The Merchandise GuideCards
Compiled by Martin Willey
The Merchandise GuideSee Series 1 sketch cards and Series 3 sketch cards
Unlike set 1, none of the cards have the artist's name printed on the back- the text reads "Congratulations. You have found a very limited edition genuine hand drawn one-of-a-kind sketch card created by", with a blank space for the signature. Vertical cards all have the code "SK1", horizontal cards all have the code "SK2". Some artists did vertical pictures on horizontal cards, and vice versa. The copyright date is 2017, but all the cards were done in 2018 (those by "(j)ay" are dated).
Only some boxes contain a sketch card. Each card is a unique piece of artwork, not a print. There are 14 artists (there were 34 in set 1). Six of the artists did not contribute to the first set, but all have worked on other Unstoppable sets (including Captain Scarlet). Most are doing 25 cards; Andy Fry did 15, Paul Cowan did 50. In addition, each artist has 5 blank cards as "artist proof" (AP) cards, used for private commissions.
There are at least two sketch cards by Andy Fry signed by Barbara Bain (see also the Andy Fry signed sketch cards for set 1). Some of the Andy Fry art was done for the first set, but was held back for this release, together with 15 new sketch cards.
Some autograph and sketch cards were not available until after the release date. Some of these were held back as promotions for dealers. Others were issued with a Summer Yearset on 26 August 2018. Jamie Richards did not complete his cards, but some of the uncompleted cards appeared with the Yearset. Scott Fellowes did a second set of 25 which began to be released with the Yearset. Adam Cleveland drew sketch cards which should be released in 2019; some of his Artist Proof cards appeared in January 2019.
Adam Cleveland (see set 1 art) |
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Paul Cowan (see set 1 art) |
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Kitty-Lydia Dye |
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Marcia Dye (see set 1 art) |
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Scott Fellowes (see set 1 art) |
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Andy Fry (see set 1 art) |
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Mike Hannan |
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j(ay) (see set 1 art) |
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Brett Jones |
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Karl Jones |
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Solly Mohamad (see set 1 art) |
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Jamie Richards |
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Westley James Smith (see set 1 art) |
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Adam Worton |
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Contents copyright Martin Willey. Thanks to Patrick Zimmerman.