Well, looks like folks have found a few of my sketch cards I did for Topps’ Empire Strikes Back card set…

…and they’ve made their way to ebay.

Cloud City (Starting bid $49.95)

AT-AT Driver (Sold- $200)

R2-D2 ($350 bid)

Darth Vader (Starting bid $99.99)

These are my artist’s returns. Don’t have them in hand yet, but as soon as I do I’ll post it here and on the Scoundrel Art Forums.

MTFBWYA!

Lin/Dork-Vader

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Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of The Empire Strikes Back!

Tuesday night I attended Star Wars In Concert – one of the coolest Star Wars events I’ve experienced since my dad took me and my sisters to see Star Wars at a small twin movie theater near Graceland here in Memphis way back in ’77!

This time I went with my girlfriend Nicki (thank you Uncle George) and it was AWESOME! Each time I hear the opening fanfare and see the Star Wars logo on-screen I feel like an 11 year old kid again.

This time Mama Howe chaperoned us two kids.

We joined several thousand other Star Wars fans downtown at the FedEx Forum.

Including some of our fellow SMT/Memphis Fan Force crew.

There were a lot of props and costumes on display in the lobby of the forum.

Some were very still…

…and others moved around a bit more like this 501st member.

Our narrator for the evening was Anthony Daniels, also know as C-3PO.

The concert was a great mix of live orchestral music and choir, lights, movie footage, production art, and more!

Kids of all ages attended and enjoyed it!

Last night Nicki and I attended the SMT Drive-In Night for a showing of The Empire Strikes Back at Memphis Fan Force members Tim and Traci Brown’s backyard.

Timmy fired up the digital projector…

…hoisted up his new and improved (and of course bigger) screen…

…we all kicked back in our lawn chairs…

…and enjoyed a screening of a pre-special edition Empire!

Nicki and I had a great time and are looking forward to the next SMT Backyard Drive-In Night- “Return of the Jedi“!

Don’t forget the Topp’s Empire Strikes Back 3-D Widevision cards hit stores this week.

I’ve got 100 artist sketch cards in the set- and 6 artist returns (above).

May the force be with you!

Lin/Dork-Vader

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Well gang,

After weeks of drawing I finished all of my Star Wars:The Empire Strikes Back sketchcards for Topps this weekend.

Finished #106 late Sunday night and then shipped them all off early the next morning.

These are my artist returns- Nicki’s getting the top left Vader one. Couldn’t have done these without her help. She gathered tons of reference for me, helped me with my paperwork, fed me, kept me juiced on Mtn. Dew and Coca-Cola, and kept telling me, “You can do it!” and “Looks great, Babe!” Thanks to everyone else for being so supportive, too. Special thanks to Steve Stanley for getting me in with Topps, and for David Waldeck at Topps for being so great at getting me approvals so quickly and giving me my first Star Wars gig.

These come out next month so keep an eye out for them.

Looking forward to getting back to the drawing board, but I’m going to take another night or two off before I start any new projects.

Stay “tooned”!

Lin/Dork-Vader

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