A caricature-like, self-portrait of Engstrom
can be found on the Strange Kids Club magazine cover itself; a Topps
trading card-inspired image from the Hollywood Zombies parody set released
in 2007; the image can later be found on Engstrom’s T-shirt apparel.

The same image could be located within the
BNS3 GPK set several months later released in October 2013 as
cards #21a Volt RON and #22b Fe
LINUS with a red GPK header and the same card number found
on the poster; the set was most likely already in production when image
licensed to the Wizard World Comic Con. Topps released a sheet of 24
Voltron tattoos back in 1985, see image further below.

*RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2014 VIA VOLTRON.COM*

*TOPPS VOLTRON TRADING CARDS RELEASED IN 1985*

~

The Brent Engstrom artwork on card was available
in several reward levels for both campaigns, most noteworthy being the
$75 Indiegogo JAY Decay level where you
could pick up the ‘Artist Card Set’ with all seven GPK artist
caricatures including Joe ‘SLIMko’ Simko, Layron ‘DeJarnWET’ DeJarnette,
Mark ‘PINKY-TORE’ Pingitore, David ‘GROWTH’ Gross, Jeff ‘ZaBATHEAD’
Zapata, Tom ‘JUNK’ Bunk and Brent ‘THINGstrom’ Engstrom. The
art on card was finally released and distributed as part of certain
Indiegogo reward levels that came with the DVD in the the summer month
of July, 2016 after the premier screening of the 30 Years of Garbage
documentary in New York City over the 4th of July weekend. The card
was also avaialable at the first annual GPK Con in Las Vegas
in August of 2016.
~

The same image, evidently not purchased by
Topps for their bonus card releases, was later seen as a promo card
as number ‘P11’ for the GPK artists card set that was given away
exclusively at the GPK-Con (Super Toy Con) in Las Vegas in August
of 2016. The promo cards could be collected in small groups at various
events or collectively and sold at the ‘GPK & Wacky Warehouse’ booth
who had the card printed up for the convention with room on the backside
for a small sketch and autograph.
~

Not enough can be said about Engstrom’s GPK
horror hodgepodge tribute; a screamfest shout-out to all of the great
horror flicks including Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street,
Hellraiser, Evil Dead II and Phantasm. The orginal
pencil sketch with card mock-up and the final artwork is pictured above.
The limited edition GPK shirts come in a variety of selections,
pictured further below, and found in the two main Halloween colors with
the twin names Fright Rag FREDDY —
‘Fright Rag’ = Fright Rags website + ‘Freddy’ Krueger from the A
Nightmare on Elm Street, or Cinemaniac MIKE
— ‘Cinemaniac’ = Cinema+maniac + ‘Mike’ (Michael) Meyers from the
Halloween franchise.

The black Fright Rag
FREDDY shirt was limited to 500 for $27 each, the black/gray
Fright Rag FREDDY baseball tee was limited
to 200 for $37 each, and the orange Cinemaniac
MIKE shirt was limited to 300 for $27 each; all pictured above,
respectively, for a total of 1000 shirts produced for the killer joint
effort. The limited edition Fright Rags shirts were on sale for a limited
time from May 23rd to May 30th, 2014 and were shipped in July.

The horrorfest images could later be found
as bonus cards B13a Frightening FREDDY
and B13b Maniac MIKE located within the
hobby boxes of the 2014 Series 2 GPK set released, fittingly,
in October of 2014. The character comes with new nomenclature and is
printed with a black background, similar to the printed T-shirt, instead
of the original, solid white background.
~

The new GPK character Comic-Con
RON was created Peter Bagge, best known for the comics Hate
and Neat Stuff, as the symbolic comic book mascot. Engstrom rendered
and remastered the character for the exlusive bonus cards found within
the Puke-tackular Deluxe Peter Bagge’d Edition. Brent’s Monkeyboy character
can be seen behind the character’s head in the bag of swag.

The iconic character image can also be located
within the Topps JUMBO ‘A’ cards set for card CC10a of the same name,
available at the New York Comic Con (NYCC) in October 2014, and for
card CC10b Bonus JONAS card, available
as the JUMBO ‘B’ version sold exclusively via the Topps Online store.
The masoct character can also be found within the 30th Anniversary 2015S2
set for cards 2a Comic-Con RON and 2b
Cosplay CARL within the ‘Comic Book Cover’
subset along with Peter Bagge’s original comic cover. Many more images
and much more information can be seen and read within the IDW Comic
page within the ‘GPK~Land’ section of the website.
~

February 2015, the ‘Love Stinks’ comic issue:
Brent Engstrom’s rendered and remastered tight pencil and final artwork
based off of Peter Bagge’s comic book cover artwork for the French
Kiss TRISH character. The character can also be located within
the 30th Anniversary 2015S2 GPK set for cards 4a
French Kiss TRISH and 4b Booth BETH
within the ‘Comic Book Cover’ subset along with the original Peter Bagge
comic cover. Many more images and much more information can be seen
and read within the IDW Comic page within the ‘GPK~Land’ section of
the website.

April 2015, the ‘Fables, Fantasy and Farts’
comic issue: Brent Engstrom’s rendered and remastered color rough card
mock-up and final artwork based off of Shannon Wheeler’s comic book
cover artwork for the FELICIA Fantasy character.
The character can also be found within the 30th Anniversary 2015S2 GPK
set for cards 6a FELICIA Fantasy and
6b Dream Gal VAL within the ‘Comic Book
Cover’ subset along with the original cover image. Many more images
and much more information can be seen and read within the IDW Comic
page within the ‘GPK~Land’ section of the website.

June 2015, the ‘Gross Encounters of the Turd
Kind’ comic issue: Brent Engstrom’s rendered and remastered tight pencil
and color rough card mock-ups above and the touched-up and original
final artwork images pictured below based off of Hilary Barta’s comic
book cover artwork for the Over KILLIAN
character. The character can also be located within the ‘Apple Pie In
Your Face’ 2016S1 GPK themed set for cards 1a of 4
Over KILLIAN and 1b of 4 Blasted BOB
within the ‘Comic Book Cover’ subset. Many more images and much more
information can be seen and read within the IDW Comic page within the
‘GPK~Land’ section of the website.

August 2015, the ‘Go Hollywood’ comic issue:
Brent Engstrom’s rendered and remastered tight pencil, color rough card
mock-up and final artwork based off of Sam Kieth’s comic book cover
artwork for the Methane Max character.
The character can be found within the ‘Apple Pie In Your Face’ 2016S1
GPK themed set for cards 3a of 4 Methane MAX
and 3b of 4 Road WARREN within the ‘Comic
Book Cover’ subset. Many more images and much more information can be
seen and read within the IDW Comic page within the ‘Yearly Sets’ section
of the website.
~

The final artwork images by Brent Engstrom
for the T-shirts is pictured below along with a selection of tight pencil
and color rough card mock-up artwork. All four characters could later
be found as A and B-name cards located in hobby boxes of the ‘American
As Applie Pie – In Your Face!’ Series 1 (2016S1) GPK set within the
‘Horror Stickers’ subset as cards 1a of 4 Krampin’
KEVIN and 1b of 4 KENNY Krampus,
2a of 4 Wretchin’ REGAN and 2b of 4 Possessed
PAULINE, 3a of 4 Howlin’ HOWARD
and 3b of 4 Transformin’ TRAVIS and 4a
of 4 Plungin’ PENNY and 4b of 4 Bobbin’
BOB.

A plethora of more horror and gore images
on T-shirts; a screamfest shout-out to iconic killer characters from
various horror flicks and folklore including An American Werewolf
In London-esque generic werewolf, Krampus, Regan MacNeil of The
Exorcist and Pennywise the clown from Stephen King’s IT.
The limited edition GPK shirts come in a variety of characters
on a specific colored T-shirt: Howlin’ HOWARD
— the Scott Howard character name from Teen Wolf,
Wretchin’ REGAN — the possessed Regan Theresa MacNeil character
from The Exorcist, Krampin’ KEVIN
— the German ‘Krampus’ folklore character, and Plungin’
PENNY — the Pennywise clown character from Stephen King’s
IT novel. Several images that Engstrom completed for the project
remain unpublished including an Alien movie concept, the main
antagonist from The Shining, and a multi-headed monster mash
character; images published in later Topps releases.

As listed on the Fright Rags website in May
of 2015, the T-shirts are a limited edition run and once sold out are
gone — unless voted back. Orders began on May 27th for the four
different T-shirt designs and product started shipping in the month
of June. The Plungin’ PENNY character t-shirt
was reprinted in 2019, four years later.
~

The artwork was considered for the Topps GPK
Revenge of “Oh, the Horror-ible!” Series 2 (2019S2) set in
October 2019 but replaced by a parody for the thriller movie ‘Us’ instead.
The suggested names were ‘SVEN Goolie’ and ‘Rotten RICH’, per tight
concept.
~

An eight-card ‘Riot Fest’ music festival set
was available exclusively at the Riot Fest show in Chicago for the dates
of September 16th-18th, 2017; Engstrom painted three of the eight images.
RiotFest.org website details: Somehow the
wonderful people at Topps approved Riot Fest to have its very own Garbage
Pail Kids Series just in time for the festival next week in Chicago
(Sept. 16-18). And we couldn’t be more thrilled. When we caught
word that this would be actually happening, we immediately called some
of our Riot friends to see if they’d be into having their own Garbage
Pail Card. And within hours, Riot Fest Series One Garbage Pail Kids
was born. And it’s fucking awesome. These exclusive cards will
ONLY be available in limited quantities at Riot Fest Chicago. And, by
limited, we mean limited. So, if you want a pack—which contains
the entire series—be sure to visit the Riot merch area on Friday
because something’s telling us they won’t make it past the
day.

Unlike most Topps GPK releases these
images had to be okayed by the musicians and management so the process
took a bit more time. Concepts and final artwork were created and painted
by GPK artists Brent Engstrom, Joe Simko, David Gross and Mark
Pingitore. Riot Fest submitted their own concepts for NOFX’s ‘Fat MIKE’
(to be extra fat) and the ‘Riot FESTUS’ image, the Bitchin’ Camaro car
used to promote the festival that pays tribute to OS5 cards 205a Hot
ROD and 205b BUD Buggy; which in
turn is a GPK tribute to Ed Roth’s Hot-Rod artwork.

All three of Engstrom’s tight pencil concepts
and final artwork for the ‘Riot Fest 2016’ Series One musical festival
set for cards #1 Fat MIKE (NOFX), #5 Riot
FESTUS (Riot Fest’s Bitchin’ Camaro) and #6 Awesome
ANDREW (Andrew WK). Information for the complete set can be located
within the ‘Con & Fest Cards’ page within the ‘GPK~Land’ section.
~

The masks within the painting
are based off of the Topstone ‘Hallween Masks’ catalog pictured above.
The original concept was created for the 2016S2 ‘Prime Slime Trashy
TV’ release for the Face-Off show on Syfy but not picked for the ‘Reality
TV’ subset. The image was later purchased by Topps after the L.A. art
exhibit to include within the online exclusive October 2016 Hallowe’en
set for cards 8a Masked MASON and 8b HAL
O. Ween.
~

Details: In 1982, Cliff Secord, aka The Rocketeer,
made his first appearance in comic book form, signaling the birth of
artist Dave Stevens’ most iconic creation. Now, 35 years later, Stevens’
beloved universe of high-flying daredevils, curvy damsels and canine
cafés have endured as popular icons, peaking in 1990 with Walt
Disney’s live-action feature directed by Joe Johnston, while IDW has
graced the comic landscape with its own series of further adventures.
This spring, Creature Features pays tribute to this extraordinary artist,
who sadly passed away in 2008, with this group art show saluting Stevens
and his world of The Rocketeer. Curated by Special Effects Artist Dan
Crawley and gallery owner Taylor White, this exhibit will showcase the
works of over 50 artists working in the fields of film, TV, comics,
fine art and more. The exhibit will also feature a collection of original
Dave Stevens artwork, displayed during the opening reception, courtesy
of Jennifer Stevens Bawcum of the Dave Stevens Estate. A portion of
the proceeds from the sale of all art and merchandise will be donated
to the Hairy Cell Leukemia Foundation.
~

A ten-card ‘Riot Fest’ music festival set
was available exclusively at the Riot Fest show in Chicago for the dates
of September 15-17, 2017. RiotFest.org
website details: Riot Fest Garbage Pail Kids are back. The wonderful
people at Topps let us lampoon some of our favorite past and present
Riot Fest bands again for Riot Fest Garbage Pail Kids Series Two. If
you’ll recall, that’s when we brought you Garbage Pail Kids
of Fat Mike, The Lawrence Harmed, Ray Gun, Mad Milo, Riot Festus, Awesome
Andrew, Taking Back Tidal Wave, and GWAR Noir. This year, we have ten
more to add to your collection. These exclusive cards—which you
can peep below—will ONLY be available in limited quantities at
Riot Fest Chicago. And by limited, we mean limited. So, if you want
a pack—which contains the entire series—be sure to visit the
Riot Fest merch area on Friday because something’s telling us they
won’t last long.

Unlike most Topps GPK releases, these
images had to be okayed by the musicians and management so the process
took a bit more time. Concepts and final artwork were created and painted
by GPK artists Brent Engstrom, Joe Simko, David Gross and Mark
Pingitore. Riot Fest requested a concept for their ‘Riot Beast’ mascot
and a ‘Riot Feast’ theme via Topps from the artist. Engstrom created
a beast with a forked tongue for the first concept where Riot Fest had
a ‘regular’, aleit very long, added and strumming lines were added to
both the tongue and tail areas for the second, updated concept. Riot
Fest had a lollipop sucker held by the beast added which was then changed
to a slice of pizza seen within both color concepts… after the final
artwork was created, Riot Fest requested the lollipop once again, but
Topps stated it was too late in production since the final artwork was
already completed.

All three of Engstrom’s final artwork pieces
and various concept and color roughs for the ‘Riot Fest 2016’ Series
Two musical festival set for cards #1 Riot BEAST
(Riot Fest), #3 AGNES T. Me! (Against Me!)
and #10 Riot FEAST (Riot Fest; concept
by artist Joe Simko). Additional Information on the complete set can
be located within the ‘Con & Fest Cards’ page within the ‘GPK~Land’
section.
~

Engstrom created a wrestling concept for his
#3 promo card character (mock-up images above)
found within the GPK artists card set that was given away exclusively
at the convention to V.I.P. holders or sold as a set at the ‘GPK &
Wacky Warehouse’ booth who had the cards printed up for the convention
with room on the backside for an autograph; a limited edition prismatic
set was also available. Brent also sells large prints of his GCC characters
exclusively at the shows.
~

Through the agreement of GPK Customs, the
previously commissioned artwork image was submitted for the card set
and was originally cropped in order to fit a single card. Since the
set was one artist shy the team decided to create a 2-piece puzzle card
at the end of the set and have them printed on metal card for a total
of 250 sets. An all-white metal set of nine cards was also printed with
a short-run of ten sets. Autograph cards could be located with a 1:3
ratio within the sets. Three of the cards within the set have GPK-like
characters.

The original mock-up card image was modeled
after the other trading card images within the set before it was changed
to a two-piece puzzle, metal card layout and format. The placeholder
of ‘PARODY TITLE‘ would have read ‘THE
STERLING ZONE‘ had it been printed as a single card. Much more
of the image can be seen within the two-piece puzzle layout.

Pictured below are Engstrom’s final and tight
pencil artwork images for the 2018 Fright-Rags GPK apparel line.
All four characters were approved and created for the 2018S2 GPK
Horror-ible Kids ‘Yearly’ set and pulled from production to be placed
within the Fright-Rags licensed clothing line. A similar agreement occured
between the Topps Company and Fright-Rags in 2014 and 2015 where all
images could later be found on card as hobby bonus trading cards. The
limited edition T-shirts went on sale on July 18th online and once sold
out were no longer available — unless voted back at a later date.

The Jabbed JASON
T-shirt was available in a dark heather gray color that ran sizes S-3X
with a $27 pricetag; raised to $28. Engstrom’s parody painting pays
tribute to the iconic mask of killer Jason Voorhees from the Friday
the 13th franchise. The GPK character face shows off the
dull white hockey mask with three red triangles that first made its
appearance in Friday the 13th III: 3D in 1982. The facial mask
also shows off the famous blood-stained axe mark first caused at the
end of Friday the 13th III and appearing in subsequent movies
in the franchise. Engstrom had suggested the names ‘Slayed SLADE’ and
‘Jacked-Up JASON’ for the 2018S2 card release. The Crystal Lake blue
eye really stands out within the bloodbath.

The Lost ROY
T-shirt was available in a heather royal blue color that ran sizes S-3X
with a $27 pricetag; raised to $28. Engstrom’s parody painting pays
tribute to the iconic killer mullet of the vampire character David (actor
Kiefer Sutherland) from the Lost Boys movie; as well as paying
tribute to the enironment of the iconic OS1 vampire image of card #1
with the GPK-bat and crescent moon. The earring from the tight
pencil was switched for the final artwork to match the earring worn
by the character in the movie. Brent had suggested the names ‘Killer
KEIFER’ and ‘Lost ROY’ for the 2018S2 set release. The splayed mullet
hairstyle mimics the spreading out of bat wings.

The Hallow JEAN
T-shirt was available in a dark heather gray color that ran sizes S-3X
with a $27 pricetag; raised to $28. Engstrom’s parody painting pays
tribute to the three kill-by-melting rubber trick-or-treat masks from
the Halloween III: Season of the Witch cult movie; the only Halloween
movie missing the series antagonist, Michael Mysers. Only the lower
half of the masks are melting in the final artwork, a hoodie replaced
the flannel shirt, and spiders, snakes and a green eyeball were added.
Engstrom had suggested the names ‘Season of the MITCH’, ‘Worst JUAN’
and ‘Hallow JEAN’ for the 2018S2 card release. NOTE:
CPK-esque shoes with green stripes.

The Sick SID
T-shirt was available in a dark heather Caribbean blue color that ran
sizes S-3X with a $27 pricetag. Engstrom’s parody painting pays tribute
to the character Captain Spaulding (played by actor Sid Haig) from the
House of 1000 Corpses horror film; owner of a gas station and
museum of curiosities. The movie was written, co-scored and directed
by Rob Zombie (previously of White Zombie) in his directorial debut.
Engstrom had suggested the names ‘Fried FRED’ and ‘Sick SID’ for the
2018S2 card release. Although the bucket of fried human is reminiscent
of artist Fred Harper’s ANS7 GPK artwork (concept by Fred Wheaton),
it’s actually an 8th Series Wacky Packages card image from 1974, a spoof
of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

The popular Fright-Rag
FREDDY character was resurrected and available as a black color
T-shirt that ran sizes S-5X for men and XS-2X for woman with a $27 pricetag;
packaged in the limited edition ‘Wax Pack’. A periwinkle blue, red-ringer
tee was also available again in the same sizes as the T-shirt with a
$29 pricetag (seen within the banner above) along with a pair of limited
edition custom knit crew socks (only 190 produced) with a $12 pricetag.
Engstrom’s parody painting pays tribute to a mash-up of horror films
(listed within the 2014 section) that was originally seen on a white
background for the final artwork and placed on a black and orange background
for the previous T-shirts and on a black background for the hobby bonus
cards.

The Fright-Rag FREDDY
character could also be purchased as a limited edition ‘T-Shirt
Wax Pack’ that included a ringer tee, an enamel pin and a 5×7 trading
card with a $40 pricetag; only 200 produced. Website: LIMITED TO 200
ONLY! Our very own official GPK mascot – FRIGHT-RAG FREDDY is back in
this limited edition wax pack t-shirt set! Artwork by Brent Engstrom.
Officially Licensed. Each pack comes with: Exclusive Fright-Rag Freddy
T-Shirt printed on our super soft 4.5oz, 100% pre-shrunk ringspun cotton,
Fright-Rag Freddy Enamel Pin , 5×7 Fright-Rag Freddy GPK card, Everything
comes wrapped in an oversized wax wrapper.

Instagram Post (07/16/2018) : COMING THIS
WEDNESDAY at 10am (EST)! Our very own Officially Licensed FRIGHT RAG
FREDDY design will be available as part of a Limited Edition T-SHIRT
WAX PACK! Bundled inside an oversized Wax Pack (just like the original
Garbage Pail Kids cards were, only HUGE!) will be a black Fright Rag
Freddy tee (Mens and Womens styles available), a First Pressing Enamel
Pin and a Collectible 5×7 Trading Card! All for only $40! They are limited
to only 200 packages, so make sure to grab yours at 10am (EST) this
Wednesday 7/18! Art by Brent Engstrom. Note: This is a pre-order.
~

GPK
& Wacky Warehouse had the cards printed up for the convention
with File Card backsides reminiscent of OS5 and OS7 reverse card backs;
a limited edition matte-finish set was also available. Concepts
and card mock-ups are pictured above; streaming tears from high winds
were added to the Ewok parody character after the conceptualization.
Brent also sells large prints of his GCC characters exclusively
at the shows.

The
social-media promotional ad is pictured above along with Engstrom’s
final artwork that was updated with the Tosers uncanny likenesses.
This
particular promo is card ‘1a’ with a different background, nomenclature
and reverse card text to go with the May 2019 ‘1b’ promo card.

The Gozer gag was
originally created for the 69th Philly Non-Sports Card Show, as seen
in the post above, but the image was given a make-over and updated digitially
to enhance the Tosers caricatures as a tribute to the showrunners. The
Mandalorian concept contains a bantha skull-and-crossbones gag, Brent
mentioned that “the [skull] is on the original Boba Fett
toys and they had to recall them because the missile actually shot out
and kids were choking on them”, he later went on to say that “this
was a pretty fun painting. I went to Walmart at like midnight and bought
cheap 50-cent paint because I knew they’d have those weird colors they
made Boba Fett for the original toy.“
~

The tight pencil artwork was created in January
2019 and showed a younger character with glasses blowing a chewing gum
bubble and sporting a graduation cap; the concept was changed to a ‘BREWMASTER‘
older character and employee with ‘BUBBLE BRAIN‘
spelled out in the brain matter and the character now sporting a ‘BLUE
POINT‘ trucker hat. Additional objects were added to the background
including two beer vats, a garbage can, chewing ‘GUM‘
wrappers and ABC (already been chewed) bubble gum.

The final artwork was completed in February
2019 and approved for printing. A total of four colored cans were in
circulation for the ‘Bubble Brain’ bubblegum brand: yellow, green, pink
and blue.

The
social-media promotional ad is pictured above along with Engstrom’s
final artwork that was updated with the Tosers uncanny likenesses.
This particular promo is card ‘1b’ with a different background, nomenclature
and reverse card text to go with the October 2018 ‘1a’ promo card.
~

Fright-Rags 08/01/2019 : Instagram Story Garbage Pail Kids T-Shirt Ad GPK World write-up: The terror continues … the new Fright-Rags x GPK collection will be released NEXT Friday. Per usual, ALL artwork by artist BRENT Engstrom which showcases an early sneak peek of three of the upcoming Revenge of ‘Oh, the Horror-ible’ card images from the Fall GPK set due to be released in October. A reprint of Plungin’ PENNY from 2015 will also be available to take advantage of the ‘IT Chapter Two’ movie release in September. The new t-shirt collection covers the 1981 ‘My Bloody Valentine’ movie and the pickaxe-wielding mining-geared murderer, the 1986 ‘Maximum Overdrive’ movie and the black Western Star 4800 sporting a giant Green Goblin mask on its grille, and a six-headed killer mashup including Pinhead from ‘Hellraiser’, Michael Myers from ‘Halloween’, Chucky from ‘Child’s Play’, Freddy Krueger from ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’, Jason Vorhees from ‘Friday the 13th’ and Leatherface from ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’. The reprint t-shirt portrays Pennywise from the ‘It’ movie.

For the first three releases, the artwork
was brand-new and could later be found as bonus cards in Topps GPK set
hobby releases. The latest 2019 release was originally a directors-themed
t-shirt set of four characters in an ADAM Bomb-style scenario that was
brought to a final artwork stage but was cancelled due to possible lack
of rights. Topps and Fright-Rags settled on pulling four images from
the 2019 Series 2 ‘Revenge of Oh, the Horror-ible’ release, including
the Tall Man parody character, the main antagonist from the Phantasm
franchise, but a reprint of the ‘It’ character from 2015 showcasing
Pennywise the Clown was chosen instead.

The RICK Axe
t-shirt was available in a red heather color that ran sizes S-3X with
a $28 pricetag; a t-shirt ready mock-up and tight concept sketch is
portrayed above; the final artwork is on a red background. Engstrom’s
parody painting pays tribute to the miner maniac from the My Bloody
Valentine cult movie from 1981 and a 3-D remake in 2009. Engstrom
had suggested the names ‘VAL Entine’, ‘Bloody BUDDY’, ‘RICK Axe’ and
‘Bleeding Heart ART’ for the 2019S2 card release.

The Hit And RON
t-shirt was available in a black color that ran sizes S-3X with a $28
pricetag; a t-shirt ready mock-up and tight concept sketch is portrayed
above; the final artwork is on a black and blue background. Engstrom’s
parody painting pays tribute to the murdering mack truck and goblin
grille from the Maximum Overdrive cult movie from 1986. Engstrom
had suggested the names ‘MAXIM Overdrive’ and ‘Hit And RON’ for the
2019S2 card release.

The Killer KILLIAN
t-shirt was available in a dark blue heather color that ran sizes S-3X
with a $28 pricetag; a t-shirt ready mock-up and tight concept sketch
is portrayed above; the final artwork is on a blue background. Engstrom’s
parody painting pays tribute to six infamous slayers from six different
cult thrasher movies. Engstrom had suggested the names ‘Sla-SHERMAN’
and ‘Killer KILLIAN’ for the 2019S2 card release.
~

The promo card image contains final artwork
from various GPK projects and sets for both Simko and Engstrom, including
the PNS artwork right in the middle above their heads. Joe’s side contains
artwork from the 2018S1 We Hate the ’80s set, ’80s Culture subset for
cards 2a Neon ART and 2b Futuristic
RIC, the FYE Garbage Pail Kids cereal, from the 2019 Valentine’s
Day is Gross online set for cards 1a ADAM Bomb
and 1b Blasted Billy, and from the 2018S1
We Hate the ’80s set, The Golbergs subset for cards 1a A.V.
ADAM and 1b Grand GOLDBERG, for
the creator and director Adam F. Goldberg. Brent’s side contains artwork
from the 2013 BNS2 set for cards 131a Hoodie HARLAN
and 131b Inside Out OSCAR, from the 2017
Halloween online set for cards 8a Fiery FREDDY
and 8b Roasted ROBERT, from the 2018S2
Oh, the Horror-ilbe! set, Modern Horror subset for cards 14a Mute
MICHAEL and 14b Hollow DEAN, and
from the 2019 WWE x GPK online set for card #13 Undead
TAKER. I was excited to attend the show and felt privileged that
the Tosers had me be a part of the Engstrom and Simko project by providing
the reverse card text and the nomenclature that ties into the amazing
artwork and theme by Joe and Brent; freelance job/work.
~

Blockchain Heroes: “is a collectible
digital trading card set featuring original characters inspired by the
top creators, defenders, builders, and boosters in the blockchain space!
This set of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) will be available exclusively
on the WAX blockchain.” The August release also has redeemable
PHYSICAL cards. Atomic Assets: “is a standard for Non Fungible
Tokens (NFTs) on the eosio blockchain technology. Anyone can utilize
the Atomic Asset standard to tokenize and create digital assets and
buy, sell & auction assets utilizing the Atomic Assets marketplace.”
There are seven different versions for this digital card image, including
parallel chase cards found with different odds; more information can
be seen within the ‘GPK 2020 Licenses’ page.
~