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Wacky Packages, the Glossary

Wacky Packages are a series of humorous trading cards featuring parodies of consumer products.^[1]

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Parodies of advertising
Products introduced in 1967
Stickers
Topps franchises

Abrams Books

Abrams, formerly Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (HNA), is an American publisher of art and illustrated books, children's books, and stationery.

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April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes.

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Art Spiegelman

Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman (born February 15, 1948), professionally known as Art Spiegelman, is an American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel Maus.

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Baseball card

A baseball card is a type of trading card relating to baseball, usually printed on cardboard, silk, or plastic. Wacky Packages and baseball card are trading cards.

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Beckett Media is a firm dedicated to covering the sports card, comic book grading, collectibles, and sports memorabilia sectors. Wacky Packages and Beckett Media are trading cards.

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Robert Marion Stewart, known as Bhob Stewart (November 12, 1937 – February 24, 2014) was an American writer, editor, cartoonist, filmmaker, and active fan who contributed to a variety of publications over a span of five decades.

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Bill Griffith

William Henry Jackson Griffith (born January 20, 1944) is an American cartoonist who signs his work Bill Griffith and Griffy.

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Cartoonist

A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images).

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Comics

a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Drew Friedman (cartoonist)

Drew Friedman is an American cartoonist and illustrator who first gained renown for his humorous artwork and "stippling"-like style of caricature, employing thousands of pen-marks to simulate the look of a photograph.

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Final good

A final good or consumer good is a final product ready for sale that is used by the consumer to satisfy current wants or needs, unlike an intermediate good, which is used to produce other goods.

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Garbage Pail Kids

Garbage Pail Kids is a series of sticker trading cards produced by the Topps Company, originally released in 1985 and designed to parody the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, which were popular at the time. Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids are Black comedy, Parodies of advertising, Topps franchises and trading cards.

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General Mills

General Mills, Inc., is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded processed consumer foods sold through retail stores.

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George Evans (cartoonist)

George R. Evans at the Social Security Death Index.

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Good & Plenty

Good & Plenty is a brand of licorice candy.

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Halloween

Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.

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Hostess Brands

Hostess Brands is an American bakery company formed in 2013.

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Jay Lynch

Jay Patrick Lynch (January 7, 1945 – March 5, 2017) was an American cartoonist who played a key role in the underground comix movement with his Bijou Funnies and other titles.

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Joe Simko

Joe Simko is a New York City based illustrator who has contributed to Topps’ Garbage Pail Kids and Wacky Packages trading cards.

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Kim Deitch

Kim Deitch (born May 21, 1944 in Los Angeles, California)Donahue, Don and Susan Goodrick, editors.

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Leaf Brands

Leaf Brands, LLC is a candy company based in Newport Coast, Newport Beach, California.

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M. Wartella

Michael M. Wartella (born August 19, 1976) is an American underground cartoonist, animator, writer and director based in New York City, generally publishing under the name M. Wartella or just Wartella.

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Mark Parisi

Mark Parisi (born 1961) is the creator of Off the Mark, a comic panel which began in 1987 and now appears in 100 newspapers, as well as on greeting cards, T-shirts, and more.

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Non-Sport Update

Non-Sport Update (sometimes abbreviated as NSU) is a magazine founded by Roxanne Toser Non-Sport Enterprises, Inc. for collectors of non-sport and entertainment trading cards. Wacky Packages and non-Sport Update are trading cards.

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Norman Saunders

Norman Blaine Saunders (January 1, 1907 – March 7, 1989) was a prolific 20th-century American commercial artist. Wacky Packages and Norman Saunders are trading cards.

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Parody

A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.

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Ralston Purina

Ralston Purina Company was a St. Louis, Missouri,–based American conglomerate with substantial holdings in animal feed, food, pet food, consumer products, and entertainment.

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Shedd's Peanut Butter

Shedd's was an American brand of peanut butter, from the manufacturer of Shedd's Spread.

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Sticker

A sticker is a type of label: a piece of printed paper, plastic, vinyl, or other material with temporary or permanent pressure sensitive adhesive on one side. Wacky Packages and sticker are stickers.

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Tom Sutton

Thomas F. Sutton (April 15, 1937 – May 1, 2002) at the Social Security Death Index.

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Topps

The Topps Company, Inc. is an American company that manufactures trading cards and other collectibles.

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Trading card

A trading card (or collectible card) is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description of the picture, along with other text (attacks, statistics, or trivia). Wacky Packages and trading card are trading cards.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Packages

Also known as Wacky Ads, Wacky Package, Wacky Packs.

Wacky Packages, the Glossary

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See also

Parodies of advertising

Products introduced in 1967

Stickers

Topps franchises

References