Garbage Pail Kids | Wie würden die Protagonisten der Karten heute aussehen | Ein witziges Fotoprojekt von Bruton Stoube

Was wäre wenn - Garbage Pail Kids Karten 30 Jahre später.

Kennt Ihr sie vielleicht auch noch, diese geschmacklosesen Tradingcards, welche eigentlich Aufkleber waren?! Diese Päckchen, die man sich als 12-Jähriger am Kiosk für eine Mark kaufte und Spaß an den kranken Bildern hatte?!

Garbage Pail Kids, eine Parodie auf die "niedlichen" Cabbage Patch Kids - überniedliche Babypuppengesichter, die in den 80ern auf einmal bei fast jedem Mädchen im Kinderzimmer auftauchten. Wir Jungs hatten auf jeden Fall ein Freudenfest mit diesem Gegenpool. Es war 1986, als die absurden Tradingcards aus Amerika über den großen Teich die deutschen Schulhöfe fluteten und mit Motiven und Namen wie "Atom Anton" oder amerikanisch halt "Adam Bomb" unser Taschengeld aus dem Portemonnaie zogen und so herrlich zum Atomlabor passt. Brutale Motive mit diesem kindlichen Touch, genau das was ein heranwachsender in diesem Alter brauchte. Fryin´Bryan der gerade auf einem elektrischen Stuhl saß, die Faulige Paula, usw... höchst makaber, bunt, trashig und begehrt.

In den USA lief die Serie fast durchgehend über all die Jahre, doch bei uns war direkt nach der ersten Serie Schluss. keine Ahnung, ob durch Pädagogen ausgelöste Proteste oder ob die sich schlecht verkauft haben. Letzteres kann ich mir kaum vorstellen, da wir in der Schule danach total verrückt waren und ich Menschen kenne, die die komplette Serie besitzen. 

 

Das Kunst-Projekt aus dem Fotostudio

Zurück zum Projekt von Bruton Stoube, Jake Houvenagle (eins höchst talentierter Art Director und Designer) und Brandon Voges (ein Lifestyle Fotograf), haben sich mal ausgetobt und rumgesponnen, wie die Garbage Pail Kids heute so aussehen würden und wie ihr Leben bisher verlief. Wer die Karten kennt, wird hier einen Retroflash erleben und wie ich amüsiert sein. 

Danke an das Bruton Stroube Studio für die Veröffentlichungsrechte hier auf Atomlabor Blog - jetzt aber zu den Pics und Storys.

Adam Bomb

As a small child, Adam had no idea how much of an impact pressing that button would have on his life (and everyone else’s).  He’s had to live with that horrible, juvenile decision for his entire life, in this wasteland that he created.  He lost everyone and everything, and was the only one that survived the destruction.  It’s been the source of major depression throughout his life (and his head).  Although that dented head has healed, his heart has remained a wasteland.

Armpit Britt

Britt is the poster child for growing up tough. Her pit hair started growing early, and fast. Shaving did nothing, and as a poor family they had no money for laser treatment or waxing. She lived in a trailer with seven other extended family members, one of them being a touchy uncle who loved fondling her armpit hair.  She turned to drugs at an early age. By 15, she had been to jail and rehab more times than the number of pit dreads under her arms. Britt turned things around the best she could, and now sober, she provides for her five kids working steadily at two jobs at the local truck stop and corner liquor store.

Barfin’ Barbara

Barbara was a complete outcast when she first started using her own puke in her cooking.  But now with all the free range, naturally prepared and sustainable products flooding the market, she’s made a very successful career as a private chef in Hollywood. She cooks for the stars and has multiple locations of Barb’s Re-Bites, specializing in intestinally marinated meats and stomach pickled organic veggies. She’s cooked for many A-list celebs, including Gweneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon and Seal.

Bony Tony

Tony did pretty well with the ladies in high school. They always wanted to get “under his skin,” curious what would be hiding under that zipper. In college, Tony partied hard, eventually dropped out, never to return. He was good with his hands, but unable to hold down a construction gig or any of the local assembly line jobs because of the safety concerns related to his loose skin. Tony decided he had a real gift, and took it to the stage. He has been headlining a low end Chippendales knock off in old town Vegas for the last 14 years.

Noah Body

Noah has become known for that optimistic smile. Born with no body, his options were limited. To survive, he begged for change in exchange for pencils. He spent most of his childhood homeless, but always had that smile. He knew he was destined for bigger things, body or not. With that smile and charm he worked his way from being homeless on the tough streets of New York, to being the founder and owner of Pencil Club, a monthly pencil delivery service that has 20,000 employees and is the #1 pencil retailer in 42 countries. A fun Noah fact: He now owns the high-rise office building that he once begged in front of.

Clogged Duane

Who would have thought that a child who suffered such a traumatic, life-threatening experience would grow up to be the regional manager of a drain clearing and plumbing business?  Plumb Nutz was ranked in the top 900 businesses of Fairfax County (East division) and Duane has been helping people remove all sorts of goodies from choked pipes for the last 22 years. His horrible accident left him with a set of thin and flexible appendages which he now uses to snake through clogged drains, and, by tickling his toes, remove the culprits.

Fun Fact:

1994 hatte man in Deutschland unter dem Namen "Die total kaputten Kids" ein zweiter Versuch gestartet, aber auch da war nach einer Serie Ende. Ist halt nicht wirklich pädagogisch und politisch korrekt gewesen ;)

Die "Making of" Pics könnt Ihr Euch direkt bei Bruton Stoube angucken.

 

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