TABLE OF CONTENTS

JASON ADAMS | 1TED DASTICK | 2ALEX DELIGIANNIS | 6DAN DUNCAN | 8CHARLES HALL | 9DAN HARDING | 10MIRAN KIM | 13APRICOT MANTLE | 14CHRIS MASON | 16JOHN MCCREA | 17NAR! | 18SEAN PENCE | 20TIM PROCTOR | 22JEREMY TREECE | 23CHRIS UMINGA | 24GEORGE WEBBER | 26JEFF ZAPATA | 28

EDITED BY DAVID HEDGECOCK, NATE MURRAY, AND DENTON J. TIPTON

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New York Comic Con EditionArt by Katie Cook

Regular CoverArt by Nar!

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Blank Sketch Edition

ASK THE ARTIST:

JASON ADAMSIDW: What got you interested in Mars Attacks?JA: As a kid, I loved anything that was Sci-Fi, StarWars, the Dark Crystal, Battlestar Galactica, etc.Anything from Mars just fit right in and I took in asmuch as I possibly could.

IDW: Are you a card collector yourself?JA: I’m a very selective card collector. I don’t focuson anything specific, just cool cards that catch myeye. My collecting focus shifts all the time so I don’treally have a lot of a certain item, but a little bit ofeverything.

IDW: What mediums did you use on your cards? JA: Stencils and spray paint.IDW: What was your process?JA: I’ll hand cut a stencil out of thick paper with anx-acto knife while watching Wheel of Fortune, andthen head out to the garage and throw some paintdown and see what happens. It’s a lot of trial anderror and seeing what color goes good with the other.

IDW: Did you use any kind of reference material? JA: Just whatever I can find hanging out around theinterwebs.

IDW: Did your cards have any themes to them? JA: Besides martians that want to eliminatehumans? Naw, no real theme. I just wanted to makea cool little hand-painted card that someone wouldenjoy when they saw it.

IDW: Was there any one card you did for the setthat was your favorite?

JA: There were a couple, with a darker backgroundwith gold and silver in the background behind theMartian. I dug those a lot.

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ASK THE ARTIST: TED DASTICKIDW: What got you interested in Mars Attacks?TD: My dad collected the original set when he was a kid, so I grewup with the cards. They’re near and dear to me like Star Wars.

IDW: Are you a card collector yourself?TD: Yes! Getting to work on a something I also collect is awesome.IDW: What mediums did you use on your cards? TD: For my Mars Attacks cards I’ve only used acrylics because Iwant to match the painted feel of the original cards. Otherwisemarkers and colored pencils are my usual tools of the trade.

IDW: What was your process?TD: I wanted to make them fun and incorporate them into real life (inmost cases), so most of mine are strewn with historical and popculture references. It’s fun to imagine what our everyday lives wouldbe like with Martians interjected. The creation process was as simpleas finding something serious and brainstorming how to skewer it.Then I just laid down the pencils and went right to paints.

Sometimes I would try to streamline and work on multiple cards atonce, but I focus better when it’s one at a time. Of course that alsomakes the process take longer.

IDW: Did you use any kind of reference material? TD: Tons! I like seeing collectors discover what I'm referencing.Some things are blatantly obvious, but there are some things thatmight take a moment, and I enjoy hiding little Easter Eggs.

IDW: Did your cards have any themes to them? TD: All of them. I parodied album covers, movie posters, paintings,photographs… nothing is sacred, or safe!

IDW: Was there any one card you did for the set that was yourfavorite?

TD: I really like my parody of Klimt’s painting “The Kiss.”

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