Card games by Joker S.A.

Playing card and games manufacturer JOKER S.A.I.C., Chorroarín 1068, Buenos Aires, c.1977-present.

Joker S.A.I.C. was first established in around 1977 as distributing agents to Cía General Fabril Financiera S.A. Card games soon appeared amongst their range of products and several examples are shown below. Cromy entered the card games market in competition to Joker S.A. in 1983.

Above: Topo Gigio card game by Joker S.A., c.1985

Above:   Joker S.A.I.C. produce a range including children's card games, tarot cards and advertising decks, alongside their standard Spanish-suited and Anglo-American playing cards.

See also:   Black Peter   Cromy   Happy Families   Hijitus   Illustrated Proverbs   Jaques' Happy Families   Noddy Happy Families   Pekka-Peli   Peruvian Animals Quartet   Reshuffle   Walt Disney   Zoo Comics  

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By Simon Wintle

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Curator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.