This series contained artwork from previously released cards, the spinoff posters, as well as unreleased artwork from both the original and the aborted 1992 set to make a set of 72 base cards. In February 2008, Topps released a series of Wacky Packages called Flashbacks. These stickers were of a reduced size in comparison to the standard cards (2.125 by 3 inches (54 × 76 mm)) and were designed to be affixed to a display album that was sold separately. Two sets of album stickers were produced of 120 and 77 stickers respectively. These sets consisted of images from the 1973-76 cards as well as one previously unused image. Many of the 1973–76 cards have been reissued over the years in various sets.įour series with 66 cards each, for a total of 264 cards. ANS 3 and 4 included the work of underground artist M. The ANS sets have been very successful with the return of original 1970s Wacky Packages cartoonist Jay Lynch plus newcomers David Gross, Strephon Taylor, Neil Camera, Fred Wheaton, Smokin' Joe McWilliams, Mark Parisi, Brent Engstrom, Sam Gambino and Joe Simko. (Note: the All New Series moniker was dropped for this set, but returned with series 8). Series 7 saw the return of the 55 card base set, but with more chase card sets, as well as border color variations and sketch cards. The first five sets consist of 55 base cards with two levels of chase cards with the sixth series consisting of 80 base cards and three levels of chase cards. New series have appeared almost annually, on average, since that time. Wacky Packages returned in 2004 with the release of the first All New Series (ANS) set of stickers. Many of these unused parodies were eventually released in the All New Series 1. The 1991 series was successful enough to begin production of a 1992 series, but the set was cancelled prior to mass production. Newly designed series were produced in 19. These cards can be distinguished from all later releases by a lack of a number on the front of the card. In all, there were 488 different cards over 16 series (one design from Series 2 was used again in Series 14). Series 1 re-used designs that were issued on the 1967 die-cut series and Series 2 re-used designs from the 1969 Wacky Ads. Sixteen different series were produced from 1973 to 1976 and were primarily sold in five-cent packs with approximately 30 cards in each series and nine puzzle cards with a series checklist on the back. Wacky Packages returned in 1973 as stickers for a highly successful run. There were two different versions of the "Ads": the long perforations (believed to signify the 1st printing), and short perforations (possibly for the second printing) as well as an early 5-cent wrapper for the first printing and a 10-cent wrapper for the second print. Card #25 "Good & Empty" was removed from the initial release, after Leaf Brands sued. These cards, approximately three-by-five inches (76 × 127 mm), were designed more like miniature billboards with a die-cut around the parodied product, so it could pop out of the horizontal billboard scene. This series was followed by a somewhat different Wacky Ads line in 1969, featuring gags and roughs by Lynch and Deitch with finished paintings by Sutton. Two of the cards – "Cracked Animals" and "Ratz Crackers" – were pulled from production after an initial run and have since become extremely rare. This series featured parodies created by Spiegelman and primarily painted by Saunders. The very first Wacky Packages series was produced in 1967 and featured 44 die-cut cards that were similar in size to baseball cards (2.5” × 3.5” or 64 × 89 mm). Relying on the talents of such cartoonists and comics artists as Kim Deitch, George Evans, Drew Friedman, Bill Griffith, Jay Lynch, Norman Saunders, Art Spiegelman, Bhob Stewart and Tom Sutton, the cards spoofed well-known brands and packaging, such as "Crust" (instead of Crest) toothpaste, "Blisterine" (instead of Listerine) and "Neveready" batteries (for Eveready batteries).
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