Wacky Packages
by The Topps Company
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Book Reviews of Wacky Packages
Book Review: From Wacky to Zippy
Summary: 5 Stars
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 objective---but I thought it was fun to see such pop ephemera resurface 34 years later as an Abrams art book! Who would've thought, back in 1974, as I cruised the aisles of the San Francisco Safeway with Art Spiegelman, hunting for likely targets, that our little barbs sent at consumerism and package design would have such staying power? I shudder to think it, but more people probably saw my "Generally Demented Light Bulbs" or "Kentucky Fried Fingers" Wacky Packs than ever read one of my Zippy comic books.
-Bill Griffith
Zippy:Walk A Mile In My Muu-Muu(Zippy (Graphic Novels))
Book Review: Garbage Pail Kids Book Next
Summary: 5 Stars
Please Please Please Publishers !
I have been wishing for a full sized complete Garbage Pail Kids Book,
since I first saw "The Topps Vault" selling the original GPK paintings on ebay.
They were around 6 or 8 inch big and did not have the GPK logo & names across the top or bottom.
Just all ART ! Mostly John Pound's from poundart com..
Each painting sold for $500 to $1500. Sadly I could not afford one and have not yet seen one in person.
So I really hope this is a sign that Topps does indeed have a digital archive of these full sized, logo and name free original GPK art work !
Please Topps release a GPK book next !!! All us 80's kids are ready to buy !
Book Review: Collections strong in advertising, art, or collectibles will find it a popular pick
Summary: 5 Stars
'Wacky Packages' are a series of collectible stickers featuring parodies of consumer products and brands. They first appeared in 1967 and were the only Topps Company product to achieve higher sales than their line of baseball cards - but until now have received relatively slim mention. This new book is the first collection of Series One through Seven and offers images of over two hundred rare stickers. Collections strong in advertising, art, or collectibles will find it a popular pick with each page offering a full-page color image of a 'wacky package' sticker.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
Book Review: Wacky Packages..Really Takes Me Back....
Summary: 5 Stars
They were making these stickers when I was still a young child. My brother used to stick them all over his bedstead (fond memories) and I'd stick them on my school portfolios in Middle School. Always good for a laugh, then and now. The book is a neat time machine, of sorts. Though it only covers a few series and decades, it's still a great memorial to the concept "What If...MAD made stickers of the products/genres/fads/styles that they parodied?" (yes I grew up with MAD too.) I recommend this interesting book, esp. if you grew up with the stickers and some of the tacky stuff they make fun of.Book Review: A True Treasure! ! ! !
Summary: 5 Stars
I read about this book in Rolling Stone Magazine and purchased it through Amazon immediately. When I was a kid, I spent all my money on Wacky Packs (1973-74). I was 7 years old in 1973, and Wacky Packs cracked me up. This book is just amazing. The paper cover over the hard cover is made with the same paper they used to package the Wacky Packages. The pictures are beautiful. The forward was very interesting.If you pull back the paper to reveal the hard cover, you will find a pleasant surprise. That surprise is different on the back so look both places.