'Garbage Pail Kids Garbage Pail Kids is a series of sticker trading cards produced by the Topps Company, originally released in 1985 and designed to parody the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, which were popular at the time. Each sticker card features a Garbage Pail Kid character having some comical abnormality, deformity, and/or suffering a terrible painful fate/death with a humorous word play character name such as Adam Bomb or Blasted Billy. Two versions of each card were produced, with variations featuring the same artwork but a different character name, denoted by an \"a\" or \"b\" letter after the card number. The sticker fronts are die-cut so that just the character with its nameplate and the GPK logo can be peeled from the backing. Many of the card backs feature puzzle pieces that form giant murals, while other flip-side subjects vary greatly among the various series, from humorous licenses and awards to comic strips and, in more recent releases, humorous Facebook profiles. The series was the brainchild of Topps consultant and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman, who came up with the product idea after the success of his earlier creations Garbage Can-dy and Wacky Packages. The concept originally began as an unreleased Wacky Packages sticker for a 1985 series, but the management at Topps thought it would be a good idea for a separate spin-off series. Spiegelman and fellow cartoonist Mark Newgarden worked together as the editors and art directors of the project, Len Brown was the manager and the first run of the cards was drawn exclusively by artist John Pound. They were first issued in 1985. Following the initial success of the cards, several additional artists and writers were brought in to contribute to the series, including Jay Lynch, Tom Bunk and James Warhola, among others. International versions The cards were also known as Bukimi Kun [ぶきみくん/Mr. Creepy] in Japan, The Garbage Gang in Australia and New Zealand, La Pandilla Basura [The Garbage Gang] in Spain, Havurat Ha-Zevel [חבורת הזבל/The Garbage Gang] in Israel, Basuritas [Trashlings] in Latin America, Gang do Lixo/Loucomania [Trash Gang/Crazymania] in Brazil, Sgorbions [Snotlings] in Italy, Les Crados [The Filthies] in France and Belgium and Die total kaputten Kids [The Totally Broken Kids] in Germany. School ban During the height of the cards\' popularity, Garbage Pail Kids were banned in many schools. One of the main reasons for the ban was that teachers cited them as distractions during class. Mexico ban Since 1988, any export and import of Garbage Pail Kids is banned on Mexico due to the approval of a reform to the Export and Import Law, banning all representations of minors \"in a degrading or ridiculous manner, in attitudes of incitement to violence, self-destruction or in any other form of behavior antisocial\", citing Garbage Pail Kids as an example. Trademark infringement lawsuit Topps was sued by the rightsholders of Cabbage Patch Kids, Original Appalachian Artworks, for trademark infringement. As part of the out-of-court settlement, Topps agreed to modify the appearance of the Garbage Pail Kids to remove the resemblance between the characters and to change the logo design. Production of the cards themselves continued, but by 1988 sales had dwindled and a planned Series 16 was never produced. BTS Bruisers In March 2021, Topps released a sticker card depicting a Whac-A-Mole game with members of K-pop group BTS being severely beaten with a Grammy award. After public backlash due to the card\'s perceived anti-Asian tone, the company apologized and withdrew the card. Topps released a 25th anniversary Flashback set on February 24, 2010, featuring reprints of characters from the original 1985–87 GPK series plus six previously unpublished \"lost\" characters and 10 Where Are They Now? cards, the latter showing classic GPKs drawn as they would have appeared if they had been released at that time. In April 2020, Topps announced they will celebrate the 35th anniversary by bringing digital collectible Garbage Pail Kids cards to the Blockchain. On August 21, 1987, a live-action film based on the card characters was released. Its campy production made it both a critical and commercial flop, with initial receipts of $661,512 and total gross receipts of $1,576,615, barely making back its $1,000,000 budget. The film is considered one of the worst films ever made. In May 2021, it was announced that a new animated series is in the works at HBO Max, and would be co-produced by Topps, Tornante Company and Danny McBride and his production company Rough House Pictures.'
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