Besides Gary Whitney, Jay Lynch
also had fellow friend and artist Jim Siergey assist with working on the OS16
card backs. It is guesstimated that Jim worked on 13 of the titles and Gary worked
on the remaining 6 titles. Per social media
on 07/17/2020, artist Jim Siergey stated: “I don’t know if this has ever
been seen before. These are the backs of what was to be the final edition of Garbage
Pail Kids trading cards. I think I penciled and inked them, maybe only inked them,
I don’t remember but it was one or t’uther. Jay Lynch wrote them. I also don’t
know if this was all of them or if it’s the correct order but they are the only
ones I had photocopied. In scanning them I blew them up 200% because they were
tiny–trading card back size.. I stated that I don’t think they’ve ever been seen
before because Topps pulled the plug on printing them! So the GPKs had no grand
finale. Until now…”

Per personal email with author on 03/04/2003,
Jay Lynch mentioned, “16th series: These backs I wrote and did real crude
simple roughs for. I did no color roughs for this series…on account of we had
to do it real fast, for some reason. I faxed Topps my roughs…they approved a
group of them. Then Gary Whitney and I drew them as fast as we could. Then I
colored
them and sent them to Topps. They were never printed. The one you sent a jpeg
of has Len Brown and Art Spiegelman as characters. If they were to do the 16th
series now…they would have to change some of the gags
on the backs. Morton
Downey is dead…Madonna isn’t married to [Sean] Penn anymore…etc.
Oh
yeah….and the idea for this continuity series came from Charles Schneider. He
suggested we do this thing about a search for the grosest person in america. I
paid him for the idea. Today, Charles is a sleazy nightclub commedian…he works
under the name Rube Ruben…or Rube Rubin [au. Bob “The Rube” Rubin?].
There are pages about him on the internet. There’s a pic of him on the handshake
pages of my website. I always thought if Spiegelman and I had a kid…he would
be Charles Schneider. He harkens to another era. Kind of a cross between Tony
Clifton and Don Rickles.”

*

MAD
MIKE’S PROCESS — COMIC REMASTERING and COLOR INTERPRETATION by MIKE BOYAJIAN

COMIC
A : LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBARF

NOTES OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: JIM SIERGEY (INKS) + GARY WHITNEY (PENCILING) +
JAY LYNCH (WRITER/ROUGHS)
— PARODY OF THE MOVIE TITLE LOOKING FOR
MR. GOODBAR
— INCLUDES TOPPS’ LEN BROWN (BEARD), ART SPIEGELMAN (VEST)
and MARK NEWGARDEN (GLASSES)
— INCLUDES THE TOPPS CHEWING GUM, INC. BUILDING
AND A PICTURE OF THE BAZOOKA JOE COMICS MASCOT LABELLED ‘OUR FOUNDER’
—
STARRING GPK CHARACTERS OS1 9a BOOZIN’ BRUCE, OS5 204a JULES DROOLS, AND OS13
504a COOPER SCOOPER

COMIC
B : GROSS BUSTERS

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: JIM SIERGEY
(INKS) + GARY WHITNEY (PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE
MOVIE TITLE GHOSTBUSTERS
— INCLUDES TOPPS ASSOCIATES LEN BROWN
(beard) and ART SPIEGELMAN (vest)
— STARRING GPK CHARACTERS OS2 45b MESSY
TESSIE, OS3 122b LARGE MARGE, OS5 170b LUKE PUKE, OS6 210b FIRST ADA,OS12 497a
LAME LEM (*WITH HAIR CURLICUE), OS12 498b PISTON PETE (*WITH CRACKED HEAD) AND
OS13 540a ILL WINDSOR

COMIC
C : HEAVING ON A JET PLANE

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: JIM SIERGEY
(INKS) + GARY WHITNEY (PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE
SONG TITLE ‘LEAVING ON A JET PLANE’ BY RECORDING ARTIST JOHN DENVER
—
ALTERNATE COMIC TITLE ‘MILE-HIGH FLUB’ : PARODY OF THE POPULAR ADULT PHRASE ‘MILE-HIGH
CLUB’
— STARRING GPK CHARACTERS OS5 170b LUKE PUKE AND OS7 251b VALERIE
VOMIT

COMIC
D : SHOW BIZ PIZZA-FACE

—
Mad MIKE specifically chose to tint the left slot machine, within the first comic
panel, a flesh-tone color as a tribute to the OS7 GPK character for cards 256a
JACK Pot & 256b MONTE Carlo by artist John Pound.

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: JIM SIERGEY
(INKS) + GARY WHITNEY (PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE
OLD PIZZA HOUSE FRANCHISE NAME SHOW BIZ PIZZA THAT WAS LATER TAKEN OVER BY CHUCKYCHEESE

— ‘JOHNNY VANCE’ IS A POSSIBLE CHARACTER PARODY OF THE RECORDING ARTIST KENNY
VANCE
— STARRING GPK CHARACTERS OS5 170b LUKE PUKE AND OS7 251b VALERIE
VOMIT

COMIC
E : HEAVY METAL HEAVE!

TOPPS
VAULT AUCTIONS — CARD IMAGE

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: JIM SIERGEY (INKS)
+ GARY WHITNEY (PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE SONG TITLE
‘HEAVY METAL HEAVEN’ BY THE ARTIST HEAVY LOAD FROM THEIR 1981 METAL CONQUEST
ALBUM
— ‘TWISTED BLISTER’ IS A CHARACTER PARODY OF THE RECORDING GROUP
TWISTER SISTER (WHICH INCLUDES DEE SNIDER)
— STARRING GPK CHARACTERS
OS12 465a UPSY DAISYS AND OS12 467a TONGUE IN CHICO

COMIC F
: BOOB-TUBE BEAUTY

TOPPS
VAULT AUCTIONS — CARD IMAGE

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: JIM SIERGEY (INKS)
+ GARY WHITNEY (PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE OLD-FASHION
TERM ‘BIG SCREEN BEAUTY’; BOOB-TUBE (SLANG FOR TELEVISION) IS THE SMALL SCREEN

— ‘ELVIRUS’ IS PARODY OF THE CHARACTER ACTRESS ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK,
PLAYED BY CASSANDRA PETERSON
— STARRING GPK CHARACTERS OS2 45b
MESSY TESSIE AND OS4 126a ARMPIT BRITT

COMIC G
: OBSCURE OBJECT OF REPULSION

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: GARY WHITNEY (INKS
AND PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE POPULAR PHRASE ‘THE
OBJECT OF MY/YOUR AFFECTION’
— STARRING GPK CHARACTERS OS6 226b CHEAP
JEWEL AND OS13 538a CAT-CRADLE CATHY

COMIC H
: PABLUM PUKERS IN PURSUIT

TOPPS
VAULT AUCTIONS — CARD IMAGE

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: JIM SIERGEY (INKS)
+ GARY WHITNEY (PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE ACTORS
NAMES MORTON DOWNEY AND JANE FONDA WHO BOTH STARRED IN THE MOVIE ON GOLDEN
POND
— ADDITIONAL NOTE ON SKETCH ARTWORK: ‘SMALLER HEAD OR LONGER
ARMS’ [ON MAIN CHARACTER]
— STARRING GPK CHARACTERS OS6 (207a
OVER FLO) 207b MOIST JOYCE AND OS10 (415a ERASED ERICA) 415b WIPED OUT WINNIE

COMIC
I : NO PAIN, NO GAIN, NO BRAIN

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: JIM SIERGEY (INKS)
+ GARY WHITNEY (PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE EXERCISE
PHRASE ‘NO PAIN, NO GAIN’ MADE POPULAR BY THE PROFESSIONAL WEIGHTLIFTER ARNOLD
SWARTZANEGGER
— STARRING GPK CHARACTERS OS12 497a LAME LEM AND OS13 536a
SCRAMBLED AGGIE

COMIC
J : BUTT STEAK

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: JIM SIERGEY (INKS)
+ GARY WHITNEY (PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE TYPE OF
CUT OF BEEF/MEAT CALLED ‘RUMP ROAST’
— STARRING GPK CHARACTERS OS4 136a
SWOLLEN SUE ELLEN AND OS4 162a YICCHY MICKEY

COMIC K
: PURPLE ACID-RAIN

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: JIM SIERGEY (INKS)
+ GARY WHITNEY (PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE MOVIE
AND SONG TITLE PURPLE RAIN STARRING WRITER/PERFORMER PRINCE
—
ADDITIONAL NOTE ON SKETCH ARTWORK: ‘MAKE LOOK MORE LIKE PRINCE’
— STARRING
GPK CHARACTERS OS10 415b WIPED OUT WINNIE AND OS12 498b PISTON PETE

COMIC
L : DUMP STREET

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: GARY WHITNEY (INKS
AND PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE T.V. DRAME SHOW 21
JUMP STREET STARRING ACTOR JOHNNY DEPP
— ADDITIONAL NOTE ON SKETCH
ARTWORK: ‘BIGGER KIDS HERE’
— STARRING GPK CHARACTERS OS13 538a CAT-CRADLE
CATHY ANDOS13 540a ILL WINDSOR

COMIC
M : GAME SHOW GROSS-OUT

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: GARY WHITNEY (INKS
AND PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE T.V. GAME SHOW ‘WHEEL
OF FORTUNE’ AND ITS HOSTESS VANNA WHITE
— ‘VOWEL MOVEMENTS’ = BOWEL MOVEMENTS;
HURT CURT SPELLED AS ‘HURT KURT’ ON SKETCH ARTWORK
— STARRING GPK CHARACTERS
OS3 89a HURT CURT AND OS12 487a DEAD LETTER DEBBIE

COMIC N : DESPERATELY REEKING SUSAN

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: GARY WHITNEY (INKS
AND PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE MOVIE TITLE DESPERATELY
SEEKING SUSAN STARRING MADONNA
— PARODY OF THE THEN HOLLYWOOD POWER
COUPLE ‘MUD-DONNA’ AND HER THEN HUSBAND SEAN PENN
— THE PAIR ARE HOLDING
HANDS WITHIN THE SKETCH ARTWORK; CHANGED FOR THE FINAL VERSION
— STARRING
GPK CHARACTERS OS2 52b ROB SLOB AND OS3 122b LARGE MARGE

COMIC
O : GREAT EXPECTORATIONS

NOTES
OF INTEREST:
— ARTIST: GARY WHITNEY (INKS
AND PENCILING) + WRITER: JAY LYNCH
— PARODY OF THE MOVIE TITLE GREAT
EXPECTATIONS ALONG WITH THE PRO-WRESTLER HULK HOGAN
— STARRING GPK
CHARACTERS OS3 92b SPITTIN’ SPENCER AND OS12 461a MARA THON