Boozin' BRUCE - Drunk KEN

Boozin' BRUCE/Drunk KEN is card number 9 from the first series.

Description
The card shows a drunk and disheveled male character (possibly not even a Garbage Pail Kid, but a Garbage Pail ADULT) staggering in the street at night with a booze bottle in his hand and hallucinating candy-colored animals, who look at him as though amazed at the amount of alcohol he just ingested.

Parodies/Represents
The card parodies the conceit that people who consume too many alcoholic beverages hallucinate pink elephants and other animals, while the character's appearance and attire is a nod to the stereotype of the typical drunken vagrant or "wino.” The vomit stain on his tie refers to how drunkenness can cause nausea and vomiting, and also how being drunk can lead to indifference about one’s grooming and appearance.  His red nose is a reference to how chronic alcohol use can affect blood vessels in the nose, causing redness, and his stumbling walk refers to how people who are very drunk have trouble walking. The character’s  being dangerously close to an open manhole is a reference to how alcohol use can endanger someone by impairing that person’s judgment and also may be a nod to the expression “drink oneself into the gutter,” meaning to drink to the point of ruining one’s life. The open manhole image can also allude to the expression “go down the drain,” which is also a colloquialism for ruining one’s life.

Trivia

 * When this card was printed, the card image was erroneously mirrored.
 * The correct image can be seen in Abrams' 2012 book and the 2013 Chrome 1st Series set.
 * The correct image can also be seen in John Pound's original tight pencil sketch found within the Chrome 1st Series set along with his color rough and final artwork.