Richard Amsel’s time at the University of the Arts (then known as The Philadelphia College of Art) played an important part of his formative years. He attended there from 1965 to 1969. Several of Amsel’s classmates would go on to very successful creative careers of their own. Among them were the Quay Brothers, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay – twin artists, filmmakers, and animators, acclaimed for their work on such films as Street of Crocodiles (1986), which was reportedly a

With the tumultuous happenings in the entertainment industry this year, which personally affected yours truly, it's easy to want to...

I previously wrote about Richard Amsel's posthumous honor of being inducted into The Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame, in a special...

On Saturday, September 9th, 2023, The Society of Illustrators inducted Richard Amsel posthumously into their Hall of Fame. The event...