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Why pride matters.
No sooner had I written about celebrating Pride Month, when I hear about the violent protests that erupted at a school board meeting last...
Jun 7, 2023


June PRIDE MONTH giving promo!
To follow up on my post about LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH, I think having a new giving promo should be in order! Throughout the month of June, any...
Jun 6, 2023


Drew Struzan show at Musée Cinéma et Miniature, June 7-December 30, 2023
A new exhibit showcasing the iconic artwork of DREW STRUZAN opens June 7th at The Cinema & Miniature Museum in Lyon, France. From a...
Jun 6, 2023

Pride month, and Richard Amsel's defining iconography
June is LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH, which has become a tradition in the United States following the Stonewall riots' gay liberation protests in...
Jun 1, 2023


This is it! The last day of our SPRING MATCH!
Can you believe it’s already Friday? Our Spring Match campaign ends tonight at 11:59pm EST. My very special thanks to all those who...
May 26, 2023


Just two days left for our SPRING MATCH!
As a reminder, this week our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, is distributing $1,000 to 20 different projects for their annual Spring...
May 25, 2023


R.I.P.: Tina Turner, 1939-2023
The great TINA TURNER is gone. She died today, aged 83, at her home in Switzerland. Any biography I write here would be inadequate, but I...
May 25, 2023


Thank you/rewards perks are back!
As our SPRING MATCH donation incentive kicks off for this week (be sure to give by Friday, May 26th!), I have some good news to share....
May 22, 2023


Leyendecker exhibit in NYC
On the Facebook group "The Golden Age of Illustration", contributor John Ingle wrote about a current exhibit featuring JC Leyendecker's...
May 18, 2023


DONATIONS / SPRING MATCH!
We have an important update regarding AMSEL: ILLUSTRATOR OF THE LOST ART, and could use your help. Our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas,...
May 15, 2023


Amsel's ORIENT EXPRESS
Kino Lorber has just announced an upcoming 4K BluRay of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS -- Sidney Lumet's Oscar winning 1974 film adaptation...
May 2, 2023


Lily Tomlin's Intelligent Life...
This morning my publicist asked me to provide Amsel's image of Lily Tomlin. It made me smile, as I knew I would have to sort through the...
Apr 19, 2023


Spread the word...
This project has been over seven years in the making, but there's still so much more I hope to do. In the immediate future, I'm looking...
Apr 13, 2023


INDIANA JONES *illustrated* poster revealed...
Since RAIDERS' release in 1981, a number of artists have contributed posters for the INDIANA JONES films. Richard Amsel and Drew...
Apr 7, 2023


R.I.P.: Jerry Alten (1931-2023)
I'm very sad to learn this morning of the passing of JERRY ALTEN. My deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends. I interviewed...
Apr 2, 2023


February/March Promo winner!
Congrats to STEVE LOWERY! You're the winner of our February/March promotion for the RAIDERS poster giveaway! For the rest of you, thank...
Apr 1, 2023


Happy birthday, Liza!
Wishing a very happy 77th birthday to the legendary Liza Minelli. (And that's LIZA with a "Z", in case you needed reminding.) Pictured...
Mar 12, 2023


Amsel’s Lost Art: CUBA
(The post is part of an ongoing series of Amsel’s “lost” work…) Richard Lester’s CUBA, released in 1979 and starring Sean Connery and...
Mar 10, 2023


Upcoming fundraising changes
I’ve just learned that our project’s fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, has implemented new fundraising guidelines. (Fractured Atlas...
Mar 3, 2023


Album Cover Hall of Fame's March newsletter mentions Amsel doc
The Album Cover Hall of Fame website has included mention of our recent Richard Amsel and Bette Midler video, as well as the documentary:...
Mar 1, 2023


Happy birthday, Harry Belafonte!
Harry Belafonte turns 96 today. I'm using this to showcase a wonderful motion graphic done for the documentary by Morgan Strahorn, using...
Mar 1, 2023


Featurette/sneak peek: Richard Amsel and Bette Midler
As February comes to a close, I wanted to give you a little sneak peek of a clip from the film, focusing on Richard Amsel’s association...
Feb 26, 2023


Why your donations matter…
This documentary has been a longtime passion project, involving years of work and research. It also represents a significant monetary...
Feb 22, 2023

AMSEL, the Animated / Calling all animators...
No matter how many hours of footage I’ve filmed for the documentary, there’s a narrative challenge that is virtually insurmountable: only...
Feb 18, 2023
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