James Dornoff
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1995 Fleer Ultra X-Men #132 Longshot vs Mojo (Dan Lawlis trading card art)

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Artist: Dan Lawlis (All)

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Location: —Card Art
Title: 1995 Fleer Ultra X-Men #132 Longshot vs Mojo (Dan Lawlis trading card art)
Artist:  Dan Lawlis (All)
Media Type: Paint - Acrylic
Art Type: Trading Card Art
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 728
Likes on CAF: 8
Comments: 9
Added to Site: 3/31/2023

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Nostalgia all wrapped up in a beautiful little card!

I was and currently am in love with all things X-Men, in the 1990’s they were hot from promos at Pizza Hut to some of the best comics and cartoons coming out each week. One of the other items that hooked me were the trading cards. Fleer Ultra X-Men and Marvel Masterpieces were top of the line card series. I hunted them all down in my youth. Me and my brother would each week get 1 or 2 comics and/or 1 or two packs of cards. The excitement we had for opening a fresh set of sharp cornered bright and especially shiny cards, seeing all our favorite characters in groups, action poses, vs mode and best was seeing them at play poolside or doing something truly uncanny. There were so many to collect and we definitely got a lot of repeats but each week or so, we had the opportunity to come even closer to completing these series of cards.

I was in love with the VS cards, maybe one day I will see the Psylocke vs Revanche on here. This particular battle between LONGSHOT and MOJO was beautifully done, colorful, dynamically posed and intense. One thing I always look for first when I see Longshot is his hands to see if he was created properly. Dan Lawlis dis such an amazing job on this series of card art and vs scenes.

It’s really fun to see Dan on this site recently selling some of his card art, quote from Dan Lawlis regarding his card art work:
“Some of the coolest things that I did for Marvel was a series of painted trading cards featuring the heavy hitters like this Hulk vs Wolverine! I also did a Wolverine vs Spiderman, Wolverine vs Cable, Wolverine vs Magneto, Longshot vs Mojo, and Polaris. I also created a few inked cards for them.”

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Jose Caballero Member Since 2010
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Posted On 3/31/2023

Great piece and commentary.  Congrats!

James S Member Since 2017
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Posted On 3/31/2023

Mojo was a fat slug thing, but he was no joke and made an interesting villain.  I love seeing the OA for all these cards.  Nice!

André . Member Since 2015
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Posted On 3/31/2023

So much detail on these teeny tiny cards. Always a Mojo fan. Congrats!

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 4/1/2023

I like how well matched the poses and facial expressions are to each other!  The color work is so bold and excites by reminding us of those X-Men uniform colors.

Rick W Member Since 2017
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Posted On 4/1/2023

Super cool slice of '90s nostalgia!

Byron B Member Since 2018
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Posted On 4/4/2023

Very nice addition to your collection. Trading cards were so huge there for a while. Great to own a piece of pop culture history and X-Men nonetheless. Congrats.

E DLS Member Since 2005
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Posted On 4/5/2023

That's such a cool shot.  So much action packed into such a small space.  What size is this?

James Dornoff Member Since 2019
Posted On 4/5/2023

E DLS wrote:
"  That's such a cool shot.  So much action packed into such a small space.  What size is this?
 "

Thanks it's a really vibrant piece full of nostalgia.  Size is 7.25" x 5.5". 

K Gearon Member Since 2011
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Posted On 4/7/2023

Lots of great color work packed into that space!  I like the leather sheen on LS, and that feathery hair :)  Congrats!

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