In this thread I will show most of the promo cards for Reinhard "Felix" Horst's art which has been showcased in different forms (cards, art books, posters, pins, etc.).

Edition Quasimodo published three Felix trading card sets during the 1990's (Felix 1, 36 cards; Felix 2, 9 cards; Felix 3, 14 cards) plus promos for those sets, show promos. and promos for other items using his artwork.

Felix is known for his retro pin-up style incorporating World War II, postwar, and futuristic elements.

You don't always see his cards for sale as his stuff tends to stay in private collections. Longtime collectors sometimes come across a promo not previously seen and they have chased a card another collector talked about only to find out the card was actually just a card-sized paper ad inserted in one of the factory sets. Even the artist himself doesn't have every card with his art on them but he has most of them.

Below you will see the 3-card promo set for the "The Erotic Illustrated Felix Trading Cards" set (Edition Quasimodo, undated) which later became known also as "Felix 1." PCE2008 listed these cards under "Edition Quasimodo" but the German text on the backs refers to the first trading card set. This promo set shows 3 images from the 36-card set released in 1993 and has turned out to be the rarest of the Felix promos just because of a smaller print run than was done for later sets. You can still find the cards for a reasonable price (+/- $10).

While the name of the regular set is "The Erotic Illustrated Felix Trading Cards," that title hadn't been decided yet when the promos were planned and printed. It was going to be a 35-card set when the promos were printed but it ended up being a 36-card set with the 36th card being blank and intended to be sent back with $5 to the artist so he would add a sketch and return it (the $5 covered his shipping the card back to you).

Also, though the word "erotic" is in the title, the art is more of a creative tease than what might be judged as "R" rated. It's certainly adult-oriented and suggestive with some female topless nudity but unlikely to offend the average pin-up art collector. I think there's an image online showing all the cards in that first set.