Movie Poster Artist Extraordinaire

Posted by Matt on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 · 1 Comment

After dealing with little to nothing on the web about the great ’70s/’80s illustrator Richard Amsel, it’s a pleasure to see Adam McDaniel’s wonderful tribute to the artist. I’ve written in awe about Amsel before; he was a fantastic talent, but also something of an enigma. I wonder what would’ve been of his career had he not died so young. The site includes a nicely written bio and comprehensive galleries of his TV Guide covers and movie poster art. Of special interest are his unused cinematic poster concepts, like the one below for The Muppet Movie. Cool stuff!