Garbage Pail Kids - (Topps) by The Topps Company (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

All 206 rare and hard-to-find Garbage Pail Kids stickers from series 1 through 5 are beautifully displayed in this innovative package, along with a special set of four limited-edition, previously unreleased bonus stickers.

Garbage Pail Kids--a series of collectible stickers produced by Topps in the 1980s--combined spectacular artwork and over-the-top satire. The result was an inspired collaboration between avant-garde cartoonists and humorists including Art Spiegelman, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk, and Jay Lynch. Fans old and new continue to embrace the pop-culture phenomenon of the Garbage Pail Kids.

This exciting follow up to Wacky Packages is guaranteed to appeal to die-hard collectors as well as a new generation of fans.

"There's a lot of interesting stuff in Spiegelman's 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 Phoenix

"If you ask me, reliving my time with Bad Breath Seth and Potty Scotty is worth the cover price alone." --USAToday.com

"I worried that [the Garbage Pail Kids] might seem too time-bound for their own good; but if anything they're more poignant. Maybe it's because I'm a worried, concerned adult, but more likely it's because nothing is ever as funny as it is when you're ten years old--and everything is a lot scarier." --CapitalNewYork.com

About the Author

The Topps Company, Inc., founded in 1938, is the preeminent creator and brand marketer of sports cards, entertainment products, and distinctive confectionery.

Art Spiegelman is an American comics writer, artist, and editor best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel memoir, Maus.