In May, the Topps Co. will re-release Wacky Packages with one eye on the nostalgia ... but when they were brought back in 1973 as stickers they quickly became the biggest thing since white rice ...

(CNN)-- I blame Wacky Packages for making me the man I am today. At 9 years old, I became hooked on the Topps-brand sticker series of product parodies, which recast Cap'n Crunch as "Cap'n Crud ...

“Wacky Packages has enjoyed a following that ... his favorite Wacky creation was “Kentucky Fried Fingers,” a sticker that Topps discontinued shortly after the fast-food chain sent a cease ...

Wacky Packages were TOPPS collectible cards (actually, stickers—much to the chagrin of our parents) that parodied common ...

It was pre-teen time spent with Mad Magazine and Topps' Wacky Packages stickers that helped my internal humor compass find its true north. While other kids my age were suffering through violin ...

These images come from Garbage Pail Kids, by the Topps Company, a collection of the first five series of the popular parody cards. The text is excerpted from the introduction by Pulitzer-winning ...

This story is presented by: In 1988, the Topps ... their Wacky Packages, and the company had utilized their artistic MVPs like Norm Saunders and John Pound for their legendary Ugly Stickers ...