Another recent pick-up and again from Topps first Indiana Jones set from 2008- Heritage. My last Indiana Jones post was a card from the very beginning of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and this one is also very early on in the movie... Indy's "reunion" with Marion. 

IJ: "Hello Marion"

Marion: "Indiana Jones... always knew someday you'd come walkin' back thru my door" 

Okay, "reunion" might be a stretch. Indy turns his head after that line and she punches him in the face lol. Payback for young love gone astray. 

   I'm a big fan of when Mike "frames" in a sketch with a border, like he does with this sketch. I also like the perspective of this sketch- the far away shot so you can see the shadow on the wall. I went back and watched that scene today and Mike nailed it. I also like how Mike does the shadows in this sketch, as in the shadows on Marion's clothes and even in the top corner of the card. It's the little things like adding a shadow that make Mike a master of his craft. And this sketch was from 2008! He's gotten even better since then. 

   I've been a little under the weather today, so that's it for today. Thanks all for stopping by and reading!

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    More Chewbacca love!!! Who doesn't love Chewbacca? You in the back with your hand up... get out!

   If you go back to my "Chewbacca punch!" post from October 14th of last year, you saw five of Mike's versions of Chewbacca. A good friend of mine (Justin) traded me today's Chewbacca- It's an earlier one, from Galaxy 5. It's fun to see how Mike's style has morphed over the years. In fact, another good friend (Brian) has tried (so far unsuccessfully) to get me to do a blog post about Mike's style thru the years. I told him if he writes it, I will gladly take the credit and post it lol. This Chewbacca sketch isn't really detailed, but it doesn't have to be- it's still a great depiction of Chewy. I like how Mike almost always draws Chewbacca with the ammo belt around his shoulder. And this version of Chewbacca looks more like a dog than a Wookie. That's okay though. No matter what version he draws, Mike always finds a way to show the essence of a character. Maybe I'm biased. Okay, no maybe about it... I know I'm biased. Mike's art just speaks to me. 

   Anyways, that's all for today. Thanks for stopping by and reading!

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    Samwise Gamgee. "Sam". Frodo Baggins' best friend and gardener. Frodo's loyal companion, and some say the true hero of the Lord of the Rings saga. Sam was played on-screen in the latest Lord of the Rings trilogy by Sean Astin, and voiced by illustrious actor Roddy McDowall in the "Return of the King" animated movie in 1979. I have been a big Sean Astin fan since "The Goonies" and "Rudy". I do have to mention, since this is my blog, that Sean ripped my heart out at a Con in December of 2019. Sean and Billy Boyd were to be at Steel City Con outside of Pittsburgh so I bought tickets for the show and got a CUSTOM PIECE OF ARTWORK made by (you guessed it) Michael Duron featuring all 4 Hobbits of the Shire (Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin), and what did Sean Aston do? Cancelled on the show two days before the show started! Noooooooooooooo! I was bummed. Okay, enough of my personal Sean Astin tragic heartbreaking schedule changing disappointment. 

   One of Sam's greatest attributes is his loyalty. When Sam said he was going to show up somewhere, he did. He didn't let his Shire agent schedule a conflicting gardening job. He showed up! He didn't disappoint hundreds yea thousands of fans or Fellowship members, whichever the case may be. 

   That's all for today folks.. too many painful memories of a Sean Astin-less Con flooding my memories. 

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Note: Although I was disappointed by Sean's late cancellation, all references to that subject are just my attempts at comedy. I have and always will be a big Sean Astin fan!

    I'm always on the lookout for Mike's sketches, especially from Star Wars products from the early years of my collecting (2008-2009). My first ever set was 2008 Clone Wars, and my second was the glorious return of the Galaxy line with Galaxy 4 in early 2009. Being only the second product released since I had gotten into the hobby, I wasn't aware how big of a deal this set really was. I'd have to say one of the coolest things about Galaxy sets was the base cards were made thru artist submissions. Galaxy 4 also had a sketch card per box, even more rare "retail red" sketch cards (found only at Target stores), the first ever Star Wars die-cut sketch cards, artist autographed Galaxy Two base cards, printing plates, and limited edition reprints and autographed reprints of the ultra rare "Lost Yoda" promo card. This set had it all! 

   I saw this Anakin on Ebay, and it was a little above what I would have really wanted to pay for it. I originally wasn't going to bid on it, but a friend generously offered to help if I wanted it. Luckily for me, two days before the card was to go off I made a sale on Ebay for literally the exact same price as the starting bid for the Anakin sketch. Problem solved. On the last day I bid, and I was the only bid, so I had it!

   Just by the looks of it, I'm going to say this is a "Attack of the Clones" Anakin, because he has no scar above and below his right eye. And I think that ponytail is also a dead giveaway of AOTC Anakin. Full color, great facial expression, love the background- this is a top notch sketch and I was very glad to add it to my collection. 

   That's it for today. Thanks all for stopping by and reading!

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