Happy Xmas Gifts

Over at the UG we've always done Secret Santa, this year we also did Secret Elf. I was lucky enough to receive this amazing gift of 3 cards I needed.

The Dutch test set card Vik Elektrik along with the FB green & silver border cards of Electric Bill. A very merry Xmas to me indeed. 

Mini Layron Sketch

I recently found this Layeon DeJarnette sketch on eBay from the latest Mini Stickers release.

Another sketch that unfortunately I missed out although I'm not sure if Layron did more than one for that release. 

Dustin Graham Sketch

After artist Dustin Graham showed of the mini Fryin' Brian sketch I knew I had to have one.

Thanks to Dustin I was able to obtain one of the four he drew for my collection. Probably my most detailed sketch of Fryin' I have in my collection! Beautiful colours and work. 

Fred Wheaton BNS3 Sketch

GPK artist Fred Wheaton recently posted images of the sketch cards he drew for BNS3. Amongst them was this Fryin' sketch.

Unfortunately this was the only one he drew for that release and has already been snapped up by another Fryin' collector. 

My Collection Display

OS1 Giant Negative

Received this amazing negative Fryin' Brian negative proof. The proof comes from the Topps vault complete with certificate of authenticy from Topps.

The negative is from the card used in the OS1 Giant set. Very proud to have this piece in my collection. 

Joe Simko Personal Sketch

I recently got this amazing drawing from GPK artist Joe Simko. Joe was kind enough to take time out to sketch my favourite character and personalise the picture with

'Don't sweat the heat Shaun'

The drawing is around 5x7 in size and is now one of the prides of my collection. 

New Additions To My Collection

Recently acquired a couple more Fryin' additions to my collection. First up a Brent Engstrom Sketch from BNS3, so far the only BNS3 artist that included any sketches of Fryin' in BNS3. My other pick up was a loose Pop Up by Imperial Toys, a very nice item that I won on eBay at a very cheap price. 

Dustin Graham Sketch

Topps artist Dustin Graham has been working on some great giveaways via his Facebook page using various GPK characters hand painted and signed on textured mini sketch cards. The 4th character Dustin chose to use was our Fryin' Brian! 

 

Each sketch is hand signed by Dustin and is a 1/1 sketch. Can't wait to have this beautiful sketch added to my collection!

Custom David Lizanetz Painting

Fellow GPK collector and Fryin' Brian collector Brian Martin sent me images of this amazing custom painting he bought. The original painting was done by artist David Lizanetz from Sour Apple Gallery in Phoenix Arizona.

The painting depicts a marsh mellow being toasted off Fryin's heat lol Hence the "Toasted" title above the artists signature on the reverse. This original artwork is hand painted acrylic paint on top of original GPK stickers which were pasted to canvas as a background. Please check out other Garbage Pail Kids paintings David has done which are available as 11x14 prints and are limited to 50 of each.

David's work for sale can be found here http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SourAppleGallery 

BNS 3 Sketch

So far with the release of BNS3 i've seen a serious lack of Fryin' sketches up on eBay! I did get a heads up from fellow UGer Lizzy (http://www.myfriendlizzy.com/) about this Brent Engstrom sketch on a BIN of a bargain price of $40

This will be my first Engstrom Fryin' sketch too my collection! Let's hope more Fryin' BNS3 sketches appear!

A Fryin' Pop Up Bargain

I've been very quiet lately on the Fryin' front but posting back win a great bargain i won on eBay on Sunday! I won a loose Fryin' Brian Imperial Pop Up for $4.99

Although the figure has come loose from the trash can i'm sure a little glue will oput him back on there lol 

Custom Fryin' Sketch From Artist Dutch Chenduz

Dutch GPK collector Kalas posted this great custom Fryin' Brian sketch over on the UG from Dutch Artist Chenduz.

Really nice to see others take with their own custom sketches and art. You can checkout this and more of his work here chenduz.deviantart.com/

My First Chrome

My first two Chrome cards arrived today thanks to UG member TyHope. 

Atomic Refractors Fryin' Brian and Electric Bill. Only 18 more to get lol

My Fryin'/Electric Collection Update

My current Fryin' Brian/Electric Bill collection. 

US OS1 Fryin' Brian and Electric Bill

US OS1 Giant Fryin' Brian

French Les Crados Joseph E.D.F

Brazilian Gang Do Lixo Chico Choque

Argentinian Basuritas 2 Manuel Electrotado

UK OS1 Fryin' Brian and Electric Bill

Spanish La Pandilla Basura Frito Juanito

Australian Garbage Gang Fryin' Brian & Electric Bill

New Zealand Electric Bill

FB3 Yellow Border Fryin' Brian and Electric bill

French Test Set Patrick Electrique 

Israeli Fryin' Brian

German Test Set Electrik Otto

Luis Diaz Sketches x 2

John Monserrat Sketch

Neil Camera Sketch

Mark Pingitore Sketch

Custom 'Insta 80's' Nes Cartridge

GPk Action Key Chain

Please help with the remaining needed 32 known cards, any plates, or anything related :)

Missed Out On eBay Chrome Autos!

So two listings for the Chrome Fryin' Brian cards signed by John Pound have appeared on eBay and unfortunately I've missed out on both!

The first here listed for $199 went for a best offer price but the seller unfortunately couldn't wait for payment so no offer was made by myself 

This one was listed at $250 and the best offer was accepted but unfortunately my offer wasn't the highest and so i missed on on this one too!

I will continue to search and will add this card to my collection!

Chrome Gets Released.......More Fryin' to find!

Now that Garbage Pail Kids Chrome has officially been released a mass more Fryin' Brian's and Electric Bill's are on my list to find!

Base -Fryin' Brian & Electric Bill
Concept Sketch
Refractor - Fryin' Brian & Electric Bill
Prism - Fryin' Brian & Electric Bill
Superfractor - Fryin' Brian & Electric Bill
Gold Refractor (hobby exclusive) - Fryin' Brian & Electric Bill
Xfractor - Fryin' Brian & Electric Bill
Atomic - Fryin' Brian & Electric Bill
Autograph - Fryin' Brian & Electric Bill
Printing Plate - Fryin' Brian & Electric Bill

Any help would be appreciated :)

 

Fryin' Bukimi Kun

Recently over on the GPKUG the holy grail of Garbage Pail Kids and of Fryin' Brian's became available to buy by collector 'underakillingmoon'

The Japanese Bukimi Kun version of Fryin' Brian. Bukimi Kun are probably the rarest of all foreign Garbage Pail Kids cards and there are probably only around 200 known in existence. What makes the Fryin' Brian card a little more special is there are two known variants of the card, one with censored black bars and one without.

The card for sale was very crisp looking, well centred and was the black censored bar version of the two variants of this card. The card was sold privately for an unknown amount but I was informed that it was over $500. If i could have afforded it believe me i would have like to have purchased this card but with other Bukimi Kun cards selling recently for $650+ then i suspect the actual price this card sold for was around or above that price! Way out of my league!

Fryin' Brian Pop Up On eBay

Something missing from my collection is the 1985 Imperial Toys Pop Up of Fryin' Brian. I found this loose one on eBay in pretty decent condition but the seller wants a lot for the starting bid (hence maybe why no bids) and almost as much to ship to the UK.

As much as i want this item i'm not sure i can justify £35 to get him to me providing no one else bids.

Fryin' Brian Key Chain

Thanks to my good friend Travis I've finally managed to get my hands on a sealed Fryin' Brian Key Chain.

'Flick the switch and Fryin' Brian will flash and make electrocution noises'

I still need a loose version of this to add to my collection and also the sealed Electric Bill one (albeit the same except the name on the card)

Missed Out On Flashback 3 Golds

Been a slow month on the Fryin' front and when I do finally catch on too a UG seller selling off his Flashback 3 Golds I'm too late by a day.

Both 2a Fryin' Brian and 2b Electric Bill were listed at a reasonable $25 each and I missed out!

Hopefully another collector will read this and help me out on finding both these and the other parallel colours of these cards (green, pink and silver)

Luis Diaz Awesomeness

A great package arrived from former GPK artist Luis Diaz today. I finally purchased the 1/1 Zombie Fryin' pen & ink that Luis created at the Chicago c2e2 Convention. 

I was also lucky enough to get the Wizard World 2012 Fryin' sketch from Luis as well in the same package. There was me thinking I missed out on that after posting about it yesterday. 

Elusive New Zealand

Finally managed to get a New Zealand 4b Electric Bill from another collector in New Zealand.

These New Zealand cards were proving to be elusive and no sight of me obtaining, lets hope 4a shows itself. 

New Sketch Additions

Got these awesome fryin' sketches in the mail today :)

An awesome John Monserrat colour custom sketch and a Flashback 3 Neil Camera sketch. I had previously posted about the JM sketch and was glad when the originally buyer offered it too me. 

Luis Diaz Wizard World 2012

Former GPK Artist Luis Diaz posted this amazing sketch he did of Fryin' at Wizard World 2012 Convention in Chicago.

I would have loved to get this from Luis but it seems although done in 2012 someone on the UG has just beat me too it and got it in the last few days!

Sealed Peruvian La Pandilla Basura Packet

A friend TCT was kind enough to share this wonderful sealed Peruvian La Pandilla Basura packet image with me that has Fryin'/Electric on it (on the right is the Peruvian card)

 

A very rare piece indeed and as far as i know is the only time the image has appeared on any GPK packet? I would like this piece in my collection one day but first i still need to track down the card from that set.

Electric Bill Prison Art

Something completely different here when it comes to fan art, not from just any fan, but a fan held in a Californian Super Max Prison. This is a print from the original piece, the image was sent to me from a friend Derek 'DXTC' Berlin who bought the piece from a seller on eBay.

From the sellers description:

'Drawn in a California Supermax Isolation Unit using 100% Ball Point Pen, Filler and some Pastels. 100% Original Art. If your interested in having the artist draw you something of your own idea please let me know! Thank You!!!'

Something i would like to add to my collection, although i think an original would be even better, a very interesting and different drawing from someone with plenty of time on their hands lol I wonder if he'll one day be in Brian's/Bill's situation lol

Various Sketches

Here is a mixture of Official GPK artists sketches from various releases. I love seeing each artists take on the character, all different and yet all great in each artists style. Special props too Joe Simko's version, his work really took it too another level. 

BNS1 - Joe Simko & Flashback 2 - Neil Camera

Flashback 2 - Layron Dejarnette & Flashback 1 - Fred Wheaton

BNS2 - Mark Pingitore & ANS4 - Don Perlin

I would love to have even one of these in my collection let alone all of them. It's nice to see that at least one artist has picked Fryin'/Electric to sketch in every GPK release that's had sketches included. 

Help With My Collection....

If anyone out there has any of the following cards I need to finish my collection then please contact me. 

Dutch Test Series - Vik Elektrik

New Zealand Garbage Gang - Fryin' Brian & Electric Bill

Japan Bukimi Kun - Fryin' Brian

Peru La Pandilla Basura - Frito Juanito

FB 3 Green, Pink, Silver & Gold both Fryin' Brian & Electric Bill

Deviant Fryin' Fan Art

Found this great fan drawing on deviant art by Dreekzilla. I really love this take on Fryin' the lightning to his eyes is something different to most sketches. 

The art was uploaded to Deviant Art in June 2011. 

Fan Art

Found this eBay auction while browsing the web for new Fryin' finds, just a shame the auction had ended like 3 days ago. It was 2 pieces of fan art drawn by artist Steve Potter. One piece in ink and the second piece which is computer coloured. 

Now I know these aren't custom work by GPK artists but sometimes fan art can be very good and clearly he is a good artist.

"This is an original drawing of Garbage Pail Kids character Fryin' Brian / Electric Bill (card #4 from 1985 1st series). Drawn in 2010 and signed by artist Steve Potter. Drawn in ink (Also included a computer colored version), The original measures 9.5"x7" and the color version 9.5"x8.5" both suitable for framing. Actual card is not included and image is just for reference. Cheap art, FREE shipping! A nice illustration for a GPK fan. "

Jeff Zapata's Crookie Crisp Cereal

Back in 2012 GPK artist Jeff Zapata created custom GPK cereal boxes using real cereal boxes and painting his own Garbage Pail Kids/Wacky style cereal using a character on each. I missed this auction and was told about it recently but wasn't able to find any images. Luckily the winning bidder of the item Patrick Walsh was kind enough to send me photos of the amazing Fryin' Brian cereal and sketch.

 

Jeff really created something amazing with these one of a kind customs. I really hope to see more custom items like this in the future.