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Warlord of Mars Collectible Art Series preview set

New from Breygent Marketing:

Don't miss out on this hot new item!

Each Collector's Preview set Contains:

1 Title Card 6 - 3D Lenticular Cards 9 Martian Creatures Cards 1 Joe Jusko Autograph Card 1 Promo Card

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Star Wars Galactic Files

From Topps:

Star Wars Galactic Files. The Largest, Most Comprehensive Star Wars Trading Card Set. Ever.

350 card base set featuring characters, vehicles, creatures, and factions. 2 Hits per Box: 1 Sketch Card 1 Autograph or Embroidered Patch

Be sure to download the checklist.

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NCIS trading card details

From Rittenhouse Archives: Rittenhouse Archives is proud to present this premiere edition Premium Pack Trading Cards series covering the first 72 episodes of the top-rated television program, NCIS!

Autograph Cards Pauley Perrette (Abby Sciuto), Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jenny Shepard), Rocky Carroll (NCIS Director Leon Vance), Cheryl Ladd (Mary Courtney), Bob Newhart (Dr. Walter Magnus), Charles Durning (Ernie Yost), Michael Nouri (Massad Director Eli David), Sean Harmon (Young Leroy Jethro Gibbs), Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit), Sarah Jane Morris (Special Agent Barrett), Jessica Steen (Paula Cassidy), Rena Sofer (Margaret Hart), Pancho Demmings (Gerald Jackson) and more! (1 autograph card per Premium Pack) Relic Cards Mark Harmon (Special Agent Jethro Gibbs), David McCallum (Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard), Pauley Perrette (Abby Sciuto), Michael Weatherly (Special Agent DiNozzo), Sean Murray (Special Agent McGee), Rocky Carroll (NCIS Director Leon Vance), Cote de Pablo (Ziva David) and more!  (2 cards per Premium Pack) 36 Episode Cards, with 2 episodes per card (front/back)  (3 cards per Premium Pack) 9 Stars of NCIS Cards (1 card per Premium Pack)

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Lost trading cards sale, all starting at 99 cents

This month we are clearing out our Lost Trading cards from InkWorks and Rittenhouse Archives. All cards are in our Ebay store now starting at 99 cents, including some great "very rare" cards, like the Michael Emerson card from Lost Seasons 1 Thru 5.

Check out our auctions!

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Star Wars Galaxy 7 Video Case Break

I love Star Wars and I love trading cards... so I'm loving these video box breaks by Blowout.com. Check it out:

To view all 8 (!) videos, visit: http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/non-sport-box-breaks/258050-star-wars-galaxy-7-video-case-break.html

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Gerald de Dios Sketch Card Artist Interview

How did you get into drawing sketch cards? One of my passions is "Plein Air" painting. That's the French expression for painting outdoors and working in natural light. I've been painting since 2009.

Before every piece of work I would paint these small thumbnails because it was a great way to see if the composition or colors would work before committing to a larger painting. I noticed I was putting a lot of time into these thumbnails. Almost the same amount of time as a larger painting.

In 2010, I was looking for another media outlet to share my paintings. So I created a deviantART gallery. Somewhere down the line I came across artists posting these incredible "sketch cards". I really wanted to be part of this community of artists and began researching online. I took the old fashioned route and sent samples to multiple companies. Out of the handful of sample sheets sent, I was thrilled to hear back from Breygent Marketing. So the first official set I worked on was "The Golden Age of Comics: Heroes and Villains". 

What is your favorite subject to draw? As much as I love painting landscapes I really enjoy illustrating anything Star Wars!  

What is your favorite character to draw? Hands down....Boba Fett! My first exposure to this character was back in the 80's when watching "Empire Strikes Back". At that time there wasn't much background info on Boba Fett. So the mystery was always there. And now with the updated info on the Fett's, he's even more exciting to illustrate. He's just one of those characters that seems to have an infinite amount of ways to draw. 

Do you prefer black & white sketches or color sketches? I've always been a fan of color, tonal work and texture. I love taking the simplest lines and shapes then bringing them to life with color. What kind of materials do you prefer to work with? As much as I hated using watercolors in college... it's now my favorite medium to use! But some sketch card sets won't take my watercolors too well, causing the card to warp or buckle. One time I received a set of blank cards with a waxy layer and it didn't take my watercolors at all! In this scenario I'll use markers, brush pens, gouache and colored pencils instead. Who is your favorite sketch card artist? I have an infinite list of sketch card artists that inspire and motivate me...you know who you are - LOL! But if I had to pick one that always leaves me in awe, it's Mark McHaley. His watercolor techniques for portraits are so mesmerizing to look at. He has a great minimalistic approach to his line-work and he's just brilliant with the use of white space. What are you currently working on? Recently  wrapped up "Red Sonja" and currently working on "Vampirella". Both sets will be released by Breygent Marketing. In between sets I'm completing several illustration and sketch card commissions. 

Has your career as an artist benefited from doing sketch card work? Yes, I've been very lucky to work on many licensed sets and I've gained new customers and fans along the way. Do you collect trading cards for yourself? I used to collect both Sport and Non-Sport sets during my childhood. Nowadays I collect really unique sketch cards made by other artists. I was part of a trade off last year involving 20 artists. Each artist chose one character... in my case I chose Astromech Droids. So I proudly own 20 unique cards... some killer R2 units and some original designs! My favorite card that I own was created by Jen Gubicza. She created a Jabba the Hutt sketch card completely made of fabric. Do you have a website / blog / online presence where readers can find more information about you? Yes, feel free to visit, follow and go to: Website: gdedios.com Blog: gdedios.blogspot.com DA: geralddedios.deviantart.com Twitter: twitter.com/TheArtgd Youtube: youtube.com/TheArtgd

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Unleashing Cereal Killers Stickers Cards

Written and painted by rock poster, Garbage Pail Kids/ Wacky Packages artist Joe Simko, this card set mixes iconic cereal box art with popular horror films, creating a modern sweet treat!

Hobby Box - 24 Pack - Details

5 Sticker Cards per Pack

OR

4 Sticker Cards and 1 Random Premium Gift per Pack

(Complete 55-title base set guaranteed per hobby box)

Random Premium Gifts include: Silver Spoon Foil Fusion Cards (8 designs),  Magnet Gross-ery Aisle Tryptic (3 designs), 11" x 17" Point of Purchase Poster (1 design), and original, hand-drawn Sketch Cards (color and b/w)

Approximate ratio odds of finding premium inserts per Hobby Box (Odds based on 1st printing – 2,000 Hobby Boxes) Foil Fusion Cards - 2:1 box Magnets - 1:2 boxes Point of Purchase Poster – 1:1 box Sketch Cards – 1:2 boxes

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The Big Bang Theory now available at Cryptozoic

The Big Bang Thery Trading Cards are now available for pre-order at Cryptozoic for a suggestion retail price of 84 dollars a box. The set release date of this long awaited set is March 23rd.

Pre-order here: http://store.cryptozoic.com/product_p/bigbangtheory_tc.htm

Personally, I can't wait for these!

About this set: The characters on The Big Bang Theory do everything that we, as hobbyists, love: discussing science, passionately debating hypothetic battles between comic book characters, and playing games. So, it’s only fitting that the cast has their own trading cards. From Penny’s Halloween party to robot-on-robot melee, you can collect your favorite moments in the show. You can’t polybag these, but you can sort them in pages and carry them around in a three-ring binder. Score! 5 cards per pack; 24 packs per box $3.50 per pack MSRP *Only available in the United States Inserts: Autographs and Memorabilia Autograph and memorabilia cards feature the CZE hologram to guarantee authenticity.

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99 Cents James Bond John Cleese Autograph Card

The sell-out at Nonsporttrading.com continues with the addition of James Bond trading cards at our Ebay Store. Today's top card is the John Cleese A125 Autograph Card, starting at only 99 cents! This card normally starts at appoximately 50 dollars.

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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 inquiries from other organizations to do sketch cards on the standard 2.5 x 3.5 format. Then Steve started 5finity and asked me to participate in a couple of their projects. Since then I have always been doing something with sketch cards. Even if it’s creating my own, and selling them on eBay. What is your favorite subject to draw? Superheroes. But I don’t get asked all that often to draw a sketch card of them. Somehow most requests for sketch cards are for boobs and butts! LOL. And can I really complain that I get to draw those?

  What is your favorite character to draw? Whatever someone has asked me to do next. HA! There are so many. Probably towards the top of the list are Power Girl, Supergirl, The Hulk. Do you prefer black & white sketches or color sketches? Color. As an Artist, I feel you can convey so much more depth and emotion using color. Black and white can be effective when used here and there. But for me when it comes to sketch cards, color is better. What kind of materials do you prefer to work with? Right now I am using any and all markers that will get the job done for a specific image. I use Prismacolor and Copic markers. I also have a couple Faber-Castell brush markers I will pull out every now and then too. Finishing touches could be Faber-Castell colored pencils and white gouache.

Who is your favorite sketch card artist? Wow. There are so many of them. I know I am going to leave someone off this list and piss them off (If that is you, please accept my humble apologies!). How about Jim Kyle, Meghan Hetrick, Bill McKay, Axebone, Amy Clarke. The list goes on and on. What are you currently working on? I just completed cards for 5finity Bill Tucci’s Shi collection. I am currently working on Ken Galan’s Contemporary Pin-ups. And after that is a project for Bad Axe studios next card collection.

Has your career as an artist benefited from doing sketch card work? Sure. One sketch card project can lead to another. Which is wonderful. I am always so grateful to be approached to participate on a sketch card project. But if you are asking do sketch cards lead to other type of artistic work? Then the answer is not really. When someone sees one of my sketch cards, it leads them to ask about doing more cards. It never leads to asking about doing full comic pages or a large commission piece. They are just very different disciplines and I am finding out they are like parallel universes and rarely do they collide into one another.

Do you collect trading cards for yourself? Nope. Do you have a website / blog / online presence where readers can find more information about you? My website is www.artofm2.com My deviantArt page is http://mmunshaw.deviantart.com And I am on Twitter at @mmunshaw

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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 this second installment of Bettie Page.

Richard Pace Kristin Allen Jessica Hickman Sara Richard Craig Yeung Tim Shay Leah Mangue Chris Hoffman Dan Bergren Danielle Soloud Frank Kadar Goony Toons Chris Henderson Bill Bronson Charles Hall Scott Blair Scott Rorie Jeremy Treece John Haun Alex Alderete Richard Cox Ted Dastick Jr. Steve Oatney Axebone Veronica O’Connell Newton Barbosa Gary Kezele Elaine Perna Trev Murphy Peng Peng Eisu Jerome Dabos Remi Dousset Nestor Celario Heather Cromwell Uko Smith Angel Palacios Julius Abrera Babis Kourtis MAX! Jack Redd Rob Baker Wu Wei Shane McCormack Edward Cherniga Eli Rutten Judit Tondora M. Jason Reed BOO David Desbois Mark McHaley Gabby Untermayerova Tim Proctor David Coalburn Paul Ballard Lee Kohse Mick & Matt Glebe Kevin West Andrew Robinson Russell Walks

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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 NukoToys trading cards up to the screen and have the contents of the card appear in the app. It's kind of neat, a little like Monster Rancher meets Eye of Judgment. The technology isn't necessarily ground breaking and it arrives a few years after the EyeToy was already doing this kind of stuff back in 2008. However, the fact that this kind of technology works on mobile platforms so gamers of all ages can experience the Animal Planet or mythical creatures in Monsterology while on-the-go is quite impressive. The products themselves operate a lot like Nintendo's NintenDogs for the Nintendo DS, enabling users to pet, play with, and observe animals and monsters in the respective apps. What's more is that multiple cards can be used in the apps, so you can toss in lions, tigers and bears if you so desire...all at the same time. If you wanted a more diverse version of NintenDogs that caters to a broad range of animals with information and media available for each and every animal, then Animal Planet Nuko would be a nice little app to have on hand. If you want some mythical monsters and creatures to play around with on your mobile device then Monsterology Nuko would definitely be the way to go. Both the apps and the official trading cards will be available for consumers beginning this March. Author: William Usher Source: Gaming Blend

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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 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" pack contains ten different cards featuring various things that are SUPER AWESOME! From Abe Lincoln to Zombies, collect all fifty cards in the set!

You can buy these cards at McPhee's over here: http://www.mcphee.com/shop/products/Super-Awesome-Trading-Cards-.html

Also, check out this video:

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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 book publisher, and the situation was looking grim for a while. So I decided to get back to basics, and started drawing for the pure fun of it - drawing things that I WANTED to draw, for a change. So I began to spend a lot of time down at my local comic shop- Comic Connection Oakville -  just drawing comic book characters for fun. A  great bunch of guys work there, and they really liked my work. My wife had picked up a pack of blank art cards for me to try out, so  I started to drawing on them for fun. The guys at the comic shop suggested that I submit my stuff to some of the different nonsport card companies, and my work was met with a good response. Before I knew it, I was working again.

What is your favorite subject to draw? I love drawing comic book and fantasy stuff. Monsters are my first love, dating back to my childhood, so I find all of that kind of stuff really fun to draw. Dragons, werewolves, giants, that sort of thing. What is your favorite character to draw? That's a tough one, there are so many. The Thing is amy all time favorite character, but I don't feel like I ever get him quite 'right' when I draw him, so he remains my eternal challenge, my white whale. I guess the character I have drawn the most is Iron Fist. He is great fun- simple, striking costume and he's fun draw in any pose, really dynamic guy. I could also draw Conan or Usagi Yojimbo all day long and never get bored.

Do you prefer black & white sketches or color sketches? I much prefer to work in black and white, with washes of grey, but most card companies prefer color work, so that is what they get from me. What kind of materials do you prefer to work with? I usually pencil lightly with a 2H pencil first, then get out my brushes and work in India ink and wash, water color, and sometimes markers (Pitt, Chartpak, COPIC) to get really intense pure colors. Who is your favorite sketch card artist? There are so many great ones out there it is hard to pick. Cat Staggs is brilliant. I also like Jim Kyle's work.

What are you currently working on? A bazillion things. I have a couple of top secret comic book projects in the works, a pile of private commissions on my desk, some pinups to do for some of my favorite comic books, and I'm working away at a big mural for a local Japanese restaurant. Heh, I'm also a part time custodian. Has your career as an artist benefited from doing sketch card work? I believe so, yes. Working with such limited dimensions forces me to get creative in how I use that space, and really tightens up my small brushwork skills. The internet exposure after a new sketch card set launches is also pretty cool, and usually gathers me a bit more work.

Do you collect trading cards for yourself? I wish I could, but my available funds are quite limited, and any extra I have left after bills and whatnot goes towards buying the few comics books I read each month. I'd love to collect some sketch cards though- so many great artists out there. Do you have a website / blog / online presence where readers can find more information about you? I have a web gallery displaying my sketchcards/sketch covers, illustrations and commissions- www.mikerooth.com

I will have a blog (one day!) but until then anyone interested in learning more about me or checking out my artwork can follow me on twitter, where I post my sketches and any new artwork I'm doing nearly every day. https://twitter.com/#!/uncouthRooth

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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 relic cards of The King! Essential Materials - relic cards featuring the most expansive lineup ever of Elvis-worn clothing Look for "King Size" over-sized pieces! Essential Signatures - the most comprehensive list to date. Includes the first ever autograph cards from the legendary Mary Tyler Moore! Historic Cuts - Elvis Cut Signatures, plus a dual cut with his father, Vernon Presley! JUST ADDED!  Elvis Cut Signature + Relic card! Look for Essential Sketches - hand-drawn sketch cards from renowned artist, Joe Petrucio, each numbered to 20 or less!

Released on February 1, 2012 Source: Press Pass

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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 would-be Republican presidential candidates such as Mitt Romney. "We thought it was only fitting to produce a set of cards that would help pay tribute to all the highs and lows of this presidential race by capturing the top candidates on cardboard," said Jason Masherah, Upper Deck's vice president of marketing and business development. The GOP trading cards include the remaining four presidential contenders (Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum). Plus, three candidates who are long gone from the White House race -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Rep. Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain -- are also now collectibles, as is former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Obama has been featured on an Upper Deck card before. His caricature was on the company's 2008 "presidential victor" card. Source: USA Today 

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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