Alamo trading cards

[marklemon]

I actually said that they would be in the style of the "Civil War News" cards from 1961 or 2, the majority of which were painted by Norm Saunders, who also happened to do the Mars Attacks cards. The style he used on the Civil War set was a bit different from the Mars cards, but both sets were graphic, which was the basic point that I was making.

[Kevin Young]

Actually, I was just kidding about Mars Attacks.

I enjoyed the Civil War cards.

[bigpix]

Just curious if there's been any movement on the card set idea, such as artwork that might be used for it. My son and I would like a set!

Paul

[jesswald]

Paul's inquiry led me to read this thread for the first time, which revived some old memories. I remember the Disney cards. Never managed to collect the entire set. I don't know anyone who ate any of the gum. It was always our impression, subsequently confirmed by a Topps confessor, that in producing baseball cards they kept the big stars in short supply, in order to keep us buying. There were very few Mickey Mantles or Duke Sniders, but I had seven Randy Joneses. In the same way, I think some of the Crockett cards were more popular than others, perhaps because of the photography. There were some beautiful shots of some Indian fighters led by Crockett and Russell on black and white horses, respectively, if I recall right. But you didn't see many of them around. On the other hand, I had multiple copies of Davy shaking hands with Red Stick. I think the cards about the Alamo were rarest of all. Girls loved the ones that depicted Polly Finley.
For Mark's project, I recommend that the text on the back of each card be super-accurate, perhaps exploding some myth or other. And be careful of depictions of Mexicans shooting Texian cats: you'll get Latinos and PETA coming after you. Which brings to mind "and the legend was that, like El Gato the cat, nine lives had Elfego Baca." That is, if your mind twists like that.
Jesse Waldinger