The rebranded
‘Yearly’ sequential set, 2014 Series 2 GPK (‘2014S2’) was released in the Fall
of 2014 by Topps, Inc. and distributed in October, five months after the OS2 Chrome
set released in July of 2013 and nine months after the 2014 Series 1 set released
in January of 2014. The ‘Yearly’ sets would continue to be released roughly twice
yearly for the next decade and be referred to as ‘Thematic’ sets; this release
contained a major superhero battles subset & bonus cards, card comics, and
patch relics parodying the logos of the GPK superheroes.

The GPK set includes
all-new artwork by artists Tom Bunk Brent Engstrom, Layron DeJarnette, Joe Simko,
Dave Gross, Mark Pingitore, Fred Harper, John Cebollero, JungHwa Im and Colin
Walton (art director); and several additional artists that assisted with autograph,
sketch cards and writing including Neil Camera and Pat Barrett. The brand manager
for this release was Jordan Greenstein which makes up sales and marketing. For
the first print run, each foil or plastic pack, with a suggested retail price
of $2.49, contains ten stickers, except for the Hobby Collector Edition box which
packs contain six stickers per pack with exclusive premium content.

Previews
World had the two hobby items listed as AUG142005, hobby box, and AUG142006, hobby
collector box, with a pack price tags of SRP $2.99 and SRP $5.49, respectively,
and being in shops on November 5, 2014. Per announcement, “Unleash the power
of the GPK superheroes with Garbage Pail Kids 2014 series 2! Between Avengers,
SHEILD, Batman, and more, superheroes are more popular than ever. Now, GPK is
getting in on the action with its own hilarious cast of parody heroes and villains!
See GPK’s unique group of heroes and villains show off their special powers and
wage epic battles between good and evil. Will Spider Manny and his super snot
webs prevail over Venomous Vince? There are 152 cards to collect: 132 brand-new
characters (66 A/B names), 10 superhero battles, and 10 full card comics. There
are black, silver, and gold parallels, as well as 8 bonus cards, 11 superhero
C-names, die-cut sketch cards, artist autographs, and more. 10 cards per regular
pack, 24 packs per box. 6 cards per collector’s pack, 24 packs per box.”

MOCK-UP
BOX IMAGES — MAIN BOX + WRAPPER ARTWORK BY JOHN POUND + BRENT ENGSTROM

179
CARD SET : 67a + 132b BASE CARDS
CHASE
CARDS : 18 Bonus Cards + 11 C-Name Cards + 5 Art Variant Cards + 5 Promo Cards
+ 4 Battle Cards + 4 Full Comics Cards. (Not Including : Printing Plates, Parallels,
Sketch Cards, Artist Autographs, Etc.)

1249 TOTAL
CARDS = 132 Base Card Stickers + 132 Green Parallel + 132 Black Parallel
+ 132 Silver Parallel + 132 Gold Parallel + 132 Metallic Red Parallel + 132 Canvas
Cards + 132 Sepia Cards + 132 Character Backs + 18 Bonus Stickers + 11 C-Name
Stickers + 10 Patch Relic Cards + 5 Art Variant Cards + 5 Promo Cards + 4 Battles
Cards + 4 Full Comic Cards + 1 Sketch Card + 1 Artist Autograph Card + 1 Die-Cut
Artist Sketch Card + 1 Printing Plate

RETAIL:
Battles card (1:3), Full Comics card (1:6), Parallels (Green 1:1, Black 1:2, Gold
1:38), Printing Plate (1:1,152), C-Name short print (1:100), C-Name short print
Printing Plate sequentially numbered (1:12,608), Artist Autograph card (1:150),
Sketch card (1:171). Jumbo Pack bonus sticker Printing Plate sequentially numbered
(1:1,511). Value Box bonus sticker Printing Plate sequentially numbered (1:3,277).
HOBBY: Battles card (1:3), Full Comics card (1:6),
Parallels (Silver 1:24, Gold 1:38), Printing Plate (1:1,152), C-Name short print
(1:100), C-Name short print Printing Plate sequentially numbered (1:12,608), Artist
Autograph card (1:1,150), Die-Cut Sketch card (1:171). Hobby Bonus Sticker (1:24).
HOBBY COLLECTOR EDITION: Battles card (1:3), Full
Comics card (1:6), Parallels (Silver 1:24, Gold 1:38), Printing Plate (1:1,152),
C-Name short print (1:100), C-Name short print Printing Plate sequentially numbered
(1:12,608), Artist Autograph card (1:96), Die-Cut Sketch card (1:171). Hobby Bonus
Sticker (1:24), Hobby Bonus card Printing Plate (1:1,338), Character Pattern Back
card (1:24), Patch card (1:48), Sepia card (1:24; Printing Plate 1:288), Short
Print variant card (1:192), Texture Relic card (1:48). Each box includes one Textured
Relic, Autograph, Die-Cut Sketch OR Printing Plate per box, and one Patch OR Textured
card every other box.

*

‘CLICK’ TO VIEW SHEETS — PRODUCT RELEASE DIGITAL
SHEETS — PAGES 10-14

*

HOBBY
PRODUCTION RUN

DISPLAY
BOX — CODE PKG002606 — UPC 8-87521-02632-6 — 24 PACK; ‘H’ ON BOX
NOTE:
BONUS CARDS B10a/b THROUGH B13a/b
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — CODE PKG ? —
UPC ? — FGC ? — 24 PACK / 8 BOX
FOIL PACK — CODE PKG002600
— UPC 8-87521-02631-9 — $2.49 SRP; ‘H’ ON WRAPPER

*

RETAIL
PRODUCTION RUN

DISPLAY BOX — CODE PKG002607 — UPC 8-87521-02638-? — ’24 PACK’
ON BOX; TOPPS ONLINE, ETC.
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — CODE PKG002653 —
UPC 8-87521-02639-5 — FGC001166 — 16 BOX / 24 PACK CT
FOIL PACK
— CODE PKG002596 — UPC 8-87521-02637-1— $2.49 SRP

BONUS
BOX — CODE PKG002610 — UPC 8-87521-02652-4 — $9.99 PRICE; TARGET/TOPPS
ONLINE
NOTE: BONUS CARD B14a/b THROUGH B15a/b
CARDBOARD CASE BOX —
CODE PKG ? — UPC ? — FGC ? — ?
FOIL PACK — CODE PKG002601
— UPC 8-87521-02651-7
BONUS FOIL PACK — CODE PKG002595

BONUS BOX : PKG002611 : UPC 8-87521-02654-8
— W/O $9.99 PRICE; WAL*MART
NOTE: BONUS CARD B14a/b THROUGH B15a/b

CARDBOARD CASE BOX : UPC ? — ?
FOIL PACK — CODE PKG002601 —
UPC 8-87521-02651-7
BONUS FOIL PACK — CODE PKG002595

JUMBO VALUE PACK — CODE PKG002602 — UPC 8-87521-02649-4 — 4.99
SRP
NOTE: BONUS CARD B16a/b THROUGH B18a/b
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — CODE
PKG002657 — UPC 8-87521-02650-0 — FGC 001170 — 1/108 CT

GRAVITY FEED BOX — CODE PKG002646 —
UPC 8-87521-02644-9 — 10 CARDS; TARGET
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — CODE
PKG ? — UPC ? — FGC ? — ?
PLASTIC PACK — CODE PKG002597
— UPC 8-87521-02643-2 — $2.49 SRP

GRAVITY FEED BOX — CODE PKG002650 — UPC
8-87521-02657-9 — 4 CARDS PER PACK
NOTE: SPECIALTY MARKETS; DOLLAR STORE

CARDBOARD CASE BOX — CODE PKG ? UPC ? FGC ? — ?
PACK — CODE
PKG002599 — UPC 8-87521-02656-2 — $.99 SRP

BLISTER
PACK — CODE 295551 — UPC 8-87521-03348-5 — 2 PACKS / $4.99 SRP;
RITE AID, ETC.
CARDBOARD CASE BOX — CODE PKG? — FGC ? — UPC
? — ?
PACK — PKG00? — UPC?

*

COLLECTOR
HOBBY EDITION PRODUCTION RUN

DISPLAY BOX — CODE PKG002612 — UPC 8-87521-02635-7
— 24 PACK; ‘H’ ON BOX
BOX ART INLAY — CODE PKG002644 — ART BY
LAYRON DEJARNETTE
NOTE: BONUS CARDS B10a/b THROUGH B13a/b
CARDBOARD CASE
BOX — CODE PKG ? — UPC ? — FGC ? — 24 PACK / 8 BOX
FOIL
PACK — CODE PKG002604 — UPC 8-87521-02634-0 — $5.49 SRP; ‘H’ ON
WRAPPER

*

SECONDARY
MARKET PRODUCT (NOT TOPPS)

BLISTER PACK — CODE 295541— UPC 8-87521-04431-3 — MULTI
(2) PACK / $?.99 SRP
TRASH BOX — CODE 307179— UPC 0-97712-52958-5
— MISC. MULTI (16) PACK / $?.99 SRP
NOTE: “The products in this package
have been purchased directly from the manufacturer or purchased from the secondary
market and repackaged for retail sales by The Fairfield Company.” Distributed
by The Fairfield Company, A division of Excell Marketing [Target, etc.] 5501 Park
Ave, Des Moines, IA 50321
*This package is guaraneteed to contain 16 [various]
Garbage Pail Kids Trading Card Packs.

—
Next-generation GPK artist Fred Harper is finally
back for a bonus card image for characters B18a Fishy FELIPE & B18b Puffed
PAUL; with concept artwork by Brent Engstrom. Harper’s previous artwork contribution
was for the ANS7 GPK release. Harper also completed sketch cards for the 2014S1
set and will be participating in sketch cards for the upcoming 2015S1 set next
year.

—
Besides Simko and Engstrom, the third next-gen GPK artist to work with IDW is
none other than Mark Pingitore who scored the ‘regular
version’ comic cover; the image can be seen above within the ‘Fun Facts’ with
the last GPK Facebook Ads. Pingitore’s GPK artwork continues to get tighter and
more polished with each set released and is the third highest contributor for
final artwork and concepts for this release; color rough for cards 77a MOE Angle
& 77b Turned LEIF is pictured below.

—
The largest contributor to the 2014S2 set is GPK artist Brent
Engstrom who contributed more than twenty-eight paintings for the recent
set and numerous concepts that were completed by other artists. Engstrom starts
with a digital ‘pencil rough’ and tight penicl which is then placed within a GPK
template from Topps as a ‘color rough’ that displays the GPK header, nameplate,
‘PEEL HERE‘ arrow and die-cut outline; thus giving a size
comparison and proper placement. The final artwork is manually painted, scanned
and turned into Topps for production. The orginal concept for cards #67 with four
less teeth, the color rough for cards #73 with a different color floor and walls
and concept for cards #79 with no kids:

ABOVE:
The original concept for cards #91 with no body and just a head with breaking
teeth; for cards #92 with a full body instead of a bust shot and the concept for
cards #111 with a head and not self-painting himself. BELOW:
The original concept for cards #94 with body upright and the image placed horizontal.

—
Due to the staggering number of card images painted by artist Brent
Engstrom, and turning in 40+ concepts to Topps for the release, several
gags were completed by other artists. Considering tight deadlines it’s not always
possible to paint all of your own concepts. Artists may also be given extra assignments
if deadlines are met or if too many approved concepts need to be assiged and finished
by other artists. The original concept for cards #113 changed to character coming
out of the artwork and hammering his own nail and for cards #128, a Robocop ‘Hobo’cop
parody, changed to an Iron Man parody by Colin Walton (the art director) for the
superhero theme of cards completed by Layron DeJarnette.

—
Next-generation GPK artist Layron DeJarnette is back
in a big way drawing sketch cards and signing autograph cards as well as single-handedly
tackling the GPK superheroes subset within the regular 2014S2 base set; the cohesiveness
really shows in these eleven stand-out pieces which are the only rare cards with
C-names and art variants images.

—
Newcomer GPK sketch card artist Dustin Graham, no
stranger to the Wacky Packages community, came up with several concepts for the
last GPK set with Brent Engstrom and has contributed sketch cards for this new
GPK release. Graham has an inking style very similar to Jay Lynch, with nice thick
penstrokes, and his sketch cards hit home with a strong nostalgic Original Series
feel and really adds to the GPK canon. His portrait sketches of Brent Engstrom’s
current Kids make them already feel classic.

—
Wacky Packages and GPK artist extraordinaire David Gross
found time in his busy WP schedule to submit GPK concepts and complete two paintings
himself. Character artwork for bonus cards #B16 is similar to one of the ANS6
concept pieces turned in to Topps by artist Fred Wheaton,
both pictured below, respectively—another busy Wacky Pack-er that has little
time for GPK work, but turns in stunning sketch cards release after release. Artists
that turn in the same concept happens quite often, even within the same series
release; for one incident, three artists all turned in a similar concept piece
for the same set, usually the first one submitted is selected.

—
GPK artist Joe Simko, of ‘Wax Eye’ that released
the satirical parody sets Cereal Killers and Stupid Heroes, is the second highest
contributor to the 2014S2 release. Simko finished a Where’s Waldo-type parody
card over a period of three days, off-and-on, using water colors and white paint
for the highlights; the piece for cards #97 has a staggering number of GPK characters
in the artwork and thankfully can be found as a 9-piece puzzle within the set
in order to enjoy the detail up close. The image was a tribute artwork piece of
sorts to Tom Bunk after Simko and Co. for the upcoming
30 Years of Garbage documentary after they visited his studio in New York
for an interview. The piece is very reminiscent of Bunk’s crowded scene artwork
for MAD magazine.

—
Two Rejected Artwork pieces painted by Mark PIngitore
and Dave Gross remain unpublished by Topps, respsectively, the first showing of
oven mitt GPK getting the hand at the end of the padded ‘thumb’ finger burned
on the tray of cookies and a samurai slicing his kimono off with his katana witha
spray of blood droplets.

—
Several of the superhero reverse card backs contain GPK WANTED
posters, a nostalgic throwback to the OS3 and OS4 GPK releases. Pat Barrett wrote
all of the bios for the reverse card backs and the artwork and writing for all
of the Comic Backs was completed by Pat Barrett and
Colin Walton.