Trading Card Set
Boris With Julie

The cards are the standard 3.5x2.5 size, printed with full bleed (colour right to the edges of the cards).  The cards are printed on chromium stock, this being a special format with a layer of (presumably) chromium foil, so thin as to be transparent, with a card backing, the metal foil being embossed and overprinted with transparent ink which give a metallic lustre to the image background, over which are portions printed in opaque ink, this being covered by a transparent layer which seems to be plastic, the whole being covered with a UV-opaque layer.  The resultant image gives an illusion of depth and is bright and colourful, but which is difficult to scan with pleasing results.

The set consists of 90 cards, mostly painted by Boris Vallejo, and a small number being painted by his wife, Julie Bell.  There are, in addition to the basic set, 6 prismatic Magnachrome cards - this is a printing technique which highlights the edges of the images in a way similar to the embossing on chromium cards - (3 to a box), 3 Unicorn subset cards (1 to a box), also prismatic Magnachrome, a 'box' card (one shrink-wrapped to the outside of each box), and two signature cards, 500 signed by each of Boris and Julie (nwither of which have I seen).  A parallel set of Holochrome cards, with refractive backgrounds, was included at two cards per box.  These refractive cards in some light have a rainbow glow, and in others will give an opalescent backdrop.  The set was published in 1996.

The cards are listed below in numerical order.  The images are included purely to give an idea of what's in the card set, and there is no larger image behind the thumbnail.  The spelling here is taken directly from the back of the cards, errors included.  The images by Julie Bell are noted as such.  My original intention had been to include only the Boris images, but I weakened ... the girl is good!
 


BJ.01: The Supreme Goddess 

BJ.02: The Greatest Weapon 

BJ.03: untitled
(and uncompleted!)

BJ.04: Serpent Sage
(Julie Bell)

BJ.05: Mr. O 

BJ.06: Sunai 

BJ.07: The Kick 

BJ.08: Parting Seas 

BJ.09: Medea's Chariot 

BJ.10: Knighted 

BJ.11: Soft As Steel
(Julie Bell)

BJ.12: Dawn 

BJ.13: London 2500 A.D. 

BJ.14: Virtual Reality 

BJ.15: Never-Ending War

BJ.16: Opium Dream 

BJ.17: 5000 Volts 

BJ.18: Suntan Bed 

BJ.19: Romance 

BJ.20: Realm Of The Dolphin 

BJ.21: Coronis 

BJ.22: Spider Whisper
Julie Bell

BJ.23: Brinke 

BJ.24: Wired For Sound 

BJ.25: The Four Riders 

BJ.26:  The Gorgon 

BJ.27: Leather Jacket 

BJ.28: Pamati 

BJ.29:  Nesus
(should be Nessus)

BJ.30: Acceptance 

BJ.31: Martial Combat 

BJ.32: Pandora 

BJ.33: Branched Out 

BJ.34: Mormak 

BJ.35: She's Mine 

BJ.36: Suzanne
(Julie Bell)

BJ.37: On Top, Alone 

BJ.38: Against The Odds
(sketch)

BJ.39: Time Is A Dream 

BJ.40: The Creation Of Rainbows 

BJ.41: Mutants 

BJ.42: Orpheus And Eurydice 

BJ.43: Gargoyle
(Julie Bell)

BJ.44:  The Dancer 

BJ.45: Thorma 

BJ.46: Berserker Monk 

BJ.47: Swords And Fangs

BJ.48: Robo Stripper 

BJ.49: Space And Time 

BJ.50: Ariadne 

BJ.51: Cave Princess

BJ.52: Corkscrew 

BJ.53: Hercules 

BJ.54: Andromeda In Chains 

BJ.55: Brinke Sword
(Julie Bell)

BJ.56: Karate Kick 

BJ.57: Circe 

BJ.58: Circe (drawing)

BJ.59: Suzzle 

BJ.60: Metal Fantasy
(Julie Bell)

BJ.61: Unseeing 

BJ.62: The Sleeper 

BJ.63: Instants 

BJ.64: Jason 

BJ.65: Icarus In Flight 

BJ.66: Summit 

BJ.67: Hollywood 

BJ.68: Hieroglyphic Egg 

BJ.69: Gypsy 

BJ.70: Future Trouble 

BJ.71: Steel Wings
(Julie Bell)

BJ.72: The Signs Of Christmas 

BJ.73: Logo Design 

BJ.74: Flowering Nest 

BJ.75: Enemy From Within 

BJ.76: The Future Is Here 

BJ.77: The Valkyries 

BJ.78: Dangerous Kiss
(Julie Bell)

BJ.79: Bird Of Prey 

BJ.80: Power 

BJ.81: Over The Hill 

BJ.82: Dragon's Duel 

BJ.83: Eurydice

BJ.84: Floating Island 

BJ.85: Biker

BJ.86: Dragon Battle
(Julie Bell)

BJ.87: Persephone 

BJ.88: Persephone (drawing) 

BJ.89: From Infinity To Eternity 
BJ.90: Checklist, with no interesting image

BJ.M1: Bird Of Evil

BJ.M2: Ashteroth

BJ.M3: Big Brother Is Watching

BJ.M4: Things Better Unmet

BJ.M5: The Wings That Cut

BJ.M6: The End Of The Restless Sleep

BJ.U1: The Myth Of Raltarnee

BJ.U2: Illustration from Ladies

BJ.U3: Duthina On The Unicorn

BJ.box: Alabaster City
BJ.signature: ??? 
 

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Last updated: 11th December, 1997