The Rebel Base Card Podcast

Setting the table for 2020 with guest Tom Gross, newsman for the ‘Coffee with Kenobi’ podcast as he talks about the upcoming event at Washington Community High School, in Washington, Illinois - S.T.E.A.M. into Star Wars. You probably know the podcast, but you may not know that Tom is also the Librarian for WCHS and Dan Zehr from the podcast is a teacher from that same school. It’s a free event spo...

Maurice Mercado is a lifelong Star Wars fan and collector, who shares his passion with his three young sons. Together they are the Jedi Toy Masters, and their unboxing and reaction videos, along with his own Star Wars Car Talk can be found on YouTube. You can also find them on Instagram @jeditoymasters. YouTube link JEDI TOY MASTERS - YouTube https://www.youtube.com › channel Twitter: @jeditoymast...

Kareem Dharsee is a member of ORDER 416, a Toronto based cosplay group. He goes into how they formed, his take on Star Wars Cosplay and his excitement on getting to be a part of the Salaam Fandom panel at the recent NY City Comic-Con. I first met Kareem, Daniel and Reno at Star Wars Celebration and featured a brief conversation with them on Episode 7, the Celebration episode. Although there are ma...

Getting his start in comics and the collaborations with artist Joe Coroney in the mid '90s, Brian Miller came into his own with his distinctive Star Wars propaganda and travel art. You will find Brian Miller's artwork at such popular events as Star Wars Celebration, Epcot's International Festival of the Arts, San Diego Comic-Con, and the D23 Expo. You can browse and buy some of his incredible piec...

With the Thanksgiving holiday and holiday weekend upon us we take a step back and talk more about the content that has come out in the last few weeks with Spoiler Free mentions of the Mandalorian, Jedi Fallen Order and of course, all the cool cards that have come out. We also go more into the Star Wars Card Trader App Update that happened last week. More guests on tap for December, so hopefully yo...

Ian Taylor and Norrin Radd of the Marvel Card Card Collectors Podcast continue the conversation that began on their recent podcast episode #23. We talk about collecting Marvel and Star Wars cards, different ways to collect and how they got started with their Facebook Group and Podcast. MCC Podcast feed: https://anchor.fm/mccp Marvel Card Collectors Podcast Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Th...

Dominic Pace is a Los Angeles based character actor with 20 plus years in the business and more than 100 credits to his name. He has appeared in such properties as 9-1-1, Superstore, and NCIS: Los Angeles. In the new Disney+ Star Wars live action series ‘The Mandalorian,’ Pace plays a featured bounty hunter nicknamed ‘Gekko.’ Twitter: @Dominicppace Instagram: @dominicpace1 Facebook: search Dominic...

Show notes for Episode 30: Josh Berling Friend of the show Josh Berling is back and gives us an update on his year-long quest to compete the Star Wars Canon before the release of the Rise of Skywalker in December. We first heard from Josh back during our Celebration Episode in April (#7) and then again in June at our visit to Joliet’s Star Wars Day (#11). Over the course of time he has been workin...

Nicholas Baltra is Florida based freelance sketch artist who has done work for Topps, Upper Deck, Fright-Rags, and Cryptozoic. Originally from New Jersey, just across from Philadelphia, he still is an avid fan of his Philly sports teams. Instagram: @nigelweatherbottom Facebook: @nicholasbaltra Web: http://www.nigelweatherbottom.wix.com/home Email: artlabsalohcin@gmail.com Bio: From Facebook: ‘Star...

Cameron Tobias is an Orlando based freelance sketch artist for Topps, illustrator and graphic designer who also works in merchandising at Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom. Instagram: @tobias_art_illustrations Facebook: Tobias Art Illustrations https://www.facebook.com/TobiasArtIllustrations Email: tobiasartillustrations@gmail.com for commission inquiries ******************** Podcast Listeners: Friend o...

This week we talk about the trip to Galaxy's Edge and Black Spire Outpost at Disney's Hollywood Studios and do a live break of packs from the recent Journey to the Rise of Skywalker set purchased from a local retail outlet. We'll also talk about some of the interviews set up in the weeks to come. ******************** Podcast Listeners: Friend of the show and sketch card artist Ben Abusaada is givi...

Rodney Roberts is a Northern Virginia based artist and designer who has had a passion for art and design as long as he can remember. He loves his family, comics, moves, animation, sports and a good craft beer. One can look for Rodney on Instagram @theartnerrd on Facebook search @artnerrd Email: artnerrd@gmail.com Find Rodney on the Meanwhile at the Podcast Podcast with George (Formerly of ‘The Geo...

Ted Dastick Jr. has been a fan of Star Wars since he was a kid, and has been doing sketch cards for over ten years. Many groups, businesses and charitable organizations have utilized his amazing work, including the Philadelphia Phillies. He has done various sketch cards, for Topps, Upper Deck, Perna, Viceroy and MNS. He will be soon featured in a Stranger Things Artbook for Penguin Random House, a...

Ingrid Hardy is a Canadian artist whose distinctive paintings and illustrations can be found on numerous Topps Star Wars sketch cards, and has a base card in the 2018 Galaxy Series 8 set. You can find her on Facebook, searching for Ingrid K.V. Hardy, on Instagram @hardy.ingrid and on her website, www.rabidhorse.com. Also, Ingrid has a Patreon page where you can support her work directly: https://w...

Tom Amici is a freelance sketch card artist for Topps and Upper Deck and is also known for his artwork on Star Trek Fanzines as well as Star Wars Insider. Tom lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children. Tom appeared on Episode 23 of the Podcast. Tom Amici on Instagram: @tomamiciart Email: sithlord151@yahoo.com Website: https://www.artstation.com/tomamiciart Catch Tom at the upcoming: Comic...

Released in 2015, Star Wars Card Trader from Topps is a digital card collection app that allows users to collect and trade virtual cards on your phone or tablet. To help talk about the history, mechanics, and how it fits into your Star Wars collection, a Trader app veteran and podcaster, Billy Maker, co-host of the Cloud City Card Cantina, appears on the show. Find Billy Maker on Twitter: @cortona...

Logan Monette is a sketch card artist for Topps and Upper Deck, who often uses Pointillism, the distinctive technique of using multiple dots of color to form and fill in an image. You can find him on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter by searching for his name, or @lamstudio. Logan also will often post video of him drawing on his YouTube channel. Links to find Logan on Social media: @lamstudio on In...

Episode 20: Mark Von Ohlen Mark Von Ohlen is Star Wars Authentics Manager, part of Topps, which is a source of officially licensed and autographed photos, art, and oversized trading cards of actors and actresses from across the Star Wars saga. You can find them at starwarsauthentics.com and you can also follow Mark on Twitter at @darthvonohlen . You can follow Topps on IG, Twitter and Facebook - l...

Episode 19: Kevin Cleveland Kevin Cleveland is an artist who does, amongst other great work, sketch cards for Topps. He loves horror films, wrestling and a good watch. He will be appearing in Nashville at the ICCC, or Imperial Commissary Collectors Convention 2019 • September 13-15. He has sketch cards in the Star Wars Chrome Legacy set. You can also check him out at @therealkevincleveland on Inst...

I talk to a bunch of awesome people who recently displayed their goods at a couple of local comic cons here and in California. First up is a return guest, Dawn Murphy who along with some of the others tonight, were recently at Orland Park Public Library’s Comic Con. She is followed up by Illustrator Raz Ortiz, Nick from CNFactory, and Lydia Koranda and her niece Sofia, a super talented 11 year old...

We talk with Kevin Munnings of Tusken Trader Company or @tuskentraderco on Instagram about the Mexican versions of the Topps Star Wars cards that were released in the late 70’s. Due to many reasons, including the number of cards per pack, the gum included and the general availability, they were not easy to come by and very rare to find these days without paying a pretty penny. Kevin has put a ton...

We turn to the ‘Light Side’ literally this episode to talk with Jamie Cosley, the artist of said comic that appears monthly in Star Wars Insider Magazine. In addition to his cartoons, he has worked on sketch cards for Topps for Star Wars and Stranger Things and has some TMNT ones coming soon. He also has done work for Upper Deck, Highlights, WDW magazine and book illustrations as well, so to say I...

We get down to basics and talk about getting your Star Wars card collection going and how to go about it. Why do we collect? Where do we buy cards? Which cards should we get? How much am I spending? How do I take care of my collection? Should I get everything?   Look, although your collection is inherently yours, there are some things you may want to consider before you dive in for the first time,...

Artist and costume illustrator Dawn Murphy joins me on the program. Her amazing portrait work can be found on her Facebook page and on Instagram channel, @dawnmurphyart Her portraits of Padme have also appeared in Star Wars Insider Magazine. She will also be appearing locally at the Orland Park Library Comic Con, Saturday, July 20th. https://www.orlandparklibrary.org/comiccon/ Make sure to like he...

We talk with Sketch card artist Kris Penix this week. He talks about how he got started, his process and the Star Wars Living set he is doing for Topps. I think you’ll really get a kick out of it. Show notes: Follow Kris Penix on Instagram: @kris_penix_art On Facebook: search Kris Penix Topps set release schedule: courtesy of http://cardboardconnections.com Current/future card releases: Now: Resis...