In other words, MY kind of kids!” He adds, “I’m hoping to create a book series that captures all the loopy slapstick fun of these uniquely awful characters, to get all middle-grade kids reading - and laughing.” “ The Garbage Pail Kids are ghastly, loud, messy, out of control. As Stine lauds of the deal in a statement: Each book will be packaged with four exclusive sticker cards. The first of the initial trio, Welcome to Smellville, is already set to arrive on store shelves sometime this fall, depicting the exploits of previously one-dimensional trading card characters such as Adam Bomb (the exploding head mascot of the franchise), Brainy Janie, Junkfood John and Nervous Rex. Stine for a three-book deal with the children’s division of publisher Abrams Books to produce a middle-grade-aimed series of books based on the Garbage Pail Kids, as EW reveals.
The Topps Company, perennial producers of the classic crude sticker cards, is teaming with author R.L. Moreover, this ‘80s icon is about to be tackled by a mainstay of 1990s culture, Goosebumps author R.L. Garbage Pail Kids may be best known as a purposefully-puke-inducing trading card parody of a specific moment of mid-1980s ennui in the aftermath of the Cabbage Patch Kids toy phenomenon (notably the 1983 holiday retail riots it caused), but the franchise is still kicking in 2020.
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