Drew Struzan Retired

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Say it ain't so! Drew Struzan retiring?
Published 9/4/2008 by Quint at Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
... here with some sad, sad news. Recently, Don LaFontaine, the voice of movie marketing, passed away. Now movie marketing is losing its face, thankfully not to death. According to a story at TheRaider.net , Drew Struzan is retiring from the business in order to spend more time with his family, on his own paintings and just enjoy life. I can't say I blame the guy, but with him retiring, John Alvin passed away... is there anybody left keeping the artform of movie posters alive? I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Struzan at a dinner at Comic-Con '07 and I found him to be a very ...

Drew Struzan Retiring! Every Poster Collector in the World Just Shed a Single Tear
Published 9/4/2008 by Jeremy at WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Everyone may not know the name Drew Struzan, but you’ve sure seen his worked and probably loved it.  He’s been the artist behind some of the best poster art in the last 30 years.  He has worked on posters for everything from ‘Harry Potter’ to ‘John Carpenter’s The Thing’ to all six ‘Star Wars’ films to all three ‘Back to the Future’ films. Word came today from theraider.net that Drew is hanging up his paint brush to spend more time with his family. In his own ...

Movie Poster Legend Drew Struzan Retires
Published 9/5/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News) at Flicks News
Very sad news especially if you appreciate true film poster art. Drew Struzan has decided to retire from the illustration business. "Having been working at not working has produced a guy who could never return to illustration again. It took a lot to attempt the idea of retiring from my 40 years of effort and sacrifice but now that I have, I am delighting in life as never before. I had forgotten how to rest, to smell the proverbial roses and to see the future as opportunity. I am grateful and honored to have had the opportunity to do all the work I ...

Links of the Week for 9/5
Published 9/5/2008 by Zac at WeAreMovieGeeks.com
... as does the movie, as it slowly works its way up my most anticipated films. This will be the winter of Viggo, fyi. -Guillermo Del Toro is pretty busy, pretty, pretty busy, till like 2017. And here is a bit more info. -Here is the trailer for Gus Van Sant’s Milk, and it is an amazing cast and trailer, about the gay rights activist senator of the same name. -The guy who does all the great hand drawn movie posters is retiring, so sad. Check out his work here. -Here are some Toronto Film ...

Is Iconic Poster Artist Drew Struzan Retiring?
Published 9/6/2008 by William Goss at Cinematical
... got the initial news from TheRaider.net, and they get the fact that this makes the sun shine just that much less in this industry of ours. ...

Weekend Linkage: 9/6/08
Published 9/7/2008 by Variety.com * at Thompson On Hollywood
... Sad news this week as it seems legendary artist Drew Struzan has retired to spend more time with his family. That's good for the Struzan clan, but bad for movie theater walls, which will now be decorated with even more floating head posters instead of the bold, original works Struzan gave life to. The man was responsible for some of the greatest movie posters of all time (including "The Goonies" and "Big Trouble in Little China" and his work will be missed. ...