Garbage Pail Kids: 40th Anniversary Edition
By (Author) The Topps Company
Introduction by Art Spiegelman
Afterword by John Pound
Abrams
Abrams ComicArts
16th October 2025
United States
General
Non Fiction
Funny cartoons and comic strips
Media tie-in humour
Hardback
Contains 3 hardbacks
224
Width 140mm, Height 181mm
Originally published in 2012 and now back in print for the 40th anniversary, the cards you loved as much as your mom hated themthe Garbage Pail Kidscollected 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.
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 Prizewinning 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.