A Little Bit Offside

 Well today being Sunday I thought I would do a post about some Baseball and Non-Sport autos. I am talking about some of the better cartoonists. There are some that are quite well known and there are 2 auto's that I was so shocked to of got back signed.

This is the 1989 Topps card of Ed Romero. Ed has a nice looking auto and he is one who is a easy signer. I just wish others were like him being easy signers.

This card is the 1988 Topps card of Joe Sambito. I remember this one took quite a while to get back and Joe has a nice looking auto. The thing about the Topps cards is their designs were way different each year. One of their most popular design was the 1952 Topps cards and these were like ten years before my birthdate. The cards in 1962 were neat as they had the woodgrain design. One of my favorites was the 1975 Topps as the colors were two different border colors along with nice colored team names on the top of the cards. I have included a 1975 Topps card so collectors that have not seen the cards design can see the great design.

This is the 1975 Toops card of Diego Segui, and I did not get this one back in over a year, but I am glad I did as I remember his time with the Red Sox. As you can see the two different colors the light blue and yellow with pinkish colored lettering and the mini baseball showing the player's position.

This card is the 1993 Topps card of Danny Darwin. His best season was the 1993 season where he went 15-11 with Boston. 

The last Baseball auto is from one of my favorite players, Bernie Carbo. My favorite card of Bernie was the 1976 Topps card number 278. The one thing I always liked about Bernie was he had that large chunk of tobacco bulging out his cheek. I was quite happy I got this one back autographed.

This autograph is from a very well know cartoonist. Mort Drucker did a lot of Mad Magazine covers as well as other bits and pieces throughout the magazine. This card is titled Grounded, and the back of the card reads The Adventures of Captain Rochester. Very cool card and this is one of my most treasured Non-Sport autographs.

This is the blank index card I sent to Mort, and you can see what he wrote back, and he signed as well. His autograph is unique, and I love how he made the letter "M" in Mort with three lines. Sadly, Mort Drucker passed away April 9, 2020.

This one is a drawing of Superman in pen and signed by Dennis Janke. This is another very unique item because of the drawing, looks more vivid in person and if you look closely, he even drew the letter "S" for Superman on his back.

The final auto is of Al Jaffee, if anyone was a reader of Mad magazine's Fold In which was the last page of the magazine. When you folded the photo lining up the mark A to mark B it gave you a cool picture. Al Jaffee holds the Guinness book of world records for being the longest cartoonists. This is one I will treasure for many years it was done in blue marker and the back shows the bleed through.

So that is todays post I hope you all enjoy it and please if you enjoy my posts tell your friends to follow and I enjoy comments as well. Happy Collecting and Stay Safe!!!