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Read an interview with Fred about his trading card art at Barren Aaron's Garbage Pail Kids Reference Guide.
Fred began designing parody trading cards and stickers for The Topps Company in February 2006. To date, his concepts have been the basis for finished art in three Wacky Packages sets (including collaborations with his talented wife, Renee Davis); two Garbage Pail Kids series; and Hollywood Zombies. His roughs have been turned into final paintings by illustrators such as John Pound, David Gross, John Zeleznik, Brent Engstrom, Layron DeJarnette, Claude St. Aubin, Mark Sparacio, and Hermann Meija. Fred has also painted four of his own designs for Topps.
Fred designed three cards in this set, published December 2007.
| # | Title | Painter |
|---|---|---|
| 14a/14b | Coral Carson/Cora Reef | Brent Engstrom |
| 36a/36b | Car Jack/Scrap Heath | Layron Dejarnette |
| 37a/37b | Extra Christie/Chick Ken | Fred Harper |
Issued in February 2007, this set included Fred's first published trading card painting (#38a/38b).
| # | Title | Painter |
|---|---|---|
| 10a/10b | Nested Ernesto/Eliot Nest | John Pound |
| 11a/11b | Snakes in Dwayne/Tapeworm Tanner | Layron Dejarnette |
| 17a/17b | Scott Pocket/Cal Zoned | John Pound |
| 38a/38b | I-Clod Todd/MP Trey | Fred Wheaton |
Garbage Pail Kids links
Published September 2007. Fred designed 15 titles in the 80-card base set, and painted 3 of them.
| # | Title | Concept Writer/Artist | Painter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajinx | Fred Wheaton (concept) | John Zeleznik (painting) |
| 3 | Oscar Mauler | Fred Wheaton (concept) | Richard Clark (painting) |
| 11 | Miracle Weep | Fred Wheaton (concept) | Fred Wheaton (pencils, painting) |
| 12 | Yo Playa | Fred Wheaton (concept) | John Zeleznik (painting) |
| 35 | Grad | Fred Wheaton (concept) | Richard Clark (painting) |
| 36 | Lorna Doom | Fred Wheaton (concept) | Fred Wheaton (pencils, painting) |
| 46 | Purelf | Fred Wheaton(concept) | John Zeleznik (painting) |
| 52 | Jelly Bully | Fred Wheaton | Fred Wheaton |
| 53 | Quiet Pupsi | Fred Wheaton | John Pound |
| 54 | Froot Oops | Fred Wheaton | John Zeleznik |
| 55 | Y'All | Fred Wheaton | John Zeleznik |
| 56 | Dissed Miss | Fred Wheaton | Richard Clark |
| 62 | Lubridirt | Fred Wheaton | Richard Clark |
| 72 | Sloth Scrub | Fred Wheaton | Richard Clark |
| 74 | Scorch Tape | Fred Wheaton | Richard Clark |
Published March 2007.
| # | Title | Concept Writer/Artist | Painter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Cavemanwich | Fred Wheaton (concept) | John Zeleznik |
| 4 | Crush! | Fred Wheaton (concept) | John Zeleznik |
| 16 | Enlisterine | Renee Davis/Fred Wheaton (concept) | John Zeleznik |
| 17 | Doublemental | Fred Wheaton (concept) | John Zeleznik |
| 20 | Selsun Boo! | Fred Wheaton (concept) | John Zeleznik |
| 25 | Prestomb | Fred Wheaton (concept) | John Zeleznik |
| 37 | Sharkie | Fred Wheaton (concept) | John Zeleznik |
| 47 | Hivory | Fred Wheaton (concept) | John Pound |
| B1 | Blob Evans | Fred Wheaton (concept) | David Gross |
| B4 | Vise | Fred Wheaton (concept) | John Pound |
| B5 | Vulture Valley | Renee Davis/Fred Wheaton (concept) | Brent Engstrom |
Published July 2006. This was Fred's debut series with Topps.
| # | Title | Concept Writer/Artist | Painter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | The Da Vinci Cold | Fred Wheaton | John Pound |
| 18 | Twigglers | Fred Wheaton | Claude St. Aubin |
| 24 | Hoggin' Dogz | Renee Davis/Fred Wheaton | John Pound |
| 26 | Frogresso | Renee Davis/Fred Wheaton | John Pound |
| 28 | Elder's Glue | Fred Wheaton | John Zeleznik |
| 35 | Downer | Renee Davis/Fred Wheaton | David Gross |
| 42 | Maze-ola | Renee Davis/Fred Wheaton | Mark Sparacio |
| 47 | Tacky Packages | Renee Davis/Fred Wheaton | David Gross |
| B4 | St. Hives | Renee Davis/Fred Wheaton | Mark Sparacio |
Fred submitted these ideas to Topps, but they were not accepted.
| Wacky Title | Real Product | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Carbuncle Ben's | Uncle Ben's | Rejected from series 4, at least in part because Topps believed that kids would not know what a "carbuncle" is. The product was parodied as "Uncle Bone's" in series 5. |
| Peepsi | Pepsi | A little too weird. Dave Gross's "Popsi" was used in series 5, and Fred's "Quiet Pupsi" design appeared in series 6. |
| Germy Pale Kids | Garbage Pail Kids | "Germy" was in the running for a while, until Dave Gross's superior "Garbage Pail Geezers" was accepted for series 5. |
| Homely Bunches of Goats | Honey Bunches of Oats | There was already a goat-themed cereal title in series 4, so this never went anywhere. |
Wacky Packages links
Published June 2007. Fred did design and gag work on 14 of the published Zombies:
| # | Title | Painter |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Morguedonna | Gary Locke |
| 16 | Ghoulia Roberts | Richard Clark |
| 17 | Teri Hatchet | Richard Williams |
| 18 | Cameron Demise | Kei Acedera |
| 20 | Rachael Rot | Mark Sparacio |
| 21 | Gashlee Simpson | Hermann Meija |
| 24 | Janet Whackson | Richard Williams |
| 29 | Johnny Death | Hermann Meija |
| 34 | Halle Buried | Layron DeJarnette |
| 42 | Robert DeFearo | Layron DeJarnette |
| 45/B1/B2 | Britney Speared | Mark Frederickson |
| 54 | Samuel Hell Jackson | Layron DeJarnette |
| 67 | John Spewart & Stephen Ghoulbert | Drew Friedman |
| 68 | John Revolta | Richard Clark |
Hollywood Zombies links
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