Western Cards

Little Gems, is a clever Tumblr site that features some peachy design work and vintage pics. Ran across this series of Western cards on the site and thought the PCL Nation would enjoy.

Mossi Files - Part V - Dick Edition

The sports world is full of Dicks.

Terrorist Attack!

"Terrorist Attack", a 35 card factory set that profiled famous terrorists and terrorist acts of the last century was issued by the Piedmont Candy Company in 1987. Honing in on the success of the "Mars Attacks" set previously issued, 25 years earlier, the set features some jaw dropping art work and currently sells in the $15 to $25 dollar range at collector shows.


Back of card reads - "Being a terrorist is not an easy occupation. The average terrorist is an ignorant and illiterate slime who has difficulty using a fork, much less operating a machine gun or rocket launcher. Therefore, those nations that feel national policy is advanced through kidnapping and murder of innocent people need training camps where terrorists can learn their repulsive skills. Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Syria and Libya are among the nations which train terrorists how to kill unarmed tourists and workers. These nations then supply their murderous vermin with weapons, supplies and even targets of attack. After an attack has been made, these countries claim that the terrorists were working independently. Of course, when their training camps get attacked, these countries throw diplomatic temper tantrums at the United States."





In this post 9/11 climate, they have become a pariah of the non-sports collectible world. All the more reason to have them in your collection.

Link via El Blog Ausente
Additional info by The Wrapper

Some Ed Wood for Your Bike Spokes.

Golden Age Comic Book Stories presents Drew Friedman's complete set of The Ed Wood Jr. Players trading cards from 1992. Collect them all (digitally)!

EXOTISMO COLONIAL

Lifted from the always wonderful El Desvan del Abuelito, these terrific native cards.

Menko

Any look at the history of trading cards has to include Japanese menko cards, used both for games and trading. I'm fond of the menko cards I found at a flea market in Nagoya years ago of sumo rikishi and yakuza. Yes, I've posted the sumo before here, but TOUGH, it's a great excuse to link to the other great cards at the above site.

Chuckman Has Massaged My Brain

Jesus, my eyes! I always put a unique image on the covers of the proposals I write. They act as mnemonic devices as well a differentiators of content, and my clients being of a more free thinking bent, seem to appreciate that I took the time to find something that correlates my awareness of their existence. I was looking for an image of Mount Palomar Observatory when I found Chuckman's blog, where he has loads of stuff, but I was drawn into it via these awesome space cards. If you could fMRI me right now, my primary visual cortex would be firing like, like, I dunno, like the roiling plasma covered surface of the Sun.

Freakards

Freakards - Portraits of peculiar people brought to us by the freaks over at It's Deadlicious.

Proto

Here's a complete set of Topps' Civil War News which was the bloodied impetus behind Mars Attacks! which was the bloodied impetus behind Dinosuars Attack! (albeit 20 some odd years after)

Hey- didja notice? Look at America these days....the South Won. Bleagh.

DINOSAURS ATTACK!

Just what the hell is that pterosaur doing to that poor ape!
I am a child of the 80's and I haven't the foggiest how I missed out on these (Ebay, here I come!). According to Bob Heffner and his nifty BOB'S DINOSAURS ATTACK! page, Topps released this MARS ATTACKS inspired, dino-gruesome card set in 1988.
For more delightful paleo carnage, check out Bob's very thorough site.

Little trading cards

My dear brother bought these trading cards in Stockholm.
(click to enlarge and enjoy the printing artefacts in high-res!)





More cards from the set here and here