THE TWELVE DAYS OF DRAFTSMAS - DAY FIVE - WHY THESE THREE

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED WITH THESE. A TOP TWENTY CARDS WHAT I GOT FROM TEH VINTAGE SHOW SERIES BUT I INEXPLICABLY LEFT OUT NUMBERS 16, 11 AND 3. I GUESS I POSTED ALL THE OTHERS MAYBE? WHO KNOWS. THESE THREE DIDN'T MAKE IT

January Vintage Show Top 20 - #16 Cocktail Hour

ORIGINAL SAVE DATE - 1/16/12

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GOOD LORD MY CARD BUYING HABITS ARE UTTERLY BIZARRE. I GOT THIS AT ONE OF ROGER NEUFELDT'S VINTAGE SHOWS. LITERALLY EVERY DANG VINTAGE CARD YOU COULD THINK OF AT THESE SHOWS AND I CAME HOME WITH THIS. DEAR READER, I DO NOT COLLECT WAR CARDS. I DO NOT LIKE WAR CARDS. I DON'T LIKE WAR MOVIES OR WAR BOOKS OR WAR VIDEO GAMES OR WAR ANYTHING. BUT I BOUGHT A CARD OF A GUY BURNING UP A TANK WITH A MOUSE NIBBLE IN THE TOP CORNER. PROBABLY BECAUSE I AM AN ARMCHAIR ANARCHIST AND THOUGHT THE IDEA OF A TRADING CARD FOR A GODDAMN MOLOTOV COCKTAIL WAS HILARIOUS AND I THOUGHT I COULD USE IT FOR A POST. THEN GOT COLD FEET WHEN I REALIZED I WOULD BE WRITING A BLOG POST ABOUT A GODDAMN MOLOTOV COCKTAIL. IT PROBABLY ONLY COST A BUCK SO WHATEVER

ALSO I'M WRITING THESE POSTS SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THEY ARE SET TO PUBLISH SO IF PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY THROWING THEM AROUND ON THE SEVENTEENTH BECAUSE OF REASONS IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE

THE GUY REMINISCING ON THE BACK ON HIS FLAMING MURDER IS JUST SO HAPPY ABOUT IT IT'S ALMOST WHOLESOME. IT KINDA READS LIKE DIALOGUE FROM AN OLD EC WAR COMIC LIKE TWO FISTED TALES. COME TO THINK OF IT, THIS CARD WAS PROBABLY FROM THE FIFTIES AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CROSS POLLINATION BETWEEN THE EC COMICS OFFICES AND THE TOPPS ART DEPARTMENT, HELL MAYBE KURTZMAN DID THE BACKS

I OFTEN PARKED RAW LINKS I WANTED TO USE IN DRAFTS BEFIRE I WROTE THEM SO I WOULD REMEMBER TO ADD THEM AFTER I WROTE THE THING. THESE ARE TWO COMICS WITH REFERENCES TO MOLOTOV COCKTAILS BUT THE LINKS DON'T WORK ANYMORE BECAUSE THE URL CHANGED 

http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/malicious-melodies/

http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/a-cocktail-for-disaster/
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LUCKILY THE COMIC BUG MARTINI IS STILL ALIVE SO I FOUND THE COMICS IN THE ARCHIVES. MALICIOUS MELODIES AND A COCKTAIL FOR DISASTER. BOTH ARE VERY RELEVANT TO THE TOPIC OF THIS CARD AND ONE HAS A SANDY KOUFAX NAME DROP. I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS COMIC AND I'M GLAD I FOUND IT AGAIN. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE GOOGLE FOR KILLING MY HOME PAGE WITH ALL MY WEBCOMIC LINKS BACK WHEN THEY AXED IGOOGLE

Here's the complete list of Top 20 posts. See if you can guess what cards are coming up!

#20 - Wantlist Fail Part 1
#19 - Dollar Box Gem
#18 - At Least He's a Hall of Famer Now
#17 - Thurman Inaction
#16 - Cocktail Hour
#15 - Kid Stuff
#14 - Clubbed Cub
#13 - Cheapest High Number I Could Find
#12 - '59, Dude!
#11 - Look at the Whistler
#10 - Heartbreaking Taunt
#9 - '54 Ford With a Beat Up Chassis
#8 - King of the Bums
#7 - Joy of a Completed Page
#6 - HOW THE HELL IS THIS NOT IN THE TOP FIVE?!?!
#5 - Oh, because this one is...
#4 - Awwww, come ON.
#3 - Admit It, You Knew This Was Coming
#2 - Wantlist Fail Part 2
#1 - Feat of Clay

I BOUGHT THE DAMN CARDS AND HELL IF I CAN REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE. I'LL MAKE A GUESS THOUGH BECAUSE I AM WRITING THIS LATE AT NIGHT AND DON'T WANT TO GO TO BED

#20-18 NO CLUE

#17 I THINK IT'S THE 1972 TOPPS THURMAN MUNSON IN ACTION CARD AND I MADE THE PUN BECAUSE HE'S NOT DOING MUCH ON THE CARD

#16 NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS IF IT WASN'T LITERALLY IN THE POST

#15-14 NO CLUE. THE CUB MIGHT BE A BEAT UP 50'S COMMON

#13 ANOTHER 1972 TOPPS CARD PROBABLY, IF IT WAS A 53 TOPPS IT WOULD BE HIGHER ON THE LIST

#12 PRETTY SURE IT'S A CARD FROM 1959

#11 LOOK AND SEE

#10 NO CLUE

#9 THINKING THIS IS A WORLD ON WHEELS CARD BECAUSE I WOULDN'T PUT A 1954 WHITEY FRICKIN FORD CARD AT 9

#8 1955 JOHNNY PODRES? 

#7-4 NO EARTHLY IDEA

#3 IF YOU WERE READING IN 2012 YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING

#2 ?????

#1 CLAY? DID I FIND A MUHAMMED ALI CARD SOMEHOW? ONLY OTHER CLAY I CAN THINK OF IS CLAY CARROLL

*NOTE - THIS LAST ONE BUGGED ME SO BAD I HAD TO LOOK IT UP IN THE ARCHIVES AND IT WAS INDEED A 1965 CLAY CARROLL CARD. 

ONCE AGAIN THERE WERE MULTIPLE DRAFTS ON THE SAME DAY FOR THE SAME SUBJECT SO I JUST PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER FOR CLOSURE. I WILL COME TO REGRET THIS DECISION AS YOU WILL FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF ON DAY NINE

January Vintage Show Top 20 - #11 Look at the Whistler

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I ALWAYS GET THE 1952 TOPPS LOOK N SEE SET CONFUSED WITH THE 1967 TOPPS WHO AM I? SET WHICH IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THEY ARE 15 YEARS APART, DIFFERENT SIZES, DIFFERENT CARD STOCKS AND HAVE DIFFERENT GIMMICKS. BUT BECAUSE BABE RUTH IS IN BOTH OF EM, MY ROTTEN BRAIN LUMPS THEM TOGETHER. I RECENTLY PICKED UP MY FIRST WHO AM I? CARD SO MAYBE THE DIFFERENCES WILL FINALLY STICK.

THERE ARE ALWAYS A BUNCH OF THESE CHEAP AT ROGER'S SHOW AND I PICKED THIS ONE UP BECAUSE I WAS REALLY INTO PAINTING AT THE TIME AND THIS WAS THE CHEAPEST ARTIST IN THE SET. I'M STILL INTO PAINTING, I JUST DON'T DO IT ANYMORE. I'M NOT SUPER INTO WHISTLER'S ART OR ANYTHING BUT THE PAINTING OF HIS MOTHER WAS A MEME BEFORE MEMES EXISTED. THAT GAL ENDED UP IN SO MANY CARTOONS IT'S RIDICULOUS

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SO THE GIMMICK HERE IS YOU PUT A PIECE OF RED CELLOPHANE OVER THE BACK OF THE CARD AND YOU SEE A SEECRIT PICTURE. LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LINE DRAWING OF THE PAINTING OF WHISTLER'S MOTHER BUT RED CELLOPHANE IS NOT AS COMMON AS IT USED TO BE AND MY EYES GO BLURRY WHEN I STARE AT IT TOO LONG. THERE'S PROBABLY AN APP YOU CAN USE NOW TO FILTER OUT THE RED. ONCE AGAIN! THE COPY WRITER ON THE BACK! REALLY LIKED! USING EXCLAMATION! POINTS! THIS SHIT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME IN STUFF TARGETED TOWARD KIDS BACK IN THE DAY, I WONDER IF IT'S FINALLY GONE OUT OF FAVOR

January Vintage Show Top 20 - #3 Admit It, You Knew This Was Coming

HERE WE GO

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FOR SOME REASON I GOT SUPER INTO HORSES AROUND THIS TIME. IT'S A MYSTERY. I STARTED PICKING UP RANDOM CARDS FEATURING PONIES, HORSES AND VARIOUS EQUINES AND STILL DO TO THIS DAY. JUST LIKE THE WAR CARD ABOVE, I NORMALLY CARE NOTHING FOR WESTERNS, BUT WESTERNS SURE DO HAVE A LOTTA HORSIES IN THEM. AND THERE'S A LOT OF WESTERN-THEMED VINTAGE TRADING CARD SETS

AN OLD POST CEREAL CARD YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CUT OFF A BOX, NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERY DAY. I HAVE NEVER ONCE SEEN ANYTHING WITH HOPALONG CASSIDY. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS IN MOVIES OR TV OR RADIO OR WHAT. I'VE KNOWN THE NAME FOREVER FOR SOME REASON THOUGH AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY. WHAT KINDA NAME IS HOPALONG, WHO NAMES THEIR KID THAT. BUT IT'S NOT A NAME YOU FORGET. WHOEVER WROTE THE TEXT FOR THIS CARD WAS MUCH MORE SUBDUED. NOT SURE WHY IF SOMEONE WANTED A HORSE THEY WOULD DRIVE THE BRONCOS INTO A CORRAL AND THEN CHOOSE A PONY. I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE WESTERN WAYS

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ABRA KADABRA ALAZAZAM

HEPPY NOO YEER OR WHATEVER