Bizarre Holidays June

Bizarre Holidays June was Topps’ third month of weekly Garbage Pail Kids holiday sets in 2020, and it was part of the online run as a month-long continuation of the same idea, with each week built around a holiday of the month. The sets continued through June, and Topps said collectors could expect the holiday releases to continue into July.

Each weekly release was sold on Topps.com as a small online set. A single set cost $19.99, while a lot of 10 was offered for $179.99, and the weekly sales window ran for six or seven days depending on the week. Topps also offered 10 by 14 posters for $19.99, and free shipping was available with the SmartPost option. The June Week 1 posters also picked up “Peel here” text and the card number, which had not appeared on earlier posters.

Across the month, each weekly set contained 10 cards built from 5 new paintings, with A and B versions for those images. The June sets were painted by Joe Simko, Brent Engstrom, Neil Camera, and, in Week 3, David Gross joined the mix.

The print runs gave collectors some real numbers to watch. Week 1’s print run was 478 copies, Week 2 finished at 492, Week 3 sold 502, and Week 4 jumped to 650, which set a new high for the Bizarre Holidays line at the time. That late-month rise fits the pattern Topps was seeing. Names from the month include Joe Simko, Brent Engstrom, Neil Camera, and David Gross, with the holiday theme carrying the set through the whole run.