TABLE OF CONTENTS
JASON ADAMS | 1 TED DASTICK | 2 ALEX DELIGIANNIS | 6 DAN DUNCAN | 8 CHARLES HALL | 9 DAN HARDING | 10 MIRAN KIM | 13 APRICOT MANTLE | 14 CHRIS MASON | 16 JOHN MCCREA | 17 NAR! | 18 SEAN PENCE | 20 TIM PROCTOR | 22 JEREMY TREECE | 23 CHRIS UMINGA | 24 GEORGE WEBBER | 26 JEFF ZAPATA | 28 EDITED BY DAVID HEDGECOCK, NATE MURRAY, AND DENTON J. TIPTON
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ASK THE ARTIST:
JASON ADAMS IDW: What got you interested in Mars Attacks? JA: As a kid, I loved anything that was Sci-Fi, Star Wars, the Dark Crystal, Battlestar Galactica, etc. Anything from Mars just fit right in and I took in as much as I possibly could. IDW: Are you a card collector yourself? JA: I’m a very selective card collector. I don’t focus on anything specific, just cool cards that catch my eye. My collecting focus shifts all the time so I don’t really have a lot of a certain item, but a little bit of everything. IDW: What mediums did you use on your cards? JA: Stencils and spray paint. IDW: What was your process? JA: I’ll hand cut a stencil out of thick paper with an x-acto knife while watching Wheel of Fortune, and then head out to the garage and throw some paint down and see what happens. It’s a lot of trial and error and seeing what color goes good with the other. IDW: Did you use any kind of reference material? JA: Just whatever I can find hanging out around the interwebs. IDW: Did your cards have any themes to them? JA: Besides martians that want to eliminate humans? Naw, no real theme. I just wanted to make a cool little hand-painted card that someone would enjoy when they saw it. IDW: Was there any one card you did for the set that was your favorite? JA: There were a couple, with a darker background with gold and silver in the background behind the Martian. I dug those a lot.
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ASK THE ARTIST:
TED DASTICK
IDW: What got you interested in Mars Attacks?
Sometimes I would try to streamline and work on multiple cards at once, but I focus better when it’s one at a time. Of course that also makes the process take longer.
TD: My dad collected the original set when he was a kid, so I grew up with the cards. They’re near and dear to me like Star Wars.
IDW: Did you use any kind of reference material?
IDW: Are you a card collector yourself? IDW: What mediums did you use on your cards?
TD: Tons! I like seeing collectors discover what I'm referencing. Some things are blatantly obvious, but there are some things that might take a moment, and I enjoy hiding little Easter Eggs.
TD: For my Mars Attacks cards I’ve only used acrylics because I want to match the painted feel of the original cards. Otherwise markers and colored pencils are my usual tools of the trade.
IDW: Did your cards have any themes to them?
IDW: What was your process?
TD: All of them. I parodied album covers, movie posters, paintings, photographs… nothing is sacred, or safe! IDW: Was there any one card you did for the set that was your favorite?
TD: Yes! Getting to work on a something I also collect is awesome.
TD: I wanted to make them fun and incorporate them into real life (in most cases), so most of mine are strewn with historical and pop culture references. It’s fun to imagine what our everyday lives would be like with Martians interjected. The creation process was as simple as finding something serious and brainstorming how to skewer it. Then I just laid down the pencils and went right to paints.
TD: I really like my parody of Klimt’s painting “The Kiss.”
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