2022 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: Book Worms Checklist Overview
The base set has 200 total sticker cards — 100 different pieces of art, each with the traditional A/B name variations. The set tackles classic books and characters.
Parallels are done with a variety of colors, many of which adopt the literary theme as well:
- Booger Green – (1 per hobby and retail pack)
- Inkwell Black (hobby collector boxes only)
- Moby Dick Grey – /199
- Sleep Drool Blue – /99 (hobby only)
- Red Herring Red – /75 (hobby collector only)
- Fool’s Gold – /50
- Printing Plates – 1/1
Artist Autograph parallels are also available. These come with on-card signatures.
On the insert front, Authors of Their Own Misfortune features art from GPK legend Tom Bunk. Only in hobby and retail boxes (1:3 packs), famous writers are depicted as Garbage Pail Kids.
Hobby collector boxes have a pair of exclusive standard chase sets, each of which are one per box.
Book Marked! pokes fun at reading slogans. Wacky Packages Prose offer their own brand of parody on books and magazines.
GPK Patch Cards are another hobby collector-exclusive. Base versions have 199 copies with additional Blue (/99), Red (/75), Gold (/50) and FoilFractor (1/1) parallels also available.
Standard sketch cards, all of which come with original art, are only in hobby and retail packs. Hobby collector packs have Shaped Sketch Cards and triple-panel Triptych Sketch Cards.
Every hobby collector box also has a GPK Iron-On Patch that can be collected or stuck on your favorite jean jacket.
2022 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: Book Worms at a glance:
Cards per pack: Hobby – 8, Hobby Collector – 8
Packs per box: Hobby – 24, Hobby Collector – 24
Boxes per case: Hobby – 8, Hobby Collector – 8
Set size: 200 cards
Release date: July 27, 2022
What to expect in a hobby box:
- Authors of Their Own Misfortune – 8
- Booger Green Parallels – 24
What to expect in a hobby collector box:
- Sketch Cards, Autographs or Commemorative Patch Cards – 1
- Book Marked! – 1
- Wacky Packages Prose – 1
- GPK Iron-On Patches – 1