Wacky Packages | 
 enlarge | Author: The Topps Company
Creator: Art Spiegelman
Publisher: Abrams
Category: Book
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 4490
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 081099531X
Dewey Decimal Number: 745
EAN: 9780810995314
ASIN: 081099531X
Publication Date: June 1, 2008
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Product Description
DIVWacky Packages#8212;a series of collectible stickers featuring parodies of consumer products and well-known brands and packaging#8212;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. BRBRKnown affectionately among collectors as #8220;Wacky Packs,#8221; 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. BRBRThis 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./DIV
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Wacky Packages..Really Takes Me Back.... November 18, 2008
Raphael Knight (York ME)
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
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
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. br / br /Diane C. Donovan br /California Bookwatch br /
 A fun book September 21, 2008
James D. Crabtree (Fayetteville, NC USA)
This illustrated several stickers I remember but LOTS I never saw. This is a fun look at what humor used to be like.
From Wacky to Zippy September 15, 2008
Bill Griffith
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As one of the cartoonists who created a few of the Wacky Packages shown in the book, my view of the project is far from objective---but I thought it was fun to see such pop ephemera resurface 34 years later as an Abrams art book! Who would've thought, back in 1974, as I cruised the aisles of the San Francisco Safeway with Art Spiegelman, hunting for likely targets, that our little barbs sent at consumerism and package design would have such staying power? I shudder to think it, but more people probably saw my "Generally Demented Light Bulbs" or "Kentucky Fried Fingers" Wacky Packs than ever read one of my Zippy comic books. br / -Bill Griffith br /Zippy:Walk A Mile In My Muu-Muu(Zippy (Graphic Novels))
Fun Book September 15, 2008
L. Payne
It was fun just to see all those old packages. Good coffee table book.
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