The card is from the 3rd series of Upper Deck's Marvel Beginnings set, issued in 2012. Artist Mike Thomas has signed the back of it. Thomas has a Facebook page specific to his sketch cards.
It is identified as being "1 of 1" so I didn't incude it on the Collectibles page since the only way to collect it would be to buy it from me and that's not going to happen. ;-)
I've seen one other Guardian sketch card from the Marvel Beginnings series on e-bay but did not pull the trigger on it because, honestly, I didn't particularly care for it. It was essentially a mug shot in front of a Canadian flag. But there are a number of sketch cards displaying Alpha Flight characters so anyone who might be interested in starting a unique little collection has the opportunity.
Looks like I'll have to draw some more Alpha Flight cards for my next Upper Deck set coming to me in March.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to make them look better as well....this was from my first set ever as a sketch artist. Improvements have been made since...
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks for your comments!
DeleteI couldn't tell you specifically why, but I absolutely love this one. I made sure to snag it as soon as I saw it.
And hell, you can draw the leaf properly! You're gold in my book on that basis alone! :-)
Take care.
Well, that's fantastic that you like it! I've got 2 sets coming my way this month (Rittenhouse & Upper Deck) and you can be sure that I'll have some Alpha Flight & Guardian in there. My facebook site is below if you want to keep track of my work. I usually post all of my work from a set once it's approved. But posts like that are usually months apart. Cheers!
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