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published
June 1st 2008
by Abrams
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Hardcover, 240 pages
isbn
081099531X
(isbn13: 9780810995314)
description
Wacky Packages—a series of collectible stickers featuring parodies of consumer products and well-known brands and packaging—were first produced by the...more
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Read in February, 2009
A trip down memory lane. The opening and closing essays by Art Spiegelman and Jay Lynch (respectively) alone are worth the book, which consists of--besides the essays--entirely of reprints of artwork: "Moobelline... Cow Mascara"! "Monotony... World's Quietest Bored Game"! and the classic "Quacker Oats, along with many many others, are just hilarious.
For the uninitiated, "Wacky Packs" were stickers sold by the Topps company in the 70's (they'd app...more
For the uninitiated, "Wacky Packs" were stickers sold by the Topps company in the 70's (they'd app...more
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I love Wacky Packages. In fact, I still have my collection from when I was a kid preserved in a special binder. This book is a collection of the stickers from series 1 - 7. Nice for a stroll down memory lane.
Suggestion for future editions: to really complete the experience they should have a scratch-n-sniff page scented as that powdered sheet rock bubble gum that would crack into shards as you began to chew it.
Suggestion for future editions: to really complete the experience they should have a scratch-n-sniff page scented as that powdered sheet rock bubble gum that would crack into shards as you began to chew it.
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Read in December, 2008
In the right hands, throw up, maggots, and blood letting can make you smile. (But it's true -- the end papers, with Art's crib sheet for generating puns, is what holds my interest longer than the cards themselves.)
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So awesome! Who knew these were done by Art Spiegelman & Bill Griffiths? We were not "throwing away our allowance on crap" after all!
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Read in September, 2008
recommended to David Glenn by:
Leonard (maybe?)recommends it for: Anyone who loved WPs as a kid
Five stars if it had come with gum.
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Read in April, 2008
This is a solid little block of awesome. A time machine disguised as a book that sent me back to my goggle-eyed days as a rabid collector of these original series of Wacky Packs (yeah, I'm old enough to have bought them when they were 7 cents a pack). The book design is excellent (love the wax-paper dust jacket) and the reproductions are sharp and lovely. A must-own book.
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Would it have killed Topps to include any sort of annotations to "Wacky Packages?" Preliminary sketches, ancecdotes, comparisons with real products, et al would have been much appreciated. The perfunctory foreward and afterword provide the only sort of context. Fansites already have all of the images, plus many of these extras. Superfluous.
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Read in August, 2008
This brought back a lot of memories. I had these stickers as a child. It could have been improved by indicating what product was being spoofed on each page. Not all those products are still sold today, and some I just don't remember. Over all, though, it's fun to have around. It's a great conversation starter!
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Read in June, 2008
Long before Garbage Pail Kids, there were Wacky Packages. Subversive cards that mocked popular advertising and packaging. Oh, how I loved them. Thanks to this handsome little collection I took a long walk down memory lane, and learned that none other than Art Spiegelman was one of the artists.
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Read in September, 2008
I took this home for Tom. I leafed through it. It was entertaining in an elementary school kind of way. Made me giggle and think things were gross...
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Ooh, I saw this at the MoMa here in NYC, and had to restrain myself from buying it. Fun nostalgia!
