Though you’ll never get them to admit it, sports nerds and pop culture nerds have a lot in common. After all, sport fans quantify their obsessiveness by memorizing facts, stats, and dates – the same way movie geeks can rattle off credits and box office numbers, while often pledging undying allegiance to “teams” that are implied rather than explicit (Marvel vs DC, for example).
Cuyler Smith has taken this idea to its logical endpoint, creating a series of pop culture trading cards – highlighting the sporting achievements of film and television characters – for our friends at Gallery1988. His fourth installment of the series opened recently, with cards available for purchase on their site; here are a few of our favorites.
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“Trading Cards 4” is currently on display at Gallery1988, located at 7308 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles.