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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 12, 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 10, 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


"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 27, 2021


Rediscovered: Amsel's other John C. Attle poster!
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,...
May 12, 2017


Rediscovered: Amsel's other John C. Attle poster!
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,...
May 12, 2017


Website updates, or lack thereof.
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...
May 12, 2017


Website updates, or lack thereof.
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...
May 12, 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...
Mar 11, 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


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