It's been exactly 8 years since my last post on my original blog "The Locoduck blog- for fans of Michael Duron". I wanted to continue with my original blog but I had two problems. #1 I forgot my password (seriously.. it's been a long time lol), and #2 Mike's art was getting very popular, very expensive, and harder for me to get. So I didn't really have much to write about. I still followed Mike's art, I still loved Mike's art, but I wasn't able to buy much of it. 
   So what changed? Well I think the biggest change was Disney bought Star Wars and they told Topps they wanted photorealistic sketches in all their products. Now I think Mike could do photorealistic sketches, but it wouldn't be his type of art. So in the past 4-5 years Mike has only done one or two Star Wars set. He has done sets for Marvel, which has a big following, but not as big as Star Wars. So in the past few years his sketches would show up on Ebay and prices became more reasonable. I think it was a case of "out of sight out of mind". I was able to start building up a new collection of Mike's cards. 
   So I wanted to start off this new blog with one of my favorite sketches. Why is it one of my favorites? Well, #1 It's from Galaxy 4, one of the first Star Wars products I ever opened and one of the best, and #2 It's Han Solo and Chewbacca!! One of the greatest partnerships in movie history. Just look at Chewbacca in the background and how simple he looks yet drawn so brilliantly. I love it! 
   So I have a stash of Mike's cards and some custom art pieces, so I'll try to be diligent about posting. Thanks for checking this blog out and for reading!
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