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Oleg Cassini: A Fashion Icon, an Iconic Image
Even at the height of his career in movie posters, Richard Amsel continued to work on other projects. This included album covers, TV...
Aug 6, 2021


UPDATE: The winner of the giveaway is...
...KEATON BRONCUCIA! Thanks to everyone who contributed to this recent donation initiative! While COVID delayed a number of interviews...
Aug 1, 2021


Site updates: Merging the blog archives
The folks at WIX, which I use to maintain this site, have finally included a feature I've long hoped for: the ability to merge different...
Jul 23, 2021


Amsel's Lost Art: KRULL!!!
My most recent posts highlight some of Richard Amsel's unused and rarely seen works. While Amsel's talents were in high demand, he often...
Jun 22, 2021


Amsel's Lost Art: Unpublished TV GUIDE cover for "THE ROOKIES"
Adding to the collection of rarely seen work is Richard Amsel's unpublished TV GUIDE cover for the series, "THE ROOKIES". This was a...
Jun 21, 2021


Amsel's Lost Art: FUNNY LADY
My previous post highlighted Amsel's unused poster for TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. which was just one of the many pieces that has fallen into...
Jun 18, 2021


Amsel's Lost Art: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
The tagline of my documentary is "Illustrator of the Lost Art" for three reasons. First, it's an obvious (if perhaps tacky) play on...
Jun 18, 2021


YAHOO! MOVIES profiles RAIDERS' 40th, gives Amsel his due...
For some time now, I've had friendly communications with writer and author Mark O'Connell, whose lovely book WATCHING SKIES: STAR WARS,...
Jun 12, 2021


Donate now for the chance to win a print of Amsel's RAIDERS artwork, and receive other perks!
With RAIDERS fever in the air this weekend, I thought it was time to have another series of donation incentives for the documentary....
Jun 11, 2021


ART OF THE MOVIES posts Amsel Retrospective
Last February I posted an interview with writer Adam Kennedy, for his blog ART OF THE MOVIES. Today he posted a lovely retrospective of...
Jun 9, 2021


Amsel's panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt finally viewable on the Interactive AIDS Quilt page
I want to thank everyone for their kind comments regarding my recent writeup celebrating Richard Amsel’s two posters for RAIDERS OF THE...
Jun 7, 2021


The Return of the Great Adventure: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK celebrates 40 years!
June 12th marks the 40th anniversary of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. To celebrate, I wanted to share some details about the two posters...
Jun 4, 2021


Upcoming POSTER HOUSE panel: 50 Movie Posters that Changed Entertainment Marketing
I wanted to share the news of an upcoming Zoom panel, hosted by POSTER HOUSE in New York City. The event will be held next Monday, May...
May 10, 2021


"Reclaiming my time" / Project Updates / Tribute to Stephen Kempfe
Here we are, nearing the end of the first quarter of 2021, and I realize that I’ve yet to give a single update since last December. Sorry...
Apr 26, 2021


ART OF THE MOVIES interview
Last December I did an interview with writer Adam Kennedy, for his blog ART OF THE MOVIES. I'm happy to share that Kennedy's writeups are...
Feb 10, 2021


New "INDYCAST" Podcast
Over the years I've done a few interviews for "THE INDYCAST" podcast to discuss the Richard Amsel website and documentary. The podcast is...
Dec 30, 2020


HE SHOOTS, HE DRAWS PODCAST
The first of these interviews was with DAVE CLAYTON, for his podcast “HE SHOOTS, HE DRAWS”. It’s easily the most detailed and candid convers
Dec 29, 2020


GORDON’S ALIVE???
I want to give a shout out to John Walsh, whose new book, FLASH GORDON: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF THE FILM, is the definitive resource into...
Dec 13, 2020


YES, THERE WILL BE A BOOK.
It is a question I’ve been asked literally hundreds of times since I first launched www.richardamsel.info back in early 2008. As December...
Dec 3, 2020


YES, THERE WILL BE A BOOK.
It is a question I’ve been asked literally hundreds of times since I first launched www.richardamsel.info back in early 2008. As December...
Dec 3, 2020


WORLD AIDS DAY
Today marks yet another WORLD AIDS DAY, where we commemorate those lost to AIDS, as well as support the many people still struggling to...
Dec 1, 2020


35 years gone...
35 years ago today, at 7:15 am EST on Wednesday, Nov. 13th, 1985, Richard Amsel died in New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital. He was 37 years...
Nov 13, 2020


35 years gone.
35 years ago today, at 7:15 am EST on Wednesday, Nov. 13th, 1985, Richard Amsel died in New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital. He was 37 years...
Nov 13, 2020


SDCC Movie Poster Panel, Struzan, Shipper, and more goodness!
This year’s San Diego ComicCon is now underway, offering a number of streaming events over the next few days. Among them is the return of...
Jul 23, 2020
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