November 3, 2010 - no comments. Posted by in Suckpax 2.

Suckpax 2 Rejected cards

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I tossed a batch of misprinted cards to The Sucklord, and he specifically chose ones he liked to be stamped “REJECTED”.  He then went and did the stamping himself.  Got a little carried away on some, with multiple stampings on one card.

November 3, 2010 - no comments. Posted by in Suckpax 2.

Suckpax 2 costume card fabrication

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We are making up the Mary  Papers costume card.  The wife beater she wore posing for the photo has been cut up into small squares, and a hole punched in the front cards.  A jig is used to align the fronts and backs for glueing.  Rittenhouse Archives gave me essential advice on construction of costume cards.  We put it to use, and it saved a lot of time, and gave superior results. Thanks!

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Rolling the glued cards.

November 3, 2010 - no comments. Posted by in Suckpax 2.

The Sucklord Arrives

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The Sucklord arrives and he brought all the sketch cards with him.

November 2, 2010 - no comments. Posted by in My Dads Record Collection.

My Dads record collection accepted for Distroboto

After a long delay, I received an acceptance from Distroboto in Montreal for the trading card series “My Dad’s record collection”.  I had sent them samples months ago, but it was to an out-of-date address.  Louis at Distroboto really got into the cards, and I brought up 50 packs to see how they will sell via his machines.  Louis has converted cigarette vending machines to vend art.

I got a surprising kick out of delivering the packs to him in Montreal.  He was appreciative of them, but beyond that, I got a buzz off of the experience.  These were a creation completely my own.  It must be similar to the feeling an artist gets delivering finished pieces to a gallery.

Backs of the cards getting the first stamping.

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Stamping the boxes.  Distroboto does not need the outer boxes, but I felt the need to do them up.  Future distribution through other venues will probably require boxing.  It was fun to design and make them.  And I felt an increased pride in my work with the boxes.

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I have a few hundred blank white boxes for just such purposes.  It is our standard 24 pack box, and when we did our last die-cutting for Suckpax 2, I had blank white ones cut also.

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The cards themselves are cut up albums.  It is surprising what happens when you slice up a large design into small pieces.  The small framed sub-set piece of an image, randomly generated, can be very interesting.  I go through the hundreds of pieces, and sort them into 4 piles:  “A” or best images, which are faces or just fun; “B” images, which are intriguing; Text only sections; and solids or blanks.  The wrappers are made up from the inner sleeves.  Packs are made up of a mix of both A and B cards.

November 1, 2010 - no comments. Posted by in Events.

2nd Ave NYC card event

We are one of the co-sponsers of the “First Annual 2nd Avenue Trading card convention and swap meet”!

Flyers:

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And I came across a vagrant street version, by someone well meaning but slightly deranged:

Going to be an exceptional event.  I plan to bring some vintage uncut sheets and vintage wax pack boxes of cards to show.  I am hoping many who attend bring at least one binder of their best cards to show.  Especially sketch or original art cards.

We will be raffling off a Suckpax 1 uncut sheet sometime during the event.  The plans are for all attendees to get a numbered ticket, and there will be hourly drawings for prizes.

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