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Wacky
Packages-a series of collectible stickers featuring parodies
of consumer products and well-known brands and packaging-were
first produced by the Topps company in 1967, then revived
in 1973 for a highly successful run. In fact, for the first
two years they were published, Wacky Packages were the only
Topps product to achieve higher sales than their flagship
line of baseball cards. The series has been relaunched several
times over the years, most recently to great success in 2007.
Known
affectionately among collectors as "Wacky Packs,"
as a creative force with artist Art Spiegelman, the stickers
were illustrated by such notable comics artists as Kim Deitch,
, Bill Griffith, Jay Lynch, and Norm Saunders.
This first-ever
collection of Series One through Series Seven (from 1973 and
1974) celebrates the 35th anniversary of Wacky Packages, and
includes images of all 223 rare hard-to-find collectible stickers.
Includes interview with Art Spiegelman and bonus pack of four
rare and never-before-printed Wacky Packages stickers.
Measures
approximately 7.5" x 5.75", 240 pages, hardcover
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