As some of you who follow The Art of John Alvin, not the book, but the actual art, which is represented by ArtInsights Animation and Film Art Gallery, know quite well, Andrea Alvin has been working for several years writing, compiling, and getting permissions for a (hopefully first) book on John Alvin’s career and art. It is being released by Titan Books. We have been thrilled to see not only the attention that Titan has given it in terms of promotion, but also the interest, well deserved, by the press worldwide.
We are told this is only the first round, and more articles will appear as the actual release date happens, but we are going to keep a list of all the articles and reviews, good or (goddess forbid!) bad, right here. We hope this will not only allow for long overdue recognition of John as one of the foremost artists who ever worked in the film industry, but also wider acceptance of traditional illustration not only as important in film history, but also as a viable option today to promote and brand new movies in an artistic and creative way. There is and was only one man who painted like John Alvin. He was able to do that thing everyone at Disney called Alvin-izing.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/8/5979879/john-alvin-movie-posters
http://www.slashfilm.com/unused-jurassic-park-posters-john-alvin/
http://www.trektoday.com/content/2014/08/the-art-of-john-alvin/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/unseen-jurassic-park-batman-posters-724001
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/08/07/check-out-these-incredible-unused-jurassic-park-posters
http://www.movies.com/movie-news/john-alvin-unused-posters-jurassic-park/16494
http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2014/08/07/must-see-unused-jurassic-park-posters
http://screencrush.com/unused-jurassic-park-posters/
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/check-out-these-fantastic-unused-jurassic-park-posters-222
http://collider.com/unused-jurassic-park-posters-batman-posters/
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=105541
http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/check-out-a-bunch-of-old-unused-poster-designs-for-jurassic-park/
http://batman-news.com/2014/08/07/exclusive-never-seen-poster-design-tim-burtons-batman/
https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/unseen-jurassic-park-batman-posters-unveiled-book-203503448.html
https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/unseen-jurassic-park-batman-posters-unveiled-book-203503448.html
http://www.punchdrunkcritics.com/2014/08/awesome-unseen-jurassic-park-and-batman.html
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/KingPatel/news/?a=105565
http://www.empireonline.com/features/John-Alvin-Posters
http://www.mtv.com/news/1896278/batman-movie-posters-john-alvin/
http://io9.com/the-poster-artist-who-helped-define-your-favorite-movie-1618431750
http://www.buzzfeed.com/danieldalton/welcome-to-jurassic-park
I will say we are honored and thrilled and we know John’s family, especially Andrea and her daughter Farah, are touched by all the enthusiasm about the release. Here’s to more good coming from it in everyday it is deserved!