Overstreet Catalogs Movie Posters As Collectibles

The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Movie Posters (AUG151520), the latest book in Gemstone Publishing's “How To” series.

From beginner steps in purchasing, displaying, storing and grading your movie posters, to advanced insight in how to collect by stars, directors, series and genre, and from identifying different standard types of movie posters to evaluating the stars and film properties with long term mass appeal, the guide book also spotlights great poster artists from Drew Struzan and Jack Davis to Saul Bass and Robert McGinnis. The 192-page, full color, softcover book carries a $15.00 cover price, and is available now at your local comic shop!

Here are just some of the movie posters featured in The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Movie Posters!

From Universal is the Dracula style F one-sheet design which presents a larger than life picture of Dracula, cape flowing, eyes bulging as he gets ready to pounce on the cowering figure of Renfield.

Drew Struzan provided the art for the Return of the Jedi advance, originally titled Revenge of the Jedi. The poster was pulled because it was pointed out that the Jedi did not take revenge, hence the title did not make sense. Few made it to theaters. Between 8,000 to 9,000 were printed and George Lucas sold them to fans through his fan club.

The Vertigo one-sheet shows the blocky, dark shadow of a man chasing the elusive outline of a woman. They are in the center of a dizzying spiral over an orange background.