Soubie Special!

While Boris Grinsson was busy doing all the “B” movie posters for The Syndicat, Roger Soubie was the A-lister at the firm. And his top ranking was well deserved as his finely depicted sexy sirens and sci-fi scenarios indeed put him on another planet.

Martine Boyer and Pierre Bourdy’s book showcases Soubie’s flamboyant style with splashes of color and insight, illuminating the artist’s substantial entry into the 2,000+ club. But as lithography was supplanted by offset printing and photography, Soubie met the same fates as those of his comrades, Bonneaud, Grinsson, and Noël, and moved onto other areas of travel and advertising design work until his death in 1984 at the age of 86.

Big Bad Fish!

In honor of this weekend’s wide-mouth release of Piranha 3D, here’s a boat-load of some of the nastiest sea creatures to ever glisten the silver screen…

Corben’s Horrors

Besides his work on Phantom of the Paradise (below), notable comic book illustrator, Richard Vance Corben, also did some gruesomely handsome work on Heavy Metal and the aptly-titled, Spookies. Similar in style to fellow fantasy phenoms, Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo, Corben garnered a strong following for his underground comics and short films.

Phantomania!

There’s some fans out there who specialize in Polish movie posters or one-sheets of favorite actors/actresses (e.g., Sophia Loren, Clint Eastwood) — but can you imagine someone who only collects memorabilia from one single movie? Well, that’s just what Ari Kahan does — as The Swan Archives is dedicated to all merchandising related to the 70’s cult film, Phantom of the Paradise, a sci-fi rock/horror opera directed by Brian DePalma (two years before Carrie), and starring Paul Williams, the man who wrote Kermit The Frog’s opus, “The Rainbow Connection”.

If interested in learning more, check out The Swan Archives and the one-sheet artwork by Richard Corben (far right) and interview with poster artist legend, John Alvin, below (poster, top left)…

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Remake Monday: The Things

Howard Hawks (1951) vs. John Carpenter (1982) — with some help from Drew Struzan on the poster.

John Berkey (1932-2008)

Considering yesterday’s tragic killer whale attack at SeaWorld, it brought to mind the work of John Berkey, a fantastic sci-fi illustrator who specialized in Star Wars concept art and disaster movies. Unfortunately, Mr. Berkey passed away in 2008, but his terrific terrifying images will live on to terrorize us all…

I Hop Movie Posters!

In honor of National Pancake Day, I have a very special treat for you…

Meet Albert Kallis, the man who was not only one of the founding fathers of IHOP (International House of Pancakes), he also happens to be a distinguished designer of movie posters. Back in the late 50’s, he was hand-picked by Roger Corman to be the art director of AIP and do all of the advertising and posters for their low-budg flicks. This guy was so busy that he even hired Reynold Brown to finish the job on the classic Attack of the 50 Foot Woman one-sheet.

But that’s not all. This one man flipping crew now devotes most of his time to producing non-profit documentaries and many other charitable works not involving maple syrup. What a colossal stud!

Goin’ For Gold

Here’s the nominees for Best Poster Picture for this year’s 82nd Annual Academy Awards…

Rock ’em Sock ’em Movie!

Whaddayaknow? Another old toy/game to become a movie

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