SDCC 2023: ‘Garbage Pail Kids: Trashin’ Through Time’ To Launch This October
by Erik Amaya
The Garbage Pail Kids are at it again.
After revealing their origins with Garbage Pail Kids: Origins, Adam F. Goldberg, Hans Rodionoff, and Jeff Zapata are back for more with Garbage Pail Kids Thrashin’ Through Time, the next tale of the gross-out children. This time, though, it’s all about time as the kids are “flung from their World War II origins to a 1980s ruled by their own kind.” Dynamite calls it “It’s Planet of the Apes in the style of the GPK.”
Goldberg said in a statement, “Our cliffhanger in Origins teased that the Garbage Pail Kommandos traveled through time and landed in the ’80s. This gave us the perfect runway to kick off our new story in the decade when Garbage Pail Kids were created by Topps. Although, we quickly discover that it’s Nasty Nick’s alternate 1980s where Garbage Pail Kids rule the world and humans are nearly extinct. This was the perfect jumping off point to continue to have fun with the time traveling conceit as Adam Bomb and the gang hunt Nasty Nick through time.”
Zapata added, “We wanted to have the characters form a solid family structure in those first three issues. That family bond between the characters has paid off in this new series as our heroes find themselves trapped in a world they do not recognize. It all snowballs from there as the Kommandos discover who really won the war.”
Additionally, Rodionoff said, “We got to expand our unique take on the Garbage Pail Kids; the juxtaposition of GPK characters with more “normal” human characters. The contrast of having them occupy the same universe is what sets this book apart from other GPKomics of the past. As far as specifics go, I wouldn’t want to spoil any of the future issues, but I will say that they do travel to a spoiled future.”
Chris Meeks joins Zapata on the interior art and the first issue boasts covers from Zapata, Meeks and Tom Bunk, plus a classic trading card cover and a Blank Authentix edition.
Celebrating GPK‘s trading card origin, each of the main variant covers will be bagged alongside a new limited edition card. The first three covers on each will have cards featuring their art, while the fourth trading card style cover will have a card featuring an interior page from the issue. Also, a trade paperback of Garbage Pail Kids: Origins will be available alongside the first issue.
Garbage Pail Kids Thrashin’ Through Time is scheduled to debut this October.
