February 2012
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Michael Munshaw Sketch Card Artist interview
How did you get into drawing sketch cards? About 5 years ago I was contacted by Steven Frank and he was doing a fund raising event for the March of Dimes. His idea was to have artists do sketches on these 4 x 6 cards that were imprinted by the March of Dimes. He asked me to do a couple, which I was more than happy to do. The fund raiser was very successful I guess. From there I got a few more...
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Bettie Page Box 2 announced
From Versicolor Productions: We would like to announce that Versicolor Productions will be releasing Bettie Page Box 2 at the end of this year! We have a great lineup of sketch artists from the original set plus many new ones that are just fantastic. Plus, we’ll have some great surprises to be announced in the coming months involving the set. Below is a list of participating sketch artists to...
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NukoToy's Trading Card Apps Arrive This March
If you enjoyed off-beat, culturally inspiring games and software applications like Pokemon Safari, Venture Artic or Wild Earth, then you’ll probably get a kick out of NukoToy’s upcoming iOS apps that enable you take trading cards and scan the contents right into the iOS device.
Animal Planet Nuko and Monsterology Nuko allows iOS owners (i.e., iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad) to press...
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Super Awesome Trading Cards
This is some unuseual stuff I bumped into. Super Awesome Trading Cards… Yeah, those Mork & Mindy cards you have in a shoebox at your mom’s house are pretty awesome, but they’re nothing compared to these. You see, these trading cards aren’t just awesome, they’re SUPER AWESOME! They’re so awesome that words just fail to describe their pure awesomnessity (see?). Each...
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Michael Rooth Sketch Card Artist interview
How did you get into drawing sketch cards? I have been a freelance illustrator since the late 90’s, working for pretty much every different type of client you can imagine - from the very big corporations to very small independent publishers, in nearly every genre and style. In May of 2010 and was suddenly laid off from my full time staff illustrator position for a local children’s...
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Out now: Essential Elvis by Press Pass
Press Pass is proud to announce the limited edition release of the most upscale Elvis trading card set to date, Essential Elvis. This 35-card base set is printed on premium quality silver foil board and honors The King of Rock ‘n Roll on the 35th anniversary of his passing.
Each 7-card box will contain THREE HITS PER BOX, including at least one autograph! The first dual, triple and quad...
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Obama, GOP rivals get their own trading cards
OK, political junkies. Get ready to start trading cards featuring President Obama and some of the Republicans who want to deny him a second term.
Upper Deck will insert cards from its “World of Politics” set into its sports packs starting Feb. 21. The company says one out of every 40 packs will include a “super rare” card featuring Obama or one of the current, former or...
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Free Cards at Rittenhouse!
Do you live in the US and do you like FREE cards? Of course you do. Head on over to scifihobby.com and claim your Star Trek: The Complete TNG Series 2 and Marvel 2012 Greatest Heroes Promo Cards!
Star Trek: The Complete TNG Series 2 P1
Marvel 2012 Greatest Heroes P1
Check out UK Card Cast Episode 43 - “Look...
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James Bond 50th Anniversary Trading Cards
Celebrate 50 years of James Bons with this new card release by Rittenhouse Archives!
Autograph Signers include Pierce Brosnan, Jill St. John, Lois Chiles, Carey Lowell, Nadja Regin, Clifton James, Andreas Wisniewski, Edward De Souza, Nancy Sinatra, Eunice Gayson, Martine Beswicke, Mollie Peters, David Yip, and many more first-time signers!
3 Autograph cards in every box At least 1 autograph...
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Craig Yeung Sketch Card Artist interview
Better late then never… I took this interview with Craig Yeung back in june 2011. Lost it, found it… and here it finally is!
How did you get into drawing sketch cards? My first introduction to sketch cards was when a collector approached me at a con and asked for a sketch of Rogue on one of these tiny cards (Cough Elaine Cough). At the time it was more a one off, but then there were...
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The Guild Trading Cards Sneak Preview
By Cryptozoic Entertainment: It bears repeating that the crew here at Cryptozoic is a bunch of nerds, so obviously we love The Guild, the award-winning web series by actress/writer Felicia Day. We’ll be releasing a set of The Guild Trading Cards for the first two seasons of the series soon, so we wanted to give a preview of what loyal Guildies can expect to find when they crack open a box or...
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Star Wars Galaxy 7 Sketch Card preview
It’s time for Star Wars Episode 1 3D! Well, almost is…. for now check out this cool Star Wars Galaxy 7 sketch card preview by Mark McHaley.
January 2012
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My Ebay auctions part 1: Benchwarmer
It’s time to clean out the attic and thin out the collection! I’m selling a whole lot of my Non-Sports card collection during the coming weeks on Ebay to make room for new Star Wars cards and the upcoming Big Bang Theory cards, my personal favorites. Everything else… must go!
First up are 69 ;) Benchwarmer autograph cards, which are up for sale in my Ebay Store Blub Commerce...
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Star Trek: The Complete TNG (1991-1994) Series 2
From Rittenhouse Archives:
Rittenhouse Archives is pleased to offer our latest Star Trek trading card set, Star Trek: The Complete TNG (1991-1994) Series 2. This is the second in our new series of trading cards covering “Star Trek: The Next Generation”. Each box of this set will include an incredible 4 Autograph Cards!
The base set consists of episode cards with 1 card for each of...
November 2011
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Chris Foreman Sketch Card Artist interview
How did you get into drawing sketch cards? I got into drawing sketch cards after meeting Jon Hughes at a comics and toy show in Houston and he introduced me to them.
What is your favorite subject to draw? I really dig superheros obviously lol , and I am dipping into the vintage type style pinups as well.
What is your favorite character to draw? I really enjoy drawing the HUlk because he...
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Red Sonja Trading Cards are coming soon
From Breygent Marketing:
Check out some of the promo cards.
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To be announced: Game of Thrones trading cards
No information just yet, but check out this cool tease picture:
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Trading Card Manufacturer Panel at the Oct 2011...
The manufacturer panel held at the Fall 2011 Philly Non-Sports Card Show. The video includes representatives from Cryptozoic Entertainment, Famous Fabrics, Rittenhouse Archives, ShopTopps.com, and SideKick. Preceding the are short presentations from Non-Sport Update Editor-in-Chief Alan Biegel, CECE Show Promoter Paul Maiellaro, and artist Chris Bradberry. During the panel, the trading card...
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Dexter Season 4 Collector Cards are coming
From Breygent Marketing:
Collect the all new series of 72 cards, as well as the randomly inserted autograph cards, prop cards, costume cards and other special subsets.
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The Complete Brady Bunch trading cards
From Rittenhouse Archvies:
All 117 Episodes of the classic Brady Bunch TV series in one 59-card factory set (2 episodes per card), plus 5 autograph cards signed by starring cast members Barry Williams (Greg), Eve Plumb (Jan), Christopher Knight (Peter) and Susan Olsen (Cindy) and Mike Lookinland (Bobby)!
BONUS: Autograph Card signed by Ann B. Davis (Alice) with purchase of every 2 sets!
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Pablo Diaz Sketch Card Artist interview
How did you get into drawing sketch cards? The first time I heard about sketch cards it was in the Otis Frampton blog. He had lots of videos with the process of his cards and I thought: “Hey, I can do this!”. But I had no idea of how to start. So I began to investigate about that business, and that took me to the Scoundrel forum where I read tons of threads to learn about the artists, companies,...
October 2011
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True Blood Legends trading cards
As announced by Rittenhouse Archives:
Rittenhouse Archives is pleased to announce the first series of True Blood Legends Trading Cards! Each series will feature 3 characters, with 9 cards per character, for a total of 27 cards. Series 1 will include Sookie, Sam and Hoyt!
In addition, we are offering a custom-designed True Blood Legends Collector’s album to store each series of cards....
September 2011
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Card gallery by Enterplay for Mario cards
Have you ever taken a look at the Mario card gallery by Enterplay? I don’t really like the cards they are presenting (a bit to simple for my taste), but the way the cards are shown in the moving gallery is awesome!
Take a look at Enterplay!
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NSU Magazine Oktober / November 2011
From Nonsportupdate.com:
The CW’s The Vampire Diaries are back and Cryptozoic’s new series will be a well-timed companion. We’ve got images of the autographs and series details inside the issue. Our price guide sports a great Eureka cover and our feature story inside reveals what Rittenhouse Archives has in store for Eureka fans. Plus, we look at the new Dungeon Dolls and...
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Star Trek goes the Premium Pack way
From Rittenhouse Archives:
Rittenhouse Archives is pleased to announce our Premium Pack edition of Classic Star Trek Movies: Heroes and Villains Trading Cards! In this Premium Pack Series, there will be 2 autograph cards per pack!
20 Autograph Cards (2 cards per Premium Pack) William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk) Leonard Nimoy (Spock) Brent Spiner (B4) Christian Slater (U.S.S. Excelsior...
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André Toma Sketch Card Artist interview
How did you get into drawing sketch cards? A friend of mine, that was already working with sketchcards for some time, invited me for a test. I didn’t know much about the whole thing, but I sent the drawings anyway and I were aproved. My first set was “Women of Marvel”.
What is your favorite subject to draw? When it comes to cards, it’s comics’ super heroes. I like...
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Warehouse 13 Season 2 signers list
We are very close to the release of the Warehouse 13 Season 2 trading card set and we now finally have a complete list of signers:
Allison Scagliotti (Claudia) CCH Pounder (Mrs. Frederic) Eddie McClintock (Pete Lattimer) Joanne Kelly (Myka Bering) Saul Rubinek (Artie Nielsen) Genelle Williams (Leena) Jaime Murray (H.G. Wells) Tia Carerre (Agent Logan) Neil Grayston (Fargo) Armin Shimerman...
August 2011
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Family Guy trading cards spotted by Webjon
Check out this intel from Webjon.com:
“I love all the conventions that come through the Chicago area, the National Sports Card Convention is very hit or miss for non-sport cards, but I always have a ton of fun when I go so I never miss it when it’s in town. This year there wasn’t much to report, I picked up some cards, hung out with some friends and came home… but not before swinging...
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Marvel Universe 2011 trading cards
Get ready for Marvel Universe 2011 trading cards from Rittenhouse Archives, which will hit the streets on oktober 26th, 2011.
Highlights: 1 HAND-DRAWN COLORED SKETCH CARD PER BOX! OVER 140 DIFFERENT ARTISTS LIMITED EDITION OF 8,000 NUMBERED BOXES!
90-card base set covering memorable and ground-breaking Marvel cross-over events.
CHASE CARDS INCLUDE: ULTIMATE HEROES, ARTIST DRAFTS, MARVEL...
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Leaf Family Guy Promo Cards
The first Family Guy promo card by Leaf was given out this weekend at the National Sports Collectors Convention (NSCC). It was part of a 9 card set (it was supposed to be a 10 card set but one of them was pulled at the last minute) that was only available to VIP ticket holders. The card is numbered PR-10 but the numbering refers to the VIP promo card set, this was the only Family Guy promo...
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Rittenhouse Archives Weekend Contest
Rittenhouse Archives is giving away a MARVEL: DANGEROUS DIVAS TRIPTIC CASE TOPPER CARD SET to one lucky Facebook fan on August 15, 2011. To qualify, comment on this contest post on Facebook by Monday morning, and tell us who your favorite Dangerous Diva is and why. The winner will be announced on our facebook page on Monday, 8/15/11 at 10:00am EST and will have 48 hours to claim their prize. ...
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Non-Sport Update's Borders Rewards Card Trade-In...
Do not throw away your Borders Rewards card! In an effort to retain buyers of the niche magazine Non-Sport Update, the publishers have an offer for new U.S. subscribers and especially those who formerly purchased the magazine at Borders stores. By turning in your Borders Rewards card, new subscribers may purchase a half-price subscription for the low price of $14.00. Full details maybe found at...
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The Guild trading cards announced
The Guild, an award-winning web series that we gamers and hobby fans can truly identify with, is now collectible! Follow the Knights of Good through the first three seasons of the show, starting with Zaboo popping up on Codex’s door and wrapping-up with the epic duel to the digital death between the Knights of Good and the Axis of Anarchy. Sixty-three cards composed of the most...
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Kelsey Grammer signs up for Rittenhouse Archives
Kelsey Grammer, best know for his long role as Frasier Crane, has signed up with Rittenhouse Archives to sign autograph cards for the upcoming Star Trek trading card release “The Complete Star Trek: The Next Generation Series Two”.
Grammer appeared in one episode of this show in the role of Captain Bateson in the 1992 The Next Generation episode “Cause and Effect.”
I will be on the...
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Jim Parsons signs for The Big Bang Theory trading...
Here is some exciting news from Cryptozoic Entertainment. Jim Parsons, better known as “doctor” Sheldon Cooper, has agreed to and allready signed Autograph Cards for the upcoming Big Bang Theory trading card set.
Can’t wait for this set to release! Check out the Jim Parsons Autograph Card below.
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Cryptozoic Puzzles and Promos
By Will Brinkman
I’ve spent the week digging through some of our trading card inventory to share a couple pieces from upcoming sets. Below, you’ll find a 9-piece Beanworld puzzle from artist Rich Molinelli that will be inserted into one box of CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards.
Below are two snapshots from Rusty Gilligan. Milk and Cheese! Yum!
And finally, you can see our Comic-Con...
July 2011
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George Webber Sketch Card Porfolio
Recently, sketch card artist George Webber updated his Sketch Card Portfolio.
George Webber got into doing Sketch Cards for shows around 2007 and started doing them professionally for card companies in 2009. Some artist like to do 50 or 100 sketch cards in a series, were as George prefers to do only 10 or 20 cards in a series.
Here’s are some samples from Sketch Cards By George:
Comic...
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Darryl Banks Sketch Card Artist interview
How did you get into drawing sketch cards? I was approached by DC Comics licensing department about three years ago. I had done various projects with them and they thought I’d like to try the DC Universe set. I was inspired to continue sketch cards by my friend Uko Smith who has years of card art experience.
What is your favorite subject to draw? Superheroes are my favorite subjects to...
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Rittenhouse Comic-Con promo card run
From Rittenhouse Archives:
Are you ready for this year’s San Diego Comic Con? If so, then we have an adventure for you. Rittenhouse Archives is releasing 11 Exclusive Promo cards for this show! If you are an avid card collector, then we challenge you to complete the puzzle. On the show room floor are nine different promo cards for our upcoming “Marvel Universe 2011 Trading Card”...
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Upper Deck Releases Print Run Information on 2011...
From Upper Deck:
On July 22 you will have the chance to meet the world’s first Avenger, but why wait that long? Today Upper Deck released 2011 Captain America trading cards giving Marvel fans a sneak peek of what they can expect from the film and also a first look at the dreaded Red Skull. It also gives them the chance to take home some pretty sweet insert cards like manufactured patch cards,...
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Beautiful Bettie Page sketches
Check out these beautiful Bettie Page sketch cards by Veronica O’Connell from the upcoming trading card release:
These cards are numbered and she only made 25!
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NSU Magazine August / September 2011
From Nonsportupdate.com:
Collectors anxiously await The Walking Dead cards from Cryptozoic. Our cover story and exclusive promotional card should help hold you over until the series is released. And just in time for the premier of Torchwood: Miracle Day, we’ve interviewed Torchwood’s Kai Owen. Plus, we look at the new Wacky Packages and Vampirella series and pay tribute to Elizabeth...
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Artist Line-Up for the upcoming Philly Non-Sports...
The artist line-up for the 55th Philly Non-Sports Card Show has been announced:
Chris Bradberry Marvel: Dangerous Divas, Woodstock Generation, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Greatest American Hero Sketch Card Series, 70 Years of Marvel, and others.
Charles Hall Star Wars Galaxy, Dexter, Classic Vintage Movie Posters: Science Fiction and Horror Series 2, Iron Man 2, Marvel Masterpieces, and...
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Creamofcards Tv channel
Have you ever heard of Creamofcards Tv? I just bumped into it and this channel on YouTube has got loads of funny trading card video’s.
Check them out!
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Celesta Krantz Sketch Card Artist interview
How did you get into drawing sketch cards? I started by submitting pencil and gouache-illustrated cards to what companies I heard were asking for artists. I decided to keep doing card work when I didn’t get replies, or I received a rejection letter, because this type of work is a challenge for me. See, I used to work only in pencil before and I wanted to try color again - first in...
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Eureka trading cards for Seasons 1 & 2
Rittenhouse Archives has released some details about the upcoming and newly licenced Eureka Seasons 1 & 2 trading card release.
As recent sets Eureka will be released in the premium pack format. Every pack will contain 2 Eureka Autograph Cards. Signers include: Colin Ferguson (Carter), Erica Cerra (Jo), Joe Morton (Henry), Niall Matter (Zane), Matt Frewer (Taggart), Neil Grayston (Fargo)...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2...
The end begins as Harry, Ron, and Hermione go back to Hogwarts to find and destroy Voldemort’s final horcruxes, but when Voldemort finds out about their mission, the biggest battle begins and life as they know it will never be the same again!
Thank you for the wait… Overcoming conflicts with approval and production processing, Artbox Entertainment is now proud and excited to present...
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How to Predict Future Trading Card Sets Using...
If you know where to look, you can learn a lot about what a trading card company is thinking behind closed doors. Resources are available that let you see into the future and discover what new products trading card companies are developing. A great, and unexpected, source of information is the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This is because most companies protect their future...
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A magical summer with Morrisons Disney trading...
This summer, Morrisons supermarkets in the UK has a really cool Disney Magical Moments trading cards promotion. Starting July the 11th, Morrisons is giving 1000 families the chance to experience an unforgettable stay at Disneyland® Paris!
From the thrilling rides and attractions to the chance to meet ‘n’ greet favourite Disney characters, it promises to be a fantastic family adventure.
Here’s...