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Tom Whalen's Nouveau Retro Star Wars posters are fresh and tantalizing

June 26th 2008 22:57
Saul Bass style Star Wars posters from Tom Whalen
This morning, I found this delicious post on /Film, a look at the film poster art of Tom Whalen.

He's a graphic designer and in his fun-time, he makes old-skool posters for classic movies, most notably, "A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back". It's a wonderful look, with the similarities between the posters made fresh by the slight change in colours and angles. These are posters that I can get down with.

It's the angular shapes of Han Solo and Chewie that make it for me - the first Star Wars movie is already campy, but these posters reintroduces a sense of fun and space-faring glee to the entire experience - a mood seemingly lost in the recent Star Wars prequels.

Whalen is obviously influenced by Saul Bass, and the homage is a fitting tribute to the original poster master, but Whalen's work introduces his love of sci-fi and horror. Check out this fabulous collection of classic horror movie posters!

Tom Whalen Classic Horror Films


In a way, I'm a little irritated with Whalen. This is such a fantastic style and composition method that I'm irritated that I didn't do it first. Instead, here I am, writing about it like a sucker.

Visit Whalen's website, with galleries to all his work!

Also, read the /Film article for more images, including some terrific Freddy Krueger, TMNT, and Alien portraits!

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Comment by Louie

June 27th 2008 02:01
cool posters, I am guessing they aren't cheap.

Comment by Bryn

June 27th 2008 04:23


Horrorphile
cooooooool

Comment by Mountain Fog

June 27th 2008 09:04


Infognito
Screen Trek
QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
very groooovy baby!!

takes me back....sigh... so old...

cheers

fog

Comment by strongstuff

July 2nd 2008 02:09
hey cibbuano,

thanks for the publicity! i appreciate the great writeup!

Comment by Cibbuano

July 2nd 2008 03:28


Hunt Famous
Orble Post of the Day
Fat Cult
Techbreak
Mr. Whalen - keep postering! Send me new images when they're available!

Comment by Miswanderlust

July 28th 2008 03:49


Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
Great link and post!
Mis

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