Earlier this year I was lucky enough to befriend Don Pedicini Jr., a talented artist and one of the frequent contributors to Topps' Star Wars sketch cards. Topps, one of the major players in the trading card business, is a tough nut to crack as an artist. They either find you or someone brings your work to an Artist Director's attention. Don liked what he saw and contacted the AD at Topps with a few samples I had illustrated. They liked what they saw and I had my first chance

Artist Proof cards are in hand from Rittenhouse Archives and ready to be commissioned. Because I did 155 cards (that's a lot), I received 10 full-size, uncut (4x5) APs. These are considered official parts of the sketch card set. I have a few of them up on eBay as blank commissions. Any female character from the Marvel Universe can be illustrated on the cards (except for ANY Fantastic Four related characters). The completed cards still need to be approved by Marvel. So while t