Night Owl Cards

Not much time today. But I wanted to let people who are interested know that I have begun updating some of the tabs on the 1985 Topps blog . It will give you a little bit of an idea of what I'm going for on the blog, besides cards. Hopefully, I can keep it going. I still don't plan to post any card entries there until some point in January. I haven't even scanned the first card yet. But for those who might be unfamiliar with the '85 Topps set -- and that seems incredibly unlikely -- here is a look at the back of a typical card: As far as the look of the card back, it's not too exciting. Christmas colors. A red-on-green format that is difficult to read. Out-of-date trivia question. The best part of the card back is that some of the write-ups give you some personal insight into the ballplayer, which was a departure from many of the Topps card backs that immediately preceded the '85 set. Back then, whenever I read something like "the former C...

Just wanted to let those interested know that I've created a blog for the 1985 Topps set. It's called, quite creatively, 1985 Topps. I'm almost done with the look of it, and I'll take suggestions if anyone has any. No guarantee I'll go through with any of them. But there's always the potential for ideas out there that I'd be willing to steal. Anyway, you can find it thusly . The look of the blog is a tribute to the back of the '85 Topps cards. I've often considered the card backs from '85 Topps to be among the more intimidating in terms of readability. The colors may be in keeping with the season, but red-on-green is nothing that an ophthalmologist is going to endorse. However, the write-ups at the bottom of the cards are often quite interesting. So I'm looking forward to that. And I promise to keep the blog as legible as possible. As for the tabs across the top of the blog, I fully plan to keep a running log of the various goin...