Geedis and the Land of Ta

Submission 29,132

About

Geedis and The Land of Ta refers to an obscure set of fantasy characters created by the Dennison Sticker Company in the 1980's, which gained interest on the internet due to the mystery of their origin and the exact nature of their usage.

Origin

According to an investigation by the podcast Endless Thread,^[8] The Land of Ta sticker set was originally created by artist Sam Petrucci for the company Dennison in 1981. In November 2011, a post asking "Does anyone remember a 1980s cartoon or game with Land of Ta Characters?" to Yahoo Answers^[5] (shown below).

Spread

On February 8th, Flickr^[4] user donald deveau uploaded a photograph of a sticker set titled "The Land of Ta," which featured Geedis along with other fantasy characters (shown below). In the title of the image, the user identified the set as a sticker page produced by the company Dennison in 1981.

On June 21st, 2017, comedian Nate Fernald tweeted a picture of a pin featuring a furry creature with the word "Geedis" underneath (shown below).

On August 1st, 2017, Fernald posted the photograph of the sticker set to Facebook.^[3] On September 4th, the /r/Geedis^[6] subreddit was launched for discussions about the sticker set mystery. Within two years, the subreddit garnered more than 16,250 subscribers. On August 3rd, the travel site Atlas Obscura^[2] published an article titled "Join the Search for Geedis," which highlighted Fernald's tweet along with the sticker set photograph.

On June 11th, 2019, YouTuber Justin Whang released a video titled "What are Geedis and The Land of Ta? – Tales From the Internet," in which he discussed the history of the Geedis mystery (shown below). Within three months, the video accumulated upwards of 276,000 views and 1,700 comments.

On June 10th, 2019, the /r/LandOfTa^[7] subreddit was created for "for discussion and fan content involving the created lore behind Geedis and The Land of Ta." On August 23rd, the podcast Endless Thread^[8] released an episode about the Geedis mystery (shown below). In the podcast, the artist Sam Petrucci was identified as the artist who created The Land of Ta characters.

On September 3rd, Whang uploaded a follow-up video titled "Geedis Mystery Solved!", which discussed recent information regarding the sticker set's origin (shown below).