Wayne's Garbage Pail Kids References - United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1

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Introduction • General Information • Card and Wrapper Variations
Credits • Cards and Stickers • Puzzle Backs

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Packaging and Contents • Errors and Card Details • Reused Ideas

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Promotions • Media and Publications • Artwork

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The Original United States Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series
Introduction • General Information • Card and Wrapper Variations • Proof Sheets
Card Fronts • Character Name Comparison • Comic Backs • Comic Information
Paired Card Fronts and Backs • Comparison Summary

Closing Comments

Promotions

     There were several different items used to help promote the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1, and the information sent to the media really helped spread the word about the release.

     In June of 2003, dealers were sent a promotional letter from Topps along with a 2-page foldout (see images above). The letter discussed the great potential for the product among the 6-11 year old demographic plus the already well-established fan base. The letter and 2-page foldout referred to a couple of popular things with "today's consumers" including the television shows South Park and Jackass. Also in the letter, there was a reference to the Diamond Previews catalog with the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 listing (see the Media and Publications section below). The 2-page foldout (17" x 11" when unfolded) had 17a Monstrous Monica / 17b Colossal Cole on the front, and a sample of what the various items from the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 looked like was on the back. The back of the 2-page foldout had "Shipping July 2003" on it, but the product was not shipped until August 2003. On the inside of the 2-page foldout, there was another sample view of the items along with enthusiastic statements about the marketing, fan base, websites, contest, and artists.

     There was a promotional magazine insert (see image above), which was also sent to dealers. The insert was stapled inside of a variety of DC comics (e.g. Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, Batman Adventures, Powerpuff Girls, Justice League Adventures, and Cartoon Cartoons) and subscriber copies of the September 2003 issue of MAD Magazine (see the Media and Publications section below). There were three promotional stickers on the magazine insert: 1 Juicy Jess, 2 Disgustin' Dustin, and 3 Rad Brad. The insert was supposed to be stapled in the magazine so that stickers 1 and 2 were near the front of the magazine, and sticker 3 was near the back of the magazine. I had heard from a few collectors that the magazine inserts were incorrectly stapled upside-down in the MAD Magazines, so sticker 3 was in the front of the magazine and stickers 1 and 2 were in the back of the magazine. On the other side of the magazine insert, there was a checklist for the cards and bubble gum wrap around stickers. However, there were a couple mistakes on the checklist. Card numbers 22a Gross Greg and 22b BMX Ben are incorrectly listed as 22a Freewheelin' Frank and 22b Dashboard Dennis. Card numbers 30a Freewheelin' Frank and 30b Dashboard Dennis are incorrectly listed as 30a Gummy Greg and 30b Bubblin' Ben, which were not even character names used in the series. The website link to Topps' Garbage Pail Kids World (the website is no longer up) was also printed on the front and on the back of the magazine insert.

     The first and second print dealer advertisement (see image above) showed the various contents of the boxes (3 cards, 1 silver foil card, and 4 pieces of bubble gum each with a bubble gum wrap around sticker), showed how the boxes looked, and showed how the boxes should be displayed.

     The third and fourth print dealer advertisement (see image above) showed the various contents of the boxes (5 cards and 1 gold foil card), showed how the new design of the boxes looked, and showed how the boxes should be displayed. It mentions how well the product has been doing, and it mentions the "in pack sweepstakes to win original art".

     There was also a press kit for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 (see images above). The press kit was comprised of 4 items: a letter, a folder, a sample sheet of the characters, and an unopened pack from the first print (wrapper code 0-757-89-01-3). The letter mentions the original 16th Series, a few of the new characters' names, the Garbage Pail Kids World website, and the great Garbage Pail Kids display at Dylan's Candy Bar. The press kit folder measures 12" x 18" when open. The front cover of the press kit folder has 37a Yecchie Becky / 37b Dizzy Lizzy on it, and the back cover has 24b Disgustin' Dustin, 32b Juicy Jess, 40a Harry Potty, 34a Metallic Alec, 31a Fartin' Martin, and 14a Little Barfin' Anna on it. The inside of the press kit folder has two pockets, and they both have the website site addresses to the Garbage Pail Kids World website and the Topps website printed on them. There is also a sample sheet of the characters that shows the same characters that were on the back side of the press kit folder.

     I was very fortunate that Topps e-mailed me a few photographs of the Garbage Pail Kids display at Dylan's Candy Bar in New York, NY (see image above). The store window had a very large Garbage Pail Kids banner along with huge posters of 37a Yecchie Becky / 37b Dizzy Lizzy, 35a Rootin' Ruben / 35b Booger Brian, 40a Harry Potty / 40b Magic Max, and 38a Lethal Ethan / 38b Troy Destroy. Another fantastic thing about the display was that there was a Garbage Pail Kids banner projected right onto the sidewalk. I doubt anyone will ever come across another Garbage Pail Kids display quite as elaborate as this one.

     Excell Marketing, L.C., the distributor trading card products for chain stores such as Target, uses display sheets for many of the products they supply. These display sheets slide into specially designed slots so that potential customers would only see the date of availability and the picture showing how the boxes were to be displayed. The sign number, the exact location and section of where the display sheet goes, the display after date, the remove after date, and the title of the product being replaced are hidden from view when the sheet is in the slot. What is interesting about the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 display sheet (see image above) is that the finger protruding through the top of the character's head was edited out. I was told by the company that the finger was edited out because people were complaining about it. Possibly, they did not receive any complaints from the stores yet but wanted to take preventative measures so that everything went smoothly with the product. I did not find any United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 products at Target until the beginning of September 2003, which was different than the August 2003 date that the sheets had printed on them.

     A very interesting promotional display item was the large 29" x 6.5" United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 banner (see image above). The banners were displayed in chain stores where the Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 boxes were located so that everyone could see the product was being sold there. The banner was made of a thin cardboard, and it has 40a Harry Potty and 21b Rad Brad printed on the left side and has 32b Juicy Jess and 24b Disgustin' Dustin printed on the right side.

Media and Publications

     There were several articles about the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1, and the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 was advertised in variety of publications. I tried to gather everything I could find, so there would be full documentation on everything produced for this release. I reprinted the articles I found online because many of them are deleted after a certain amount of time.

     In the June 2003 issue of the Previews catalog on page 419 (see images above), there is a full-page advertisement for United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1. This is one of the first advertisements for the product, and it is mentioned in a promotional letter from Topps (see the Promotions section above). On page 420, there is a description of the various items in the release. It is interesting that it is referred to as the 16th Series in the catalog because Topps looked at the product as a new beginning for the Garbage Pail Kids, which is why they refer to the product as the All-New Series 1 and started the numbering back at 1a/1b instead of at 621a/621b. The graphic has "Featuring art from the unpublished 16th series!" printed on it, which kind of hints that the product would be slightly different than the original series.

     From the ICv2 (Internal Correspondence version 2) website, I posted a copy of their June 11th 2003 article on the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 (see article above). The ICv2 website has news and information about pop culture products. The beginning of the article has a little background information about Garbage Pail Kids, and then it gives a general description of the product, which was similar to the description in the Previews catalog. A couple of sample images from the release were also shown in the article.

     The next article is from July 11th 2003 and was written by the Associated Press (see article above). This article was published in several magazines in newspapers. I was contacted by the author of the article for an interview, but I did not get back to him in time to take part in it. The article provides background information about Garbage Pail Kids. There are a few quotes from the president of Topps, Arthur T. Shorin, which gave me the impression that he really hoped the release would catch on with kids. Mark Long, of the Bad Fads Museum, provided a quote that kind of conveyed just the opposite about the release. Originally, it was not the kids that ran to the stores for the cards like Shorin had hoped. It was the veteran Garbage Pail Kids card collectors that did. As time went on, the product was slowly introduced to the target audience (kids), and the product did catch on with some of them. A couple of sample images from the release were also shown in the article including the Garbage Pail Kids character Harry Potty, which was supposed to appeal to Harry Potter fans.

     One of the best articles on the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 was on pages 10, 11, 12, and 55 of the August/September 2003 issue of Non-Sport Update magazine (see image above), and I feel it is worth purchasing the issue, which is why I did not provide the full text of the article. The cover of the magazine had Garbage Pail Kids images from the release on it. The article provides details about the history, the lawsuit, the cartoon, the movie, the artists, and the release itself. There are even a few pictures of the artists and samples of their artwork from the release. The issue is definitely worth checking out.

     The August 5th 2003 article (see article above) from ICv2 discusses the barrage of media promotions for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1. The article also mentions the promotions in DC Comics and MAD Magazine, the Garbage Pail Kids contest, and the scheduled release date of the series.

     In the September 2003 issue of MAD Magazine on page 23 (see image above), there is an advertisement for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1. The advertisement says the release has a rating of PG (Pretty Gross) and shows what is in each pack. It also has the website address to the Topps' Garbage Pail Kids World website.

     Another magazine I feel is worth purchasing is the premiere issue of Entertainment Collector (see image above). The article on pages 31 and 32 provides a brief amount of information on the history of the Garbage Pail Kids but then provides quite a few details about the discovery of the forgotten 16th Series artwork and the development of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1. Tom Hultman, the editor of the magazine, wrote the article. Tom also wrote articles about the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 for Tuff Stuff magazine. The vice president of Topps, Ira Friedman, helped provide a lot of great details for the article. There is a preview of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 with a detailed description of what you get in each pack, and there is a simplified price guide for the original Garbage Pail Kids series.

     On page 6 of the Encore section in the September 11th 2003 issue of The Telegraph newspaper (see image and article above), there is an article about the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1, which I was interviewed for. When I was interviewed for the article, I responded in detail on a variety of Garbage Pail Kids topics. However, nothing I e-mailed to the author of the article was used except my name, age (I was actually 28 when the article was published not 27), and job description (I am a website developer and programmer). I had been posting on the message board I used to have on my website (it was not a newsletter like it says in the article) my findings as I had been going through boxes of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1. Darren Garnick, the author of the article, read the comment I posted about how fragrant the bubble gum was after I had put a full case of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 boxes in my car, and he used that as part of the article, which seemed unusual to me. Just in case you were curious, the full quote from my message board post was, "The interesting thing about the gum is that it smells kind of strong still... I had the case in my car for a while, and when I got back into my car it smelled like the gum... possibly, I can just put the bag of extra gum in my car as an air freshener... just kidding." The focus on Britney Spears and the Brittney Spews Garbage Pail Kids character was also unusual. However, Britney just had kissed Madonna at MTV's Video Music Awards about a week previous to the article being published. The painting for 14a Little Barfin' Anna / 14b Brittney Spews was actually created around 1989 for the 16th Series, and the original names used for the characters were Little Barfin' Fanny and Bess Mess. He also used the details from my Frequently Asked Questions section about the Garbage Pail Kids based on famous paintings, and he provided the website address to my Find Your Name section. I was very surprised with the direction he took with the article. The nice thing about the article was that it helped promote the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1, and it mentioned my website and the online presence of the other Garbage Pail Kids websites.

     In the September 26th 2003 issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine on page 24 (see image above), there is a small blurb about the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1. The original release date mentioned in the blurb was off, but it is great to see just about anything in print that mentions Garbage Pail Kids.

     On October 18th of 2003, Topps sent out a press release (see press release above) announcing a contest on the Garbage Pail Kids World website where you could create your own Garbage Pail Kids character. Everyone voted to see which character was the "grossest". The character with the most votes would win. The prize was a painting of the character. The painting would be done by one of the Garbage Pail Kids artists, and it would also be used for a future series of stickers.

     The October 22nd 2003 article (see article above) from ICv2 discusses additional promotions for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1. The article also mentions the contest to build your own Garbage Pail Kids character at the Garbage Pail Kids World website.

     In the November 2003 issue of Game Informer magazine on page 192 (see image above), there is a blurb about the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1. The blurb mentions what to expect for the release. I really disliked the comment about the Garbage Pail Kids artists. I am not sure where the magazine got the $1.75 per pack list price ($0.99 is the correct manufacturer's suggested retail price (see the image of the Previews catalog above)).

     In the December 2003 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine (see images above), Garbage Pail Kids were mentioned a few times. On pages 25 in the New Cards in Review section, there is an article with a short description of the All-New Series 1. On page 121 in the Market Report section, there is an article with a blurb that says how well the All-New Series 1 have been selling. Tom Hultman wrote both of the articles (he also wrote the article in the premiere issue of Entertainment Collector magazine). Also on page 121, there is the Top Ten Cards listing, which shows the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 (titled as Topps Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series) as number 1. The Top Ten Cards is a listing that shows which card sets were most in demand over the last month.

     On November 10th of 2003, Topps sent out a press release (see press release above) to help promote the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1. The press release mentions that the series would be a good stocking stuffer for Christmas, and it also says how successful the series has been.

     Along with the November 10th 2003 press release from Topps, they sent me the Garbage Pail Kids Online Edition Extra #1 (see image above). The Garbage Pail Kids Online Edition Extra is a quick summary of the news about Garbage Pail Kids. The first thing that is mentioned is the VH1 special "I Love the 80s". I watched the special and saw the segment about Garbage Pail Kids. The segment appeared to be very contrived. It felt like the celebrities were shown things from the 1980s and had to come up with something to say regardless of how familiar they were with what they were shown. Besides showing some of the cards from the original series, they also showed Garbage Pail Kids from the All-New Series 1 (2003), which really did not go with the 1980s theme. At least you got to hear Garbage Pail Kids being mentioned on television, which is somewhat of a rare occurrence. The next thing mentioned in the Garbage Pail Kids Online Edition Extra #1 is a quote from the December 2003 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine (the magazine actually came out a couple months before December 2003) saying how well the sales of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 have been doing. The last thing mentioned in the Garbage Pail Kids Online Edition Extra #1 is the pop-up advertising on the Nickelodeon website. The pop-up ads link to the Garbage Pail Kids World website. Excluding the fact they are using the notoriously annoying pop-up advertisement format, it was another good way to help promote the product with kids.

     In the November 10th 2003 press release and in the Garbage Pail Kids Online Edition Extra #1 from Topps, there is a holiday Garbage Pail Kids image. Diego Gonzalez, a Garbage Pail Kids enthusiast, created Christmas ornaments using the holiday Garbage Pail Kids image (see image above). Diego created a black and white image based on the original image from Topps. He then used that image as a template for sandblasting the picture onto the back of a glass ornament. On the front of the ornament, Christmas 2003 was sandblasted in a Garbage Pail Kids-ish font. The ornament has a diameter of 3" and is about 0.25" thick. Diego sent me one of the ornaments, and it is one of my favorite ornaments to put on our Christmas tree. Thanks Diego.

     In the December 2003/January 2004 issue of Non-Sport Update magazine (see image above), Garbage Pail Kids are mentioned a few times. On page 8, there is a quick mention of the Entertainment Weekly blurb and the possibility that there will be many more Garbage Pail kids series to come. On page 59, there is a review of the series that mentions their findings after they went through a box from the first print.

     In the January 2004 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine (see image above), Garbage Pail Kids were mentioned on a couple of pages. On page 117 in the New Card Releases section, there is a short description of the third print of the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1. On page 120, there is the Top Ten Cards listing, which shows that the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 (titled as Topps Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series) is still ranked at number 1. Also on page 120, there is the Release Schedule, which lists the release date of the third print of the All-New Series 1.

     In the January 2004 issue of MAD Magazine on page 23 (see image above), there is a parody of the Britney Spears and Madonna kiss at MTV's Video Music Awards. The painting was done by Tom Bunk and was titled "Garbage Pail Kiss". The two characters, Bimbo Britney and Menopausal Madonna, are literally tongue-tied similar to the United States Garbage Pail Kids 2nd Series character 48a Tongue Tied Tim / 48b Marty Mouthful. The issue of the magazine covered the "20 Dumbest People, Events & Things of 2003", and at the time the issue was put out Britney Spears and Madonna definitely fit right in there.

     In January 2004, Topps sent me the Garbage Pail Kids Online Edition Extra #2 (see image above). The Garbage Pail Kids Online Edition Extra #2 has a promotion for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 2. It mentions the MAD Magazine "Garbage Pail Kiss" painting Tom Bunk did. It has a quote from a Los Angeles Daily News article saying that the sales of the All-New Series 1 have been excellent at K B Toys. It shows one of the All-New Series 1 banners (see the banner in the Promotions section above) at a Wal-Mart store that sold a significantly large amount of the product. It also tells you about the Garbage Pail Kids T-shirts being sold at Hot Topic and other specialty stores.

     From the Youth Outlook website, I posted a copy of their January 21st 2004 article on the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 (see article above). I was interviewed for the article back in 2003, and there are some quotes from me about the release and Garbage Pail Kids. The article contains a more insightful perspective on the release compared to all of the other publications because it has quotes from collectors and dealers who were very familiar with both the original series and the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1. The article unfortunately did not seem to make the print version of Youth Outlook magazine, which was disappointing.

     In the February 2004 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine (see image above), Garbage Pail Kids were mentioned on a couple of pages. On page 111, there is the Release Schedule, which shows the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 2 (referred to as Topps Garbage Pail Kids 17th Series) in Early Spring 2004 and the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 (referred to as Topps Garbage Pail Kids Series 18) in Late 2004. On page 120, there is the Top Ten Cards listing, which shows that the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 (titled as Topps Garbage Pail Kids 16th Series) has dropped in ranking to number 2. The ranking also has a blurb about the upcoming Garbage Pail Kids series in 2004.

     In the March 2004 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine (see images above), Garbage Pail Kids were mentioned on a couple of pages. On page 111, there is the Top Ten Cards listing, which shows that the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 (titled as Topps Garbage Pail Kids 16 Series) has dropped down to number 5 in demand. On page 110, there was a small blurb from Topps about the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 3 possibly being released in 2004. On the same page, there also was the upcoming Release Schedule, which shows the same information for the upcoming Garbage Pail Kids' releases as mentioned in the January 2004 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine.

     In the February 2004 issue of How magazine on page 18, there is an article about the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1. The article has a few quotes from John Pound and John Williams that give the impression that creating the series was much more fun than it was work. The website address for Garbage Pail Kids World was incorrectly listed in the article as www.garbagepailkids.com (before April of 2004, the address went to The Garbage Pail Kids Archive website) instead of www.garbagepailkidsworld.com. The article probably should have been published closer to when the series was originally released, but it is always nice to come across an upbeat article about Garbage Pail Kids. The article provided an interesting perspective and unique information about the release, and I hope the trend continues with Garbage Pail Kids articles in other publications.

Artwork

     There were a few different stages involved in the creation of new artwork for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1. First, Jay Lynch created sketches of his ideas. Jay would then fax the sketches over to Topps. Topps decided if the idea was to be used, reworked, or rejected. Topps would send the approved ideas over to the artists, Tom Bunk and John Pound, so that they could create the final paintings. If the sketches needed to be reworked, Jay would make the appropriate changes and fax the new sketch back to Topps.

     Jay Lynch was kind enough to send me Xeroxes of the sketches he created for the series, and Tom Bunk e-mailed me pictures of a couple pieces of artwork that he had created for the series.

     Above are the pictures of the artwork I was sent. I only provided the picture of the character for each sketch. Below are the notations that were on the sketches along with where the notations were written on the sketches. Some of the notations pointed to certain objects in the sketch with an arrow. I included any of the potential character names that were written on the sketch. I also included information about what happened with the idea, so you would know whether it was used for this series, another series, or rejected. If an idea or part of an idea was rejected, Jay would write "No" on the sketch. I grouped the artwork together that was developed in a sequence. The numbers on the pictures above corresponds with the numbers on the descriptions below.

Item 1: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Mike Peak, Mike's Peak, Mountain Jack, Rocky Mountain, and Mason Mesa
Notes:
   (top right corner): If a girl - the name would be High Sierra or Mount Whitney.
   (arrow on left side near window): Outside window is his bike - and mountains in background.
   (arrow on right side near top): He wears a bike helmet.
   (arrow on right side near bottom): His poop is brown - but is in the texture and shape of a mountain.
   (on right side near bottom): Poop spills.

     The concept was reworked (the character rides a bike on the mountain of poop) and used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 cards 22a Gross Greg and 22b BMX Ben.

Item 2: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Austin Baked-Beans, Gassy Garrett, Tail-Gunner Joe, Chem-Trail Gail, Savannah Gorger,
             and Noxious Nicole
Notes:
   (arrow on left side near explosion cloud): Painted so that the bird is within brown fart cloud.
   (arrow on right side near bird): Feathers & sweat beads fly off of birds.
   (small sketch on right side with arrow): Baby's rubber pants could be ripped where fart comes out.

Item 3: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Austin Baked-Beans, Gassy Garrett, Tail-Gunner Joe, Chem-Trail Gail, and Amber Cloud
Notes:
   (at bottom): He produces a fart cloud that knocks a bird out of the sky.
   (on right side near middle): More obvious fart - bent over - wilting flowers.

Item 4: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Austin Baked-Beans, Scoot Newt, Scootin' Newton, Racin' Jason, Nitro Jim, and Ali Speedy
Notes:
   (at top): Vertical - Goes over logo - Faces back more.
   (arrow on right side near middle): Bean can is duct-taped to his back.
   (arrow on right side near middle): His mouth is filled with beans.

     The concept was used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 cards 31a Fartin' Martin and 31b Revvin' Evan.

Item 5: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Disgustin' Justin, Disgustin' Dustin, Acne Zack, Acne Arnie, and Squeezin' Steve
Notes:
   (on left side near middle): Make a girl.
   (on left side near bottom): Just to further clarify the gag - on the sink is a squeezed-out,
                                         empty toothpaste tube.

     The concept was reworked (the character was changed to a girl) and used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 cards 32a Zitty Whitney and 32b Juicy Jess.

Item 6: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Chris Dissed, Meringued Marshall, Moonin' Marcus, Shane Shady, Jim Shady, Guy Pie,
             Custard Cameron, Rappin' Ron, Guy Pie, and 8-Mile Kyle
Notes:
   (on left side near middle): No.
   (at bottom): Eminem kid tries to moon the audience (ALA Eminem's European tour DVD) - only to
                     be one-upped by audience member who throws a pie which hits the kid's bare buttocks.
   (arrow on right side near middle): Band-Aid on his behind.

Item 7: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Ill Bill, Illest Willis, Booger Ray, Snazot Scott, M.C. Lee, Dee-Jay Ray, Real Neil,
             and Boogaz Brandon
Notes:
   (at top): Thug.
   (arrow on right side near middle): Blurred stage lighting against dark background.

Item 8: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Doug Thug, Snazot Scott, Dee-Jay Ray, M.C. Lee, Boogaz Brandon, Ill Will, Illest Willis,
             Booger Ray, Ill Bill, and Real Neil
Notes:
   (arrow on left side near bottom): His medallion is a quarter (25¢... as opposed to 50 cent).
   (arrow on right side near top): Blurred stage lighting against dark background.
   (arrow on right side near middle): "Hug a Thug" tattoo is in that all-caps Old-English lettering that
                                                    is so popular in thug-tattooing these days.

     The concept was used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 cards 33a Phat Phil and 33b Ill Will.

Item 9: Pencil Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Modifi-Kate

Item 10: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Modifi-Kate, Pierced Pierce, Pierced Pam, and Magnetic Maggie

The concept was used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 cards 34a Metallic Alec and 34b Pierced Pete.

Item 11: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Scott Snot, Super-Fan Dan, and Arthur Bleachers

Item 12: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Scott Snot, Snotty Scotty, Super-Fan Dan, Arthur Bleachers
Notes:
   (arrow on left side near middle): All characters painted in shades of blue - except for main
                                                 guy (to bring out main guy as the title character).

     The concept was used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 cards 35a Rootin' Ruben and 35b Booger Brian.

Item 13: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Amber Snot, Zack Snack, Bob Glob, Globby Bobby, Nose-Gravy Davy, Victoria Secrete,
             Scott Snot, and Marcus Mucous
Notes:
   (on right side near middle): No.

Item 14: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Boogered Brian, Snotty Sean, Covered Cal, Nose-Gravy Davy, Lucas Mucous, Coated Cody
Notes:
   (at bottom): The kid is climbing Mount Rushmore - and snot comes out of Lincoln's nose and
                   covers the kid.

     The concept was used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 cards 36a Messy Jesse and 36b Rocky Ricardo.

Item 15: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Victor Victim, Vic Tim, Punked Duncan, Pranked Hank, Caller Ida, Caller-I.D. Lee,
             Dissed Missy, and Dissed Dylan

Item 16: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Notes:
(at top): Other kid in window.

Item 17: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Bart Barf and Lou Spew
Notes:
   (on right side near middle): Color entire background (including kid in window) in a mono-tone of
                                           one specific color - in order to clarify that the name of the character
                                           applies to the full-color kid in the foreground - and not to the darker,
                                           mono-tone color kid in the background.

     The concept was used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 cards 39a Colin 911 and 39b Andrew Spew.

Item 18: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Harry Potty
Notes:
   (arrow on left side): GPK face ok?
   (at bottom): Parody of the surreal "Goblet of Fire" book cover painting. Harry sits on toilet.
                     background figures hold their noses. Goblet of Fire is replaced by a roll of toilet paper.
                     magic wand becomes plunger, which emits sparks of pixie dust (as on real cover).

Item 19: Color Sketch by Tom Bunk

     The concept was reworked (the characters in the background were removed) and used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 1 cards 40a Harry Potty and 40b Magic Max.

Item 20: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Goth Brooke, Deceased Charise, Cassandra Corpse, Ashen Ashley
Notes:
   (at bottom): Jumping rope w/ a snake (there is sketch of girl jumping rope with a snake).
   (at bottom): Stronger gag M. Manson blowing a bubble not in garveyard.
   (on right side): (There are three sketches of the girl blowing a bubble gum bubble. There is a
                         different thing inside of the bubble for each sketch (a skull, a rat, and a snake).)
   (on right side near bottom): Male.

     The concept was reworked (changed to a man eating a bat sandwich) and used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 2 cards 13a Scuzzy Ozzy and 13b Rockin' Rick.

Item 21: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Skeletal Steve, Nicholas Rib-Cage, Nick Rib-Cage, Wasted Wes, Bony Tony, Skinless Seth,
             Skinless Scott, Toxic Tyler, Wading Paul, Flesh Les, and Fleshless Fred
Notes:
   (arrow on right side pointing to shoulders): His shoulders are still his flesh - with acid burns where
                                                                 flesh ends and bone begins.
   (arrow on right side near top): His eyes look down at his now-fleshless body.
   (arrow on right side near sign): Bio-hazard symbol on sign.
   (arrow on right side pointing to water): Lake is brown sludge.
   (arrow on right side pointing to fish): Fish skeleton.
   (arrow on right side pointing to tire): Old tire.

Item 22: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Ditched Mitch, Marcus Carcass, Johnny Schlocksville, Jack Ass, Bony Tony,
               and Daredevil Devin
Notes:
   (on left side pointing to shopping cart): Kids in shopping cart rolling toward ditch as in ads for
                                                            the Jackass movie.
   (on left side near bottom corner): No Jackass ref.
   (at bottom): The main kid is a Johnny Knoxville Kid. He has jumped in a ditch of toxic
                     acid-sludge - so when he stands up, his clothes and flesh have disintegrated,
                     leaving only a skeleton for his lower body - but he's happy about it all. His T-shirt
                     says "Jackass" on it - but the lower part of the lettering has been burned away by
                     the acid-sludge.
   (at bottom): Moral: kids shouldn't try such stunts.
   (arrow on right side pointing to sign): No swimming.
   (on right side near middle): Wears bathing suit.
   (arrow on right side pointing to tire): Old tire.

     The concept was reworked (changed to a man getting eaten by piranha) and used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 2 cards 26a Piranha Conner and 26b Sean Gone.

Item 23: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Pizza Pete, Pie Guy, Charlie Cheese, Runny Logan, Blake Bake, and Chef Jeff

The concept was used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 2 scratch 'n stink cards S2a Cheese Luis and S2b Eruptin' Eric.

Item 24: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Big Hug Doug, Quakin' Blake, Joel Sole, Sue Shoe, and Lou Show
Notes:
   (on left side near middle): No.
   (at bottom): Big turd - tiny dog - kid w/ scooper.
   (on right side near middle): Grey pants w/ yellow stripe - like a mailman wears.

Item 25: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Caleb Clean-Up, Shane Scooper, Gary Scooper, Big-Hug Doug, Doug Poop, Doug Turd,
             Andrew Dog-Poo, Matthew Dog-Poo, Pick-Up Lou, Pick-Up Drew, Fecal Euzekial, Shovelin'
             Whit, Shovelin' Wit, and Shovelin' Brit
Notes:
   (on right side near middle): Yellow "Caution" taped-off area or else tape says "Police Line: Do
                                           Not Cross".

Item 26: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Caleb Clean-Up, Shane Scooper, Gary Scooper, Big-Hug Dough, Doug Poop, Doug Turd,
             Andrew Dog-Poo, Matthew Dog-Poo, Lou Poo, Pick-Up Lou, Pick Up Drew, Fecal Euzekial,
             Shovelin' Wit, and Shovelin' Brit
Notes:
   (on right side near middle): Yellow "Caution" taped-off area or else tape says "Police Line: Do
                                           Not Cross".

     The concept was reworked (the character was to trip and fall into a pile of poop) and used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 2 scratch 'n stink cards S4a Careless Carlos and S4b Klutzy Kevin.

Item 27: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Dry-Heave Steve, Mojave Moe, and Death Valley Ali
Notes:
(on left side near top): Another name.

The concept could potentially be used for another series.

Item 28: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Holly Split
Notes:
   (at top): John- This split-tongue thing is pretty hip now. Maybe there should be some kind of
               split-tongue kid? -Jay

     The concept could potentially be used for another series.

Item 29: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Vegetarian Marian, Vegetarian Marion, Megan Vegan, Ann Orexia, Bill Emia,
             and Meghan Vegan
Notes:
   (arrow on left side near bowl): She is eating from a bowl of assorted vegetables with this end.
   (arrow on the right side near bottom): And the veggies come out in vomit on this end.

Item 30: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Flap Jack and Idol Rich
Notes:
   (at bottom): The kid is on American Idol - his talent is vomiting. Paula Abdul... Simon... the
                     American Idol panel is grading his performance. Simon gives him only a "3".
   (on right side near middle): No Idol.
   (sketch on right side near middle): Pulling down pants.
   (on right side near bottom): Gum in and out - blows bubble from butt.

Item 31: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Stu Chew, Bubblin' Brandon, Luke Bazook, Bubble-Boy Roy, Sweet Pete, Robert Gum,
             Gum-Bum Garrett, and Louie Chewy
Notes:
   (arrow on left side near middle): Make kid bigger - so that he is closer to or slightly covering GPK
                                                  logo - and so that blank space in upper left of background is filled.
   (arrow on right side near middle): Pink wad of bubblegum in his mouth.
   (on right side near middle): Unwrapped gum in his mouth.
   (on right side near bottom): 80-count bazooka box and characteristic red, white & blue bazooka
                                           wrappers and Bazooka Joe wax comic strips on the ground.

Item 32: Painting by Tom Bunk

     You can see that the concept was changed a few times, but Topps decided it was inappropriate.

Item 33: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Poopdeck Pete, Sailor-Can Dan, Navy Davey, Nautical Ned, Seaworthy Sid, and
             Seaman Shane
Notes:
   (on left side): No.
   (at bottom): Sailor Moon? Spinach?

     The concept was not used because the reference was thought to have been too obscure for kids.

Item 34: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Useless Billy, Bratty Bernie, Killer Ray, Lethal Ray, Flaming Dean, Magnifyin' Brian,
             Elite Pete, Uptown Upton, Tino Brown, Drew Dorker, Ruling-Class Richard, Idle Rich,
             Soulless Joel, and White Dwight
Notes:
   (arrow on left side near middle): Sun deflected through magnifying glass to burn butterfly.

     The concept was not used because the reference was thought to have been too obscure for kids. The parody is of a character from the magazine called The New Yorker.

Item 35: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Defeat Ted, Dick Tator, Overthrown Tony, Deposed Dillon, and Adam Hussein
Notes:
(on left side near middle): Better gag or pass?

The concept was not used because Topps did not want to make light of a serious subject matter, and it also depended too much on Garbage Pail Kids recognition rather than a solid gag.

Item 36: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Grunge Bob, John Cleaner, John Sponge, Wet Brett, Abe Sorbent, Wet Willie,
             Square-Deal Lucile, Stained Dane, Poop-Stain Wayne, Ophelia Pain, and Len Cleanse
Notes:
   (arrow at bottom): Woman uses sponge GPK to clean a toilet seat.
   (at bottom): This will work better when painted. In line the elements of the pic aren't immediately
                     obvious. Color & shadow will make it more instantly readable - especially if toilet seat
                     is the classic white color.
   (at bottom): No.
   (arrow on right side near middle): Sponge could have some brown "poop" stains - in which case
                                                   woman would wear rubber gloves.

     The concept was not used because Topps decided at this time not to have any characters that were inanimate objects. Topps eventually allowed characters that were inanimate objects, and the concept ended up being used for the United States Garbage Pail Kids All-New Series 4 characters 11a Grunge Bob and 11b Spongey Spencer.

Item 37: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Slam Duncan

The concept was not used because it was already done for the United States Garbage Pail Kids 4th Series characters 154a Basket Casey and 154b Dribblin' Derek.

Item 38: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Vaccine Gene, Immune June, Vic Seen, and Stuck Chuck
Notes:
   (on left side near middle): Too violent?
   (at bottom): Has this been done in a previous series?

     The concept was not used because it was already done for the United States Garbage Pail Kids 7th Series characters 287a Christine Vaccine and 287b Medi Kate.

Item 39: Sketch by Jay Lynch
Names: Fairy-Tale Gail, High Sierra, Snotty Sabrina, Nicole Pole, Amber Snot, and Amber Booger
Notes:
   (at top): Snot would be colored amber.
   (arrow on left side near bottom): A prince and his horse.
   (at bottom): The Rapunzel thing - but with snot.

     The concept was not used because a similar idea was already done for the United States Garbage Pail Kids 13th Series characters 510a Grim Kim and 510b Taffy Pull.

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