Gallery - Jumbos, Supers, and Postcards
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It was unfortunate that Pinnacle Brands decided to go into a "new direction" (business-speak for firing someone) when they took over the Donruss company. As the Diamond Kings creator, artist Dick Perez helped bring to life the 'art-into-a-card' phenomenon. And he was on the verge of breaking into new artistic ground when Pinnacle Brands pulled the rug out from under him. Bad for him - and bad for all of us - as the Diamond Kings art really nosedived after his departure. I'm pleased to say that under Playoff the newly refreshed Donruss brand has selected a much better grade of artists. Hopefully they'll bring back Dick Perez one day.

If you own the original art to either of the images seen above - drop me a line, we gotta talk.

*Update 11.8.07: Okay, I'll be the first to admit that things have changed since the mid-1990's, particular in regards to the latest work by Dick Perez. I'm not clear whether his work on Turkey Red was intentionally 'bad' - thus reflecting the style from Tobacco-era artists, but clearly his recent work does not reflect his amazing productions from a decade ago.

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