52. Skunkist

• Published Date:  March 2005
• Parody Subject:  Sunkist orange soda
• Concept Writer/Artist:  Jay Lynch
• Painter:  Sean Greathead

Art Stages

Rough Concept Drawing In Jay Lynch's rough, the Skunkist product is a "skunk odor remover" and the bottle contains "16 FUNKY ounces." In the real Sunkist logo, the letters "u" and "n" run together; Lynch separated them in his "Skunkist" sketch, while in the final art (below), Sean Greathead painted them as joined. (The thumbnail above links to a scan of the rough at wackypackages.org)

Final Painting On the final art, Skunkist was changed to "16 FURRY ounces" of "skunk enticement beverage." The Topps Vault sold the finished art for "Skunkist" for $1025.11 in an eBay auction which ran from August 28 to September 4, 2005.

Printed Sticker

Card Front & Back The Middle Middle (MM) piece of the "Buzzooka" puzzle is found on the back of "Skunkist."