In the hands of such artists as art spiegelman, jay lynch, and other comic book artists of the sixties and seventies, familiar brands were ripe targets for spoofing as wacky packages. Known affectionately among collectors as wacky packs, as a creative force with artist art spiegelman, the stickers were illustrated by such. Today, you are considering the purchase of a vintage 2010 hard cover book by abrams, entitled wacky packages volume 2, with foreword by jay lynch, and a packet of 4 bonus stickers glued to the inside back cover. Featuring humorous and often grotesque parodies of common household brands like windaxe cleaner and smoochers jam, wacky packages.
Created by a team of artists that included art spiegelman maus, norm saunders, jay lynch. General guide faq for appraising, selling, and buying wacky packages grade wackys, price guide, grading guide, value, wacky packs, wacky packages a lot of people write me telling me theyve found their old stack of wackys when they were visiting their parents house for thanksgiving or whenever, and they generally have the following questions. Wacky packages topps and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. In june 2004 topps released wacky packages allnew series 1, featuring both new art and older unpublished art. Wacky packages coffee table book 1st printing 2008. Ive got some ideas for the 4 bonus stickers in the third abrams wacky book if it ever is released,that is. New new new is a followup title to the hilarious and colorful wacky packages, first published by abrams in 2008. Wacky packages by the topps company nook book ebook. Click here for an alphabetical list of ans3 stickers. Garbage pail kidsa series of collectible stickers produced by topps in the 1980scombined spectacular artwork and overthetop satire. Packs contain two stickers, a checklist, and a piece of gum there are 30 different titles in this series. The result was an inspired collaboration between avantgarde cartoonists and humorists including art spiegelman, mark newgarden, john pound, tom bunk, and jay lynch.
Wacky packagesa series of collectible stickers featuring parodies o. The topps company published wacky packages stickers from 1967 to 1991. On february 23, 2010, topps released series 1 of an ongoing series called wacky packages old school that was sold through the topps online store. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The new volume is called new, new, new and looks like it will. Here, quaker oats capn crunch is transformed into capn crud. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Buy a cheap copy of wacky packages new new new book by the topps company inc wacky packages. Wacky packages new new new book by the topps company inc. The result was an inspired collaboration between avantgarde cartoonists and humorists including art spiegelman, mark.
Wacky packages are a series of humorous trading cards featuring parodies of consumer. C 2010 abrams comicarts and topps company when topps chewing gum reintroduced wacky packages to the public in 1973 after a short i love my sister wacky packages coffee table book vol ii, series would love to see these come back. Gpk 2020 s1 late to set wacky packages ics issue 2 topps dave schmidt s ic book links wacky packages 2004 new 1 wacky packages colletion book with. If you loved wacky pack stickers as much as i did, this book is definitely for us. Aug 27, 2015 ive got some ideas for the 4 bonus stickers in the third abrams wacky book if it ever is released,that is. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Get the best deal for wacky packages trading card singles from the largest online selection at. An exquisitely produced, cleverly packaged fullcolor hardcover book based upon topps own wacky packages parody property generated much acclaim, both. This line, created by david gross, is designed to resemble. I dont typically pick up many coffee table books, but this one was special as the design was just fantastic and im a big fan of topps sticker cards as evident in the peel here archives, in particular the painted nonmovie parody. This new collection presents all 206 rare and hardtofind wacky packs from series 8. Similar to the previous wacky packagesand other card art books by abrams, the garbage pail kidsedition is also designed to look and feel like a trading card wax packfrom the 80s. In the 1st and 2nd series topps had used up all of their old images and so for the 3rd series had to create a whole new set of ideas. The original wacky packages did not enjoy the same early success as many of the subsequent releases, despite sharing the same basic concept.
In fact, i still have my collection from when i was a kid preserved in a special binder. This, i suppose, is why i recently purchased the topps company, inc. Originally created by artist neil camera, the first threecard series was released in two editions. Another archival wacky packages book is on the way. Abrams went the extra mile on that to make a better product. On november 21, 2007, topps released the first of its wacky packages postcards series. The first series of topps wacky packages stickers from skimpy crummy peanut butter lets fire up the wayback machine and visit another treasure of my youth for this list. Built around a 90card base set, 2017 topps wacky packages 50th anniversary features new artwork across several subsets.
Dec 17, 2016 wacky packages postcard s wacky packages coffee table book bonus wacky packages old 2 wrinkling and boring bros wacky c440 wacky packages. As for ironed man finally being released and finishing the job, since disney owns marvel, i dont think thatll be happening anytime soon, if at all. If you want a wacky packages book, a good one, i recommend the topps abrams ones. However, over time, the release has become very valuable due to the significance of being the very first wacky packages. Paying homage to the playful set that first debuted in 1967, the 2017 topps wacky packages 50th anniversary stickers continue to put their unique spin on the world. Jan 11, 2018 in the hands of such artists as art spiegelman, jay lynch, and other comic book artists of the sixties and seventies, familiar brands were ripe targets for spoofing as wacky packages. Mar 29, 2017 paying homage to the playful set that first debuted in 1967, the 2017 topps wacky packages 50th anniversary stickers continue to put their unique spin on the world. Similar to the previous wacky packages and other card art books by abrams, the garbage pail kids edition is also designed to look and feel like a trading card wax pack from the 80s. Oct 04, 2010 this feature is not available right now. Jun 01, 2008 wacky packages a series of collectible stickers featuring parodies of consumer products and wellknown brands and packagingwere first produced by the topps company in 1967, then revived in 1973 for a highly successful run.
The ones from the 80s are mostly brushed over, and there are lots of pictures of the sticker cards album, but not the cards. As one of the cartoonists who created a few of the wacky packages shown in the book, my view of the project is far from objectivebut i thought it was fun to see such pop ephemera resurface 34 years later as an abrams art book. The national release of wacky packages ans3 is out now. In fact, for the first two years they were published, wacky packages were the only topps product to achieve higher sales than their flagship line of baseball cards. This book is a collection of the stickers from series 1 7. When the series first came out spit and spill had spic and span written on the top and on the right side.
Wacky packages are a series of trading cards featuring parodies of north american consumer products. First spotted on march 1st, and bonus stickers appeared march 2nd we saw tv commercials for ans1 and ans2, but they were cancelled before this third series was released. Well, even though i havent seen any movement on that front, i was pretty jazzed to see that abrams has a second wacky packages book slated to hit store shelves in april of this year. Created by a team of artists that included art spiegelman maus, norm saunders, jay lynch, kim. Wacky packs my childhood memories, garbage pail kids. The hardcover book has a slab of gum pictured on the front cover with the following pages containing the trading card artwork, while the dust jacket acts as. Wacky packagesa series of collectible stickers featuring parodies of consumer products and wellknown brands and packagingwere first produced by the topps company in 1967, then revived in 1973 for a highly successful run. Featuring an introduction by jay lynch, wacky packages new new new is a followup to the bestselling book wacky packages, first published to critical acclaim by abrams in 2008. Wacky packages a series of collectible stickers featuring parodies of consumer products and wellknown brands and packagingwere first produced by the topps company in 1967, then revived in 1973 for a highly successful run. Wacky packages was a series of collectible stickers featuring parodies of consumer products and. On june 1, 2008, abrams comicarts published wacky packages, a collection of the first seven series of topps chewing gum companys irreverent trading cards that featured parodies of american consumer goods. This is the first series where a mistake was corrected during production. John pound contributed paintings for the 1985, 1991, and unpublished 1992 series. This series came out in late summer, early fall 1973.
Take a fun look back at quacker oats, blisterine, and more classic packaging parodiesplus an interview with creator art spiegelman. This new collection presents all the wacky packs from series 814 covering the years 1974 and 1975. Such a book has been a long time coming and will finally hit the street, release date is april 30th. Topps has finally produced a coffee table book about wacky packages with exclusive bonus. Wacky packages a series of collectible stickers featuring parodies of. In the preface to the new book wacky packages abrams, a collection of the first seven series of the topps cards, spiegelman yes, the same art spiegelman who won a. I just came across this wacky packages coffee table book. Topps company the 35th anniversary collection of wacky packages images, sold as trading cards stickers starting in 1967. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Wacky packages postcards and wacky halloween postcards were both sold exclusively through the topps online store.
The hardcover book has a slab of gum pictured on the front cover with the following pages containing the trading card artwork, while the dust jacket acts as the. This new collection presents all 206 rare and hardtofind wacky packs from series 8 through 14, from 1974 and 1975. This book, like the first red wacky packages book, simply reprinted a large. General guide faq for appraising, selling, and buying wacky. Known affectionately among collectors as wacky packs, the topps stickers that parodied wellknown consumer brands were a phenomenon in the 1970seven outselling the topps companys baseball cards for a while. Wacky packages new new new by the topps company inc. Another wacky packages series scheduled for 1992 was nearly completed, when topps halted production in mid1991. This book includes a really nice introduction by spiegelman, explaining how the wacky packages came about, and reproductions of the first seven series of the stickers. The first one is all 4 disney spoofs from the lost 1992 seriesi. Wacky packages postcards and wacky halloween postcards. Ralston purina cereals and, more recently, in a number of dc comics publications to promote ans1 and in the abrams books line of products. Bonus stickers available in 1st printing only topps has finally produced a coffee table book about wacky packages with exclusive bonus stickers and interviews.
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