Star Wars Pop Art: Topps packages from 1977.
Bubble gum cards from the 1970s/1980s. Pure Pop Art.
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK trading cards from 1980. It took a while but I think I’ve managed to locate them all, from various online sources. (In case you’re wondering what I’m doing on a Sunday night.) 16 in all, but I’ll just make a selection here.
Horror Top Trumps cards from the late 1970s.
THE TUSKEN RAIDER. Star Wars trading card art by Mike Mignola. 1993.
“Tusken Raiders”, I can never get used to that. Sand People.
More Star Wars trading card art. Sam Keith, Karl Kesel, Michael Kaluta (a little hazy but I love the art—I have this one myself, so if I can find it I’ll do my own scan), Steve Ditko, Mark Chiarello, Ted Boonthanakit, George Perez, Jack Kirby.
Star Wars trading card art by Bo Hampton, Scott Hampton, Fastner & Larson, Bill Sienkiewicz, Joe Smith (who did all the character portraits), Earl Norem, Joe Quesada, William Stout, Mœbius, and Jon J. Muth. 1990s.
A set of these cards came my way one day, suddenly rekindling my interest in Star Wars after a period of drought. Summer of 1993. I remember the sun reflecting off the glittery packages as they were lying on our garden table. (Such are the things I remember.) The series acquainted me with Ralph McQuarrie, and many other artists. It’s where I first learned the word “Sith” (on the back of Vader’s card, he was referred to as a “Lord of the Sith”). Looking at these images, I can almost feel the hot summer sun burning, right in the middle of March.
Doctor, please, some more of these—vintage bubble gum cards.