{"id":1510,"date":"2011-11-14T02:50:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T02:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilovemega.com\/blog\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2014-07-29T15:12:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T15:12:48","slug":"john-pound-garbage-pail-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/john-pound-garbage-pail-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Garbage Pail Kids <br \/>JOHN POUND"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Garbage Pail Kids founder John Pound in BPM magazine<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Here is an article I wrote in french for BPM magazine about John Pound, the legendary founder of the Garbage Pail Kids.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poundart.com\/\" title=\"john pound\">John and the Garbage Pail kids<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4187\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-cards.jpg\" alt=\"Garbage Pail Kids cards\" title=\"garbage-pail-kids-cards\" width=\"550\" height=\"440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-cards.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-cards-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-cards-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garbage Pail Kids cards<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>CRADE COMME UNE IMAGE<\/strong><br \/>\nMathieu le D\u00e9geu, Pascal Troudeballe, Ren\u00e9e Morvon\u00e9. Ces noms ne vous rappellent rien ? Nous sommes  au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 90 et un gang de scatophiles est en train d&#8217;envahir les cours de r\u00e9cr\u00e9ations. Ils se font appeler La Bande Des Crados et sont alors en passe de devenir les h\u00e9ros de toute une g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de gamins. Un doigt dans le nez et l&#8217;autre sur la g\u00e2chette de leur pistolet (\u00e0 eau), ils \u00e9pouvantent les parents et ruinent les \u00e9conomies des enfants. Ces terroristes en quadrichromie ne sont pourtant ni les membres d&#8217;une organisation r\u00e9volutionnaire, ni des fanatiques religieux extr\u00e9mistes. Ce sont tout simplement des personnages de BD, imprim\u00e9s sur des stickers et vendus en France par la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Panini. Mais qui se cache derri\u00e8re ces cr\u00e9ations tendancieuses ? Le gourou d&#8217;une secte coprophile, un punk frustr\u00e9 apologiste du mauvais go\u00fbt ?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4188\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-BPM.jpg\" alt=\"John Pound article in BPM magazine\" title=\"garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-BPM\" width=\"465\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-BPM.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-BPM-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-BPM-398x300.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Pound article in BPM magazine<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>BORN TO BE WILD&#8230; ENFIN PRESQUE <\/strong><br \/>\nJohn Pound a \u00e9t\u00e9 berc\u00e9 tout au long de sa jeunesse par l&#8217;univers visuel des &#8220;cartoons&#8221;, les dessins anim\u00e9s am\u00e9ricains. Ce qui surprend le plus chez cet enfant destin\u00e9 \u00e0 devenir une ic\u00f4ne de l\u2019underground Yankee, c\u2019est l\u2019\u00e9clectisme et quelque part le conformisme de ses go\u00fbts. Des productions Disney aux Looney Tunes, il est ouvert d\u2019esprit et est alors loin de ressembler aux sales gosses qui feront plus tard sa renomm\u00e9e. Pas de doigts dans le cul \u00e0 l&#8217;heure de la r\u00e9cr\u00e9 ni de vomis intempestifs sur la ma\u00eetresse pour ce gar\u00e7on bien sage\u2026<br \/>\nC\u2019est seulement en entrant \u00e0 la fac, quelques ann\u00e9es plus tard, que le jeune homme s&#8217;encanaille en d\u00e9couvrant le monde de la bande dessin\u00e9e. Son domaine de pr\u00e9dilection se tourne plus particuli\u00e8rement vers son versant le plus contre-culturel. Les dessinateurs Robert Crumb ou encore Rick Griffin deviendront d\u00e8s lors ses ma\u00eetres \u00e0 penser et son travail portera \u00e0 jamais la marque de leur influence. C&#8217;est-\u00e0-dire l&#8217;influence d&#8217;une \u0153uvre qui pour la premi\u00e8re fois dans l&#8217;histoire des \u00c9tats-Unis porte la sous-culture au rang d&#8217;art de vivre. Pound commence donc quelques croquis, et les premiers coups d\u2019essais dans le journal de son \u00e9cole se transforment rapidement en coups d&#8217;\u00e9clat. Il n&#8217;en faudra pas plus pour le conforter dans l&#8217;id\u00e9e de se lancer plus s\u00e9rieusement dans l\u2019univers de la bande dessin\u00e9e, et de tenter d\u2019en faire son m\u00e9tier. Deux trois coups de crayons plus tard, et le jeune homme commence \u00e0 se forger une solide r\u00e9putation dans le milieu. Il appara\u00eet dans les meilleurs journaux ind\u00e9pendants consacr\u00e9s \u00e0 la discipline, du c\u00e9l\u00e8bre MAD magazine en passant par Last Gasp.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4189\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4189\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-cards-2.jpg\" alt=\"Garbage Pail Kids\" title=\"garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-cards-2\" width=\"550\" height=\"230\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-cards-2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-cards-2-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-cards-2-500x209.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garbage Pail Kids<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>QUAND LE PROUT PROUT DEVIENT PROUT <\/strong><br \/>\nArt Spiegelman est \u00e0 ce moment une autre valeur montante des &#8220;comics&#8221; underground US. Embauch\u00e9 en 1984 en tant que directeur artistique par la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Topps Gum Co., il d\u00e9cide de faire appel \u00e0 Pound pour peindre une s\u00e9rie de stickers illustrant des packagings pour la marque. \u00c0 l&#8217;\u00e9poque aux \u00c9tats-Unis, les &#8220;Cabbage Patch Kids&#8221;, sortes de petites poup\u00e9es un peu fleur bleue, connaissent un v\u00e9ritable succ\u00e8s aupr\u00e8s des jeunes filles. Pound choisit de les d\u00e9tourner dans ses peintures en cr\u00e9ant les &#8220;Garbage Pail Kids&#8221;, version &#8220;affreux, sales et m\u00e9chants&#8221; des poupons originaux. Topps est s\u00e9duite par l&#8217;id\u00e9e et d\u00e9cide de lancer une s\u00e9rie d&#8217;autocollants sur le th\u00e8me. Le principe est de cr\u00e9er sur chaque autocollant un personnage graveleux et d&#8217;associer son pr\u00e9nom \u00e0 un jeu de mot, le tout dans un esprit pipi-caca, ou plut\u00f4t vomi-morve au nez. La marque demande \u00e0 quatre artistes de faire des propositions sur le th\u00e8me.<br \/>\nPound sera le premier \u00e9tonn\u00e9 en apprenant que c\u2019est lui qui est retenu pour dessiner la s\u00e9rie. \u00c0 la diff\u00e9rence des autres dessinateurs, ses illustrations sont assez subversives et peuvent sembler loin des aspirations commerciales d\u2019une entreprise. Mais le choix s\u2019av\u00e8rera concluant car ce qui suit d\u00e9passera les esp\u00e9rances de chacun. En quelques mois, les stickers connaissent un succ\u00e8s national, et l\u2019engouement d\u00e9mesur\u00e9 du grand public provoquera la rupture de tous les stocks. Les gamins s&#8217;arrachent les cartes obsc\u00e8nes \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9cole, tandis que les associations morales et chr\u00e9tiennes crient au scandale. Et en quelques ann\u00e9es, les cartes sont \u00e9dit\u00e9es dans de nombreux pays et la r\u00e9ussite am\u00e9ricaine va se transformer en un triomphe plan\u00e9taire&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4191\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4191\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-magazine-cover.jpg\" alt=\"John Pound magazine cover\" title=\"garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-magazine-cover\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-magazine-cover.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-magazine-cover-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Pound magazine cover<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>CACA ET COCAINE<\/strong><br \/>\nEn France, les stickers sortent en 1989 sous le nom des Crados. Alain Pinto, un ancien journaliste passionn\u00e9 de bd, rach\u00e8te la licence licencieuse, tandis que les noms sont adapt\u00e9s par B\u00e9atrice Brocard, une journaliste de Lib\u00e9ration. Jean-Louis D\u00e9geulis, Laeticia Pud\u00e9bras, ou encore Pervers Bebert font alors une entr\u00e9e fracassante dans les cours de r\u00e9cr\u00e9 et les gamins trouvent enfin des cartes \u00e0 jouer dont l&#8217;humour correspond \u00e0 l&#8217;univers salace qui les fait tant r\u00eaver. Mais \u00e0 l&#8217;instar des r\u00e9actionnaires am\u00e9ricains, La Bande Des Crados ne fait pas l&#8217;unanimit\u00e9 dans les sph\u00e8res du pouvoir. Michel Rocard se dit &#8220;atterr\u00e9&#8221; par le ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne. S\u00fbrement aigri par son pseudo, Lionel &#8220;Poubelle&#8221; Jospin fait m\u00eame une intervention t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e pour menacer de les interdire. Cousteau quant \u00e0 lui tente de faire son commandant et patauge dans des injures alarmistes.  Dans son journal Calypsolog, il \u00e9crit, &#8220;Parent ! si vous ne r\u00e9agissez pas imm\u00e9diatement et \u00e9nergiquement contre cette pollution des esprits, ne vous \u00e9tonnez pas si vos enfants partent \u00e0 la d\u00e9rive et finissent \u00e0 la coca\u00efne.&#8221; Une rumeur court m\u00eame pendant quelques temps, affirmant que l&#8217;encre utilis\u00e9e pour imprimer les cartes contiendrait justement de la coca\u00efne ! \u00c0 2,50 francs le paquet, un bon investissement pour les junkies. Blacklist\u00e9s \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00c9lys\u00e9e, les gros poissons de la mafia Crados vont-ils devoir se r\u00e9fugier hors des eaux territoriales pour \u00e9chapper aux d\u00e9ferlantes d&#8217;injures de Cousteau ?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4190\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4190\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-cards.jpg\" alt=\"John Pound artworks\" title=\"garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-cards\" width=\"550\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-cards.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-cards-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-john-pound-cards-500x211.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Pound artworks<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>RECYCLAGE D&#8217;ORDURES <\/strong><br \/>\nPendant ce temps aux \u00c9tats-Unis, ce n&#8217;est pas tant l&#8217;esprit pseudo-scato qui fout la merde, mais plut\u00f4t une action en justice pour plagiat, intent\u00e9e par la compagnie qui \u00e9dite les Cabbage Patch Kids. Apr\u00e8s 15 s\u00e9ries, Topps arr\u00eate sa production et d\u00e9cide de ne pas sortir la 16\u00e8me, pourtant d\u00e9j\u00e0 pr\u00eate. John Pound doit alors se tourner vers de nouveau projets et donner un second souffle \u00e0 sa carri\u00e8re. Il d\u00e9cide de recycler en partie le concept des Garbage Pail Kids en cr\u00e9ant les Meanie Babies, pastiches des peluches animali\u00e8res Beanie Babies. Le principe est le m\u00eame et n&#8217;am\u00e8ne pas v\u00e9ritablement d&#8217;innovation, le seul changement \u00e9tant que les b\u00e9b\u00e9s ont laiss\u00e9 la place \u00e0 des animaux. De la m\u00eame mani\u00e8re, Pound continuera d&#8217;exploiter le filon du d\u00e9tournement en cr\u00e9ant des Silly Cd&#8217;s, s\u00e9ries de cartes parodiant des pochettes d&#8217;albums (les pochettes de 6Pac ou encore de Destiny&#8217;s Chilled restant cependant assez funky\u2026). Infatigable, il cr\u00e9e en parall\u00e8le des visuels pour les planches de skate de la marque Shorty&#8217;s. L&#8217;esprit des Crados continue de hanter les cr\u00e9ations de l&#8217;artiste, peut-\u00eatre un peu contraint de reproduire l&#8217;imagerie qui \u00e0 fait son succ\u00e8s.<br \/>\nGardons-nous toutefois de croire que Pound se contente uniquement de vivre sur les acquis de sa notori\u00e9t\u00e9. Il poss\u00e8de d\u00e9sormais davantage de temps et continue de se consacrer \u00e0 la partie la plus personnelle de son art. Il se lance dans la programmation informatique et commence \u00e0 travailler sur des petits programmes permettant de cr\u00e9er de mani\u00e8re al\u00e9atoires des bandes dessin\u00e9es tr\u00e8s simples, \u00e0 partir de scripts. Le r\u00e9sultat est surprenant et innovant, les histoires et les images cr\u00e9\u00e9es \u00e9tant le fruit de calculs produits par l&#8217;ordinateur lui-m\u00eame. Encore au stade plus ou moins exp\u00e9rimental, le principe est quasiment r\u00e9volutionnaire car l&#8217;intervention humaine dans la cr\u00e9ation est remise en cause.<br \/>\nJohn Pound n&#8217;a pas fini de nous surprendre par ses univers d\u00e9cal\u00e9s, en nous r\u00e9v\u00e9lant \u00e0 chaque cr\u00e9ation une facette nouvelle de sa personnalit\u00e9. Et peut-\u00eatre qu&#8217;en ces temps d&#8217;aseptisation culturelle, il pourrait bien faire un retour fracassant avec une version de Tamagoshis qui chieraient vraiment ou une Barbie lubrique qui se ferait vraiment Ken (h\u00e9h\u00e9).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4192\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4192\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-slimy-snot-buster.jpg\" alt=\"Slimy Snot Buster artwork by John Pound\" title=\"garbage-pail-kids-slimy-snot-buster\" width=\"550\" height=\"423\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-slimy-snot-buster.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-slimy-snot-buster-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garbage-pail-kids-slimy-snot-buster-390x300.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slimy Snot Buster artwork by John Pound<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garbage Pail Kids founder John Pound in BPM magazine Here is an article I wrote in french for BPM magazine about John Pound, the legendary founder of the Garbage Pail Kids. 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