Artbox - An innovative firm that had developed a product line of Film Cardz and Action Flipz as well as standard trading cards.  Harry Potter is Artbox's most important continuing license.  Artbox recently took over as FOX-TV's 24 trading card producer. 

24 unopened box

Breygent Marketing - Located in Quebec, Breygent has produced impressive trading card sets of The Three Stooges, Hollywood legend John Wayne and the MGM film classic Wizard of Oz in its first year of operations.  The company's founders have previous trading card manufacturing experience with DuoCards and Dart Flipcards respectively.

The Three Stooges promo card (2005)

Comic Images - A trading card manufacturer since 1986, Comic Images currently holds the trading card license to American Idol.  Their company name derives from products depicting comic art.  The firm also launched scores of fantasy art sets during the 1990s.

Dart Flipcards World -  A familiar company name re-emerged in 2005 at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago.  The product, Flippz, hearkens back to when trading cards functioned as toys, not as part of a monetary investment portfolio.  Dart also markets Gemstone Treasures, an interesting melding of the trading card hobby and the precious stones market.

Flippz card game component

Dynamic Forces - A firm that specializes comic book trading card titles such as Red Sonja and Fathom.

Red Sonja card set 

Inkworks - The Morrisville, N.C. firm specializes in multiple series television releases.  The critically-heralded ABC drama Lost is an Inkworks property, as are Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Sopranos, and The 4400.  Inkworks has also been successful with the animated classic The Simpsons and also published the first Family Guy product.  

Lost Revelations 

LocaSmarts - Company based in Florida founded by three women in an effort to produce cards with positive messages for pre-teen girls.  A unique effort, the set is comprised of 150 "Activity" cards produced last fall.

Monsterwax -  Founded in 1992, this small Florida firm has specialized in art work cards with limited print runs.  Previous sets such as Don't Let it Happen Here feature graphic violent content and are meant for mature audiences.  The company's three-set tribute to British literary giant H.G. Wells detailed War of the Worlds, The Time Machine and The Island of Dr. Moreau through intriguing illustrations and concise narrative outlines.

The Art of H.G. Wells  promo

Press Pass -  A licensee of NASCAR sports cards, the firm's Elvis Lives last autumn became their first non-sport title.  A sequel card product, Elvis Is, follows in March.

Elvis Lives Scotty  Moore autograph     card

NostalgiCards - A long time non-sport collector/dealer started this independent company as an ambitious fulfillment to produce his own trading card sets.  

Morbid Monsters II promo 

Rittenhouse Archives - Since its 1999 entrance into the non-sport business realm, Rittenhouse has strongly impacted the hobby with titles based on James Bond, Xena and Stargate SG-1.   The company became the trading card licensee for the Star Trek franchise in early 2000, taking over from Fleer/Skybox after an eight-year association.

Tbkusa.com - A Massachusetts non-profit firm entered the trading card field in 2006 with a 21-card educational series geared toward school children unmasking the evils of tobacco use and smoking.  The Tobacco Bad Kids characters are not as gross as its progenitor, Topps' Garbage Pail Kids, but the habit they display certainly is.

Time Machine - Washington State firm specializing in celebrity autograph cards.  Majority are female models, however mainstream celebs include Star Trek's Walter Koenig, Margot Kidder from the Christopher Reeve Superman films and Frank Gorshin 1960s impressionist -- aka The Riddler in TV's Batman.

Timem.com promo (2004)

Topps - The trading card maker that needs no introduction.  Topps' non-sport heritage dates back to 1948.  Its early 1960s titles Mars Attacks, Civil War News and Battle are revered titles among hobby veterans.  

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