Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. You wouldn't think of Spiegelman if you saw his Topps art, ...

Somewhere, in a junior high school locker, sits a faded sticker: “Weakies, the Breakfast of Chumps.” Time to scrape it off, and make room for a new generation of pop culture spoofs. “Wacky Packages,” ...

Of course you remember Wacky Packages, those collectible cards that substituted "Weakies" for Wheaties, "Plastered Peanuts" for Planters and "Blunder Bread" for Wonder Bread in comic ads. They were a ...

When I was a kid I used to spend my allowance money on Wacky Packages. I forget how much they cost, but for the money you got a piece of cardboardy gum plus a few stickers with parodies of common ...

If not, you probably didn’t go to elementary school in the 1970s. They were everywhere. Distributed by Topps, they came in packages just like baseball cards (along with the cardboardlike gum). Inside ...

The gross-out cards, popular in the ’70s, are returning to stores. Remember Wacky Packages? If not, you probably didn’t go to elementary school in the 1970s. They were everywhere. Distributed by Topps ...

If not, you probably didn’t go to elementary school in the 1970s. They were everywhere. Distributed by Topps, they came in packages just like baseball cards (along with the cardboard-like gum). Inside ...