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 manufacturers discussed the premium pack debate, upcoming trading card releases, and much more.

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” set which are located at nine different booth/table locations. Can you navigate through the maze of booths, avoid the temptations of “swag” and collect all 11?

Marvel Universe 2011 (9-card promo puzzle)

Eurkea Seasons 1 and 2 P3

Warehouse 13 Season Two P3

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 others.

Meghan Hetrick
Marvel Masterpieces, Dungeon Dolls, Marvel: Dangerous Divas, and others.

Laura Inglis
Golden Age of Comics – Heroes & Villains, Woodstock Generation, Essence of Fairyland, Cartoon Sketch series, and others.

Scott Rorie
The Seven Revelations, Star Wars Galaxy, Lady Death, Woodstock Generation, Rantz Angels, 70 Years of Marvel, Femforce, and others.

Fred Wheaton
Garbage Pail Kids, Wacky Packages

The 55th Philly Non-Sports Card Show will take place October 22-23 at the Merchants Square Mall in Allentown, PA. More Philly Show news will be forthcoming on the official sites (nonsportupdate.com/philly and reightershows.com) as the show gets closer.

(Source: nsu-magazine.com)

The Breygent Marketing San Diego Comic Con Packs packs will have Sketch cards, Line art colored cards, Autographs cards, Costumes cards, Prop cards, Promo cards, 3d cards and Chase cards.

More info and pictures as it gets closer plus what’s in a pack. There will be packs available for those who can not make it to San Diego.

The cards below are line art colored cards by Ashleigh Popplewell. There are 5 Vampirella cards to collect and 8 Project Superpowers to collect and there are about 9 different artists doing these line art cards.

Check out this great album by Laura Inglis on Facebook with May 2011 Philly NonSport Card Show pictures!

Rittenhouse Archives will give attendees of Comic Con International 2010 something to be on the lookout for. There will be quite a few Con exclusive promo cards. There will be one promo card for each day of the Con. Here is an overview.

Green Hornet CP1 (Sunday Only)

Heroes Archives CP1 (Wednesday Only)

Marvel: Heroes and Villains CP1 (Saturday Only)

Stargate Universe Season One CP1 (Friday Only)

Warehouse 13 Season One CP1 (Thursday Only)

Everybody listen up! Give all your love to Breygent Marketing for coming up with this amazing concept. If you’re going to Comic-Con this year, you’re in for a treat.

Breygent will be selling exclusieve “Comin-Con Mystery Packs”. You don’t know what you’re getting, but it’s all good. The packs will contain autographs, costume cards, prop cards, metallogloss costume cards, and sketch cards from the following products: Dexter, Ghost Whisperer, Paranormal Activity, The Tudors, Cartoon Sketch, and Golden Age of Comics.

Personally I’m a huge Dexter fan, so when I saw this BLOOD RED signed card by Michael C. Hall, my jaw dropped! Too bad I ain’t going to Comic-Con!

Non-Sport Update (NSU) is once again producing a variant issue for this year’s Chicagoland Entertainment Collectors Expo to be held September 9-12 at the Holiday Inn in Carol Stream, IL. NSU has produced two previous Star Wars variant issues and with this being the 10th Anniversary Chicagoland Show, we have something really fantastic planned – the inclusion of the very first Star Wars costume card!

Each copy will contain a one of a kind and first of its kind, Star Wars costume card, produced by Topps exclusively for the issue. The card features authentic “Ewok fur” provided by The Prop Store (check out their website at propstore.com for over 4,000 original movie props and costumes). Only 300 copies of this magazine and costume card will be sold. This will be the most limited Non-Sport Update variant issue ever produced and with this incredible card inside, copies will definitely sell out. Each card will be sequentially-numbered and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

This year’s Star Wars variant cover & trading card will feature a stunning piece of original art from fan-favorite Mark McHaley. The magazine cover and card are produced under authorization of Lucasfilm Ltd.

Non-Sport Update will be donating 50% of the net proceeds from the sale of this issue to the Chicagoland Entertainment Collectors Expo charity of choice – The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (www.treasurechest.org). The cover price will be $19.99.

A great cover, a great card, and a great cause, all at a bargain rate. What more could you ask for?

Copies of this issue will premier at the show. Non-Sport Update is now taking orders for copies to be picked-up at the show. Doing so will save you all shipping costs. We urge you to place an order to ensure that you receive a copy as we do expect the issue to sell out. We realize that the demand is quite high for this issue; therefore, we are offering the opportunity for you to pre-order. Note: there is a limit of three copies per household. So, please order yours now to avoid missing such a monumental issue! Beckett Grading Services will offer exclusive special pricing on grading and encapsulation for this card at the show. Felix Silla, the “Flying Ewok,” will be on hand for autograph sessions (please note that Mr. Silla charges for his autograph).

Non-Sport Update is also now taking orders for copies to be mailed to those collectors who are not able to attend the show. Only a small portion will be sold this way and priority will be given to pre-orders and those attending the show.

For more information about the 10th Annual Chicagoland Entertainment Collectors Expo, please visit us online at www.nonsportcardexpo.com. To preorder a copy of this year’s variant, go to www.nonsportupdate.com/2010cece

Above mock-up cover uses Mark McHaley’s preliminary art and will change before final printing.

Breygent Marketing will be giving away 4 promo cards at the Philly show in collaboration with NSU. Here are the 4 card images as posted at Card Talk:

Classic Vintage Movie Posters Sci-Fi & Horror Collector Cards

Cartoon Sketch Art Collector Cards

Golden Age of Comics Collector Cards

Woodstock Generation Rock Poster Collector Cards

Only 2 days from now the Baltimore Non-Sports Card Convention will take place at the Towson Place Hotel & Suites. Regretfully I won’t be able to attend (can’t take a flight across the atlantic for every event) but for those of you that do attend, there’s a lot of fun to be had.

For example, you will be able to pick a few exclusive promo cards. The limited edition “Great Defender” Baltimore Non-Sports Card Convention promo card and the “Woodstock Generation” promocard made by Breygent just for this event.

There will also be some special guests attending the show, such as Ted Dastick Jr., Brian Kong and Jeff Zapata. Also be on the lookout for Non-Sport Update magazine, Geppi’s Entertainment Museum and Rittenhouse Archives.

For those of you attending, have fun!