Baseball Card Collage Art

"I LOVE TOPPS" / "TOPPS Of The Order"

The Topps 2006 set inspired me to do something I thought might be funny: take the little cartoons on the back of the card and try to tell a story with them.

These are the results. This is collage art. I did not draw anything but I did manipulate a few things with computer art programs n whatnot. The first four tell some kind of story. Some of these appeared in Bugs And Cranks but not many and I ended up doing actual writing for the site instead. Sorry for the Comic Sans font.





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This next one? A certain Shakespearean play. I wonder if I could relate the whole thing this way.


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Something I think of when a pitcher starts a game and gets his butt handed to him in the first inning and is pulled. Rarely happens, but when it does, poor guy, his ERA must skyrocket...


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(This one is my favorite.)


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Most of these are made from the 2006 set. Here's one with a few from the 70's.


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To no one's surprise. the beanball cartoon was on Carlos Zambrano's card.


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This one was going to be a story. But then I decided against it. I was really depressed when I made it.


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Depression was probably another culprit.


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Any time we complain about professional sports players' on-field failures, remember: they're likely better than any of us at the game.


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