After
all of the various Bazooka Joe-like comic-strip card backs of the Original Series,
for the All-New Series sets, and comic card backs for releases up to this day,
and the one-shot online comics taht followed, it was only natural to see the Garbage
Pail Kids brand obtain a regular-sized comic book adaptation. A one-page comic
concept sample, by Jeff Zapata and Jay Lynch, can be seen above that was pitched
to Topps during the All-New Series GPK resurgance period; it sadly did not come
to fruition during that time, but both Jeff and Jay both conributed to the IDW
GPK publication, and Zapata also went on to help creat the Garbage Pail Kids:
Origins comics in 2022 by Dynamite Entertainment. See the GPK
Licenses 2022 page for more information.

Retailer
Incentive (“RI” CVR) coverdef’n. = Incentive variants are designed
to help comic shops; if a store orders a certain number of regular copies, they
then qualify for a limited quantity of a special edition cover, usu. able to charge
more.

Subscription Cover (“SUB”
CVR) def’n. = Special cover variants obtained by the comic shop through
an ongoing comic ordering subscription, usually online these days.

TOPPS FACEBOOK : PRE-RELEASE AD : 2014

NYC
MIDTOWN COMICS AD : 2014

GPK FACEBOOK AD : NYCC ITEMS : 2014

IDW WEBSITE : MONTH OF RELEASE AD : DEC 2014

JUL 2014 SDCC — Topps Promo Card P1 Comic
CONNER
BACKSIDE:
2014S2 AD STATING 152 CARDS ‘ON SALE OCTOBER 2014’

Comic-Con Series 1 — JUL 2014 SDCC Topps
11×14 Jumbo Cards ‘A’ — CC1a Comic CONNER

JUL
2014 SDCC Topps GPK Comic CONNER T-Shirt

OCT
2014 NYCC — Topps Promo Card P2 Fan BOYD
BACKSIDE: 2014S2 AD STATING 132 CARDS ‘ON SALE NOVEMBER 2014’

OCT 2014 NYCC — IDW 8-Page ‘Official Collector
Binder’ Ashcan 5.5×8.5 Zine — Cover + Back Ad
NOTE: PRODUCED
BY SHAWN LEE, EDITS BY DENTON “DENNY” J. TIPTON; 3 PAGES OF PENICIL,
INK & COLOR ROUGHS BY PETER BAGGE,
BRENT ENGSTROM & MARK PINGITORE;
2 PAGES OF UNCOLORED COMICS BY PETER BAGGE, DEAN HASPIEL & VITO DELSANTE.

October, 2014 NYCC — IDW GPK Comic Promo Card

Comic-Con
Series 2 — OCT 2014 NYCC Topps 11×14 Jumbo Cards ‘A’ — CC7a Fan
BOYD & CC10a Comic-Con RON

OCT 2014 NYCC Topps GPK Fan
BOYD T-Shirt — A Second Version Available via FYE in 2018


OCT 2014 Philly Non-Sports Card Show : Topps Promo
Card P3 Cosplay CODY
BACKSIDE:
2014S2 AD STATING 132 CARDS ‘ON SALE NOVEMBER 2014′; PHILLY MARKER’



OCT
2014 Philly Non-Sports (PNS) Card Show : IDW GPK Comic Promo Card

Comic-Con Series 1 — JUL 2014 Topps Store Online
11×14 Jumbo Cards ‘B’ — CC1b Cosplay CODY

Comic-Con Series 2 — NOV 2014 Topps Store Online
11×14 Jumbo Cards ‘B’ — CC7b Geeky GUY &
CC10b Bonus JONAS

NOV 2014 Topps Store Online — Comic-Con
Series 2 Bundle Exclusive — Topps Promo Card P4 Geeky
GUY
BACKSIDE: 2014 SERIES 2 AD STATING 132 CARDS ‘ON
SALE NOVEMBER 2014’; NO STAR BACK-SHADOW, PLAIN RED BACKGROUND

Although
reverse comic card backs did not t hit the Garbage Pail Kids scene, historically
speaking, until the OS6 set, the OS5 card fronts had a couple of comic-themed
characters; cards 172a NAT Nerd and 172b CLARK
Can’t, who makes a predominant appearance in the first IDW GPK comic installment,
as well as cards 184b Upside Down DONALD and 184b
HUGH Turn. The GPK comic card backs, a parody of
Topps’ Bazooka Joe gum comics, would have a recurring roll in the Garbage Pail
Kids sets and later be known as The Garbage Gang starting within the OS9 set.

*

IDW website and product ‘Description’:
Remember mullets and teased bangs? Stonewashed denim jackets and jeans? Well,
not everything about the ‘80s was lame, because that’s when the Garbage
Pail Kids ruled the world! Those irreverent, satirical stickers quickly became
a pop-culture phenomenon, but they never had their own comic book… until
now! In the spirit of the avant-garde cartoonists and humorists who fathered these
miscreants, a new generation of alternative-comics creators has lent their unique
talents to bring the Garbage Pail Kids into the wacky world of comics — just
in time for their 30th birthday! (W) Peter Bagge, Shaun Manning, Bill Wray, Vito
Delsante, Joe Simko (A) Peter Bagge, Hilary Barta, Dean Haspiel, Joe Simko (A/CA)
Mark Pingatore.

DIAMOND
COMICS : PREVIEWS ISSUE #313, THE COMIC SHOP’S CATALOG, OCT 2014

*

Puke
def’n = informal. To vomit; retch, heave, throw up, et cetera.
Puke
+ Spectacular = A portmanteau word; a blend of words that expresses a combination
of the meaning of its parts.
Spectacular def’n = A breathtaking event
produced on a large scale with striking effect(s).

Regular COVER A by
Mark Pingitore — Printed Cover (L)
and Mock-up Image (R)
IDW Publishing — OCT140450 — Price $3.99
— 32 PGS
Kindle
& ComiXology — ASIN B00QW35A04 — 82159 KB FILE SIZE
NOTE:
MOCK-UP COVER SIMPLY STATES #1 • $3.99 &
A PARTIAL ARTIST LIST; DISPLAYS SNOT ROPE BEHIND GPK BANNER.
NOTE: PRINTED
COVER STATES $3.99, BUT ADDS ONE-SHOT,
AN AGE RATING, THE PUKE-TACULAR NAME, & THE FULL
ARTIST LIST.
NOTE: IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 30TH ANNIV. SET (2015S2) AS CARDS
3a/b NAT NERD/CLARK CAN’T [COMIC BOOK COVER SUBSET].

Mark
Pingitore’s Final Cover (L) Artwork and Color Rough (R) Artwork for Comic No.1

Subscription
COVER B (Blank Sub Variant) —
Printed Cover (L) and
Mock-up Image (R)
IDW Publishing
—
OCT140451 —
Price $3.99
—
32 PGS
NOTE:
MOCK-UP COVER SIMPLY
STATES #1 • $3.99 & A PARTIAL ARTIST LIST.
NOTE:
PRINTED COVER STATES SUBSCRIPTION CVR , BUT ADDS
ONE-SHOT, AN AGE RATING, THE PUKE-TACULAR
NAME, FULL ARTIST LIST, & AN EMPTY NAMEPLATE. COMIC PRINTED WITH A MATTE,
NON-GLOSS FINISH; SKETCH COVER.

NOTE: THE
IDW GPK COMIC IS A PARODY TRIBUTE FOR DETECTIVE COMICS No.27 COVER W/ THE BATMAN
: MAY 1939.

Retailer
Incentive COVER C by Joe Simko — Printed
Cover (L) and Promo Image (R)
IDW
Publishing —
OCT140453 —
Price $3.99
—
32 PGS
NOTE: RI COVER (CVR) = RETAILER INCENTIVE.
GPK CHARACTER COMIC CONNER USED FOR THE ASHCAN EDITION & PROMOS.
NOTE:
IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 30TH ANNIV. SET (2015S2) AS CARDS 1a/b COMIC CONNER/FAN BOYD
[COMIC BOOK COVER SUBSET].



Joe Simko’s Final Artwork Image Used for the
Comic Cover & ‘Binder’/Ashcan Mini-zine

Deluxe
Edition COVER D by Peter Bagge w/ Bonus Card —
Printed Cover (L) and Mock-up Image
(R)
IDW Publishing —
OCT140452 —
Price $4.99 —
32 PAGES
NOTE: MOCK-UP COVER SIMPLY
STATES #1 • SUB CVR &
A PARTIAL ARTIST LIST; DISPLAYS BUNNY EARS IN FRONT OF GPK BANNER.
NOTE: PRINTED
COVER STATES $4.99 • DELUXE EDITION, BUT ADDS
ONE-SHOT, AN AGE RATING, PUKE-TACULAR,
& THE FULL ARTIST LIST.
NOTE: IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 30TH ANNIV. SET (2015S2)
AS CARDS 1a/b COMIC-CON RON/COSPLAY CARL [ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION SUBSET]. THE
‘B’ NAME FOR THE JUMBO CARD IS CALLED BONUS JONAS.

NOTE: “INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE TRADING CARD
STICKER!” NOT PART OF THE COVER — A SEPARATE STICKER




Deluxe Edition BONUS
CARD — Topps Promo Card SP1, Card Back Ad, & Ashcan/Binder Mock-up
Images
BACKSIDE: 2014S2 AD STATING 132 CARDS ‘ON SALE NOW’;
COMIC-CON RON AND BONUS JONAS
CAN BE FOUND AS A 11×14 JUMBO CARD
NOTE:
IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 30TH ANNIV. SET (2015S2) AS CARDS 2a/b COMIC-CON RON/COSPLAY
CARL [COMIC BOOK COVER SUBSET];
ALTHOUGH NOT A COMIC COVER. THE ‘B’ NAME FOR THE JUMBO CARD IS CALLED BONUS
JONAS.

Special Card SP1 PARALLEL
BORDERS — Black, 1:5 Ratio — HTF Yellow, Back #/100 — Rare
Red, Back #/10
NOTE: YELLOW PARALLELS ARE RUMORED TO NOT HAVE
BEEN SUPPLIED BY TOPPS ON TIME AND NOT INCLUDED/RELEASED.

30th
Anniversary Image (L) + 2022 SDCC Enamel Pins Bonus Card (R) w/ New Packrat PETE
Nomenclature
NOTE: 30TH
ANNIV. BORDERS FOUND IN VARIOUS COLORS; THE ‘B’ NAME FOR THE JUMBO CARD IS CALLED
BONUS JONAS.
NOTE: IMAGE RELEASED ON CARD FOR
EXCLUSIVE SDCC 2022 ENAMEL PIN COLLECTION FOR ATOMIC TOYBOX; GREEN HEADER AND
NAMEPLATE. PRINTED ON BONUS PROMO CARD STOCK, NO STICKER TO ‘PEEL HERE’. NEW PACKRAT
PETE NOMENCLATURE.



Brent
Engstrom’s Final and Sketch Artwork Based Off of Peter Bagge’s Cover Artwork
Final
Artwork Image (TL), Tight Ink Sketch (TR), & Colour Rough Artwork (B)

Mock-up
Image (TL), Phantom Variant Mascot (TM), & OS1 ADAM Bomb Card Image (TL)
IDW
Publishing — OCT14045X
—
Price $?.99 —
32 PAGES
NOTE:
MOCK-UP COVER STATES #1 • RE CVR &
A PARTIAL ARTIST LIST; THE PRINTED COMIC WOULD HAVE INCLUDED
ONE-SHOT, AN AGE RATING, THE
PUKE-TACULAR NAME, THE FULL ARTIST LIST, AND CREDIT
TO ARTIST JOHN POUND WITHIN.

DIAMOND
COMICS : PREVIEWS ISSUE #315, THE COMIC SHOP’S CATALOG, DEC 2014

*

Love
def’n. = An intense feeling and/or emotion of deep affection, interest,
and pleasure.
Stink(s) def’n. = To be very unpleasant. To have a strong
unplesant small; a stench.
The love-thwarted exclamation is usually seen as
‘Love Sucks!’

$3.99
Regular COVER A by Mark Pingitore — Printed
Cover (L) and Mock-up Image (R)
IDW Publishing —
OCT140492 —
Price $3.99 —
32 PAGES
Kindle & ComiXology
— ASIN B00T8JW3AY — 83904 KB FILE SIZE
NOTE:
MOCK-UP COVER MATCHES PRINTED COVER AND SIMPLY STATES $3.99
& ONLY A PARTIAL ARTIST LISTING.
NOTE: PRINTED COVER ADDS ONE-SHOT,
AN AGE RATING, THE LOVE STINKS NAME, & THE FULL
ARTIST LIST; IMAGE SLIGHTLY INCREASED.

NOTE: IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 30TH ANNIV. SET (2015S2) AS CARDS 5a/5b HAIRY CARRIE/BRUTAL
BRIDGETTE [COMIC BOOK COVER SUBSET]; COVER ALSO PORTRAYS HAIRY GARY/BRUTAL BRAD.

Mark Pingitore’s Final Artwork Image (L) and Color Rough
Artwork Image (R)

IDW’s DECEMBER 2014 ‘PUKE-TACULAR’ GPK COMIC AD FOR ‘LOVE
STINKS’ FOR FEBRUARY 2015

Retailer
Incentive COVER B by Tom Bunk — Printed Cover
(L0 and Mock-up Image (R)
IDW Publishing —
OCT140494 —
Price $9.99 —
32 PAGES
NOTE:
INCENTIVE IMAGE MISTAKINGLY CREDITED TO JOHN POUND FOR THE OS8 HEARTLESS HAL CHARACTER.
NOTE:
MOCK-UP COVER STATES CVR RI & ONLY A PARTIAL
ARTIST LISTING.
NOTE: PRINTED COVER STATES RI CVR
& ONE-SHOT, AN AGE RATING, THE LOVE
STINKS NAME (PLACED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COMIC; THE ONLY IDW GPK COMIC
COVER TO DO SO), & THE FULL ARTIST LIST; IMAGE SLIGHTLY INCREASED.



Deluxe
Edition COVER C by Dean Haspiel w/ Bonus Card —
Printed Cover (L) and Mock-up Image (R)
IDW Publishing —
OCT140493 —
Price $4.99 —
32 PAGES
NOTE:
“INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE TRADING CARD STICKER!” NOW PART OF THE COVER —
NOT A SEPARATE STICKER AS BEFORE.
NOTE:
MOCK-UP COVER SIMPLY STATES $4.99 & ONLY A PARTIAL
ARTIST LISTING. IMAGE BLOCKS MOST OF GPK BANNER.
NOTE: PRINTED COVER STATES
$4.99 • DECLUXE EDITION; ADDS
ONE-SHOT, AN AGE RATING, THE LOVE
STINKS NAME, THE FULL ARTIST LIST, A CIRCULAR SPLASH AD, & A NAMEPLATE
WITH CHARACTER NAME; IMAGE SEVERELY REDUCED.

NOTE: IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 30TH ANNIV. SET (2015S2) AS CARDS 2a/b FRENCH KISS
TRISH/BOOTH BETH [ARTISTIC INTERPRET. SUBSET].

Deluxe Edition BONUS
CARD — Topps Promo Card SP2 & Reverse 2015S1 Card Back Ad
BACKSIDE: 2015 SERIES 1 AD “ON SALE MARCH 2015”;
IMAGE WILL BE WITHIN THE 2015 SERIES 2 : 30TH ANNIVERSARY
SET
NOTE: IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 30TH ANNIV. SET (2015S2) AS CARDS
4a/b FRENCH KISS TRISH/BOOTH BETH [COMIC BOOK COVER SUBSET].

Special Card SP2 PARALLEL
BORDERS — Black, 1:5 Ratio — HTF Yellow, Back #/100 — Rare
Red, Back #/10
NOTE:
THE NUMBERING FOR THE RARE PARALLELS CHANGED FROM A SINGLE DIGIT ‘#’ TO ‘# OUT
OF 100’ ON BACK COMPARED TO SP1

Brent Engstrom’s Final Artwork (L), Tight Concept
Artwork (M) Based Off of Dean Haspiel’s Cover Artwork (R)

RELEASE PERIOD
: APRIL 29, 2015

IDW
website and product ‘Description’: Join the
Garbage Pail Kids for a literally breathtaking foray into fantasy worlds, fairytale
lands, and flatulent frontiers! Revisit the pop-culture phenomenon from the minds
of Art Spiegelman, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, and many others! Faturing the most
fantastical creators in alternative comics! Ask your retailer about the classic
GPK Sy Clops variant cover! A variant cover from Shannon Wheeler, shrink-wrappd
with an exclusive official GPK sticker by Brent Engstrom! (W) Shannon Wheeler,
Joe Simko, Phil Elliott (A) Joe Simko, Shannon Wheeler, Phil Elliott (CA) Mark
Pingatore.

DIAMOND
COMICS : PREVIEWS ISSUE #317, THE COMIC SHOP’S CATALOG, FEB 2015
NOTE:
MOCK-UP COMIC WITH CENTERED GPK HEADER

*

The
flatulent-inducing title is usually seen as ‘Fables, Fantasy, and Folklore/Fairy
Tales’.
Fable(s) def’n. = A short story, often with anthropomorphic
animals as characters, conveying a moral.
Fantasy def’n. = The concept
of imagining wonderous things, especially ones that seem impossible or improbable.
Fart(s)
def’n. = informal. To emit or the emission of gas from the anus.

$3.99 Regular COVER A
by Mark Pingitore — Printed Cover (L) and Mock-Up Image (R)
IDW Publishing
— FEB150355
—
Price $3.99 —
32 PAGES
Kindle & ComiXology
— ASIN B00W4H78ES — 67657 KB FILE SIZE
NOTE:
MOCK-UP COVER MATCHES PRINTED COVER AND STATES $3.99;
NO (PARTIAL) ARTIST LIST FOR THE FIRST TIME.
NOTE: ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME,
PRINTED COVER ONLY ADDS THE FULL ARTIST LIST, EVERYTHING ELSE MATCHES.
NOTE:
IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 30TH ANNIV. SET (2015S2) AS CARDS 7a/b TOADY TERRY/CROAKIN’
COLIN [COMIC BOOK COVER SUBSET].

Mark
Pingitore’s Final Artwork (L) and Color Rough Artwork (R)

IDW’s FEBRUARY 2015 ‘LOVE STINKS’ GPK COMIC AD FOR ‘FABLES,
FANTASY AND FARTS’ FOR APRIL 2015
NOTE:
PARTIAL ‘LOVE STINKS’ CAVEMAN CLUB STROKE FROM PREVIOUS AD PRESENT

Deluxe
Edition COVER B by Shannon Wheeler w/ Bonus Card
— Printed Cover (L) and Internal Mock-Up (R)
IDW
Publishing — FEB150356
—
Price $4.99 —
32 PAGES
NOTE:
NOMENCLATURE FLOPPED FOR PRINTED EDITION TO ‘FANTASY FELICIA’; SP + 2015S2 CARDS
STILL ‘FELICIA FANTASY’.
NOTE: COVER IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 30TH ANNIV. SET
(2015S2) AS CARDS 3a FELICIA FANTASY + 3b DREAM GAL VAL [ARTISTIC INTERPRET. SUBSET].

Deluxe
Edition BONUS CARD — Topps Promo Card SP3 &
Reverse 2015S1 Card Back Ad
BACKSIDE: 2015 SERIES 1 AD “ON
SALE NOW”; SP
+ 2015S2 CARDS PRINT ‘FELICIA FANTASY’ ALTHOUGH COVER IS FLIP-FLOPPED.

NOTE: IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 30TH ANNIV. SET (2015S2) AS CARDS 6a/b FELICIA FANTASY/DREAM
GAL VAL [COMIC BOOK COVER SUBSET].

Special Card SP3 PARALLEL
BORDERS — Black, 1:5 Ratio — HTF Yellow, Back #/100 — Rare
Red, Back #/10
NOTE:
THE NUMBERING FOR THE RARE PARALLELS CHANGED FROM A SINGLE DIGIT ‘#’ TO ‘# OUT
OF 100’ ON BACK COMPARED TO SP1

Brent Engstrom’s
Final Artwork (TL), Tight Ink Artwork (TR), & Color Rough Artwork (B)
Based
Off of Shannon Wheeler’s Deluxe Edition Cover Artwork

The
second issue with only three different covers, no blank sketch covers for the
second and third released comics, and the tie-in GPK card character has been switched
to the last cover for this issue and the next release.

Retailer Incentive COVER
C by John Pound — Printed Cover; No Mock-Up Image Located
IDW
Publishing — FEB150357
—
Price $9.99 —
32 PAGES
NOTE:
AS WITH COVER B, NO MOCK-UP IMAGE LOCATED FOR THE RI COVER;
COVER A WAS BARELY A MOCK UP.

IDW advert ‘Description’:
Get ready to get gross! Each Garbage Pail Kids Micro Comic Fun Pack comes with
24 pages of Garbage Pail Kids comics and extras! Inside each pack you’ll find
a collection of GPK stories as well as classic card images and comics. Also included
in each pack is one of 8 exclusive sticker cards to add to your GPK collection,
collectible posters, and pop-out standees featuring classic GPK characters! NOTE:
Several uncut card sheets and blank sketch cards have found their way into the
wild.

8 Exclusive Cards : 8 Collectible Posters : 8 Pop-Out
Standees
NOTE: THE COMIC CONNER CHARACTER NOT
LOCATED ON TEST SHEET

NOTE:
THE SP1 COMIC-CON RON CARD WITH A BLUE BACKGROUND; ROUNDED EDGES


NOTE:
THE EXCLUSIVE STICKER CARD CHANGED FROM ROY BOT TO COMIC-CON RON; ROUNDED EDGES

Product release information: GPK MICRO COMIC
FUN PACKS (24/10) — Configuration: 24 Cello
Packs per Display Box, 10 Display Boxes per Master Case —
Each pack includes: 1 of 4 comics featuring a special gross-out Scratch N’ Sniff
cover!, 24 pages of Comic Story and bonus content!, 1 of 8 exclusive Sticker Cards
featuring ‘A’ and ‘B’ versions!, 1 of 8 collectible Posters featuring ‘A’ and
‘B’ versions!, 1 of 8 pop-out Standees featuring ‘A’ and ‘B’ versions!

NOTE:
UNRELEASED MICRO COMIC GPK ‘STICKER CARDS’ TEST PRODUCT w/ 8 DIFFERENT NOMENCLATURE

VERSUS WHAT WAS PRINTED FOR THE 2015S2 30TH ANNIVERSARY SET


NOTE:
UNRELEASED MICRO COMIC GPK ‘STICKER CARDS’ TEST PRODUCT w/ 8 DIFFERENT NOMENCLATURE

VERSUS WHAT WAS PRINTED FOR THE 2015S2 30TH ANNIVERSARY SET


NOTE:
UNRELEASED MICRO COMIC GPK ‘STICKER CARDS’ PUZZLE BACKS TEST PRODUCT;
BASED
OFF OF JOE SIMKO’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY GPK IMAGE


NOTE: UNRELEASED MICRO COMIC GPK
‘STICKER CARDS’ PUZZLE BACKS TEST PRODUCT: JOHN POUND’S OS5 NAT NERD CHARACTER



NOTE: UNRELEASED MICRO COMIC
GPK ‘FEATURED ARTIST’ SKETCH CARDS

IDW website
and product ‘Description’: “Join the
Garbage Pail Kids for a literally breathtaking foray into the most bizarre and
amazing worlds of the future!” (W) James Kochalka, Hilary Barta, Joe Simko,
Roger Langridge (A) James Kochalka, Hilary Barta, Joe Simko, Roger Langridge (CA)
Mark Pingatore.

DIAMOND
COMICS : PREVIEWS ISSUE #319, THE COMIC SHOP’S CATALOG, APR 2015
NOTE:
MOCK-UP COMICS WITH CENTERED GPK HEADER

*

The
space farce title is obviously a parody of the sci-fi movie ‘Close Encounters
of the Third Kind’.
Gross def’n. = To be disgusting, or having gross
habits.
Encounter def’n. = An unexpected meeting with someone or something.
Turd
def’n. = vulgar slang. A lump of excrement.

Regular COVER A by
Mark Pingitore — Price $3.99 — Printed Cover (Above) & Mock-Up Images
(Below)
IDW Publishing —
APR150358 —
Price $3.99 —
32 PAGES
Kindle & ComiXology
— ASIN B00ZG7X81U — 67891 KB FILE SIZE
NOTE:
TWO-LINED TITLE (DIF’T FONT) NOW IN ALL GREEN; A COMPLETE ARTIST ROSTER ADDED
BUT NOW IN WHITE PRINT.
NOTE:
IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 2016S1 SET AS CARDS 2a/b ALIEN IAN/OUTERSPACE CHASE [COMIC
BOOK COVER SUBSET].

NOTE:
THE FIRST MOCK-UP IMAGE (R), CONTAINS THE TITLE WITH THREE LINES; THE THIRD LINE
IS IN PARTIAL WHITE.
NOTE: THE SECOND MOCK UP IMAGE (L), CONTAINS THE TITLE
WITH TWO LINES (DIF’T FONT); THE FIRST LINE IS NOW IN PARTIAL WHITE.
NOTE:
BOTH MOCK-UP
IMAGES CONTAINING A PARTIAL ARTIST LIST IN BLACK FONT.

Mark
Pingitore’s Final Artwork (L) and Color Rough Artwork (R)

IDW’s APRIL 2015 ‘FABLES, FANTASY AND FARTS’ GPK
COMIC AD FOR ‘GROSS ENCOUNTERS’ FOR JUNE 2015
NOTE: THE AD STATES THE MONTH
OF APRIL, IN ERROR, INSTEAD OF THE MONTH OF JUNE

“Subscription”
COVER B (Blank Sketch Variant) —
Printed Cover (L)
and Mock-up Image (R)
IDW
Publishing — APR150359
—
Price $3.99 —
32 PAGES
NOTE:
MOCK-UP COVER SIMPLY STATES $3.99,
ONE-SHOT IN WHITE FONT, A PARTIAL ARTIST LIST, & A THREE-LINE
TITLE.
NOTE: UNLIKE WITH ‘PUKE-TACULAR’, THE PRINTED COVER DOES NOT STATE
SUBSCRIPTION CVR. & DOS NOT CONTAIN
A BLANK NAMEPLATE. ONE-SHOT IS CHANGED TO BLACK FONT, A TWO-LINE
TITLE, & A FULL ARTIST LIST IS ADDED. COMIC PRINTED WITH A MATTE, NON-GLOSS
FINISH.

Deluxe Edition COVER C
by Hilary Barta Bonus Card — Printed Cover (Above) & Mock-Up Images (Below)
IDW
Publishing — APR150361
—
Price $4.99 —
32 PAGES
NOTE:
AS WITH COVER A, THE FONT STYLE AND NUMBER OF TITLE LINES CHANGED. A COMPLETE
ARTIST ROSTER ADDED (NOW IN WHITE PRINT).
NOTE: THE CIRCULAR SPLASH AD MOVED
TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE COMIC FRONT.

NOTE:
THE FIRST MOCK-UP IMAGE (R), CONTAINS THE TITLE WITH THREE LINES & THE NAMEPLATE
WITH THE ‘OVER KILLIAN’ NOMENCLATURE.
NOTE: THE SECOND MOCK UP IMAGE (L),
CONTAINS A TWO-LINED TITLE & THE NAMEPLATE WITH DIFFERENT NOMENCLATURE.
NOTE:
BOTH MOCK-UP
IMAGES CONTAINING A PARTIAL ARTIST LIST IN BLACK FONT.

Brent
Engstrom’s Final Artwork (L), Tight Pencil/Ink Artwork (M), and Color Rought Artwork
(R)
Based Off of Hilary Barta’s Deluxe Edition Cover Concept Artwork

Brent Engstrom’s Original Final Artwork with NO
Smoke; Added at a Later Date Digitally

NOTE:
BARTA’S INSPIRATION MAY STEM FROM THE ORIGINAL OS4 GPK CARD, WHILE ENGSTROM’S
FROM THE GIANT GPK ARTWORK.



Deluxe Edition BONUS CARD
— Topps Promo Card SP4 + 30th Anniv. (2015S2) Reverse Card Back Ad
NOTE:
SP4 CARD NUMBER NOT LOCATED ON FRONT OF CARD AS PREVIOUS EDITIONS
NOTE: CARD
IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 2016S1 SET AS CARDS 1a OVER KILLIAN/1b BLASTED BOB [COMIC
BOOK COVER SUBSET].



Special Card SP4 PARALLEL
BORDERS — Black, 1:5 Ratio — HTF Yellow, Back #/100 — Rare
Red, Back #/10
NOTE:
THERE IS NO NUMBERING ON THE FRONT OR BACKSIDE OF THE CARDS

Retailer Incentive COVER D by John Pound — Printed
Cover (L) and Mock-Up Image (R)
IDW Publishing —
APR150360 —
Price $9.99 —
32 PAGES
NOTE:
THE MOCK-UP IMAGE (R), STATES $4.99 RI CVR, CONTAINS
ONLY A PARTIAL ARTIST LIST, A THREE-LINED TITLE, & AN OS4 GPK NAMEPLATE.
NOTE:
THE PRINTED IMAGE (L), CONTAINS A TWO-LINED TITLE, NO NAMEPLATE, A FULL ARTIST
LIST (WHITE), & INCREASED CHARACTER IMAGE.

IDW’s website and product
description: Everyone’s a critic! Join the Garbage Pail Kids as they put
the spotlight on summer’s top GROSSing movies! A variant cover from Bob Fingerman,
shrink-wrapped with an exclusive official GPK sticker by Brent Engstrom! (W) Bob
Fingerman, Jeff Zapata, Sam Kieth, Chris Ryall (A) Jeff Zapata, John Cebollero,
Sam Kieth (CA) Mark Pingatore.

DIAMOND
COMICS : PREVIEWS ISSUE #321, THE COMIC SHOP’S CATALOG, JUN 2015
NOTE:
MOCK-UP COMICS WITH CENTERED GPK HEADER

*

Go
def’n. = To leave (to travel); depart. British slang. A person’s
turn or attempt at something.
Hollywood def’n. = Of or characteristic
of the American motion-picture industry and Hollywood lifestyle.

Regular COVER A
by Mark Pingitore — Printed Cover (L) and Mock-Up Image (R)
IDW Publishing
— JUN150433
—
Price $3.99 —
32 PAGES
Kindle & ComiXology
— ASIN B01319E2A0 — 74829 KB FLE SIZE
NOTE:
THE MOCK-UP IMAGE (R), CONTAINS ONLY A PARTIAL ARTIST LIST IN BLACK FONT.
NOTE:
THE PRINTED COVER(L), CONTAINS A FULL ARTIST ROSTER, NOW IN WHITE FONT & IMAGE
SLIGHTLY INCREASED.
NOTE:
IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 2016S1 SET AS CARDS 4a ADAM BOMB + 4b BLASTED BILLY V [COMIC
BOOK COVER SUBSET].

Mark Pingitore’s Final Artwork (L) and Color Rough Artwork (R)

IDW’s
JUNE 2015 ‘GROSS ENCOUNTERS’ GPK COMIC AD FOR ‘GO HOLLYWOOD’ FOR AUGUST 2015.

NOTE: A NAMEPLATE ADDED FOR AD; NO NEW RELEASE MONTH AD LOCATED WITHIN COMIC =
LAST PUBLISHED MONTH.

“Subscription” COVER
B (Blank Sketch Variant) — Printed Cover; no Mock-Up Image Located
IDW
Publishing — JUN150434
—
Price $3.99 —
32 PAGES
NOTE:
UNLIKE WITH ‘PUKE-TACULAR’, THE PRINTED COVER DOES NOT STATE SUB CVR, JUST $3.99
& DOS NOT CONTAIN A BLANK NAMEPLATE. THE ONLY
SKETCH CVR W/ ONE-SHOT AND ARTIST ROSTER IN WHITE
FONT. NO MOCK-UP IMAGE LOCATED, BUT WOULD MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE DISPLAYED A PARTIAL
ARTIST LIST IN BLACK FONT. COMIC PRINTED WITH A MATTE, NON-GLOSS FINISH.


Deluxe Edition COVER C
by Bob Fingerman w/ Bonus Card — Printed Cover (L) & Mock-Up Image (R)
IDW
PUBLISHING — JUN150436
—
Price $4.99 —
32 PAGES
NOTE:
THE MOCK-UP IMAGE (R), CONTAINS ONLY A PARTIAL ARTIST LIST IN BLACK FONT &
THE SPLASH AD AT THE BOTTOM.
NOTE:
THE PRINTED COVER(L), CONTAINS A FULL ARTIST ROSTER, NOW IN WHITE FONT & SPLASH
AD AT THE TOP.

Deluxe
Edition BONUS CARD — Topps Promo Card SP5 +
30th Anniv. (2015S2) Reverse Card Back Ad
NOTE: SP5 CARD NUMBER
NOT LOCATED ON FRONT OF CARD
NOTE: CARD IMAGE PRINTED IN THE 2016S1 SET AS
CARDS 3a METHANE MAX + 3b ROAD WARREN [COMIC BOOK COVER SUBSET].

Special
Card SP5 PARALLEL BORDERS — Black, 1:5 Ratio
— HTF Yellow, Back #/100 — Rare Red, Back #/10
NOTE:
THERE IS NO NUMBERING ON THE FRONT OR BACKSIDE OF THE CARDS

Brent
Engstrom’s Final Artwork (TL), Tight Ink Artwork (TR), and Color Rough Artwork
(B)
Based Off of Sam Kieth’s Cover Concept Artwork

NOTE: IDW COVER VS BONUS CARD
DIFFERENCES; NO SMILE, NO THUMBS-UP,
NO JACKET SLEEVES, GREEN HAIR, NO BUTT
CRACK.

Retailer Incentive COVER
D by Sam Kieth — Printed Cover; no Mock-Up Image Located
IDW
Publishing — JUN150435
—
Price $9.99 —
32 PAGES
NOTE: NO MOCK-UP IMAGE
LOCATED, BUT WOULD MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE DISPLAYED A PARTIAL ARTIST LIST IN BLACK
FONT.

NOTE:
KIETH’S INSPIRATION MAY HAVE TO COME FROM PINGITORE’S 2014S1 JAWIN’ JULIE CARD,
BUT NAMED AFTER POUND’S OS9 CLARK SHARK CHARACTER. THE PREVIEWS AD DOES STATE
“ASK YOUR RETAILER ABOUT THE CLASSIC GPK MANNY EATER VARIANT COVER”;
THE NEW ARTWORK MAY HAVE REPLACED THIS CLASSIC GPK COVER FOR THIS LAST RELEASE,
UNFORTUNATELY.

IDW
website and product description: Remember mullets and teased bangs? Stonewashed
denim jackets and jeans? Well, not everything about the ’80s was lame, because
that’s when the Garbage Pail Kids ruled the world! Those irreverent, satirical
stickers quickly became a pop-culture phenomenon, but they never had their own
comic book… until now! In the spirit of the avant-garde cartoonists and humorists
who fathered these miscreants, a new generation of alternative-comics creators
has lent their unique talents to bring the Garbage Pail Kids into the wacky world
of comics. Collects all five one-shots. (W) Jeff Zapata, Dean Haspiel, Brian Winkeler,
Joe Simko, Peter Bagge, Shannon Wheeler, Bill Wray, Shaun Manning (A) Dave Curd,
Shannon Wheeler, Jeff Zapata, Dean Haspiel, Peter Bagge, Joe Simko, Hilary Barta
(A/CA) Mark Pingatore

DIAMOND
COMICS : PREVIEWS ISSUE #326, THE COMIC SHOP’S CATALOG, NOV 2015
NOTE:
MOCK-UP COMIC WITHOUT COMIC-BOOK PUKE-TACULAR TITLE

IDW WEBSITE : POST RELEASE AD : LATE 2015

TRADE
PAPERBACK “TPB” Cover by Mark Pingitore — Printed Cover
IDW
PUBLISHING — NOV150451 — Price $19.99
ISBN-10: 1631405101 —
ISBN-13: 978-1631405105 — 120 PGS
Kindle & ComiXology — ASIN
B01BKY28PO — 419785 KB FILE SIZE
NOTE: GPK BANNER ENLARGED
AND CENTERED: ‘COMIC-BOOK PUKE-TACULAR’ ADDED; NO ARTIST ROSTER, ETC. VARANT COMIC
COVER IMAGES IN BACK OF BOOK; NO DELUXE BONUS CARD IMAGES, HOWEVER.

TPB
(Trade Paperback) Cover by Mark Pingitore — Mock-Up Images

NOTE: SAME COVER AS COMIC #1: GPK BANNER IS CENTERED. MISSING ‘COMIC-BOOK PUKE-TACULAR’
TITLE & ‘TOPPS’.

AMAZON
WEBSITE — PRODUCT-SIZE AD

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The ‘Mars Attacks Occupation’ Kickstarter GPK and
WP ‘ADD-ON’ Ad
The campaign ran from 05/05/2015 thruogh 06/01/2015 —
To be printed and released by December of 2015

Kickstarter:
“In addition to the reward levels, you can also purchase optional add-on
items to build and customize your pledge! To do so, total up the prices of your
desired items in the images below and ADD THAT TO YOUR PLEDGE AMOUNT.
When the campaign ends, we’ll send you a survey to fill out to tell us which
add-on items you wanted and in what quantities. Outside of the add-ons that are
labeled as “Limited” you may purchase as many of these items as you
like.“

Due
to printing issues, the promo card was released in April of 2016
Artist Joe
Simko’s promo card artwork with John Pound’s OS2 Leaky LINDSAY & OS4 Alien
IAN tribute;
a parody based off of the original Mars Attacks card
by Norm Saunders

The Mars Attacks GPK promo card back shows
a comic excerpt from the Gross Encounters comic
and the ‘Comic-Book Puke-Tacular’
collected trade paperback graphic novel

‘CLICK’ PIC TO VIEW COMIC : TOP
HALF OF LINKED PAGE

Brent Engstrom
had two such unreleased works from the IDW comic book days, in a black and white
concept stage only; he has graciously allowed me to showcase his unpublished GPK
comic artwork and story and have ‘Mad MIKE’ Boyajian process the coloring. The
second of the two comics, showcased first, includes GPK all-stars OS7 Grilled
GIL, ANS7 Ghost TORY, OS1 Dead TED, 2014S1 WAYNE N Moon and a human character
that is reminiscent of Mel from Mel’s Diner (on ‘Alice’). The first comic co-stars
OS5 NAT Nerd, OS2 JANET Planet and an anonymous human.

UNPUBLISHED
“PILE O’ COMICS” STRIP

‘CLICK’ PIC TO VIEW COMIC :
BOTTOM HALF OF LINKED PAGE

Artists
that were signed on to create comic artwork for IDW’s at-the-time forthcoming
GPK comic book, surrounding the 30th anniversary hype, were instructed
to submit their stories. No clear instruction was given and IDW eventually went
with a very thematic compilation format — so, many initial submissions did
not make it into the comic book releases. IDW’s approach was also very heavy on
underground artists and their interpretive ideas, thus leaving out the core group
of actual GPK artists from most of the project. If one were to compile
the published works from Simko, Engstrom and Zapata into one comic, with Pingitore’s
covers and Engstrom’s bonus cards, it would be a very strong comic… unfortuantely,
the guest spots outweighed the GPK heavy hitters.

UNPUBLISHED ‘VERTIGOO’ COMIC
SAMPLES


The ‘Vertigoo’ story is based around a few of the
major Garbage Pail Kids characters Messy Tessie,
Anna Banana, and Nasty Nick
along with a few cameos with other GPK character canon.

Per artist:
“The story begins with Messy Tessie visiting her psychiatrist on a rainy
day. Dr. Sigmund Fraud is trying to help her cure her fear of heights, but she
would rather be at the mall with her best friend Anna Banana. As she sits in the
waiting room with Wacky Jackie she notices a drenched bat clinging to the window.
She rescues the bat (Nicholas) and agrees to take him back to his house on the
outskirts of town (monster mansion). Nicholas gives her a tour of the mansion
which includes helping her with her vertigo by taking her to the high bell tower.
In exchange she promises to help him with his fear of the dark. In the meantime,
back at Dr. Fraud’s office, Anna Banana shows up to meet Messy Tessie and finds
out from Wacky Jackie the she left with Nicholas. Realizing that she has been
fooled by Nicholas (the vampire Nasty Nick in bat form) she rushes off to the
monster mansion to save her friend. Back at the mansion, Nicholas convinces Messy
Tessie to keep him company until dark in the bell tower. As the sun sets he transforms
into the bloodsucking vampire Nasty Nick. Her friend Anna Banana arrives just
in time to monkey her way up to the tower and throw garlic powder on Nasty Nick.
He brushes it off and explains that only “fresh” garlic affects vampires,
but Messy Tessie happens to be allergic to it and sneezes a giant wad of snot
which fuses Nasty Nick to the tower bell. Then the girlfriends walk off into the
sunset. The End.” — Steve Potter

VARIOUS COMIC-PANEL SAMPLES WITH CHARACTERS LEAKY
LINDSAY AND NASTY NICK

TOPPS
2017 ONLINE BANNER

GPK #1 —
THE WORST OF 2016
RELEASE PERIOD : JANUARY
ONLINE LISTING; 01/13/17—01/20/17
PRICE: $19.99 — PRINT RUN QTY:
265 COPIES

Topps website ‘Description’:
“GPK is ringing in the New Year by highlighting the worst of 2016! Follow
classic GPKs “2016 Father Time” Grim JIM
and “2017 Baby New Year” Nervous REX as
they take a look back at the worst that 2016 had to offer!” and “Specs:
8-page exclusive collectible comic book measuring 6.7”x10.25” – fully-painted
cover – 6 pages of comics – 2 exclusive sticker cards measuring 2.5″x3.5”;
1a Grim JIM and 1b Nervous
REX.“

#1 Cover by Joe Simko w/ Cards
— Story
by Pat Barrett — Pencils, Inks, Coloring and Lettering by Brent Engstrom
MOCK-UP IMAGE : COMIC AND 2 STICKER CARDS FOR $19.99 + S&H

SAMPLE
PAGE WITH PENCILS, INKS, COLORING + LETTERING BY BRENT ENGSTROM


SAMPLE TEST PAGE WITH TOPPS NON-HAND LETTERING FONT

PENCILS + INKS SAMPLE PAGE BY BRENT ENGSTROM WHO
REQUESTED HAND LETTERING

GPK #2 — 2017 PRESIDENTIAL
INAUG-HURL CEREMONY OF DONALD DUMP
RELEASE
PERIOD: JANUARY ONLINE LISTING; 01/20/17—01/27/17
PRICE: $19.99 —
PRINT RUN QTY: 455 COPIES

Topps
website ‘Description’: “GPK presents
the guide to the 2017 Presidential Inauguration of Donald
Dump. Inside the commemorative pamphlet-style cover, GNN correspondent
ADAM Bomb takes you through the entire ground-breaking
ceremony!” and “Specs: 8-page exclusive collectible comic book measuring
6.7”x10.25” – fully-painted cover – 6 pages of comics – 2 exclusive
sticker cards measuring 2.5″x3.5”; 2a DONALD Dump
and 2b Tossed Cookies TRUMP.“

#2 Cover by Brent Engstrom w/ Cards —
Story, Pencils, Inks, Coloring and Lettering by Pat Barrett
MOCK-UP
IMAGE : COMIC AND 2 STICKER CARDS FOR $19.99 + S&H

SAMPLE
PAGE W/ STORY, PENCILS, INKS, COLORING + LETTERING BY PAT BARRETT

SAMPLE
PANEL W/ PENCILS, INKS, COLORING + LETTERING BY PAT BARRETT (SOCIAL MEDIA)

CONCEPT SKETCH AND FINAL ARTWORK FOR COMIC COVER
AND CHARACTER CARDS BY BRENT ENGSTROM

GPK #3 — THE GARBAGE PAIL
KIDS GUIDE TO SURVIVING THE APOCALYPSE

RELEASE PERIOD: FEBRUARY ONLINE LISTING; 02/21/17—02/28/17
PRICE: $19.99
— PRINT RUN QTY – 291 COPIES

Topps
website ‘Description’: “GPK presents
the guide to surviving the impending apocalypse. Inside the guide book-style cover,
scientist Brainy Janey takes you through all of the
possible 2017 doomsday scenarios!” and “Specs: 8-page exclusive collectible
comic book measuring 6.7”x10.25” – fully-painted cover – 6 pages of
comics – 2 exclusive sticker cards measuring 2.5″x3.5″; 3a Detonation
DONALD and 3b Terminus TRUMP.”

#3 Cover by Brent Engstrom w/ Cards — Story
by Pat Barrett and Pencils, Inks, Coloring and Lettering by Joe Simko
MOCK-UP
IMAGE : COMIC AND 2 STICKER CARDS FOR $19.99 + S&H

SAMPLE
PAGE W/ STORY BY PAT BARRET AND PENCILS, INKS, COLORING + LETTERING BY JOE SIMKO

CONCEPT SKETCH AND FINAL ARTWORK FOR COMIC COVER
AND CHARACTER CARDS BY BRENT ENGSTROM

GPK #4 — WHAT IZ? GARBAGE PAIL KIDS ALTERNATE
ENDINGS
RELEASE PERIOD: MARCH ONLINE LISTING; 03/7/17—03/14/17

PRICE: $19.99 — PRINT RUN QTY: UNKNOWN COPIES

Topps
website ‘Description’: “GPK and Weird
Wendy present alternate endings to the world’s most important scenarios!
Featuring six one-page comics exploring what would happen if “La La Land
Really Had Won the Not-scar,” “Hacked Hillary
Won the Election,” “Batty Bruce Lost His
Fortune in the Crash of ‘07” and more! Written by Pat Barrett with art
by Joe Simko, Brent Engstrom, Fred Wheaton & Barrett!” and “Specs:
8-page exclusive collectible comic book measuring 6.7”x10.25” – fully-painted
cover – 8-page comic – 6 pages of comics – 2 exclusive sticker cards measuring
2.5″x3.5”; 4a AL-cademy Comedy and 4b OSCAR
La Vista.”

#4 Cover by Joe Simko w/ Cards — Story
by Pat Barrett — Pencils, Inks, Coloring and Lettering
by Brent Engstrom,
Simko, Fred Wheaton and Barrett
MOCK-UP IMAGE : COMIC AND 2
STICKER CARDS FOR $19.99 + S&H

SAMPLE PAGE W/ STORY BY PAT BARRET AND PENCILS,
INKS, COLORING + LETTERING BY BRENT ENGSTROM

SAMPLE PAGE W/ STORY BY PAT BARRET AND PENCILS,
INKS, COLORING + LETTERING BY JOE SIMKO

SAMPLE PAGE W/ STORY BY PAT BARRET AND PENCILS,
INKS, COLORING + LETTERING BY BRENT ENGSTROM (B&W + COLORED)