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Garbage Pail Kids is a series of humorous trading cards produced by the Topps Company. The cards were originally released in 1985 and were designed to parody the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls created by Xavier Roberts, which were immensely popular at the time. Each sticker card featured a Garbage Pail Kid character and a humorous, wordplay-rich character name. Two (and occasionally three) versions of each card were produced, with variations featuring the same artwork but different character names. Fifteen regular series were released in the United States, with variation sets released in other countries. Two large format card editions were also released, as well as a set of posters.
The series was the brainchild of Topps consultant and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman, who came up with the product idea after the success of his earlier creations, Garbage Candy and Wacky Packages. The concept originally began as an unreleased Wacky Packages title, but the management at Topps thought that it would be a good idea for a separate spin-off series. Spiegelman and Mark Newgarden worked together as the editors and art directors of the project, Len Brown was the manager, and the first run of the cards was drawn exclusively by artist John Pound. Following the initial success of the cards, several additional artists and writers were brought in to contribute to the series, including Jay Lynch, Tom Bunk and James Warhola, among others.
The commercial success of the trading cards led to the production of a live-action movie, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, in 1987, however the film was both a critical and commercial failure. An animated television series was also created, but it was never broadcast in the U.S. due to parental complaints (although it was briefly aired in Europe). The movie was released on DVD by MGM Home Entertainment on July 12, 2005 and the cartoon series was later also released on DVD by Paramount Home Entertainment on April 4, 2006.
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Just finished watching V. I feel like my entire youth has been recycled these days. When are they brining back Garbage Pail Kids?
formula623 (Michael Laborde) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:49:10 -0000
Just finished watching V. I feel like my entire youth has been recycled these days. When are they brining back Garbage Pail Kids?
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geepeekay (Garbage Pail Kids) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:38:30 -0000
@DarrenH1221 Follow along, and hit up my site for tons of pics/info/etc on Garbage Pail Kids http://www.geepeekay.com ;)
Even zitten kijken op http://www.gpkworld.com/ naar Old Skool: Garbage Pail Kids kaartjes. http://www.gpkworld.com/images/USAdamBombCA.jpg
eejeha (Erik Jan) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:15:07 -0000
Even zitten kijken op http://www.gpkworld.com/ naar Old Skool: Garbage Pail Kids kaartjes. http://www.gpkworld.com/images/USAdamBombCA.jpg
GARBAGE PAIL KIDS UNOPENED PACKS SERIES 1 THRU 10 WOW!! http://bit.ly/3DijwF
tradingcards (Johnny Dinger) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:10:57 -0000
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Yall Remember The Garbage Pail Kids!!!!!Holy Shit!!!
therealDjMello (DJ Mello) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:06:11 -0000
Yall Remember The Garbage Pail Kids!!!!!Holy Shit!!!
@glhardy @robkelsall Garbage Pail kids were around when I was 10/11!
liencam (Neil McIntyre) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:03:33 -0000
@glhardy @robkelsall Garbage Pail kids were around when I was 10/11!
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