Like many people across the card-blogging landscape, I received a Christmas card in the mail from Angus of the Dawg Day Cards blog. He bears the unfortunate burden of being a Cleveland Browns fan, but in between all the Johnny Manziel drama he found time to send out tons of holiday cheer to other bloggers. I am actually quite the Cleveland fan myself this year, as members of the team (TE Gary Barnidge, WR Travis Benjamin, and RB Duke Johnson Jr.) have played key roles on my fantasy football roster at different times this year, a roster that just made it into the second round of the playoffs with a good chance at advancing to my office league's championship game.
Tucked inside a smaller envelope within the Christmas card were three different-sized football cards featuring my favorite NFL team, the Denver Broncos. First up is a 1986 McDonald's All-Star Team tear-off card featuring DE Rulon Jones. In the middle is a standard-sized 1996 Playoff Absolute football card of the legendary man-horse, John Elway. And on the right is a 1989 Panini American Football sticker of G Keith Bishop. I love those classic Denver Broncos uniforms. They are a thing of beauty.
These six Guardians of the Galaxy cards were shrink-wrapped together in a set, but I opened up the package so I could see them all. I enjoyed the Guardians of the Galaxy movie quite a bit, but I haven't watched the Disney XD cartoon that these cards are advertising.
Some of the coolest cards in this package were these odd-ball cards of Dale Earnhardt. Produced in 1996 by Pinnacle, they carry Sun-Drop branding. Sun-Drop is apparently a citrus soda popular in the southern United States. Who knew? The cards are numbered SD1, SD2, and SD3 and the backs feature a photo of Dale Earnhardt drinking from a Sun-Drop cup. I'm a big fan of this set.
Closing things out are a couple of trading cards put out by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a group that helps artists and others defend free speech in comics. The cards feature different legal cases that the CBLDF has participated in. I have thought about picking up a box of these from time to time because there are some okay sketch cards in the product, but I've never actually pulled the trigger on a purchase.
This was an awesome batch of cards. I am surprised that so much different stuff was able to fit inside the envelope. It touched on many of my personal collections and interests, and I had a good time looking through the cards and researching the stuff that was new to me. Thanks, Angus!
