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In 1988, the Topps Company – creators of trading cards dedicated to everything from Major League Baseball to Garbage Pail Kids – released one of the most ambitious lines ever to hit the non-sport market: Fright Flicks. Each pack included nine cards that featured images from horror movies like Alien, Aliens, A Nightmare on Elm Street 1-3, An American Werewolf in London, Fright Night, Pumpkinhead, Ghostbusters, Poltergeist and Poltergeist II, The Fly, Predator, and Day of the Dead. Also featured in each pack was one sticker and a piece of the company’s infamous bubble gum.

To be clear, Topps had a storied history of creating cards that catered to monster kids, having already released Alien and Jaws 2 lines. In 1973, their Creature Feature line showcased black and white images from classic horror films paired with comedic captions to enhance the modern fun. A second line followed in 1980, but...

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Garbage Pail Kids gave birth to my anti-authority streak. I was in fifth grade waiting for art class to start and showing off my prized Ashcan Andy to enraptured classmates when my teacher walked in the classroom, sighed, confiscated the card and proceeded to rip it up. “This junk has no place in an art room,” she stoically declared as Andy was transformed into sad confetti before my eyes. Years later, I came to realize that this demonstration was all about jealousy – these cards had instantly engaged students in art in a way that her years of teaching never could.

And let me be clear here: Garbage Pail Kids are most definitely art. Often grotesque and always eye-catching, the unfortunate children showcased on these cards fostered an interest in painting, illustration, and design...

As of 2020, the Garbage Pail Kids have been around for 35 years, and the gross little guys are apparently celebrating the occasion with the release of their owned themed version of Monopoly. From The Op, the game plays almost like your standard version of Monopoly, though the various pieces, parts, and game board will obviously all be given a Garbage Pail Kids makeover. According to Garbage Pail Kids artist Joe Simko, who revealed the game's box art in a Facebook post, the game is officially licensed and comes complete with Gpk-style tokens.

Produced by Topps, the Garbage Pail Kids first came onto the scene in 1985 in the form of collectible trading cards. Its concept created by cartoonist Art Spiegelman, the first line of cards were drawn almost entirely by John Pound. A spoof of the popular Cabbage Patch Kids dolls which were the craze at the time, the unique characters shown...

Joaquin Phoenix now has his own Garbage Pail Kids card as Joker. Phoenix was recently named PETA's Person of the Year, but getting immortalized on an iconic Garbage Pail Kids card has to be better than that. The actor has had quite the ride with director Todd Phillips after finally taking on a comic book movie. Phoenix was unsure about the business mechanics surrounding the world of superheroes, so he was always weary about taking up an offer. However, Phillips pitched him the right idea at the right time.

Joker is unlike any comic book movie before it, though there will more than likely be a lot like it now since it has become such a big success. And the same can be said about Garbage Pail Kids in the trading card realm. There have been many, many copycats over the years, but nothing beats the original. Artist Joe Simko...

Anyone who grew up in the ’80s is familiar with their unforgettable names and faces. The Garbage Pail Kids Topps trading cards and 1987 movie are embedded in the brains of a generation, and Indican Pictures' new documentary 30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story explores the phenomenon like never before. In today's Horror Highlights, we also have details on the Hexploitation Film Festival, The Eyes home media release info, and the trailer for Brian Sepanzyk's Compulsion.

30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story: Press Release: "West Hollywood, California (Tuesday, August 8th) - Indican Pictures is set to release the pivotal documentary on the Garbage Pail Kids. Titled 30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story, this documentary revisits the artists, who made these collectibles famous. Showing a rare glimpse into the corporate culture of Topps as they launched Garbage Pail Kids through the height of the cards fame,...

Tagline: “From Counter-culture to Candy Culture” Indican Pictures will release 30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story. The film will see theatres throughout the month of August. In the film, several artists are interviewed, on why these collectible cards became so popular. As well, several actors from the Garbage Pail Kids (1987) movie are interviewed. These trading cards poked fun at the collectble craze, while offering a counter-culture voice. Fans of the cards can also see the film through Video-on-demand and DVD, in September. A look at the film's ongoing release is hosted here. Over a half dozen of the original artists are interviewed in this documentary. From Pulitzer-prize winning author Art Spiegelman to Pumpkinhead screenwriter Gary Gerani, several illustrators give their thoughts on the collectible craze. Comic book artists Tom Bunk and John Pound are also interviewed. The coverage, on this documentary, is in-depth. Fans of the series can also find the.

Indican Pictures is set to release the pivotal documentary on the Garbage Pail Kids. Titled 30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story, this documentary revisits the artists, who made these collectibles famous. Showing a rare glimpse into the corporate culture of Topps as they launched Garbage Pail Kids through the height of the cards fame, the downfall from the legal battle with the Cabbage Patch kids and their untimely demise. The film is jam packed with interviews of over a half dozen artists. Each artist penned these counter-culture trading cards and each artist gives you the inside story of why these cards poked fun at: the collectibles’ movement, the 80’s culture of greed and gave kids a unique piece of historical fun.

In the 1980′s some eclectic underground cartoonists parodied a popular doll craze (whose name cannot be spoken…). The resulting pop culture commercial trading cards/stickers tapped into...

Friday was a big day for Idw at San Diego Comic-Con with the publishing company holding several panels and making some big announcements (with more still to come), and of note for the horror crowd are two new series, both featuring rather iconic characters...

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Topps’ Garbage Pail Kids, the 1980s sensation, will have readers squirming with delight this winter as the obscene adolescents star in a brand-new comic book series from Idw Publishing.

With the likes of Adam Bomb, Leaky Lindsay, and New Wave Dave populating the Garbage Pail Kids universe, the delightfully deformed and often downright disgusting Kids are set to make their mark on the world of comics, just in time for their 30th Anniversary in 2015!

“As a child of the Eighties, I was at ground zero for the Garbage Pail Kids phenomenon,” series editor Denton J. Tipton said. “The profoundly irreverent stickers spoke...

Garbage Pail Kids artist Joe Simko needs your help! As producer of the documentary 30 Years of Garbage, he is asking fans to pledge towards the project in hopes of getting it on theater screens by 2015. We have the first trailer for 30 Years of Garbage, which looks at the creation and history behind this iconic Topps Cards institution. Watch, and then read on for how you can become part of Garbage Pail Kids history.

The Garbage Pail Kids are 30 years old! Celebrate their gross-out greatness with artist interviews, superfan collections, and more!

30 Years of Garbage has already secured interview commitments from original Garbage Pail Kids creators including: Art Spiegelman, Len Brown, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk, Jay Lynch and others. Also on board as a co-producer is Adam F. Goldberg, creator of the ABC primetime TV show, The Goldbergs.

Although this is great news, Joe Simko and his filmmaking team...

Chances are if you grew up creepy, you owned a fair share of Garbage Pail Kids cards. I know I had a ton of these, and most of my childhood belongings were also covered in their stickers. I never got into baseball cards or the various other attempts to lure kids to collect cardboard as if they were tiny squares of heroin. However, anytime I went out shopping with my Mom and my eye spotted a box of Garbage Pail Kids, my collection would grow a little larger. If you share such fond memories of this franchise as I do, then I have the kickstarter of your dreams!

30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story, is a documentary showcasing the history of the franchise with interviews with the original creators, artists, and fans. Including but not limited to interviews with Art Spiegelman, Len Brown, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk,...