The nostalgic
and thematic “We Hate the 80s”, 2018 Series 1 (aka “2018S1”
project, for short), GPK set announcement was released by the Topps Company, Inc.
on Tuesday August 15, 2017—only three months after the Battle of the Bands
2017S2 set announcemnet—with hobby and retail electronic sell sheets breaking
down the source material with mock-up promotional images. The wacky and wistful
parody set was scheduled to be released on Tuesday, January 17, 2018 and stated
that “the Garbage Pail Kids are skewering the iconic decade from which they
were born! “We Hate the ’80s” features all-new art, parodying cartoons,
toys, TV, films, video games, fashion and more, broken down into genre-specific
subsets”.

def’n:
HATE – to feel
intense or passionate dislike for something.
def’n: ’80s
– is an abbreviation for “The Eighties” or “1980s” decade.

The
GPK series includes all-new artwork and contributions by artists Brent Engstrom,
Joe Simko, David Gross, Layron DeJarnette, Fred Wheaton, Miran Kim, Neil Camera,
Smokin’ Joe McWilliams, JungHwa Im, Colin Walton (editor, art director, writer)
and Mark Von Ohlen (brand manager) with previously published material by veteran
artists John Pound, Tom Bunk and David Burke; most individuals involved submitted
their own concepts and nomenclature, otherwise Topps attempted with their efforts.
For the first print run, each foil or plastic pack (with a suggested retail price
of $1.99) contains eight sticker cards, except for the Hobby Collector Edition
box with exclusive premium content packs that contain eight stickers per pack
or may contain seven stickers per pack with a special insert.

WRAPPER
ARTWORK : BRENT ENGSTROM — LOGO DESIGN : COLIN WALTON

180
A+B CARD SET : SUBSETS BASE CARDS
SUBSETS
: 18 Toys + 18 Cartoons + 18 Video Games + 18 TV Shows & Ads + 18 Movies +
18 Celebrities + 18 Fashons & Fads + 18 Culture + 18 History + 18 Sitcom (‘The
Goldbergs’)

BASE +
CHASE INSERT CARDS
1,452 Total Cards
= 180 Base Card Stickers + 180 Puke Splatter Parallel (R+H) + 180 Phlegm Splatter
Parallel (Target gravity feed) + 180 Spit Splatter Parallel (HC) + 180 Bruised
Splatter Parallel (HC) + 180 Bloody Nose Splatter Parallel (HC) + 180 Fool’s Gold
Parallel + 20 Classic ’80s Cards (R jumbo fat pack) + 20 Classic ’80s Patches
(HC) + 10 Eighties Wax Pack Cards (H) + 8 Gross Bears bonus (Wal*Mart value box)
+ 6 Bathroom Buddies bonus (Target value box) + 1 Standard Sketch (R) + 1 Panoramic
Sketch (R fat pack) + 1 Double Artist Panoramic Sketch (HC) + 1 Shaped Sketch
(H+HC) + 1 Loaded Puzzle Sketch (R value box) + 1 Artist Autograph + 1 Sitcom
Autograph (‘The Goldbergs’) + 1 Printing Plate

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PRODUCT
RELEASE SHEETS
e-SHEETS + PROMOTIONAL
PICS : HOBBY PAGES 1-4 + RETAIL PAGES 1-4

‘CLICK’
PIC TO VIEW ALL PAGES

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HOBBY
PRODUCTION RUN

HOBBY
+ RETAIL BOX/PACK ODDS
BASE PARALLELS
splatter borders: green Puke – 1:1 (R + H) and Fool’s Gold [50 per subject] –
1:48 • PRINTING PLATE card – 1:1,196 • ARTIST AUTOGRAPH card [25 per
subject] – 1:188 • SITCOM AUTOGRAPH card [25 per subject] – 1:1,866

DISPLAY
BOX — PKG006791 — UPC 8-87521-06756-5 — 24 PACK; NO ‘H’ ON BOX;
TOPPS ONLINE, ETC; $48.00 SRP
CASE — PKG006792 — FGC002737+002739
— UPC 8-87521-06757-2 — 8 BOX / 24 PACK CT
FOIL PACK — PKG006790
— UPC 8-87521-06755-? — NO ‘H’ ON WRAPPER; $1.99 SRP

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HOBBY
COLLECTOR PREMIUM BOX/PACK ODDS
BASE
PARALLELS splatter borders: blue Spit [99 per subject, HC exclusive]
– 1:3, Fool’s Gold [50 per subject] – 1:48, black Bruised (HC exclusive)
– 1:1, red Bloody Nose [75 per subject, HC exclusive] – 1:3 • PRINTING
PLATE card 1:1,190 • SKETCH cards: Shaped (HC exclusive) – 1:76, Double
Artist Panoramic (HC exclusive) – 1:376 • ARTIST AUTOGRAPH card [25
per subject] – 1:189 • SITCOM AUTOGRAPH card [25 per subject] – 1:1,844 •
CLASSIC ’80s PATCH cards [99 per subject][HC exclusive) – 1:39 •
‘8Os WAX PACK cards [1 per box](H & HC exclusive) – 1:24

COLLECTOR BOX — PKG006794 — UPC 8-87521-06759-6 — ’24 PACK’ + ‘H’
ON BOX;
NOTE: ’80s WAX PACK + CLASSIC ’80s PATCH INSERTS
BOX ART INLAY
— PKG006795
CASE PKG006796 — FGC002738 — UPC 8-87521-06760-2
— 8 BOX / 24 PACK COUNT
FOIL PACK — PKG006793 — UPC 8-87521-06758-9
— ‘COLLECTOR EDITION’ ON WRAPPER

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RETAIL
PRODUCTION RUN

RETAIL
BOX/PACK ODDS
BASE PARALLELS splatter
borders: green Puke – 1:1 (R + H), yellow Phlegm – 1:4 (R exclusive; Target
gravity pack), Fool’s Gold [50 per subject]: value box – 1:48 + gravity feed –
1:48 + jumbo pack – 1:20 • PRINTING PLATE (4 per subject): value box – 1:1,211
+ gravity feed – 1:1,207 + jumbo pack – 1:482 • SKETCH cards: Standard (R
exclusive): value box – 1:256 + gravity feed – 1:257 + jumbo pack – 1:103,
Panoramic (jumbo exclusive) – 1:532, Loaded (value box exclusive)
– 1:79 • ARTIST AUTHOGRAPH card [25 per subject]: value box – 1:188 + gravity
feed – 1:188 + jumbo pack- 1:76 • SITCOM AUTOGRAPH card [25 per subject]:
value box – 1:1,926 + gravity feed – 1:1,886 + jumbo pack – 1:755 • GROSS
BEARS cards – 3:1 (Wal*Mart value box SE; online) • BATHROOM BUDDIES
cards – 3:1 (Target value box exclusive)? • CLASSIC ’80s cards – 1:1
(fat pack exclusive)

GRAVITY BOX — PKG00? — UPC 8-87521-? —
8 CARDS PER PACK; TARGET
CASE BOX — PKG00? — FGC00? — UPC 8-87521-?

PLASTIC WRAPPER — PKG006797 — UPC 8-87521-06761-9 — $1.99 SRP

VALUE
PACK — PKG006801 — UPC 8-87521-06764-0 — $4.99 SRP
NOTE: CLASSIC
RADIOACTIVE CHASE CARDS
CASE BOX — PKG00?
— FGC00? — UPC 8-87521-? — : 1/108 COUNT

BLASTER
BOX — PKG006804 — UPC 8-87521-06766-4 — 5 PACK; $9.99 SRP; TARGET
NOTE:
3 BATHROOM BUDDIES STICKERS
CASE BOX — PKG006805 — FGC002742 —
UPC 8-87521-06767-1 —
16/5+3 COUNT
FOIL PACK — PKG006803 — UPC 8-87521-06770-1

BOX — PKG006806 — UPC 8-87521-06768-8
— 5 PACK; NO $9.99 SRP; WAL*MART / TOPPS ONLINE
NOTE: 3 GROSS BEARS STICKERS

CASE BOX — PKG006805 — FGC002743 — UPC 8-87521-06769-5 — 16/5+4
COUNT
FOIL PACK — PKG006803 — UPC 8-87521-06770-1

GRAVITY
BOX — PKG006809 — UPC 8-87521-06772-5 — 4 CARDS PER PACK; SPECIALTY
STORE
CASE BOX — PKG00? — FGC00? — UPC 8-87521-?
PLASTIC
PACK — PKG006807 — UPC 8-87521-06771-8 — $.99 SRP

The Garbage Pail Kids have called in some Hollywood friends for their next release.
Topps revealed on Thursday that its We Hate the 1980s set coming in January will
include autographs from the cast of ABC’s The Goldbergs. Who’ll make
the cut and become one of the Kids? According to Topps, the entire main cast of
the 1980s-based show will be inking up for the set. That includes: ADAM
F. Goldberg as creator, writer, producer • SEAN
Giambrone as Adam F. Goldberg • PATTON
Oswalt as the VO of adult Adam • TROY
Gentile as Barry Goldberg • HAYLEY Orrantia
as Erica Goldberg • WENDI McLendon-Covey
as Beverly Goldberg • JEFF Garlin as
Murray Goldberg • GEORGE Segal as Albert
“Pops” Solomon • & BRYAN
Callen as Coach Rick Mellor.

“The
entire main cast of the 1980’s-based tv show ‘The Goldbergs’ will have nine Garbage
Pail Kids cards made of them which they will autograph. I wrote all nine gags
and painted five of them [and the other four by artist Brent Engstrom] including
this one of producer/creator Adam F. Goldberg.” — JOE Simko via Facebook
on September 28, 2017

NOTE:
‘The Goldbergs’ made an appearance in the 2015S2 GPK 30th Anniversary set as a
one-card crossover spot for a piece of artwork that was painted for (adult) Adam
Goldberg by artist Joe Simko for partaking as a Producer for the ’30 Years of
Garbage’ documentary and letting the crew film several interviews on location
on ‘The Goldbergs’ soundstage. GPK images can be found all over (kid) Adam’s bedroom.
This may be one of the strongest subsets to look forward to due to the tight paintings
and cohesiveness of the two artists.

ISSUE:
DEC 17 – JAN 18; VOL 28, NO.6, PG 10

The
last Non-Sport Update issue of 2017 had a short write-up on the upcoming 2018S1
‘We Hate the ’80s’ subset for the cast of ‘The Goldbergs’ show that is set, dab-smack,
during 1980-something. The article shows artwork for all nine images painted
by GPK artists Joe Simko and Brent Engstrom. The set will also contain Sitcom
Autograph cards signed by the nine participating cast members along with Artist
Autograph cards signed by the two participating artists, 25 per subject, so two
signatures for each character.

Fifty-five
artists contributed to the Sketch cards for the 2018S1 set—listed alphabetically
by last name: Bryan Abston, Simone Arena, Mike Arnold, Ro Garcia Astorga, Quinton
Baker, Michael Barnard, Bobby Blakey, Dan Burn-Webster, Sean Bolger, John Brewer,
Pat Chaimuang, Neil Camera, Daniel Contois, Jasmine Contois, Sobot Cortez, Jason
Crosby, “GPK Dave” Dabila, Vincenzo “Chenduz” D’Ippolito,
Dave Gacey, Patrick Giles, Josh Ginter, Cecilia Granata, Kelly Greider, Jon Gregory,
Joseph Grotesque, Jason Heil, Marisol Henriquez, Lowell Isaac, Simon Jacobsohn,
Robert Jimenez, Matthew Kirscht, Kevin Lea, Paul Mangione, Mike McHugh, Rory McQueen,
“Smokin” Joe McWilliams, Chris Meeks, Lily Mercado, Rich Molinelli,
JM Monserrat, Victor Moreno, Ande Moores, Barry Nygma, Darrin Pepe, Steve Potter,
Cathy Razim, Chad Scheres, Brent Scotchmer, Anthony Skubis, Matt Steffens, Floyd
Sumner, Gregory Tilson, Magnus Von Robotsson, Matthew White and Gavin Williams.

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In general, the color concept step has been cut
out of the Pre-Production Process by Topps, which
goes right from the ‘pencil’ concept straight to the final artwork, unless a color
concept can get the point across better. For artist Brent Engstrom’s ozone layer
parody within the ‘History’ subset, a toxic green ozone and the infamous ozone
hole was added to the color concept, however, the final artwork contains only
the deathly sick planet-head. The ozone, hole and green toxic fumes were added
afterwards with Photoshop by the artist. Another version, with brown toxic fumes,
was also turned into Topps for variation purposes and was the piece selected that
eventually became the card image during production.

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There are several Tribute
concept pieces within the 80’s set that not only pays tribute to that particular
time period, but also to the Garbage Pail Kids cards that took the nation by storm
the second half of that decade. The artwork includes the ‘Toys’ subset for Miran
Kim’s Glo Worm parody that pays tribute to John Pound’s OS5 worm-infested
character, the ‘Cartoons’ subset for Miran Kim’s He-Man piece that pays
tribute to Pound’s OS4 unzipped concept and her Monchichi parody that pays
tribute to Tom Bunk’s OS11 pacifier character. The ‘Video Games’ subset contains
JungHwa Im’s Donkey Kong parody that pays tribute to Brent Engstrom’s 2015S2
princess-napper, her Super Mario Bros. parody that pays tribute to Pound’s
OS14 toadstool concept (identical nomenclature), her Dig Dug parody that
pays tribute to his OS8 bike pump character and from the ‘Fashions & Fads’
subset for Pound’s OS8 squeezed gag. The ‘Video Games’ subset also contains Joe
Simko’s Atari (background with old rainbow striped logo) gag that pays tribute
to Jay Lynch’s birdbrain concept painted by John Pound. The ‘History’ subset for
Gross’ Cold War parody pays tribute to Pound’s OS2 two-headed character.

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Another ‘Cartoons’ subset tribute piece by artist
Joe Simko is a wonderful nod to the He-Man parody
originally found within the John Pound commissioned artwork ‘Slime Time Snack
Pack’ 2011 release by Craze One (Adam White) and follow-up 2012 ‘Super’ pack.
The same image was purchased by Topps for the 2012 Brand-New Series set and can
be found on bonus cards B4a and B4b Barbarian BRIAN as well as on Jumbo card CC6a
sold at the 2014 San Diego Comic Convention and the Jumbo card CC6b Eternal ADAM
sold at Topps Online the following month.

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Artist Layron DeJarnette had been M.I.A. from recent
GPK sets but has thankfully returned to the fold with six new paintings poking
fun at Batman, Prince, breakdancing, Max Headroom, The Breakfast
Club and Flashdance. DeJarnette wrote: “Here’s a modicum of history
of this card—originally the illustration was painted to be part of the 2017
Philly Non-Sports exclusive card series but was taken
out because Topps couldn’t print up two DC comic characters and sell them both
within the small set; Jeff illustrated a GPK Superman for the series.” As
Layron stated, the Batman parody found within the ‘Movies’ subset was completed
in early 2017 for the Philly set where fangs would’ve been added to the character
(found on the 2018S1 printed card), but was pulled and replaced with a Vegas Elvis
gag instead. More information on this Topps affiliated Philly project can be found
within the Cons & Fests page.

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On October 17, 2024, artist LAYRON DeJarnette
took to social media to share an unpublished GPK piece, stating, “REJECTED
“2018 Garbage Pail Kids: We Hate The 80s” Michael Jackson
Thriller gag with GPK characters in the background. (I thought this
was a cool idea)” As listed on the concept, the Monster MIKE /
Thriller MILLER video GPK image contained characters in the background,
including Dead TED, Bony JOANIE, Grim JIM, and Walking TED.

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A few artists that mainly work within
the Wacky Packages world will crossover
to the GPK realm from time to time; think Neil Camera or Smokin’ Joe
McWilliams, and vice versa, like Joe Simo and Brent Engstrom, et cetera.
Much like artist David Gross who started working out on the All-New
Series phase of the parody brands, both himself and Fred Wheaton would
contribute to the Garbage Pail Kids sets when time permitted. Wheaton
complete the final GPK artwork for the ANS6 image for cards 38a
I-Clod TODD and 38b MP TREY in 2007, and more recently, the 2016 online
Halloween image for cards 6a VANNA Vamp and 6b Succubus SUSAN (originally
intended for, but pulled from, the 2017S1 Adam-Geddon release). For
the 80’s-themed set, Wheaton contributes two more pieces within the
‘Toys’ and ‘Culture’ subsets. Notice the additional tape added to the
V.H.S. concept.

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The 10-card Wax
Wrapper insert subset, exclusive to the Hobby Collector boxes,
is not only a parody of Topps’ wax wrapper packs of yesteryears, but
also a subtle tribute to Topps parody brands released in the past, specfically
in the 80’s. The card for #1’s E.T. parody includes artist John
Pound’s OS14 extraterrestrial character, #3’s Masters of the Universe
parody contains his OS2 Presidential podium and pose, #5’s Horror Flicks
parody includes his OS15 Freddy Krueger character, #6’s Ghostbusters
II parody contains Pound’s Wacky Packages ’91 ghost symbol
and #7’s Batman parody includes his OS1 Fat MATT face and his
Wacky Packages ’91 bloated characer. The card for #4’s Alf
parody includes artist Brent Engstrom’s 2015S2 cat-eating alien, #8’s
Nintendo Game Pack parody includes his 2015S2 Link character, #9’s TMNT
parody contains Engstrom’s BNS2 turtle head and #10’s RoboCop
parody includes his original concept (pictured below) for artist Layron
DeJarnette’s 2014S2 Iron Man tin can character. And, lastly,
#2’s A-Team parody contains artist Tom Bunk’s OS8 nose-picking
character within the theme. The set isn’t necessarily original or authentic,
but pays tribute.

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The Bathroom Buddies
and Gross Bears Value box inserts make
their fifth appearance within the Yearly thematic GPK sets which indlude
2016S1, 2016S2, 2017S1, 2017S2 and 2018S1. Fourteen characters were
painted by artist Tom Bunk and stem from the unpublished 1990’s 2nd
Series set, where as the final image appears to be a new painting (artist
?) based off of an original Jay Lynch concept. There does exist three
unpublished John Pound and a few Denis Beauvais paintings that have
not been printed. The Topps company had artist John Cebollero try his
hand at painting a Bathroom Buddies image based off of a Jay Lynch concept
but it was never printed; Cebollero posted the image to social media
in October of 2017. All Gross Bears button images were printed on card
for the first time, except for ‘Goodbye Bear’, plus four previously
unpublished final images; this marks the end of the Gross Bears inserts.

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Artist David Gross posted an interesting
and Rejected (or unused) GPK concept to
social media prior to the set being released.The human-looking GPK is
holding a unboxed CPK doll and a birth certificate, while the CPK doll
is holding a GPK pack plucked from a card display box. Overall,
the nuanced piece looks to be two CPK dolls which may have have been
too close for comfort for Topps and their past, rocky relationship with
Original Appalachian Artworks and the popular fad produced by Coleco
industries, Inc. during the 80’s.

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Several concept pieces of completed paintings
were removed from the ‘Classic‘ GPK On-Demand
set and placed into the ‘We Hate the 80s’ yearly set. The artwork was
conceptualized in late May of 2017 and the final artwork was due in
early June of the same year. The characters included two of artist Brent
Engstrom’s concepts for the D&D parody from the ’80s Toys’ subset
for cards 3of9a DEE & D and 3of9b DON-Geon Master, his Kid ‘n Play
hip hop parody from the ’80s Fashions & Fads’ subset for cards 60f9a
Flattop AESOP and 6of9b Flat MATT and artist Joe Simko’s concept for
the missing kids milk carton compaign parody from the ’80s History’
subset for cards 7of9a Milk CARLTON and 7of9b Have You Seen MIA.