A lot of different subjects have been discussed during my interviews for the documentary. I'm not yet sure how they will fall into place,...

Admittedly, I've been putting so much time into the documentary that updates to this site have been lacking. I don't want to have to...

Since filming my first interview nearly two years ago, I've kept a list of people to thank within the end credits of the film. I have yet...

I remember, as a kid, thumbing through a 1984 edition of ILLUSTRATOR IN AMERICA at my local library. It was a massive, oversized coffee...

“Do you mind if I smoke?” Spiros Angelikas asks me, politely. His voice is smooth, smoky, calm, and assured, with a thick but...

It’s almost impossible to overstate how greatly our modern conceptions of fantasy art have been shaped by the work of the Brothers...

Almost a year to the day after my last trip in 2016, I was back on a plane headed for the East Coast. (As fate would have it, I did...

Sorry for the lack of updates as of late. I’ve been busy with my job at WB, evening classes, and other personal matters. But that doesn’t...

Cavan Scott's Creative Bloq has placed Amsel's rerelease poster for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK at the very top of his 25 top movie posters...

Cavan Scott's Creative Bloq has placed Amsel's rerelease poster for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK at the very top of his 25 top movie posters...

Erik Sharkey, the director of DREW: THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTER, wrote this lovely tribute article to illustrated movie poster art for THE...

Erik Sharkey, the director of DREW: THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTER, wrote this lovely tribute article to illustrated movie poster art for THE...

It's been a while since I've done my last filmed interview, as the past two months I've been focusing on the soft launch of the Indiegogo...

For months I've wrestled with the ongoing process of finding the best possible images of Richard Amsel's artwork for use in the film....

We'll be giving away a limited color print of an early Amsel sketch of Marilyn Monroe, to one lucky Indiegogo backer. Just join our...

And so it begins -- our crowdfunding campaign through INDIEGOGO, in partnership with FRACTURED ATLAS. While I've already done over 20...

And so it begins -- our crowdfunding campaign through INDIEGOGO, in partnership with FRACTURED ATLAS. While I've already done over 20...

However successful Amsel was in his career, he still had to fight for every job -- and he lost a number of them. Many of his unused...

However successful Amsel was in his career, he still had to fight for every job -- and he lost a number of them. Many of his unused...

My previous post mentioned the challenges I've had in trying to locate quality reproductions of Amsel's work for inclusion in the film,...

One of the biggest challenges I've had for both the www.richardamsel.info website and the forthcoming film is finding quality images that...

One of the biggest challenges I've had for both the www.richardamsel.info website and the forthcoming film is finding quality images that...

“There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.” Such was a lyric by the great Paul Williams, and it dances inside my head...

Last November, shortly before the documentary was announced, I interviewed legendary songwriter and music producer Bob Esty in his West...