Mishka x GPK x Madballs
What happens when the two most revered, pop-culture, gross-out 80s icons take it to the street? Mishka's Garbage Pail Kids vs Madballs Streetwear!
Mishka vs GPK vs Madballs – The Battle for Most Gross
In 2021, The Topps Company and Cloudco Entertainment fooled around and gave birth to the gross, monstrosity 80s kids have always dreamed of – Madballs Vs Garbage Pail Kids. As part of their collaborative celebration, they released a collection of licensed products. For instance, their disgusting and charming characters were splattered across new shirts from Mishka NYC.
Mishka NYC is a streetwear company often depicting playfully grotesque and cartoony imagery, so naturally, it made this partnership with Topps and Cloudco the perfect fit. I was entrusted to bring this exclusive Mishka x GPK x Madballs card art to life assisting Mishka’s marketing push to embrace the initial limited t-shirt sale using live video shopping on the NTWRK app.
Client
Mishka NYC
Animator
Justin Gammon
Card Illustrator
Joe Simko
Header Image
James Groman and Joe Simko
Going Mad for Gross-Out GIFs
Revitalizing Mishka’s Madballs GPK
The initial Mishka vs GPK vs Madballs t-shirt was offered using the NTWRK app. As a result, the first 300 customers to sign in and order were also given a limited edition Garbage Pail Kids trading card available exclusively through this app purchase. Contemporary GPK artist Joe Simko provided the illustration combining all three properties.
To help promote this monstrous partnership, new clothing, and new GPK card, Mishka needed help. They’d seen the animated Garbage Pail Kids NFTs I’d created for Topps. Because of that, I was brought on board to give the gorgeous and grotesque art a new life by animating it. It resulted in an engaging, full-motion piece of content for use in Mishka’s social media marketing.
Mishka Makes Eye-Popping Merch
Boogers is the New Black
Mishka NYC is a streetwear company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Their merch often displays bright and playfully grotesque, cartoon imagery. They were certainly going to create something gross, fun, and unique. You might say they are perfectly suited to collaborate with Topps and Cloudco. Finally, fans can now proudly wear Mishka GPK Madballs gear to show the world that they never truly let go of the gross child inside.