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.
Topps Announces Garbage Pail Kids Chrome 6 (Retail Sell Sheet)
Chomreheads unite, the next set is upon us! Today Topps started announcing Garbage Pail Kids Chrome 6. The new set is based on the originally released Series 6 set from 1986. The base set once again contains 100 cards, all the original 88 cards, (44 paintings), from OS 6 along with 12 cards, (6 new paintings), from current artists. Collectors will find a similar setup as previous Chrome releases. The sell sheet also mentions the card backs will feature all new comics by artist Brent Engstrom. So far only Blasters are mentioned as being available, there are no mention of Hanger packs. Blasters come with six 4-card packs and carry a MSRP of $19.99. There are also 40 blasters to a case again. Once again Atomic, Black, and Gold refractors are exclusive to Blasters. Here is a rundown of the parallels that can be found inside.
- Refractors – 1:3
- Atomic Refractor – 3 per (Value Box Only)
- Green Refractor – /299
- Green Wave – /299
- Yellow Refractor – /275
- Yellow Wave – /275
- Purple Refractor – /250
- Purple Wave – /250
- Prism – /199
- Aqua Prism – /199
- X-Fractor – /150
- Black Refractor – /99 (Value Box Only)
- Gold Refractor – /50 (Value Box Only)
- Rose Gold Refractor – /25
- Superfractor – 1/1
- Printing Plates – 1/1
The popular C Name Variations and Artist autographs also make a return for Chrome 6. C name variations are advertised for all original OS 6 cards along with the new versions. Additionally the sell advertises that artist autographs from Tom Bunk and James Warhola will appear in packs. The set was expected to be announced soon, as was previously reported by GPKNews. As with Chrome 5, the retail sell sheet is the fist to surface, the Hobby sheet hasn’t been released yet from Topps. Thanks to Jeff Pellegrino from the Garbage Pail Kids Store at Hilltop Hobbies for sending along the sell sheet. Pictures of the sell sheet can be found below, for the PDF version click here. The hobby sheet should be released soon, stick to GPKNews for the latest. Topps has changed the way sets are announced. They now announced sets just about one month prior to release. Leaving a very short window for pre-orders from distributors. We are just over month away as GPK Chrome 6 is set to be release August 18, 2023.
Greenlight Releases Final Images for GPK Series 5 Die Cast Cars
Greenlight Collectibles today via their social media, released the final pre-production images for their upcoming Series 5 Garbage Pail Kids Doe Cast cars. The cars are highlights by a Volkswagen Van and an Ice Cream Trailer. The complete list of cars is:
• Buoyant Billie – 1968 Plymouth HEMI GTX
• Crashed Craig – 1968 Volkswagen Type 2 Campmobile with Hurst Bumper – Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Search Team
• Hal Pass – 2008 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor – Junior High Security Guard
• Ice Cream Sandy – Retail Ice Cream Trailer
• Rhetta White & Blue – 1985 Dodge Ram D-250
• Aggravated Angela – 1977 Dodge B-100 Van
Collectors will also be able to find limited Green Machine parallel versions of the card randomly inserted into cases. Series 5 can be preordered now from die cast car websites and is set to be released this October.
Dynamite Launching GPK Graphic Novels w/ Bonus Cards
Dynamite Entertainment is revisiting their recent Garbage Pail Kids comic book series; GPK Origins and GPK vs. Madballs. Both series will be offered as graphic novels by the company. Additionally, each graphic novel purchased comes with exclusive GPK cards featuring artwork from the Origins series. In true comic book fashion, there are a number of different cover snd book choices available for preorder on the company’s website. The Garbage Pail Kids Origins graphic novel comes in four different bundles each with a different cover. While the Garbage Pail Kids vs. Madballs graphic novel also comes in four different bundles, however the cover appears to be the same. There is also one giant bundle where collectors can purchase both novels and get the entire 10 card set. The novels are scheduled to be released in Nov. 2023. Here are the different bundles available:
- Origins Softcover w/ Card #1 $9.99
- Origins Hardcover w/ Cards #1 & #2 $19.99
- Origins Hardcover signed by Adam F. Goldberg and Hans Rodionoff w/ Cards #1, #2, #3 $39.99
- Origins Hardcover w/ remarqued sketch by Ken Haeser w/ Cards #1-#5 $75.00
- Madballs Softcover w/ Card #6
- Madballs Hardcover w/ Cards #6 & #7
- Madballs Hardcover signed by Schools Fisch w/ Cards #6, #7, #8 $39.99
- Madballs Hardcover remarqued sketch by Jason Crosby w/ Cards #6-#10 $75.00
- Both Origins & Madballs Hardcovers w/ remarqued sketches w/ Card #1-#10 (one card signed by Goldberg and Radionoff) $150.00
Greenlight Passing Out GPK Vinyl Stickers at SDCC
Greenlight Collectibles will be attending this year’s San Diego Comic Con to help promote there their upcoming Series 5 Garbage Pail Kids die cast cars. They company will be passing out at their booth, (#834), two exclusive GPK vinyl stickers of members of the Greenlight team, Clint (Clutch Clint) Lafollette, Product and Design Manager and Tim (Tangled Tim) Bradley, Director of Global Sales. The characters were created by longtime GPK artist Joe Simko. The stickers will be limited, so collectors will want to hit up their booth early. SDCC is set to take place from 7/20-7/23.