Buzz Lightyear - Go Beyond : 2022

2022-Aug-03 Los Angeles CA

The United States Postal Service® issues the Go Beyond stamps in four designs, featuring the famed Space Ranger, Buzz Lightyear, as seen in Disney and Pixar’s 2022 film, Lightyear. Known until now as the coolest character in the toybox, the Buzz seen on these stamps is the hero whose origin story inspired the Toy Story action figure. Art director Greg Breeding, working closely with Pixar Animation Studios, designed the stamps using artwork provided by the studio. - USPS color digital postmark

AFDCS and Panda cachets

Jaff Zapata - Garbage Pail Kids

2016.08.27 Monsters and Robots, Somerset, NJ

Jeff Zapata  is the former art director for Topps (Garbage Pail kids, Hollywood Zombies, Wacky Packages and Mars Attacks). Along with  Joe Simko, they directed the documentary "30 Years of Garbage Pail Kids"

In attendance at the Monsters and Robots show were Zapata, Simko, Jay Lynch, James Warhola and Mark Pignitore. They all participated in a panel discussion of their experiences  creating and developing the Garbage Pail Kids. An excellent panel...

I went to this show with the thought of obtaining an in-person sketch, I have a Mars Attacks sketch card from Zapata... During our discussion he kept referencing back to his enjoyment of being involved with the Mars Attacks project. Since I already had a Mars attacks sketch card, we agreed on a Garbage Pail Kids - Mars Attacks mash-up. The Buzz Lightyear cover was a great choice, as we all know Buzz would be there battling  the Martians with us... To Infinity and Beyond....

Cosmonaut Day - Buzz Lightyear

2011.06.18 Wizard Comic Con, Philadelphia, Pa

Posting a day early to honor all the men and women who were/are involved in space travel...
Another gem from Sara Richard...Buzz Lightyear to Infinity & Beyond!...
April 12, 2012 marks the anniversary of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's flight as the first man into space, April 12, 1961 about the Soviet Union Vostok 1 spacecraft. Gagarin orbited the earth for 1 hour and 48 minutes... Gagarin became a national hero of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc nations...

Gagarin's success pushed the US Space program as Alan Shepard would become the first American in Space on May 5, 1961, with John Glenn becoming the first American to orbit the earth Feb 20, 1962. Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut when he was launch aboard the Shenzhou Spacecraft October 15, 2003.

Other nations have sent representatives through the USSR Intercosmos program or as NASA payload specialists aboard the Shuttle.

Cosmonautics Day celebration started the following year in 1962 and continues in his honor. The United Nations General Assembly on April 7, 2011 adopted a resolution declaring April 12 as the International Day of Human Space Flight...


The first launch of the US Space Shuttle took place on April 12, 1981...