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- Mar 11, 2017
CB Creative Bloq deems Amsel's RAIDERS poster #1
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...
- Mar 11, 2017
CB Creative Bloq deems Amsel's RAIDERS poster #1
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...
- Jan 3, 2017
Why Star Wars Needs to Use Illustrators Like Drew Struzan for its Posters
Erik Sharkey, the director of DREW: THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTER, wrote this lovely tribute article to illustrated movie poster art for THE...
- Jan 3, 2017
Why Star Wars Needs to Use Illustrators Like Drew Struzan for its Posters
Erik Sharkey, the director of DREW: THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTER, wrote this lovely tribute article to illustrated movie poster art for THE...
- Dec 19, 2016
Amsel, animated!
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...
- Nov 26, 2016
Cleaning up images...
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....
- Nov 22, 2016
INSIDER'S ACCESS - DECEMBER GIVEAWAY!
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...
- Nov 18, 2016
The INDIEGOGO campaign...
And so it begins -- our crowdfunding campaign through INDIEGOGO, in partnership with FRACTURED ATLAS. While I've already done over 20...
- Nov 18, 2016
The INDIEGOGO campaign...
And so it begins -- our crowdfunding campaign through INDIEGOGO, in partnership with FRACTURED ATLAS. While I've already done over 20...
- Nov 3, 2016
The Papillon flies...
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...
- Nov 3, 2016
The Papillon flies...
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...
- Oct 28, 2016
Hidden in plain sight...
My previous post mentioned the challenges I've had in trying to locate quality reproductions of Amsel's work for inclusion in the film,...
- Oct 22, 2016
Jackpot.
One of the biggest challenges I've had for both the www.richardamsel.info website and the forthcoming film is finding quality images that...
- Oct 22, 2016
Jackpot.
One of the biggest challenges I've had for both the www.richardamsel.info website and the forthcoming film is finding quality images that...
- Oct 14, 2016
David Edward Byrd: an "old hippie" forever young at heart
“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...
- Sep 22, 2016
Bob Esty - Disco Citizen
Last November, shortly before the documentary was announced, I interviewed legendary songwriter and music producer Bob Esty in his West...
- Sep 20, 2016
David Layton - lone survivor
I first heard from David Layton back in 2012, when he reached out to me through my Amsel Appreciation site. Layton is a successful...
- Sep 11, 2016
Mark Raats - Carrying the torch of illustration
One of the great joys I've had with this project is the opportunity to meet and befriend extraordinary people, many whose work I've long...
- Aug 29, 2016
Sam J. Jones - with a mighty hand, a mighty heart
It was on my birthday that I received a personal email from Sam J. Jones, responding to my request to interview him about Richard Amsel's...
- Aug 4, 2016
New trailer for "24x36", a documentary about movie posters!
Behold, the new trailer for 24X36: A Movie About Movie Posters -- Kevin Burke's documentary on movie poster art! Hard to believe it was...
- Aug 4, 2016
New trailer for "24x36", a documentary about movie posters!
Behold, the new trailer for 24X36: A Movie About Movie Posters -- Kevin Burke's documentary on movie poster art! Both David Edward Byrd...
- Jul 31, 2016
David J. Negron: In the tradition of the masters
Contrary to the modern trends of digital painting, there are some artists who carry on the classical tradition, painting with the same...
- Jul 24, 2016
Paul Shipper: The new generation
Throughout the past year, everyone I had interviewed for the film was more or less a contemporary of Richard Amsel, including close...
- Jul 17, 2016
Mike Salisbury: Like a Rolling Stone
"I've done it all," answers Mike Salisbury, after I sheepishly ask him to describe himself. The man's not kidding. This is the guy who...