The
two production runs of the 6th Series Garbage Pail Kids,
aka Original Series 6 or OS6, for short, are exactly the same except for their
wrappers. There are no card-back variations within the set and this is the first
GPK set with 44 different character images that fills the entire uncut sheet with
no repeats. The first production run wrapper has the 25¢ price with a yellow
star within the yellow spotlight background, however, the 25¢ price is changed
to a white star at some point within the first production so it would stand out
against the background and contains the -09- wrapper code. The second production
run, intended for hobby stores, has a wrapper without the 25¢ price, no star,
and contains the -10- wrapper code. The overall production of GPK, in general,
has been reduced to two production runs, with no assistance from Canada, and no
extra rak-pak or jumbo packs released for the set.

The
New Product Development team had artist James Warhola tested out on the card fronts
to paint alongside full-time artists John Pound and Tom Bunk for the set, while
underground comix artist Jay Lynch was brought on board to paint the card-back
images. Both Warhola and Lynch would remain on the team for the rest of the run
of the Original Series GPK sets, with Warhola painting the main artwork and Lynch
either painting, writing, or both, for the backside.

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ARTISTS : JOHN
POUND, TOM BUNK, JAMES WARHOLA & JAY LYNCH
WRITERS : MARK
NEWGARDEN & ART SPIEGELMAN

88
CARD SET : 88 BASE + 0 VARIATIONS
VARIATIONS : NONE

PRODUCT
& PACKAGING

UNCUT
SHEET — 132 CARD
SHEET — 11 x 12 FORMAT
1
VARIATION —
CODE 4-490-05-04-6

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DISPLAY
BOX — 1
VARIATION — CODE
1-490-40-06-06
MAIN ARTWORK + SIDE ARTWORK : JOHN POUND
BOX DESIGN : BRAD
KAHLHAMER

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WAX
WRAPPER #1 — VARIATION 1 — CODE 0-490-21-09-6
— YELLOW 25¢ PRICE
WAX WRAPPER #1 — VARIATION
2 — CODE 0-490-21-09-6 — WHITE 25¢ PRICE
NOTE:
4 VERSIONS; T-SHIRT or SWEATSHIRT OFFER + YELLOW or WHITE STAR
RENDERED
ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER

WAX
WRAPPER #2 — VARIATION 3 — CODE 0-490-21-10-6
— NO PRICE
NOTE:
2 VERSIONS;
T-SHIRT OFFER or SWEATSHIRT OFFER

RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER

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RETAILER
AD POSTER — CODE 4-490-08-03-6 — SIZE 10 x 14 INCHES
NOTE:
IMAGE TAKEN FROM GIANT 5 x 7 GPK SERIES 2 CARD SET
ARTWORK : JOHN POUND
— DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER

WHOLESALER
ORDER SHEET — CODE 4-999-40-01-6 — SIZE 8 x 11 INCHES
FEBRUARY 1986
— GREEN SELL SHEET PRODUCT — #494; OS1 IMAGE
NOTE
: NO SPECIFIC 6TH SERIES SELL SHEET KNOWN

GPK BOX ARTWORK : JOHN POUND

WHOLESALER
ORDER SHEET — NO DEAL CODE — SIZE 8 x 11 INCHES
WRAPPER OFFER —
BAZOOKA COMIC; OS3 THRU OS9 RELEASES
RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK

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In June of 2015, Topps released
their 30th Anniversary set that contained a Lost Alternate
Art subset that included this John Pound artwork piece with almost the
same naming as the OS printed card; 214a Off-Color CLARA, and anagram of CARLA.
Although still a paint-by-number theme, the two pieces are very different aesthetically;
one character iteration is working with a house paintbrush and paint bucket, whereas
the other character is working with a small
paintbrush and paint palette.

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The
below OS6 Wrapper concept artwork was created for
the release by Tom Bunk who rendered all the wrapper artwork for the sixteen original
GPK sets. This wrapper concept mock up is a tight line drawing of John Pound’s
OS1 character featured on cards 14a Potty SCOTTY and 14b JASON Basin. Besides
the new wrapper mascot the other big change is the ‘ALL NEW‘
series announcement box replacing the jagged half-circle. The Topps logo changes
position and a yellow spotlight background added to the image.

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Pictured below is an Unpublished
painting finished by artist John Pound titled ‘PIZZA FACE‘,
a concept was considered for the OS2 set and intended for the OS6 GPK set. The
image was the fifth painting (6-5 R) completed by Pound for the OS6 set but was
used within the GPK Poster set as #7 Eat My Face!, Garbage Pail Kids instead.
The piece was later used placed into the OS16 unpublished set for cards 639a GUY
Pie and 639b Pepperoni Toni to replace a rejected piece of artwork. The character
was finally published in 2003 for the ANS1 as cards 9a Cheesy CHARLIE and 9b Pizza
Face CHASE; notice the four fingers instead of three fingers of later OS sets.
Per Pound’s tight pencil artwork the pizza-face was originally conceptualized
‘in (a) pizza pan‘ and was initially drawn that way.

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The artwork for cards 233a WES Mess
and 233b Trash-Can KEN, painted by James Warhola, was based off of the Vertumnus
painting created by Giuseppe Arcimboldo in 1590. Per Roman mythology, Vertumnus
is the God of seasons, gardens, plant growth, fruit trees, etc. The Vertumnus
painting itself was based on the Holy Roman Emperor (1576 – 1612) Rudolf II whom
greatly appreciated the piece.

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The
OS6 reverse comic artwork on the card backs were completed by GPK newcomer, artist
Jay Lynch. The comics were a Topps spoof on themselves
poking fun at their own popular Bazooka Joe comics that came wrapped in the Bazooka
gum product. Jay Lynch finished both the art roughs and the final artwork for
the comic backs. The text on the card backs were written by Mark Newgarden and
Art Spiegelman for the OS6 release.

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During
the Garbage Pail Kids card reproduction a Blue-Lines
Process is used (aka whiteprint) within the
correction process of the set. It is a contact printing process which accurately
reproduces the original in size of artwork. Below is one blue-line proof card
example as auctioned off on eBay through the Topps Vault in 2006; card 241b JOSE
Can You See. A blue-line print is not permanent and will fade if exposed to light
for weeks or months.

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The
image from the GPK Poster set #18 BUSTED! painted
by artist John Pound is used for the OS5 through OS8 retail ad posters with an
enlarged, straight Garbage Pail Kids banner at the bottom. The original poster
contains a much smaller Garbage
Pail Kids banner.
The
‘NEW’ yellow color of the OS5 retail poster seen within the ‘Product’ section
has been changed to pink for the OS6 retail poster.

AS
CAN BE DISCERNED FROM L-R, FROM THE ‘SCHOOL’ SIGN TO THE GROUND:
45a Leaky Lindsay & 45b Messy TESSIE, 27a Brainy JANIE & 27b JENNY Genius,
49a Double Heather, 49b Schizo FRAN/FRAN FRAN, 30a New Wave DAVE & 30b Graffiti
PETEY, 8a ADAM Bomb & 8b Blasted BILLY, 73a Gorgeous GEORGE & 73b Dollar
BILL, 3a Up CHUCK & 3b Heavin’ STEVEN, 83a Ugh LEE & 83b Sumo SID,
77a Ghastley ASHLEY & 77b Acne AMY, 54a Fryin’ RYAN & 54b Charred CHAD,
79a Sewer SUE & 79b MICHELLE Muck, 74a MARK Bark & 74b Kennel KENNY, 57a
TOMMY Gun & 57b Dead FRED, 67a Phony LISA & 67b MONA Loser, 43a Smelly
KELLY & 43b DOUG Plug, 44a SY CLOPS & 44b One-Eyed JACK, 66a MATT Ratt
& 66b RACHEL Rodent, 62a Greaser GREG & 62b CHRIS Hiss, 5a Dead TED &
5b JAY Decay, 65a Shrunken ED & 65b Cheeky CHARLES, 42a PATTY Putty &
42b Muggin’ MEGAN, 18a Cranky FRANKIE & 18b Bad BRAD, 75a Off-The-Wall PAUL
& 75b ZACH Plaque, 46a Rappin’ RON & 46b RAY Gun, 4a Fryin’ BRIAN &
4b Electric BILL, 39a Buggy BETTY & 39b Green JEAN, 41a Mean GENE & 41b
Joltin’ JOE, and 40a Unstitched MITCH & 40b Damaged DON.

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The poster image can also be found
as card #14 BUSTED! from the GIANT GPK card set with
the original curved Garbage
Pail Kids header rather
than the straight Garbage
Pail Kids banner at
the bottom. In both the posters and card, along with various award and license
card backs, there are several OS1 and OS2 characters found throughout the image.

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OS6
Garbage Pail Kids Uncut Sheets
were auctioned off of eBay through the Topps Vault in the Summer of 2006. Pictured
is the front and back image for the OS6 GPK uncut sheet which shows a section
of 44 cards with no variations; this is a 132 card sheet with a 11 x 12 format.
Sheet
production code # 4-490-05-04-6.

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Large
GPK Flowcharts were created for the series
after the OS4 set which showed Mark Newgarden, the GPK editor how the work of
the new set was going. It displayeed what artist was working on which concept
piece and the stage in which the painting had been completed. Often, concept pieces
were denied and the department tried to work them into later sets. A list of additional
concept pieces was found at the bottom of the flowchart in case pieces could not
be used. The OS6 contained the following ideas which either replaced denied concept
pieces by Arthur Shorin within the set, were saved for a later series or never
saw the light of day: kid as flag (6th), kid as welcome mat (6th), matchbook kid
(12th), in water cooloer (6th), kangaroo (unpublished), cheerleader coming apart,
squeezed face (8th), pumping self with bike-pump (8th), blowing bubblegum (9th),
pilgrim in stocking, MadMax, trashcan belly (6th), exploding head (6th), ventriloquist
hand (6th), wrecked car (6th), skeleton flasher, butcher block (6th), Mr. Dirt
(Mr. Clean parody), beetle (unpublished).