary licensing program which already has added licensees Steve Jackson Games and Trick or Treat Studios. The first of these new offerings to hit the market is Steve Jackson Games’ Super Snot Shots game, a limited edition game that debuted at New York Comic-Con this past October, and will be followed next spring by the Garbage Pail Kids Disgusting Dice Game. In a deal announced during San Diego Comic-Con, IDW Publishing released the first ever Garbage Pail Kids comic book series just before Christmas, Garbage Pail Kids Puketacular, to be followed by more comics throughout 2015. Funko plans a line-wide release of “GPK” toys and figurines, and Mighty Fine will collaborate on a special series of anniversary apparel. “We're so happy to be joined by Mighty Fine, Funko, IDW and others to commemorate GPK’s 30th birthday. These best-in-class licensees have expressed a fan-level of excitement at producing new, ground-breaking ‘GPK’ products,” says Topps’ Head of Outbound Licensing Adam Levine. “This speaks to the brand's enduring legacy and the continued obsession among fans of a beloved 80s brand that they grew up with.” Topps will release their 30th Anniversary card set in July. Mighty Fine, Funko, and SJG will launch their full product lines beginning in the second quarter of this year. IDW’s comic books will be released throughout the year. Topps plans a yearlong campaign including social media outreach (where GPK is enjoyed by an audience in excess of 300,000 people), plus media coverage, publicity, and promotional activities throughout the year.  PRESS HERE TO GET TO THE ORIGINAL |
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Post by saint on Apr 4, 2015 18:45:59 GMT
30 YEARS OF GARBAGE: The Garbage Pail Kids Story  "30 YEARS OF GARBAGE: The Garbage Pail Kids Story" is a Kickstarter campaign currently going on and I made this Paper Foldable as a backer reward! If you are a fan and grew up with Garbage Pail Kids like I did, be sure to support and get some rad rewards! From the Kickstarter page describing the documentary: This documentary’s goal is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Topps’ Garbage Pail Kids Cards. We will interview the original creators of the surprisingly controversial and explosively popular 80’s card series. Grown-up kids will share nostalgic memories of what it was like to be a part of an international phenomena. Superfans will give us a peek at what a 30-year amassment of Garbage Pail Kids memorabilia looks like. We will proclaim Garbage Pail Kids as an art form and a solid mark of the 20th Century! See how these happily-diseased kids are still influencing pop culture today.
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Post by seeking4norman on Oct 24, 2015 18:44:50 GMT
30 years of garbage - the garbage pail kids  kickstarter about the documentary : “This documentary’s goal is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Topps’ Garbage Pail Kids Cards. We will interview the original creators of the surprisingly controversial and explosively popular 80’s card series. Grown-up kids will share nostalgic memories of what it was like to be a part of an international phenomena. Superfans will give us a peek at what a 30-year amassment of Garbage Pail Kids memorabilia looks like. We will proclaim Garbage Pail Kids as an art form and a solid mark of the 20th Century! See how these happily-diseased kids are still influencing pop culture today. The majority of your contribution will go towards travel expenses, crew, and camera equipment rental for creator/artist interviews. We have secured interview commitments from original Garbage Pail Kids Creators, including: Art Spiegelman, Len Brown, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk, Jay Lynch and others.
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Post by STAVROS on Nov 21, 2015 18:46:15 GMT
Jan 09, 2015
The irreverent gross-out brand Garbage Pail Kids is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with the launch of a comprehensive licensing program.
The Topps Company, which introduced the Garbage Pail Kids sticker cards back in the 1980s, is leading the way for the anniversary with a commemorative sticker card series set to hit shelves in July.Other licensees on deck include Mighty Fine, Funko and IDW Publishing, alongside Steve Jackson Games and Trick or Treat Studios.
“We're so happy to be joined by Mighty Fine, Funko, IDW and others to commemorate GPK's 30th birthday,” says Adam Levine, head of outbound licensing, Topps. “These best-in-class licensees have expressed a fan-level of excitement at producing new, groundbreaking GPK products. This speaks to the brand's enduring legacy and the continued obsession among fans of a beloved '80s brand that they grew up with."
Steve Jackson Games’ limited edition Super Snot Shots game is the first product to hit retail, and is followed this spring by the Garbage Pail Kids Disgusting Dice game; while IDW recently launched its first-ever Garbage Pail Kids comic (more are planned for 2015), Funko will launch toys and figurines and Mighty Fine is collaborating for anniversary apparel.
Topps will further support the anniversary and product range with a comprehensive PR campaign that includes social media outreach, media coverage, publicity and promotional activities that will be on-going throughout the year.
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Post by BruisedRocco on Nov 21, 2015 19:04:20 GMT
 Garbage Pail Kidsby Art Spiegelman, Topps Company, John Pound (Afterword)
Garbage Pail Kids—a series of collectible stickers produced by Topps in the 1980s—combined spectacular artwork and over-the-top satire. The result was an inspired collaboration between avant-garde cartoonists and humorists including Art Spiegelman, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk, and Jay Lynch. A new generation of fans continues to embrace this pop-culture phenomenon as Garbage Pail Kids stickers are still being published. Now, for the first time, all 206 rare and hard-to-find images from Series 1 through 5 are collected in an innovative package, along with a special set of four limited-edition, previously unreleased bonus stickers. This exciting follow up to Wacky Packages is guaranteed to appeal to die-hard collectors as well as a new generation of fans.
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published April 1st 2012 by Abrams ComicArts
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Post by Bukimi on Nov 26, 2015 19:01:42 GMT
The Garbage Pail Kids Are Still Horrifying Parents 30 Years After Emerging from Trash Cans Parts from an
interview with Mark Newgarden
Did you get a lot of hate mail from outraged parents or teachers?
Topps tried hard to shield the creative team from direct contact with the public. We never received any credit for our work on the series. Occasionally a secretary would pass along a particular piece of mail if they thought I might get a kick out of it, but I never saw any death threats. We did see plenty of public hatred for GPK on TV newscasts and in print. Most of it was absurd and amusing, and of course it fueled sales. It was the perfect storm for Topps.
Do you think there's still room for children's satire today?
Could you give me a few examples of some recent kid stuff that really made you laugh?
I like to think that there's still room for funny stuff for kids, and still I work hard at it. But I have to admit that I see less and less interesting, creative, and genuinely funny work being produced in any medium. The climate is wrong and the odds just seem to be stacked against it. There seems to be no more privately-owned businesses like Topps that peddle humor directly to kids without parents, teachers, librarians, or multi-tiered corporations running interference. I think humor—especially satire—generally makes gatekeeper-type adults very, very nervous.
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