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Drew Struzan

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Drew Struzan, March 18, 1947 – October 13, 2025

RIP to my favorite poster artist of all time. I remember walking down corridors at movie theaters as a kid and a young man, looking at the posters for upcoming movies, and Struzan's posters just getting into my brain and exciting me with adventurous possibilities. Thanks for all the hard work and all of the excitement.

[twiststreet]

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Drew Struzan (March 18, 1947 – October 13, 2025)

Struzan was an American artist, illustrator and cover designer. He is known for his more than 150 Film posters, which include The Shawshank Redemption, Blade Runner, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, as well as films in the Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Harry Potter, and Star Wars film series.[

He also painted album covers, collectibles, and book covers

Struzan began his career creating album covers, including the likes of Alice Cooper’s 1975 LP Welcome to My Nightmare, before eventually becoming the reigning master of the airbrushed one-sheet poster. The designs he created for the likes of 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope would go on to live in industry lore and be found on a truly incalculable number of dorm walls in the decades to come. Struzan created iconic posters for numerous genres, sometimes in incredibly short periods of time–he reportedly created the poster for John Carpenter’s The Thing as an overnight rush job, which is a staggering achievement. He announced his initial retirement in 2008 and has worked in sporadic professional capacity since, creating comic cover art for various franchises and returning for more Star Wars installments. Few artists have ever cast quite so big a looming shadow over their particular corner of the arts world.

Struzan's brilliant work wasn't limited to movie posters. In the early and mid-1970s, he caught Hollywood's eye via his indelible album covers for recording artists as disparate as The Bee Gees, Roy Orbison, and Black Sabbath.

He did stamp illustrations for the United States Postal Service, logos for businesses, and numerous book covers. Once the Struzan style was established, it was instantly identifiable and wholly inimitable. No one could pencil or paint like Struzan, which makes it hard to accept that we've seen our last new illustration from the master.

[dduane]

The extraordinary talent who was lost to us today. Watch him create the PHANTOM MENACE poster art...

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Drew Struzan was probably best known for his movie posters, but we will always cherish his many, many contributions to our bookshelves - a master, and an inspiration.

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This was just a few short years ago - before the damn disease really took hold. It was Jim Henson's birthday, and Drew wanted to do somethin

Drew Struzan

This was just a few short years ago - before the damn disease really took hold. It was Jim Henson's birthday, and Drew wanted to do somethin

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Muppet Treasure Island

1995 theatrical poster artwork by Drew Struzan