ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

For a man who has built his own unique empire on the unwitting back of George Lucas, The Sucklord’s finally getting some much-deserved respect from the scary Skywalker Empire themselves.

Buy a pack of Star Wars Galaxy : Series 4 trading cards (without blushing) and you just might snag one of 3000 cards featuring original art by one of many, many ‘hip’ ‘underground’ artists, hand-selected by Sucklord. Mr. Suck, I’m just a little jealous that I wasn’t scouted out for this amazing task. I can whip up a badass mofo of a Tusken Raider. You say ‘Momaw Nadon’ and, well, I know exactly what you’re talking about, as well as his alternate history as presented in the paperbacks I read in college.

Star Wars cards have a history of hiding original art cards in with the generic trading cards, each one a unique creation, but the addition of lesser-known artists & toy crafters to the mix of the usual big-name illustrators is both awesome and refreshing. From Sucklord’s curiously pink Vaders, to the detailed renderings from our pals at ONell Design, I’d be pretty excited to find any of these wedged between an Obi-Wan and a Jar Jar. The list of participating artists includes: Amy Vuitya, Artbot 138, Art Denka, Brian Slivka, Chanmen/ GARGAMEL, Daniel Cantrell, Dice One, Dynomight, EVIL DESIGN, FETTS, Fig-Lab/ Datadub, Goccodo, Hans Yim, Jaguar No No, Jason Atomic, Jeff McMillan, JK5, KaToPe, Kerry Lee, Lamour Supreme, MAD, Mad Barbarians, Michael Leavitt, Mishka, Nick the Ring, October toys, Onell Design, Patrick Francisco, Phetus, Prowolfmaster, RYCA, Simeon Lipman, Sket One, Spooky Booty, SUCKADELIC, Toys R Evil, Triclops Studio, Tulip and Urban Medium.