{"id":10835,"date":"2011-09-07T19:43:37","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T08:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=10835"},"modified":"2011-09-07T22:30:42","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T11:30:42","slug":"sketches-of-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/09\/07\/sketches-of-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketches of Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t say the phenomenon is something I&#8217;m particularly familiar with, but the images Undead Backbrain has been given of the 5Finity Productions Premium Sketch Card set based on Joe DeVito&#8217;s <em>Kong, King of Skull Island<\/em> look pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/5FINITY_KK_PhillyPromo_Back.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10836 aligncenter\" title=\"5FINITY_KK_PhillyPromo_Back\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/5FINITY_KK_PhillyPromo_Back.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/5FINITY_KK_PhillyPromo_Back.jpg 375w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/5FINITY_KK_PhillyPromo_Back-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you may remember <em>Kong, King of Skull Island<\/em> is a book, a comic series and a proposed movie, based on characters created by Merian C. Cooper for the 1933 giant ape classic, <strong>King Kong<\/strong> (US-1933; dir. Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack). For the latest on the DeVito-inspired film see the Undead Backbrain article, <a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/07\/15\/intimations-of-kong\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Intimations of Kong<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway 5Finity produce sketch card packs, and their <em>Kong, King of Skull Island<\/em> set looks as epic as the film itself. The series run consists of 650 packs, featuring at least one sketch card per pack drawn by some of the most popular sketch card artists. Among the 650 sketch card packs, there are random Special Packs dispersed as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>120 Rare Artist Sketch Cards (1:6 packs)<\/li>\n<li>40 Hot Packs with 2-3 Sketch Cards (1:22 packs)<\/li>\n<li>40 Joe DeVito Autographed Cards (1:22 packs)<\/li>\n<li>10 Gold Signed Joe DeVito Autographed Cards (1:65)<\/li>\n<li>Plus, buybacks and surprises!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The odds of receiving a Special Pack is 1 in 3 packs!<\/p>\n<p>The bad news is the set was released on August 15, 2011 and sold out before it hit the stores! However, a 5Finity representative commented that singles should be appearing on eBay and the sketch card forums.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, here are three of the &#8220;sketches&#8221;, by Anthony Hochrein, Mark McHaley and John Johnston respectively:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/hochreinkk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10837 aligncenter\" title=\"hochreinkk\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/hochreinkk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"747\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/hochreinkk.jpg 747w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/hochreinkk-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mchaleykk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10839\" title=\"mchaleykk\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mchaleykk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"753\" height=\"1047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mchaleykk.jpg 753w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mchaleykk-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mchaleykk-736x1024.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/johnsonkk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10838\" title=\"johnsonkk\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/johnsonkk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/johnsonkk.jpg 741w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/johnsonkk-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/johnsonkk-726x1024.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those who are interested, here is the artist line-up:<\/p>\n<p>Adam Cleveland<br \/>\nAlfred Lopez Jr<br \/>\nAmber Stone<br \/>\nAndy Black<br \/>\nAnthony Hochrein<br \/>\nArley Tucker<br \/>\nBill McKay<br \/>\nBrandon Kenney<br \/>\nBrent Schoonover<br \/>\nBuddy Prince<br \/>\nEJ Su<br \/>\nFrankie B Washington<br \/>\nGeorge Calloway<br \/>\nGeorge Webber<br \/>\nHugh Vogt<br \/>\nJason Hughes<br \/>\nJason Metcalf<br \/>\nJeffrey Witty<br \/>\nJessica Hickman<br \/>\nJohn Johnston<br \/>\nKelly Everaert<br \/>\nManny Mederos<br \/>\nMark Bloodworth<br \/>\nMark McHaley<br \/>\nMel Uran<br \/>\nNorval Hernawan<br \/>\nPuggdogg<br \/>\nRichard Stahnke<br \/>\nRobin Thompson<br \/>\nRoger Andrews<br \/>\nRyan Wilton<br \/>\nSam Agro<br \/>\nSamantha Johnson<br \/>\nScott Simmons<br \/>\nSteve Jasper<br \/>\nTim Baron<br \/>\nTony Parker<br \/>\nVictor &#8220;Victoman&#8221; Rodriguez<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Source<\/strong>: Steven L. Frank for 5Finity, via Avery Guerra. Written by Robert Hood; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5finity.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">5Finity website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t say the phenomenon is something I&#8217;m particularly familiar with, but the images Undead Backbrain has been given of the 5Finity Productions Premium Sketch Card set based on Joe DeVito&#8217;s Kong, King of Skull Island look pretty cool. 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