Further reading about the references made in Series 25, Cards 1-50 as well as links & original images (if available).
Series 25, Card 9 - TOBIASPEPE was commissioned by @Whatever from the official Telegram chat room and created by the artist OE. It is a homage to the character Tobias from the American television sitcom Arrested Development. Tobias was played by the stand-up comedian David Cross. The original image was taken from Episode 7 of Season 1 entitled "In God We Trust". OE shared some early drafts of this iconic card in the Telegram recently stating, "It went through a couple iterations before reaching its final dankness."
Series 25, Card 17 - YAMAPEPE was created by an unknown artist. The card depicts Japanese right-wing ultranationalist Otoya Yamaguchi just moments before he stabbed Inejirō Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party on October 12, 1960. Yamaguchi stabbed Asanuma with a wakizashi short sword during a live televised election debate in Tokyo. Yamaguchi was only 17 at the time. The photograph was taken by a Japanese photojournalist named Yasushi Nagao and won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1961. The background of the card is a modified version of an album cover for the song "Fast and Fresh" by the artist Akuan.
Series 25, Card 20 - PEAKYPEPE was created by RarePepeTrader, who is an OG in the Rare Pepe Telegram group and runs the WTH Auction House.
The card was modeled after a still image from the English crime drama television series Peaky Blinders' main character Tommy Shelby, played by Cillian Murphy.
RPT stated recently in the official Rare Pepe Telegram chat room that he made the issuance of the card 1,921 because that was the year portrayed in the first season of the show. However this article states that Series 1 took place in 1919 and Series 2 took place in 1921 so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Series 25, Card 22 - XCHAINPEPE was created by the artist known as Rare Scrilla. This was one of the many hand drawn an colored Rare Pepe cards created by Scrilla. Some others are PWAPWAPWAPWA, RUNDMP, and DDDPEPE. You can see the original drawing below. The difference being that the card had actual Xchain screens and a chart superimposed over the hand drawn ones. The original was recently sent from Scrilla to Counterparty developer and Freewallet creator J-Dog.
Series 25, Card 27 - PEPEHAND was created by the Japanese artist known as Oni Giri. She created a total of 9 cards for the Rare Pepe project; 8 of which are original artworks! Oni said of PEPEHAND, "Something is about to be born beyond the sadness. I also feel anger and resentment. What do you think is born from destroying something? What you see beyond that may change depending on the owner of the card."
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