Card games by Joker S.A.
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.
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
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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
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder 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.
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