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Garbage Pail Kids: 40th Anniversary Edition

Series: Topps
Brief Description
Originally published in 2012 and now back in print for the 40th anniversary, the cards you loved as much as your mum hated them—the Garbage Pail Kids—collected in one comprehensive, beautifully designed package! Garbage Pail Kids, a series of collectible stickers produced by Topps, were designed... Read More
Format: Multiple-component retail product, slip-cased
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Originally published in 2012 and now back in print for the 40th anniversary, the cards you loved as much as your mum hated them—the Garbage Pail Kids—collected in one comprehensive, beautifully designed package!

Garbage Pail Kids, a series of collectible stickers produced by Topps, were designed to parody the overly saccharine Cabbage Patch Kids, a toy doll fad in the 1980s. This outrageous series was the brainchild of legendary cartoonist Art Spiegelman, who, in collaboration with artists Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk, Jay Lynch, and James Warhola, created a pop-culture phenomenon.

Garbage Pail Kids features all 206 rare and hard-to-find images from Series 1 through 5, as well as a set of four all-new bonus stickers created especially for the 40th anniversary. One of the backlist staples of the ComicArts list, Garbage Pail Kids is guaranteed to appeal to die-hard collectors as well as a new generation of fans.

Series: Topps

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  • Garbage Pail Kids: 40th Anniversary Edition
    Originally published in 2012 and now back in print for the 40th anniversary, the cards you loved as much as your mum hated them—the Garbage Pail Kids—collected in one comprehensive, beautifully designed package! Garbage Pail Kids, a series of collectible stickers produced by Topps, were designed to parody the overly saccharine Cabbage Patch Kids, a toy doll fad in the...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781419787157

Publisher: Abrams

Format: Multiple-component retail product, slip-cased

Date Published: 20 November 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Abrams ComicArts

Illustration: Full-color illustrations throughout

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Art Spiegelman
  • Afterword by John Pound

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 181.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

About the Author

The Topps Company, Inc., founded in 1938, is the preeminent creator and brand marketer of sports cards, entertainment products, and distinctive confectionery. Art Spiegelman is an American comics writer, artist, and editor best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel memoir, Maus. John Pound began his art career by drawing underground comix, and was one of a handful of creators who started the San Diego Comic-Con.He has painted art prints, book covers, comic covers, posters, skateboards, trading cards, and hundreds of Garbage Pail Kids and Wacky Packages stickers for Topps.

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