Fred Harper

Fred Harper is one of the newer Garbage Pail Kids artists, and his place in the line starts in 2008, when he contributed to All-New Series 7. He is credited with four pieces in that set, and they include Extra CHRISTIE, Chick KEN, Sub MAUREEN, and Diver DON. The four cards make up his whole GPK run in the bundle here, with All-New Series 7 as both his first and last set.

Harper has said that he came to the project as a longtime fan, that he studied earlier GPK cards and a style guide to learn the look, and that John Pound’s work shaped what he thought Garbage Pail Kids should be. He also said his first two test pieces were used in the bonus section. He worked in gouache on 4 ply Bristol.