The
All-New Series 4 Garbage Pail Kids, aka ANS4 GPK for short, was released
in the Spring of 2005 by the Topps Company, Inc. and distributed in the month
of April. The new set celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Garbage Pail Kids
brand and was comprised of all new artwork by veteran artists John Pound, Tom
Bunk and James Warhola with concept artwork by Jay Lynch. The set also includes
next-generation GPK artwork by artists Luis Diaz, Ray Lago, David Gross, Strephon
Taylor and Scott Shaw,who worked on the comic backs with Lynch, along with newcomers
John Cebollero, Claude St. Aubin, Mark Sparacio and George Wright with concept
artwork by art director Jeff Zapata. The set introduces first time sketch cards
for the GPK brand and were drawn by several previously listed artists along with
Justin Green and Don Perlin whose work will appear in future GPK projects. The
naming panel for the gags were written by Jay Lynch, John Pound, Tom Bunk, Jeff
Zapata and John Williams.

ARTISTS
: JOHN POUND, TOM BUNK, JAMES WARHOLA, JAY LYNCH, STREPHON
TAYLOR, LUIS DIAZ, RAY LAGO, DAVID GROSS, SCOTT SHAW, JOHN CEBOLLERO, CLAUDE ST.
AUBIN, MARK SPARACIO, GEORGE WRIGHT, EFRAIN CINTRON, JUSTIN GREEN, DON PERLIN
+ JEFF ZAPATA
WRITERS : JAY LYNCH, JOHN WILLIAMS,
JEFF ZAPATA, ETC.

80 CARD SET : 80 BASE CARDS

CHASE CARDS : 36 GAME + 12 SNS + 10 TATTOOS + 8 SKETCH + 4 BONUS
150 TOTAL
CARD SET : 80 BASE + 70 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 and second production runs each foil pack,
with a suggested retail price of 99¢, contained 5 sticker cards on 14-card
stock, a Game card on 12 cards stock and a chance to come across a Scratch ‘n’
Stink sticker (inserted 1:6), a Tattoo card (inserted 1:4) and an artist autographed
Sketch card which was packaged one per hobby box; not located withinretail boxes.
The set also contained 4 bonus cards that were found in special ‘value boxes’
and newly introduced ‘blister packs’ located at different retail chains. The Game
cards are rendered artwork of characters from the original releases outsourced
by Topps and drawn by Efrain Cintron of the art Studio Apt. 5A. The set once again
starts back at number one; except for the bonus cards that run numerically from
the previous set.

Carboard
Display Box

Carboard
Display Box

BOX + WRAPPER
ARTWORK : JOHN POUND
DISPLAY BOX : 4 VARIATIONS + 3 BONUS BOXES
WRAPPER
: 5 VARIATIONS

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BOX
CODE : 1-757-30-01-5 — Specialty Market
CASE CODE : 2-757-40-01-5

WRAPPER CODE : 0-757-89-01-5 — w/ No Price
WRAPPER UPC : 41116-15757

BOX
CODE : 1-757-30-02-5 — UPC: 0-41116-55757-6 — Hobby Stores
CASE
CODE : 2-757-40-01-5 — Sketch Cards
WRAPPER CODE : 0-757-89-02-5 —
w/ No Price; ‘H’
WRAPPER UPC : 41116-45757

ADVERTISEMENT
POSTER CODE : 4-757-08-02-5 — 10.5″ x 17″ SIZE
ARTWORK : JOHN
POUND

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BOX
CODE : 1-758-30-01-5 — UPC 41116-15758
Wal*Mart, etc. — w/ no Sketch
Cards
CASE CODE : 2-758-40-0?-5 —
Tattoo Cards
WRAPPER CODE : 0-758-89-01-5 — w/ 99¢ Price
WRAPPER
UPC : 41116-05758

BOX
CODE : 1-758-30-02-5 — UPC 41116-45758
Target, Toys ‘R’ Us, K-Mart, etc.
— w/ no Sketch Cards
CASE CODE : 2-758-40-0?-5 —
Tattoo Cards
WRAPPER CODE : 0-758-89-02-5 — w/ No Price
WRAPPER UPC
: 0-41116-35758-9

BLISTER
PACK CODE : 5-759-30-01-5 — UPC 41116-05759
BLISTER BOX CODE: 1-759-30-01-5
— UPC: 0-41116-15759-2
B9 Bonus Card — $1.99 Price w/ 2 Packs

WRAPPER CODE : 0-758-89-02-5 — w/ No Price
WRAPPER UPC : 41116-35758

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BONUS
PRODUCT PACKAGING

BONUS
BOX CODE: 1-939-30-01-5 — UPC: 0-41116-15939-8 — Target
B8 Bonus
Card — $9.99 Price w/ Yellow Oval
WRAPPER CODE : 0-939-89-01-5 —
w/ 99¢ Price
WRAPPER UPC : 0-41116-05939-1

BONUS
BOX CODE: 1-939-30-02-5 — UPC: 0-41116-35939-2 — Toys ‘R’ Us, K-Mart

B7 Bonus Card — $9.99 Price w/ Yellow Square
WRAPPER CODE : 0-939-89-01-5
— w/ 99¢ Price
WRAPPER UPC : 0-41116-05939-1

BONUS
BOX CODE : 1-939-30-03-5 — UPC: 0-41116-45939-9 — Wal*Mart
B6 Bonus
Card — No Price w/ Yellow Circle
WRAPPER CODE : 0-939-89-01-5 —
w/ 99¢ Price
WRAPPER UPC : 0-41116-05939-1

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OVERSTOCK
RACK PACKS
NOTE: OTHER TYPES MAY EXIST

BLISTER
PACK UPC : 097712-507989 — Target
EXCELL MARKETING — $3.99 Price
w/ 4 Packs
WRAPPER CODE : 0-758-89-02-5 — w/ No Price
WRAPPER UPC
: 41116-35758

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PROMO MATERIAL
+ PRINT & ADVERTISING

HOBBY
VERSION w/ SKETCH CARD

RETAIL
VERSION w/ TATTOO

FOLD-OUT PROMO FLYER
— 8.5″ x 11″ Size
Flyer Middle Sections : Front and Back Covers
Not Shown
SHEET ARTWORK : JOHN POUND

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

TARGET DISPLAY SHEET — Excell Marketing

2 Variations — ‘Topps’ or ‘e‘
(Upper Deck Entertainment emblem)
NOTE: MOCK-UP ADVERTISING w/ POP-UP CARDS
AND DIFFERENT CARD NAMES

NICKELODEON
MAGAZINE — MAY 2005
GPK AD —
w/ Tattoo Card

PREVIEWS
MAGAZINE AD — w/ Sketch Card
GPK Ad and Article — Feb 2005 Vol.
XV, #2

NON-SPORT
UPDATE — GPK AD + ARTICLE
Apr/May 2005; Vol. 16, No. 2

NON-SPORT
UPDATE — GPK REVIEW
August/September 2005 Vol. 16, No. 4

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The 20th Anniversary of GPK is celebrated by a third
iteration of John Pound’s iconic OS1 mascot, from cards 8a ADAM Bomb and 8b Blasted
BILLY, showcasing the character jumping out of a cake celebrating 20 gross years;
this time including ‘gray matter’. The second installment stems from the OS7 set
for cards 260a ADAM Boom and 260b Blasted Billy II with the character farting
his explosive personality. The original Topps mock-up for ANS4 card 40a had the
name ‘ADAM Da Bomb’, but Topps went with the classic names 40a ADAM Bomb and 40b
Blasted BILLY instead. A female version can be found in the OS15 set as cards
620a ADA Bomb and 620b Blasted BETTY and a troll version with the Trash Can Trolls
set as cards 1a JOEL Troll and 1b Fall-Out PAUL (with the classic ADAM Bomb character
in the background). The 2015S2 set which celebrates the 30th anniversary of GPK
contains cards 1a ADAM Bomb and 1b Blasted BILLY III; and the 2016S1 Applie Pie
in Your Face set includes different variations of the name ADAM Bomb and contains
Blasted BILLY V, VI and VII, however, no Blasted BILLY IV exists to date.

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The tentative ANS4 Checklist
had different names compared to the released product: Base cards 25b Low Man DAN
became 25b High Man DAN and 40a ADAM Da Bomb and 40b Nuked LUKE changed to 40a
ADAM Bomb and 40b Blasted BILLY; Scratch ‘n’ Stink card names S4a TBD (to be determined)
became S4a FORREST Sump, S4b Wasted WARREN became S4b Wastin’ JASON, S5a TBD became
S5a Stink Blot STEPHANIE, S5b Must See LEE became S5b Rorschach TESSA, S6a TBD
became S6a VINNIE Vomit and S6b Up N’ Away JAY became S6b Barf Bag BRAD; Tattoo
card #9 of 10 Scuba Doo LOU was switched to character #9 of 10 ADAM Bomb.

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ANS4 is the first Garbage Pail Kids set to contain
Game Cards, numbering 1 – 36, created by Efrain Cintron
of the art Studio Apt. 5A. Each pack comes with a ‘Game Rules’ card. Three of
the thirty-six Game cards are hard-to-find gold Foil cards (1:72); a fun spoof
on the famous CGG cards of yesteryears like Pokémon, etc. The set also
features returning Scratch ‘N Stink stickers for
the third time numbering S1a/b through S6a/b (1:6); the cards have a lower case
‘s’ instead of the upper case ‘S’ as before.

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The ANS4 set is also the first GPK set to contain
the Sketch Cards numbering 1/1; found one per hobby
box. Seven GPK artists worked on the Sketch cards with the following pack odds;
veteran artists John Pound (1:101), Tom Bunk (1:1,138) and Jay Lynch (1:218),
next-generation artists Strephon Taylor (1:164) and John Czop (1:3,297) and newcomers
Don Perlin (1:164) and Justin Green (1:164). James Warhola’s OS12 artwork for
cards 486a and 486b shows up on the reverse card back. An eigth sketch card artist,
Topps art director Jeff Zapata, drew and autographed exclusive sketch cards for
the 2005 San Diego Comic Con on official Topps card stock along with Strephon
Taylor, both in blue ink.

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Artist Tom Bunk‘s first
name can be found on the bottled condiment titled “Tom’s Salad Dressing”
on cards 16a COLE Slawed and 16b SAL Salad.

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The ANS4 set is also the first GPK set to contain
the new chase Tattoo Cards numbering 1 through 10
located in packs randomly (1:4). GPK tattoos first showed up in the Italian SGORBIONS
Holidays set.

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The set contains five card pairs that can be found
with Black & White Numbers; this phenomenon can
be found in the OS2 set with cards 46a and 46b, in the OS3 set with variation
cards 113a, and within the OS7 set with variation cards 289b. ANS4 cards 17a and
17b, 21a and 21b, 23a and 23b and cards 24a and 24b have a white and black number,
respectively, and cards 26a has a black number and 26b has a white number.

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The ANS2 Wacky Packages
set contains a card back that has a parody of The Topps Company, Inc. website
called The Slopps Company, Inc. which includes various products found on the companies
website including a small spoof and picture of Topps’ previous site Garbage Pail
Kids World titled ‘Gone To Jail Kids World’ for card #41 Queerasil.

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The fithteenth set to contain cards with the
GPK Acronym (or
initialism) found within the artwork. The acronym is found on the earring of cards
2a PARIS Embarrassment and 2b MARIS Wiltin’, on the camp sign of cards 10a COLIN
Bowel and 10b Scoutin’ SCOUT, on the subway train of cards 14a Headless LESLIE
and 14b MADISON Halved, on the sale sign pinned to the bulletin board of cards
17a WALTER Cooler and 17b Wizzin’ WILL, on the gass station pump of cards 28a
Fuelin’ JULIAN and 28b Gassin’ GRANT and on the airplane cup of cards S6a VINNIE
Vomit and S6b Barf Bag BRAD.

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The set has twenty Puzzle
Puke pieces of artwork on the backside completed by Jay Lynch and Scott
Shaw; the card back puzzles is a returning theme from the OS11 and OS13 GPK sets,
no trademark.

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If you sent correspondence to artist Strephon Taylor
with cards to sign, he would include a personalized GFK (Garbage Fail Kid) Slopps
Retch Card on thin card stock that parodies the Topps
Sketch cards design. The image of Strephon Taylor was taken from the Autograph
card from the Silly CD’s : Series II release from 2003.

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Two of artist Luis Diaz’s pieces pay tribute to
Vintage GPK characters by placing sticker images
throughout the artwork. Cards 17a WALTER Cooler and 17b Wizzin’ WILL showcase
OS2 53a Jolted JOEL and 53b Live MIKE, OS2 68a OLIVER Twisted and 68b Dizzy DAVE
and OS3 cards 87a Hot Head HARVEY and 87b ROY Bot. Cards B7 Propelled MIGUEL has
OS4 131a Stuffed STEPHEN and 131b RUTHERFORD B. Hay, OS4 157a LARRY Lips and 157b
Distortin’ MORTON and OS4 cards 159a Catty CATHY and 159b KITTY Litter; the character
is also wearing a t-shirt with the OS1 image of cards 8a ADAM Bomb and 8b Blasted
BILLY.

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Two of artist Luis Diaz’s Signature
Pieces can be found on two different cards within the ANS4 set; both make
appearances in the ANS5 GPK set as well. LD Monster is portrayed on the cork bulletin
board of cards 17a WALTER Cooler and 17b Wizzin’ WILL. The pink water bottle,
first mentioned in the ANS3 Fun Facts & Tidbits section, can be found in cards
36a NOAH’s Barf and 36b High-Water MARK within the barf. The same card also pays
tribute to the Wacky Packages artwork completed by Diaz by placing the ANS2 WP
product parody #10 STARDUCKS within the same barf; concept by Frank Santopadre
and realized by Jeff Zapata.

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In early 2006, the Garbage Pail Kids Underground
(GPKUG) together with Alex J., the GPD (Garbage Pail Dude), released a home-made
Compact Disc (CD) titled Garbage Parody Kids with
fourteen songs spoofing the GPK canon. The cover artwork was illustrated by artist
Luis Diaz and reworked from an unpublished ANS3 GPK concept piece with the LD
Monster character and several GPK card images added: OS1 26a Slobby ROBBIE and
26b Fat MATT, OS2 53a Jolted JOEL and 53b Live MIKE, OS2 74a MARK Bark and 74b
Kennel KENNY and ANS4 33a Hollow WAYNE and 33b JACQUELINE Lantern. A numbered
sketch card was included (1/100).

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The series Checklist
is a first for any GPK set and contains font of different sizes with the name
larger then the word, much like the Trash Can Trolls checklist without the bold
appearance. The Insert checklist remains in the same style as previous releases.

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The Puzzle Backs comprise
five puzzles with no nameplates and no GPK logo as the previous ‘All-New’ releases
except the purple border puzzle that contains the GPK logo due to the ’20 Gross
Years’ message on the cake. With reverse card backs in the set there is less room
for six puzzles as with the ANS1 and ANS2 sets that contained no original backs.

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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 art on 08/25/2004. Jeff planned to have Pound paint the model sheet for
the following release (which can be seen in the ANS5 GPK History section). 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 GPK artist John Pound
completed twelve paintings for the ANS4 set. Pound’s preliminary artwork tends
to always look like the final artwork with little revisions since the original
thumbnail drawings have not been made public. A couple of ANS4 artwork pieces
stemmed from pencil roughs of Pound’s from 1988 during the original GPK releases
that were later re-drawn by Jeff Zapata for the new set including images for cards
13a Fallen ANGEL and 13b Airsick ARIEL and cards 15a Jumpin’ JEN and 15b
MEGAN Trouble.

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Vetarn GPK artist Tom Bunk
completed fifteen paintings for the ANS4 set. Bunk’s sketch and color rough artwork
tends to involve several variations or renditions of the character. One ANS4 piece
stemmed from a pencil rough of Bunk’s from 1988 during the original GPK releases
that was redrawn by Jeff Zapata for the new set which included the image for cards
14a Headless LESLIE and 14b MADISON Halved.

Cards
12a Brainwashed BRETT and 12b ED N. Shoulders. NOTE: different color towel, soap
moved and color changed, live fish replaced skeleton, etc.; ‘BRIAN Wash’ and ‘Clean
GENE’ suggested nomenclature.

Cards
30a Turd King TRAVIS and 30b Poo-A-Mid PARKER . NOTE: arms updated with plunger
and scrubber, plunger color changed to black, number of toilet paper rolls removed;
titled ‘Tut Turd’.

Cards
32a Mulched MITCH and 32b Cut Up CHRIS. NOTE: basketball added to yard, cuts of
meat added to carnage, etc.;
‘LENNY Mower’ suggested nomenclature.

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Veteran Garbage Pail Kids artist James
Warhola completed three paintings for the All-New Series 4 set; less than
the number he finished for All-New Series 2 and All-New Series 3.

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The Unpublished cards
36a Starstruck CHUCK and 36b MARSHALL Artless painted by Luis Diaz and a titled
‘Frankenfurter’ piece painted by Ray Lago were not used for the planned ANS3 release
but held back for the ANS4 set as cards 7a Nin JACK and 7b MARSHALL Artless and
cards S1a FRANK N. Wiener and S1b OSCAR Mire, respectively. An initial tight pencil
rough for Luis Diaz’s ninja piece is pictured below.

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Concept GPK Artist Keith Webb
returned for the ANS4 set and submitted some great concepts for the ANS3, however,
all but one were accepted or approved. Pictured below is a concept for that is
very similar to the original concept by Tom Bunk from 1988 that was redrawn by
Jeff Zapata for the set but credit goes to Webb. Also pictured below are eight
concepts not found in the new set. Cards 14a Headless LESLIE and 14b MADISON Halved
; Note: store front entrance instead ofa subway train scenario; character without
a shocked look; nice touch with GPK poster and packs.

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A packaging concept by artist Jay
Lynch that did not make it into the release; as auctioned off of eBay through
the Topps Vault in the Fall of 2006. The piece depicts a Kid climbing out of a
garbage can; ADAM Bomb was used for the ANS4 packaging instead. Some of the suggested
names : ‘BERNARD Discard’, ‘BRUCE Refuse’, ‘Recycled BILL’ and ‘JOHNNY Trash’
(name parody of Johnny Cash). Lynch created the comic backs for the new set along
with Scott Shaw.

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The GPK Next-Gen Artists
who were returning or tested out and contributed to the new set were Luis Diaz
with nine pieces, David Gross with four pieces, Ray Lago with three pieces, George
Wright with one piece, John Cebellero with one piece, Mark Sparacio with one piece
and Claude St. Aubin with one piece. Efrain Cintron worked on the rendered artwork
of the Game cards for the set.