Fifteen
1985 OS1 card characters, by artist John Pound, and fifteen 2022S1 Book Worms
card characters, by various artists, were used within the 2022 International Trading
Card Day (“ITCD”) set.
The same fifteen bookworm images were also used for artist autograph cards (#/100)
within the special event release.

Per August 02, 2022, article
by Global Licensing:
In tandem with Topps’ International Trading Card Day Aug. 6, global
retailer, Lids, has announced a new retail distribution partnership
with the card company. Lids will now sell Topps’ various trading
card products in select Lids retail stores throughout the U.S.
“Topps is thrilled to partner with Lids for the first International
Trading Card Day,” says Wendy Freedman, marketing director, Topps.
“It’s a great way celebrate the hobby and also introduce new
fans to collecting.”
Collectors can now visit participating Lids stores to shop for their
choice of a pack of MLB, UEFA Champions League, Star Wars and Garbage
Pail Kids cards. Topps offerings are currently available in 300+ Lids
stores across the U.S., with plans to expand to 500+ Lids stores throughout
the country by this fall. “Topps is one of the premier card companies
and we’re thrilled to be partnering with them to offer our consumers
the opportunity to purchase more novelty items in Lids stores,”
says Britten Maughan, president, Lids. “Lids is known as the preeminent
sports retailer, and we’re consistently focused on providing an
exciting and diverse assortment of products and apparel. This partnership
allows us to do just that while also catering to a new audience of card
collectors.”

Previously known as the Topps National Baseball Card Day, from 2016—2021,
and catering only to the MLB®, the special giveaway day became the
Topps International Trading Card Day (“ITCD”) in 2022, by
introducing UEFA Champions League® and their own Garbage Pail Kids®
IP to the lineup, and then adding Formula 1®, Athletes Unlimited®,
and Bowman U Football cards to the mix for 2023. As the release sheet
states, “Any collector who purchases $10 or more of Topps or Bowman
products on August 5th will receive an exclusive Mike Trout card.”
and “Those who return on August 12th and spend another $10 or more
will receive an exclusive Adley Rutschman card!” NOTE: the release
sheet erroneously shows the curved Garbage Pail Kids® logo as the
GPK trademark, instead of the banner.

Topps
ran a sponsered video advert on social channels prior to the August 5th release.
Collector friend ‘Packy’ mentioned, “The mother offers her broccoli and she
pouts, so she gives her some GPK to make her happy.” NOTE: the trading cards
and packs within the mini commercial are all Chrome OS5 cards.
Five
new pieces of artwork were created, a trading-card themed subset, including the
one pictured above and below, ten 1985 OS2 card characters, all mainly John Pound
tribute pieces & one pulled from a future (not yet announced) GPK set, and
fifteen 2023S1 GPK Go On Vacation card characters, by various artists, were used
within the 2023 International Trading Card Day (“ITCD”) set.
The same fifteen ‘Vacation’ images were also used for artist autograph cards (#/10)
within the special event release. NOTE: like with the first release, the character
images are really zoomed-in on.

Artist
DAVID Gross has posted a previous concept for his one
of his new artwork pieces for the set prior to the release, and after the released
mentioned, “I wanted the card to look like a damaged card so here’s a pic
of what I wanted it to appear as. I scraped the paper, drew on it in pen and damaged
the actual painting to get the look.” It’s a hard concept to get across when
the player themselves is ‘downgraded’ looking; it’s the card, not the player that’s
getting graded for PSA, plus, Topps has zoomed in on every character for the release.

Per Topps website (‘Ripped’ section):
The Hobby Celebration Returns.
Topps Trading Card Day returns for 2024! The Hobby’s favorite holiday
returns on August 3rd, offering free packs of Topps cards for anyone
who visits their local, participating Hobby Shop. In
addition to all the in-store excitement, you’ll now be able to
score free packs at your favorite MLB Stadium throughout the summer.
What is Topps Trading Card Day?
Topps Trading Card Day emerged out of National Baseball Card Day. Traditionally,
National Baseball Card Day took place the first week in August, when
new and established collectors could visit their local Hobby Shop for
special packs and cards. With the Hobby’s exponential growth, Topps
reimagined the annual card day into something bigger and better: Topps
Trading Card Day! This year’s Topps is giving away packs of cards
in hobby shops around the country, featuring MLB®, Bowman® U
Football, and Garbage Pail Kids®.
Find Your Participating Local Hobby Shop. Coming Soon – Use our
store locator below to find your closest Hobby Shop participating in
2024 Topps Trading Card Day. 2024 TTCD Checklist. Coming Soon!

NOTE: There were five cards per clear celophane pack. The set contained
only 15 cards, instead of 30, and no signed autographs this go round.
Card numbers, on back, had the acronyn ‘NTCD-GP#’, for National Trading
Card Day – Garbage Pail (Kids). Per nameplate, the words ‘BIKIN’‘
and ‘MONO-‘, should be smaller in size for cards
GP11 and GP13, respectively, compared to the forename. Per checklist,
characters were taken from the main set and the Game Over!, Let’s Get
Phyisical, and Bored…Games subsets.