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Comic-Con: No One Draws Like Struzan
[Posted by Peter Debruge]
OK, for the last 48 hours, I've been pretending like I'm not really a geek, that the guys in Stormtrooper costumes are the weird ones here at Comic-Con. But yesterday, I found myself clapping loudest on the "Mist" panel for Drew Struzan, poster artist extraordinaire — and yes, that makes me a geek.
Drew's having a good Con. Earlier this week, a friend and I were bemoaning the fact that Hollywood hardly ever uses the guy who designed the iconic hand-painted posters for "Star Wars," "Indiana Jones" and "Goonies" any more. We even decided that many of "Stardust's" marketing woes (Paramount doesn't seem to know how to pitch this incredible 21st-century "Princess Bride" to audiences) would disappear if they would only hire Drew to do their poster.
So imagine our delight when, on Thursday morning, the main goodie at the Paramount panel proved to be an 8-page booklet of Drew Struzan Indiana Jones art. Granted, the most recent painting was dated 2003, but it signifies that — after Harrison Ford, the bullwhip and the fedora — Spielberg and Lucas are bringing back the most important element of the franchise. (The new "Blade Runner" turbo edition will also feature Drew Struzan art.)
And the good news only got better at that panel for "The Mist," where Drew himself shared the dias with director Frank Darabont, actors Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden and Laurie Holden, and creature effects wizards Greg Nicotero and Everett Burell. Lately, Darabont's been the one keeping the Struzan tradition alive (he painted the special-edition DVD covers for "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile"), and he arranged for Drew to design an exclusive Comic-Con painting.
Let this be a lesson to Hollywood: Yes, we know PhotoShop can solve all your one-sheet design problems, but nothing can breathe light and life into the very idea of a movie like Drew Struzan.
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