Ekel-Kids (Germany)

Ekel-Kids was Germany’s 2004 Garbage Pail Kids album set, issued there in November under the Ekel-Kids name, with the cards and stickers translated into German and presented as an exact replica of the All New 1st U.K. Series Sticker Album Set.

The set runs to 192 images in all, with 181 regular and foil stickers and 11 poster stickers. The paper packs held 4 stickers and 1 foil card, and the cards are almost the same size as the U.S. cards, at about 2.5 x 3.5 inches. This was also the first German set to include non-base cards, specifically foil cards and eleven chase stickers.

The artwork and character pool draw from the New 1st and New 2nd U.S. series, along with older Garbage Pail Kids material, but there are no A-name or B-name twin cards here. Among the local kids are KALLE KANAL, KNACKI-KNUT, KLEMENS KLEB, DER VERGLUHTE PIET, CARMEN VON DARMEN, LEON NEON, and ZETTEL-KARSTEN, along with names like TESSA FILM, BJORN OHNEHIRN, and KURT VON FURZENSTEIN.