Card #095: Paul Gulacy

Wow, you don't see a Dan Quayle reference very often these days.

Card #094: Keith Giffen

I like to think Bib Fortuna is tinkering with some kind of Space Blender.

Card #093: Fastner & Larson

Fastner & Larson have been fixtures of my local con scene for decades; I should have them sign this card - which is pretty great, agreed re: Leia - sometime.

Card #092: George Evans

This card is fascinating; Lando is in his RotJ general garb, but w/something close to his Empire cape & seems to be in the carbon freezing chamber toasting (w/o a glass), while Leia...warms her hands?

Card #091: Dave Dorman

I know Dorman mostly from his Dark Empire covers, but this card is another one that pops up a lot in association with this set.

Card #090: Steve Ditko

LMAO at Ditko basically saying "my inspiration was the money you paid me to draw the thing you asked me to draw."

Card #089: Geoff Darrow

Darrow would of course go on to make significant contributions to another sci-fi trilogy that draws on similar monomyths & features tendril-y robots chasing heroes.

Card #088: Mark Chiarello

Now that's the face of someone worn down by 20 years of living in a desert, wallowing in failure.

Card #087: Howard Chaykin

This must have been used in some of the promo materials or something; it's one of the images I most closely associate with this set.

Card #086: Paul Chadwick

The Binary Sunset is one of MY favorite Star Wars scenes, too!

I never knew Chadwick's Dazzler work was his first (assuming this cardback's implication of such is true).

Card #085: June Brigman

Not surprising that Brigman would turn in a piece exploding with fun.

I don't think the referenced YA series ever happened; she did draw the River of Chaos mini w/Louise Simonson in '95.

Card #084: Ted Boonthanakit

Not an artist with whom I'm familiar.

Also, not all the New Visions cards are of Slave Leia.

Card #083: Bret Blevins

Yeah, the thing that everyone who loves Slave Leia loves is the *costume itself*. Sure.

Card #082: Kyle Baker

New category: New Visions

In which an assortment of artists present a Star Wars illustration of their choice, starting w/a fun Kyle Baker piece from the Sarlaac's POV.

Card #081: Steranko's Empire

I wonder how Mark Hamill felt about all the artists constantly hunking him up and dropping him into deep V shirts on these pieces.

Card #080: Jim Steranko

Steranko!

I had no idea Steranko did Star Wars art. This and the other half on the next card are fantastic.

Card #080: Thomas Blackshear

Starlog once had a store in the Mall of America & the back of it was a special enclosed area dedicated to sci-fi commemorative plates. The 90s!

Also, did not know Jung did the Heir to the Empire cover

Card #078: Strike Up The Droids

Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins Cosplay Threepio is my favorite Threepio cosplay.

If this poster went for $1K in '93, I wonder what it goes for now?

Card #077: Santa Threepio

Something about the length of Threepio's Santa coat and the fact that he's, ultimately, naked, has always made me think of this as a Sexy Threepio Santa.

Card #076: Even Droids Celebrate

I love the idea of Threepio baking a birthday cake for Artoo, who has neither the need nor the means to ingest food.