Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Everybody's favourite bagman

The best pop song you can't buy by a band who never made a record is "She's A Study" by TV Eyes. The video is here, what a shame these boys never managed to get it together for a full-length together. And for more videos of beautiful women cut together for maximum effect etc etc.

Scary Go Round playing cards are in progress. I'm working quite hard on the artwork, times 54, so it's going to be a while. Feel free to assist me with peppy feel-good messages. I could do one a day for 54 days, I suppose, but as it says on the right, I'm a man for the "big push".

22 comments:

Sarah said...

Go John Go! I would have thought that Amy would be on the Queen of Hearts considering her effect on those of the opposite sex. I am fully aware, however, that you would know best!

Roman said...

What a great idea!

Tomato said...

Huzza! Scary-Go-Round playing cards! What could be more fun than a fist full of death pixies, devil bears, and sultry vixens!!!

why death pixies, devil bears, and sultry vixens engaged in a rousing round of go fish of course!

Sleepery said...

Wow! Put me down for at least 2 sets. I predict a sell-out.

thehoopiestfrood said...

Perfect for a game of Scabby Queen...

Doug said...

HUZZAH

Field Marshall Scott said...

OMG KRAKKAGAR HAS TO BE THE ACE OF SPADES.

I know I probably spelled his name all wrongzor.

You know the home I mean though. ALL OF YOU DO.

Zach said...

If I mention something right here and now, does that count as me reserving one in the future? I hope so. Because I want a set. no two! No, Five! TEn! Sixteeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!

Seriously, just one, but I have a big family, so maybe I'll just get us all matching sets.
In fact, two. Then I can play games with two sets of deliciousness.

emilyruth said...

Brilliant, John. I will definitely buy a set or two.

Corwin said...

Awesome!

Can you make the 5's normal though? Hard to keep score in euchre without proper 5's. And euchre is everything.

Suds said...

OMG i'm so hitting you up for at least 2 sets, i need a new deck of cards and an sgr set would be the coolest!

arborealprimate said...

While we're on requests, could you maybe do two versions of the set with different coloured rears? This makes life a happy place for those of us who throw our cards around in bridge and are then unable to work out whether a given card comes from the pack in action or the recently shuffled about to be dealt pack. Or indeed for those fools who like to play two pack patience games.

Otherwise this idea is a genius and I will be purchasing several of your packs for the purpose of outraging my grandmother over the bridge table.

Adam said...

Can't wait to get a deck for myself. I'm not usually one for merch, but this is prime.

C. Scott Ananian said...

Sign me up for a deck, too.

While we're at 'impossible dreams', why not a Tichu deck? This just requires 4 "jokers" rather than 2, where the jokers are dog, one, phoenix, and dragon.

More realistically, a couple (or four) of blank cards included in the deck would let any of us who want to play "odd" games (or use special 5s, like Corwin wants) to roll our own, and allow the rest of us to practice some fan-art. =)

John A said...

How nice that people are so excited, you have put a rocket of hot flame under the (previously slow moving)project. Requests for wilder features such as multiple back colours and extra jokers must be respectfully declined as just printing cards in the first place is going to cost me several "large" without such accoutrements. I am concentrating on doing the regular things as well as I can. Feel free to continue to suggest.

Corwin said...

If you're soliciting more suggestions then I should like to add to my previous [unreasonable] request that the cards be the nice plastic kind and not the horrible paper kind that neither shuffle nor slap on the table properly to indicate victory.

Marcus Dunning said...

Baited breathe and antsy-pantsy anticipation.
I wouldnt mind a Shelly union jack bikini card too.. or 3.

Ben said...

To suggest that this pack of cards is going to be anything less than awesome would defy all logic. You would be insane if you tried to make that case.

Zach said...

I also meant to mention that you should have a shirt-less Tim for those of us who enjoy his chest hair. I know I do. It's like a hawk...on a chest. Awesome.

Corwin said...

Today's comic led me by way of velour to spandex fetishism.

That has nothing to do with cards and no one probably wants to know these things but I thought I'd share. It's actually a pretty interesting entry if you give it a chance.

Meg said...

OMFG! That is such the cool. I don't usually buy merchandise just cause... I don't... lazy, I guess. But I've got a depressing Mau infatuation and am in desperate need of some new cards (mine are worn out from too much shuffling and are missing a few cards) and these would just be perfect!

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