The saga of the Garbage Pail Kids is set to continue this fall. Dynamite has announced Garbage Pail Kids: Trashin’ Through Time, a new series which finds the titular trash tots sent from the past of their previous series to the ’80s. The sequel to Garbage Pail Kids: Origins comes from the creative team of writers Adam F. Goldberg and Hans Rodionoff and artists Jeff Zapata and Chris Meeks. Each issue of the series will also come polybagged with an exclusive GPK trading card.
Here’s how Dynamite describes GPK: Trashin’ Through Time:
The hit creative conglomerate is back for more gross-out goodness. Their previous series was called “absolute trash in the best way possible” by a leading outlet. That is the energy being captured once more, as the titular colorful cast finds themselves flung from their World War II origins to a 1980s ruled by their own kind. It’s Planet of the Apes in the style of the GPK, and fans of all eras will not want to miss this riot of a tale!
Each issue of the series will receive multiple variant covers, and each issue, regardless of cover, will come polybagged with a trading card. The first three variant covers’ cards will bear the cover art, while the fourth, classic trading card variant cover’s card featuring art from an interior page.
In a statement announcing the new series, Goldberg, Zapata, and Rodionoff all sounded off about where the story fits in the lore of the Garbage Pail Kids they’re building at Dynamite:
In talking about the new series and how it picks up from their previous stories, Goldberg said, “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.”
Rodionoff pointed out what makes this run of stories different, “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.”
The Garbage Pail Kids were created by Art Spiegelman, Mark Newgarden, and John Pound for Topps back in the early ’80s. The characters from the popular trading card series have appeared in numerous comics over the years from publishers including Topps, IDW, and now Dynamite.
Check out covers for the first issue by Meeks and Tom Bunk, plus a cover featuring classic trading card art, below, as well as the cover for the Garbage Pail Kids: Origins trade paperback, which will be available at the same time as the series’ launch. Garbage Pail Kids: Trashin’ Through Time #1 is due out in October.
