A Killer Collection On Cardboard

This year for Halloween I am focusing on a collection of art cards that I found on eBay earlier this year. I don’t remember the name of the artist who made them, and it isn’t listed on the cards, but the description said that the set was designed to look like something you would find on sale at Captain Spaulding’s Museum of Monsters and Madman gift shop. 

The six-card set covers real four killers and two fictional killers.

S. Quentin Quail (AKA Dr. Satan)

Albert Fish

Ed Gein

Lizzie Borden

Texas Chainsaw Murders- The character Leatherface in the movie is based on the real Ed Gein

Jack the Ripper

Nightmares On Cardboard V Submissions

It is time for Nightmares On Cardboard V!

 

Each year on Thorzul Will Rule there is a contest for Halloween related cards, people can enter by submitting their custom cards and the best of the group is selected with prizes going to the top couple of submissions.

 

I am a fan of House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects so I decided to build a set on House of 1,000 Corpses. For the card fronts I used the 1971 Topps baseball cards as a base, rotated it horizontally, added the "House of..." logo and built it from there. For the card backs I used the 1959 Topps Baseball High Series back.

 

I created 9 cards total but decided to limit my submission to 5 cards, so I only created backs for these 5 cards. The cards are 4 main characters; Baby Firefly, Captain Spaulding, Dr. Satan and Otis B Driftwood along with a video card. I added wear & tear along with some staining and discoloration to the backs of the cards. I wanted to add wear, rounded corners and creases to the front but I was not happy with the way it looked, it stood out but in a bad way.

I was playing around with the backs and while I was adding different elements of the cardboard being worn and stained/discolored I decided to add a thumbtack hole in the center of the Dr. Satan card (below). I did not submit this card with the pin hole.

 

 

The following four cards; Grandpa Hugo Firefly, Earl Firefly (The Professor), Tiny Firefly and Gerry Ober are cards that I created but did not submit. I did not create backs to any of these cards.

 

 

This year will be my third time entering the Nightmares of Cardboard contest, these are my prior submissions:

 

Here is last year’s submission for Nightmares on Cardboard IV (2011); I ended up as a non-medalist

 

Here is the previous year’s submission for Nightmares on Cardboard III (2010); I earned a second place tie with Matt from Heartbreaking Cards of Staggering Genius