‘Garbage Pail Kids’ Collected Editions Available For Preorder With Exclusive Trading Cards
by Erik Amaya
The release of Dynamite’s Garbage Pail Kids collected editions comes with a chance to get back to the kids’ trading card roots.
As the company announced Friday, hardcover and trade paperback editions of Garbage Pail Kids: Origins and Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids are available for preorder on the Dynamite website now. And by ordering directly through the publisher, fans can collect a set of exclusive trading cards inspired by the kids’ original reign of terror back in the 1980s.
GPK: Origins is deep dive into the backstories of nearly 40-year-old characters. Based on the concepts devised by Jeff Zapata — with assistance from co-writers Adam F. Goldberg and Hans Rodionoff, and artist Chris Meeks — discover how Adam Bomb and Nasty Nick came to be.
From writer Sholly Fisch, art by Jason Crosby, and covers by Joe Simko, Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids pits the two gross-out brands against one another. As it turns out, they have been battling for the minds of children for centuries!
Each book is available in four variations, as a paperback, a hardcover, and the hardcover either signed or remarqued by an artist. All four iterations of Origins feature a unique cover as well. The Origins volumes will feature a remarqued bookplate by artist Ken Haeser, while the crossover tome features remarqued by Crosby. Each paperback comes with one exclusive card, the hardcovers with two each, the signed editions with three, and the remarqued versions with five. Collectors who pick up both remarqued volumes will get the full 10 card set — and one card guaranteed to be signed by GPK origins writers Adam F. Goldberg and Hans Rodionoff.
Preorders are open now at Dynamite’s website.
