Chadwick Haverland.  Remember the name.  Upper Deck’s new Avengers set will include some of the most impressively realistic sketch cards ever drawn.  Are you ready to chase greatness?

The sketch cards of Lawrence Reynolds are always top notch, and they never fail to deliver. Upper Deck’s upcoming Avengers Assemble set is bringing him back for more. Happy Hunting!

That is a sheet of pure skill from Jayson Kretzer. The loud lifeforce intensity jumps straight off the page and knocks a hole in your brain. Then it is followed by an equally amazing portfolio from Jason Keith Phillips that takes the sketch card medium to an entirely new level of excellence. Both are from Rittenhouse Archives’ upcoming 2012 Marvel’s Greatest Heroes set.

Simply spectacular.

Upper Deck’s upcoming Avengers set has not hit the streets yet, but it has already proven something. Elvin Hernandez has skills.

We have been rabid Squirrel Girl fans since 1991 when Steve Ditko incarnated Will Murray’s vision into the best Marvel character ever invented, and the panel above by Mike Deodato Jr. and Brian Michael Bendis is the best feeling in the world.  Bendis knows the truth…

I wrote like three lines of dialogue for her, and I absolutely loved her. And for some reason, Mike Deodato draws the best Squirrel Girl EVER. You would have never guessed that. So I have to give him a lot of the credit. He makes her look Wolverine cool. So now everyone wants to borrow her. I get it every week. “Is Squirrel Girl staying? Can I use her for my team?” No! She’s staying with me! Mine.

-Brian Michael Bendis

The first panel on this page is from New Avengers #7.  Doreen Green, quietly confessing the insides of the Squirrel Girl experience.  This week, as seen in the second image today, she gets mad.  And, as always, Deodato nails it.  Get ready to fill your eyes with greatness.  These are the inks from New Avengers # 21.  From behind the scenes, straight to the heart.

For anyone who comes here often, you will recognize our Xbox Live gamertag at the top of that screen. Yes, we took our name from Squirrel Girl’s and we have more words than anyone else in the world.

We have been playing Quarrel by Denki until all your words are belong to us. The game is so much fun, it’s driving us nuts.

Quarrel plays like Scrabble on speed. Each letter is represented by a colorful dude. Every battle you win, you claim a territory. There is a dose of strategy and a load of fun. For only five bucks, you gotta try this game.

That is one of the most beautiful treasures in our collection. Elektra by Irma Ahmed, from the Dangerous Divas set. Now Rittenhouse Archives is ready to unleash a new batch of sketchcard magnificence with their upcoming 2012 Marvel Greatest Heroes cards.

Irma Ahmed has not lost her magic touch, and this time it includes Squirrel Girl!

Her tail becomes the Cosmos, bathing in the ultimate power of the Phoenix Force. Dark Squirrel Girl has expanded to fully fill the firmament. Patrick Larcada is our champion for eternity.

This unequalled beauty was created for our Dark Squirrel Girl contest, which was inspired by Axel Alonso’s prank. Never has such an epic addition to a comic book legend come from such a whimsical set of circumstances. These are very good times.

Enjoy more of Patrick Larcada’s work here in the Saloon, visit his deviantart page, and make sure to say hello this weekend in the Artist Alley at MegaCon. This Dark Squirrel Girl not only won the contest, it captured our soul.

That’s the killer cover by Mike Deodato Jr. Just wait until you see what’s inside. New Avengers #21 finally reveals the favor that Jessica Jones needed to ask Doreen Green from the last issue. She needed a bodyguard, and there is none better than Squirrel Girl. Check out that lethal swarm of tree rodents when they jump in to save the day.

Deodato is a genius.

Daniel Gorman’s style is like handmade candy. He has a unique talent that never ceases to amaze, and it is instantly recognizable. Here are some of his sweet sketchcard treats that will be inserted randomly in Upper Deck’s upcoming Avengers trading cards.

Yum.