Mars Attacks Invasion - Soldier Balbo

Looks like he did not get killed in the Heritage set...Balbo lives!

The 17th and 18th (of 106) sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Invasion trading card series by Topps.

With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I repeated a motif I’ve used before: repeating, yet tweaking an image (only once) and playing with grey tones.

Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
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Sketch card
August 2o13
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Mars Attacks Heritage - Squashed by Giant Robot

Cards 75 and 76 of 106 sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Heritage trading card series by Topps.

Another riff on Giant Robot, card #52 of the original Mars Attacks cards set.
Soldier Balbo getting ready to be pancaked.

With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I tried something new here.
So trial and error led back to the first pair being the best, but without a colour background.

Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
The Heritage card series is celebrating the 50th anniversary, which is now already reportedly sold out.
© Topps

Sketch card
April 2o12
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