After reading through it, this thread is pretty interesting! Just for the record and not that it matters much, I've done 3 paintings for the upcoming series, but didn't do any for the last set that was released. None of my upcoming pieces for 2015 were released yet in the preview. For shear reference sake, here is a list of all of my released Wacky Package pieces. In my best Shatner impersonation, Be.... kind with...... the feedback.....
Kidding! One thing that I do try to do is to hand letter all lettering. Although hand-lettering has imperfections, I feel that it has warmth and artistic quality that is sometimes lacking with computer-generated text. Some prefer hand lettering and some don't - it's understandable either way. I know that many of Norm Saunders pieces had dry transfer lettering, and that's fine. He was the master.....
Chia Pest
Lice-O-Matic
Pull Pops
Marrow Cup
Jack Stinks Bean Jerky
Sprout
Necko
Dribbles and Spits
Spray Poupon
Crotch Bite
Codberry Fish Cocktail (Which was never released as a Wacky, but Topps Vault released the image on ebay when they sold the painting last year or so.)
All of these can be seen in my thread here in the Artists and Illustrators section.