15
CARD SET
NOTE: NO CARD VARIATIONS

DISPLAY
BOX : CODE 1-452-03-01-6
RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK

WRAPPER
: CODE 0-452-15-01-6
NOTE: NO ARTWORK

CASE
BOX : 12/72 ct.
PRODUCT #452 : UPC ?

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Card artwork #2 Bony JOANIE … Thin LYNN, by Tom
Bunk, is the only card with an actual PEEL HERE Arrow
on the card front due to the theme of the joke. All fifteen cards have a ‘BEND
HERE AND PEEL BACK‘ arrow on the backside of the cards in the lower right
hand corner instead.

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Card
back #11 Living Deatch Certificate can be found within
the Giant 1st Series set found on the card back for #30 New Wave DAVE due to a
Production Anomoly. Per social media, Mark Newgarden
mentioned on June 28, 2020 that “In-joke here: ‘Abe Morgue’ is a reference
to Abe Morgenstern who was NPD’s product manager/production schedule butt-kicker.”
Morgue is definsed as a [cold] place where bodies are kept on hold to be identified
or claimed.

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The image for 5×7 card #14 BUSTED! from the Garbage
Pail Kids Giant Sticker set painted by artist John Pound is used for the OS5 through
OS8 Retail Ad Posters with an enlarged, straight
GPK banner at the bottom. The image can also be found on the #18 BUSTED! from
the 12×17 GPK Poster set with the new straight GPK banner rather than the original,
curved GPK header. The original poster contains a much smaller GPK banner.

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In both the posters and card, along with various award and license card backs,
there are several OS1 and OS2 GPK Card Characters
found throughout the image. 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 two previous GPK Characters in card #15 GARBAGE
PAIL SCHOOL are OS1 card characters 30a New Wave DAVE & 30b Graffiti PETEY
and 5a Dead TED & 5b JAY Decay. The character blowing a chewing gum bubble
is holding three indestinguishable GPK cards.

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The reverse card back for #9 GARBAGE PAIL NATIONAL PARK is the only Giant Sticker
card back with no border or ribbon artwork as seen on the other forteen cards;
it is made to look like the back of an actual Postcard.
The postmark is from ‘Barfburg’ NJ with the date Feb 31st, the sets due date month
for Topps, but with a bogus calendar date.

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The Checklist
is located on the reverse back of Card #14 BUSTED! GPK; the wrapper back only
states ‘Collect All 15 Stickers’.

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The images for all 15 Giant Sticker set can be found on Mini
Giant Cards released within retail jumbo packs for the 2015 Series 2 ’30th
Anniversary’ GPK set. The backside portrays the original card backs. The GPK logo
has been replaced with a newer GPK logo and on the front side of many cards. Previously,
the card front and backs were reprinted as card backs for the Flashback 1 set
in 2010 for cards #1 through #12 (front) and the Flashback 3 set in 2011 for cards
#12 (back) through #15.

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The reverse card artwork for card back #1 LICENSE TO CHEW, a ‘License to Kill’
title parody, and the other 14 GIANT card backs, were completed by artist Howard
Cruse, including the border framing. The ribbon artwork with number was
created and drawn by art director Mark Newgarden.

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Two Unpublished Pieces intended for the Giant 5×7
set, or GPK Poster set, were titled MIAMI LICE, a parody of the television show
‘Miami Vice’, and E PLURIBUS GARBAGE, a GPK coat-of-arms parody. An unpublished
award back was titled ‘Creative Writing Award’. Most of the artwork pieces for
the Giant GPK set were unpublished OS1 and OS2 concept pieces per art director
Mark Newgarden.

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Per artist John Pound’s Pencil Artwork the character
for card #11 HOW TO BE A GARBAGE PAIL KID was originally titled (the) ULTIMATE
GPK.

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Card #3 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS RULE was completed by an in-house art department employee
at Topps by the name of Mae Jeon. The rough and tight
pencil artwork were completed by Mark Newgarden. Topps liked the security of a
‘staffer’ who could fill in at times of need. Only a handful of her artwork can
be found including two pieces within the OS3 set based off of artist John Pound
tight pencils.