Night Owl Cards

The two card sets represented here don't have a lot in common. The card on the left represents 1975 Topps, my favorite set of all-time. It is colorful and BRIGHT in all of its '70s glory -- just how I remember the '70s as a kid. The card on the left is a 2006 Topps Updates & Highlights. It's the typical modern-day base card. Action photography. Colorful, but slick, in all its definitions. But to me the two card sets are forever linked. The 1975 set is the first set I ever collected. I can remember every instance in which I bought a pack of cards that year. It's a big part of my childhood. Meanwhile, the 2006 set is the first major set I collected upon my return to the hobby. It also holds a place in my heart. It is the set that reminded me of what I first loved about collecting way back in 1975. About the only other thing the two have in common is on the back: Cartoons! The 2006 set represents the first flagship Topps set to feature cartoons on the back ...