Garbage Pail Kids (Topps)

All 206 rare and hardtofind Garbage Pail Kids stickers from series 1 through 5 are beautifully displayed in this innovative package, along with a special set of four limitededition, previously unreleased bonus stickers.Garbage Pail Kidsa series of collectible stickers produced by Topps in the 1980scombined spectacular artwork and overthetop satire. The result was an inspired collaboration between avantgarde cartoonists and humorists including Art Spiegelman, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk, and Jay Lynch. Fans old and new continue to embrace the popculture phenomenon of the Garbage Pail Kids.This exciting follow up to Wacky Packages is guaranteed to appeal to diehard collectors as well as a new generation of fans.Theres a lot of interesting stuff in Spiegelmans intro, and in the afterword by John Pound, the artist who originated and drew the bulk of the Kids. But the real reason to buy this book is for the graphic brilliance of the art itself. Boston PhoenixIf you ask me, reliving my time with Bad Breath Seth and Potty Scotty is worth the cover price alone. USAToday.comI worried that [the Garbage Pail Kids] might seem too timebound for their own good; but if anything theyre more poignant. Maybe its because Im a worried, concerned adult, but more likely its because nothing is ever as funny as it is when youre ten years oldand everything is a lot scarier. CapitalNewYork.com