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 was in competition with other illustrators for movie poster work -- Drew Struzan, Bob Peak, and John Alvin among them. And, of course, he was in competition with the increasing popularity of photographic art. By the early 1980's, traditional movie poster illustration was on the decline. Even those genres where illustrated movie posters used