The Steven Rhodes Card Games Are Now Out There
Last December we alerted our readers to the existence of a Kickstarter meant to fund three card games based on the art of Steven Rhodes. We were almost too late to report on them as the campaign was on its last day. But if we didn’t manage to inform you about it soon enough, and you missed your shot to pledge, there’s good news: the games are officially out as legitimate retail products, thanks to Cryptozoic. If you don’t know who Steven Rhodes is, he’s a graphic artist known for his reinterpretations of 1970s children’s book covers. You know the type: Rainbow borders, bulbous fonts and extremely detailed children in period-accurate clothing, with an educational safety message most prominent. Rhodes takes such concepts to their extreme with pieces like “Don’t Talk To Strangers,” depicting the kids chatting with a large-headed alien, “Let’s Dig For Treasure,” showing the kids digging their shovels into a graveyard, and “Let’s Summon Demons,” which is self-explanatory. Now you can not only gaze at these demented