MOD GENERATION - 1969

Wax Wrapper - Test Issue

NOTE: There are 55 stickers in this series. 2 of them are still unidentified mysteries. 27 were designed and painted by Norman Saunders, and the remaining 26 were created by an unknown Topps freelance artist whose work does not resemble any artists who previously worked at Topps. The finishedartworks were not considered appealing enough for release as cards. The artwork was reworked to include cartoon-like black outlines defining the characters in the popular style of "Underground Comics" and a third revision was to place massive black borders around each character to facilitate their marketing in the die-cut sticker format. This phase of the project was handled by Ben Solomon's graphic design staff in the Topps art department. Norman Saunders was artistically disappointed with the decision to add the black cartoon lines and black borders in order to produce them as die-cut stickers. The artist felt that these revisions ruined the visual appeal of the series. The test issue proved unpopular and they were not widely distributed.

 

Mod Generation #01 - ALICE

Designed by an unknown artist

Mod Generation #02 - BILL

Designed and painted by Norman Saunders

Mod Generation #03 - SUSAN

Painted and designed by Norman Saunders

Mod Generation #04 - RAY

Designed and painted by Norman Saunders

Mod Generation #05 - PHIL

Designed and painted by Norman Saunders

NOTE: This image comes from the original artwork. Fine black outlines have been added on top of the finished painting, but the wide black border has not yet been added.

 Mod Generation #06 - ANN

Designed and painted by Norman Saunders

NOTE: model was a friend of the artist's family.

 Mod Generation #07 - DIANE

Designed and painted by unknown artist
  

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