Subjects that appear on these types of trading cards are television and movie properties, comic book characters, music icons, product parodies, and many other topics.

From 1994 through today, Non-Sport Update has been published bimonthly in January, March, May, July, September, and November.

Non-Sport Update magazine includes articles about upcoming trading card products and vintage series.

Variant issues have been produced in conjunction with many Comic-Con International shows promoting trading card series from Inkworks (four of which have contained Buffy the Vampire Slayer covers) and Upper Deck for their 2008 Marvel Masterpieces series.

Previous editor-in-chiefs have been Christopher Benjamin, Russell Roberts, Nick Portantiere, and Bernie Mertes.

Jordan's Promo Card Encyclopedia was published prior to the first publication with Non-Sport Update in 2005.