About · Editorial process
The garbagepail.kids News Desk
Fast, sourced, clearly labelled. This page explains exactly how the news you read on garbagepail.kids is made, and who is responsible for it.
An automated, AI-assisted news desk
The news feed on garbagepail.kids is compiled by an automated, AI-assisted news desk. It draws on Topps announcements, retailer listings, the card trade press and reference sources, and files short reports as stories break.
How we check
Stories are checked against the sources we name in the text, and where sources disagree or a date is only reported, the post says so. Stock and preorder statements carry the date we checked them.
Human editorial oversight
Human editorial oversight and final responsibility for everything published on garbagepail.kids sits with Mark Sheard, editor. The automated desk drafts and files; the standards, the corrections, and the accountability are human.
AI-assisted content is labelled
AI-assisted content on garbagepail.kids is labelled. News desk stories are published under the garbagepail.kids byline, which links back to this page so the process is never hidden.
Corrections
Spotted an error? Tell us and we will fix it. Send corrections through the site contact page . Corrections are reviewed by the editor and applied to the story.