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In the 1980s a bunch of underground cartoonists parodied a popular doll. The result was GARBAGE PAIL KIDS TRADING CARDS. This product tapped into the international kid zeitgeist. It spoke against the corporate culture that was being fed to a rebellious generation. To quote featured, Pulitzer-Prize winning co-creator Art Spiegelman, “We were bringing the counter culture to a new generation of kids, only it was the candy counter. “

There’s a rich cartoon, parody history hidden in these small time capsules known as trading cards. This documentary celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Topps Company Garbage Pail Kids. It’s jam-packed with interviews with the original creators, artists and actors of the movie with the same name. Grown-up kids share nostalgic memories of what it was like to be a part of a world-wide sensation. We mark this simple bubble gum collectible as a true art form of the 20th century.

Art Spiegelman - Pulitzer-Prize winning graphic novel artist/writer of MAUS / Co-creator GPK John Pound - Original GPK artist / Painted Original Series 1 and 2 / Fantasy painter James Warhola - Original GPK artist / Nephew of pop-art icon Andy Warhol Adam F. Goldberg - Producer / Creator of ABC network hit, The Goldbergs 1 TOM BUNK - Original GPK artist / MAD MAGAZINE contributor / underground cartoonist JAY LYNCH - Original GPK series concept artist / legendary underground Comix artist / humorist MARK NEWGARDEN - Co-creator GPK / underground cartoonist GARY GERANI - King of Cards / screenwriter PUMPKINHEAD / creator DINOSAURS ATTACKS LEN BROWN - co-creator MARS ATTACKS, former TOPPS creative director Actors from ‘80s film Garbage Pail Kids the Movie: Mackenzie Astin, Debbie Lee Carrington, ARTURO GIL etc.

Artists’ relationship to the commercial products they create Popularity of the controversial, counter-culture, kid-targeted art form Brief history of comic and sport trading cards Legendary case of parody copyright lawsuit Original trading card art paintings of puking, zitty and snotty dolls reaching sky-rocketing monetary value

Joe Simko, current Topps Garbage Pail Kids artist, lead the documentary team as a screen writer and art director. Joe has his own freelance art career and is the CCO of trading card company, Wax Eye, View his illustration portfolio at SWEETROT.COM or at facebook.com/sweetrot.

Jeff Zapata, Topps Art Director (1997-2013), acted as a bridge from the veteran ‘80s Garbage Pail Kids artists/creators to current artists. Jeff provided the heart of the film with commentary, historical content, and access to key, essential interviews. Jeff’s background includes Valiant Comics and freelancing as an artist for nu- merous comic/trading card companies. View his illustration portfolio at facebook.com/jeff.zapata.3.

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tITLE: 30 yEARS OF GARBAGE TAGLINE: THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS STORY TOTAL Running Time: 1 hour 54 min ASPECT RATIO: 16:9 AUDIO: 5.1 / STEREO Language: English Type: Feature Documentary Categories: Art, Cartooning, Humor, Parody, Collectible Trading Cards

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25TH TORONTO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL / MAY 4 - 14 / tjff.com The Toronto Jewish Film Foundation produces programming and projects offering the best feature films, documentaries and shorts from Canada and around the world, on themes of Jewish culture and identity. The Foundation is dedicated to using film for its contemporary popular value and accessibility, in order to reflect the diversity of the Jewish experience internationally. 30 YEARS OF GARBAGE features Art Spiegelman ( Pulitzer- Prize winner for MAUS) and Adam F. Goldberg (Creator and Executive Producer of ABC’s The Goldbergs).

Meadowlands Expo Center, Secaucus, nj / APR 29th - 30th / eastcoastcomicon.com The GPK stars are out and shining! James Warhola, Tom Bunk, Jeff Zapata, Joe Simko and Mark Pingitore appear as guests and part of the Saturday afternoon panel discussion on the Garbage Pail Kids stickers and the Garbage Pail Kids documentary film.

Allentown, PA / APR 22ND - 23RD 2017 / phillynon-sportscardshow.com Artists Joe Simko, Jeff Zapata, Layron DeJarnette and Producers Aaron J. Booton and June Gonzales gather to celebrate recently-deceased veteran GPK artist and writer, Jay Lynch. Panel discussion on Garbage Pail Kids and the documentary film. Special Saturday night dinner special tribute to Jay Lynch.

4 Oct 9th - noon / LIVESTAGE BOOTH #154 Directors Jeff Zapata and Joe Simko along with veteran Garbage Pail Kids artist Tom Bunk interviewed on stage with LIVE stream.

sumerset, nj / aug 27 - 28 See a GPK circus of stars! Including: “Jolly” James Warhola , “Joking” Jay Lynch, “Marky” Mark Pingitore, “Joltin’” Joe Simko (Curent Topps artist) and “Jazzy” Jeff Zapata ( former Topps Gpk editor/art director, Documentary Co-director and current Topps sketch card artist, whew!). All this and a special sneak 15 min peek at the GPK documentary. Plus! Panel discussions with top artists featured in the critically acclaimed new documentary. With all this, one can not argue that this is truly the age of GPK.

5 LAS VEGAS, ND / aug 5th - 7th / ORLEANS ARENA It was the largest gathering of GARBAGE PAIL KIDS artists, fans, collectors, and family all under one roof. We are so happy for the amazing turn out and support for this niche and quirky cartoon trading card art that we all grew up with in the 1980’s. And happy to introduce this GPK art to (corrupt) a new generation of little kids who became instant fans.

cleveland, ohio / Sat July 23rd + wed July 27th

new york city / Fri July 1st

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June Gonzales, Co-producer [email protected]

12 DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Joe Simko Aaron J. Booton Matthew Chojnacki DIRECTOR Jeff Zapata CO-PRODUCERS June Gonzales EDITOR Joe Simko June Gonzales Jeff Zapata

COMPOSER PRODUCERS Dr.Chud Krystle-Dawn Willing Adam F. Goldberg Thank you to all the Garbage Pail Kids Fans! ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS Matthew E. Hawkins FEATURING (in order of appear- Steven Neace ance) Art Spiegelman WRITER Len Brown Joe Simko Tom Bunk Mark Newgarden Editors James Warhola June Gonzales Jay Lynch Craig Gordon Gary Gerani John Pound MOTION GRAPHICS Aaron J. Booton Kevin Coppa Rebekah McKendry Jesse Cervantes Brian Henkel June Gonzales Adam F. Goldberg Roxanne Toser DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Jeff Zapata Sean Tiedeman Simeon Lipman Scott Krycia Buff Monster Russell Flawn SET DESIGNER Mackenzie Astin Joe Chapman Debbie Lee Carrington Arturo Gil PAINTERS Kevin Thompson Willow Csulik Ron MacLachlan Amanda Stern Brent Engstrom Kevin Kirner Layron DeJarnette Kia Nguyen Mark Pingitore Joe Simko Production Assistant David Gross Travis Pilat Andrew Leitzel James Houx FOLEY ARTIST Jimmy Houx Joe Simko Vivi Houx 13 CAMERA OPERATORS itz Family Libby Csulik Tito Calderons April Engstrom Matthew Stafford Scott Krycia Stephen Sodergren Jeremiah Peck Maritess Gonzales-Dorais Sean Tiedeman Robert Fried Michael Stuart Braum MUSIC CLEARANCE Patrick McCrone Matthew Chojnacki Jason Blissett David Kassman The makers of the film would Heather Yaffee McDonald like to extend our thanks Don Yaffee to all the artists and writers Jay Powell who ever worked on the Topps Mark Brown Garbage Pail Kids collections Steve Bolsover Paul Sacco THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR Paul Brown THEIR SUPPORT Chris Kennett Aaron J. Booton Nick Cerantonio Matthew Chojnacki Paul Oldenburg Adam F. Goldberg Brian Sehrer Steven D. Neace Jay McMunn Sandy, Clint & the Coleman Family Steve Mash Shawn Hoesel Louise Carey James, Geneva, Jimmy & Vivi Houx Chris Pirillo Chance Raspberry George Gaspar Adam Thompson Douglas Hurley & Family Rahul R. Puar Brandon R. Hester Jason Alexander Tony Piscitelli Jeff Zerin Matt Oldweiler Jeremy Kelley Sanjeev S. Selvaraj Jeremiah Bradtke Dov D Kelemer Rafael Sánchez Baz Damin Toell Nicholas J Bublitz Mike Redman Andrew Grigston Cory Pierce Roy Jones Denley Vargas Tarrah Dean Lindsey Cooper Norman Mah Adam M. Vick Ferreira Luis Thomas B. Meyer Kyle Dawson Jason Adam Schwartz Bobby Johnson Joe King Geronimo Gaona Joachim Horvitz Finn Wotherspoon Damon Young Fred Wheaton Daniel Bengtzzon David Vandecar & Family Kory Grella Wade A. Barger Bryan Black Blas Curtis Chavira Chris Kinyon Giovanni, Frederick & the Siena-Horow- 14 Jeremy Malta David Haglund Ben Walton Viktor Korthals Michael Nelson Andrew Risch John C. Roberts Jeff Hinds Travis Tierno Denny Panik Edward B. Opdyke Maarten Prinsen Simon Jacobsohn Matt Murphy Brian Millett Travis Schafer Phil Ringe Matthew Burrell Christopher J. Brelo Mary Liposchak Jesko Miguel Pulido John Knapp Ryan Messmann Ken Alger Dave Bole Jr. Jack Truex Tonya Rice Cory M Jackson Derek Berlin Craig Durkee Johnny, Briana, & Kaitlyn Nichols Chris Ware Melissa Debono Jason Biller Kevin Sproles Jeffrey Hawes Robert B. Fried Wesley Young Jeff Rockholt Matt Tarulli Ben Mudek Russell Flawn DJ Mote Anthony DiCioccio Adam Whitman Michael Bordner Clark Kirst Stuart Kerns Mike Mantel Anthony R. Kubal Adam BOMBED Arrington Tim Lipani Ken Reid Andrew Flor Oliver Rawls Carl Ruffer Brian Balchack Susan Kondravy Amy & Keith Wehr Joey Robert Vincent Ellen S. Abramowitz David Wilson Mario Hurtado David Hoffmann Luke Hazell John Ray Sandin Erik A. Williams Philip Kalinko John J. Clements Matthew McLain Santiago Carrillo Art Gladue & Family Mike Paunovich Matt Leptuck Jeremiah D. Peck Robert J Gomez III Michael Friesen Nick Lagasse Kirby Nelson Alex MacPhee Bethsabelin M Camacho Antony Salem SPECIAL THANKS TO Geoff Cort Richard Gelman, Andrew Gelman & the Deplanque Yann Gelman family Kenny Ward II Karen Sullivan Alf Berg Cynthia Varnes Zarrilli Brian Buckley Wayco Wirz 15 80s Kids Rule Demonstrators Marching in the March Chapman Productions on Washington, 1963, Photo by Robert Edwards Auctions Marion S. Trikosko Hotaka REDHOT Saito Stan Hart Photo, Courtesy of Russell Flawn Drew Friedman MAD Mike Boyajian Sixties Kitchen, Photo by Pablo Dodda Damon Young City of Portland (OR) Archives SW 4th Neil Camera Ave and Washington St. looking north. Dov Kelemer & Sarah Jo Marks A2005-001.1113. 1946 Bryan Green John Cafiero FOOTAGE Russell Vandiver Miller Center, University of Virginia Joaquim Horvitz Reinhold Kocaurek Brad Palkovich & the crew at Enemy Ink NBCUniversal Archives Matt Oldweiler CBS Productions Lucian Everhard ABCNEWS VideoSource Kyle Dawson The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) Maritess Gonzales-Dorais Directed by Rod Amateau Blanche & Lumi Oreo ® MGM / Atlantic Entertainment Group / Ginger Zapata Topps Chewing Gum Tom & Betsy Simko Dr. & Mrs. George T. Gonzales AUDIO POST PRODUCTION Audio Post Production provided by A TRASH-BAG FULL OF THANKS TO The End Audio Productions THESE WEBSITES SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR: GPKWorld.com Roman Chimienti GPKCustoms.com RE-RECORDING MIXER: Jay Pellizzi GPKUG.com Mixed at HOTheads Studios NYC GEEPEEKAY.com GPK Collectors Corner MUSIC GPK Wacky Warehouse “1980s Was So Great” Wayne’s Reference Guide Written & Performed by DR.CHUD © 2016 XWARD MUSIC (BMI) COURTESY OF Giraffe at Bush Terminal, Photo by “We’re the Garbage Pail Kids” John Orris / The New York Times / Redux Written by DR.CHUD Bush Terminal Fenced Yard, Photo by Performed by DR.CHUD & the Garbage Christopher Adams Pail Kids Gang Bush Terminal Exterior, Photos by © 2016 XWARD MUSIC (BMI) Scott Sendrow Bush Terminal location images, “You Can Be a Garbage Pail Kid” Courtesy of Google Earth & Google Words and Music by Michael Lloyd Maps Produced and Arranged by Michael Vietnam War Protestors at the March Lloyd for Mike Curb Productions on the Pentagon, Photo by Frank Performed by Jimmy Scarlett & The Wolfe Dimensions © 1987 Curb Records Vietnam War Protest in Washington DC April 1971, Photo Leena A. Krohn 16 “CBGB Sucks” Performed by Joe Simko & DR.CHUD Words by Joe Simko Courtesy of Clogged Arteries Music

ORIGINAL SCORE WRITTEN AND PER- FORMED BY: DR.CHUD

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In loving memory of our friend, Jay Lynch.