Comparing Cartoons

I had some spare time, so I grabbed some card back pictures off of Ebay instead of waiting for my Brentandbecca package to arrive.  This allowed me to see all of the cartoons on the back of Cubs Heritage cards.  Once I saw them, I began the hunt for the 1970 originals.

What I found was Topps disappointing.

The original 1970 cartoons were drawn specifically for the player.  The cartoon matched the write-up.

For Heritage, Topps just tried to find 1970 cartoons that sort-of matched the Heritage writing.  And in many cases, the matching was not very good.

Albert Almora, using Ron Hunt's cartoon.  Why would the batter be talking with the pitcher about his six RBIs?

Javier Baez, using Curt Motton's cartoon. A swinging player is a mediocre link to player of the week.

David Bote, using Richie Hebner's cartoon.  Neither of the two players look like a coach.

Kris Bryant, using Dave Campbell's cartoon.  This one actually works.

Steve Cishek, using Chuck Taylor's cartoon.  Another that works fairly well. We can pretend that the catcher is congratulating the pitcher for saving the game.

Willson Contreras, using Joe Foy's cartoon.  What does sliding into third have to do with 20 total bases in two games.  If they drew in 20 bases at third it would work.

Yu Darvish, using Rudy May's cartoon.  Works, and they even left in the speech bubble.

Carl Edwards, using George Lauzerique's cartoon.  We can assume that this would be Edwards and the catcher after the win in Game 3.

Cole Hamels and Jose Quintana both use Joe Coleman's cartoon.  Strike one for doubling up.  Strike two - since they are both celebrating Chicago debuts, why didn't Topps leave in the Chicago, Chicago words?  It would have fit perfectly.

Ian Happ and Ben Zobrist both use Byron Browne's cartoon.  Works since the catcher is handing out passes. 

Kyle Hendricks, using Grant Jackson's cartoon.  Curve balls slice.  Kyle Hendrick's change up does not.

Jason Heyward, using Ed Kirkpatrick's card.  The player is hitting the ball.  The Heyward cartoon deals with striking out, which is missing the ball.

Jon Lester, using Clyde Wright's cartoon.  The original shows a outfielder being a pitcher.  What does that have to do with going 5-0 in June?

Brandon Morrow, using Mike Wagner's cartoon.  Morrow is a pitcher, the cartoon is a pitcher. I guess that is close enough.

Anthony Rizzo, using Jesus Alou's cartoon.  Since you swing a bat to get RBIs. I guess that is close enough... again...

Kyle Schwarber, using Pete Rose's cartoon.  The Rose cartoon has a player with two bats, since it talks about Rose being a switch hitter.  What do two bats have to do with Schwarber's World Series performance?  Nothing.

Pedro Strop, using Bill Butler's cartoon.  The original shows a lefty, since it is talking about lefties at Fenway.  Pedro Strop is not left handed.  Also, why is he "Strop" and not "Pedro"?  Every other cartoon uses the player's first name.