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Green Goblin Guru
Prior to becoming the superhero artist, do you think Marvel-ous Stan Lee was a fan of vintage French wine/liquer posters, such as this classic done by the Italian-born French poster designer, Leonetto Capiello (1875-1942), who was once dubbed “the father of modern advertising”?
Next Spiderman Villain?
Okay, in the spirit of James Bond, I think I’ve found a future femme fatale for the next Spiderman flick. Check out this vintage Belinsky French poster for a 1960’s Mondo movie called Tokyorama…
Do You Believe In Magic?
Or how about the male escorts/strippers/gigolo genre? Let’s hear it for the boys! (IMP)
Life’s A Nistri
Giuliano Nistri grew up in the shadow of big brother poster artist, Enzo Nistri (in fact, I wrongly credited Dial M For Murder and a few other designs to Enzo in the past) — but let the record show that young Giuliano is more than capable of defending himself. The proof can be seen below in his terrific oeuvre of manifestos from the 1950s and 1960s, going from the classics to kitsch in one fell swoosh of his pen. (MoviePosterDB, EMP)
Go Jim!
Away We Go with Jules et Jim! (MPOD)
In Love With Loi?
Face Time = Funny.
Nothing says comedy like two white guys getting in each other’s faces…(listal)
To Rome With Love…
Woody Allen speaks Italian in his new film…
Movie Poster Museum 