I'm saddened by the passing of illustrator CHARLIE WHITE III, who died earlier this month. I met him only on two occasions (both art exhibits featuring his work), and I'm sorry our discussions were so brief. He seemed very gracious and appreciative when discussing his work. White was, among many things, a master of airbrush illustration. He worked in the art department of HEAVY METAL (1981), the animated feature anthology which has become a certified cult classic. Yet most mo

I’ve been anxious to get out of “The COVID Complacency” that’s dominated my life for the past two years, and get back to the business of filming a damn movie. Well, Saturday marked my first filmed interview since – dear God! – October, 2019, and it’s clear to me that I’ve gotten a little stale (and noticeably thicker around the waist). In the past I’ve been able to set up and strike all my equipment within just a few minutes, but this time I felt flustered, out of breath, and

"The journey is everything," my friend David Byrd once told me, and those words certainly ring true when it comes to the journey in making the Amsel documentary. I've been able to meet and befriend such wonderful people -- including lifelong creative heroes whose work continues to inspire me. Here's a guy all of you movie poster lovers should know. Not the fat bald guy at left (that's me) but the guy in the center: illustration legend Drew Struzan, next to his lovely wife, wr