RELEASE
DATE : APRIL 2006 — PRODUCT NUMBERS : 757-5 + 758-5

The
All-New Series 5 Garbage Pail Kids, aka ANS5 GPK for short, was released
in the Spring of 2006 by the Topps Company, Inc. and distributed in in the month
April; one whole year after the successful ANS4 set containing the coveted Sketch
cards. The GPK set is comprised of all new artwork by veteran artists John Pound,
Tom Bunk, James Warhola and reverse card-back artwork by Jay Lynch + Gary Whitney.
This series also includes next-generation GPK artists Luis Diaz, David Gross,
Justin Green and John Cebollero; including newcomers Layron DeJarnette, Brent
Engstrom and John Zeleznik; as well as concept artwork by Jeff Zapata (art director),
Mark Pingitore, Neil Camera and several artists listed above. The naming panel
for the gags were written by Jay Lynch for entire series.

ARTISTS
: JOHN POUND, TOM BUNK, JAMES WARHOLA, JAY LYNCH, STREPHON
TAYLOR, LUIS DIAZ, DAVID GROSS, JUSTIN GREEN, JOHN CEBOLLERO, LAYRON DEJARNETTE,
BRENT ENGSTROM, JOHN ZELEZNIK, MARK PINGITORE, NEIL CAMERA +
GARY WHITNEY
WRITERS : JAY
LYNCH, JEFF ZAPATA, ETCETERA

80
CARD SET : 80 BASE CARDS
CHASE CARDS : 15 ALPHABET + 9 MAGNET + 5 BONUS +
1 PROMO
110 TOTAL CARD SET : 80 BASE + 30 CHASE

A
total of two main production runs were released during a continued interest of
old 80’s nostalgic toys and hobbies during this period which included product
for both hobby and retail stores. For the first print run each foil pack, with
a suggested retail price of 99¢, contains 6 sticker cards on 14 card stock
and a chance to come across an Alphabet sticker (1:2) or a Magnet card (1:6).
The set also contains 5 Bonus cards that can be found in special Value boxes or
Blister packs that are located at different retail chains. The Alphabet cards
are mainly re-worked artwork of characters from the ANS releases. The series once
again starts back at number one.

BOX + WRAPPER
ARTWORK : JOHN POUND
DISPLAY BOX : 3 VARIATIONS + 3 BONUS BOXES
WRAPPER
: 5 VARIATIONS

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[NO
IMAGE]

SPECIALTY MARKET BOX
BOX
CODE : 1-757-30-01-6 — UPC : 0-41116-16757-7 — 36/6 ct.
NOTE: Thanks
for comfirming, JT.

BOX CODE
: 1-757-30-02-6 — UPC : 41116-56757 — 36/6 ct.
NOTE: No ‘H’ Hobby
Symbol.
CASE CODE : 2-757-40-01-6 — 8/36 ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-757-89-02-6
— UPC : 41116-46757 — w/ No Price

POSTER
CODE : 4-757-08-02-6 — 10.5″ x 17″ SIZE
MAIN ARTWORK : JOHN
POUND

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RETAIL
PRODUCTION RUN

BOX
CODE : 1-758-30-01-6 — UPC : 41116-16758 — Wal*Mart, etc.
CASE CODE
: 2-758-40-01-6 — 8/36 ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-758-89-01-6 — UPC :
41116-06758 — w/ 99¢ Price

BOX
CODE : 1-758-30-02-6 — UPC : 41116-46758 — Target, etc.
CASE CODE
: 2-758-40-01-6 — 8/36 ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-758-89-02-6 — UPC :
41116-36758 — w/ No Price

GRAVITY
FEED BOX CODE : 2-741-03-01-6 — No UPC Code — Target; 48 ct.
CASE
BOX SINGLE : UPC 41116-16741 — #741-065 — 1/48 ct.
CASE BOX CODE
: 2-741-94-01-6 — UPC 41116-26741 — 6/48 ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-741-89-01-6
— UPC : 41116-06741 — w/ No Price

BLISTER
PACK CODE : 5-759-30-01-6 — UPC 41116-06759
NOTE: B12, B13 or B14 Bonus
Cards w/ 4 Packs — 20 ct.
DISPLAY BOX CODE : 1-759-30-01-6 — UPC
41116-16759
WRAPPER CODE : 0-758-89-02-6 — UPC : 41116-36758 — w/
No Price

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BONUS
PRODUCT PACKAGING

BOX CODE : 1-939-30-01-6 — Target, KB Toys
NOTE : B11 Bonus Card w/ Yellow
$9.99 Price Oval
CASE BOX CODE : 2-939-40-01-6 — #939-065 — 16/11
ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-939-89-01-6 — UPC : 41116-06939 — w/ 99¢
Price

DISCONTINUED

BOX CODE : 1-939-30-02-6 — Toys ‘R’ Us, K-Mart
CASE BOX CODE : 2-939-40-0?-6
— #939-065 — 16/11 ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-939-89-01-6 — UPC :
41116-06939 — w/ 99¢ Price

BOX CODE : 1-939-30-03-6 — UPC 41116-46939 — Wal*Mart
NOTE: B10
Bonus Card w/ Yellow ‘Bonus Box’ Oval
CASE BOX CODE : 2-939-40-03-6 —
#939-065 — 16/11 ct.
WRAPPER CODE : 0-939-89-01-6 — UPC : 41116-06939
— w/ 99¢ Price

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PROMO
MATERIAL + PRINT & ADVERTISING

FOLD-OUT
PROMO FLYER — 8.5″ x 11″ INCHES
NOTE: Flyer Front and Back
Covers — Middle Section Not Shown
MAIN SHEET ARTWORK : JOHN POUND

DEALER
SELL SHEET — 8.5″ x 11″ INCHES
MAIN ARTWORK : JOHN POUND

NOT
PRODUCED
TARGET DISPLAY SHEET — EXCELL
MARKETING

NON-SPORT
UPDATE — GPK CARD REVIEW
NOTE: August/September 2006; Vol. 17, #4

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Several characters for the Promotional Material had
minor color and name changes from the original mock-up images to the final release:
Card 2a MANNY Hands is pictured in the flyer with a pink nameplate and in the
poster as ‘COLE Hands’ with a yellow nameplate was changed to 2a SAM Bidexterous
with a yellow nameplate; 5b Batty BRAD is the same for the final release except
the two bats located behind the GPK header are now in front of it; RONNY Nose
with a yellow nameplate was replaced with the name 5b Runny RYAN with a pink nameplate;
6a Matrix MAX with a red GPK header and a yellow nameplate became Matrix MIGUEL
with a blue GPK header and a red nameplate; character 11a Slam DUNCAN with a red
nameplate was switched to 11a Slam-Dunk DYLAN with a light blue nameplate and
lastly, 14a Regurgitate NATE with a yellow nameplate became 14a Regurgita-TED
with a blue nameplate for the final release.

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The second U.S. GPK set to have an official Promo
Card that was released at the San Diego Comic Convention in August of 2005.
The two bats hidden behind the GPK header are in front of the header for the final
image for cards 4a MATT Mobile and 4b Batty BRAD product release;
Luis Diaz’s LD Monster character remains in both cards, but for the final card
release he’s been moved further to the extreme corner and the character Batman
Kid image raised on the card.

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For the Promotional Material
the sell sheet, 2-sided flyer and poster all have the new tag-line ‘SUPER-GROSS
STICKERS‘, but the box and packs still have the older, shorter ‘GROSS
STICKERS‘ tag-line. The mock-up box display shows card 11a Slam-Dunk DYLAN
and 11b Jumpshot JOSH but is replaced by card character 36a CHRISTINA Barfarina
and 36b Spewin’ SHANNON for the final release. The new box arrangement has the
GPK logo as a double-lined banner rather than a straight banner.

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As printed on the reverse-side of the ANS5 promotional
card, the new set includes Chase Cards in the form
of foil Initial Stickers (later named Alphabet Stickers), numbering 1-15 along
and Magnet cards. The B-A mock-up image appears as a non-foil card on the promotional
advertisement material. A few Alphabet letters were changed from the tentative
checklist to the final release: #4 N-T became N-V, #12 Q-L became Q-I, #13 A-P
became I-P, #14 Z-V became Z-T and #15 I-W became L-W. Justin Green completed
the final artwork for the set but Jay Lynch worked on original concept pieces
with ideas from Jeff Zapata.

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The All-New Series with the longest GPK Nomenclature
is card 40a Chopper-Chopped CHRIS with 19 letters and 20 characters. The longest
Original Series name is from the OS11 set for card 428b Garbage Mouth GILBERT
with 19 letters and 19 characters.

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ANS5 is the first set to contain Magnet
Cards numbering 1 through 9, similar to the corresponding parody All-New
Series Wacky Packages magnet set, that can be found in the ratio of 1 out of every
6 packs (1:6). The original ‘PEEL HERE‘ arrow (non-sticker)
and card numbers have been removed from the image and are missing the die-cut.
The promotional material mock-up picture of the Varicose WAYNE magnet shows the
card number 400b.

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Artist Tom Bunk’s Autograph,
his full name, can be found grafittied on the bathroom wall of card b14 PETE Heat
along with other family members and friends, including the website author’s full
name ‘Aaron Booton’ near the mirror. Artist Luis Diaz’s initials, ‘LD’,
can be found on the eye drop bottle of cards 17a Red-Eye ROB and 17b Pink-Eye
GUY.

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The ANS3 Wacky Packages
set contains a card back created by WP artist Neil Camera that has a small parody
of a GPK character called ‘Garbage Pail Kids – Barf Now!’ as part of a website
titled ‘disgustingkids.com’ on card #30 LIPLOC. The character used is from the
unpublished OS16 set 657a Crawly Raleigh and 657b Bugged BOYD and the published
ANS1 card 4a Cootie CODY and 4b Buggin’ BRANDON.

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The ANS5 set has three pairs of characters with
the Same Fornames: Cards 9b King KYLE and 28a Karate
KYLE, 16a AL Poe and 22b AL Entine and cards 25a NICK Pick and 29b Tricky NICK.

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The ANS5 GPK card 38a Railroaded RICHARD and 38b
Choo-Choo CHARLIE pays tribute to the Wacky Packages
image by artist Luis Diaz placing the All-New Series WP parody product #41 BLUBBERLICIOUS
on top of the train station platform. The same card also pays tribute to the Robotech
character located behind the station, a VW yellow bug that’s the Transformer Bumblebee,
and the train conductor’s 8-bit NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) controller;
though the buttons have been changed from red to blue.

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Six pieces of artwork were removed from the original
line-up to become Bonus Cards found in the specially
packaged retail value boxes or blister packs; the value box for Toys R Us and
KMart was discontinued so cards 21a and 21b remain unpublished: card listing 9a
GEORGE Brush, a President George Bush name
paordy, and 9b Paint Can DAN became bonus card B10 BRUCE Brush and replaced by
the KING KONG movie spoof cards 9a Furious GEORGE, a Curious George name
parody, and 9b King KYLE; 21a Happy-Meal NEIL and 21b Bozo BOB replaced with 21a
ERIC The Wreck and 21b Moto CARL; 22a PATRICK Piñata and 22b Whacked JACK
became bonus card B12 PATRICK Piñata and switched to 22a Courtin’ CODY
and 22b AL Entine; cards 23a SYDNEY Opera and 23b Messy VANESSA became bonus card
B11 Opera URSULA replaced with 23a CLAIRE Snare and 23b Lunchtime LINDSEY; cards
26a BLAKE Quake and 26b JACK Atoa became B13 BLAKE Quake and switched to 26a Milkin’
MILT and 26b Dairy BARRY; and lastly 30a PETE Heat and 30b DOMINIC Done became
bonus card B14 PETE Heat and replaced by 30a Yoga OLGA and 30b MEL Smell.

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ANS5 cards 13a Inmate NATE and 13b Last-Leg LUKE
by John Cebollero have the names ‘AL CATRAZ‘ and ‘CON
VIC‘ written upon the shared prison wall, paying tribute to the OS9 card
character 343a Con VIC and 343b AL Catraz.

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The set contains the first see-through GPK
Header for cards 31a Turntable TIM and 31b Dee-Jay JASON; although, this
was not an intentional idea by the artist but done at Topps during post production.
The image contains three ANS4 GPK unopened packs around the table, an ANS5 inscription
above the right head (GPK-5) and, one of artist Luis Diaz’s signature pieces,
the pink water bottle. The water bottle can also be found in cards 2a SAM Bidexterous
and 2b Multi-Taskin’ ASHTON and in cards 24a Stormcloud SHAWN and 24b Boltin’
COLTON (within the state of Texas). His other signature piece, the LD Monster,
can be found in cards 4a MATT Mobile and 4b Batty BRAD, as part of the the haystack
machine in cards 27a Hay BAILEY and 27b PETEY Wheatey, as the second smoke puff
in cards 38a Railroaded RICHARD and 38b Choo-Choo CHARLIE and in the original
artwork of 2a SAM Bidexterous and 2b Multi-Taskin’ ASHTON. The LD Monster and
Shaq holding a sign parodying Kobe’s then car wreck (next to Lakers #8 Kobe Bryant)
were removed from cards 11a Slam-Dunk DYLAN and 11b Jumpshot JOSH for the final
card. The name ‘Pierce’ on the #1 jersey is for the GPK Underground webmaster
Cory Pierce who came up with the concept.

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Two of artist Luis Diaz’s pieces pay GPK
Tribute to older sets by placing die-cut sticker images throughout his
artwork; cards 2a SAM Bidexterous and 2b Multi-Taskin’ Ashton (A self-portrait
of Diaz) showcases the following GPK characters under the art table and on the
clamp-on light: ANS5 17a Red-Eye ROB and 17b Pink-Eye GUY work-in-progress art,
ANS3 30a Chopper CHAD and 30b Hurlin’ HARLEY as framed final artwork (this artwork
was originally intended to be the “LD Monster with NES controller), OS14
546a Modern MARLISE and 546b Abstract ABBY, OS15 619a V.C. ARNIE and 619b Cassette
Casey (covered by nameplate), OS14 565a Easter BONNIE and 565b Hard-Boiled MEG
(covered by nameplate), OS14 574a Shattered SHELL and 574b Fractured FRANK (covered
by nameplate), OS13 540a Ill WINDSOR and 540b HORATIO Hornblower (covered by nameplate),
OS14 571a Rubber ROBERT and 571b Inside OTTO, OS14 559a DWAYNE Stain and 559b
Spilled GIL, cards 572a Fake JAKE and 572b Sham SAM and the ANS5 final artwork
for cards 6a Matrix MIGUEL and 6b Skinned JIM. Cards 11a Slam-Dunk DYLAN and 11b
Jumpshot JOSH also pay tribute and contain the following stickers: OS1 23a Drippy
DAN and 23b Leaky LOU, OS15 617a CLAUDE Flesh and 617b Slasher ASHER, OS9 351a
CHERYL Peril and 351b Deflatin’ NATHAN, ANS1 35a Rootin’ RUBEN and 35b Booger
BRIAN and OS4 132a Bony TONY and 132b Unzipped ZACK.

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Cards 21a ERIK The Wreck and 21b Moto Carl have
the website logo GPK UG (GPK Underground) on the
motorcycle for Cory Pierce’s GPK message board website; Pierce came up with the
concept for the motorcross piece. The rider’s pants also has the ANS6 logo down
the pant-leg, even though the piece is located within the ANS5 set.

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The series Checklist
is a second for the franchise, after ANS4 GPK, and contains a font of different
sizes; the name is larger than the word, much like the Trash Can Trolls checklist
without the bold appearance. However, unlike the ANS4 Insert checklist in which
the font is the same size for the word and name the Insert checklist for ANS5
has different font sizes like the base set checklist.

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The 20-piece Reverse Artwork
are returning themes from the orginal GPK sets; the eight GPK ‘PUZZLE
PUKE‘ pieces similar to the OS11 and OS13 Garbage Gang ‘PUZZLE
PUKE‘ backs; the ANS4 set also contains twenty GPK ‘PUZZLE
PUKE‘ pieces, the four GPK ‘Would We Lie To You?’ pieces similar to the
OS9 and OS14 Garbage Gang ‘Would We Lie To You?’ backs and the eight GPK Comics
(parody of Bazooka Joe comics) similar to the OS6 and OS8 GPK Comics and
the OS10 Garbage Gang Comics.

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The sixteenth set to contain cards with the GPK
Acronym found within the artwork; the GPK acronym found on the basketball
jersey of cards 11a Slam-Dunk DYLAN and 11b Jumpshot JOSH, on the snowsuit of
cards 15a Armless AARON and 15b Unarmed ADRIAN, on the cola bottle of cards 18a
COREY Cola and 18b Coca-COLE, on the motorcross bike of cards 21a ERIC The Wreck
and 21b Moto CAR (the card also contains the ‘t’ for Topps along the advertisement
banner and on the motorcycle), on the water bottle of cards 30a Yoga OLGA and
30b MEL Smell and on the turntable of cards 31a Turntable TIM and 31b Dee-Jay
JASON.

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In late 2006, after the release of the ANS5 GPK
set, John Pound worked on a GPK parody for the Ramones
group for their Rhino music boxes set release; the image can be found on the inside
cover and on poster ads for the set in music stores at the time. The original
picture comes from the band’s highly successful Rocket to Russia album.

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The initial Tentative Checklist
had several names changed for the final release; base cards 2b COLE Hands as pictured
in the poster and as MANNY Hands in the promotional flyer became 2b Multi-Taskin’
ASHTON, 5a GEORGE Mucous (the STAR WARS director George Lucas name parody)
and 5b Runnin’ RYAN changed to 5a MARTY Mucous and 5b Runny RYAN (The name RONNY
Nose used in promotional advertisement is a 12th Series name for card 472b), 8a
TOM Plunk (artist Tom Bunk name parody) and 8b DAVE Gross (artist David Gross
name parody) became 8a NORMAN Notwell and 8b VINCENT Van Gross, 14b JACK Snack
was switched to 14b ZACK Snack, name 16b Gnawed GABRIEL was replaced with the
name 16b Gnawed CLAUDE, 17b Eyedrops IAN was changed to 17b Pink-Eye GUY, 18b
ABIGAIL Ale became 18b Coca-COLE, character 19b JACOB’s Loader was switched to
19b Decorating DEB, names 20a PETER Packaging and 20b Tongue-Tied TONY changed
to 20a PAUL Packaging and 20b Tongue-Tied TOBY, 25b Picky RICKY was replaced with
25b Picky DICKY, name 28b Fistin’ CHRISTIAN became 28b TY Kwon Don’t, names 37a
VICTORIA Secrete (name parody of the Victoria’s Secret undergarment line) and
37b Flowin’ CHLOE changed to 37a FARRAH Faucet and 37b Leakin’ LACEY, character
38b CHARLES Chunnel was switched to 38b Choo-Choo CHARLIE, names 39a Doomed DOMINIC
and 39b Anti-Ant ANTHONY changed to 39a Doomed DWAYNE and 39b Toasted TODD. Cards
1a Metoer MARK and 1b Asteroid ANTHONY were tentatively titled Dooms Day
DAVE.

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The director of the Art Department at Topps, Jeff Zapata, had John Pound draw
up a new GPK Model Sheet for the ANS4 set to send
to the new GPK artists in training. Pound completed the pencil artwork on 08/25/2004—as
seen within the ANS4 GPK History section and then Jeff had Pound paint the model
sheet for the ANS5 release. GPK Model Sheets were created by the art department
in the late 80’s, drawn by Tom Bunk, and distributed to the different artists
prior to the OS10 set once the Kids’ features were forced to be changed by the
CPK lawsuit. The old model sheets can be seen within the OS10 page.

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Veteran Garbage Pail Kids artist John
Pound completed sixteen paintings for the ANS5 set. John’s preliminary
artwork tends to always look like the final artwork with little revisions since
initial thumbnail drawings are not available. The pencil artwork and color rough
example is for the Garbage Pail Kids contest winner for cards 3a Internal MORGAN
and 3b Demonic DANIELLE as well as a rare pencil layout showing the bottle label
sketches and the pencil artwork for cards 14a COREY Cola and 14b Coca COLE. That
last image is the original final artwork for cards 34a Eye-Candy MANDY and 34b
MOLLY Pop as submitted by Pound; the art department ended up changing the pink
dusk sunset background to a blue background for the final card image.

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The Reverse Artwork,
including the GPK Comics, GPK ‘Would We Lie To You?’ and GPK ‘PUZZLE PUKE’
backs, were rough sketched, tight penciled, inked, lettered and final inked by
GPK veteran Jay Lynch. As in the 80’s, Lynch hired comic strip illustrater, and
friend Gary Whitney, who assisted Lynch with the GPK comics to do tight pencils
and final inking. Jay also requested the help of Matt Anderson to help with final
inking and lettering as the deadline approached for the ‘Would We Lie To You?’
artwork. Lynch also worked on a few concept pieces for the front of the cards
for 7a ANN Urism and 7b ESTHER Basket, 23a CLAIRE Snare and 23b Lunchtime LINDSEY
and bonus card BLAKE QUAKE (and JACK Atoa).

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Veteran GPK artist Tom Bunk completed only
three images for the new set due to battling an illness throughout the end of
2005 and 2006. Two of the pieces were ideas taken from previous Topps parody sets.
Below is a sample of the sketch and color rough images for the three bonus cards
describing the changes for the final artwork.

Cards
Trash Can Trolls 24a BUSTER Open and 24b Crash DANNY + GPK B12 PATRICK Piñata

NOTE: tree limb reversed, both hands and one leg dismembered, stick replaced with
a bat and tooth added.

Card
B13 BLAKE Quake — NOTE: Volcanos added to the left of the image, gas cloud
changed to red and orange.

OS2
Bathroom Buddies 2016S1 Apple Pie 3a DEBBIE Dryer and 3b Melted MELANIE + GPK
B14 PETE Heat
NOTE: hands and face melting, hand blower raised and style changed,
character’s face turned.

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Several Concept Artwork
pieces by Jay Lynch were auctioned off of eBay through the Topps Vault during
the month of May in 2006; this represents only a small sample of concepts by Lynch
that have been auctioned off for the earlier ANS sets. There were Scratch ‘n’
Stink chase card concepts sent to Jeff Zapata, like ‘GINO Frappachino’; a Starbucks
coffee parody where the kid is puking coffee, some earlier concepts sent to John
Williams and several GPK Celebs that made up the bulk, titled ‘Incredi BILL’ (The
Incredibles movie parody), ‘GUS Usher’ (a hip-hop Usher parody), ‘Crashed-On
ASTON’ (a parody of Punked host Ashton Kucher), among others. Topps buys
these concepts from the artists and can later sell them. The celebrity concepts
may have been for an unrealized Garbage Pail Kids subset.

NOTE: Scratch ‘n’ Stink concepts for vomiting
‘Over Eatin’ ETHAN’ or ‘GARY Glutton’ (BL), farting ‘Magical MAURICE’ (T) and
vomiting ‘DUKE Puke’ (BR)

NOTE:
GPK celebs concepts for Kramer ‘Neighbor LEE’ or ‘Crappy COSMO’ (L) and Pamela
Anderson ‘PAM Mams’ (R)

NOTE:
regular concepts for squeeze toy ‘Toy ROY’ or ‘Poppin’ PETE’ (L) and mismatched
‘Inver TED’ (R)

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Veteran GPK artist James Warhola
unfortunately did not return to work on the ANS5 set after having completed product
for the ANS2 through ANS4 GPK sets for Topps.

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Next-generation GPK artist Luis
Diaz completed twelve paintings for the new set with a surprising number
of nine of these pieces being horizontal cards. Several images were changed from
their original state as outlined below.

Cards
2a SAM Bidexterous and 2b Multi-Taskin’ ASHTON — NOTE: the yellow background
that clashed with the character’s skin tone changed to blue and paint in fist
to yellow.

Cards
27a Hay BAILEY and 27b PETEY Wheatey — NOTE: the human’s hair and skin color
was darkended and emergency labels were added to the bailing machine for the final.

Cards
31a Turntable TIM and 31b Dee-Jay JASON — NOTE: the original turntable artwork
had the two different faces mainly made up of vinyl record material but were switched
to whole faces instead to read more like GPK characters on card for the final
artwork.

Cards
38a Railroad RICHARD and 38b Choo-Choo CHARLIE — NOTE: the cowboy and horse
were originally located by the train tracks at the bottom, but due to the nameplate
the Art Dept. moved them up by the conductor’s hat and placed the smoke puff behind
it.

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Next-gen GPK artist John Cebollero
completed five paintings for the ANS5 set based off of concepts from other artists.
Pictured below are two pencil artwork pieces by Cebollero for card characters
23a CLAIRE Snare and 23b Lunchtime LINDSEY, concept by Jay Lynch, and 36a CHRISTINA
Barfarina and 36b Spewin’ SHANNON, concept by Mark Pingitore.

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The GPK NextGen Artists
for the ANS5 set include Layron DeJarnette who completed four pieces for the new
set, Brent Engstrom who painted four final artwork pieces in which only two made
into the set and John Zeleznik who finished one painting as a bonus card for the
new set. Art director Jeff Zapata gave all three of the potential artists the
card character 15a Armless AARON and 15b Unarmed ADRIAN, based off of a Mark Pingitore
concept, to be tested out for painting GPK. Pictured below are Engstrom’s (L)
and Zeleznik’s (M) interpretations of the concept which was eventually given to
DeJarnette (R) to complete for the final card image. Zeleznik posted his iteration
to his website some time afterwards and posted it to Instagram on December 24,
2023, stating, “Merry Christmas Instagram! My Garbage Pail Kids try-out piece
from days of yore!” DeJarnette had this to say on January 12, 2024, “My
very first GPK painting! I remember when [Jeff] told me that the “GPK test”
was a win-win scenario. Topps would pay all the artists that took the test and
use one of the paintings for an official GPK card.”, and Pingitore mentioned,
“My first official concept approved too!”

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Artist Brent Engstrom
also completed a few GPK case-study artwork of head models based off of ANS5 artwork
by artists Luis Diaz (for card #2; bottom left) and John Pound (card #34; middle
image) and of his own character that would be printed within the ANS6 set (for
card #7; top left) as seen below. A second piece of artwork finished by Engstrom,
also based off of a Mark Pingitore concept from 2005 of a clown clowning around
remained unpublished for the ANS5 set, but the artwork was later touched-up and
used for the ANS7 bonus card B6 GEORGE Clowny.

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In 1987, after the release of the OS8 GPK set, CBS
Inc. was geared up to premier the Garbage Pail Kids Cartoon
on Saturday morning to coincide with the popularity of the GPK card craze. However,
after the cartoon was canceled due to parental and religious groups, the toy figures
and cartoons were shelved. Up to 2006, only pirated cartoons being sold with subtitles
that aired overseas were previously available. The 13 episodes of the Paramount
GPK cartoon was finally released on DVD for the first time in April of 2006 to
capitalize on the resurgence in popularity of the GPK cards. Visit the OS8 ‘GPK
History’ section to see images of the cartoon cells and figurines.

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Concept GPK artist Mark Pingitore
submitted more than ten concepts for the ANS5 set painted by different artists.
Bonus card B12 was painted by veteran artist Tom Bunk, possibly modeled after
a Trash Can Trolls idea from yesteryears, as well as a concept by Pingitore. Pictured
below are mainly alternate poses or positions of the conceptual artwork accepted
by Topps along with three images barely changed. All of Pingitore’s concept pieces
pictured below were created in 2005 except for 26a Milkin’ MILT and 26b Dairy
BARRY that was created in 2006.

Cards
20a PAUL Package and 20b Tongue-Tied TOBY : 26a Milkin’ MILT and 26b Dairy BARRY
: B10 BRUCE Brush
NOTE: all concepts remained the same for the final artwork.

Cards
13a Inmate NATE and 13b Last-Leg LUKE — NOTE: a vertical layout was created,
other cut-off leg added and GPK tattoo on fingers remains for the final artwork
(L).
Cards 15a Armless AARON and 15b Unarmed
ADRIAN — NOTE: axe on tree stump removed, ‘GPK’ added to snowsuit, holes
in gloves added and frozen snot added to the nose (R).

Cards
22a Courtin’ CODY and 22b AL Entine — NOTE: ‘whistle’ added to the character’s
mouth and eating the box of Valentine candy removed (L).
Cards
30a Yoga OLGA and 30b MEL Smell — NOTE: perspestive of character changed
and a different post chosen for the final artwork (R).

Cards
33a Tether BILL and 33b Sporty SPENCER — NOTE: playground equipment and sand
toys re-arranged, face less beat-up, spit added and eye not intact for final art
(L).
Card B12 PATRICK Piñata
— NOTE: tree limb reversed, character’s position changed, more candy and
guts added to the exploding innards and kid with bat added for the final iamge
(R).

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Several All-New Series 5 uncut Garbage Pail Kids
Card Sheets were auctioned off of eBay through the
Topps Vault in the Summer of 2006; A back image for the base cards nicely showing
the four completed puzzles and a front image of for the bonus cards placed in
various value boxes and blister packs.

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Wacky Packages
and next-gen GPK artist Dave Gross who started during
the ANS3 set worked on six concept images for the new set, eventually painting
two of them. Below are pencil and ink concepts completed by Gross; the first concept
was finalized and painted by John Pound, the second piece was painted by John
Cebollero and the third image was completed by Gross himself. No suggested names
chosen for final product.

Cards
16a AL Poe and 16b Gnawed CLAUDE — NOTE: dog leaping for attack in upper
left hand corner of image removed and area replaced with a mailbox for the final
artwork.

Cards
28a Karate KYLE and 28b TY Kwon Don’t — NOTE: body stance changed, the perspective
of the character swiched-up and fingers chopped off instead of the whole hand.

Cards
32a Gamblin’ GABE and 32b LUIS Vegas — NOTE: 5-cent coins added to dispensing
barf and ‘LUCKY’ lettering style changed; the same coin, barfing, can be found
on cards #35.

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Concept GPK artist Neil Camera,
who has up to this point mainly worked on the Wacky Pacakges parody product, came
up with the concept for cards 12a Heavin’ HUNTER and 12b Rabbit CHASE with instruction
by Jeff Zapata; a spoof on the Looney Toons chraracter Elmer J. Fudd, the
archenemy of Bugs Bunny. Artist John Pound painted the final image; the evolution
of the concept can be seen below.

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Pictured below are several unaccepted Concept
Pieces by Mark Pingitore that did not make it into the ANS5 GPK
set including several parody concepts poking fun at The Ring and Star
Wars movies. The ideas will most likely not be found in any future GPK set.
However, a different version of The Ring gag can be found within Pingitore’s
independent Horrorible Kids Series 2 release under the label Magic Marker Art
for cards 24a Ring SUE and 24b VEE H.S. from 2017.

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The foil Alphabet Stickers
were designed by Jay Lynch who completed all of the concept roughs based on a
block letter type-face. Topps art director Jeff Zapata had Justin Green, who was
involved with the ANS4 Sketch cards, work on the final artwork for the Alphabet
stickers—originally called ‘Initial Stickers’. The style of the type-face
used by Lynch was changed because of the nature of the die-cut equipment that
Topps was using at the time. Zapata had to take Green’s finished artwork and modify
them slightly on the computer to fit the new type-face, and since some were so
far removed from the original type-face, some had to be redrawn. Like many recycled
ideas within Topps non-sport card history, Initial stickers are not a new concept;
the Alphabet stickers follow the same concept as several older Topps Initial sets,
including the 1967 Nutty Initials set (and subsequent sets), the 1968 Love Initials
set and the 1973 Monster Initials set.

The
letter ‘J’ idea sketch by Zapata and the alternate version by Green.

The
letters ‘A’ and ‘L’ concept pieces by Lynch.

The
letters ‘B’ and ‘A’ mock-up card image by Lynch for the ANS5 promotional material
(L).
The letter ‘P’, 1-sticker Love Initials
sample (R).

The
letter ‘R’, 5-sticker Nutty Initials sample (L).
The
letters ‘A’ and ‘X’, 2-sticker Monster Initials sample (R).

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Two Alphabet Letters
and three images of Jay Lynch’s were not used for the stickers subset; the letter
‘G’ for ANS2 character 10a Hooked BROOKE and 10b KATE Bait and two different letter
‘N’s for ANS1 character 13a Leggy LAUREN and 13b VICTORIA’S Secret.

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The Naming Process
for card nomenclature was taken on my Jay Lynch who came up with seven or eight
names per image, this was done without actually seeing the artwork, but by descriptions
of the images only. A few of the final picked names were changed due to the removal
of some characters within the base set for bonus cards and their replacements
by the art director, Jeff Zapata.