Topps in their daily sales email began teasing the next 6 week online set, Garbage Pail Kids We Hate the 70’s. While the set is not an exact expansion series, it does play off the past sets of We Hate the 80’s and 90’s. Collectors can expect sets once a week for 6 weeks. Topps will be giving away one final painting artwork each week again. All artwork for these sets was done by Brent Engstrom and David Gross. The first set is scheduled to launch this Thursday, 8/3.
Topps Releases Checklist for 2023 International Trading Card Day
This Saturday, 8/5, is the annual tradition, 2023 Topps International Trading Card Day. Collectors visiting participating card shops are able to get a free 5-card pack of Garbage Pail Kids cards. Collectors can also choose from Baseball, UEFA Soccer, Formula 1, Bowman U Football, or Athlete’s Unlimited.
Topps has released the checklist, and once again there is a full 30 card GPK checklist, along with random artist autographs. The checklist begins with five brand new trading card related themes. The artwork is done by David Gross, Joe Simko, Brent Engstrom, and Joe McWilliams. There are then 10 OS reprints, followed by 15 reprints from 2023S1. All artwork is on the Trading Card Day borders. There are also 10 randomly inserted artist autographs from 2023S1. Topps used left over stickers autos from last year’s set for the autos.
To find the participating hobby store in your area go to the Topps Ripped page for ITCD and scroll to the bottom of the page, enter your address and you can see the stores in your area. For the full ITCD checklist you can click here, otherwise see below for just the GPK portion.
GPK BASE CARDS
1 Batty KATTIE
2 MICKEY MUCUS
3 PETE S.A. 1
4 TINTIN TEN
5 TRAYDEN CARD
GPK OS1 BASE CARDS
GPKOS2-1 SY CLOPS
GPKOS2-2 LEAKY LINDSAY
GPKOS2-3 RAPPIN’ RON
GPKOS2-4 DISGUSTIN’ JUSTIN
GPKOS2-5 DOUBLE HEATHER
GPKOS2-6 JOLTED JOEL
GPKOS2-7 FRYIN’ RYAN
GPKOS2-8 CRACKED JACK
GPKOS2-9 SPACEY STACY
GPKOS2-10 OLIVER TWISTED
2023 GPK S1 BASE CARDS
GPK23-1 SUITCASE CHASE
GPK23-2 LIGHTER THAN AARON
GPK23-3 POOL PAUL
GPK23-4 THELMA THEME PARK
GPK23-5 CARA CAROUSEL
GPK23-6 BILLIE BIDET
GPK23-7 WILL YOU SHUT UP!
GPK23-8 ARI BNB
GPK23-9 BURIED BARRY
GPK23-10 TYLER TANIC
GPK23-11 BRAIN LES
GPK23-12 COLE FAITHFUL
GPK23-13 CONCH SHELLY
GPK23-14 ANGELA A-ROMA
GPK23-15 BEN SNORKELING
GPK ARTIST AUTOGRAPH CARDS
GPKA-AA ANGELA A-ROMA
GPKA-BD BILLIE BIDET
GPKA-BS BEN SNORKELING
GPKA-CC CARA CAROUSEL
GPKA-CS CONCH SHELLY
GPKA-LA LIGHTER THAN AARON
GPKA-PP POOL PAUL
GPKA-SC SUITCASE CHASE
GPKA-TTP THELMA THEME PARK
GPKA-WYSU WILL YOU SHUT UP!
Topps Launches 2023 Entertainment Blend Look ‘n See by Ermsy
The blend is back, as Topps launches its second set that features many of its own entertainment properties. 2023 Topps Entertainmnet Blend Look ‘n See by Ermsy features cards with Garbage Pail Kids, Wacky Packages, Mars Attacks, and with a heavy emphasis on Look ‘n See. Look ‘n See was a Topps brand from the 1950’s that featured portrait style art of famous figures. Just like last year, Ermsy completed all the artwork for the set. All cards in the set appear to be done in the Look ‘n See style. This time around the base set consists of 20 “a” GPK cards. Each box comes with 6 cards, 5 base cards and 1 parallel or insert card. Collectors have the chance of pulling parallels in Blue Foil /49, Green Foil /25, Red Foil /10, and Gold Foil 1/1. Inserts found can be “b” name (20 subjects), Wacky Packages (5 subjects), Mars Attacks (5 subjects), Ermsy card, or Ermsy autograph. Boxes cost $19.99 per box or $94.99 for 5 boxes, and can be purchased at Topps.com. There is no time table currently set for the sale. You can view the checklist of the series by clicking here. Here are some pictures of the cards available.
GetAGrip Launches Garbage Pail Kids ANS 20th Anniversary Deck
GetAGrip threw out a surprise Wednesday launch today of their Garbage Pail Kids ANS 20th Anniversary Skateboard Deck. The company says the blind bagged deck contains artwork from Rory McQueen to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of ANS Series 1. In a first, the company didn’t reveal the artwork on the deck. The package comes with a signed triptych card, and an Adam Bomb Discraft disc with John Pound’s artwork. The decks are limited to /120. Decks can be purchased from GetAGrip’s website for $150. The company also launched a separate Discraft Adam Bomb golf disc. Discs are limited to 300, and cost $29.99. The company says decks and discs will begin shipping in early August. Come celebrate the ANS years with GetAGrip!
Topps Teases New Entertainment Blend Set Coming Next Week
Topps today via their official Garbage Pail Kids Facebook page began teasing the next Topps Entertainment Blend online set. Not much is revealed by just the picture that was posted. Once again it looks like all the art for the set was done by Ermsy. Ermsy also did the art on the first Entertainment Blend set from last year. The set features multiple brands from Topps including; Wacky Packages, Mars Atracks, Garbage Pail Kids, and for the first time, Look N’ See. Look N See was a brand from Topps in the 50’s that featured portrait style art of famous figures. The sample image on the preview of Oppenheimer and Adam Bomb is an example of a Look N See card. The box itself advertises it contains 6 cards, and says you can find rare B name short prints, on card autographs from Ermsy, and more. Topps Entertainment Blend 2 is set to go on sale 7/27/23 on Topps website.
SDCC Updates, GPK x View Askew Boxes on Sale
Update: GPK x View Askew boxes are live at the Mooby’s popup.
After the launch yesterday of the GPK x View Askey set, Kevin Smith took to Twitter and Instagram to finally announce where collectors can get their hands on the product. According to Smith, boxes will be for sale at his Mooby’s Popup Restaurant beginning today, 7/20. His comic book store, The Secret Stash, is also set to receive boxes next month. Additionally in the comments of his Twitter post, Smith stated there would be t-shirts featuring the cards coming soon.
Also check out some of the pictures of GPK items at SDCC courtesy of collector Paul Scarborough, who attended preview night.
Dynamite Comics Announces Garbage Pail Kids Trashin Through Time Issue #1
After revealing their Origins, the Garbage Pail Kids are back in a new comic book series from Dynamite Entertainment, Garbage Pail Kids Trashin Through Time Issue #1. In a press release as part of their SDCC announcements, Dynamite begin solicitation for the sequel to the GPK Origins series. The series once again is written by Adam F Goldberg, Hans Rodionoff, and Jeff Zapata. Internal artwork for the first issue was done by Zapata and Chris Meeks. Dynamite’s description of the new series reads, “The hit creative conglomerate is back for more gross-out goodness. Their previous series was called “absolute trash in the best way possible” by a leading outlet. That is the energy being captured once more, as the titular colorful cast finds themselves flung from their World War II origins to a 1980s ruled by their own kind. It’s Planet of the Apes in the style of the GPK, and fans of all eras will not want to miss this riot of a tale!”
There will once again by a multitude of covers. So far they’ve revealed covers by Jeff Zapata, Tom Bunk, Chris Meeks, a trading card style cover, and a blank sketch cover. Additionally, each of the main covers in the series will come ploybagged with a trading card. The three main artists covers will all come with a trading card of the cover, while the trading card style cover will come with a card featuring artwork from a page from that issue. Preorders will be available soon wherever comics are sold. Garbage Pail Kids Trashin Through Time Issue #1 will hit comic book shelves this October.
Topps Launches Garbage Pail Kids x View Askew
Update: Topps’ listing for this set has gone through a number of changes and updates as the day has gone on. The listing was first posted with zero information. It was soon updated to show there were six 4-card packs per box. After another couple of hours Topps added what parallels can be found inside, along with odds:
Look for Exclusive Parallels:
- Green: 1 Per Pack
- Yellow: #’d to 100
- Orange: #’d to 75
- Blue: #’d to 50
- Red: #’d to 25
- Purple: #’d to 1
- Printing Plate Parallels (CMYK) #’d to 1
This release is a rare release to contain printing plates. Because greens are listing as 1 per pack, there is no way to determine print run information yet. Topps could print and sell an unlimited number of boxes. Free shipping also seems to possibly be back. Originally Topps was planning on charging shipping, but that looks to have changed at some point during the day.
Snoochie Boochies! Topps today launched Garbage Pail Kids x View Askew online set. The 40 card set is an homage to many of the popular Kevin Smith films over the years. All cards in the set were done by artists Brent Engstrom and David Gross. The set is also suppose to be sold at this year’s SDCC show, however a location hasn’t been announced. It appears each box comes with 6 packs of cards for $50, even though there is no info about that in the description. Each pack has 4 cards. There is mention on the box that parallels can be found inside, but again nothing in the description. The box can be purchased at Topps.com, there is no time limit showing for the sale. There is no free shipping option for these boxes. Here are some pictures of the ser.
All the GPK to be Found at San Diego Comic Con
Once again the Garbage Pail Kids will have a good sized presence at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. The show is set to kick off this Wednesday, 7/19, with preview night and goes through Sunday 7/23. There will be everything from licensees promoting current and upcoming products, freebies, and exclusive GPK merchandise to purchase. Collectors attending, read on to map out your strategy for the show.
Insight Editions (#2129)
Insight Editions will be promoting their upcoming Garbage Pail Kids Popup Book. The book, which is scheduled to be released this October, will be on display for collectors to checkout. They will also be passing out a promo card Friday and Saturday at their booth to promote the book. Longtime GPK artist, Joe Simko will be at their booth Saturday, 7/22, from 1:00-1:30 signing the cards.
Super Impulse (#1021)
Super Impulse will be setting up at SDCC for the first time. The company will be revealing a number of new products at the show, although it’s not clear is any of them will be GPK related. The third series of their PopTaters line will be revealed and go up for sale at the show. Additionally, the company will be revealing new figures in their World’s Smallest line, and debuting a new product, Three Point Seven Five. There will also be contests for prize packs daily at their booth.
Atomic Toybox (#3921)
Atomic Toybox will once again have a number of exclusive GPK items for purchase at their booth. There will be a new 24” x 18” poster, with art done by Joe Simko, available in two versions, snot green and eggplant. Each poster can be purchased for $60. They will have have two new GPK pins for $14.95 each. The pins depict the certified gross logo and also will come with a GPK Guts promo card. Both the posters and pins are limited to 150 copies. Artist Joe Simko will also be at their booth signing autographs on Friday 7/21 & Saturday 7/22 from 11:30-12:00.
Abrams Books (#1216)
Abrams Books will have a number of their previous GPK releases available at their booth. All three RL Stine books; Welcome to Smellville #1, Thrills & Chills #2, and Camp Daze #3, as well at the GPK Cookbook will be available to purchase. The company will also have a signed and numbered Jeff Zapata print featuring artwork from the books they will be distributing throughout the show.
Monogram (#3625)
Monogram will have their previously released GPK products at their booth for sale. They will have Series 1 & 2 of the foam bag clips, in addition to the Adam Bomb piggy bank.
ToyNK (#815 & #3749)
ToyNK will have the previously released GPK Adam Bomb Light available at both the company’s booths. They will also have the GPK Geekitikis available at their tiki themed display at booth #3749.
Greenlight (#834)
Greenlight Collectibles will be on hand at SDCC showing off some of their GPK die cast cars. Additionally, they will be handing out GPK themed vinyl stickers of Clint (Clutch Clint) Lafollette, Product and Design Manager and Tim (Tangled Tim) Bradley, Director of Global Sales.
Topps Adds 2023 GPK Chrome 6 to Release Calendar, Updates Date
In today’s email to distributors, Topps officially added 2023 Garbage Pail Kids Chrome OS 6 to the release calendar. The current street date shows as 8/30/23. This differs from the date shown on the Retail Sell Sheets, 8/18/23, which was released yesterday. There could be a couple of explanations for the difference of dates. Occasionally, Retail Blasters will release before Hobby boxes. That could be the case here, or the entire set is coming 8/30. GPKNews has asked Topps for clarification, this article will be updated if we receive a response. (Update: Topps has confirmed with GPKNews the release date for Chrome 6 is 8/30/23.) The Hobby sell sheet still hasn’t been released by Topps. The hope is that is sent out next week. Regardless it shouldn’t be too long before the next chrome set is in collector’s hands.