A Look at The Best President Cut Signature Cards
One of America’s most enduring subversive illustration brands, Garbage Pail Kids, began in 1985, as a group of cartoonists created their first satirical offering – and quickly found immense popular and commercial success. The simplicity and consistency of the cards combined with hilariously imaginative illustrations and ridiculous nicknames, to create a trading card product that would become a cultural icon.
Built as a place for artists to take a crack at subversive satire, it comes as no surprise that some of the best and most memorable cards in the Garbage Pail Kids brand are poking fun at U.S. Presidents. With Election Day upon us, let’s take a look at some of the best Garbage Pail Kids cards to collect.
2015 Topps Garbage Pail Kids 30th Anniversary Presidents #6B Washed-Up Washington
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• first president
• remains arguably the most covetable president in the hobby
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• 10-card insert within gpk 30th anniversary set
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• parody of washington playing on the myth of the president’s wooden teeth
1985 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Series 2 #46A Rappin’ Ron
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• 40th president
• appeared in 53 films in his career as an actor before getting into politics
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• 84 total cards
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• reagan was president at the time of release and features him giving a speech behind the presidential seal
2013 Topps Garbage Pail Kids #96A Booger Barack
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• 44th president
• announced his first candidacy in illinois at same location that president lincoln delivered his famous ‘house divided’ speech
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• 146 total cards
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• parody of president obama’s iconic ‘hope’ campaign poster
2015 Topps Garbage Pail Kids 30th Anniversary Presidents #3A Richard Trixon
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• 37th president
• served as governor of california before eventually becoming president
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• 10-card insert within gpk 30th anniversary set
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• parody of nixon’s most memorable pose
2016 Topps Garbage Pail Kids American as Apple Pie Being Thrown in Your Face #15A Stinkin’ Lincoln
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• 16th president
• the lincoln memorial took eight years to complete (1914-1922)
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• 220 total cards
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• parody of historic lincoln memorial re-imagined as a toilet
