A Historical Garbage Pail Kids Reference Guide


Near
the beginning of the new year, starting in early February 2024, the
Topps company began another year-long installment of their exclusive
online brand of Garbage Pail Kids cards and product as specialized and
limited items, under the tutelage of the Fanatics group. This marks
their ninth consecutive year offering a slew of unique online material
to the masses, in between their larger retail releases, that tends to
cater to a much smaller niche of hardcore collectors. The online and
digital releases are overseen by the Topps brand manager (of entertainment
ecommerce), Francis Miceli.

ITEM
DATE
PRODUCT
PRICING
SET
INFORMATION
PRINTED
01
Feb
08
Valentine’s
Day Putrid Poetry
$44.99
29 Cards
per Box w/ Parallel Cards
UNK
02
Mar
07—14
2024
GPK Not-Scars
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card
1364
03a
Mar
26
GPK
x MLB Series 3 — Box
$54.99
DAVID
Gross — Included 3 Packs; 21 Cards
UNK
03b
Mar
26
GPK
x MLB Series 3 — Case
$524.99
DAVID
Gross — Included 10 Boxes; 210 Cards
UNK
04
May
16—23
2024
GPK Game Over(!)
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card : Level One
2248
05
May
23—30
2024
GPK Game Over(!)
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card : Level Two
1945
06
May
30—Jun 06
2024
GPK Game Over(!)
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card : Level Three
1747
07
Jun
06—13
2024
GPK Game Over(!)
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card : Level Four
2159
NA
Jun
10
2024
MLB Dynamic Duals
MISC.
ADAM
Bomb + Nasty NICK Short Print Card
UNK
08
Jun
13—20
2024
GPK Game Over(!)
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card : Level Five
1984
09
Jun
20—27
2024
GPK Game Over(!)
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card : Level Six
2754
10
Aug
28
Dressed
to Grotesque
$99.99
40 Cards
per Box w/ Parallel Cards
UNK
11
Oct
03—10
2024
GPK Oh the Horrible
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card : Wave One
3106
12
Oct
10—17
2024
GPK Oh the Horrible
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card : Wave Two
2514
13
Oct
16—23
2024
GPK R&R Hall of Lame
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card Per Pack
2411
14
Oct
17—24
2024
GPK Oh the Horrible
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card : Wave Three
2915
15
Oct
24—31
2024
GPK Oh the Horrible
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card : Wave Four
2876
16
Oct
31—Nov 07
2024
GPK Oh the Horrible
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card : Wave Five
2404
17
Nov
07—14
2024
GPK Oh the Horrible
$19.99*
10 Card
Set + 1 Parallel Card : Wave Six
2652
18
Dec
09
2024
GPK Media Menace
$8.99**
10 Card
Subject Set : Day One, Card #01
5828
19
Dec
09
2024
GPK Media Menace
$8.99**
10 Card
Subject Set : Day One, Card #02
2284
20
Dec
10
2024
GPK Media Menace
$8.99**
10 Card
Subject Set : Day Two, Card #03
1551
21
Dec
10
2024
GPK Media Menace
$8.99**
10 Card
Subject Set : Day Two, Card #04
1690
22
Dec
11
2024
GPK Media Menace
$8.99**
10 Card
Subject Set : Day Three, Card #05
1318
23
Dec
11
2024
GPK Media Menace
$8.99**
10 Card
Subject Set : Day Three, Card #06
1374
24
Dec
12
2024
GPK Media Menace
$8.99**
10 Card
Subject Set : Day Four, Card #07
1382
25
Dec
12
2024
GPK Media Menace
$8.99**
10 Card
Subject Set : Day Four, Card #08
1356
26
Dec
13
2024
GPK Media Menace
$8.99**
10 Card
Subject Set : Day Five, Card #09
1902
27
Dec
13
2024
GPK Media Menace
$8.99**
10 Card
Subject Set : Day Five, Card #10
1473

*10
SETS +$160.00 —
**BULK
SALES: 1 FOR $8.99 OR 10 FOR $54.99 ($5.50/CARD)




THE ARTIST RECOGNITION
EDITION

01.
Topps released their annual Valentine’s Day
online set, titled ‘Putrid Poetry’, sold while supplies lasted, on February
08, 2024, that cost $44.99 per twenty-nine card mini-box (two years
running, previously a plastic-case pack without a box). The set is composed
of tribute artwork of early OS4 characters, whereas last year’s set
centered around OS5. Within their set Description
section, the Topps Shop stated, “2024 Topps Garbage Pail Kids:
Putrid Poetry — Bony O Tony O Wherefore art thou Tony O! I think
that’s how it goes. Come join us in some poetry that’ll really
make you sick. Along with all your favorite GPK artists we welcome back
famed artist Ermsy to the mix to help stop some of this terrible poetry.”

and the Specs section stated, “SKU:
F24GPKV01
• Product
Information: Each box contains (29) 2.5″x3.5″ cards
•
Product Type: Set • Property: Garbage Pail Kids • Year: 2024”
Th
e release
SOLD OUT in roughly 2.5 hours. NOTE: Kiss
cut stickers (aka die-cut cards) could be found on Red Heart
parallels.


FEBRUARY
05, 2024 FACEBOOK POST W/ AD IMAGE — “ROSES ARE DEAD, VIOLETS ARE FAKE.
GPK PUTRID POETRY IS OUT ON 2/8.”
FEBRUARY 08, 2024 TOPPS BLAST EMAIL AD + WEBSITE BANNER IMAGE

Box
Configuration
:
29 Cards Per Box [28
Sticker Cards PLUS 1 Sketch Card or Foil Card or Relic Per Box] • Look for
Short Printed Box Bony Tony – 1:10. Guarantee Parallels/Inserts • 3 Red Heart
Parallels (Kiss Cut Stickers) • 1 Chocolate Fingerprint Parallel • 2
Putrid Poems • 1 C Name • 1 Foil or Sketch or Relic Per Box. Set
Configuration
: 21 Subjects (10A Names and 10B Names) and Checklist. Base
Parallels
: Rainbow Foil /25 – 1:6 • Gold Foil Border /50 – 1:3 •
Red Hearts (20 Subjects) – 3 Per Box (Kiss Cut Stickers) • Chocolate Fingerprint
Parallel (20 Subjects) – 1 Per Box. Inserts: C Names
(10 Subjects) – 1 Per Box • Putrid Poems (10 Subjects) – 2 Per Box •
Relic Cards (3 Subjects) – 1:10 • Tina and Hedy by Ermsy (1 Subject) – 1:5
• Sketch Cards – Odds 1:2.5
.

On
February 8, 2024, around 1pm CT, artist Ermsy took
to social media to announce their involvement in the V-day release, stating, “My
new chase card for the GPK Valentines Day: Putrid Poetry set. It’s a mashup
of Guillo Tina & Decapitated Hedy. Available now via Topps.” [Above image]
• Artist JOE Simko posted “Painting for
new GPK Valentines card set. Now available at Topps.com” [Box & relic
card images] • Artist BRENT Engstrom stated
“This online set has already sold out, but here’s one I painted for the Garbage
Pail Kids Putrid Poetry set.” [Box image character] • Artist NEIL
Camera
posted to Facebook “I was going to give folks a heads up about
the new GPK Valentines Day set from Topps, but alas, it’s already sold out. Sorry
to break those hearts, but if it’s any consolation, here’s one of the pieces I
painted especially for the occasion, featuring OS4 characters Alien Ian and Swellen
Sue Ellen, previoualy available at www.topps.com”, and (on 02/14) “Looks
like the cat’s out of the bag! For those collecting the GPK Valentine’s Day set,
there’s a fun variation for card #6. See if you can spot the difference.”
[characters switch positions; quite the variation!] • Artist SIMONE
Arena
mentioned “Hi to all, some sketch cards of [the] new S.Valentine’s
set. I’m in on this set, also, with 2 official paint[ings].” • (on 02/14)
Artist [Smokin’] JOE McWilliams stated “Happy GPK Valentine’s Day/Putrid
Poetry. Here are my paintings for this set… sold out in ’45 mintues’ (Love is
Fleeting)!”


Sketch Card Artist List — 1. Eric
Lassen, 2. Cesar Lopez, 3. Steve Crockett (60ct), 4. Kimber Grobman
(60ct), 5. Barry Niber(t) (50ct), 6. Eric Medina (70ct), 7. Neil Camera,
8. Carmen SantaFerrara (50ct), 9. Darrin Pepe, 10. Jasmine Contois (70ct),
11. Brandhen Snyder, 12. Aaron Laurich (50ct), 13. Barry Spears, 14.
David Acevedo (70ct), 15. Nik Castaneda, 16. Erik Muller, 17. Chad Scheres,
18. Victor Moreno (70ct), 19. Tim Clinton, 20. Marion Miller, 21. Albert
Collado, 22. RooBeeo [B.Rubio], 23. Kasey O’Rourke, 24. Vincent D’Ippolito,
25. Gregory Fages, and 26. Simone Arena
.
NOTE: the sketch artists created 50, 60,
or 70 sketch cards each, and received 5, 6, or 7 return sketch cards
to sell, respectively.

crockpotcomics
(Steve Crockett) — (FEB 8) “It’s GPK Valentines day Putrid Poetry card
release day. I did 60 cards cards for this set. Here are almost half of them.
I’ll post the rest tomorrow so I’ll have something to post on Friday. Cheers!!!”
+ (FEB 9) “The rest of my GPK Vday sketch cards. Thanks to flippers the set
sold out in like 2 and a half hours so look for most of these on eBay.”
kimberlandart

— (FEB 8) “Today’s the day! GPK Putrid Poetry Drops
today! I did a few fun insert designs for these. I did 15 love letter stamps,
15 chocolate box designs and 30 valentine hearts! I have APs coming soon! All
cards are from OS4. Enjoy!” + (FEB 10) “Now available in my sketch card
shop! My artist returns from the GPK Valentine’s Day set. I thought it would be
cute to turn them into little cupids!”
nibertsgrossart
— (FEB 11) “Here’s a sample of what I did for Putrid Poetry, Topps most
recent Garbage Pail Kids exclusive online release for Valentines.
I
did 50 cards for the set. 10 cards I made a special subset I’ll show soon. The
other 40 are the style above, all OS4 Characters as that was the requirement.
20 of which I crafted little putrid poems an added them to the front. Enjoy! Love
carefully!” + (FEB 12) “From: me. To: you. I made a special accessory
subset. Enjoy! Love carefully!”
+ (FEB 13) “Here’s
the other 5 Accessories.
Enjoy!
Love carefully!
“
medina11_one_studios

— (FEB 8) “GPK/Topps/Putrid Poetry/out now/here’s
some of my 70 sketches I drew for the series, using different mediums such as
ad markers, Tooli acrylic paint pens, air brush, Olo markers, and more.2024…
had to rush this set do to all my other art work commissions, but still 100% dedicated
to each piece.”
carmen_santaferrara_art

— (FEB 7) “Can’t wait to start sharing the Garbage Pail
Kids sketch cards that I drew for this set! I did 50 of them, which will be randomly
inserted into packages!! Set comes out tomorrow!!”
jasminevictoriacointois

— (FEB 8) “Garbage Pail Kids Putrid Poetry, Valentine’s
Day set, drops today. Here are the sketch cards I did for the set. Sketch cards
are randomly inserted into packs. This set is available later today at topps.com.
Artist returns will be available to purchase in garbage pail kids Facebook group
deal or no deal.”
aaronlaurichart

— (FEB 8) “Topps Launches 2024 Garbage Pail Kids Putrid
Poetry. This set was a lot of fun to work on. I did 50 cards to be inserted into
the packs. Happy to finally be able to share them with you all. I have a couple
returns left that are available for commissions.”
newwavedave14
(David Acevedo) — (FEB 9) “Garbage Pail Kids 2024 Putrid Poetry.”
+ (FEB 14) “GPK Putrid Poetry pack insert Artist sketch cards. For this series
I drew a complete original series 4 gold set. Happy hunting fam!”
victormoreno

— (FEB 5) “I did 70 sketch cards for this set. I also
have return sketches available for this set, as well as Intergoolactic Mayhem
and Kids at Play, DM me if interested.”
artistic_pursuit_studio
(Marion Carole Miller) (FEB 11—14) “[…] I did for the Valentine’s
Day 2024 Putrid Poetry series.”

#01
— GPK VALENTINE’S DAY : PUTRID POETRY | SKU: F24GPKV01
Box1 ASHLEY
Can — MAIN BOX ~ 9:10 RATIO
JOE
Simko
OS4
141a/b Bunk
Box2 Bony
TONY — SHORT PRINT BOX ~ 1:10 RATIO
BRENT
Engstrom
OS4
132a/b Pound
NA Checklist
Card w/ Poem
BRENT
Engstrom
NA
01a/b/c Bony
TONY + Unzipped ZACK + VAL Entine
BRENT
Engstrom
OS4
132a/b Pound
02a/b/c HOLLY Wood + Oak KAY +
Carved CARL
BRENT
Engstrom
OS4
125a/b/b Pound
03a/b/c ASHLEY Can + GRETA Garbage
+ COURTNEY Unloved
JOE
Simko
OS4
141a/b Bunk
04a/b/c JACK O. Lantern + DU(N)CAN
Pumpkin + Valentine GORDY
JOE
Simko
OS4
153a/b Burke
05a/b/c TEDDY Bear + Battered
BRAD + Dumpy DAN
NEIL
Camera
OS4
164a/b/b Pound
06a/b/c Alien IAN + Outerspace
CHASE + Floating On ARIAL
NEIL
Camera
138a/b
+ 136a/b Pound
07a/b/c Armpit BRITT + Shaggy
AGGIE + Knotted NADIA
JOE
McWilliams
OS4
126a/b Pound
08a/b/c Meltin’ ELTON + Crystal
GALE + Ig LOU
JOE
McWilliams
OS4
158a/b/b Bunk
09a/b/c Catty KATHY + KITTY Litter
+ Ragamuffin ROGER
SIMONE
Arena
OS4
159a/b Burke
10a/b/c Second Hand ROSE + Trashed
TRACY + Disassemble WENDALL
SIMONE
Arena
OS4
129a/b Pound
PP1-10 Putrid Poems card
— 2 PER BOX ~ 10 TOTAL
WRITER
UNK
Valentine’s
Day
PB1 Red Hearts Parallel —
3 PER BOX ~ 20 TOTAL
Various
Artists
Valentine’s
Day
PB2 Chocolate Fingerprints
Parallel — 1 PER BOX ~ 20 TOTAL
Various
Artists
Valentine’s
Day
Foil1 Rainbow Foil
— #/25 ~ 1:6 BOX RATIO ~ 20 TOTAL
Various
Artists
Valentine’s
Day
Foil2 Gold Foil —
#/50 ~ 1:3 BOX RATIO ~ 20 TOTAL
Various
Artists
Valentine’s
Day
Sketch Sketch Card —
1:2.5 BOX RATIO
Various
Artists
Valentine’s
Day
R1 HOLLY Wood —
WOOD RELIC
BRENT
Engstrom
OS4
125a/b/b Pound
R2 ASHLEY Can —
HEADBAND RELIC
JOE
Simko
OS4
141a/b Bunk
R3 JACK O. Lantern —
PINK SUIT RELIC
JOE
Simko
OS4
153a/b Burke
Ermsy TINA & HEDY —
1:5 BOX RATIO
ERMSY
OS1
+ OS4 Pound
# NOMENCLATURE / ITEM
ARTIST
/ CONCEPT
PARODY
SOURCE/SUBJECT

02.
Topps released their 2024 GPK Not-Scars exclusive
set online from March 07 through March 14, 2023. The set sold for one week only
and cost $19.99 per eleven-card set, or +$160 for 10 sets ($179.99). Within their
set ‘Description’ section, the Topps Shop simply stated: “
The
GPK NOT-SCARS are back in 2024! 10 Base Stickers plus 1 Parallel per set“,
“Paralells Include: (1) Film Parallel or Gold Foil /25”, the Checklist,
and caveat, “All sales are final. Print runs revealed after sales window
expires. Art subject to change. Not responsible for typographical/printer errors.”
The ‘Specs’ section contained the SKU information, “Product Information:
Each set contains (11) 2.5″x3.5″ sticker cards – 10 Base Stickers plus
1 Parallel per Set”, along with “Product Type: Set, Property: Garbage
Pail Kids, Year: 2024, Available From: Mar 7, 2024, Available Until: Mar 14, 2024”
information. Site title: 2024 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: Not-scars. Available until
3/14 at 10:00 AM [CST]. $19.99. Product is available from Mar 07, 2024 and expires
on Mar 14, 2024.

On
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, Topps included a card image of ‘OWEN Oppenheimer’ within
their daily blast email, and simply stated “Coming Soon… 2024 Topps GPK:
Not-scars”. The film parody set dropped on March 7, 2024, where the Topps
website showcased a set header (pictured above), and could be seen within the
daily blast email, and in the afternoon Topps posted to their Facebook social
media page and promoted the set by stating “She’s had Kenough!
Collect
2024 Garbage Pail Kids Not-Scars! Available NOW at [Topps.com].” Per internet
search on the coined ‘Kenough’ phrase, “At the end of Barbie, Ken (Ryan Gosling)
wears a tie-dye hoodie that says, “I am Kenough”—meshing his forename
with the word “enough.” This comes after Ken realizes that he is more
than just an accessory to Barbie (Margot Robbie) and has a personality of his
own.”
The 2023
Not-scars release only contained the red film strip parallel, and not the gold
foil parallel. Per Facebook, on release day, artist JOE Simko stated “GPK
Oscars card set. Now available at Topps. My original ‘Killin’ CILLIAN’ [Murphy]
name choice did not get approved.”, understandably.

Per
ToppsRIPPED article published on March 7, 2024, titled ‘Kids Trash the 2024 Oscars’
and ‘The Oscars are Garbage’. Since 2016, the Garbage Pail Kids have been letting
the air out of all the pomp and circumstance of The Academy Awards. Hollywood’s
biggest night is the perfect combination of celebrity exposure and big cultural
event that is tailored-made for GPK parodying. During the past seven years, A-listers
from Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Lady Gaga, to Tom Cruise have received the
Garbage Pail treatment. This year is no different. For the next week, the Garbage
Pail Kids: Not-Scars 2024 will be available […] until 3/14, featuring send-ups
of Oscar-hopefuls Barbie, Oppenheimer, Maestro, The Holdovers,
and Killers of the Flower Moon. Let’s take a closer look at this year’s
GPK Not-Scars set.

OWEN OPPENHEIMER: At this
point in the award season, the coronation of Oppenheimer, director Christopher
Nolan, star Cillian Murphy, and costars Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr. feels
almost like a fait accompli. Thankfully, we have GPK here to stir the pot of what
will be a long, drawn out ceremony. The Oscars are garbage.
MALIGNED
MARGOT:
All jokes aside, Greta Gerwig was definitely snubbed when the
Oscars committee failed to nominate her for Best Director. But Barbie still
raked in the nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and Best Original
Song, among others. Don’t worry, Greta, in our hearts, you’ll always
be Ken-enough.
LOOGIE LENNY: Bradley Cooper’s
prosthetic tour de force, Maestro, earned seven Academy Award nominations,
including Best Picture and Best Actor. Cooper went full method-actor by wearing
a prosthetic nose in an attempt to look more like the biopic’s subject, Leonard
Bernstein. We’re not so sure it was necessary, but it makes for a great boogie
bit on this LOOGIE LENNY card.
WALLEYED PAUL:
Everybody’s favorite rumpled everyman, Paul Giamatti, continues to impress
as the rightful heir to Karl Malden. Sure, we all love Giamatti in quasi-arthouse
fare when he teams up with The Holdovers director Alexander Payne. But
would it kill Giamatti to bring back Mr. X in a sequel to The Nanny Diaries?
B.O.
LEO:
Killers of the Flower Moon rolls into the Oscars with 10 total
nominations. In addition to nominations for cinema royalty Robert De Niro and
Martin Scorcese, Killers also saw Lily Gladstone (Best Actress) and Scott
George (Best Original Song) receive the first two Academy Award nominations for
Native Americans. This is all well and good, but has anyone gotten to the bottom
of whether or not the Pioneer Woman’s family really owns all the Osage land?

#02
— NOT-SCARS | SKU: ARTGPK-24C2S-24GPKOS-SET
1a+b OWEN
Oppenheimer + Rocket ROBERT
JOE
Simko
J.
ROBERT ‘OPPENHEIMER’ / OS1 GAG
2a+b Maligned
MARGOT + Riveting RYAN
DAVID
Gross
ROBBIE
+ GOSLING = BARBIE / OS2 GAG
3a+b Loogie
LENNY + Booger BRADLEY [COOPER]
NEIL Camera
LEONARD
BERNSTEIN ; MAESTRO
4a+b Walleyed
PAUL + Holdover GROVER
BRENT
Engstrom
PAUL
GIAMATTI; THE HOLDOVERS (POSTER)
5a+b B.O.
LEO [DICAPRIO] + Unearnest ERNEST
BRENT Engstrom
KILLERS OF THE
FLOWER MOON / OS2 GAG
FSP Film
Strip Parallel Cards 1a—5b
Various
Artists
THE
OSCARS / VARIOUS
GFP Gold
Foil
Parallel Cards 1a—5b
Various Artists
THE OSCARS /
VARIOUS
# NOMENCLATURE
/ ITEM
ARTIST
/ CONCEPT
PARODY
SUBJECT

03a+b.
Topps released an option of either a GPK x MLB (Major
League Baseball) Series 3 box and/or case—this time in cahoots with GPK artist
DAVID Gross
—online
on March 26, 2024, that cost $54.99 per three-pack box, or $524.99 per ten-pack
box … over two months after Series 2 was in released in Janaury 2023, comparied
to last year. An overall price increase over the last release, due to an increase
in pack number, etcetera.

Within
their set introduction online, for the ‘2023 Topps GPK x MLB Series 3’ release,
the Topps Shop ‘Overview’ CASE & BOX section
stated: “
Art By beloved GPK Artist
David Gross • 3 Packs Per Box • 10 Boxes Per Case
• 7 Cards per pack • 5 Base Cards, 1 Numbered Parallel Per Pack and
1 Insert Per Pack (Wrapper, C Name, Artist Card, Artist Autograph)“,
within the ‘Description’ section, “
Garbage Pail Kids and Major League
Baseball return for another great collaboration! Now, esteemed artist David Gross
reimagines some of the biggest MLB stars, in his trademark style, as part of the
hilarious Garbage Pail Kids universe. Look out for all the great players, in addition
to a slew of collectible parallels, can’t-miss inserts, and even autographs!
Available only while supplies last, exclusively on Topps.com • Pack Configuration:
7-cards per pack – 5 Base Cards, 1 Numbered Parallel Per Pack and 1 Insert Per
Pack (Wrapper, C Name, Artist Card, Artist Autograph) • Set Configuration:
Base Set (50 subjects) – 25A and 25B Names“, plus,
“All sales are final. Art subject to change. Not responsible for typographical/printer
errors. In an effort to mitigate our carbon footprint, shipments may be grouped
together within the same order.”, and finally, “More Information …
SKU: F24GPBBX10
•
SKU:
F24GPBBX01
• Product
Information: Box Includes Three Packs of (7) 2.5″x3.5″ Trading Cards
•
7-cards
per pack – 5 Base Cards, 1 Numbered Parallel Per Pack and 1 Insert Per Pack (Wrapper,
C Name, Artist Card, Artist Autograph) •
Product
Type: Online Exclusive Box • Property: Garbage Pail Kids • Year: 2024”
to their ‘Specs’ section.

Topps
sent out an email blast on 03/25/2024 containing an image of the box and three
singles stating “Coming Tomorrow…”, and dropped the above banner ad
to a second email blast on 03/26/2024 and to the front page of their website;
which was up for less than half a day since the product has sold out. Topps also
took to their GPK social media channels to post some card images and state, “THIS
IS ART [emoji]. 2023 Topps GPK x MLB Series 3 has arrived. Available NOW, exclusively
at Topps.com. (Art by beloved GPK artist David Gross )”, however, their official
Topps social media pages had connecting card images as seen below. NOTE:
The ten-pack case sold out in 30 minutes;
the three-pack box sold out in 5 hours. The 3rd Series release had a much higher
production and no artist proofs (only the 1st Series). The set now has two less
parallel inserts from the past release, but 10 extra characters, from 15 to 25;
a few chase inserts were also dropped, like ‘no names’.


On
March 25, 2024, artist DAVID Gross took to social media to post about his new
project, announcing “New GPK X MLB set comes out tomorrow at Topps.com! I
painted all 26 players in the set featuring modern, rookie and retired stars!”,
a follow-up post on March 26, 2024, stating “New Topps Bryce Harper Garbage
Pail Kids X MLB card I painted for the set that dropped today at Topps.com. 25
modern, rookie and HOF players in the set!” (picturing Bell Ringer BRYCE),
and posted an unused concept to Facebook, dated 06/24/2023, with Albert Pujols.
Gross continued to post card images for several weeks after the release posting.

#03
— GPK X MLB | SKU: F24GPBBX01 + F24GPBBX10
# NOMENCLATURE
INFORMATION
No.01 ADLEY
RUTSCHMAN
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.02 ANTHONY
VOLPE
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.03 KEN
GRIFFEY JR
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.04 GUNNAR
HENDERSON
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.05 BRYCE
HARPER
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.06 MIKE
TROUT
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.07 JULIO
RODRIQUEZ
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.08 RONALD
ACUÑA JR
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.09 AARON
JUDGE
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.10 SHOHEI
OHTANI
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.11 JUAN
SOTO
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.12 MOOKIE
BETTS
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.13 WADE
BOGGS
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.14 RANDY
JOHNSON
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.15 KYLE
TUCKER
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.16 KODAI
SENGA
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.17 FRANCISCO
ALVAREZ
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.18 CORBIN
CARROLL
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.19 JOSH
JUNG
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.20 JAMES
OUTMAN
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.21 PETE
ALONSO
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.22 CAL
RIPKEN JR
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.23 OZZIE
SMITH
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.24 NOLAN
RYAN
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
No.25 PEDRO
MARTINEZ
3
SUBJECTS: A + B + C
P1 BASEBALL
STITCHING FOIL BORDER — #/199
50
SUBJECTS: A + B
P2 PINK
FOIL BORDER — #/99
50
SUBJECTS: A + B
P3 GREEN
FOIL BORDER — #/75
50
SUBJECTS: A + B
P4 ORANGE
FOIL BORDER — #/50
50
SUBJECTS: A + B
P5 BLUE
FOIL BORDER — #/25
50
SUBJECTS: A + B
P6 PURPLE
FOIL BORDER — #/10
50
SUBJECTS: A + B
P7 RED
FOIL BORDER — #/5
50
SUBJECTS: A + B
P8 GOLD
LAVA FOIL BORDER — #/1
50
SUBJECTS: A + B
AA GROSS
ARTIST AUTOGRAPHS — A & B NAMES — 1:30 PACKS
50
SUBJECTS
AP GROSS
ARTIST PORTRAIT — A&B NAMES — 1:3 BOX; 1:9 PACKS
50
SUBJECTS
CN C
NAMES — 25 SUBJECTS
25
SUBJECTS
WA WRAPPER
ART CARDS — 25 SUBJECTS — 1:4 BOX; 1:12 PACKS
25
SUBJECTS
# NOMENCLATURE
INFORMATION



4—9.
Topps took to Facebook on May 15, 2024, to announce their new, six-week release
stating, “GPK GAME OVER. DROPS 5/16. EXCLUSIVELY AT TOPPS.COM”, and
also had the advertisement sheet image added to their email blast on that same
day. On May 16, 2024, Topps send out their daily email blast which also included
a banner image (that has not been posted to their website, as of yet), the ‘pack’
and several card images, and information on the set which stated, “Gamer
Pail Kids is finally here. Your favorite kids are taking over with GAME OVER!
Look for some of your favorite, and least favorite, video game characters come
to life in classic Garbage Pail Kids style. A new set will launch every Thursday
for the next 6 weeks, exclusively on Topps.com”. A second email blast that
included the GAME OVER releases was sent out on May 24, 2024, that advertised
Level 2 for week #2.

Topps released several GPK GAME OVER, Week/Level
#1 through Week/Level #6, online for six weeks. Each set sold for one week only
and cost $19.99 per eleven-card set
or
+$160 for 10 sets ($179.99; $18.00/Set)
.
The sets are a spin-off from the ‘GAME OVER!’ 24-card subset from the Kids at
Play retail/hobby set that was released earlier in the year. Gross mentioned on
social media that Engstrom’s artwork would show up in the first three releases
and his work would be found in the last three releases. Engstrom mentioned through
conversation that the ‘Popeye’ concept was rejected and the ‘Jason’ concept was
the replacement. Gross had a tie-in promo
card
set [GO!P1a + GO!P1b]

printed for the PNS show the weekend of May 18 + 19 and stated on social media,
“Garbage Pail Kids cards for Game Over (Bonus Level) I’ll have available
at the 80th Philly Non-Sports Card Show this Saturday and Sunday AND available
after the show for any that are left.” I have placed this information within
the Kids at Play page, as well as the Cons & Fests page.

Within the set ‘Description’ section, the Topps Shop, stated, “2024
Topps Garbage Pail Kids: Game Over
Gamer Pail Kids is finally here. Your favorite kids are taking over
with GAME OVER! Look for some of your favorite, and least favorite,
video game characters come to life in classic Garbage Pail Kids style.
A new set will launch every Thursday for the next 6 weeks, exclusively
on Topps.com.” & “All sales are final. Print runs revealed
after sales window expires. Art subject to change. Not responsible for
typographical/printer errors.” Topps also posted ‘More Information’
within their ‘Overview’ & ‘Specs’ sections that included, “Product
Information — Each set contains (11) 2.5″x3.5” cards
=
(10) Base Cards PLUS (1) Wrapper
or Gold Foil Wrapper /25. Look for 5 Wrapper Subjects Per week! Product
Type: Set • Property: Garbage Pail Kids • Year: 2024 •
Available From: [Various] • Countdown Timer: [Various] • Available
Until: [Various]”




Artists Brent Engstrom
& David Gross created all of the artwork for the six weeks of online
releases. Week #1 was ‘
Available
From: May 16, 2024 — Available Until: May 23, 2024′
•
Week #2 was
‘Available From: May 23, 2024 —
Available Until: May 30, 2024’
•
Week #3 was
‘Available From: May 30, 2024 —
Available Until: June 06, 2024’
•
Week #4 was
Available From: June 06, 2024 —
Available Until: June 13, 2024‘
•
Week #5 was
‘
Available From: June 13, 2024
—
Available Until: June 20, 2024‘
•
Week #6
was
‘
Available From: June 20, 2024—
Available Until: June 27, 2024‘
.
NOTE: for card 28a/b, the arcade game was originally sponsored by Anheuser-Busch,
intended for bars, with a ‘BUDWEISER’ motif in the background instead
of ‘ROOT BEER’.



Get A Grips Skateboards released several GPK Wrapper Collection golf
discs starting on September 6, 2024, and dropping every Friday for six
weeks, running through October 11, 2024, releasing a total of ten images
from the GAME OVER online set including artwork from cards 1a/b, 3a/b,
5a/b, 6a/b, 9a/b, 11a/b, 16a/b, 19a/b, 21a/b, 22a/b, 24a/b & 27a/b.

#4
— GPK GAME OVER SETS — LEVEL #1 | SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-GPKVG-SET01
01a+b FREDDY
the 13th + Pixel A. TED [PIXELATED]
BRENT Engstrom
[8-BIT]
Friday the 13th – NES 1989
02a+b ZACK
Sack
+ Inside Out ICHABOD
BRENT Engstrom
Sackboy: A Big
Adventure – PS 2020
03a+b [LITTLE]
MAC Smack + Punched PAUL
BRENT Engstrom
Punch-Out!!
– NES 1984
04a+b King
KEN + Litter Box LYLE
BRENT
Engstrom
Tekken
– 1994 [KING I + II CHARACTER]
05a+b Rampaging
ROGER + LIZZIE Lizard
BRENT
Engstrom
Rampage
– 1986 [GEORGE, LIZZIE + RALPH]
W Wrapper
Parallel Cards 1a—5b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
GFW Gold
Foil Wrapper
Parallel Cards
1a—5b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
#5
— GPK GAME OVER SETS — LEVEL #2 | SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-GPKVG-SET02
06a+b Sinister
SIMON [BELMONT] + RUSSELL Vania
BRENT Engstrom
Castlevania
– 1986
07a+b Meet
BOYD + Meaty MATTY
BRENT
Engstrom
Meat
Boy – 2008
08a+b Splatter
SPENCER + Runny RENAE
BRENT
Engstrom
Splatoon
– WiiU 2015 [SQUID INK]
09a+b MEGAN
Machine + Robotic ROSS
BRENT
Engstrom
Mega
Man – 1987
10a+b Battling
BRAD + TOM Toad
BRENT
Engstrom
Battletoads
– 1991
W Wrapper
Parallel Cards 6a—10b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
GFW Gold
Foil Wrapper
Parallel Cards
6a—10b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
#6
— GPK GAME OVER SETS — LEVEL #3 | SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-GPKVG-SET03
11a+b Kicking
KEN [MASTER] + Rambunctious RYU
BRENT Engstrom
Street
Fighter Series – 1987
12a+b Doctor
DOUG + Sick NICK
BRENT
Engstrom
Dr.
Mario – 1990 [GERM PUZZLE GAME]
13a+b Cracked
CRAIG + PATRICK Puck[-MAN IN JAPAN]
BRENT Engstrom
Pac-Man – 1980
[W/ SPEEDY/”PINKY”]
14a+b Bubble
[DRAGON] BOB + Dino DINAH
BRENT
Engstrom
Bubble
Bobble – 1986 [BUB/BUBBLUN]
15a+b TED
Dead + Redeemed RAYMOND
BRENT
Engstrom
Red
Dead Redemption 2 – 2018
W Wrapper
Parallel Cards 11a—15b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
GFW Gold
Foil Wrapper
Parallel Cards
11a—15b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
#7
— GPK GAME OVER SETS — LEVEL #4 | SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-GPKVG-SET04
16a+b CHASE
Invaders + Alien Attack ADAM [BOMB]
DAVID Gross
Space Invaders
– 1978; OS1 Tribute
17a+b Jousting
JEFF + Ostracized [TO EXCLUDE] OSCAR
DAVID Gross
Joust – 1982
18a+b Cup
FRED + Last Straw SAUL
DAVID
Gross
Cuphead
– 2017
19a+b Bathroom
BOWSER + John JUNIOR
DAVID
Gross
Bowser’s
Fury [SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD]
– ’21
20a+b Tragic
TRACY [TRACER] + OLIVE WATCH
DAVID Gross
Overwatch –
2016
W Wrapper
Parallel Cards 16a—20b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
GFW Gold
Foil Wrapper
Parallel Cards
16a—20b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
#8
— GPK GAME OVER SETS — LEVEL #5 | SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-GPKVG-SET05
21a+b Zonal
ZELDA + Tri[FORCE]-TRINA
DAVID
Gross
The
Legend of Zelda – 1986
22a+b Dig
DOUG + Popped POE [POOKAS]
DAVID
Gross
Dig
Dug – 1982
23a+b Assassin
NATE + EZIO [AUDITORE DA FIRENZE] No!
DAVID Gross
Assassin’s Creed
/ II – 2007/2009
24a+b DUKE
Nuked + Tough GUY
DAVID
Gross
Duke
Nukem – 1996
25a+b Bayon-ETTA
+ Snared CEREZA [& THE LOST DEMON]
DAVID Gross
Bayonetta –
2009
W Wrapper
Parallel Cards 21a—25b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
GFW Gold
Foil Wrapper
Parallel Cards
21a—25b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
#9
— GPK GAME OVER SETS — LEVEL #6 | SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-GPKVG-SET06
26a+b BOB of War
+ Crazed KRATOS [SPARTAN WARRIOR]
DAVID Gross
God
of War – 2005
27a+b Paper CUTTER
[PAPERCUT]
+ ORAL-Gami [ORIGAMI]
DAVID Gross
Paper
Mario – 2000
28a+b Tapped TAPPER
+ Root Beer BERNIE
DAVID Gross
(Root
Beer) Tapper – 1984
29a+b Pitful PAUL
+ Hurt [PITFALL] HARRY
DAVID Gross
Pitfall!
– 1982
30a+b Dead DIRK
[THE DARING]
+ Dragon’s LAIRD
DAVID Gross
Dragon’s
Lair – 1983
W Wrapper
Parallel Cards 26a—30b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
GFW Gold
Foil Wrapper
Parallel Cards
26a—30b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
# NOMENCLATURE
/ ITEM
ARTIST
/ CONCEPT
VIDEO
GAME PARODY

MLB
x GPK Online Side Note: 2024 Topps MLB Dynamic Duals Set w/ GPK Card

Per GPK News, on June 25, 2024, “Topps has added the iconic Garbage
Pail Kids duo to their 2024 Topps MLB Dynamic Duals baseball release.
This online only release originally went on sale on 6/10 on Topps website
and sold out within minutess. The unannounced card features Adam Bomb
and Nasty Nick on the front. The back of the card is numbered SP-4 and
explains that the card is a non-baseball short print. The card does
not appear on the official checklist for the set. Odds for Short Print
cards are also unknown. It’s also unknown if there are parallel
versions of the card in the product.”

10.
Topps released their inaugural Dressed To Grotesque
(2024) online set, sold while supplies lasted, on August 28, 2024, that
cost $99.99 per 5-pack, 40-card mini box. The set is a parody of the
Met Gala—that took place on May 6, 2024, at The Metropolitan Museum
of Art
—and
composed of tribute artwork
of early Original Series characters and celebrities that have worn eye-brow
raising ensembles at previous events. Artists submitted concepts to
Topps in late April and final artwork was presented in late May for
the set. The title is poking fun at the popular idiom, ‘Dressed to Impress’,
which usually means to choose clothing to make a positive impression
on others, dressing for success, but in the fashion world, it’s more
akin to choosing prêt-à-porter attire and making a shocking
impact on others.

Within their page write-up section, the Topps Shop stated, “Sweat
stains are in. Matching is out. Wrinkles are slimming and smelly socks
get clout. The Garbage Pail Kids are taking you to school with their
latest fashion style for the first semester. Hurry up and collect their
newest looks before the bell rings! Along with all your favorite GPK
artists we tapped some new artists to help design new clothing for your
favorite Garbage Pail Kids characters. Exclusively on Topps.com available
while supplies last! Base:
Base
Set 60 subjects • Base Parallels (60 Subjects) • Slim(e) Green
Foil /25 • Hex Fractor 1/1 • Inserts: C Names (30 Subjects)
• Celebrity Wrappers (5 Subjects) 1:1 • Character Variations
(5 Subjects) 1:16 Boxes or 1:80 Packs • Relics (5 subjects) 1:4
Boxes or 1:20 Packs • Sketch Cards 1:1“.
In their Overvie
w
section, mentioned, “Each Box contains (5) Packs and (8) Cards
Per Pack.
Each Pack contains
(7) 2.5″x3.5″ Base Cards and (1) Chase Card Per Pack. Per
Box: (1) Sketch Card • (1) Celebrity Wrappers • (1) 1 Numbered
Foil parallel or (1) Relic • (2) C Names or (1) C Name and (1)
Variation“.

The Description section listed the sketch
artists (seen further below), a link to the set checklist and the disclaimer,
“All sales are final. Art subject to change. Not responsible for
typographical/printer errors.” And, within their Specs
section stated, “More Information; SKU: F24GPKDG01 • Product
Information: Each Box contains (5) Packs and (8) Cards Per Pack.
Each
Pack contains (7) 2.5″x3.5″ Base Cards and (1) Chase Card
Per Pack. Available while supplies last! • Product Type: Online
Exclusive Box • Property: Garbage Pail Kids • Year: 2024“.
Th
e release
SOLD OUT in roughly 52mins, less than an
hour.


AUGUST 26, 2024 FACEBOOK POST W/ AD IMAGE + TOPPS BLAST
EMAIL AD; NO WEBSITE BANNER IMAGE

On August 26, 2024, Topps took to their Facebook social-media channel
and sent out a blast email that stated, “Coming Soon… 2024 Garbage
Pail Kids Dressed to Grotesque. Sweat stains are in. Matching is out.
The Garbage Pail Kids are taking you to school with their latest fashion
style for the first semester.” Per GPK News, besides the regular
online artists of Engstrom, Simko, [Gross], McWilliams, Camera, Meeks
& Arena, there are three new artists, Mike Stephens, Dave Dabila,
and Jeff Dionise. Each ‘regular’ or main artist completed three OS characters
plus one celebrity, however, Engstrom took on the four pieces for Gross,
who could not partake in the project due to another deadline at the
time (MLB x GPK). Artist Chris Meeks posted on August 28, 2024, stating,
“Why so serious, 90s. My painting for Topps’ 2024 Garbage Pail
Kids: Dressed to Grotesque set which is now available (correction: SOLD
OUT!)! Original art 6 x 8”. Artist Brent Engstrom posted the same
day, with Jared Leto parody image, stating, “New Dressed to Grotesque
GPK set for sale on the Topps site only.” Artist Mike Stephens
also posted, explaining, “I contributed some base cards to the
newest GPK release (already sold out), and here’s one of my paintings!
My first draft was rejected because she needed to be gender neutral,
plus my AD (my wife) said that little skeleton feet were much cuter.
She was right!” + “For the latest set of Garbage Pail Kids,
you’ll find two final base cards that I painted! I can now get
hit by a bus and die happy.”; additionally, his suggested gag nomenclature
was used for the C-name cards.


Artist Neil Camera mentioned, “A few of the new Topps GPK ‘Dressed
to Grotesque’ pieces I painted for the series. I also did a wrapper
design, which I’ll keep a surprise! Now available at Topp.com for a
limited time.” On August 29, 2024, artist Simone Arena simply stated,
“Three of my paintings in the new GPK set released this week.”
The Facebook group GPK Marketplace/Rob White posted artist Dave Dabila’s
artwork piece on his behalf, since he’s not on FB, stating, “”Our
GPK sketch artist Dave Dabila got to have his first card/painting added
in the new series ‘Dressed to Grotesque’. He is super pumped as he has
been on sketches since 2015!” On August 30, 2024, artist Smokin’
JOE McWilliams took to social media to showcase his contribution, stating,
“GPK Dressed to Grotesque set just blew out the door! Here’s a
peek at the characters I painted for the set… all gussied up! Enjoy!”

Sketch Card Artist List — Mike
Ritchey [new artist; 20ct] • Roobeeo (B. Rubio) • Barry Niber(t)
[36ct] • Carmen SantaFerrara [60ct] • Jasmine Contois [60ct]
• Aaron Laurich [50ct] • Barry (Spears) Nygma [60ct] •
Jeff Dionise • David Dabila • Robert Jimenez [60ct] •
Bobby Blakey • Marion (Carole) Miller [60ct] • Karl Jones
• Steve Crockett [70ct] • Erik Muller • Tim Clinton •
Greg(ory Treize) Fages [70ct] • Kimber Grobman [80ct] • Branden
Snyder • Cesar Lopez [100ct] • Neil Camera • David Acevedo
[100ct] • Chad Scheres [100ct] • Joey Fitchett • Vincent
D’Ippolito • Simone Arena [100ct] • Eric Medina [120ct] •
Not listed: Nik(las) Muggli
[100ct]
• Darrin Pepe [70ct] • Nik Castaneda.
NOTE:
the thirty sketch artists, in general, created 60, 70, 80, 90 or 100
sketch cards each, some less, some more, and received 6, 7, 8, 9 or
10 return sketch cards to sell, some less, some more, respectively;
a much larger number than the last online release that included sketch
cards. Several sketch-card count numbers obtained via GPK News with
kind permission.

nibertsgrossart (Barry
Nibert) — (AUG 26) “I sketched for the set.” + (AUG 28)
“Garbage Pail Kids Dressed to Grotesque releases today. I sketched
36 cards for the set. ( long story) These were sketched many months
ago. So don’t be fooled that art is back just yet, but soon enough.
Going through yet another
life reset. Once I get my next apartment, art will be back like never
before.” + “Dressed to Grotesque; new set out today.”

+ (AUG 29) “Sold out because flippers. Good luck finding mine anyway.
I only did 36.” + (AUG 30) “All 36 Dressed to Grotesque sketchcards
submitted.
Been on a pencil
kick so I had to, enjoy the weekend y’all.”

carmen_santaferrara_art — (AUG 26)
“
Drew a bunch of sketch cards
for this Garbage Pail Kids set! I can’t wait to start sharing them!
The set comes out Wednesday! Stay tuned…
”
+ (AUG 28) “GPK ‘Dressed to Grotesque’ set finally releases today!
Here are a few of the 60 sketch cards that I drew for the set! It’s
available on topps.com ! Happy Hunting!!” + (AUG 29 + 30) “GPK
‘Dressed to Grotesque’ set SOLD OUT in an hour yesterday! Here are a
few more of the 60 sketch cards that I drew for the set! Hope you ger
one of mine!!”
artistic_pursuit_studio (Marion Carole
Miller) — (AUG 27) “New online set drops tomorrow. Each box
is guaranteed a sketch card! Don’t miss out. I have a few gems
floating around in there.” + (AUG 28) “I know most collectors
prefer my color cards. But I love doing black and gray pencil sketches
as well. Hope you dig’em.” + ‘Few more black and gray pencil
sketches.” + (AUG 29) “Purple people eaters.”
kimberlandart (Kimber Grobman) — (AUG
28) “A new set of #garbagepailkids drops today! An online set called
Dressed to Grotesque and I’m very excited for it! Here are the
80 sketch cards I painted for the set! Since I painted these way back
in the beginning of the year, some of the characters I painted have
been put on the do not draw list, so you may never see some of these
from me again! Happy Hunting Guys!” + (AUG 30) “You know me
and my food paintings! ?? here’s a close up of one of my new cards
from Dressed to Grotesque! The box sold out pretty quick! I did manage
to get one, I’m really excited about the base cards! So many great
artists and new great artists on this set!”
crockpotcomics (Steve Crockett) —
(AUG 28) “It’s back to school time which means it’s time to dress
to grotesque! Which is also the name of the new online GPK set coming
out later today. Here are the 70 sketch cards I did for the set!”
jasminevictoriacointois — (AUG 28)
“New Garbage Pail Kids set drops today, Dressed To Grotesque. Available
topps.com. Here are some of the cards I did for the set. Happy collecting!”
niklas_tattoo (Nik Muggli) — (AUG
28×2) “At some point this morning Topps Dress to Grotesque will
be released at topps website. Here is a 100 sketches I did for the set.
I wanted to go a bit different style than my usual. This set was one
of the most fun I had on a set trying to give them uniformity but also
making each one stand alone.”
newwavedave15 (David Acevedo) — (AUG
28) “GPK Dressed To Grotesque 1/1 artist sketch cards sneak peek!!
Big shoutout to Topps X Fanatics much love.”
nygmaticmachine (Barry Nygma) — (AUG
28) “Part of me is like “Love Everyone”. The other part
of me is like… ‘Nah, Screw That Noise’.
I
think I might just be Hungry.” [note: posted 1 sketch card sample]
aaronlaurichart — (AUG 28) “Today
was release day of the online set Garbage Pail Kids: Dressed to Grotesque.
The set sold out fast these are just some of the cards I did for the
set.”
zerostreet (Robert Jimenez) — (AUG
28) “Adam Bomb sketch card.”
medina11_one_studios (Eric Medina) —
(AUG 28) “GPK Dressed to Grotesque 2024 released today. 120 sketch
cards, mixed media, Tooli acrylic pens, olomarkers, spray paint, easy
as pie…”
effin_nerd (Mike Ritchey) — (AUG 29)
“The new Garbage Pail Kids series, Dressed to Grotesque, became
available yesterday and has already sold out! Here are just a few sketch
cards I did for that series. Although I was out of the country during
most of the completion time, I was still able to take on some sketch
work for the set. It was a deep honor to be part of the project and
I tried my best to make each sketch card a unique and fun experience.
I hope it shows in my work.”
brandhen_snyder — (AUG 29) “1/1
sketch cards for GPK dressed to grotesque.”
cscheres — (AUG 30) [image only]

#10
— GPK DRESSED TO GROTESQUE| SKU:
F24GPKDG01
Box Babbling
BROOKE — MAIN ARTWORK
JEFF
Dionise
OS3
120a/b Pound
01a/b/c Ghastly
ASHLEY + Acne AMY + Fashionista FELICIA
BRENT
Engstrom
OS2
77a/b Pound
02a/b/c Babbling BROOKE
+ Jelly KELLY + KATY Couture
JEFF
Dionise
OS3
120a/b Pound
03a/b/c Wrinkly RANDY
+ Rockin’ ROBERT + DETRICK Rock City
JOE
McWilliams
OS1
35a/b Pound
04a/b/c JOE Blow +
ROD Wad + Gum WADE
JOE
Simko
OS3
84a/b Pound
05a/b/c JIM Grim(?)
+ BETH Death + Eternal EMILY
MIKE
Stephens
OS3
95a/b Bunk
06a/b/c Tongue Tied
TIM + MARTY Mouthful + Nineties NIGEL
DAVE
Dabila
OS2
48a/b Pound
07a/b/c Alien IAN
+ Outerspace CHASE + ARTIE Invader
CHRIS
Meeks
OS4
138a/b Pound
08a/b/c Greaser GREG
+ CHRIS Hiss + Skeezy SCOTT
NEIL
Camera
OS2
62a/b Pound
09a/b/c ALI Gator
+ Marshy MARSHALL + Reptile RANDY
SIMONE
Arena
OS3
100a/b Pound
10a/b/c Nasty NICK
+ Evil EDDIE + Natty NICK
BRENT
Engstrom
OS1
1a/b Pound
11a/b/c New Wave DAVE
+ Graffiti PETEY + Vandalized VINNY
JOE
McWilliams
OS1
30a/b Pound
12a/b/c ADAM Bomb
+ Blasted BILLY + Atomic AARON
BRENT
Engstrom
OS1
8a/b Pound
13a/b/c Dead TED +
JAY Decay + Undertaker TED
JOE
Simko
OS1
5a/b Pound
14a/b/c SY Clops +
One-Eyed JACK + JUAN Eye
BRENT
Engstrom
OS2
44a/b Pound
15a/b/c NAT Nerd +
CLARK Can’t + Second Chance LANCE
JEFF
Dionise
OS5
172a/b Pound
16a/b/c Leaky LINDSAY
+ Messy TESSIE + Flowing FLO
NEIL
Camera
OS2
45a/b Pound
17a/b/c JACK O. Lantern
+ DUNCAN Pumpkin + Pais LEE
MIKE
Stephens
OS4
153a/b Burke
18a/b/c Fryin’ RYAN
+ Charred CHAD + BOBBY Beatbox
CHRIS
Meeks
OS2
54a/b Pound
19a/b/c MARK Bark
+ Kennel KENNY + MIMI Meow
JOE
McWilliams
OS2
74a/b Pound
20a/b/c Double HEATHER
+ FRAN FRAN + Duplicate DEBBS
SIMONE
Arena
OS2
49a/b Pound
21a/b/c Bony TONY
+ Unzipped ZACK + Zipped UPTON
BRENT
Engstrom
OS4
132a/b Pound
22a/b/c Mugged MARCUS
+ Kayo’d CODY + Conflict COLIN
SIMONE
Arena
OS3
102a/b Pound
23a/b/c Cranky FRANKIE
+ Bad BRAD + Spiff BIFF
NEIL
Camera
OS1
18a/b Pound
24a/b/c LUKE Puke
+ RICHIE Retch + Puke Suit LUKE
JOE
Simko
OS5
170a/b Pound
25a/b/c Weird WENDY
+ Haggy MAGGIE + Witch HATTIE
BRENT
Engstrom
OS1
16a/b Pound
26a/b/c Zenful ZENDAYA
+ Glass Slipper SLOAN + MJ Slay
BRENT
Engstrom
Zendaya
Maree Stoermer
27a/b/c JARED Let
Go + Headless LETO + NEMO No Head
BRENT
Engstrom
Jared
Joseph Leto
28a/b/c Electric KATY
+ PERRY Winkle + KATY Kilowatt
NEIL
Camera
Katy
Perry
29a/b/c Gigantic Gown
GAGA + Luft LADY + Stuffed STEPHANIE
JOE
Simko
Lady
Gaga
30a/b/c MOZZAR-Ella
Ella + Red Sauce RIHANNA + RIRI Pepperoni
JOE
McWilliams
Rihanna
(“Umbrella”)
FG Slime Green
Foil (1a—30b) — /25 RATIO
Various
Artists
Various
Subjects
FH Hex Franctor
Foil (1a—30b)
— 1/1 RATIO
Various
Artists
Various
Subjects
V1 Alien IAN
— VARIANT
CHRIS
Meeks
OS4
138a/b Pound
V2 Tongue Tied
TIM — VARIANT
DAVE
Dabila
OS2
48a/b Pound
V3 NAT Nerd
— VARIANT
JEFF
Dionise
OS5
172a/b Pound
V4 New Wave DAVE
— VARIANT
JOE
McWilliams
OS1
30a/b Pound
V5 Cranky FRANKIE
— VARIANT
NEIL
Camera
OS1
18a/b Pound
W1 MOZZAR-Ella
Ella — WRAPPER
JOE
McWilliams
Rihanna
(“Umbrella”)
W2 Zenful ZENDAYA
— WRAPPER
BRENT
Engstrom
Zendaya
Maree Stoermer
W3 Gigantic Gown
GAGA — WRAPPER
JOE
Simko
Lady
Gaga
W4 JARED Let
Go — WRAPPER
BRENT
Engstrom
Jared
Joseph Leto
W5 Electric KATY
— WRAPPER
NEIL
Camera
Katy
Perry
R1 ADAM Bomb
— TIE RELIC
BRENT
Engstrom
OS1
8a/b Pound
R2 Fryin’ RYAN
— BLUE PANTS RELIC
CHRIS
Meeks
OS2
54a/b Pound
R3 Dead TED
— TIE RELIC
JOE
Simko
OS1
5a/b Pound
R4 MARK Bark
— CAT PRINT RELIC
JOE
McWilliams
OS2
74a/b Pound
R5 Mugged MARCUS
— JEANS RELIC
SIMONE
Arena
OS3
102a/b Pound
S0 Sketch Card —
1:1 BOX RATIO
Various
Artists
Various
Subjects
# NOMENCLATURE
/ ITEM
ARTIST
/ CONCEPT
PARODY
SOURCE/SUBJECT

V = VARIATION [1:16 BOX RATIO OR 1:80 PACKS] •
W = WRAPPER [1:1 BOX RATIO] • R = RELIC [1:4 BOX RATIO OR 1:20 PACKS]


NOTE: ‘OH THE HORRIBLE’ INCORRECT 3X ON AD

11,
12, 13—17
.
On September 24, 2024, artist DAVID Gross took to Facebook to pre-announce
the annual online horror sets with a ‘blood’ dripping sign image that
read, “oct 3” (red) “is horror-ible” (black) and
later added “6 weeks of terror awaits” (black). Topps took
to Facebook on October 01, 2024, to announce their new, six-week release,
stating, “SPOOKY SEASON IS COMING. GPK OH THE HORRIBLE. WAVE 1.
10/3”, with artwork by BRENT Engstrom, and also had the advertisement
sheet image added to their blast email on that same day (and consecutive
days after), where the body of the email read, “Coming Soon…
2024 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Oh The Horrible” and “Topps and
Garbage Pail Kids Oh the Horrible themed 10-card sets: Oh the horrible!
Just in time for Halloween, Garbage Pail Kids return in truly horrifying
style. Collect all five exclusive horror movie themed characters. Look
For:
• 11 Cards Per
Pack • (10) Base Cards • (1) Black and White Wrapper or Gold
Foil Wrapper /25 Per Set” Historically speaking, the retail sets
have always been titled ‘Oh, the Horror-ible!’, but for some reason
didn’t translate over to the online releases.

Online Description: 2024 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: Oh the Horrible. Topps
and Garbage Pail Kids Oh the Horrible themed 10-card sets: Oh the horrible!
Just in time for Halloween, Garbage Pail Kids return in truly horrifying
style. Collect all five exclusive horror movie themed characters. A
new set will launch every Thursday for the next 6 weeks, exclusively
on Topps.com. Configuration: Each set contains (11) 2.5″x3.5″
cards – (10) Base Cards PLUS • (1) Black and White Wrapper or Gold
Foil Wrapper /25 Per Set. Inserts: Black and White Wrappers (5 Subjects
Per Week) • Gold Foil Wrappers /25 (5 Subjects Per Week). All sales
are final. Print runs revealed after sales window expires. Art subject
to change. Not responsible for typographical/printer errors. Specs:
SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-24GPK-OTHSET[01+02+03+04+05+06] • Product Type:
Set • Property: Garbage Pail Kids • Year: 2024 • Available
From: Oct 3 [10, 17, 24, 31 + Nov 7], 2024 • Countdown Timer: Oct
10 [17, 24, 31 + Nov 7, 14], 2024 • Available Until: Oct 10 [17,
24, 31 + Nov 7, 14], 2024



NOTE: TOPPS FRONTPAGE LINK; POSTED AFTER WAVE 1 WENT
LIVE



NOTE: ‘OH THE HORRIBLE’
INCORRECT ON AD & SITE BUTTON

On October 03, 2024, Topps sent out a second email blast with an updated
advert, that stated, “Now Live! 2024 GPK Oh the Horrible Wave 1.
Topps and Garbage Pail Kids Oh the Horrible themed 10-card sets: Oh
the horrible! Just in time for Halloween, Garbage Pail Kids return in
truly horrifying style. Collect all five exclusive horror movie themed
characters.
Look For: 11 Cards
Per Pack • (10) Base Cards • (1) Black and White Wrapper or
Gold Foil Wrapper /25 Per Set.” This same advert and message would
appear in the next day’s email blast as well on October 04, 2024. The
subsequent releases would have the same message, only the wave number
changing.


NOTE: ORIGINALLY STATED ‘HORRIBLE’; WACKY PACKAGES QUICKLY
REPLACED SAME DAY

On October 09, 2024, GPK News posted the Oh, the Horror-ible Wave 2
ad, with the corrected GPK title. The pack image, with card 6a, along
with cards 7a-10a, were published to the Wave 2 online posting on October
10, 2024, but the card 6a image was posted to the Topps Garbage Pail
Kids page, where they stated, “It only gets worse from here.
WAVE 2 OUT NOW[!]” An email blast for both the GPK and Halloween
Wacky Packages dropped the same day, “Now Live! 2024 GPK Oh the
Horrible Wave 2”, etcetera.


NOTE: ‘OH THE HORRIBLE’
INCORRECT 1X ON AD

On October 15, 2024, GPK News posted the Oh, the Horror-ible Wave 3
ad to their social channels. The set was released online on October
17, 2024. NOTE: The nomenclature for card #12 had the image for the
Poltergeist movie, and vice versa, the nomenclature for card #15 had
the character image for the Chucky movie. Due to the NYCC, the GPK blast
email did not circulate until October 18, 2024, Friday morning, showing
the new Wave 3 ad, which also contained a link to the GPK Rock &
Roll Hall of Lame set, “Now Live! 2024 GPK Oh the Horrible Wave
3”, etcetera.

On October 22, 2024, GPK News posted the Oh, the Horror-ible Wave 4
ad to their social channels. The set was released online on October
24, 2024. The GPK blast email was sent out on October 25, 2024, with
the same information as the previous three releases, “Now Live!
2024 GPK Oh the Horrible Wave 4”, etcetera. Artist DAVID Gross
took to Facebook to further promote the set, stating, “New 2024
Garbage Pail Kids Oh, the Horror-ible set Week 4 out NOW! 6 weeks of
spooky horror classics coming your way with 30 new characters making
up 60 A/B cards along with B&W wrapper cards and gold foil parallels.
I did all the art for this week and for the next two weeks.”

On October 30, 2024, GPK News posted the Oh, the Horror-ible Wave 5
sneak peek ad to their social channels. The set was released online
on October 31, 2024. A GPK blast email was not sent out for this
particular set and no mini banner link was created for the last four
mini set releases for the Topps home page.


GPK News did not post an Oh, the Horror-ible Wave 6 ad to their social
channels. The set was released online on November 7, 2024. The GPK blast
email was sent out on November 8, 2024, with the same information as
the previous three releases, “Now Live! 2024 GPK Oh the Horrible
Wave 6”, etcetera, with a subject line of, “Don’t Miss: Final
wave of 2024 Topps GPK: Oh the Horrible!”, with a very lackluster
advert. NOTE*: Card 28a LIVVY Dead was the original ‘pack’ image online,
whose card image had an additional ‘PEEL HERE‘
arrow in the bottom left-hand corner for some reason, but changed to
card 30a ARMIE of Darkness, the very same day, after the nomenclature’s
spelling was corrected from ‘ARMIE or Darkness’
on card and within the online checklist.


#11
— GPK OH THE HORRIBLE SETS — WAVE/WEEK #1 | SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-24GPK-OTHSET01
01a+b Masked
MICHAEL [MYERS] + Subliminal SAM[HAIN]
BRENT
Engstrom
Halloween
III: SotW – 1982
02a+b Cobweb DEB
+ Arachnid ADDISON
BRENT
Engstrom
Cobweb
– 2023
03a+b Revived RENAE
+ Zombie ZELDA
BRENT
Engstrom
Pet
Semetary – 1989
04a+b American MARK
[BORCHARDT] + Movie MIKE [SCHANK]
BRENT
Engstrom
American
Movie – 1999
05a+b Ballerina
TRINA + Pirourette ANNETTE
BRENT
Engstrom
Abigail
– 2024
B&W Wrapper
Parallel Cards 1a—5b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
GFW Gold Foil
Wrapper
Parallel
Cards 1a—5b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
#12
— GPK OH THE HORRIBLE SETS — WAVE/WEEK #2 | SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-24GPK-OTHSET02
06a+b Dead Skin
DUSTIN + Leisure LEE*
BRENT
Engstrom
Texas
Chainsaw Massecre – 1974
07a+b Zombie ZACH
+ Wormy WARREN
BRENT
Engstrom
Zombi
2/Zombie – 1978
08a+b Phantom PHIL
+ Electric ERIC [OS2 TRIBUTE]
BRENT
Engstrom
Phantom
of the Paradise – 1974
09a+b Stage Fright
STEVE + AL [NIGHT] Owl
BRENT
Engstrom
Stage
Fright – 1978
10a+b Driller DRAKE
+ Slumber Party SLADE [OS2 STANCE]
BRENT
Engstrom
Slumber
Party Massecre – 1982
B&W Wrapper
Parallel Cards 6a—10b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
GFW Gold Foil
Wrapper
Parallel
Cards 6a—10b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
*NOTE: CHARACTER HOLDING
NECRONOMICON (BOOK OF THE DEAD) FROM THE EVIL DEAD FRANCHISE
#14
— GPK OH THE HORRIBLE SETS — WAVE/WEEK #3 | SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-24GPK-OTHSET03
11a+b Finger Knife
FREDDY [KRUEGER] + Weird WES [CRAVEN]
BRENT
Engstrom
A Nightmare
on Elm Street – 1984
12a+b Stuck CHUCK
+ Dollie DAVEY [OS3 TRIBUTE]
BRENT
Engstrom
Chucky
(Child’s Play) – 1988
13a+b Motherly MOLLY
+ Momma MAE
BRENT
Engstrom
Mother’s
Day – 1980
14a+b Talk to MIA
+ Freehand FRANNY [AU – 2022]
BRENT
Engstrom
Talk
to Me (U.S.) – 2023
15a+b Creepy
[REVERAND HENRY]
KANE + Poltergeist PAUL
BRENT
Engstrom
Poltergeist
– 1980
B&W Wrapper
Parallel Cards 11a—15b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
GFW Gold Foil
Wrapper
Parallel
Cards 11a—15b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
#15
— GPK OH THE HORRIBLE SETS — WAVE/WEEK #4 | SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-24GPK-OTHSET04
16a+b Beetle JUDE
Beetle JUDE + Icky LYDIA [DEETZ]
DAVID
Gross
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice – 2024
17a+b Chopping PAUL
+ Mauling MARTY [PROTECTOR 1, 2 & 3]
DAVID
Gross
Chopping
Mall – 1986
18a+b LONDON LON
+ Silent FLYNN [FILM]
DAVID
Gross
London
After Midnight – 1927
19a+b Angelic ART
[THE CLOWN]
+ FELIX [FELIZ] Navidad
DAVID
Gross
Terrifier
– 2016
20a+b Video VICK
+ STU [NEW] Flesh
DAVID
Gross
Videodrome
– 1983
B&W Wrapper
Parallel Cards 16a—20b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
GFW Gold Foil
Wrapper
Parallel
Cards 16a—20b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
#16
— GPK OH THE HORRIBLE SETS — WAVE/WEEK #5 | SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-24GPK-OTHSET05
21a+b Sicko JASON
[VOORHEES]
+ Killer KEITH
DAVID
Gross
Friday
the 13th Franchise – 1980
22a+b Creepshow
JOE + Sodding JORDY [VERRILL]
DAVID
Gross
Creepshow
– 1982
23a+b GEDDY
[GET]
Wet + GLEN-Lin
DAVID
Gross
Gremlins
– 1984
24a+b Elegant ELSA
[LANCHESTER]
+ FRANKIE Stein
DAVID
Gross
The
Bride of Frankenstein – 1935
25a+b Lip Smacking
[BF]
SUZANNE + Demonic MONA
DAVID
Gross
Night
of the Demons – 1988
B&W Wrapper
Parallel Cards 21a—25b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
GFW Gold Foil
Wrapper
Parallel
Cards 21a—25b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
#17
— GPK OH THE HORRIBLE SETS — WAVE/WEEK #6 | SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-24GPK-OTHSET06
26a+b Spewing
SIGOURNEY [WEAVER]
+ Discharging
DANA [BARRETT]
DAVID
Gross
Ghostbusters
– 1984
27a+b Hitchhiking
HANK + Run Amuck RUTGER [HAUER]
DAVID
Gross
The
Hitcher – 1986
28a+b LIVVY Dead
+ Half Zom-BRIE
DAVID
Gross
The
Return of the Living Dead – ’85
29a+b Eatin’
AYLMAR [PARASITE] + BRIAN Damage
DAVID
Gross
Brain
Damage – 1988
30a+b ARMIE [or*]
of Darkness + Ouchy [EVIL] ASH
DAVID
Gross
Army
of Darkness – 1992
B&W Wrapper
Parallel Cards 26a—30b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
GFW Gold Foil
Wrapper
Parallel
Cards 26a—30b
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
VARIOUS
SUBJECTS
# NOMENCLATURE
/ ITEM
ARTIST
/ CONCEPT
HALLOWE’EN
SOURCE

13.
Topps released their annual Garbage Pail Kids: Rock and Roll Hall of
Lame set online three weeks earlier, compared to last year. The set
sold for one week only, from October 16 to October 23, and cost $19.99
per eleven-card set or +$160 for 10 sets ($179.99). The artwork was
created by the four main GPK artists: Engstrom, Simko, Gross and McWilliams
+ NEIL Camera. NOTE: In the past, the set
was also called the ‘Rock & Roll Hall of Shame’. NOTE:
Per SKUs, starting with
the 2023 OTH releases, instead of being printed on sticker (-STIC-)
stock, as previous SKUs showcased, the cards are now printed on two-sided
24pt cardstock, as indicated by the updated SKU section (-24C2S).


NOTE: A TOPPS SHOP ‘TRENDING’ MINI BANNER WAS ADDED ON
10/18/2024

Within their set ‘Description’ section, the Topps Shop stated: “2024
Topps Garbage Pail Kids: Rock N Roll Hall of Lame. This year, the Garbage
Pail Kids are inducting some of their favorite artists into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Lame. This rockin’ set, which features a new set-specific
parallel, is exclusive to Topps.com.”, in their ‘Configuration’
section, “Each set contains (11) 2.5″x3.5″ cards – (10)
Base Cards PLUS. (1) Rock Record or Gold Foil Rock Record /25 Per Set”,
in their ‘Parallels/Inserts’ section, “Parallels – Albu
m
Cover. Gold Foil Rock Record – /25 “, and within their ‘Specs’
section, noted, “SKU: ARTGPK-24C2S-24GPKHL-SET • Product Type:
Set • Property: Garbage Pail Kids • Year: 2024 • Available
From: Oct 16, 2024 • Countdown Timer: Oct 23, 2024 • Available
Until: Oct 23, 2024”.

Caveats: “All sales are final. Print runs revealed after sales
window expires. Art subject to change. Not responsible for typographical/printer
errors.” & “Product is available from Oct 16, 2024 and
expires on Oct 23, 2024”

Per
Hall of Fame website press release, “New York, NY – April
21, 2024 – The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced
tonight the 2024 Inductees for music’s highest honor in the following
categories:
Performer Category
— Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton,
Kool & The Gang, Ozzy Osbourne & A Tribe Called Quest. Musical
Influence Award — Alexis Korner, John Mayall & Big Mama Thornton.
Musical Excellence Award — Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick &
Norman Whitfield.“

Following the early online release (9am ET), on October 16, Topps later
took to Facebook to post the (further) above set release ad, and stated,
“We’re going off the rails! AVAILABLE NOW”. Artist JOE Simko
took to social media to showcase his character, stating, “Painted
this Ozzy GPK for the new Rock and Roll Hall of Lame set. Available
on the Topps site now.” and artist DAVID Gross did the same, stating,
“Peter Frampton Garbage Pail Kids card I painted for the Rock N
Roll Hall of Lame set out for one week until Oct 23 at Topps.com featuring
his I’m In You album.” That evening, Topps sent out an email
blast containing a new R&R ad, basically showcasing all card images,
stating, “Now Live!
2024 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Rock N
Roll Hall of Lame. This year, the Garbage Pail Kids are inducting some
of their favorite artists into the Rock and Roll Hall of Lame. This
rockin’ set, which features a new set-specific parallel, is exclusive
to Topps.com. Look for: 11 cards per set
•
10 Base Cards
• 1 Rock Record
or Gold Foil Rock Record /25 Per Set” Re-sent
on 10/19/2024.

#24
— GPK: ROCK & ROLL HALL OF LAME | SKU: ARTGPK-24C2S-24GPKHL-SET
01a+b Off
Rails OZZY + Outstanding OSBOURNE
JOE
Simko
1980
CRAZY TRAIN DEBUT SINGLE
02a+b Demolished
DAVE + Crash Into CRAIG
BRENT
Engstrom
1996
CRASH / CRASH INTO ME
03a+b Sunny CHER
+ BEA Leave
JOE
McWilliams
1998
BELIEVE + SONNY & CHER
04a+b Pierced PETER
+ I’m in HUGH
DAVID
Gross
1977
I’M IN YOU ALBUM
05a+b Blue LOU [GRAMM]
+ Slick MICK [JONES]
NEIL
Camera
1977
FOREIGNER / COLD AS ICE
ACP Album Cover/Rock
Record Parallel Cards 1a—5b
Various
Artists
VARIOUS
MUSICIANS
ACF Album Cover
Gold Foil Parallel Cards 1a—5b (1:25)
Various
Artists
VARIOUS
MUSICIANS
# NOMENCLATURE
/ ITEM
ARTIST
/ CONCEPT
PARODY
SUBJECT

18—27.
Rather than their annual ‘[Calendar Year] Was the Worst’ online collective
set, that ran from 2019 through 2023, Topps changed up the title and
started releasing their 2024 Media Menace exclusive GPK singles online
over a five-day period, collectively as a set, starting on December
9 and ending on December 13, 2024, with last-day sales ending on December
15.
The
singles, released two cards per day, sold for five days only, for 48hrs
each, and cost $9.99 per single; so instead of the usual eleven-card
set for $19.99—which included five subjects with A+B twin cards
& a parallel card
—this
set would cost over $100, containing eleven subjects with no twin card
& a chance at a parallel card. Bulk sales were an option: 5 cards
for $29.99 or 10 cards for $49.99.

On December 5, 2024, Topps included the upcoming release within their
daily email blast, with the subject title of ‘Coming Soon: 2024 Topps
GPK Media Menace!’, stating within the body, “Coming Soon… 2024
Topps GPK Media Menace.
Celebrate
some of this year’s wackiest moments with your favorite Garbage Pail
Kids characters! Look for two new characters a day for one week, spoofing
some of this year’s most memorable moments. The first two cards will
be available Monday, December 9th! Each card will be on sale for 48
hours.“

On December 9, 2024, GPK News posted the new release advert mid-day,
but it was also included in a blast email sent out (around 7:45pm CT)
later that day, which contained the subject title ‘2024 Topps GPK Media
Menace is live!’, and the same information as the first email, but read
“AVAILABLE NOW” replacing “STARTING
MONDAY 12.9
“.

The Topps online shop began dropping the two cards, per day, starting
on December 9, 2024, as scheduled, around 1pm ET/12pm CT/11am MT/10am
PT. Besides the Topps Now card parody, the second character pokes fun
at (Regal + AMC) movie theatre and festival collectible popcorn buckets
that started several years back, including a day back in February 2022
where frenzied Disney fans waited in line for six hours for a dragon-shaped
Figment popcorn bucket; a second version, 2.0, was released in 2024.
Artist DAVID
Gross took to social media the same day and stated, “Garbage Pail
Kids Media Menace card I painted for the new online set at Topps.com.
Only available for 48 hours! Based on the Topos Now Triple Auto Cards.”
& “Based on the figural popcorn movie buckets of the past year.”

On August 10, 2024, Topps posted to social media, “BREAKING: Someone
who buys a Topps Now base card from todya’s Team USA Gold Medal game
will receive 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD triple auto. This card is the first
ever: Lebron Topps auto
•
Lebron & Curry auto on the same card •
Steph/KD/LeBron triple. And to top it off, all three autographs are
on-card. This truly historic card will find a new home soon… will
you be buying any of the Topps Now base cards to have a chance at this
piece of history?” The Topps Now card dropped the same day, “Men’s
Basketball – 2024 Olympic Games TOPPS NOW® Card 26 – LOOK FOR 1/1
AUTO! – PR: 588,030 — $11.99”, and contained the following
write-up, “Capturing all the excitement of the 2024 Olympic Games
– Topps NOW brings the biggest moments directly to your collection!
In celebration of an incredible gold medal performance – look for one
ultra-rare redemption for a triple on-card autograph numbered 1/1 featuring
the signatures of LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant!”

On December 10, 2024, Topps posted the next installment of card singles,
with the forename being spelled differently on mock-up card for one
character (‘KAT’), but spelled correctly for the
page title, “2024 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: Media Menace Call Out
KATT”; Comedian Katt Williams dominated social media the first
week in January 2024, after he called out a long list of other comedians
and entertainers for ‘personal grievances and other criticisms’ during
an almost three-hour long podcast appearance (Shannon Sharpe’s “Club
Shay Shay”). The award-winning, ‘YES, Chef’, card pays tribute
to the number of nominations and wins, in the form of the Emmy Award
statuette, that The Bear TV series has garnered in three seasons. GPK
News posted the new card-drop advert mid-day, and Topps included a card-lot
image within their daily blast email (4:15pm CT).

*

On December 11, 2024, Topps posted the next two media cards,
with the forename being spelled differently on mock-up card for one
character (‘CHARLIE’), but spelled correctly for
the page title, “2024 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: Media Menace Snotty
CHARLI”;
performer Charli XCX
and her ‘brat’ green album cover, and the “snot” neon green
colour being the newest fad in fashion, and the ‘brat summer’ trend,
in general. The second card pays tribute to celebrity look-alikes, most
notably when Chalamet was said to look like actress Natalia Dyer (of
Stranger Things), but in this case, Chalamet is up against himself.
GPK News
posted the new card-drop advert mid-day, but Topps did not mail out
their daily blast email, so no advertising for the third drop.

On December 12, 2024, Topps dropped the next installment of media cards
to their online shop, a parod of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory
parody of the ‘Willy Wonka Experience’ that took place in
Glasgow, Scotland in February 2024, who’s AI-driven website (showcasing
many erradic outcomes and errors)… per a Forbe’s article in early
March, “the woefully disappointing [experience] quickly went viral,
showing a grim warehouse sparsely decorated with cheap props, inhabited
by costumed performers who seem just as baffeled as the customers. Angry
parents demanded refunds from the organizers of the event, and even
called the police; the event was shut down before the day was done”
The event was described as a “Fyre Festival” for kids and
naturally inspired many memes. “The experience quickly devolved
into chaos, with crying children, shouting parents… and [the] children
were promised a wild ride through Candyland, but were given a handful
of jellybeans and a ‘quarter cup’ of lemonade.” The second card
parodies the various large LEGO busts made throughout the year, including
arrests in July 2024 in Eugene, Portland, “Police recovered more
than $200,000 worth of stolen Lego sets in a bust of a massive theft
ring of the popular toy”, recovering 4,153 LEGO sets… to busting
a LEGO theft ring in North Texas in December 2024 ($400K!). NOTE: The
prison number on Con VIC is the prison garb worn by OS1 Fryin’ BRIAN.
GPK News once again shared the latest advert the same day.

On December 13, 2024, Topps dropped the last couple of media cards;
the first card being a parody of a videos that went viral in September
2024 of a baby pygmy hippo, named ‘Moo Deng’, from the Khao Kheow Open
Zoo in Thailand, and the second card being a parody of the April total
eclipse craze, but I’d like to point out the misinformation from Rep.
Sheila Jackson Lee, who told a group of high school students in Houston,
TX, that the moon is a ‘planet’ that was ‘made up mostly of gases’,
also misstating how solar eclipses occur and seen struggling to put
on a pair of eclipse glasses (though, to be fair, she was holding a
microphone).
GPK
News once again shared the latest advert the same day.

*

Overview section: “2024 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: Media Menace –
[CARD NAME] •
Cards will be on Sale for 48 Hours
•
Look for 1:5 B Name variations
•
Also look for Gold Foil Parallel Numbered
to /25
•
The processing time for this item begins
after the sale clock expires. If you choose an upgraded shipping method,
it will only expedite the shipping time, not the processing time.
“

Description section: “2024
Topps Garbage Pail Kids: Media Menace Adam, [CARD NAME]
•
Celebrate some of this year’s wackiest moments with your favorite Garbage
Pail Kids characters! Two new characters a day for one week spoofing
some of this year most memorable moments. Also, look out for B Names
and Foil Parallels /25!
•
2 new cards every day, spanning
over 5 days.
•
Look for 1:5 B Name variations •
Also look for Gold Foil Parallel Numbered
to /25
•
*Parallels and B Names are in addition
to the base card in your order.
•
All sales are final. Print runs revealed
after sales window expires. Art subject to change. Not responsible for
typographical/printer errors.”

Specs
section: “
SKU ARTGPK-24C2S-24GPKMM-[01—10]
•
Product Type: Set •
Property: Garbage Pail Kids •
Year: 2024
•
Available From: Dec [9—13], 2024
•
Countdown Timer: Dec [11—15], 2024
•
Available Until: Dec [11—15], 2024″

#18—#27
: 2024 GPK MEDIA MENACE SINGLES : COLLECTIVE SET | SKUS: ARTGPK-24C2S-
18 1a ADAM, NICK
& LINDSAY + 1b BILLY, EDDIE & TESSIE —

TOPPS NOW
DAVID
Gross
-24GPKMM-01
19 2a Junk Food
JOHN + 2b Corny CARL — POPCORN BUCKETS
DAVID
Gross
-24GPKMM-02
20 3a Cooking
CARMY [BERZATTO] + 3b Jer-EMMY — THE BEAR / EMMY AWARDS
NEIL
Camera
-24GPKMM-03
21 4a Call Out
KAT + 4b Tea Spillin’ WILLIAMS — KATT WILLIAMS / NAUGHTY LIST
JOE
Simko
-24GPKMM-04
22 5a Snotty
CHARLIE [XCX] + 5b Messy XCX — ‘BRAT’ [SUMMER] GREEN ALBUM
BRENT
Engstrom
-24GPKMM-05
23 6a Tricky
TIMOTHÉE [CHALAMET] + 6b Look Alike MIKE — CELEBRITY LOOKALIKES
BRENT
Engstrom
-24GPKMM-06
24 7a Cheap CHARLIE
+ 7b REESE Fleece — WILLY WONKA EXPERIENCE MEME
NEIL
Camera
-24GPKMM-07
25 8a Cell Block
BROCK + 8b Construction CREW — LEGO BUSTS
NEIL
Camera
-24GPKMM-08
26 9a Mouthy
MOO + 9b Pygmy PIERSON — PYGMY HIPPO
JOE
McWilliams
-24GPKMM-09
27 10a Eclipsed
EVA + 10b Blocked BROCK — GAS PLANET
JOE
McWilliams
-24GPKMM-10
GF Gold Foil
Parallel Cards 1—10 [NUMBERED TO /25]
Various
Artists
VARIOUS
SKUS
BN B-Name Variation
Parallel Cards 1—10 [1:5; NAMED ABOVE]
Various
Artists
VARIOUS
SKUS
# NOMENCLATURE
/ ITEM / SUBJECT
ARTIST
/ CONCEPT
LISTED
SKU



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