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| Wacky Packages | 
 enlarge | Author: The Topps Company
Creator: Art Spiegelman
Publisher: Abrams
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $12.04
You Save: $7.91 (40%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 081099531X
Dewey Decimal Number: 745
EAN: 9780810995314
Publication Date: June 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
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 is sure to amuse collectors and fans young and old.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
Wacky ephemera in book form December 15, 2008
This is a great book put together with care. The cover is made of a similar waxy paper that we all know from unwrapping these sticker/card collections when we were kids. Series 1-7 are all pictured and each image is given a full page. The intro is by Art Spiegelman. Who knew he worked at Topps?
The book is not very large but reproduces the art at double the size, which is nice. This book is a must have for any fan of these cards as well as anyone who loves nostalgia and ephemera in general.
A great book all around.
 Very good, but a tad less than I'd been led to expect December 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got my copy of the book today. Most of the images do indeed show a level of detail and a richness of color largely unseen until now. However, several of the images were clearly scanned from the mass-produced stickers and are muddy and misregistered to varying degrees (see Lavirus for very obvious example of this). I'm just happy and amazed that Topps had retained as many of the original color separations as they did. Nice li'l book, and count me in for the sequel. Until then, you'll find me at wackypackages(dot)org.
Wrong edition received November 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ordered on November 22, 2008, but must already be too late to receive the 1st printing, as I received the 2nd printing, instead (even though picture of book's dust jacket on Amazon product page is of 1st edition, as indicated by "Interview with Art Spiegelman"--whereas 2nd printing says "Introduction by Art Spiegelman"). The four bonus stickers included in the back are: Schmutz Beer, Alcohol Seltzer, Blast Blew Ribbon Beer, and KOOK Cigarettes.
Wacky Packages..Really Takes Me Back.... November 18, 2008
They were making these stickers when I was still a young child. My brother used to stick them all over his bedstead (fond memories) and I'd stick them on my school portfolios in Middle School. Always good for a laugh, then and now. The book is a neat time machine, of sorts. Though it only covers a few series and decades, it's still a great memorial to the concept "What If...MAD made stickers of the products/genres/fads/styles that they parodied?" (yes I grew up with MAD too.) I recommend this interesting book, esp. if you grew up with the stickers and some of the tacky stuff they make fun of.
Collections strong in advertising, art, or collectibles will find it a popular pick October 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
'Wacky Packages' are a series of collectible stickers featuring parodies of consumer products and brands. They first appeared in 1967 and were the only Topps Company product to achieve higher sales than their line of baseball cards - but until now have received relatively slim mention. This new book is the first collection of Series One through Seven and offers images of over two hundred rare stickers. Collections strong in advertising, art, or collectibles will find it a popular pick with each page offering a full-page color image of a 'wacky package' sticker.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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